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The meeting during which the Polish Football Association was constituted was held in Warsaw, in a building located at Oboźna 1 (or 3) Street, which no longer exists today. As it used to be in those days, not everyone was satisfied with the venue of the meeting. The report of "ICK" also includes information on some "shortcomings". "The meeting started with some shortcomings since the designated building was taken and the Warsaw hosts were extremely unpunctual; this was largely disliked by the guests from the Lesser Poland and Poznań, who were accustomed not only to being punctual but also to respecting decisions taken by the meeting," we read further in the notice.

Despite these shortcomings and some minor obstacles, 31 delegates of clubs and districts managed to work out a consensus and establish the Polish Football Association. The author of the first articles of association was Stanisław Polakiewicz – the Vice-President of the Polish Olympic Committee and later the President of the Polish Ice Hockey Federation. However, it should be remembered that it has already been attempted to create organised structures, football associations, but due to Partitions, this task could not have been fully accomplished.

That which could not have been achieved before the regaining of independence happened in 1921. Although the founding meeting was held in Warsaw, it was passed by the overwhelming majority of votes that the seat of the new association will be located in Kraków (the second general meeting was already held in this city, at the then Radziwiłłowska 4 Street). The first President of the Polish Football Association was Edward Wiktor Cetnarowski, a doctor and Cracovia activist. During the meeting, five district associations were also established, the "capitals" of which were Warsaw, Kraków, Lwów, Poznań and Łódź. Moreover, the rules of the Polish Championship competitions were also developed.

In 1921, the Polish national team played its first official match, losing 1-0 to Hungary. In 1923, the Polish Football Association was officially accepted as a member of FIFA (International Federation of Association Football), as a result of which only a year later the White-and-Reds competed at the Olympic Games in Paris. Despite an unsuccessful performance, there were 510 clubs, 17 thousand players and 200 judges registered in the Polish Football Association by the end of the year. In just three years, the number of professional football players increased over sevenfold. But that is a completely different story.