Orest Lenczyk is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 soccer manager currently working for Ekstraklasa club Śląsk Wrocław.

Player career

He also was a player, in lower divisions teams, such as Sanoczanka Sanok, Stomil Poznań, Sleza Wrocław, and Moto-Jelcz Olawa. At the age of 28, Lenczyk ended his career as a footballer, and began working as a coach.

Manager career

At first, he was coached in several teams of southeastern Poland, in 1975 finding a job at Wisła Kraków, where he was assistant. Next year, he became a coach of Wisla's first team, winning Championship of Poland in the 1977/78 season. Furthermore, Lenczyk's Wisla got to the quarter-finals of the 1978–79 European Cup, beating Club Brugge

Club Brugge

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, and Zbrojovka Brno

1. FC Brno

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, only to lose to the runner-up, Malmö FF

Malmö FF

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. Lenczyk worked for Wisla for several more seasons (1984–1985, 1994, 2000–2001), and during his last season in Kraków, he won promotion to the second round of UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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, after eliminating Real Saragossa.

In October 2005, he got a job at GKS Bełchatów. After first, difficult season, his team was Polish runner-up, with such players, as Radosław Matusiak, Pawel Strak

Pawel Strak

Paweł Strąk is a Polish footballer currently playing for Górnik Zabrze.-Club:...

, Lukasz Gargula

Lukasz Gargula

Łukasz Garguła is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Wisła Kraków and the Poland national football team. He is a central midfielder with good passing skills.-Club career:...

, and Piotr Lech

Piotr Lech

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. He was fired in March 2008, after five defeats in a row. On April 16, 2009, he was named head coach of Zaglebie Lubin

Zaglebie Lubin

KGHM Zagłębie Lubin is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin, Poland. It was founded on September 10, 1945 as OMTUR Lubin.-History:In 2007 Zagłębie became league champions for a second time ....

, winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa. In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing Artur Platek. After problems with Cracovia management he came to terms with the higher-ups and dissolve his contract.
On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor for Ryszard Tarasiewicz

Ryszard Tarasiewicz

Ryszard Jerzy Tarasiewicz is a Polish retired football player and current manager of ŁKS Łódź.-Club:After playing 10 years for Śląsk Wrocław, he left Poland in 1989 and played for Neuchâtel Xamax and AS Nancy, RC Lens, Besançon RC .-National team:He played for the Polish national team and was a...

 by Śląsk Wrocław. The team became a runner-up in Polish League in 2010/2011 season.

Achievements

• Championship of Poland (1978),
• Quarter-final of the 1978–79 European Cup,
• Third place in Poland (1979–1980), with Śląsk Wrocław,
• Third place in Poland (1982–1983), with Ruch Chorzów,
• Second place in Poland (2006–2007), with GKS Bełchatów,
• Promotion to Ekstraklasa (2008–2009), with Zaglebie Lubin,
• Second place in Poland (2010–2011), with Śląsk Wrocław,
• Manager of the year 1990 and 2006, according to Pilka Nozna weekly.
• Manager of the season 2010-2011, according to Polish Coaches Association