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
The club was founded in 1957 by soldiers from the Żagań Garrison. It is the most successful football team in Lubusz Voivodeship; only Czarni from this voivodeship reached the final of the Polish Cup. They lost 4–0 to Górnik Zabrze. After the 1965 final, Czarni should have played in the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, but for political and military reasons, Czarni did not join the competition.
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. 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.
European record Season Competition Round Opponent Result 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R West Ham Uniteddefaulted
Season statistics Division tier Women MenNumber of seasonsSeasonsNumber of seasonsSeasons I0 –0 – II0 –0 – III0 –16 1960–1966, 1974–1976, 1984–1986, 1991/1992, 2000–2002, 2008–2012 IV1 2019–2034 1959, 1966–1971, 1973/1974, 1976–1984, 1986–1991, 1992–2000, 2002–2008 V1 2020–218 1958, 1971–1973, 2019– VI0 –5 2014–2019 VII0 –1 2013–14 VIII0 –1 2012–13
Women Season National competitions Remarks Division Position 2019–20IVIII liga 4/58305937Cancellation of the seasondue to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–21VIV liga 2/41251635292021–22IVIII ligaThe club's management liquidated the team before the season began
Men Season National competitions Remarks European competitions Division Position CompetitionRound1958VKlasa B 1/?1959IVKlasa A 1/131960IIIIII liga1/12Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga withGórnik Konin & Lechia Szczecinek1960–61III liga1/13Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga withCzarni Szczecin, Warta Poznań& Lechia Szczecinek1961–62III liga3/131962–63III liga1/13Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga withZawisza Bydgoszcz, Arka Gdynia,Czarni Szczecin & Gwardia Koszalin1963–64III liga1/13Lost play-offs for promotion to II liga withArka Gdynia, Gryf Słupsk,Pomorzanin Toruń & Wiarus Szczecin1964–65III liga1/12Lost additional game for championship titleof league with Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 1965–66III liga 4/12Teams from 4-10 positionwere relegated to Klasa OkręgowaCup Winners' Cup1966–67IVKlasa okręgowa7/121967–68Klasa okręgowa5/121968–69Klasa okręgowa6/131969–70Klasa okręgowa12/141970–71Klasa okręgowa 14/141984–85IIIIII liga8/142630291985–86III liga 11/142631441991–92IIIIII liga152000–01IIIIII liga92001–02III liga 1630522002–03IVIV liga552332003–04IV liga764522004–05IV liga1048392005–06IV liga365322006–07IV liga1039352007–08IV liga1/163021457027won the play-off with Polonia Świdnica2008–09IIIII liga14/1834911143150won the play-off with Goplania Inowrocław2009–10II liga9/183412111146422010–11II liga12/18341291354472011–12II liga12/1834128143453no license for the next season2012–13VIIIKlasa B 1/1222152471122013–14VIIKlasa A 2/16302136108392014–15VIKlasa okręgowa6/163017497349 2015–16Klasa okręgowa5/1630145114635 2016–17Klasa okręgowa6/163016686630 2017–18Klasa okręgowa4/1630187587422018–19Klasa okręgowa 2/1630262288212019–20VIV liga14/16154292236Cancellation of the seasondue to the COVID-19 pandemic2020–21IV liga15/193611101560642021–22IV liga8/18341451556512022–23IV liga8/18341731471642023–24IV liga9/18341551453702024–25IV liga11/1834136154954
Honours 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
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