RTP Unia Racibórz
Full nameRaciborskie Towarzystwo Pilkarskie Unia Racibórz
Founded1946 (sports club)
2001 (women's football)
GroundOSiR Stadium, Racibórz
Capacity10,000
PresidentRemigiusz Trawiński
Head coachRemigiusz Trawiński
LeagueEkstraliga
2012–131st
WebsiteClub website

RTP Unia Racibórz was a women's football club from Racibórz, Poland. The club won five national championships, three Polish Cups and participated in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

History

As part of a sports club

Unia Racibórz was founded on 27 April 1946 as a men's team. Its initial name was Klub Sportowy Plania Racibórz. The club has undergone several name changes. From June 1949 to November 1949 it was named ZKS Chemik Racibórz, then it was called ZKS Unia Racibórz (until 18 March 1957), and KS Unia Racibórz up to the 1997–98 season before adopting the current name RTP Unia Racibórz.[1] Until 2001, the year the women started training, the club had only a men's football team. The women's team was registered for league play in the 2002–03 season.

In January 2008, after discrepancies over the use of finances, the men's section split from RTP Unia and took the name KP Unia Racibórz.[2] Thus RTP Unia Racibórz became exclusively a women's football club.

As an independent club

In 2006-07 the club gained promotion into Ekstraliga, Poland's first league for women. In their first season in the Ekstraliga the took 3rd place, but only one year later the team won the championship and ended the dominance of KS AZS Wrocław, who had won the title the last eight times. Unia was able to defend the title in 2009–10.

In the 2009-10 Champions League, the started in the round of 32 but lost to SV Neulengbach. Later that season Unia won their first national cup after beating Pogoń Women Szczecin7-1 in the final. The following season, Unia again lost the round of 32 champions league legs, this time to Brøndby. In 2012–13, Unia lost to VfL Wolfsburg and was eliminated by Konak Belediyespor a year later, at the round of 32 stage yet again.

After the 2012/13 season the main sponsor left and many players left for new clubs. Several of those were Polish national team players.[3] Unia eventually withdrew from the Extraleague after the first half of the 2013/14 season because of financial problems.[4][5] They stood at second place that time of being withdrawn. The club was disbanded and thus did not join lower-tier competitions.

Titles

  • 5 Polish championships: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • 3 Polish cup-winner: 2010, 2011, 2012
  • 3 Polish indoor championships: 2008, 2009, 2011
Season[6] League Place W D L GF GA Pts Cup
2002-03II liga kobiet, grupa: śląska (II)[7]56212223120
2003-04II liga kobiet, grupa: opolska (II)2712421822
2004-05II liga kobiet, grupa: opolska (II)11712961652
2005–06I liga kobiet, grupa: południowa (II)21235693439semi-final
2006–07I liga kobiet, grupa: wschodnia (II)12000116660quarter-final
2007–08Ekstraliga Kobiet (I)31046332834final
2008–09Ekstraliga Kobiet11721781153semi-final
2009–10Ekstraliga Kobiet11712841252winner
2010–11Ekstraliga Kobiet1152182747winner
2011–12Ekstraliga Kobiet1170185851winner
2012–13Ekstraliga Kobiet11422581344runner-up
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

UEFA competitions record

Unia Racibórz – Wolfsburg (1–5)
SeasonCompetitionStageResultOpponent
2009-10Champions LeagueRound of 321-3 1-0Austria Neulengbach
2010-11Champions LeagueRound of 321-2 1-0Denmark Brøndby
2011-12Champions LeagueQualifying Stage0-1Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
8-0Albania Ada Velipojë
1-1Finland PK-35
2012-13Champions LeagueQualifying Stage5-0Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
7-1Montenegro ŽFK Ekonomist
5-0Belarus Bobruichanka Bobruisk
Round of 321-5 1-6Germany VfL Wolfsburg
2013-14Champions LeagueQualifying Stage3-1Slovenia Pomurje
7-0Albania Ada Velipojë
0-0Belarus Bobruichanka Bobruisk
Round of 321-2 0-0Turkey Konak Belediyespor

Current squad

As of 11 August 2012, according to UEFA's website.
 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Poland POL Natasza Górnicka
4 MF Poland POL Hanna Konsek
7 FW Poland POL Dżesika Jaszek
8 MF Poland POL Natalia Chudzik
9 FW Poland POL Agata Tarczyńska
10 FW Poland POL Anna Żelazko
11 DF Poland POL Donata Leśnik
12 GK Poland POL Marlena Janeczek
13 MF Poland POL Karolina Wieczorek
17 GK Poland POL Dorota Wilk
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Poland POL Marta Mika
19 MF Slovakia SVK Katarina Ištóková
20 DF Poland POL Aleksandra Sosnowska
21 DF Poland POL Alicja Pawlak
22 MF Poland POL Katarzyna Krupa
27 MF Poland POL Patrycja Pożerska
29 MF Slovakia SVK Dominika Sýkorová
66 FW Poland POL Patrycja Wiśniewska
57 MF Slovakia SVK Ivana Bojdová

Former internationals

References

  1. ↑ "Skarb - Unia Racibórz". www.90minut.pl.
  2. ↑ "Interview mit dem polnischen Meistertrainer Remigiusz Trawinski". www.fansoccer.de.
  3. ↑ Wschodni, Dziennik. "Dziennik Wschodni - Lublin, Lubelskie, Lubelszczyzna - wiadomości, informacje, aktualności, artykuły, wydarzenia". Dziennik Wschodni. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Unia withdraw from league" (in Polish). pzpn.pl. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mistrzowska Unia Racibórz znika z mapy Polski • Racibórz, Rybnik, Wodzisław Śląski". sport.nowiny.pl.
  6. ↑ "Unia Raciborz seasons". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Skarb - Unia Racibórz (k)". www.90minut.pl.
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