Jacek Gmoch

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Jacek Gmoch
Gmoch in 2007
Personal information
Full name Jacek Wojciech Gmoch
Date of birth (1939-01-13) 13 January 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Pruszków, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1960 Znicz Pruszków
1960–1968 Legia Warsaw 330[1] (10)
International career
1962–1968 Poland 29 (0)
Managerial career
1969–1971 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
1971–1974 Poland (assistant)
1976–1978 Poland
1979 Skeid Fotball
1979–1981 PAS Giannina
1981–1982 Apollon Athens
1982–1983 AEL
1983–1985 Panathinaikos
1985–1986 AEK Athens
1986–1988 AEL
1988–1989 Olympiacos
1990–1991 Aris
1991–1993 APOEL
1993 AEL
1994–1995 Athinaikos
1995–1996 Ethnikos
1996–1997 APOEL
1997–1998 Ionikos
1998–1999 Kalamata
1999–2000 Panionios
2002–2003 Ionikos
2010 Panathinaikos (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacek Wojciech Gmoch (born 13 January 1939 in

commentator. As a player he spent the majority of his career playing for Legia Warsaw as a defender, and represented Poland 29 times internationally.[2] After a career ending injury he became a successful trainer, winning multiple titles in Poland, Greece, and Cyprus, while also managing the Poland National Team
.

While having a successful football career at Legia, he simultaneously graduated in communication from the Warsaw University of Technology. Gmoch began his career playing for his local childhood club Znicz Pruszków in 1953. After an impressive spell he earned a move to Legia Warsaw, where he went on to have a successful career playing over 300 games. With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in 1964 and 1966) and contributed to the beginning of the successful Championship winning 1968–69 season. He also became a regular player for the National Team of Poland during this period (29 caps).[3]

Following a major injury in a friendly match, Gmoch began his coaching career, starting as assistant manager for

Argentina. After the 1978 World Cup he stepped down from the Poland job, moving to Norway, Cyprus, and Greece
where he became one of the most successful and recognised coaches.

In Norway, he became the manager of

1984-85, his team finished runner up in the league, and for the second time in their history, reached the semi-finals of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup, where they were eliminated by Liverpool. Despite this success, the Panathinaikos management fired him at the end of the season. According to newspapers of the time, one of the reasons he was fired was because he did not tolerate interference in the team by the management.[8]

For the

2002–03
.

After retiring from management he acted as a member of the Polish Olympic representation team in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Later he also became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks. He notably commentated Champions League matches for the Greek Television ERT, as well as International Tournaments in Poland for channels Polsat and TVP.

On 15 November 2010, Gmoch took over as the caretaker manager of Panathinaikos, following Nikos Nioplias, who resigned after a string of mediocre results in the first part of the 2010–11 season. As caretaker manager he successfully won against Iraklis in his only final match before being succeeded by the new manager of the team, Jesualdo Ferreira. The game ended 4–2, despite Iraklis taking a 0-2 lead in the first half, and when the game ended after managing a heroic comeback the stadium crowd applauded him to thank him for everything he had done for the club.

Managerial Statistics

As of 21 November 2010[9][10]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team Nation From To Record
G W D L Win%
Poland Poland 16 October 1976 6 September 1978 27 17 3 7 62.96
PAS Giannina Greece 4 December 1979 30 June 1981 63 25 15 23 39.68
AEL Greece 1 July 1982 30 June 1983 35 18 9 8 51.43
Panathinaikos Greece 1 July 1983 19 June 1985 88 56 22 10 63.64
AEK Greece 1 July 1985 23 May 1986 41 19 12 10 46.34
AEL Greece 1 July 1986 2 May 1988 76 37 14 25 48.68
Olympiacos Greece 1 June 1988 8 March 1989 26 15 6 5 57.69
Aris Greece 29 January 1990 16 April 1991 57 20 18 19 35.09
APOEL Cyprus 1 July 1991 30 April 1993 67 40 16 11 59.70
AEL Greece 1 July 1993 1 November 1993 15 7 3 5 46.67
APOEL Cyprus 1 July 1996 28 February 1997 27 18 3 6 66.67
Ionikos Greece 4 March 1997 30 June 1998 49 23 12 14 46.94
Panathinaikos Greece 15 November 2010 21 November 2010 1 1 0 0 100.00
Total 572 296 133 143 51.75

Honours

Player

Legia Warsaw

Assistant Manager

Legia Warsaw

Poland

Manager

Poland

AEL

Panathinaikos

Olympiacos

APOEL

References

  1. ^ "Jacek Gmoch". legia.net (in Polish). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Jacek Gmoch, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ^ "Kadra.pl". Archived from the original on January 23, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
  4. ^ "1978 Soccer World Cup Final Standings". www.thesoccerworldcups.com. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  5. ^ "Greece 1979/80". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "Greece 1980/81". Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  7. ^ "Greece 1982/83". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
  8. ^ Γεωργιάδης Κώστας, Ασημακόπουλος Νίκος (1988). Μυστική Επιχείρηση Ποδόσφαιρο. Αθήνα: Σύγχρονη Εποχή. p. 81.
  9. ^ "The RSSSF Archive". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  10. ^ "Jacek Gmoch - Stats and titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-18.

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