Okecie Warszawa
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Okęcie Warszawa is a Polish
sports club from the Okęcie
neighbourhood of Warsaw
. Founded in 1929 as Skoda Warszawa, its name was changed into Okęcie in 1936. The club is located at 1 Radarowa Street in Warsaw. Hues are blue-white.
Okęcie is most famous for its boxers (including Antoni Czortek
), who in the 1930s were multiple champions of Poland, including team championship of the country (1934), and soccer team, which played in the Polish 3rd Division. Currently the team plays in the 4th regional Division of Mazovia
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
sports club from the Okęcie
Okecie
Okęcie is the largest neighbourhood of the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland.It is the location of Warsaw Chopin Airport and the PZL Warszawa-Okęcie aircraft works, and home to the Okęcie Warszawa professional association football club....
neighbourhood of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. Founded in 1929 as Skoda Warszawa, its name was changed into Okęcie in 1936. The club is located at 1 Radarowa Street in Warsaw. Hues are blue-white.
Okęcie is most famous for its boxers (including Antoni Czortek
Antoni Czortek
Antoni "Kajtek" Czortek was a Polish boxing champion, one of the Polish legends of this sport. Czortek was a 1939 silver medalist of Amateur Championships of Europe, multiple champion of Poland and participant of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin...
), who in the 1930s were multiple champions of Poland, including team championship of the country (1934), and soccer team, which played in the Polish 3rd Division. Currently the team plays in the 4th regional Division of Mazovia
Mazovia
Mazovia or Masovia is a geographical, historical and cultural region in east-central Poland. It is also a voivodeship in Poland.Its historic capital is Płock, which was the medieval residence of first Dukes of Masovia...
.