SFC Opava

SFC Opava

Full name	Slezský fotbalový club Opava a.s.
Nickname(s)	Slezský, žlutomodří
Founded	1907
Ground	Stadion v Městských sadech
Capacity	7,758
Chairman	Marek Hájek
Manager	Ivan Kopecký
League	Czech First League
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Slezský FC Opava is a football club from Opava, Czech Republic. The club plays in the Czech First League, the top tier of Czech football.

History

The club were in the Czech First League at the top tier of Czech football from 1995 to 2000, getting relegated in 2000 but returning to the top flight the following season in 2001. After another relegation they returned again in 2003 and had a two-year spell in the top division, but internal issues led to a slow decline of the club and relegation to the regional division. The club celebrated a return to the Second Division in 2011,^[1] but after just two seasons, they were relegated back to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) in 2013.^[2] The club won promotion back into the second level of football in their first season in the MSFL.^[3] They won the Czech National Football League in 2018, securing promotion to the top flight.

Historical names

• 1907–09 – Troppauer Fussballverein
• 1909–39 – Deutscher Sportverein Troppau
• 1939–45 – NS Turngemeinde Troppau
• 1945–48 – SK Slezan Opava
• 1948–50 – Sokol Slezan Opava
• 1950–53 – ZSJ SPJP Opava
• 1953–58 – TJ Baník Opava
• 1958–90 – TJ Ostroj Opava
• 1990–94 – FK Ostroj Opava
• 1994–98 – FC Kaučuk Opava
• Since 1998 – SFC Opava

Fans and rivalries

The club has a group of fanatical fans called Opaváci ^[4] who frequently produce tifos and displays, as well as travel to away games. They have a friendship with fellow Silesian team Śląsk Wrocław^[5] and have derby rivalries with FC Baník Ostrava and FC Hlučín, with the matches between them known as the Silesian Derby.

Players

Current squad

As of 26 July, 2018^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Vojtěch Šrom 2 DF Dominik Simerský 4 DF Matěj Helebrand 5 DF Jan Žídek 6 MF Jan Řezníček 7 MF Pavel Zavadil 8 MF Tomáš Jursa 9 DF Matěj Hrabina 10 FW Nemanja Kuzmanović 11 DF Marko Radić 13 FW Tomáš Smola 14 MF Jan Schaffartzik

No. Position Player 15 MF Adam Rychlý 16 MF Ondřej Kotlík 17 MF Petr Zapalač 18 FW Václav Jurečka 19 MF Jakub Janetzký 20 MF Joel Ngandu Kayamba 21 FW Václav Juřena 22 GK Kryštof Lasák 23 DF Jaroslav Svozil 24 FW David Pučkáč 27 MF Tomáš Freit 30 GK Vilém Fendrich

Managers

• Vlastimil Bělík (1945–?)^[7]
• Jan Novák (late 1940s)^[7]
• Václav Smetánka (late 1940s)^[7]
• Karel Novák (1957)^[8]
• Milan Pouba (1958^[8] – April 1961^[9])
• Josef Černohorský (April 1961^[9] – September 1961^[10])
• Milan Pouba (September 1961^[10] – 1963^[11]), second term
• Karel Čapek (1963–1964)^[12]
• Milan Pouba (1964^[13]–1965^[14]), third term
• Karel Čapek (1965^[14] – September 1966^[15]), second term
• Jan Balnar (September 1966^[15] – 1967^[16])
• Milan Pouba (1967^[16] – August 1968^[17]), fourth term
• Karel Novák (September 1968^[17] – 1970^[18])
• Anton Krásnohorský (1970)^[19]
• Evžen Hadamczik (1970^[19]–1978^[20])
• Karel Větrovec (1978)^[20]
• Květoslav Stříž (1978)^[21]
• Milan Pouba (1978–1979),^[21] fifth term
• Petr Hudec (1979–1980)^[22]
• Milan Pouba (1980^[23]–1981^[24]), sixth term
• Alois Sommer (1981^[24]–1990^[25])
• Petr Žemlík (1990^[26]–1992^[27])
• Petr Ondrášek (1992)^[28]
• Oldřich Sedláček (1992 – April 1993^[28])
• Alois Sommer (1993),^[28] second term
• Jaroslav Pindor (1993)^[29]
• Jaroslav Gürtler (1993^[29]–1994^[30])
• Petr Žemlík (1994^[30]–1997^[31]), second term
• Jiří Nejedlý (1997–1998)^[32]
• Petr Žemlík (1998),^[32] third term
• Jiří Bartl (1998–2000)
• Petr Uličný (2000)
• Bohuš Keler (2000–01)
• Miroslav Mentel (2001–02)
• Karel Jarůšek (2002–03)
• Pavel Hapal (2003–04)
• Vlastimil Palička (2004–05)
• Radoslav Látal (2008–09)
• Josef Mazura (2010–12)
• David Vavruška (2012–13)
• Jan Baránek (2013–16)
• Roman Skuhravý (2016–2018)
• Ivan Kopecký (2018–)

Honours

• Czech 2. liga (second tier)
  • Runner-up 1994–95, 2000–01, 2002–03
• Moravian–Silesian Football League (third tier)
  • Champions 2010–11, 2013–14
• Krajský přebor Moravskoslezského kraje (fifth tier)
  • Champions 2005–06
• Czech Cup:
  • Runner-up 2016–17

References

External links

• Official website (in Czech)
• Fan site