SFC Opava

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.

SFC Opava
Full nameSlezský fotbalový club Opava a.s.
Nickname(s)Slezský, žlutomodří
Founded1907 (1907)
GroundStadion v Městských sadech
Capacity7,758
ChairmanJaroslav Rovňan
ManagerRadoslav Kováč
LeagueCzech First League
2018–1912th
WebsiteClub website

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 11 February 2020.[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 Štěpán Harazim
5 DF Jan Žídek
6 MF Jan Řezníček
7 MF Pavel Zavadil
8 MF Tomáš Jursa
9 DF Matěj Hrabina
10 MF Filip Souček (on loan from Sparta Prague)
14 MF Jan Schaffartzik
15 DF Adam Rychlý
17 MF Petr Zapalač
19 DF Josef Hnaníček
No. Position Player
20 MF Karol Mondek
21 FW Václav Juřena
22 GK Kryštof Lasák
26 FW René Dedič
27 DF Matěj Helešic (on loan from Baník Ostrava)
30 GK Vilém Fendrich
32 FW Dominik Smékal
44 DF Martin Sus
47 MF Jiří Texl
77 MF Bojan Dordić
90 DF Jan Hošek
94 FW Lukáš Železník

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
DF Matěj Helebrand (at Fotbal Třinec)

Notable former players

Player records
As of 10 March 2020.[7]

Most clean sheets in Czech First League
#NameClean sheets
1 René Twardzik22
2 Petr Vašek11
3 Ivo Schmucker8

Managers

Honours

Club records

Czech First League records

References
  1. "MSFL: Fotbalisté Slezského FC pod drobnohledem". denik.cz (in Czech). 2 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. "Opavští fotbalisté musejí po sestupu najít kostru týmu". idnes.cz (in Czech). 5 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. "Fotbalisté Opavy postupují z MSFL do druhé nejvyšší soutěže". idnes.cz (in Czech). 1 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. Opaváci1907.cz
  5. "hooligans.cz -:- ultras.cz - oficiální server českých a slovenských fotbalových chuligánů a fanoušků". Hooligans.cz. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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