The club were in the Czech First League at the top tier of Czech football from 1995 to 2000, getting relegated in 2000 but returning to the top flight the following season in 2001. After another relegation they returned again in 2003 and had a two-year spell in the top division, but internal issues led to a slow decline of the club and relegation to the regional division. The club celebrated a return to the Second Division in 2011,[1] but after just two seasons, they were relegated back to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) in 2013.[2] The club won promotion back into the second level of football in their first season in the MSFL.[3] They won the Czech National Football League in 2018, securing promotion to the top flight.
Historical names
1907–09 – Troppauer Fussballverein
1909–39 – Deutscher Sportverein Troppau
1939–45 – NS Turngemeinde Troppau
1945–48 – SK Slezan Opava
1948–50 – Sokol Slezan Opava
1950–53 – ZSJ SPJP Opava
1953–58 – TJ Baník Opava
1958–90 – TJ Ostroj Opava
1990–94 – FK Ostroj Opava
1994–98 – FC Kaučuk Opava
Since 1998 – SFC Opava
Fans and rivalries
The club has a group of fanatical fans called Opaváci[4] who frequently produce tifos and displays, as well as travel to away games. They have a friendship with fellow Silesian team Śląsk Wrocław[5] and have derby rivalries with FC Baník Ostrava and FC Hlučín, with the matches between them known as the Silesian Derby.
René Twardzik
(in Czech)
