SFC Opava

The club was in the Czech First League at the top tier of Czech football from 1995 to 2000, getting relegated in 2000 but returning to the top flight the following season in 2001. After another relegation they returned again in 2003 and had a two-year spell in the top division, but internal issues led to a slow decline of the club and relegation to the regional division. The club celebrated a return to the Second Division in 2011,^[1] but after just two seasons, they were relegated back to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) in 2013.^[2] The club won promotion back into the second level of football in their first season in the MSFL.^[3] They won the Czech National Football League in 2018, securing promotion to the top flight.^[4] However they were relegated to the National League again in 2021.^[5]

On 9 January 2024, Slovak company A.I.K. spol. s.r.o. bought the team from the city of Opava.^[6] Transaction was fully completed on 18 March 2024, Andrej Krajíček become the new owner.^[7]

• 1907–09 – Troppauer Fussballverein
• 1909–39 – Deutscher Sportverein Troppau
• 1939–45 – NS Turngemeinde Troppau
• 1945–48 – SK Slezan Opava
• 1948–50 – Sokol Slezan Opava
• 1950–53 – ZSJ SPJP Opava
• 1953–58 – TJ Baník Opava
• 1958–90 – TJ Ostroj Opava
• 1990–94 – FK Ostroj Opava
• 1994–98 – FC Kaučuk Opava
• Since 1998 – SFC Opava

The club has a group of fanatical fans called Opaváci ^[8] who frequently produce tifos and displays, as well as travel to away games. They have a friendship with fellow Silesian team Śląsk Wrocław^[9] and have derby rivalries with FC Baník Ostrava and FC Hlučín, with the matches between them known as the Silesian Derby.

As of 13 August 2025.^[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Matěj Hafera 2 DF  SVK Šimon Mičuda 4 DF  CZE Jaromír Srubek 6 DF  CZE Jiří Janoščín 7 DF  CZE Felix Čejka 9 FW  CZE Barnabáš Lacík 10 FW  CZE Ladislav Mužík 11 FW  CZE Tomáš Rataj 13 MF  CZE Jakub Fabiánek 14 MF  SVK Marcel Novák 16 MF  CZE Eliáš Barteska 17 MF  CZE Ondřej Strnadel 19 MF  CPV Papalélé 20 DF  CZE Roman Zálešák

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  BIH Nikola Turanjanin 22 DF  CZE Matěj Helešic 23 DF  CZE Ondřej Lehoczki 26 FW  SEN El Hadji Ndiaye (on loan from Zlín) 28 MF  CZE Adam Sochor 29 MF  CZE Jakub Rezek 31 GK  CZE Jiří Ciupa 34 MF  CZE Daniel Kaštánek (on loan from Sparta Prague) 36 MF  CZE Michael Vladař 40 FW  NGA Hamza Abdullahi 77 GK  CZE Matouš Babka 99 DF  MRI Wilson Mootoo — FW  USA Hale Lombard

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

As of 3 June 2024 (after the last club's season in the Czech First League)^[11]

Most appearances [edit] # Name Matches 1 Jan Baránek 145 2 Jaroslav Kolínek 138 3 Alois Grussmann 131 4 Miroslav Kamas 129 5 Roman Hendrych 119 6 Tomáš Vychodil 93

Most goals [edit] # Name Goals 1 Alois Grussmann 33 2 Jan Baránek 17 3 Radomír Prasek 13 4 Roman Hendrych 12 Martin Rozhon Jiří Bartl

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	René Twardzik	22
2	Vilém Fendrich	15
3	Petr Vašek	11

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 11
• Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 18
• Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 2
• Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

• Czech National Football League (second tier)
  • Champions (1): 2017–18
• Moravian–Silesian Football League (third tier)
  • Champions (2): 2010–11, 2013–14
• Czech Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

• Best position: 6th (1995–96)
• Worst position: 18th (2020–21)
• Biggest home win: Opava 5–0 Příbram (2018–19)
• Biggest away win: Slovácko 0–2 Opava (2018–19)
• Biggest home defeat: Opava 0–6 Slavia Prague (2020–21)
• Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 5–0 Opava (2001–02), Mladá Boleslav 6–1 Opava (2018–19)