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SFC Opava

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fullname	Slezský fotbalový club Opava a.s.
nickname	Slezský, žlutomodří
founded
ground	Stadion v Městských sadech
capacity	7,758
chairman	Tomáš Hůlovec
manager	Roman Nádvorník
league	Czech National Football League
season	2024–25
position	13th of 16
website
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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.

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, but after just two seasons, they were relegated back to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) in 2013. The club won promotion back into the second level of football in their first season in the MSFL. They won the Czech National Football League 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 Silesian team Śląsk Wrocław and have derby rivalries with FC Baník Ostrava and FC Hlučín, with the matches between them known as the Silesian Derby.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

Main article: Category:SFC Opava players

Player records in the Czech First League

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches
1	CZE Jan Baránek	145
2	CZE Jaroslav Kolínek	138
3	CZE Alois Grussmann	131
4	CZE Miroslav Kamas	129
5	CZE Roman Hendrych	119
6	CZE Tomáš Vychodil	93

Most goals

#	Name	Goals
1	CZE Alois Grussmann	33
2	CZE Jan Baránek	17
3	CZE Radomír Prasek	13
4	CZE Roman Hendrych	12
CZE Martin Rozhon
CZE Jiří Bartl

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	CZE René Twardzik	22
2	CZE Vilém Fendrich	15
3	CZE Petr Vašek	11

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 (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 (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)
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 football league system: 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

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	2. liga	3rd	30	16	9	5	43	21	+22	41	Round of 64
1994–95	2. liga	2nd	34	18	6	10	77	45	+32	60	Round of 32
1995–96	1. liga	6th	30	13	7	10	40	34	+6	46	Quarter-finals
1996–97	1. liga	9th	30	10	10	10	34	35	–1	40	Round of 16
1997–98	1. liga	12th	30	8	10	12	33	37	–4	34	Round of 16
1998–99	1. liga	14th	30	8	8	14	40	54	–14	32	Quarter-finals
1999–00	1. liga	15th	30	6	10	14	31	39	–8	28	Round of 16
2000–01	2. liga	2nd	30	17	9	4	57	20	+37	60	Round of 16
2001–02	1. liga	16th	30	5	3	22	23	58	–35	18	Round of 64
2002–03	2. liga	2nd	30	17	9	4	51	26	+25	60	First round
2003–04	1. liga	12th	30	8	7	15	34	55	–21	31	Round of 16
2004–05	1. liga	16th	30	5	9	16	25	42	–17	24	Round of 32
2005–06	5. liga	1st	30	28	2	0	105	11	+94	86	First round
2006–07	2. liga	4th	30	15	8	7	47	28	+19	53	Round of 16
2007–08	2. liga	3rd	30	15	5	10	46	31	+15	50	Round of 64
2008–09	2. liga	7th	30	12	7	11	44	38	+6	43	Round of 32
2009–10	2. liga	15th	30	6	11	13	30	37	–7	29	Round of 32
2010–11	3. liga	1st	28	21	6	1	62	13	+49	69	Round of 16
2011–12	2. liga	8th	30	11	8	11	46	36	+10	41	Round of 32
2012–13	2. liga	16th	30	5	6	19	34	60	–26	21	Round of 64
2013–14	3. liga	1st	30	18	8	4	48	21	+27	62	Round of 64
2014–15	2. liga	9th	30	11	9	10	36	35	+1	42	Round of 16
2015–16	2. liga	11th	28	6	14	8	34	37	–3	32	Round of 32
2016–17	2. liga	3rd	30	19	6	5	61	33	+28	63	Runners-up
2017–18	2. liga	1st	30	18	9	3	76	33	+43	63	Round of 32
2018–19	1. liga	12th	35	12	7	16	47	57	−10	43	Round of 16
2019–20	1. liga	15th	33	5	10	18	17	50	–33	25	Round of 16
2020–21	1. liga	18th	34	3	8	23	23	71	–48	17	Round of 32
2021–22	2. liga	3rd	30	14	9	7	47	33	+14	51	Round of 32
2022–23	2. liga	13th	30	8	10	12	26	29	–3	34	Round of 64
2023–24	2. liga	6th	30	11	7	12	36	36	0	40	Semi-finals
2024–25	2. liga	13th	30	9	9	12	29	39	–10	36	Round of 32

Honours

Czech National Football League (second tier)
- Champions (1): 2017–18
Moravian–Silesian Football League (third tier)
- Champions (2): 2010–11, 2013–14
Czech Cup:
- 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 Příbram (2018–19)
Biggest away win: Slovácko 0–2 Opava (2018–19)
Biggest home defeat: Opava 0–6 Slavia Prague (2020–21)
Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 5–0 Opava (2001–02), Mladá Boleslav 6–1 Opava (2018–19)

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(5 June 2013). "Opavští fotbalisté musejí po sestupu najít kostru týmu". [[Mafra (company).
(1 June 2014). "Fotbalisté Opavy postupují z MSFL do druhé nejvyšší soutěže". [[Mafra (company).
Brhel, Roman. (25 May 2018). "Opava sestřelila Frýdek a vyhrála druhou ligu". [[Vltava Labe Media]].
Brhel, Roman. (8 May 2021). "Opava remizovala ve Zlíně a sestupuje". [[Vltava Labe Media]].
Brhel, Roman. (9 January 2024). "Smlouva o prodeji SFC Opava byla podepsána. Klub získá slovenská společnost". [[Vltava Labe Media]].
(18 March 2024). "Pan Andrej Krajíček převzal akcie Slezského fotbalového clubu Opava a.s.".
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