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 name	Slezský fotbalový club Opava a.s.
Nickname(s)	Slezský, žlutomodří
Founded	1907 (1907)
Ground	Stadion v Městských sadech
Capacity	7,758
Chairman	Jaroslav Rovňan
Manager	Radoslav Kováč
League	Czech First League
2018–19	12th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Vojtěch Šrom 2 DF  CZE Štěpán Harazim 5 DF  CZE Jan Žídek 6 MF  CZE Jan Řezníček 7 MF  CZE Pavel Zavadil 8 MF  CZE Tomáš Jursa 9 DF  CZE Matěj Hrabina 10 MF  CZE Filip Souček (on loan from Sparta Prague) 14 MF  CZE Jan Schaffartzik 15 DF  CZE Adam Rychlý 17 MF  CZE Petr Zapalač 19 DF  CZE Josef Hnaníček

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  SVK Karol Mondek 21 FW  CZE Václav Juřena 22 GK  CZE Kryštof Lasák 26 FW  SVK René Dedič 27 DF  CZE Matěj Helešic (on loan from Baník Ostrava) 30 GK  CZE Vilém Fendrich 32 FW  CZE Dominik Smékal 44 DF  CZE Martin Sus 47 MF  CZE Jiří Texl 77 MF  BIH Bojan Dordić 90 DF  CZE Jan Hošek 94 FW  CZE 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. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CZE Matěj Helebrand (at Fotbal Třinec)

Notable former players

Player records

As of 10 March 2020.[7]

Most appearances in Czech First League # Name Matches 1 Jan Baránek 145 2 Jaroslav Kolínek 138 3 Alois Grussmann 131 4 Miroslav Kamas 129 5 Roman Hendrych 119

Most goals in Czech First League # Name Goals 1 Alois Grussmann 33 2 Jan Baránek 17 3 Radomír Prasek 13 4 Roman Hendrych 12 Martin Rozhon Jiří Bartl

Most clean sheets in Czech First League

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	René Twardzik	22
2	Petr Vašek	11
3	Ivo Schmucker	8

Managers

Vlastimil Bělík (1945–?)[8] Jan Novák (late 1940s)[8] Václav Smetánka (late 1940s)[8] Karel Novák (1957)[9] Milan Pouba (1958[9] – April 1961[10]) Josef Černohorský (April 1961[10] – September 1961[11]) Milan Pouba (September 1961[11] – 1963[12]), second term Karel Čapek (1963–1964)[13] Milan Pouba (1964[14]–1965[15]), third term Karel Čapek (1965[15] – September 1966[16]), second term Jan Balnar (September 1966[16] – 1967[17]) Milan Pouba (1967[17] – August 1968[18]), fourth term Karel Novák (September 1968[18] – 1970[19]) Anton Krásnohorský (1970)[20] Evžen Hadamczik (1970[20]–1978[21])

Karel Větrovec (1978)[21] Květoslav Stříž (1978)[22] Milan Pouba (1978–1979),[22] fifth term Petr Hudec (1979–1980)[23] Milan Pouba (1980[24]–1981[25]), sixth term Alois Sommer (1981[25]–1990[26]) Petr Žemlík (1990[27]–1992[28]) Petr Ondrášek (1992)[29] Oldřich Sedláček (1992 – April 1993[29]) Alois Sommer (1993),[29] second term Jaroslav Pindor (1993)[30] Jaroslav Gürtler (1993[30]–1994[31]) Petr Žemlík (1994[31]–1997[32]), second term Jiří Nejedlý (1997–1998)[33]

Petr Žemlík (1998),[33] 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 (2018–2019) Josef Dvorník (2019) Jiří Balcárek (2019–2020) Radoslav Kováč (2020–present)

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

Club records

Czech First League records

• Best position: 6th (1995–96)
• Worst position: 16th (2001–02, 2004–05)
• Biggest home win: Opava 5–0 Příbram (2018–19)
• Biggest away win: Slovácko 0–2 Opava (2018–19)
• Biggest home defeat: Opava 0–4 Slavia Prague (1998–99)
• Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 5–0 Opava (2001–02), Mladá Boleslav 6–1 Opava (2018–19)

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
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External links

• Official website (in Czech)
• Fan site