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Orest Lenczyk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɔrɛst ˈlɛnt͡ʂɨk]; 28 December 1942 – 11 June 2024) was a Polish professional football player and manager.

Playing career

Lenczyk was born in Sanok.[1] A midfielder,[2] he played for lower divisions teams such as Sanoczanka Sanok, Stomil Poznań, Ślęza Wrocław, and Moto-Jelcz Oława. At the age of 28, Lenczyk ended his career as a footballer, and began working as a coach.[citation needed]

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.[3] 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. Lenczyk worked for Wisła on several occassions (1984–1985, 1994, 2000–2001), and during his last season in Kraków, he won promotion to the second round of the UEFA Cup, after eliminating Real Zaragoza.[citation needed]

In October 2005, he got a job at GKS Bełchatów. After a first, difficult season, GKS finished the 2006–07 season as runners-up, with such players, as Radosław Matusiak, Paweł 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,[4] winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing Artur Płatek [pl]. After problems with Cracovia's management, he came to terms with the higher-ups to dissolve his contract.[citation needed]

On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor to Ryszard Tarasiewicz at Śląsk Wrocław.[5] The team finished runners-up in the 2010–11 season. In the following campaign, Śląsk won the league title.[citation needed]

Death

Lenczyk died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 81.[6]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

GKS Katowice

Śląsk Wrocław[7]

Individual

References

  1. ^ GKS Belchatow - manager Orest Lenczyk. Dziennik.pl, 30 July 2006 Retrieved on 25 August 2009
  2. ^ "Odchodzą Stalowcy: Orest Lenczyk" [Stalists are going away: Orest Lenczyk]. FKS Stal Mielec SA (in Polish). 12 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ Orest Lenczyk in Cracovia, press release 2009-08-12 Retrieved on 25 August 2009
  4. ^ Orest Lenczyk is manager of Zaglebie Lubin. Gazeta Wyborcza Wroclaw, April 16, 2009 Retrieved on 25 August 2009
  5. ^ Orest Lenczyk became a manager of Śląsk Wrocław On 27 September 2010
  6. ^ "Zmarł Orest Lenczyk". WKS Śląsk Wrocław. 12 June 2024. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Orest Lenczyk". tygodnikpowszechny.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Przemysław Kaźmierczak piłkarz miesiąca marca" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Lenczyk i Rudniew najlepsi we wrześniu" (in Polish).
  10. ^ "OREST LENCZYK TRENEREM SEZONU!" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

See also

Media related to Orest Lenczyk at Wikimedia Commons

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