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

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 founders were Karel Aniol, Arnošt Haberkiewicz, Petr Křižák, František Mruzek and Jaroslav Horák.

In 1934 club activists succeeded in renting the land at Stará střelnice from regional wealthy industrialist Count Wilczek.

The promotion made SK Slezská Ostrava a popular team in the city and public interest was rising.

Though Sparta's roster was full of national team players, Baník won 3–2 and caused an immediate sensation.

Promotion to the highest league sparked even stronger interest for football in local people.

In the 1979–80 season Baník won its second Czechoslovakian 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.

[9] In the 2015–16 season they were under financial distress and were bought by Czech millionaire Václav Brabec who originated from Kroměříž.

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

Václav Brabec hired former Baník Ostrava star and home-grown player Marek Jankulovski to take over the role of Dušan Vrťo as the teams Sport Director.

Jankulovski brought in a few players such as Daniel Holzer, Patrizio Stronati and Adam Jánoš for the 2018–19 season.

Banik was playing there for 9 years and moved to souther part of Silesian Ostrava near by a park "Stará střelnice" (Old Shooting range).

[11][12][13] Ultra supporters of Baník call themselves Chachaři, which means "bad boys" in the local dialect.

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.

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.