Football rivalry in the multiethnic stanislavian province 1920-1939

The aim of the study was to present the sport of football in the multinational society of the Stanislaw Province in the years 1920-1939. The territory of the Stanislavan Province was located in the south-eastern part of the Second Republic of Poland. The sports clubs and associations of the Stanislav Voivodeship with a football section were part of the Lviv Regional Football Association (OZPN), and from 1934 they were part of the Stanislavov OZPN. The Stanislavovskiy OZPN included, among others, the Stanislavovskiy and Pokuckiy sub-districts. The development of organisational structures had a positive impact on the development of sport in the area. Football developed among the Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish populations living in the Stanislav region. Sports clubs and associations active among the Polish, Jewish and Ukrainian populations (from 1930) took part in the competitions of the Lviv OZPN and later the Stanislav OZPN league. The 1920s and 1930s saw an increase in the number of clubs and associations with a football section. The increase in the number of clubs contributed to a rise in the level of football in the Stanislav province. The best football teams in the Stanislavian province were Revera Stanislav, Pogoń Stryj and Strzelec-Górka Stanislav. These teams competed for promotion to the national league. Their sporting successes included the Stanislav team reaching the final of the Polish Cup competition and the Strzelec-Górka Stanislav team reaching the semi-finals of the Polish Junior Championship in 1939.