FC Baník Ostrava

Baník Ostrava
Full name	Football Club Baník Ostrava, a.s.
Nickname(s)	Baníček
Founded	1922, as SK Slezská Ostrava
Ground	Městský stadion, Ostrava
Capacity	15 123
Chairman	Václav Brabec
Manager	Bohumil Páník
League	Czech First League
2017–18	13th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Founded in 1922 as SK Slezská Ostrava, Baník has won numerous national and international trophies.

History[edit]

Formation and history to 1937[edit]

Squad of SK Slezská Ostrava in 1923

First emblem of the club, drawn by Karel Aniol

The club was founded on 8 September 1922 as SK Slezská Ostrava, when 20 activists signed the establishment treaty in the U Dubu restaurant. The signatories were mostly poor coal miners from the Kamenec coal mining settlement in Ostrava. The organizers of the founding were Karel Aniol, Arnošt Haberkiewicz, Petr Křižák, František Mruzek and Jaroslav Horák.^[1]

SK Slezská Ostrava was a poor club, raising money for the functioning of the club was a common concern. It had no own playing field and was forced to loan fields from wealthier clubs. The first own field was built in autumn of 1925 at Kamenec. It was however stony and did not meet requirements of the football officials. In 1934 club activists succeeded in renting the land at Stará střelnice from regional wealthy industrialist Count Wilczek. During the summer of 1934 a new field was built there. Many workers volunteered to help with the construction for free. Workers and coal miners often came directly from shifts to build the field.^[2]

SK Slezská Ostrava began to compete with other teams in the league system in spring of 1923. It started in the lowest division (III. třída župy) and was promoted to the higher division the same year. It took, however, some time for the club the appear in the highest divisions of football in Czechoslovakia. In 1934 the club won the promotion to the Moravian-Silesian Division, one of the highest leagues in the country. The promotion made SK Slezská Ostrava a popular team in the city and the public interest was rising. The 1935 derby against Slovan Ostrava was watched at Stará střelnice by 5,400 spectators.^[3]

From 1937 to 1952[edit]

The First League in Czechoslovakia was dominated by Prague teams at that time, which were advanced in all aspects. Promotion to the First League was, therefore, a big success for SK Slezská Ostrava. In 15 years the team advanced from the obscure minnows to the highest level of football in the country. The first league match at Stará střelnice was played on 22 August 1937 against 1. ČsŠK Bratislava. In the second match, the newcomer team faced famous Sparta Prague in Prague. Though Sparta's roster was full of national team players, Baník won 3–2 and caused an immediate sensation.^[4] SK Slezská Ostrava survived three seasons in the First League before being relegated in 1940.^{[citation needed]}

SK Slezská Ostrava played in the Division until 1943, when it was again promoted to the First League. Promotion to the highest league sparked even stronger interest in football of local people. Later famed opera singer Rudolf Asmus even sang the new anthem for the club. In the 1943–44 season the home attendances of SK Slezská Ostrava reached the highest level so far. The match against Slavia Prague was attended by 33,000 people.^[5]

From 1952 to 1967[edit]

In 1952 the club adopted the name DSO Baník Ostrava. Since then the name went only through slight changes. In the 1954 season, Baník achieved its biggest league success so far, ending second in the league after Sparta. In 1959 Baník played for the last time at the old Stará střelnice stadium. Stará střelnice did not meet requirements made by the football association. The pitch was not grassy, but covered with slag, which was also a reason to close down the stadium. New Bazaly stadium was constructed in 1959 in Slezská Ostrava, and was opened on 19 April 1959.

In the 1965–66 season Baník was weakened by the generation change. It ended 13th in the league table and was relegated to the Second League. A year later Baník was again promoted to the top division. Since then Baník played exclusively in the top flight of football in the country.^[6]

The Golden Era[edit]

In 1972/73 and 1977/78 Baník won the Czechoslovak Cup.^[7]

Team squad was stable in the Golden Era years. The best players like Lička and Vojáček were regularly playing for the national team. Others like Radimec, Rygel, Němec and Šreiner played also for the Olympic team. In the 1979–80 season Baník won its second Czechoslovak title, finishing five points ahead of Zbrojovka Brno. In the 1980–81 season of the UEFA European Cup Baník reached the quarter-finals, where it was knocked out by Bayern Munich. In the same season, Baník also won the First League again. In the subsequent two seasons, Baník finished second in the league table. After the 1982–83 season, coach Hadamczik resigned, thus symbolically ending the Golden Era of the club.

From 1983[edit]

In the following years, Baník withdrew from the highest league positions. The team was undergoing another generation change and young players did not maintain their performance for the whole season. Baník however regularly appeared in the upper part of the league table. In the 1988–89 and 1989–90 seasons it finished second in the league. In 1991, Baník won the Czechoslovak Cup by beating Spartak Trnava 6–1 in the final match.^[8]

In the 2003–04 season they won the Czech Republic league.^[9]

From 2016 Vaclav Brabec Era[edit]

In the 2015-16 season they were under financial distress and were bought by Czech Millionaire Vaclav Brabec who originated from Kromeriz. They were relegated to the Czech Second League for the 2016–17 season. In the 2016-17 season they would finish 2nd and started their rebuild to compete in the Czech First League for the 2017–18 season.

With no youth training facilities before the new ownership, under Vaclav Brabec the team began investing 150 million kc in 3 facilities.

1) A partnership in 2017 with K-9 Grade School J Soupala where they have at their disposal 2 natural fields and 1 artificial field for the youth development.

2) building (expected complete early 2019) new training grounds at Vista that will enable the team to have 2 more artificial fields and 1 natural field for their youth teams.

3) The team is working with the High School Dvorak that will enable their athletes to finish a degree in sports management as well as all 20–25 individuals to train together.

The team has also received the rights to an Academy that will practice at the new city-owned Bazaly facility that is being transformed into 5 practice fields for the youth.

Vaclav Brabec hired former Banik Ostrava star and home-grown player Marek Jankulovski to take over the role of Dusan Vrto as the teams Sports Director. Jankulovski has brought in a few players such as Daniel Holzer, Patrizio Stronati and Adam Janos for the 2018-19 season.

Stadium[edit]

Former stadium Bazaly was their home from 1953 to 2015 and had a capacity approximate 17500, but in the golden years over 20,000 occupants of standing room only were a common sight.

Currently, the Bazaly sight is being transformed into a Youth Academy that will have 5 training fields.

Their stadium is the Mestsky Stadion - Vítkovice Aréna, which has a capacity of 15275.^[10]

Future: There is some talk that the city will build an all soccer stadium in the area formerly occupied by the coal mine Zarubek. Thought the plans are in the initial visual plans with no expected construction time.

Supporters[edit]

Club supporters during the home match against 1. FC Brno

In the late 2000s Baník had attendances higher than most within the Czech First League.^[11]^[12]^[13]

Ultra supporters of Baník call themselves Chachaři, which means "bad boys" in the local dialect.^[14] Some of the ultras' songs contain lyrics proudly demonstrating willingness to not only sing, but also fight for their club. Baník's ultras have made friendships over the years, and in 2006 celebrated 10 years of partnership with 2nd division Poland club, GKS Katowice. The celebration took the form of a game between the two teams, organised by the clubs directors. The fixture took place at GKS's stadium, where throughout the 90 minutes the opposing sets of fans sung one another's songs. At the end of the game, both sets of fans climbed over metal fences in order to race onto the pitch come the final whistle to embrace and exchange scarves.^[15]

Players[edit]

Current Senior Squad[edit]

As of 26 July 2018.^[16]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Jakub Lapes
3	DF	Martin Šindelář
5	MF	Adam Janos
6	DF	Denis Granečný
7	MF	Martin Fillo
8	FW	Dame Diop
9	DF	Lukáš Pazdera
10	MF	Robert Hrubý
14	MF	Jakub Bolf
15	DF	Patrizio Stronati
16	GK	Jan Laštůvka
17	MF	Milan Jirásek

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Petr Breda
19	FW	Jakub Sasinka
20	DF	Jakub Pokorný
21	MF	Daniel Holzer
22	MF	Filip Kaloc
23	MF	Bronislav Stáňa
24	DF	Václav Procházka
25	DF	Jiří Fleišman
27	FW	Milan Baroš
30	GK	Viktor Budinsky
31	FW	Ondrej Sasinka
32	DF	Artyom Meschaninov

Out on loan[edit]

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Oleksandr Azatskyi (at Torpedo Kutaisi until 31 December 2018; with option to sell)
		DF	Matej Helesic (at SK Dynamo Ceske Budejovice until 30 June 2019)
		DF	Josef Celba (at MFK Vitkovice until 30 June 2019)
		FW	Martin Macej (at MFK Vitkovice until 30 June 2019)
		MF	Dan Ozvolda (at MFK Vitkovice until 30 June 2019)
		GK	Martin Sustr (at MFK Vitkovice until 30 June 2019)
		MF	Jan Matej (at MFK Vitkovice until 30 June 2019)
		FW	Dominik Smekal (at FC Odra Petrkovice until 30 June 2019)
		MF	Tomas Hykel (at FC Jihlava until 30 June 2019)
		FW	Dyjan Carlos De Azevedo (at Paris FC until 31 May 2019; with option to sell)

Current U-23 Squad[edit]

As of 26 July 2018.^[17]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Radovan Murin
		DF	Ondrej Dolba
		DF	Ondrej Kubik
		DF	Lukas Lehnert
		DF	Artom Mesaninov
		DF	Robert Russmann
		MF	Jakub Bolf

No.		Position	Player
		MF	David Buchta
		MF	Ondrej Chveja
		MF	Filip Kaloc
		MF	Ales Mooc
		MF	Lukas Ptacek
		MF	Tomas Tuma
		FW	Ondrej Sasinka

Former players[edit]

For all players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Baník Ostrava players

Managers[edit]

^{[citation needed]}

Glass (1923–35)
Karel Nenál (Feb 1936 – Sept 1936)
Karel Böhm (Sept 1936 – Feb 1937)
Karel Hromadník (Feb 1937 – Sept 1937)
Ladislav Holeček (Oct 1937 – Dec 1937)
Vilém Lugr (Jan 1938)
Karel Böhm (Jan 1938 – March 1938)
Karel Texa (March 1938 – April 1938)
Karel Böhm (April 1938 – June 1938)
Zdeněk Stefflik (July 1938 – June 1939)
Antonín Křišťál (June 1939 – Jan 1940)
Karel Böhm (Jan 1940 – May 1941)
Evžen Šenovský (May 1941 – Aug 1941)
Antonín Rumler (Aug 1941 – Aug 1942)
Václav Horák (Sept 1942 – Aug 1943)
František Jurek (Aug 1943 – Aug 1945)
František Bělík (Sept 1945 – Feb 1946)
František Kuchta (Feb 1946 – June 1946)
Josef Kuchynka (June 1946 – March 1948)
Jan Gavač (March 1948 – May 1948)
Václav Horák (May 1948 – Jan 1949)
Miroslav Bartoš (Jan 1949 – Oct 1949)
František Bičiště (Oct 1949 – Sept 1950)
Jaroslav Šimonek (Sept 1950 – Feb 1951)
Rudolf Vytlačil (March 1951 – Jan 1952)
Bedřich Šafl (Feb 1952 – Nov 1952)
Jaroslav Šimonek (Dec 1952 – Feb 1956)
František Szedlacsek (Feb 1956 – April 1957)

Antonín Honál (April 1957 – May 1957)
František Bičiště (June 1957 – June 1958)
Jaroslav Vejvoda (July 1958 – July 1960)
František Bufka (Aug 1960 – Dec 1964)
Zdeněk Šajer (Jan 1965 – Dec 1965)
František Bičiště (Jan 1966 – June 1966)
Jiří Křižák (July 1966 – Dec 1966)
Jozef Čurgaly (Jan 1967 – July 1967)
Oldřich Šubrt (July 1967 – Aug 1969)
Jiří Rubáš (Aug 1969 – June 1970)
František Ipser (July 1970 – Aug 1971)
Zdeněk Stanco (Aug 1971 – Dec 1971)
Karol Bučko (Jan 1972 – Aug 1972)
František Šindelář (Aug 1972 – Oct 1972)
Tomáš Pospíchal (Oct 1972 – Dec 1975)
Jiří Rubáš (Jan 1976 – Dec 1977)
Evžen Hadamczik (Jan 1978 – June 1983)
Stanislav Jarábek (July 1983 – June 1984)
Josef Kolečko (July 1984 – June 1986)
Milan Máčala (July 1986 – June 1990)
Jaroslav Gürtler (July 1990 – June 1992)
Ivan Kopecký (July 1992 – Nov 1992)
Jaroslav Janoš (Nov 1992 – Dec 1992)
Verner Lička (Dec 1992 – April 1995)
Jaroslav Janoš (April 1995 – June 1995)
Ján Zachar (July 1995)
Jaroslav Jánoš (July 1995 – Aug 1995)
Ján Zachar (Sept 1995 – July 1996)

Petr Uličný (July 1996 – Sept 1997)
Verner Lička (Sept 1997 – March 2000)
Rostislav Vojáček (March 2000 – June 2000)
Milan Bokša (July 2000 – Nov 2000)
Jaroslav Gürtler (Nov 2000 – April 2001)
Verner Lička (May 2001)
Jozef Jarabinský (June 2001 – May 2002)
Erich Cviertna (June 2002 – April 2003)
Pavel Vrba (May 2003)
František Komňacký (June 2003 – Oct 2004)
Jozef Jarabinský (Oct 2004 – Aug 2005)
Pavel Hapal (Aug 2005 – June 2006)
Karel Večeřa (July 2006 – April 2009)
Verner Lička (interim) (April 2009 – June 2009)
Miroslav Koubek (June 2009 – Oct 2010)
Verner Lička (Oct 2010 – Nov 2010)
Karol Marko (Nov 2010 – July 2011)
Pavel Malura (July 2011 – March 2012)
Radoslav Látal (March 2012 – Oct 2012)
Martin Pulpit (Oct 2012 – May 2013)
Martin Svědík (May 2013 – Dec 2013)
František Komňacký (Dec 2013 – April 2014)
Tomáš Bernady (April 2014 – Dec 2014)
Petr Frňka (Dec 2014 – June 2015)
Radomír Korytář (June 2015 – Jan 2016)
Vlastimil Petržela (Jan 2016 – May 2017)
Radim Kučera (June 2017 – March 2018)
Bohumil Páník (March 2018 – present)

History in domestic competitions[edit]

^{[citation needed]}

1993–2018 Czech First League

Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 24
Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 1
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic[edit]

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	1. liga	3rd	30	14	8	8	52	25	+27	36	Semi-finals
1994–95	1. liga	11th	30	10	8	12	36	41	–5	38	Quarter-finals
1995–96	1. liga	12th	30	10	5	15	40	46	–6	35	Round of 16
1996–97	1. liga	10th	30	8	13	9	33	35	–2	37	Semi-finals
1997–98	1. liga	4th	30	13	11	6	51	35	+16	50	Quarter-finals
1998–99	1. liga	5th	30	10	15	5	39	26	+13	45	Quarter-finals
1999–00	1. liga	11th	30	8	11	11	43	45	–2	35	Round of 32
2000–01	1. liga	14th	30	7	9	14	28	45	–17	30	Quarter-finals
2001–02	1. liga	6th	30	12	8	10	43	36	+7	44	Semi-finals
2002–03	1. liga	5th	30	13	6	11	41	38	+3	45	Quarter-finals
2003–04	1. liga	1st	30	18	9	3	60	25	+35	63	Runners-up
2004–05	1. liga	7th	30	9	10	11	33	36	–3	37	Winners
2005–06	1. liga	6th	30	10	10	10	35	32	+3	40	Runners-up
2006–07	1. liga	7th	30	12	10	8	43	33	+10	46	Round of 16
2007–08	1. liga	3rd	30	15	10	5	51	28	+23	55	Round of 64
2008–09	1. liga	9th	30	11	6	13	38	36	+2	39	Quarter-finals
2009–10	1. liga	3rd	30	17	9	4	47	25	+22	60	Round of 16
2010–11	1. liga	14th	30	7	9	14	31	46	–15	30	Round of 64
2011–12	1. liga	14th	30	7	7	16	31	48	–17	28	Quarter-finals
2012–13	1. liga	14th	30	7	8	15	34	44	–10	29	Round of 32
2013–14	1. liga	10th	30	8	11	11	33	43	–10	35	Round of 32
2014–15	1. liga	14th	30	8	9	13	23	41	–18	33	Round of 16
2015–16	1. liga	16th	30	4	2	24	27	65	−38	14	Round of 64
2016–17	2. liga	2nd	30	18	10	2	48	20	+28	64	Round of 32
2017-18	1. liga	13th	30	7	10	13	36	43	-7	31	Quarter-finals

History in European competitions since 1993-94[edit]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2004–05	UEFA Champions League	3rd Qual.	Bayer Leverkusen	0-5, 2-1
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1st Round	Middlesbrough	0-3, 1-1
2005-06	UEFA Cup	1st Round.	SC Heerenveen	2-0, 0-5
2008-09	UEFA Cup	3rd Qual.	Spartak Moscow	0-1, 1-1
2010-11	UEFA Europa League	2nd Qual.	FC Wit Georgia	6-0, 0-0
2010-11	UEFA Europa League	3rd Qual	Dnepr Mogilev	0-1, 1-2

Honours[edit]

International[edit]

Mitropa Cup Winner: 1989
Mitropa Super Cup Winner: 1989
Intertoto Cup Winner: 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989
European Cup quarter-final: 1981
Cup Winners' Cup semi-final: 1979
UEFA Cup quarter-final: 1975

Domestic[edit]

Czechoslovak Champion (3 times): 1976, 1980, 1981
Czechoslovak First League Runner-up (6 times): 1954, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990
Czech Champion (once): 2004
Czechoslovak Cup Winner (3 times): 1973, 1978, 1991
Czechoslovak Cup Runner-up (once): 1979
Czech Cup Winner (once): 2005
Czech Cup Runner-up (twice): 2004, 2006