Slezský FC Opava is a professional

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club based in

Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

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. The club plays in the

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, the second of Czech football after being relegated from the

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at the end of the 2020–21 season.

History

The club was in the

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, but after just two seasons, they were relegated back to the

Moravian–Silesian Football League The Moravian-Silesian Football League (MSFL) () is one of the third level football leagues in the Czech Republic (the other is the Bohemian Football League) headquartered in Olomouc. The league comprises teams from the historic regions of Moravia ...

(MSFL) in 2013. The club won promotion back into the second level of football in their first season in the MSFL. They won the

in 2018, securing promotion to the top flight. However they were relegated to the National League again in 2021. On 9 January 2024, Slovak company A.I.K. spol. s.r.o. bought the team from the city of Opava. Transaction was fully completed on 18 March 2024, Andrej Krajíček become the new owner.

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'' who frequently produce tifos and displays, as well as travel to away games. They have a friendship with fellow

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n team

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and have derby rivalries with

FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a professional association football, football club from Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The club competes in the Czech First League, the top tier of Czech football. Founded in 1922 as SK Slezská Ostrava, Baník has won the ...

and FC Hlučín, with the matches between them known as the Silesian Derby.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

Player records in the Czech First League

''(after the last club's season in the Czech First League)''

Most appearances

Most goals

Most clean sheets

Managers

* Vlastimil Bělík (1945–?) * Jan Novák (late 1940s) * Václav Smetánka (late 1940s) * Karel Novák (1957) * Milan Pouba (1958 – April 1961) * Josef Černohorský (April 1961 – September 1961) * Milan Pouba (September 1961 – 1963), ''second term'' * Karel Čapek (1963–1964) * Milan Pouba (1964–1965) * Karel Čapek (1965 – September 1966) * Jan Balnar (September 1966 – 1967) * Milan Pouba (1967 – August 1968) * Karel Novák (September 1968 – 1970) * Anton Krásnohorský (1970) *

Evžen Hadamczik Evžen Hadamczik (28 October 1939 – 19 September 1984) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech Association football, football manager and former player. He was responsible for the Golden Era of Baník Ostrava football club, winning the Czechoslovak First ...

(1970–1978) * Karel Větrovec (1978) * Květoslav Stříž (1978) * Milan Pouba (1978–1979) * Petr Hudec (1979–1980) * Milan Pouba (1980–1981) * Alois Sommer (1981–1990) * Petr Žemlík (1990–1992) * Petr Ondrášek (1992) * Oldřich Sedláček (1992 – April 1993) * Alois Sommer (1993) * Jaroslav Pindor (1993) * Jaroslav Gürtler (1993–1994) * Petr Žemlík (1994–1997) * Jiří Nejedlý (1997–1998) * Petr Žemlík (1998) * Jiří Bartl (1998–2000) * Petr Uličný (2000) *

Bohuš Keler Bohuslav "Bohuš" Keler (born 8 September 1961 in Karviná) is a Czech football manager and former player who played during most of his career for FC Vítkovice. Club career Keler played in 113 Czechoslovak First League matches for FC Vítkovi ...

(2000–01) * Miroslav Mentel (2001–02) *

Karel Jarůšek Karel Jarůšek (born 2 December 1952) is a Czech Republic, Czech football (soccer), football manager and former player. As a player, Jarůšek played mostly for FC Zbrojovka Brno. In 1978, he won the Czechoslovak First League with Zbrojovka. Fr ...

(2002–03) *

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(2003–04) * Vlastimil Palička (2004–05) * Radoslav Látal (2008–09) *

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(2010–12) *

David Vavruška David Vavruška (born 14 September 1972) is a Czech association football, football coach (sport), coach. His last job was as a head coach of Czech 2. Liga football club Viktoria Žižkov. He took over at the half way stage of the 2016–17 seaso ...

(2012–13) * Jan Baránek (2013–16) * Roman Skuhravý (2016–2018) * Ivan Kopecký (2018–2019) * Josef Dvorník (2019) * Jiří Balcárek (2019–2020) *

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(2020–2021) * Roman West (2021–2022) * Peter Hlinka (2023) * Miloslav Brožek (2023–2024) * Tomáš Zápotočný (2024–2025) * Roman Nádvorník (2025–)

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 11 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 18 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 2 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

Honours

(second tier) ** Champions (1): 2017–18 *

(third tier) ** Champions (2): 2010–11, 2013–14 *

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: ** Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Club records

Czech First League records

*Best position: 6th ( 1995–96) *Worst position: 18th ( 2020–21) *Biggest home win: Opava 5–0

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( 2018–19) *Biggest away win:

Slovácko Moravian Slovakia, also called Slovácko (, older ''Moravské Slovensko'') is a cultural region in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Moravia, on the border with Slovakia (the Slovak region of Záhor ...

0–2 Opava ( 2018–19) *Biggest home defeat: Opava 0–6

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( 2020–21) *Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 5–0 Opava ( 2001–02),

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6–1 Opava ( 2018–19)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Opava Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1907 Czech First League clubs 1907 establishments in Austria-Hungary Czech National Football League clubs