Lwów district football competitions () were a regional association football competitions on territory of Lwów Voivodeship, Tarnopol Voivodeship, and Stanisławów Voivodeship (1920-1934), Poland (then Second Polish Republic) in 1920–1939. The competitions were organized by the Lwówskie Okręgowych Związków Piłki Nożnej, Lwówskie OZPN.
The league was created in 1920, as the original four district leagues of the Polish Football Union and is considered a continuation of the Austrian Football Championship of Galicia in 1913–1914.
The competitions were conducted on territory of modern West Ukraine which during the World War II was annexed by the Soviet Union and added to the Soviet Ukraine (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). The Lwów District League is considered to be a football precursor of the Lviv Oblast Football Federation championship in the modern Ukraine and the Subcarpathia Regional Division of the Polish Fifth League.
Winners of the league qualified to all-Polish championship among winners of all district leagues in Poland. In 1927, number of better Polish clubs organized all-Polish National League which was a predecessor of the today's Ekstraklasa. At the same time winners of the district league since then qualified to regional play-offs, a winner of which was advancing to the newly formed National League.
In 1928 and 1929, the Lwów District League temporarily administered the regional football competitions in Wołyń Voivodeship as Wołyń subgroup, which in 1930 officially formed the Wołyń District League.
Champions List of the top tier's winners of the district league Season Champions Runners-up Third place # teams Notes 1920 Czarni Lwów Pogoń Lwów Polonia Przemyśl 4 not finished 1921 Pogoń Lwów Czarni Lwów 2 only two teams 1922 Pogoń Lwów Czarni Lwów Lechia Lwów 5 1923 Pogoń Lwów Czarni Lwów Polonia Przemyśl 6 1924 Pogoń Lwów Czarni Lwów Hasmonea Lwów 6 relegation/promotion 1925 no competitions 1926 Pogoń Lwów Czarni Lwów Hasmonea Lwów 6 relegation/promotion 1927 6th Aviation Regiment Lechia Lwów Janina Złoczów 5 conflict with Przemyśl clubs 1928 Polonia Przemyśl Rewera Stanisławów AZS Lwów/Pogoń Stryj 10 relegation/promotion, two groups 1929 Lechia Lwów Polonia Przemyśl Janina Złoczów/Pogoń Stryj 10 relegation/promotion, two groups 1930 Lechia Lwów Polonia Przemyśl Ukraina Lwów 9 relegation/promotion 1931 Rewera Stanisławów Pogoń Stryj Polonia Przemyśl 8 1932 Polonia Przemyśl Rewera Stanisławów Drugi Sokół Lwów 13 relegation/promotion, two groups, two stages 1933 Polonia Przemyśl Lechia Lwów Resovia Rzeszów 13 relegation/promotion, two groups, two stages 1934 Czarni Lwów Resovia Rzeszów Polonia Przemyśl 10 relegation/promotion (renamed) 1935 Czarni Lwów Pogoń Stryj Hasmonea Lwów 11 relegation/promotion 1936 Polonia Przemyśl Czuwaj Przemyśl Czarni Lwów/Lechia Lwów 10 two groups 1936–37 Resovia Ukraina Lwów Ognisko Jarosław 12 1937–38 Czarni Lwów Ukraina Lwów Polonia Przemyśl 14 relegation/promotion 1938–39 Junak Drohobycz Ukraina Lwów Czarni Lwów 13 relegation/promotion 1939–40 Ukraina Lwów Hasmonea Lwów Czarni Lwów 11 not finished (only 2 rounds played)
Winners 5 – Pogoń Lwów 4 – Polonia Przemyśl 3 – Czarni Lwów 2 – Lechia Lwów 1 – 4 clubs 6th Aviation Regiment, Rewera Stanisławów, Resovia, Junak Drohobycz
Wołyń subgroup
Separate football competitions were established in 1928 in Wołyń Voivodeship under administration of the Lwów District Football Union (OZPN) as a separate subgroup out teams that previously competed in the Lublin District League. Winners of the newly established competitions were not allowed to the promotional play-offs.Jan Goksiński. Futbol na Wołyniu. Sportowa Historia.pl. 2013-10-21 Season Champions Runners-up Third place # teams Notes 1928 Hallerczyki Równe Sokół Równe WKS Kowel 4 1929 WKS Kowel Hasmonea Równe Hallerczyki Równe 5
See also Lviv Oblast Football Federation
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References
External links Contenders of a football region (Звитяжці футбольного краю). Football Federation of Ukraine. 26 January 2010