Limanovia Limanowa
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| Full name | Miejski Klub Sportowy Limanovia Limanowa |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Ground | Roman Szumilas Stadium Limanowa, Poland |
| Capacity | 959 all-seater |
| Chairman | Ryszard Kulma |
| Manager | Robert Kasperczyk |
| League | II liga |
MKS Limanovia Limanowa is a Polish football club from Limanowa, Lesser Poland.
The club was founded in 1924 thanks to the merger of two local clubs, Sokół and Olimpia and adopted the name Klub Sportowy Olimpia w Limanowej (Sports Club Olimpia in Limanowa). The initial period of the club was very difficult, caused by a lack of funds. The first competitions were held in Limanowa, Nowy Sącz, Mszany Dolne, Wiśnicz, between all of the existing local sports clubs.
There were big difficulties with the organization of the competition, mainly related to the costs of travel, which team members were to be self-funded, unless the budget allowed the club to cover the travel expenses of the poorest players. The main means of transport were mostly horse carts, and on rare occasions a truck, occasionally rental vehicles. Trainings and even competitions were initially held in the Station Square, and later at the local market next to the local stables belonging to Grzegorz Mars, to finally move to a pitch which exists to this day. The composition of that team were the following players: Marian Pawłowski (captain), Stanisław Krasuń, Sobiesław Miroszewski, Józef Bednarz, Jan Lesiecki, Tadeusz Kozdruń, Marian Kędroń, Aleksnder Samueli, Józef Śliwa, Stanisław Mamak, Jan Zaręba, Kazimierz Kępny, Kazimierz Węgrzynek.
The war and occupation of the country brutally interrupted the clubs sporting activities. Sports, mainly football matches were held in secret from the occupier. In a match being played on 10 October 1943, Limanovia achieved great success by beating the famous Wisła Kraków 3-2. The LImanovia team had Stanislaw Baran in their squad, later a many-time representative of the Polish national team and ŁKS Łódź.
Shortly after the end of the occupation in Limanowa, in a private restaurant Teodor Smolawa held the first Sports Club Olimpia meeting in which it was decided to reactivate club football section, giving it a new name Klub Sportowy Limanovia (Sports Club Limanovia) and elected board of directors, which included: the club president Zbigniew Fleszar, then the county governor, Vice President Teodor Smolawa, Waleria Golińska the treasurer, secretary Marek Joniec and board member Józef Abram.
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