This is a list of Lechia Gdańsk managers. The current manager is Szymon Grabowski who joined the club on 14 June 2023. Most of the managers through Lechia's history have been Polish, however in recent years more nationalities have been represented. Currently there have been 8 managers from countries other than Poland, the first being Václav Křížek (Czech Republic) in 1949, and most recently David Badía (Spain) in 2023. Both Jerzy Jastrzębowski and Piotr Stokowiec could be seen as Lechia's most successful managers, with Jastrzębowski winning both the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup in 1983, and getting Lechia promoted from III liga and II liga in successive seasons in 1983 and 1984,[1] with Stokowiec winning Lechia’s second Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup, while leading the team to their joint highest ever Ekstraklasa finish of 3rd, all in 2019. The other manager who has the record for managing Lechia to their highest finish in the Polish league is Tadeusz Foryś who achieved the feat in 1956.

Managers

The list of managers from 1949 is complete.[2]

The first person to be classed as a head coach or manager of Lechia Gdańsk is Zygmunt Czyżewski who was in place for the first year after the clubs founding in 1945, while the club was in the regional divisions of Polish football. Czyżewski held this role while also being a player for the club, being the clubs first and only known player-manager. After Czyżewski left the role there are no known persons who held such a clear and defined role as "head coach" between 1946 until the clubs promotion into the Ekstraklasa in 1949. It is likely that during this time a player at the club also held the role of manager while playing, having a role similar to Czyżewski. By Lechia's own admission it was not until 1949 when the club made their first appearance in the Ekstraklasa did they have their first proper manager at the club when Ryszard Koncewicz was given the role.[3]

In total there have been 64 different people appointed as manager of Lechia Gdańsk over 79 different managerial appointments. Nine managers of Lechia Gdańsk have spent more than one spell at the club, the highest being Michał Globisz who held the position of manager four times, albeit two of those times being as caretaker-manager. 17 of the 61 managers previously spent time at Lechia during their playing careers. Aside from Polish, eight other nationalities have been represented by foreign managers, with no foreign manager having managed to win more than 10 games as manager. In two of the managerial appointments, the clubs official sources claim there have been two people working together as the manager of the team. Both of these instances occurred during the Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk spell between 1998 and 2002. The first such instance was when Lechia-Polonia was first merged with Witold Kulik and Stanisław Stachura managing together for 29 games. The other instance happened after the sacking of Jerzy Jastrzębowski when Wiesław Wika and Lech Kulwicki jointly became the caretaker-managers. It should be noted however that in these instances it is most likely that Witold Kulik and Wiesław Wika were the official managers of the team, with Stanisław Stachura and Lech Kulwicki being the assistant managers during their appointments during this time. Wika was in charge of one game, winning the game, and are therefor technically the only managers in the clubs history to have a perfect record. The turnover rate of managers throughout the clubs history has been high with only four managers, Jerzy Jastrzębowski, Stanisław Stachura, Bogusław Kaczmarek and Piotr Stokowiec having made it to 100 games as manager for the club.

Dates

Some of the managers full dates of when they started/finished the job are known, where as with others its only the year that is known. The dates have been added to try and give the most accurate representation of when the manager held their role at the club.

If a manager is known to have left at the end of the season but the full date is not known, the date listed is that of the final official date of the season (for example this date is usually on 30 June if the season runs July–June), the same is for if a manager is known to have started at the beginning of the following season, the date listed will be the first official date of the season (this is usually 1 July if the season runs July–June). Some managers are known to have started their role after the winter break, if the official date is not known these will be listed as 1 February as often friendlies/official games were not played in January.

List

Statistics & records

Records

(Correct as of 1 September 2022)

Managerial statistics

This is a list of Lechia Gdańsk managers and their statistics in competitive competitions. The list includes caretaker managers, those managers given the contract on a caretaker/interim basis are shown in italics.

Name Nat From To G W D L %W
Lechia Gdańsk
Zygmunt CzyżewskiPoland7 August 194530 June 194620132565%
Ryszard KoncewiczPoland1 February 19494 July 19491031630%
Václav KřížekCzech Republic5 July 194931 December 1949121298.3%
Czesław BartolikPoland1 February 195019 April 19536731132346.2%
Ferdinand FritschAustria20 April 195331 December 195318251111.1%
Tadeusz ForyśPoland1 February 195431 December 19579343242646.2%
Leszek GoździkPoland1 February 195831 December 195822381113.6%
Henryk SerafinPoland1 February 19597 August 1960391291830.7%
Piotr NierychłoPoland8 August 196016 March 1961731342.8%
Lajos SzolárHungary17 March 196131 December 196126961134.6%
Edward DrabińskiPoland1 January 196219 August 19622073835%
Grzegorz PolakowPoland20 August 196223 September 1962510420%
Roman RogoczPoland24 September 196230 June 196319331315.7%
Władysław LemiszkoPoland1 July 196322 November 19644717102036.1%
Jerzy WrzosPoland1 February 196530 June 19664717151536.1%
Henryk GronowskiPoland1 July 196627 November 19661745823.5%
Edward BrzozowskiPoland1 February 196710 September 19672186738%
Bogumił GozdurPoland11 September 196730 June 19708744212250.5%
Jerzy SłaboszowskiPoland1 July 197030 June 197134246470.5%
Roman RogoczPoland1 July 197130 June 197331224570.9%
Ryszard KuleszaPoland1 July 197230 June 19746321231933.3%
Wojciech ŁazarekPoland1 July 197430 November 1975533014956.6%
Grzegorz PolakowPoland1 February 197630 June 19761585253.3%
Marian GeszkePoland1 July 197628 November 19761659231.2%
Józef WalczakPoland29 November 197630 June 1978462713658.6%
Janusz PekowskiPoland1 July 197830 June 197935209657.1%
Wojciech PrzybylskiPoland1 July 197930 November 19804919171338.7%
Jerzy BrzyskiPoland1 February 198130 June 19811636718.7%
Michał GlobiszPoland1 June 198120 March 19821854927.7%
Edward WojewódzkiPoland21 March 198230 June 1982131487.7%
Jerzy JastrzębowskiPoland1 July 198223 September 19847649161164.4%
Michał GlobiszPoland24 September 198424 November 1984723228.5%
Wojciech ŁazarekPoland25 November 198424 November 19854010111925%
Michał GlobiszPoland1 February 198630 June 19861244433.3%
Marian GeszkePoland1 July 198630 June 198733991527.2%
Zbigniew KociołekPoland1 July 19872 April 198821410719%
Stanisław StachuraPoland3 April 198814 May 1989391281930.7%
Bogusław KaczmarekPoland15 May 19896 June 199211637364331.8%
Adam MusiałPoland7 June 199230 June 19933916111241%
Zbigniew TymińskiPoland1 July 199325 September 19931222816.6%
Marian GeszkePoland26 September 199319 November 19944213131630.9%
Janusz KupcewiczPoland1 February 199530 June 19951744923.5%
Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk
Hubert KostkaPoland1 July 199527 April 199626831530.7%
Stanisław StachuraPoland28 April 199630 June 1996934233.3%
Lechia Gdańsk
Stanisław StachuraPoland1 July 199616 November 19961441928.5%
Józef GładyszPoland17 November 199630 June 199721561028.8%
Andrzej BikiewiczPoland1 July 199730 June 199835227662.8%
Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk
Witold KulikPoland1 July 199830 June 1999291341244.8%
Jerzy JastrzębowskiPoland1 July 19994 March 200027971133.3%
Wiesław WikaPoland5 March 200011 March 20001100100%
Romuald SzukiełowiczPoland12 March 20004 October 2000341291335.2%
Stanisław StachuraPoland5 October 200030 June 20026516133624.6%
Lechia Gdańsk
Michał GlobiszPoland1 July 200125 August 20012200100%
Tadeusz MałolepszyPoland26 August 200116 November 200238304478.9%
Jerzy JastrzębowskiPoland1 February 200321 May 200453453584.9%
Marcin KaczmarekPoland22 May 200416 June 20067438171951.3%
Tomasz BorkowskiPoland17 June 200627 August 20074116121339%
Dariusz KubickiPoland30 August 200722 July 200832224668.7%
Jacek ZielińskiPoland23 July 20085 April 200937972124.3%
Tomasz KafarskiPoland7 April 20098 November 20119432273534%
Rafał UlatowskiPoland9 November 201114 December 201141325%
Paweł JanasPoland17 December 201124 May 20121335523%
Bogusław KaczmarekPoland6 June 20124 June 2013321181334.3%
Michał ProbierzPoland4 June 201326 March 20144212151528.5%
Ricardo MonizNetherlands27 March 20144 June 20141053250%
Quim MachadoPortugal16 June 201421 September 2014933333.3%
Tomasz UntonPoland21 September 201417 November 2014712414.2%
Jerzy BrzęczekPoland17 November 20141 September 2015301191036.6%
Thomas von HeesenGermany1 September 20153 December 20151232725%
Dawid BanaczekPoland3 December 201513 January 201632166.6%
Piotr NowakPoland13 January 201627 September 20176631161946.9%
Adam OwenWales27 September 20173 March 20181646625%
Piotr StokowiecPoland5 March 201828 August 202113964354046.6%
Tomasz KaczmarekPoland1 September 20211 September 2022401871545%
Maciej KalkowskiPoland1 September 202219 September 202230210%
Marcin KaczmarekPoland19 September 202221 March 20231872938.8%
David BadíaSpain21 March 202314 June 2023912611.1%
Szymon GrabowskiPoland14 June 2023present1042440%

Stats correct as of 30 September 2023.

Honours

This is a list of honours of Lechia Gdańsk and the manager who was in charge of Lechia when they achieved that honour.

Ekstraklasa

Polish Cup

Polish Super Cup:

I liga

II liga

European Competitions

Condensed

Manager Competition Year
Jerzy JastrzębowskiPuchar Polski
Superpuchar Polski
II liga
I liga
1983
1983
1983
1984
Marcin KaczmarekII liga2005
Dariusz KubickiI liga2008
Piotr StokowiecPuchar Polski
Superpuchar Polski
2019
2019

Top three Ekstraklasa finishes

Position Manager Year
3rdTadeusz Foryś1956
Piotr Stokowiec2018–19

International managers

The managers below have managed Lechia as well as managing an international team at some point during their career. The dates in brackets are the managers time with Lechia.

Poland
Antigua and Barbuda
Sudan
Tunisia

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