Orest Lenczyk

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Orest Lenczyk

| image = Lenczyk1.jpg

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| caption = Lenczyk with Śląsk Wrocław in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sanok, General Government

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|6|11|1942|12|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Kraków, Poland

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = | clubs1 = Sanoczanka Sanok| caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = | clubs2 = {{ill|Stomil Poznań|pl}} | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = | clubs3 = Ślęza Wrocław| caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = | clubs4 = {{ill|Moto Jelcz Oława|pl}}| caps4 = | goals4 =

| manageryears1 = 1970–1971| managerclubs1 = Karpaty Krosno

| manageryears2 = 1972 | managerclubs2 = Stal Rzeszów (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 1972–1974| managerclubs3 = Siarka Tarnobrzeg

| manageryears4 = 1974–1975| managerclubs4 = Stal Mielec (assistant)

| manageryears5 = 1975–1976| managerclubs5 = Wisła Kraków (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 1976–1979| managerclubs6 = Wisła Kraków

| manageryears7 = 1979–1981| managerclubs7 = Śląsk Wrocław

| manageryears8 = 1982–1984| managerclubs8 = Ruch Chorzów

| manageryears9 = 1984–1985| managerclubs9 = Wisła Kraków

| manageryears10 = 1985–1986| managerclubs10 = Igloopol Dębica

| manageryears11 = 1987–1988| managerclubs11 = Widzew Łódź

| manageryears12 = 1990–1991| managerclubs12 = GKS Katowice

| manageryears13 = 1994| managerclubs13 = Wisła Kraków

| manageryears14 = 1995| managerclubs14 = Pogoń Szczecin

| manageryears15 = 1995–1996| managerclubs15 = GKS Katowice

| manageryears16 = 1996–1999| managerclubs16 = Ruch Chorzów

| manageryears17 = 1999| managerclubs17 = GKS Bełchatów

| manageryears18 = 1999–2000| managerclubs18 = Widzew Łódź

| manageryears19 = 2000–2001| managerclubs19 = Wisła Kraków

| manageryears20 = 2002| managerclubs20 = Ruch Chorzów

| manageryears21 = 2005–2008| managerclubs21 = GKS Bełchatów

| manageryears22 = 2009| managerclubs22 = Zagłębie Lubin

| manageryears23 = 2009–2010| managerclubs23 = Cracovia

| manageryears24 = 2010–2012| managerclubs24 = Śląsk Wrocław

| manageryears25 = 2013–2014| managerclubs25 = Zagłębie Lubin

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Orest Lenczyk ({{IPA|pl|ˈɔrɛst ˈlɛnt͡ʂɨk}}; 28 December 1942 – 11 June 2024) was a Polish professional football player and manager.

Playing career

Lenczyk was born in Sanok.[http://www.dziennik.pl/sport/article2303.ece?service=print GKS Belchatow - manager Orest Lenczyk. Dziennik.pl, 30 July 2006] Retrieved on 25 August 2009 A midfielder,{{cite web |title=Odchodzą Stalowcy: Orest Lenczyk |trans-title=Stalists are going away: Orest Lenczyk |url=https://stalmielec.com/odchodza-stalowcy-orest-lenczyk/ |website=FKS Stal Mielec SA |access-date=12 June 2024 |language=Polish |date=12 June 2024 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613022847/https://stalmielec.com/odchodza-stalowcy-orest-lenczyk/ |url-status=live }} 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|date=June 2024}}

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.[http://www.podlaskisport.pl/news/515/Orest_Lenczyk_w_Cracovii.html Orest Lenczyk in Cracovia, press release 2009-08-12] Retrieved on 25 August 2009 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|date=June 2024}}

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,[http://miasta.gazeta.pl/wroclaw/1,35758,6507321,Orest_Lenczyk_trenerem_Zaglebia_Lubin.html Orest Lenczyk is manager of Zaglebie Lubin. Gazeta Wyborcza Wroclaw, April 16, 2009] Retrieved on 25 August 2009 winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing {{ill|Artur Płatek|pl}}. After problems with Cracovia's management, he came to terms with the higher-ups to dissolve his contract.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor to Ryszard Tarasiewicz at Śląsk Wrocław.[http://www.sport.banzaj.pl/Orest-Lenczyk-nowym-trenerem-Slaska-Wroclaw-16044.html Orest Lenczyk became a manager of Śląsk Wrocław] On 27 September 2010 The team finished runners-up in the 2010–11 season. In the following campaign, Śląsk won the league title.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Death

Lenczyk died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 81.{{cite news |title=Zmarł Orest Lenczyk |url=https://slaskwroclaw.pl/strona/aktualnosci/zmarl-orest-lenczyk-12853913 |access-date=12 June 2024 |publisher=WKS Śląsk Wrocław |date=12 June 2024 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613022847/https://slaskwroclaw.pl/strona/aktualnosci/zmarl-orest-lenczyk-12853913 |url-status=live }} He was buried on 15 June at the Bielany Cemetery in Kraków.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-15 |title=Pogrzeb Oresta Lenczyka. Wybitny trener spoczął na krakowskich Bielanach |url=https://lovekrakow.pl/galeria/pogrzeb-oresta-lenczyka-wybitny-trener-spoczal-na-krakowskich-bielanach-zdjecia_7349.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=LoveKraków}}

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 1977–78{{cite web |title=Orest Lenczyk |url=https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/autor/orest-lenczyk-7495 |website=tygodnikpowszechny.pl |access-date=8 May 2024 |language=pl}}

GKS Katowice

Polish Super Cup: 1995

Śląsk Wrocław

Ekstraklasa: 2011–12
Polish Super Cup: 2012
Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: March 2011,{{cite web|url=http://ekstraklasa.tv/ekstraklasa/1,91670,9415899,Trener_i_pilkarz_miesiaca_marca_ze_Slaska_Wroclaw_.html|title=Przemysław Kaźmierczak piłkarz miesiąca marca|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815133832/http://ekstraklasa.tv/ekstraklasa/1,91670,9415899,Trener_i_pilkarz_miesiaca_marca_ze_Slaska_Wroclaw_.html|archive-date=15 August 2011|url-status=dead}} September 2011{{cite web |url=http://ekstraklasa.tv/ekstraklasa/1,91670,10496819,Lenczyk_i_Rudniew_najlepsi_we_wrzesniu_w_T_Mobile.html |title=Lenczyk i Rudniew najlepsi we wrześniu |language=pl}}

Individual

Polish Coach of the Year: 1990, 2006
Ekstraklasa Coach of the Season: 2010–11{{cite web |title=OREST LENCZYK TRENEREM SEZONU! |url=https://slaskwroclaw.pl/strona/aktualnosci/orest-lenczyk-trenerem-sezonu-6356724 |publisher=Śląsk Wrocław |access-date=8 May 2024 |language=pl |date=31 May 2011}}

Orest Lenczyk

Playing career

Managerial career

Death

Honours

References

See also