Odra Opole
OKS Odra Opole | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole | ||
Seat | Opole | ||
founding | June 16, 1945 | ||
Colours | blue red | ||
president | Karol Wójcik | ||
Website | oksodraopole.pl | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Dietmar Brehmer | ||
Venue | Miejski Stadium | ||
Places | 3,300 | ||
league | 1st League | ||
2018/19 | 12th place | ||
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OKS Odra Opole (officially Opolski Klub Sportowy Odra Opole ) is a Polish football and sports club from the Upper Silesian city of Opole . The traditional club colors are blue and red.
history
The club was founded in 1945 under the name OKS Odra Opole. Odra played first class in 1953, 1956–1958, 1960–1966, 1967–1970, 1971–1974 and 1976–1981. The best placement in the top Polish league was achieved in 1964 with a 3rd place in the table. The greatest success is winning the League Cup in 1977 by beating Widzew Łódź 3-1 in the final . Since Poland had received the right to enter a third team for the 1977/78 UEFA Cup , this place was given to Odra Opole. The team trained by Antoni Piechniczek was eliminated in the first round against 1. FC Magdeburg .
The reason for the renaming from OKS Odra Opole to OKS Oderka Opole was a conflict between the board and sponsors. On June 14th 2011 it was decided to return to the old name Odra Opole. Today the former first division team, who is in 20th place in the Ekstraklasa all- time table, is playing in the second-class first division after two consecutive promotions .
Club successes
- 3rd place in the Ekstraklasa : 1964
- Cup semi-finalist: 1955, 1981, 2001
- League Cup Winner: 1977
Stadion
Odra Opole plays its home games in the Miejski Stadium (Municipal Stadium) , which currently has 3,300 seats. In addition, there is standing room for 500 guests.
Name changes
- 1945 - OKS Odra Opole
- 1949 - Budowlani Opole (merger with Lwowianka)
- 1958 - OKS Odra Opole
- 1998 - OKS Odra Opole / OKS Odra / Varta Opole (merger with Varta-Start Namysłów)
- 1999 - OKS Odra Opole
- 2002 - OKS Odra Opole / OKS Odra / Unia Opole (merger with KS Unia Opole)
- 2003 - OKS Odra Opole
- 2009 - OKS Oderka Opole
- 2011 - OKS Odra Opole
Well-known former players
- Pape Samba Ba (five-time Senegalese international)
- Bernard Blaut
- Zygfryd Blue
- Henryk Brejza
- Hugo Enyinnaya
- Zbigniew Good
- Engelbert Jarek
- Bronislaw Kabat
- Josef Klose
- Konrad Kornek
- Zbigniew Kwasniewski
- Adam Ledwoń
- Bohdan Masztaler
- Józef Młynarczyk
- Andrzej Niedzielan
- Henryk Szczepanski
- Roman Wójcicki
- Marek Tracz