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
Capacity	42,771
Chairman	Paweł Żelem
Manager	Tadeusz Pawłowski
League	Ekstraklasa
2012–13	3rd
Home colours Away colours

Śląsk Wrocław (Template:IPA-pol) 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.

History

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

• 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.

Honours

Ekstraklasa Cup

• Ekstraklasa
  • Winner (2): 1976–77, 2011–12
  • Runner-up (3): 1977–1978, 1981–82, 2010–11
• Polish Cup
  • Winner (2): 1975–1976, 1986–1987
  • Runner-up (1): 2012–13
• Ekstraklasa Cup
  • Winner (1): 2009
• Polish SuperCup
  • Winner (2): 1987, 2012

Supporters

They are among the largest supporter movements in Poland. They are one of the precursors football supporters in Poland (in the early 70). Silesia supporters call themselves Nobles from Wrocław (Template:Lang-pl). 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. The Nobles from Wrocław has a right-wing views and is hostile to homosexuals.

They have a friendship with Lechia Gdańsk, Wisła Kraków (Three Kings of Great Cities, Template:Lang-pl), Motor Lublin, Miedź Legnica and Czech SFC Opava.

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  Supporters of Śląsk Wrocław in 2003.
• "The world celebrated, Poles died - 8.V.1945" (Victory in Europe Day)
  "The world celebrated, Poles died - 8.V.1945" (Victory in Europe Day)
• In memory of Cursed soldiers (2.26.2012)
  In memory of Cursed soldiers (2.26.2012)
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  Precz z komuną (Down with communism)
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  Fanatyczny Wróg Publiczny (Fanatical Public Enemy)
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  Graffiti Supporters of Śląsk Wrocław
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  Graffiti in Oleśnica

Stadium

Main article: Stadion Miejski (Wrocław)

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.

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

Current squad

The team bus in 2011

The team bus in season 2012-2013

As of 7 Marz 2014

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	POL	Wojciech Pawłowski (on loan from Udinese)
2	DF	POL	Krzysztof Ostrowski
3	DF	POL	Adam Kokoszka
4	MF	ENG	Tom Hateley
6	MF	POL	Tomasz Hołota
7	FW	ALB	Sebino Plaku
8	MF	POL	Mateusz Machaj
9	MF	POL	Sylwester Patejuk
11	MF	POL	Sebastian Mila
12	DF	BRA	Dudu Paraíba
14	DF	ISR	Oded Gavish
15	DF	POL	Rafał Grodzicki
16	MF	SVN	Dalibor Stevanovič
17	DF	POL	Mariusz Pawelec

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	CZE	Luboš Adamec
19	FW	POR	Marco Paixão (captain)
20	MF	CZE	Lukáš Droppa
21	DF	ESP	Juan Calahorro
22	GK	POL	Jakub Wrąbel
23	MF	POL	Paweł Zieliński
24	DF	POL	Tadeusz Socha
25	GK	SVK	Marián Kelemen
26	MF	POL	Przemysław Kaźmierczak
27	MF	SVK	Róbert Pich
28	MF	POR	Flávio Paixão
29	MF	POL	Paweł Uliczny
30	DF	POL	Kamil Dankowski
34	MF	CAN	Patryk Misik

Śląsk Wrocław in Europe

Śląsk Wrocław's 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)
		Third qualifying round	Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
		Playoff round	Rapid Bucureşti	1–3 (H), 1–1 (A)
2012–13	Champions League	Second qualifying round	Budućnost Podgorica	2–0 (A), 0–1 (H)
		Third qualifying round	Helsingborg	0–3 (H), 1–3 (A)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	Play-off round	Hannover 96	3–5 (H), 1–5 (A)
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	Rudar Pljevlja	4–0 (H), 2–2 (A)
		Third qualifying round	Club Brugge	1–0 (H), 3–3 (A)
		Play-off round	Sevilla FC	1–4 (A), 0–5 (H)

Players

• Janusz Sybis
• Jan Tomaszewski
• Ryszard Tarasiewicz
• Andrzej Rudy
• Dariusz Sztylka
• Tomasz Kuszczak
• Piotr Celeban

See also: Category:Śląsk Wrocław players

Managers

• Henryk Apostel (10 October 1984 – 30 June 1988)
• Tadeusz Pawłowski (6 October 1992 – 10 May 1993)
• Wiesław Wojno (1 July 1996 – 11 March 1997)
• Jerzy Kasalik (11 March 1997 – 21 September 1997)
• Grzegorz Kowalski (1 July 1998 – 20 December 1998)
• Wojciech Łazarek (21 December 1998 – 3 November 1999)
• Wladysław Łach (3 July 2000 – 10 April 2001)
• Janusz Wójcik (10 April 2001 – 7 June 2001)
• Marian Putyra (7 June 2001 – 24 August 2001)
• Petr Nemec (24 August 2001 – 25 March 2002)
• Marian Putyra (25 March 2002 – 30 June 2003)

• Grzegorz Kowalski (1 July 2003 – 30 September 2004)
• Ryszard Tarasiewicz (29 September 2004 – 28 June 2006)
• Luboš Kubik (6 July 2006 – 2 October 2006)
• Jan Żurek (2 October 2006 – 18 June 2007)
• Ryszard Tarasiewicz (19 June 2007 – 22 September 2010)
• Paweł Barylski (interim) (22 September 2010 – 27 September 2010)
• Orest Lenczyk (27 September 2010 – 31 August 2012)
• Paweł Barylski (interim) (31 August 2012 – 3 September 2012)
• Stanislav Levy (3 September 2012 – 23 February 2014)
• Tadeusz Pawłowski (24 February 2014 - )

See also

• Wrocław football riot 2003
• List of Polish football champions
• Śląsk Wrocław (basketball)
• Śląsk Wrocław (handball)

External links

• Official website
• Śląsk Net Template:Pl icon
• Wrocław Kibice Sport Template:Pl icon
• ŚLĄSKopedia Template:Pl icon
• About WKS Śląsk Wrocław