Zawisza Bydgoszcz

The team was founded in 1946, as a military-sponsored club in Koszalin, although they only played friendly matches initially. When the army headquarters moved to Bydgoszcz a year later in 1947, the club followed. The football team has achieved some successes, playing for several years in the Polish top-flight, first winning promotion in 1961. Zawisza's under-19 team won the national youth championship in 1981. They reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup in 1991 and competed in the 1993 Intertoto Cup. Zawisza was relegated from the second level to the fourth in the 1997–98 season. In 2001, they controversially merged with Chemik Bydgoszcz, and played as Chemik-Zawisza, whilst the reserve team was initially meant to be called Zawisza-Chemik, although ultimately the reserve team remained as simply "Zawisza". The merger turned out to be very unsuccessful, and the senior side started anew from the bottom of the league pyramid, reverting to "Chemik" and leaving the reserve team in the fifth division, which subsequently became Zawisza's senior team. Aside from the ongoing Hydrobudowa scandal between 2006 and 2008, the original team were promoted to the second tier after finishing first in their regional group of the III liga in the 2007–08 season. On 12 June 2011, after a 13-year absence, Zawisza was promoted to the I liga after finishing second 5 points behind Olimpia Grudziądz in the II liga West Group in the 2010–11 season. In 2013, Zawisza won the I liga and were promoted to…

Polish Cup Winners: 2013–14 Polish Super Cup Winners: 2014