List of Lechia Gdańsk managers

This is a list of Lechia Gdańsk managers. The current manager is Vladyslav Lupashko who joined the club on 1 July 2026. Most of the managers through Lechia's history have been Polish, however in recent years more nationalities have been represented. Currently there have been 11 managers from countries other than Poland, the first being Václav Křížek (Czech Republic) in 1949, and most recently Lupashko (Ukraine) in 2026. 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 Czyżewski
(1910–1998)
Poland7 August 194530 June 194620132565%
Ryszard Koncewicz
(1911–2001)
Poland1 February 19494 July 19491031630%
Václav Křížek
(1902–19??)
Czech Republic5 July 194931 December 1949121298.3%
Czesław Bartolik
(1918–2008)
Poland1 February 195019 April 19536731132346.2%
Ferdinand Fritsch
(1898–1966/67)
Austria20 April 195331 December 195318251111.1%
Tadeusz Foryś
(1910–1987)
Poland1 February 195431 December 19579343242646.2%
Leszek Goździk
(1922–1983)
Poland1 February 195831 December 195822381113.6%
Henryk Serafin
(1920–1997)
Poland1 February 19597 August 1960391291830.7%
Piotr Nierychło
(1921–1976)
Poland8 August 196016 March 1961731342.8%
Lajos Szolár
(1919–2005)
Hungary17 March 196131 December 196126961134.6%
Edward Drabiński
(1912–1995)
Poland1 January 196219 August 19622073835%
Grzegorz Polakow
(1935–)
Poland20 August 196223 September 1962510420%
Roman Rogocz
(1926–2013)
Poland24 September 196230 June 196319331315.7%
Władysław Lemiszko
(1911–1988)
Poland1 July 196322 November 19644717102036.1%
Jerzy Wrzos
(1936–)
Poland1 February 196530 June 19664717151536.1%
Robert Gronowski
(1926–1994)
Poland1 July 196627 November 19661745823.5%
Edward Brzozowski
(1920–1983)
Poland1 February 196710 September 19672186738%
Bogumił Gozdur
(1935–2017)
Poland11 September 196730 June 19708744212250.5%
Jerzy Słaboszowski
(1932–1981)
Poland1 July 197030 June 197134246470.5%
Roman Rogocz
(1926–2013)
Poland1 July 197130 June 197331224570.9%
Ryszard Kulesza
(1931–2008)
Poland1 July 197230 June 19746321231933.3%
Wojciech Łazarek
(1937–2023)
Poland1 July 197430 November 1975533014956.6%
Grzegorz Polakow
(1935–)
Poland1 February 197630 June 19761585253.3%
Marian Geszke
(1943–)
Poland1 July 197628 November 19761659231.2%
Józef Walczak
(1931–2016)
Poland29 November 197630 June 1978462713658.6%
Janusz Pekowski
(1945–)
Poland1 July 197830 June 197935209657.1%
Wojciech Przybylski
(1939–2021)
Poland1 July 197930 November 19804919171338.7%
Jerzy Brzyski
(1949–)
Poland1 February 198130 June 19811636718.7%
Michał Globisz
(1946–)
Poland1 June 198120 March 19821854927.7%
Edward Wojewódzki
(1937–)
Poland21 March 198230 June 1982131487.7%
Jerzy Jastrzębowski
(1951–)
Poland1 July 198223 September 19847649161164.4%
Michał Globisz
(1946–)
Poland24 September 198424 November 1984723228.5%
Wojciech Łazarek
(1937–2023)
Poland25 November 198424 November 19854010111925%
Michał Globisz
(1946–)
Poland1 February 198630 June 19861244433.3%
Marian Geszke
(1943–)
Poland1 July 198630 June 198733991527.2%
Zbigniew Kociołek
(1945–2024)
Poland1 July 19872 April 198821410719%
Stanisław Stachura
(1941–)
Poland3 April 198814 May 1989391281930.7%
Bogusław Kaczmarek
(1950–)
Poland15 May 19896 June 199211637364331.8%
Adam Musiał
(1948–2020)
Poland7 June 199230 June 19933916111241%
Zbigniew Tymiński
(1955–)
Poland1 July 199325 September 19931222816.6%
Marian Geszke
(1943–)
Poland26 September 199319 November 19944213131630.9%
Janusz Kupcewicz
(1955–2022)
Poland1 February 199530 June 19951744923.5%
Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk
Hubert Kostka
(1940–)
Poland1 July 199527 April 199626831530.7%
Stanisław Stachura
(1941–)
Poland28 April 199630 June 1996934233.3%
Lechia Gdańsk
Stanisław Stachura
(1941–)
Poland1 July 199616 November 19961441928.5%
Józef Gładysz
(1952–)
Poland17 November 199630 June 199721561028.8%
Andrzej Bikiewicz
(1955–)
Poland1 July 199730 June 199835227662.8%
Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk
Witold Kulik
(1957–)
Poland1 July 199830 June 1999291341244.8%
Jerzy Jastrzębowski
(1951–)
Poland1 July 19994 March 200027971133.3%
Wiesław Wika
(1947–)
& Lech Kulwicki
(1951–)
Poland5 March 200011 March 20001100100%
Romuald Szukiełowicz
(1943–)
Poland12 March 20004 October 2000341291335.2%
Stanisław Stachura
(1941–)
Poland5 October 200030 June 20026516133624.6%
Lechia Gdańsk
Michał Globisz
(1946–)
Poland1 July 200125 August 20012200100%
Tadeusz Małolepszy
(1952–)
Poland26 August 200116 November 200238304478.9%
Jerzy Jastrzębowski
(1951–)
Poland1 February 200321 May 200453453584.9%
Marcin Kaczmarek
(1974–)
Poland22 May 200416 June 20067438171951.3%
Tomasz Borkowski
(1972–)
Poland17 June 200627 August 20074116121339%
Dariusz Kubicki
(1963–)
Poland30 August 200722 July 200832224668.7%
Jacek Zieliński
(1967–)
Poland23 July 20085 April 200937972124.3%
Tomasz Kafarski
(1975–)
Poland7 April 20098 November 20119432273534%
Rafał Ulatowski
(1973–)
Poland9 November 201114 December 201141—325%
Paweł Janas
(1953–)
Poland17 December 201124 May 20121335523%
Bogusław Kaczmarek
(1950–)
Poland6 June 20124 June 2013321181334.3%
Michał Probierz
(1972–)
Poland4 June 201326 March 20144212151528.5%
Ricardo Moniz
(1964–)
Netherlands27 March 20144 June 20141053250%
Quim Machado
(1966–)
Portugal16 June 201421 September 2014933333.3%
Tomasz Unton
(1970–)
Poland21 September 201417 November 2014712414.2%
Jerzy Brzęczek
(1971–)
Poland17 November 20141 September 2015301191036.6%
Thomas von Heesen
(1961–)
Germany1 September 20153 December 20151232725%
Dawid Banaczek
(1979–)
Poland3 December 201513 January 201632—166.6%
Piotr Nowak
(1964–)
Poland13 January 201627 September 20176631161946.9%
Adam Owen
(1980–)
Wales27 September 20173 March 20181646625%
Piotr Stokowiec
(1972–)
Poland5 March 201828 August 202113964354046.6%
Tomasz Kaczmarek
(1984–)
Poland1 September 20211 September 2022401871545%
Maciej Kalkowski
(1974–)
Poland1 September 202219 September 202230210%
Marcin Kaczmarek
(1974–)
Poland19 September 202221 March 20231872938.8%
David Badía
(1974–)
Spain21 March 202314 June 2023912611.1%
Szymon Grabowski
(1981–)
Poland14 June 202327 November 20245223101944.2%
Kevin Blackwell
(1958–)
& Radosław Bella
(1987–)
England/Poland27 November 202430 November 202410010%
John Carver
(1965–)
England30 November 202423 May 2026542292340.7%
Vladyslav Lupashko
(1986–)
Ukraine1 July 2026present0000—

Stats correct as of 1 July 2026.

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

Competition won Manager & year
Polish CupJerzy Jastrzębowski (1983)
Piotr Stokowiec (2019)
Polish Super CupJerzy Jastrzębowski (1983)
Piotr Stokowiec (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

References

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