Mariusz Jop

Mariusz Jop
Jop as manager of Wisła Kraków in 2026
Personal information
Birth name Mariusz Jop[1]
Date of birth (1978-08-03) 3 August 1978[1]
Place of birth Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Wisła Kraków (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1999 KSZO Ostrowiec Św. 78 (3)
1999–2004 Wisła Kraków 60 (6)
2001 → Widzew Łódź (loan) 26 (2)
2004–2009 FC Moscow 86 (4)
2009–2010 Wisła Kraków 12 (0)
2010–2011 Górnik Zabrze 23 (0)
Total 285 (15)
International career
2003–2008 Poland 27 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Wisła Kraków (assistant)
2019–2020 Wisła Kraków II
2020–2022 Poland U21 (assistant)
2021 Wisła Kraków (interim assistant)
2022–2023 Jagiellonia Białystok (assistant)
2023 Wisła Kraków II
2023 Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2023–2024 Wisła Kraków (assistant)
2024– Wisła Kraków
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mariusz Jop [ˈmarjuʂ ˈjɔp] (born 3 August 1978) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Ekstraklasa club Wisła Kraków.

Club career

Beginnings

Born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Jop started out playing for KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He won the Polish championship with Wisła Kraków in the 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons.

Playing in Russia and return to Poland

In 2004, Jop signed for FC Moscow. While playing for FC Moscow, he became the first Pole to score a goal in the Russian Premier League. On 11 July 2009, he returned to Wisła as a free agent after terminating his contract with FC Moscow.

Later club career

On 18 June 2010, Jop signed a two-year contract with Górnik Zabrze. Jop retired from professional football on 18 October 2011.

International career

On 30 April 2003, Jop made his international debut for Poland in a friendly match against Belgium.

He was selected to the 23-men national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. He was also included in the Polish Euro 2008 squad and made one appearance in a group match against Austria.

Managerial career

Assistant and interim roles

On 14 May 2021, Jop was announced the interim assistant for the Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków to the interim manager Kazimierz Kmiecik, after Peter Hyballa had finished his coaching duties.[2]

On 2 December 2023, Jop's former teammate Radosław Sobolewski resigned from his position as manager of Wisła. The following day, Jop, having coached Wisła's reserves side since July that year, was named caretaker manager until the end of 2023.[3] He led Wisła to three wins in three games across all competitions, before joining Albert Rudé's staff as an assistant on 29 December, when the Spaniard was appointed permanent manager.[4]

As head coach

On 24 September 2024, following the dismissal of Kazimierz Moskal, Jop took charge of Wisła as a caretaker again.[5] After recording seven wins, two draws and one loss in his first ten games in charge, Jop was appointed on a permanent basis until the end of the season on 23 November.[6] On 31 December, his contract was extended until June 2026.[7]

In the 2025–26 season, he led Wisła Kraków back to the Ekstraklasa, a place the club had longed to return to after four years in the lower tier.[8]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
KSZO Ostrowiec 1995–96 II liga 70———70
1996–97 II liga 160——160
1997–98 Ekstraklasa 3111[b]——321
1998–99 II liga 24210——252
Total 78320——803
Wisła Kraków 1999–2000 Ekstraklasa 13231—5[c]0213
2000–01 Ekstraklasa 1000000010
2001–02 Ekstraklasa 7031—5[d]0151
2002–03 Ekstraklasa 2328210[e]0—414
2003–04 Ekstraklasa 162107[f]0—242
Total 60615417010010210
Widzew Łódź (loan) 2000–01 Ekstraklasa 150———150
2001–02 Ekstraklasa 11210—00122
Total 26210—00272
FC Moscow 2004 Premier Liga 15310——163
2005 Premier Liga 27120——291
2006 Premier Liga 90201[g]0—120
2007 Premier Liga 9030——120
2008 Premier Liga 230203[e]0—280
2009 Premier Liga 3000——30
Total 86410040—1004
Wisła Kraków 2009–10 Ekstraklasa 120201[h]000150
Górnik Zabrze 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 23020——250
Career total 2851532422010034919
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup, Russian Cup
  2. ↑ Doesn't include these Polish Cup matches:
    2nd round: Ceramika Białaczów – KSZO Ostrowiec 0–8
    3rd round: Avia Świdnik – KSZO Ostrowiec 1–2
  3. ↑ Four appearances in Polish League Cup, one appearance in Polish Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in Polish League Cup
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Cup
  7. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  8. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland 200320
200560
200670
200760
200860
Total270

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 August 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Wisła Kraków II 27 November 2019 30 June 2020 000000+0!—
Wisła Kraków II 2 July 2023 3 December 2023 1814315319+34077.78
Wisła Kraków (caretaker) 3 December 2023 29 December 2023 3300102+8100.00
Wisła Kraków 24 September 2024 Present 7342171414575+70057.53
Total 9459201520896+112062.77

Honours

Player

Wisła Kraków[10]

Manager

Wisła Kraków

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kazimierz Kmiecik przejął obowiązki pierwszego trenera Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mariusz Jop tymczasowym trenerem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Albert Rudé trenerem Wisły Kraków" (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Mariusz Jop trenerem Wisły". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 24 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "1. liga. Mariusz Jop na dłużej w Wiśle Kraków? Jarosław Królewski podjął decyzję w sprawie szkoleniowca". polskieradio24.pl (in Polish). 23 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Mariusz Jop na dłużej w Wiśle". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 31 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Piątek w B1L: awans Wisły Kraków". I liga (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mariusz Jop". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Mariusz Jop". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Skowron, Grzegorz (11 May 2026). "Wisła Kraków mistrzem 1 ligi! Już wcześniej zapewniła sobie awans do ekstraklasy". krknews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Najlepsi ligowcy w sezonie 2025/2026" (in Polish). I liga. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Mariusz Jop wybrany trenerem lipca i sierpnia Betclic 1 Ligi" (in Polish). I liga. 22 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
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