Orest Lenczyk (; born 28 December 1942, in

Sanok Sanok (in full the Royal Free City of Sanok — pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Sanok, rue, Санок, ''Sanok'', ua, Cянік, ''Sianik'', la, Sanocum, yi, סאניק, ''Sonik'') is a town in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship of south-eastern ...

) is a Polish football manager and former player.

Player career

He also 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.

Manager career

At first, he was coached in several teams of southeastern Poland, in 1975 finding a job at

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. ...

, where he was assistant. Next year, he became a coach of Wisla's first team, winning Championship of Poland in the 1977/78 season.Orest Lenczyk in Cracovia, press release 2009-08-12
Retrieved on August 25, 2009 Furthermore, Lenczyk's Wisla got to the quarter-finals of the

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, beating Club Brugge, and

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, only to lose to the runner-up,

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. 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

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, after eliminating

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. In October 2005, he got a job at

GKS Bełchatów GKS Bełchatów is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Bełchatów that currently plays in the IV liga. History GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów, a ...

. After first, difficult season, his team was Polish runner-up, with such players, as

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, Lukasz Gargula, and Piotr Lech. He was fired in March 2008, after five defeats in a row. On April 16, 2009, he was named head coach of Zaglebie Lubin, winning promotion to the

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of

Cracovia Cracovia is the Latin name for the Polish city of Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh cen ...

, replacing Artur Platek. After problems with Cracovia management he came to terms with the higher-ups and dissolve his contract. On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor for Ryszard Tarasiewicz by

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish f ...

.Orest Lenczyk became a manager of Śląsk Wrocław
On September 27th 2010 The team became a runner-up in Polish League in 2010/2011 season. In season 2011/2012 he won the Polish title with

Achievements

* Championship of Poland (1978, 2012), * Quarter-final of the

, * Third place in Poland (1979–1980), with Śląsk Wrocław, * Third place in Poland (1982–1983), with Ruch Chorzów, * Second place in Poland (2006–2007), with GKS Bełchatów, * Promotion to Ekstraklasa (2008–2009), with Zaglebie Lubin, * Second place in Poland (2010–2011), with Śląsk Wrocław, * Manager of the year 1990 and 2006, according to Pilka Nozna weekly. * Manager of the season 2010-2011, according to Polish Coaches Association

Player career

Manager career

Achievements

References

See also