13 June is a special day for all Cracovia fans and football aficionados. On this day in 1906 a group of students met up in Jordans Garden in Cracow for their first training session after they had decided to form the first Polish sport club.

Cracovia are the oldest active sport club in Poland. People used to play football in Cracow since 1890s, at first in Jordans Garden, and then in Błonia Park. However, the games were merely recreational in nature and the regulations could be interpreted freely. The arrival of teams from Lviv on the 4th of June 1906 was essential to establishing organized football clubs in Cracow. It was back then that squads from the two towns faced one another in a series of matches. In the first game Czarni Lwów played against Przodownicy (Studenci) - a team of Cracovian high school students. In another match students from Lviv faced a line-up consisting of members from the public - Akademicy. This event acted as a catalyst to the growth of football in Cracow.

On the 13th of June, after a classified in a newspaper "Nowa Reforma" had been posted to encourage people to join in, Akademicy had their first training session. This is how the legendary club in Polish football was born. Before entering the "autumn competition" Akademicy took a new name - Akademicki Klub Footballowy Cracovia. In the same time Przodownicy, also called Studenci, I Drużyna Studencka, I Klub Studencki and I Klub Footballowy received an official name - White-reds - because of their shirts in the two colours. The two teams stood out in the "autumn tournament" and in winter decided to join their forces. The new group took up Akademicys name, while he club colours i.e. white and red striped shirts (hence the clubs nickname Pasy - Polish for "stripes") were taken from Szeligowskis team. It was the final forming stage of the future Champion of Poland, Cracovia.

Being the first Polish champion in 1921, winning many more league titles in 32 disciplines, but also the ability to get through tough times and come back to glory - all of this makes us proud to be Cracovia fans. Also in the last couple of months we witnessed many wonderful moments - our hockey team won the league championship for the eleventh time (they were champions in 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016) and won entry ticket to the Champions Hockey League - they will be the first Polish team to play in the elite competition! What is more, Pasy football team (champions in 1921, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1948) came in fourth at the end of the season which ensured them a place in the Europa League qualifying round for the first time in the clubs history! What a way to celebrate Cracovias 110th anniversary!

Happy Cracovias 110th birthday!