Rewera Stanisławów

WCKS Rewera Stanisławów a Polish soccer team, located in Stanisławów (now: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), on the historic territory of Kresy Wschodnie (Polish Eastern Borderlands).

The club was founded in 1908, when Stanisławów belonged to the Austrian province of Galicia. Its name comes from the nickname of Polish magnate Stanisław Potocki, whose son, Andrzej Potocki, founded the city of Stanisławów. "Rewera" is a variation of a Latin proverb "re vera", which means "in fact".

Footbal team of Rewera never managed to qualify to the elite Polish Football League, however, it was a regular champion of the Stanisławów regional A-Class (see: Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). In 1934 Rewera reached the second level semifinals of qualifying games to the League, losing 0-5, 1-0 to Śląsk Świętochłowice. In 1938, Stanisławów's side lost qualifiers to Dąb Katowice.

Club's hues were red and blue, same as hues of one of most populars Polish teams, Pogoń Lwów. Apart from football, Rewera had other departments - volleyball, boxing, ice hockey, cycling, track and field. All home games were held at a municipal stadium in Potocki Park.

Following German and Soviet aggression on Poland, Rewera ceased to exist in September 1939.

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* [http://stanislawow.net/historia/sport.htm History of sports in Stanisławów 1908-1939] ,
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/crossborder.html#3pol]