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Orest Lenczyk

1942 – 2024

Polish footballer

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Lived 1942 – 2024 (aged 81). Orest Lenczyk was a Polish association football player and association football coach.

Orest Lenczyk (; 28 December 1942 – 11 June 2024) was a Polish professional football player and manager.

Playing career Lenczyk was born in Sanok. A midfielder, 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.

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. 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.

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, winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing . After problems with Cracovia's management, he came to terms with the higher-ups to dissolve his contract.

On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor to Ryszard Tarasiewicz at Śląsk Wrocław. The team finished runners-up in the 2010–11 season. In the following campaign, Śląsk won the league title.

Death Lenczyk died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 81. He was buried on 15 June at the Bielany Cemetery in Kraków.

Honours Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa: 1977–78

GKS Katowice Polish Super Cup: 1995

Śląsk Wrocław September 2011

Individual Polish Coach of the Year: 1990, 2006

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University of Physical Education in Wrocław

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Orest Lenczyk?

Polish footballer (1942–2024)

When was Orest Lenczyk born?

Orest Lenczyk was born on 28 December 1942 in Sanok.

When did Orest Lenczyk die?

Orest Lenczyk died on 11 June 2024 in Kraków.

What was Orest Lenczyk's occupation?

Orest Lenczyk was an association football player and association football coach.

What nationality was Orest Lenczyk?

Orest Lenczyk was Polish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Orest Lenczyk

· Wikidata: Q530654

· DBpedia: Orest Lenczyk

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