Orest Lenczyk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɔrɛst ˈlɛnt͡ʂɨk]; born 28 December 1942) is a Polish former professional football manager and former player.
 Lenczyk with Śląsk Wrocław in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 December 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Sanok, Poland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sanoczanka Sanok | |||
| Stomil Poznań | |||
| Ślęza Wrocław | |||
| Moto Jelcz Oława | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | Zagłębie Lubin | ||
| 2009–2010 | Cracovia | ||
| 2010–2012 | Śląsk Wrocław | ||
| 2013–2014 | Zagłębie Lubin | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Lenczyk was born in Sanok.[1] He 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.
Managerial career
At first, Lenczyk coached in several teams of southeastern Poland, before finding a job at Wisła Kraków in 1975, where he was an assistant. Next year, he became the manager of Wisła's first team, winning the league title in the 1977–78 season.[2] Furthermore, Lenczyk's Wisła 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 Strąk, Łukasz Garguła, and Piotr Lech. He was fired in March 2008, after five defeats in a row. On 16 April 2009, he was named head coach of Zagłębie Lubin,[3] winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing Artur Płatek. After problems with Cracovia's management, he came to terms with the higher-ups to dissolve his contract.
On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor to Ryszard Tarasiewicz at Śląsk Wrocław.[4] The team finsihed runners-up in the 2010–11 season. In the followig campaign, Śląsk won the league title.
Honours
Wisła Kraków
GKS Katowice
- Polish Super Cup: 1995
Śląsk Wrocław[5]
- Ekstraklasa: 2011–12
- Polish Super Cup: 2012
- Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: March 2011,[6] September 2011[7]
Individual
- Polish Coach of the Year: 1990, 2006[5]
- Ekstraklasa Coach of the Season: 2010–11[8]
References
See also
Media related to Orest Lenczyk at Wikimedia Commons