Orest Lenczyk (; 28 December 1942 â 11 June 2024) was a Polish professional football player and manager.
Lenczyk was born in Sanok. A midfielder, he played for lower divisions teams such as Sanoczanka Sanok, Stomil Poznaà Â, à ÂlÃÂza Wrocà Âaw, and Moto-Jelcz Oà Âawa. At the age of 28, Lenczyk ended his career as a footballer, and began working as a coach.
At first, Lenczyk coached in several teams of southeastern Poland, before finding a job at Wisà Âa Kraków in 1975, where he was an assistant. Next year, he became the manager of Wisà Âa's first team, winning the league title in the 1977âÂÂ78 season. Furthermore, Lenczyk's Wisà Âa got to the quarter-finals of the 1978âÂÂ79 European Cup, beating Club Brugge, and Zbrojovka Brno, only to lose to the runner-up, Malmö. Lenczyk worked for Wisà Âa on several occasions (1984âÂÂ1985, 1994, 2000âÂÂ2001), 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 Beà Âchatów. After a first, difficult season, GKS finished the 2006âÂÂ07 season as runners-up, with such players, as Radosà Âaw Matusiak, Paweà  Stràk, à Âukasz Garguà Âa 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 Zagà ÂÃÂbie 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 à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw. The team finished runners-up in the 2010âÂÂ11 season. In the following campaign, à Âlàsk won the league title.
Lenczyk died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 81. He was buried on 15 June at the Bielany Cemetery in Kraków.
Wisà Âa Kraków
GKS Katowice
à Âlàsk Wrocà Âaw
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