Football Junior Championships of Poland Under-19 (Polish: Mistrzostwa Polski juniorow w pilce noznej) is a competition which started in the summer of 1936.
The first, historic Under-19 tournament for the title of the Football Junior Championships of Poland took place in the town of Sieraków, in mid-August 1936.
Invited were junior champions of all 12 regional districts of Polish Football Association (PZPN), but for unknown reasons three teams did not show up.
These were: Final game of the Championships took place a year later, on June 4, 1939, in Warsaw, right before an international friendly Poland - Switzerland.
The final tournament took place in mid-August 1953 in Świdnica, with 8 teams: Pomorzanin Toruń, ŁKS Łódź, Darzbor Szczecinek, Pogoń Szczecin, Budowlani Lublin, Resovia Rzeszów, Odra Opole and Unia Szamotuły.
Finally, in mid-July, there were central Championships, in Wrocław, in which participated 8 teams (Legia Warszawa, Pogoń Szczecin, Resovia Rzeszów, Wisła Kraków, Unia Racibórz, Pomorzanin Toruń, ŁKS Łódź, Szombierki Bytom).
Unia Racibórz beat Resovia Rzeszów 3–0, Pogoń Szczecin 5–0, ŁKS Łódź 2–1, Szombierki Bytom 3-0 and 2-0 Gwardia Kraków.
Even though Racibórz's young players lost 0–4 to Legia Warszawa, they were the Champions of Poland, due to the 5–0 victory with Pomorzanin Toruń in the last game.
Ambitious team from a small town in the south Poland on the way to the finals first became champion of Rzeszów Voivodeship, then beat Lublinianka Lublin 4–3, 1-1 and Legia Warszawa 4–2, 1–2.
In the final game of the championships, Lechia Gdańsk beat in Zielona Góra the team of Karpaty Krosno 2–1.
The match took place on September 14, 1958, at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, just before an international friendly Poland - Hungary (1-3) and was watched by some 80,000 fans.
In the final game, which took place in Warsaw, just before an international friendly Poland - Romania 2-3 (August 30, 1959), the junior team of Cracovia beat Arka Gdynia 3–0.
Among most famous Zryw's players, there are such personalities as Antoni Piechniczek, Zygfryd Szołtysik and Jan Banaś.
Local team, Hala, was first, second was Cracovia Kraków, third - Zryw Chorzów, fourth - Gwardia Warszawa.
Górnik Zabrze finished first, second was Warmia Olsztyn, third - Zawisza Bydgoszcz and fourth - Stadion Chorzów.
First was Odra Opole, second - Stal Kraśnik, third Hutnik Kraków, fourth - Zawisza Bydgoszcz.
Stomil Olsztyn proved its quality over the favorites - the junior team of Szombierki Bytom, winning 2–0.
That year, the junior team of Wisła Kraków proved its quality, beating Warta Poznań.
Wisla was by far the best junior team of the country, with such excellent players as Adam Nawałka, Leszek Lipka, Andrzej Iwan, Michal Wrobel or Krzysztof Budka.
On the way to the final, Cracovia's U-19 team played quarter-final tournament in Kraków, in which it beat Chemik Police 1–0, ŁKS Łódź 4-1 and Zagłębie Lubin 4–2.
Four teams participated in the competition - LSPM Zielona Góra, Górnik Zabrze, Polonia Warszawa and Gornik Wałbrzych.
The champion, the team of LSPM, beat all opponents - Górnik Zabrze 4–2, Gornik Wałbrzych 1-0 and Polonia 2–1.
CHAMPION - Lubuska Szkola Pilkarstwa Mlodziezowego (LSPM) ZIELONA GORA In the final tournament, in the summer of 2002, there were four teams - Amica Wronki, ŁKS Łódź, GKS Katowice and Górnik Łęczna.
In the tournament there were 4 teams - SMS Łódź, Polonia Warszawa, Górnik Łęczna and Wisła Kraków.
The junior team of Gwarek Zabrze, future champions of Poland, firstly won championships of the Silesian Voivodeship.
Next step were games with Korona Kielce (8-1 and 0–2), and thus Gwarek qualified to the finals, which took place in early July 2006 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
There were four teams in the tournament - Gwarek, Stal Mielec, Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski and Piast Białystok.
Final tournament in the summer of 2007 gathered four teams: Amica Wronki, Stal Mielec, SMS Łódź and Zagłębie Lubin.