Czarni Żagań

Czarni Żagań
Full nameMiejski Klub Sportowy Czarni Żagań 1957
Nickname(s)Czarni (The Blacks)
FoundedOctober 1957; 66 years ago (1957-10)
GroundCzarni Stadium
Capacity1,300
ChairmanRoman Chruścicki
Head coachGrzegorz Tychowski
LeagueIV liga Lubusz
2023–24IV liga Lubusz, 9th of 18
Current season

Czarni Żagań is a Polish association football club based in Żagań, Lower Silesia. They play in the IV liga Lubusz, the fifth level of the national football league system.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 1957 by soldiers from the Żagań Garrison. It is the most successful football teams in Lubusz Voivodeship; only Czarni from this voivodeship reached the final of the Polish Cup. They lost 4–0 to Górnik Zabrze.[1] After the 1965 final, Czarni should have played in the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, but for political and military reasons, Czarni didn't join the competition.[2]

In the years 2019–2021, there was a senior women's team. The resulting crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border meant that at the beginning of November 2021 most players of Czarni serving in the Polish Armed Forces received official orders, which prevented them from representing Czarni in the last four games of the IV liga in 2021.[3]

The Lubusz Football Association didn't allow the matches of Czarni to be postponed due to the possibility of suspending the games in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Season statistics[edit]

Division tier Women Men
Number of seasons Seasons Number of seasons Seasons
I 0 – 0 –
II 0 – 0 –
III 0 – 16 1960–1966, 1974–1976, 1984–1986, 1991/1992, 2000–2002, 2008–2012
IV 1 2019–20 34 1959, 1966–1971, 1973/1974, 1976–1984, 1986–1991, 1992–2000, 2002–2008
V 1 2020–21 8 1958, 1971–1973, 2019–cur.
VI 0 – 5 2014–2019
VII 0 – 1 2013–14
VIII 0 – 1 2012–13

Women[edit]

Season National competitions Remarks
Division Position Pld W D L GF GA
2019–20 IV III liga Decrease 4/5 8 3 0 5 9 37 Cancellation of the season
due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 V IV liga Increase 2/4 12 5 1 6 35 29
2021–22 IV III liga D The club's management liquidated the team before the season began

Men[edit]

Season National competitions Remarks PP European competitions
Division Position Pld W D L GF GA Competition Round
1958 V Klasa B Increase 1/? No
1959 IV Klasa A Increase 1/13
1960 III III liga 1/12 Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga with
Górnik Konin & Lechia Szczecinek
1960–61 III liga 1/13 Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga with
Czarni Szczecin, Warta Poznań
& Lechia Szczecinek
1961–62 III liga 3/13
1962–63 III liga 1/13 Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga with
Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Arka Gdynia,
Czarni Szczecin & Gwardia Koszalin
1963–64 III liga 1/13 Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga with
Arka Gdynia, Gryf Słupsk,
Pomorzanin Toruń & Wiarus Szczecin 		1R
1964–65 III liga 1/12 Lost additional game for championship title
of league with Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 		F
1965–66 III liga Decrease 4/12 Teams from 4-10 position
were relegated to Klasa Okręgowa 		Cup Winners' Cup D
1966–67 IV Klasa okręgowa 7/12
1967–68 Klasa okręgowa 5/12
1968–69 Klasa okręgowa 6/13
1969–70 Klasa okręgowa 12/14
1970–71 Klasa okręgowa Decrease 14/14
1984–85 III III liga 8/14 26 30 29
1985–86 III liga Decrease 11/14 26 31 44
1991–92 III III liga 15
2000–01 III III liga 9 2R
2001–02 III liga Decrease 16 30 52
2002–03 IV IV liga 5 52 33
2003–04 IV liga 7 64 52
2004–05 IV liga 10 48 39
2005–06 IV liga 3 65 32
2006–07 IV liga 10 39 35
2007–08 IV liga 1/16 30 21 4 5 70 27 won the play-off with Polonia Świdnica
2008–09 III II liga 14/18 34 9 11 14 31 50 won the play-off with Goplania Inowrocław
2009–10 II liga 9/18 34 12 11 11 46 42 ER
2010–11 II liga 12/18 34 12 9 13 54 47 ER
2011–12 II liga 12/18 34 12 8 14 34 53 no license for the next season ER
2012–13 VIII Klasa B Increase 1/12 22 15 2 4 71 12 D
2013–14 VII Klasa A Increase 2/16 30 21 3 6 108 39
2014–15 VI Klasa okręgowa 6/16 30 17 4 9 73 49
2015–16 Klasa okręgowa 5/16 30 14 5 11 46 35
2016–17 Klasa okręgowa 6/16 30 16 6 8 66 30
2017–18 Klasa okręgowa 4/16 30 18 7 5 87 42
2018–19 Klasa okręgowa Increase 2/16 30 26 2 2 88 21
2019–20 V IV liga 14/16 15 4 2 9 22 36 Cancellation of the season
due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 IV liga 15/19 36 11 10 15 60 64
2021–22 IV liga 8/18 34 14 5 15 56 51
2022–23 IV liga 8/18 34 17 3 14 71 64
2023–24 IV liga 9/18 34 15 5 14 53 70

Honours[edit]

  • Polish Cup:
    • Finalists: 1964–65
  • Polish Cup (Lubusz regionals):
    • Winners: 5x: 1962–63, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1999–2000
    • Finalists: 1952, 1963–64, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1990–91

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pawel Mogielnicki (2 June 2010). "Poland - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Claudio Mutka (16 June 2020). "Czarni Żagań – historia zaskakującego finalisty Pucharu Polski". igol.pl. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ pk (9 November 2021). "Kryzys na granicy uderza również w polskie kluby. Piłkarze wezwani na wschód". sport.pl. Retrieved 19 November 2021.


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