- Source: SFC Opava
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
=As of 1 Septembert 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
= Out on loan
=Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
= Notable former players
=Player records in the Czech First League
As of 3 June 2024.
= Most clean sheets
=Managers
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: 17
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 2
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
= Czech Republic
=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)
References
External links
Official website (in Czech)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Zdeněk Pospěch
- Libor Kozák
- Liga Sepak Bola Nasional Ceko
- SFC Opava
- SFC
- Opava
- Czech National Football League
- Vladimír Coufal
- Stadion v Městských sadech
- Libor Kozák
- 2023–24 Czech Cup
- 2024–25 Czech National Football League
- List of hooligan firms
