Its name reflects the name of club's sponsor - Fablok, the biggest and most important company in town.
Fablok's most famous association football player is Paweł Cyganek, who played one game for the Polish national team, in a 4–2 win over Hungary on 27 August 1939.
A few years ago, handball section split with Fablok and now exists under the name of MTS Chrzanów.
Presently, after financial problems, Fablok supports only one section - association football.
[1] It played in 1939 play-offs for accession to the national league with Śląsk Świętochłowice and Unia Sosnowiec.