Activity of the Dąbrowa Basin District Football Association in the Years 1946–1962

Abstract

The aim of the study is to present the activities of the Dąbrowa Basin District Football Association (DBDFA) in the years 1946-1962. The decision to establish it was taken by the general meeting of delegates to the Polish Football Association (PFA) who met on 16-17 February 1946. However, the beginnings of the DBDFA – taking into account the period after 1945 – are connected with the Dąbrowa Basin Football Subdistrict (DBFS), which was subordinate to the Silesian District Football Association. In turn, on July 28, 1945, the autonomous DBFS was established subordinate directly to the PFA. Subsequent organizational changes took place in 1951. At that time, PFA was dissolved, and the Football Section (FS) was established in its place at the Central Committee of Physical Culture (CCPC). Thus, District Football Associations (DFA) were replaced with FS at the Provincial Committees of Physical Culture. The process of change began again in the autumn of 1956, and it took place, among other things, in sport. Owing to to these changes, DBDFA was reactivated on 13 January 1957 (and existed until 1962). Considering the period discussed, the best years for Dąbrowa Basin football were 1946-1950. In turn, the period in which FS CCPC existed (1951-1956) was unfavourable. Therefore, after the reactivation of DBDFA, activists set out to work to rebuild Dąbrowa Basin football despite organizational difficulties continuing unabated.