Tarnovia Tarnow
| Nickname(s) | Tovia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 |
| Ground | Stadion Tarnovii, Tarnów Poland |
| Capacity | 3 000 |
| Manager |
 Wojciech Gucwa |
| League | IV league |
| 2015/2016 | 1st (promoted) |
Tarnovia Tarnów is a Polish sports club, founded in 1909 in the southern city of Tarnów. With white and red hues, the club's founders wanted to emphasize their patriotism, during the time when their homeland was divided into three powers (see: Partitions of Poland). Tarnovia was based on two smaller teams, which had been created by students of local high schools in 1906 and 1908. These organizations, called Bialo-Czerwoni and Pogon, merged in 1909, creating Tarnovia. In the interbellum period its soccer team played in Kraków's A-Class (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland).
In 1948 Tarnovia was promoted to Polish First Division, but remained there only for one year and was relegated. Tarnovia's most famous player is Antoni Barwiński, who was capped 16 times for the Polish National Team. Currently, Tarnovia's soccer team plays in the local league of Tarnów. Among most notable players who began their careers at Tarnovia are Mateusz Klich and Bartosz Kapustka.
Apart from soccer Tarnovia also supports other departments – women's volleyball, climbing and table tennis.
The history of Tarnovia dates back to 1909, when a group of young sports enthusiasts from Tarnów decided to merge two already existing football teams (Bialo-Czerwoni and Pogon), forming Football Club Tarnovia-Czarni (in some sources, the name was presented as Tarnovia-Pogon). Before World War I, Tarnovia played several games against other Polish teams of Austrian Galicia, including Cracovia, Resovia, Czarni Jasło.
In 1913, Tarnovia-Pogon played in Galician A-Class, but the outbreak of the war halted the development of the team. In 1914–1918, all activities of Tarnovia were suspended. The team returned in the spring of 1919, when it tied 1-1 with Cracovia.
In 1919–1922, Tarnovia played as many as 150 friendly games, and was the best team of the region of Tarnów. In 1920, the team received a new stadium near Tarnów Rail Station, on the land that was owned by Prince Sanguszko. First game took place there in the autumn of 1921: Tarnovia defeated 11-0 the team of the 16th Infantry Regiment. In 1922, a wooden stand was built, and the complex was fenced. Soon afterwards, locker rooms were added underneath the stand, also three tennis courts were built.
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