- Orest Lenczyk
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Orest Lenczyk 
Personal information Full name Orest Lenczyk Date of birth December 28, 1942 Place of birth Sanok, Poland Club information Current club Śląsk Wrocław (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Sanoczanka Sanok Stomil Poznań Ślęza Wrocław Moto Jelcz Oława Teams managed 1970–1971 Karpaty Krosno 1972 Stal Rzeszów (assistant) 1972–1974 Siarka Tarnobrzeg 1974–1975 Stal Mielec (assistant) 1975–1976 Wisła Kraków (assistant) 1976–1979 Wisła Kraków 1979–1981 Śląsk Wrocław 1982–1984 Ruch Chorzów 1984–1985 Wisła Kraków 1985–1986 Igloopol Dębica 1987–1988 Widzew Łódź 1990–1991 GKS Katowice 1994 Wisła Kraków 1995 Pogoń Szczecin 1995–1996 GKS Katowice 1996–1999 Ruch Chorzów 1999 GKS Bełchatów 1999–2000 Widzew Łódź 2000–2001 Wisła Kraków 2002 Ruch Chorzów 2005–2008 GKS Bełchatów 2009 Zaglebie Lubin 2009–2010 Cracovia 2010– Śląsk Wrocław * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Orest Lenczyk (born December 28, 1942 in Sanok[1]) is a Polish soccer manager currently working for Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław.
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Player career
He also was a player, in lower divisions teams, such as Sanoczanka Sanok, Stomil Poznań, Sleza Wrocław, and Moto-Jelcz Olawa. At the age of 28, Lenczyk ended his career as a footballer, and began working as a coach.
Manager career
At first, he was coached in several teams of southeastern Poland, in 1975 finding a job at Wisła Kraków, where he was assistant. Next year, he became a coach of Wisla's first team, winning Championship of Poland in the 1977/78 season.[2] Furthermore, Lenczyk's Wisla got to the quarter-finals of the 1978–79 European Cup, beating Club Brugge, and Zbrojovka Brno, only to lose to the runner-up, Malmö FF. Lenczyk worked for Wisla for several more seasons (1984–1985, 1994, 2000–2001), and during his last season in Kraków, he won promotion to the second round of UEFA Cup, after eliminating Real Saragossa.
In October 2005, he got a job at GKS Bełchatów. After first, difficult season, his team was Polish runner-up, with such players, as Radosław Matusiak, Pawel Strak, Lukasz Gargula, and Piotr Lech. He was fired in March 2008, after five defeats in a row. On April 16, 2009, he was named head coach of Zaglebie Lubin,[3] winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing Artur Platek. After problems with Cracovia management he came to terms with the higher-ups and dissolve his contract.
On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor for Ryszard Tarasiewicz by Śląsk Wrocław[4]. The team became a runner-up in Polish League in 2010/2011 season.Achievements
- Championship of Poland (1978),
- Quarter-final of the 1978–79 European Cup,
- Third place in Poland (1979–1980), with Śląsk Wrocław,
- Third place in Poland (1982–1983), with Ruch Chorzów,
- Second place in Poland (2006–2007), with GKS Bełchatów,
- Promotion to Ekstraklasa (2008–2009), with Zaglebie Lubin,
- Second place in Poland (2010–2011), with Śląsk Wrocław,
- Manager of the year 1990 and 2006, according to Pilka Nozna weekly.
- Manager of the season 2010-2011, according to Polish Coaches Association
References
- ^ GKS Belchatow - manager Orest Lenczyk. Dziennik.pl, July 30, 2006 Retrieved on August 25, 2009
- ^ Orest Lenczyk in Cracovia, press release 2009-08-12 Retrieved on August 25, 2009
- ^ Orest Lenczyk is manager of Zaglebie Lubin. Gazeta Wyborcza Wroclaw, April 16, 2009 Retrieved on August 25, 2009
- ^ Orest Lenczyk became a manager of Śląsk Wrocław On September 27th 2010
Śląsk Wrocław – current squad 1 Żukowski · 2 Wołczek · 3 Celeban · 4 Spahić · 5 Sobota · 6 Szewczuk · 7 Dudek · 8 Madej · 9 Gancarczyk · 10 Cetnarski · 11 Mila (c) · 14 Pietrasiak · 16 Jezierski · 17 Pawelec · 18 Voskamp · 19 Sztylka · 20 Ćwielong · 21 Díaz · 23 Fojut · 24 Socha · 25 Kelemen · 26 Kaźmierczak · 27 Ł. Gikiewicz · 28 Wasiluk · 29 Elsner · 33 R. Gikiewicz · Manager: Lenczyk
Wisła Kraków – Schlosser (1924–29) · Koželuh (1929–34) · Nyúl (1934–39) · Mazal-Skvajn (1939–46) · Kotlarczyk (1946–47) · Walter (1947–48) · Kuchynka (1948–50) · Matyas (1950–54) · Gracz (1954–55) · Woźniak (1956–57) · Kuchynka (1958–59) · Kosa (1959–60) · Finek (1960–61) · Gracz (1961–62) · Kolský (1963–64) · Skoraczyński (1964–67) · Gracz (1967–69) · Teleki (1969–70) · Matyas (1970–71) · Kurdziel (1971–72) · Steckiw (1972–74) · Brożyniak (1975–77) · Lenczyk (1977–79) · Franczak (1979–81) · Lendzion (1981–82) · Durniok (1982–83) · Zientara (1983–84) · Lenczyk (1984–85) · Chemicz (1985) · Franczak (1985–86) · Cygan (1986–87) · Brożyniak (1987–89) · Chemicz (1989) · Musiał (1989) · Hajdas (1989) · Musiał (1990–92) · Kmiecik (1992) · Pecze (1992–93) · Kusto (1993–94) · Lenczyk (1994) · Kusto (1994) · Franczak (1994–96) · Kmiecik (1996) · Apostel (1996–97) · Kmiecik (1997) · Łazarek (1997–98) · Kowalik (1998) · Smuda (1998–99) · Kusto (1999–2000) · Łazarek (2000) · Nawałka (2000) · Lenczyk (2000–01) · Nawałka (2001) · Smuda (2001–02) · Kasperczak (2002–04) · Lička (2005) · Engel (2005) · Kulawik (2005) · Petrescu (2006) · Okuka (2006) · Nawałka (2007) · Moskal (2007) · Skorża (2007–10) · Kasperczak (2010) · Kulawik (2010) · Maaskant (2010–11) · Moskal (2011–) Categories:- 1942 births
- Living people
- People from Sanok
- Polish footballers
- Polish football managers
- Ruch Chorzów managers
- Wisła Kraków managers
- Cracovia managers
- Śląsk Wrocław managers
- Pogoń Szczecin managers
- GKS Bełchatów managers
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