Rewera Stanisławów
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WCKS Rewera Stanislawow a Polish soccer team, located in Stanislawow (now: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), on the historic territory of Kresy Wschodnie (Polish Eastern Borderlands).
The club was founded in 1908, when Stanislawow belonged to the Austrian province of Galicia. Its name comes from the nickname of Polish magnate Stanislaw Potocki, whose son, Andrzej Potocki, founded the city of Stanislawow. “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 Stanislawow 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 Slask Swietochlowice. In 1938, Stanislawow’s side lost qualifiers to Dąb Katowice.
Club’s hues were red and blue, same as hues of one of most populars Polish teams, Pogon Lwow. 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.
