Śląsk Wrocław

Śląsk Wrocław
Full name	Wrocławski Klub Sportowy; Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna
Nickname(s)	WKS, Wojskowi (Military), Green-White-Reds
Founded	1947
Ground	Stadion Miejski, Wrocław; (Capacity: 42,771)
Chairman	Piotr Wasniewski
Manager	Orest Lenczyk
League	Ekstraklasa
2010–11	2nd
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

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Śląsk Wrocław (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɕlɔ̃sk ˈvrɔt͡swaf]) 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 once and the Ekstraklasa Cup once. The club's home is Stadion Miejski, a 42,771 capacity stadium in Wrocław which will be a host venue for UEFA Euro 2012. Śląsk Wrocław's manager is Orest Lenczyk.^[1]

[edit] History

The club has had many names since its foundation in 1947. They are listed below;^[2]

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.

[edit] Supporters

They are among the largest supporter movements in Poland. 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.

Silesia supporters call themselves Nobles from Wrocław (Polish: Szlachta z Wrocławia). They have a friendship with Lechia Gdańsk, Wisła Kraków (Three Kings of Great Cities, Polish: Trzej Królowie Wielkich Miast), Motor Lublin, Miedź Legnica and Czech SFC Opava.

[edit] Current squad

The team bus in 2011

As of 21 January 2012.^[3]^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Krzysztof Wołczek
3	DF	Piotr Celeban
4	DF	Amir Spahić
5	MF	Waldemar Sobota
6	DF	Patrik Mráz
7	MF	Sebastian Dudek
8	MF	Łukasz Madej
10	MF	Mateusz Cetnarski
11	MF	Sebastian Mila
14	DF	Dariusz Pietrasiak
16	MF	Dalibor Stevanovič
17	DF	Mariusz Pawelec

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Johan Voskamp
19	MF	Dariusz Sztylka
20	MF	Piotr Ćwielong
21	FW	Cristián Díaz
23	DF	Jarosław Fojut
24	DF	Tadeusz Socha
25	GK	Marián Kelemen
26	MF	Przemysław Kaźmierczak
27	FW	Łukasz Gikiewicz
28	DF	Marek Wasiluk
29	MF	Rok Elsner
30	FW	Marcin Staszewski
33	GK	Rafał Gikiewicz

[edit] Śląsk Wrocław in Europe

Their 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)
1982–83	UEFA Cup	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)^{[nb 1]}
		Third qualifying round	Lokomotiv Sofia	0–0 (H), 0–0 (A)^{[nb 2]}
		Playoff round	Rapid Bucureşti	1–3 (H), 1–1 (A)