Śląsk Wrocław

Śląsk Wrocław
Full name Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s) WKS, Wojskowi (Military)
Founded 1947 (18 March 1946)
Ground Stadion Miejski, Wrocław, Poland
Ground Capacity 42,771
Chairman Michał Bobowiec
Manager Jan Urban
League Ekstraklasa
2016–17 11th
Website Club website

Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕlɔ̃sk ˈvrɔt͡swaf]) or simply Śląsk, 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 twice and the Ekstraklasa Cup once. The club's home is Stadion Miejski, a 42,771 capacity stadium in Wrocław which was one of the host venues during UEFA Euro 2012. Club previously played at Olympic Stadium and Stadion Oporowska.

Śląsk Wrocław is ranked 9th in the Ekstraklasa all-time table. They drew an average home league attendance of 9,447 in the 2016-17 season[1].

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.

Honours

Ekstraklasa Cup

Supporters and Rivalries

They are among the largest supporter movements in Poland. They are one of the precursors football supporters in Poland (in the early 70). Śląsk supporters call themselves Nobles from Wrocław (Polish: Szlachta z Wrocławia). 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.

They have a friendship with Lechia Gdańsk, and formerly Wisła Kraków, the three-way alliance known as "Three Kings of Great Cities", Polish: Trzej Królowie Wielkich Miast, however Wisła left the coalition and has become a rivalry. The coalition was to counter "The Great Triad" coalition of Lech Poznań, Arka Gdynia and Cracovia Kraków, all of whom remain big rivals.

Other friendships are with fans of Motor Lublin, Miedź Legnica and Czech SFC Opava.[7] They also have a good relationship with the Ferencvárosi TC fans.

Supporters of Śląsk Wrocław in 2003. 
Precz z komuną (Down with communism) 
Fanatyczny Wróg Publiczny (Fanatical Public Enemy) 
Graffiti Supporters of Śląsk Wrocław (Our hearts and fists, beats for the Śląsk) 
Graffiti in Oleśnica (Sign of the Eagle) 

Stadium

The Municipal Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, is the highest fourth category football (soccer) stadium built for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. The Stadium is located on aleja Śląska in the western part of the city (Pilczyce district). It is the home stadium of the Śląsk Wrocław football team playing in the Polish T-Mobile Ekstraklasa. The stadium has a capacity of 42,771 spectators, all seated and all covered. The Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw is the largest arena in Ekstraklasa and the third largest in the country (after National Stadium and Silesia Stadium). Stadium construction began in April 2009 and was completed in September 2011. Stadium opening took place at 10 September 2011 with boxing fight between Tomasz Adamek and Vitali Klitschko for WBC heavyweight title. First football match between Śląsk Wrocław and Lechia Gdańsk was played on 10 October 2011. Śląsk won this match 1–0 and Johan Voskamp was first goalscorer on the new stadium.

Municipal Stadium by night. 
interior of the stadium. 
Śląsk Wrocław – Wisła Kraków (11.25.2011) 
The Municipal Stadium in Wrocław during the UEFA Euro 2012. 

Śląsk Wrocław in Europe

Śląsk Wrocław's score is shown first in each case

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R Sweden GAIS 4–2 1–2 5–4
2R Belgium Royal Antwerp 1–1 2–1 3–2
3R England Liverpool 1–2 0–3 1–5
1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Malta Floriana 2–0 4–1 6–1
2R Republic of Ireland Bohemians 3–0 1–0 4–0
QF Italy Napoli 0–0 0–2 0–2
1977–78 European Cup 1R Bulgaria Levski-Spartak 2–2 0–3 2–5
1978–79 UEFA Cup 1R Cyprus Pezoporikos 5–1 2–2 7–3
2R Iceland ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar 2–1 2–0 4–1
3R Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–4 1–1 3–5
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R Scotland Dundee United 0–0 2–7 2–7
1982–83 UEFA Cup 1R Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 2–2 1–0 3–2
2R Switzerland Servette 0–2 1–5 1–7
1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Spain Real Sociedad 0–2 0–0 0–2
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Scotland Dundee United 1–0 2–3 3–3[nb 1]
3Q Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 0–0 0–0 0–0[nb 2]
PO Romania Rapid Bucureşti 1–3 1–1 2–4
2012–13 UEFA Champions League 2Q Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 0–1 2–0 2–1
3Q Sweden Helsingborg 0–3 1–3 1–6
2012–13 UEFA Europa League PO Germany Hannover 96 3–5 1–5 4–10
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2Q Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 4–0 2–2 6–2
3Q Belgium Club Brugge 1–0 3–3 4–3
PO Spain Sevilla 0–5 1–4 1–9
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovenia NK Celje 3–1 1–0 4–1
2Q Sweden IFK Göteborg 0–0 0–2 0–2
Notes

Current squad

The team bus in 2011
The team bus in season 2012–2013
As of 17 July, 2017.[8]

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

No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Jakub Wrąbel
3 Poland DF Piotr Celeban
4 Serbia DF Đorđe Čotra
5 Portugal DF Augusto
6 Poland MF Michał Chrapek
7 Poland FW Jakub Kosecki
8 Serbia MF Dragoljub Srnić
9 Poland FW Marcin Robak
11 Poland MF Oktawian Skrzecz
12 Poland GK Dominik Budzyński
14 Poland MF Michal Mak
15 Poland DF Łukasz Wiech
16 Slovakia MF Róbert Pich
No. Position Player
17 Poland DF Mariusz Pawelec
18 Poland MF Łukasz Madej
20 Poland DF Adam Kokoszka
22 Spain MF Sito Riera
25 Poland MF Adrian Lyszczarz
26 Poland FW Daniel Luczak
27 Poland GK Jakub Słowik
29 Poland FW Arkadiusz Piech
30 Poland MF Kamil Dankowski
32 Republic of Macedonia MF Ostoja Stjepanović
Slovenia DF Boban Jović (on loan from Bursaspor)

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

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries.

Managers

  • Czechoslovakia Karel Finek (1958)
  • Czechoslovakia Vilém Lugr (1959)
  • Poland Artur Woźniak (1969–70)
  • Poland Władysław Żmuda (1971–77)
  • Poland Orest Lenczyk (1979–81)
  • Poland Henryk Apostel (Oct 10, 1984 – June 30, 1988)
  • Poland Alojzy Łysko (1988)
  • Poland Tadeusz Pawłowski (Oct 6, 1992 – May 10, 1993)
  • Poland Stanisław Świerk (1993–95)
  • Poland Wiesław Wojno (July 1, 1996 – March 11, 1997)
  • Poland Jerzy Kasalik (March 11, 1997 – Sept 21, 1997)
  • Poland Grzegorz Kowalski (July 1, 1998 – Dec 20, 1998)
  • Poland Wojciech Łazarek (Dec 21, 1998 – Nov 3, 1999)
  • Poland Władysław Łach (July 3, 2000 – April 10, 2001)
  • Poland Janusz Wójcik (April 10, 2001 – June 7, 2001)
  • Poland Marian Putyra (June 7, 2001 – Aug 24, 2001)
  • Czech Republic Petr Nemec (Aug 24, 2001 – March 25, 2002)
  • Poland Marian Putyra (March 25, 2002 – June 30, 2003)
  • Poland Grzegorz Kowalski (July 1, 2003 – Sept 30, 2004)
  • Poland Ryszard Tarasiewicz (Sept 29, 2004 – June 28, 2006)
  • Czech Republic Luboš Kubík (July 6, 2006 – Oct 2, 2006)
  • Poland Jan Żurek (Oct 2, 2006 – June 18, 2007)
  • Poland Ryszard Tarasiewicz (June 19, 2007 – Sept 22, 2010)
  • Poland Paweł Barylski (interim) (Sept 22, 2010 – Sept 27, 2010)
  • Poland Orest Lenczyk (Sept 27, 2010 – Aug 31, 2012)
  • Poland Paweł Barylski (interim) (Aug 31, 2012 – Sept 3, 2012)
  • Czech Republic Stanislav Levy (Sept 3, 2012 – Feb 23, 2014)
  • Poland Tadeusz Pawłowski (Feb 24, 2014 – Dec 6, 2015)
  • Poland Romuald Szukiełowicz (Dec 7, 2015 – March 9, 2016)
  • Poland Mariusz Rumak (March 9, 2016 – Dec 19, 2016)
  • Poland Jan Urban (Jan 5, 2017 – )

See also

Footnotes

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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/pol-ekstraklasa-2016-2017/1/
  2. ↑ "Historia Wroclawskiego Klubu" (in Polish). WKS Śląsk Wrocław Historia Klubu. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Kaczmarek, Michal; Dabrowski, Piotr (19 May 2011). "Poland – List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Mogielnicki, Pawel (2 June 2010). "Poland – List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Di Maggio, Roberto (21 May 2009). "Poland – List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  6. ↑ Mogielnicki, Pawel (17 September 2010). "Poland – List of Super Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "TKWM Three Kings of Great Cities". Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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