Śląsk Wrocław

Śląsk Wrocław
Full name Wrocławski Klub Sportowy
Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s) WKS, Wojskowi (Military), Green-White-Reds
Founded 1947
Ground Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
(Capacity: 42,771)
Chairman Piotr Wasniewski
Manager Orest Lenczyk
League Ekstraklasa
2010–11 2nd
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Śląsk Wrocław (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕlɔ̃sk ˈvrɔt͡swaf]) is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish football league system. The club was founded in 1947 and has competed under many names since then; adopting the name Śląsk Wrocław ten years after their foundation. In 1977, Śląsk Wrocław won the Polish league championship for the first time. The club has also won the Polish Cup twice, the Polish SuperCup once and the Ekstraklasa Cup once. The club's home is Stadion Miejski, a 42,771 capacity stadium in Wrocław which will be a host venue for UEFA Euro 2012. Śląsk Wrocław's manager is Orest Lenczyk.[1]

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History

The club has had many names since its foundation in 1947. They are listed below;[2]

Śląsk is the Polish name of Silesia, the historical region in which Wrocław is located.

Supporters

They are among the largest supporter movements in Poland. In the 1980s many of the club's fans were active in the Solidarity and Fighting Solidarity movement which were fighting the communist regime in Poland. It is therefore not unusual to see anticommunist and patriotic slogans on the stands.

Silesia supporters call themselves Nobles from Wrocław (Polish: Szlachta z Wrocławia). They have a friendship with Lechia Gdańsk, Wisła Kraków (Three Kings of Great Cities, Polish: Trzej Królowie Wielkich Miast), Motor Lublin, Miedź Legnica and Czech SFC Opava.

Current squad

As of 1 July 2011.[3][4]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Krzysztof Żukowski
2 DF Krzysztof Wołczek
3 DF Piotr Celeban
4 DF Amir Spahić
5 MF Waldemar Sobota
7 MF Sebastian Dudek
8 MF Łukasz Madej
9 MF Marek Gancarczyk
10 MF Mateusz Cetnarski
11 MF Sebastian Mila
14 DF Dariusz Pietrasiak
16 MF Przemysław Szuszkiewicz
17 DF Mariusz Pawelec
No. Position Player
18 FW Johan Voskamp
19 MF Dariusz Sztylka
20 MF Piotr Ćwielong
21 FW Cristián Díaz
23 DF Jarosław Fojut
24 DF Tadeusz Socha
25 GK Marián Kelemen
26 MF Przemysław Kaźmierczak
27 FW Łukasz Gikiewicz
28 DF Marek Wasiluk
29 MF Rok Elsner
30 FW Marcin Staszewski
31 FW Alexandre
33 GK Rafał Gikiewicz

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
22 MF Antoni Łukasiewicz (at LKS Lodz)

Śląsk Wrocław in Europe

Their score is shown first in each case.

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1975–76 UEFA Cup First round GAIS 1–2 (A), 4–2 (H)
Second round Royal Antwerp 1–1 (H), 2–1 (A)
Third round Liverpool 1–2 (H), 0–3 (A)
1976–77 Cup Winners' Cup First round Floriana 4–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
Second round Bohemians 3–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
Quarter-finals Napoli 0–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
1977–78 European Cup First round Levski-Spartak 0–3 (A), 2–2 (H)
1978–79 UEFA Cup First round Pezoporikos Larnaca 2–2 (A), 5–1 (H)
Second round ÍBV 2–0 (A), 2–1 (H)
Third round Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 (A), 2–4 (H)
1980–81 UEFA Cup First round Dundee United 0–0 (H), 2–7 (A)
1982–83 UEFA Cup First round Dynamo Moscow 2–2 (H), 1–0 (A)
Second round Servette 0–2 (H), 1–5 (A)
1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup First round Real Sociedad 0–0 (A), 0–2 (H)
2011–12 Europa League Second qualifying round Dundee United 1–0 (H), 2–3 (A)[nb 1]
Third qualifying round Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)[nb 2]
Playoff round Rapid Bucureşti 1–3 (H), 1–1 (A)

Honours

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Won on away goals.
  2. ^ Won 4–3 on penalties.

References

  1. ^ Spence, Jim (12 July 2011). "Dundee United prepare to meet old foes, Slask Wroclaw". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14098862.stm. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Historia Wroclawskiego Klubu" (in Polish). WKS Śląsk Wrocław Historia Klubu. http://slaskhistoria.w.interia.pl/wks_slask_wroclaw.htm. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "I Drużyna" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. http://www.slaskwroclaw.pl/sklad.dhtml?sid=1. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "Official Ekstraklasa Website - WKS Śląsk Wrocław - Players" (in Polish). http://www.ekstraklasa.org/index.php?typ=klub&id=19. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  5. ^ Kaczmarek, Michal; Dabrowski, Piotr (19 May 2011). "Poland - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/polchamp.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  6. ^ Mogielnicki, Pawel (2 June 2010). "Poland - List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/polcuphist.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  7. ^ Di Maggio, Roberto (21 May 2009). "Poland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/polleagcuphist.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 
  8. ^ Mogielnicki, Pawel (17 September 2010). "Poland - List of Super Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/polsupcuphist.html. Retrieved 22 July 2011. 

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