Czarni Żagań

Czarni Żagań

Full name	Miejski Klub Sportowy Czarni Żagań 1957
Nickname(s)	Czarni (The Blacks)
Founded	October 1957; 67 years ago (1957-10)
Ground	Czarni Stadium
Capacity	1,300
Chairman	Roman Chruścicki
Head coach	Grzegorz Tychowski
League	IV liga Lubusz
2023–24	IV liga Lubusz, 9th of 18
Home colours Away colours

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

Former club crest, without the foundation date

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

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

Season	National competitions									Remarks
	Division		Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2019–20	IV	III liga	4/5	8	3	0	5	9	37	Cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	V	IV liga	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

Season	National competitions									Remarks	PP	European competitions
	Division		Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA			Competition	Round
1958	V	Klasa B	1/?								No
1959	IV	Klasa A	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	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	14/14
1984–85	III	III liga	8/14	26				30	29
1985–86		III liga	11/14	26				31	44
1991–92	III	III liga	15
2000–01	III	III liga	9								2R
2001–02		III liga	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	1/12	22	15	2	4	71	12		D
2013–14	VII	Klasa A	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	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

• 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

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.