TS Koszarawa 1910 Żywiec

Football club infobox
clubname = Koszarawa Żywiec
fullname = TS Koszarawa 1910 Żywiec
founded = 1910
ground = Stadion TS Koszarawa Żywiec Żywiec, Poland
capacity = 2400 "(600 seated)"| chairman = Paweł Ostrowski
manager = Maciej Mrowiec
league = Poland_III_Liga
season = 2007/2008
position = Poland_III_Liga, 11th

History

The team was founded in 1910, in southern Polish town of Żywiec, which then belonged to Austria-Hungary. Among founders, there were such personalities, as Edmund and Władysław Zyzakam; Ludwik, Franciszek and Władysław Pantofliński; Leonard Rybarski; Otto Szmidt; Wiktor Dubowskim and other local youths, passionate about football. Their first opponents were small clubs founded in those years, from Kraków, Lwów, and other towns.

In 1930 the club was promoted to local "A-Class", which roughly is the equivalent of contemporary Second Division. They remained there for four years.

After World War Two, Koszarawa suffered a steady decline. It was not until 2001 that the team gained promotion back to the Fourth Division. They stayed there for a few years until they were promoted once again, this time to the Third Division. In their first season they started brightly, but after the sale of top scorers Krzysztof Zaremba to local giants Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała and Krzysztof Bizacki to GKS Tychy they failed to regain the same form they had had before, and finished in 11th place.

Current Squad

As of 31st August

Notable Former Players

* Rafał Jarosz
* Krzysztof Zaremba

External Links

* [http://www.koszarawazywiec.pl Official site]
* [http://90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=1102&id_sezon=73 Club on 90minut.pl]