Orest Lenczyk
Birth date28 December 1942
Birth placeSanok, General Government
Death date11 June 2024 (aged 81)
Death placeKraków, Poland
PositionMidfielder
Clubs 1Sanoczanka Sanok
Clubs 2Stomil Poznań
Clubs 3Ślęza Wrocław
Clubs 4Moto Jelcz Oława
Manageryears 11970–1971
Managerclubs 1Karpaty Krosno
Manageryears 21972
Managerclubs 2Stal Rzeszów (assistant)
Manageryears 31972–1974
Managerclubs 3Siarka Tarnobrzeg
Manageryears 41974–1975
Managerclubs 4Stal Mielec (assistant)
Manageryears 51975–1977
Managerclubs 5Wisła Kraków (assistant)
Manageryears 61977–1979
Managerclubs 6Wisła Kraków
Manageryears 71979–1981
Managerclubs 7Śląsk Wrocław
Manageryears 81982–1984
Managerclubs 8Ruch Chorzów
Manageryears 91984–1985
Managerclubs 9Wisła Kraków
Manageryears 101985–1986
Managerclubs 10Igloopol Dębica
Manageryears 111987–1988
Managerclubs 11Widzew Łódź
Manageryears 121990–1991
Managerclubs 12GKS Katowice
Manageryears 131994
Managerclubs 13Wisła Kraków
Manageryears 141995
Managerclubs 14Pogoń Szczecin
Manageryears 151995–1996
Managerclubs 15GKS Katowice
Manageryears 161996–1999
Managerclubs 16Ruch Chorzów
Manageryears 171999
Managerclubs 17GKS Bełchatów
Manageryears 181999–2000
Managerclubs 18Widzew Łódź
Manageryears 192000–2001
Managerclubs 19Wisła Kraków
Manageryears 202002
Managerclubs 20Ruch Chorzów
Manageryears 212005–2008
Managerclubs 21GKS Bełchatów
Manageryears 222009
Managerclubs 22Zagłębie Lubin
Manageryears 232009–2010
Managerclubs 23Cracovia
Manageryears 242010–2012
Managerclubs 24Śląsk Wrocław
Manageryears 252013–2014
Managerclubs 25Zagłębie Lubin

Orest Lenczyk (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 occasions (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. 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] He was buried on 15 June at the Bielany Cemetery in Kraków.[7]

Honours

Wisła Kraków

GKS Katowice

Śląsk Wrocław[8]

Individual

References

  1. ^ GKS Belchatow - manager Orest Lenczyk. Dziennik.pl, 30 July 2006[dead link] Retrieved on 25 August 2009
  2. ^ "Odchodzą Stalowcy: Orest Lenczyk" [Stalists are going away: Orest Lenczyk] (in Polish). FKS Stal Mielec SA. 12 June 2024. Archived 13 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ Orest Lenczyk in Cracovia, press release 2009-08-12[dead link] 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 13 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Pogrzeb Oresta Lenczyka. Wybitny trener spoczął na krakowskich Bielanach". LoveKraków. 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
  8. ^ "Orest Lenczyk" (in Polish). tygodnikpowszechny.pl. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Przemysław Kaźmierczak piłkarz miesiąca marca" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Lenczyk i Rudniew najlepsi we wrześniu" (in Polish)
  11. ^ "OREST LENCZYK TRENEREM SEZONU!" (in Polish). Śląsk Wrocław. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2024.