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]

History

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

• 1947 – Pionier Wrocław
• 1949 – Legia Wrocław
• 1950 – Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Wrocław
• 1951 – Okręgowy Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Wrocław
• 1957 – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław
• 1997 – Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna
• Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna

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

The team bus in 2011

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

• Ekstraklasa^[5]
  • Winner (1): 1976–77
  • Runner-up (3): 1977–1978, 1981–82, 2010–11
• Polish Cup^[6]
  • Winner (2): 1975–1976, 1986–1987
• Ekstraklasa Cup^[7]
  • Winner (1): 2009
• Polish SuperCup^[8]
  • Winner (1): 1987

See also

• List of Polish football champions
• Śląsk Wrocław (basketball)
• Śląsk Wrocław (handball)

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. 

External links

• Official website
• Śląsk Net (Polish)
• Wrocław Kibice Sport (Polish)
• ŚLĄSKopedia (Polish)
• About WKS Śląsk Wrocław