Sandecja was founded in 1910, upon the initiative of Adam Bieda, who was the chairman of the Nowy Sącz branch of the SokolSports Association. The name of the club comes after Latin name of the city of Nowy Sącz, and from the very beginning, Sandecja was supported by the localZakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego. For most of its history, Sandecja was closely associated with Polish Railroads, and its official name was Rail Sports Club Sandecja. Throughout the years, Sandecja had several departments, including men’s and women’s volleyball, handball, basketball, track and field, skiing, ice-hockey, boxing, table tennis.
Timeline
1910 - Adam Bieda of the local Sokol Movement found the club,
1912 - the statutes of Sandecja are approved: “The purpose of the Club is to promote physical development of the youth”,
1924 - the club has 230 members in several departments,
1928-1932 - the club suspends its activities, due to the loss of its own field,
1933 - new field and new gym are opened, and with new manager, Franciszek Krupski of Polish Railways, Sandecja returns as Rail Club of Military Training Sandecja,
1934-1939 - the football team plays in the second and third levels of Polish football system and other organizations. Football player Julian Zubek commanded the largest AK unit in the area. Klemens Gucwa, Leopold Kwiatkowski, Jan Freisler and Roman Stramka serve as couriers,
February 1945 - Sandecja returns. First postwar game took place on April 15, 1945: KS OMTUR Sandecja beats RKS Swit 2:1,
1966 - Sandecja wins promotion to the Third League
1967 – women’s volleyball team becomes the regional champion,
May 1, 1970 - at the newly opened stadium, located at Kilinskiego Street, international U-19 friendly Poland vs. Hungary takes place. Poland loses 2:3, and among Polish players were Kazimierz Kmiecik, Mirosław Bulzacki, Zbigniew Plaszewski, Jerzy Kraska. The game was attended by 10 000 people,
July 1978. Sandecja’s U-19 team becomes the fourth team in Poland,
June 1986. Sandecja wins promotion to the Second Division. In its first home game, Sandecja beats 3-1 Broń Radom, but after one year, the team is relegated back to the Third Division,
June 1992. Sandecja again wins promotion to the Second League, to be again relegated after one year.
1998 - Sandecja’s U-17 team finishes in the fourth position in Polish Championship,
June 27, 1999 - Sandecja is renamed into Municipal Sports Club, MKS,
In addition, Marek and Piotr Świerczewski, who played for Sandecja in their youth career but not their senior career, had international caps for Poland.
