Victoria Jaworzno
Polish football club
GKS Victoria Jaworzno is a Polish football and boxing club based in Jaworzno, Poland. It is the oldest Polish miner's football club.
History and etymology
The club's origins date back to 1914, however it was an unofficial gathering more so than a functioning sports club. After Poland re-gained independence in 1918, among the people returning from the front-lines of World War I was a man named Emil Dawidowicz. Emil with the help of his two friends, Rudolf Hot, a plumber from Moravian Ostrava, and Rudolf Gloser, a baker from Bielsko founded TSV Jaworzno (Towarzystwo Sportowe Victoria Jaworzno). They chose the name Victoria after the then popular Czech klub Viktoria Žižkov. 1918 is the club's official founding date as that is when the club charter, rules and regulations were established.
In 1974, the club changed its name to GKS Jaworzno, in reference to its mining community (GKS stands for Górniczy Klub Sportowy, which means "Mining Sport Club") after a merger with Górnik Jaworzno and Azotania Jaworzno. The merger was a flop, and in 1981 the historical name "Victoria" was re-incorporated once again.
The club has spent the majority of its history between the third and fifth tiers of Polish football.
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