SFC Opava

Slezský FC Opava is a professional football club based in Opava, Czech Republic. The club plays in the Czech National Football League, the second of Czech football after being relegated from the Czech First League at the end of the 2020–21 season.

SFC Opava
Full nameSlezský fotbalový club Opava a.s.
Nickname(s)Slezský, žlutomodří
Founded1907 (1907)
GroundStadion v Městských sadech
Capacity7,758
ChairmanLukáš Petřík
ManagerMiloslav Brožek
LeagueCzech National Football League
2022–2313th of 16
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was 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.[4] However they were relegated to the National League again in 2021.[5]

On 9 January 2024, Slovak company A.I.K. spol. s.r.o. bought the team from the city of Opava.[6] Transaction was fully completed on 18 March 2024, Andrej Krajíček become the new owner.[7]

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 [8] who frequently produce tifos and displays, as well as travel to away games. They have a friendship with fellow Silesian team Śląsk Wrocław[9] 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 22 February 2024.[10]

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 Czech Republic CZE Lumír Číž
4 DF Czech Republic CZE Jaromír Srubek
6 DF Czech Republic CZE Jiří Janoščín
7 MF Czech Republic CZE Jaroslav Málek
8 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Wehovský
10 FW Czech Republic CZE David Vaněček
11 FW Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Rataj
12 MF Czech Republic CZE Adam Gorčica
13 MF Nigeria NGA Solomon Omale
14 MF Czech Republic CZE Adam Ondráček
16 MF Czech Republic CZE Radim Dostál
17 DF Czech Republic CZE Adam Rychlý
18 FW Czech Republic CZE Bohdan Velička
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Czech Republic CZE Matěj Helebrand
20 MF Czech Republic CZE Filip Blecha
21 DF Czech Republic CZE Jan Kadlec
22 DF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Haitl
23 DF Czech Republic CZE Miloš Kopečný
24 MF Czech Republic CZE Matěj Hýbl
25 MF Czech Republic CZE Adam Ščudla
28 MF South Korea KOR Jun-hyeong Kim
29 MF Czech Republic CZE Jakub Rezek
32 MF Australia AUS Thomas Whiffen
41 MF Czech Republic CZE Jakub Přichystal (on loan from Sigma Olomouc)
51 GK Czech Republic CZE Adam Richter
97 FW Nigeria NGA Marzuq Yahaya (on loan from Pardubice)

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 Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Vincour (at Kroměříž)

Notable former players

Player records in the Czech First League
As of 18 July 2023.[11]

Most clean sheets
#NameClean sheets
1Czech Republic René Twardzik22
2Czech Republic Vilém Fendrich15
3Czech Republic Petr Vašek11

Managers
  • Vlastimil Bělík (1945–?)[12]
  • Jan Novák (late 1940s)[12]
  • Václav Smetánka (late 1940s)[12]
  • Karel Novák (1957)[13]
  • Milan Pouba (1958[13] – April 1961[14])
  • Josef Černohorský (April 1961[14] – September 1961[15])
  • Milan Pouba (September 1961[15] – 1963[16]), second term
  • Karel Čapek (1963–1964)[17]
  • Milan Pouba (1964[18]–1965[19])
  • Karel Čapek (1965[19] – September 1966[20])
  • Jan Balnar (September 1966[20] – 1967[21])
  • Milan Pouba (1967[21] – August 1968[22])
  • Karel Novák (September 1968[22] – 1970[23])
  • Anton Krásnohorský (1970)[24]
  • Evžen Hadamczik (1970[24]–1978[25])
  • Karel Větrovec (1978)[25]
  • Květoslav Stříž (1978)[26]
  • Milan Pouba (1978–1979)[26]
  • Petr Hudec (1979–1980)[27]
  • Milan Pouba (1980[28]–1981[29])
  • Alois Sommer (1981[29]–1990[30])
  • Petr Žemlík (1990[31]–1992[32])
  • Petr Ondrášek (1992)[33]
  • Oldřich Sedláček (1992 – April 1993[33])
  • Alois Sommer (1993)[33]
  • Jaroslav Pindor (1993)[34]
  • Jaroslav Gürtler (1993[34]–1994[35])
  • Petr Žemlík (1994[35]–1997[36])
  • Jiří Nejedlý (1997–1998)[37]
  • Petr Žemlík (1998)[37]
  • 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 (2020–2021)
  • Roman West (2021–2022)[38]
  • Peter Hlinka (2023)
  • Miloslav Brožek (2023–present)[39]

Honours

Club records

Czech First League records

References
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