Jacek Gmoch
![]() Gmoch in 2007 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jacek Wojciech Gmoch | ||
Date of birth | 13 January 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Pruszków, Poland | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Znicz Pruszków | |||
1960–1968 | Legia Warsaw | 330[1] | (10) |
National team | |||
1962–1968 | Poland | 29 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1971–1974 | Poland (assistant) | ||
1976–1978 | Poland | ||
1979 | Skeid Fotball | ||
1979–1981 | PAS Giannina | ||
1981–1982 | Apollon Athens | ||
1982–1983 | Larissa | ||
1983–1985 | Panathinaikos | ||
1985–1986 | AEK | ||
1986–1988 | Larissa | ||
1988–1989 | Olympiacos | ||
1990–1991 | Aris | ||
1991–1993 | APOEL | ||
1993 | Larissa | ||
1994–1995 | Athinaikos | ||
1995–1996 | Ethnikos | ||
1996–1997 | APOEL | ||
1997–1998 | Ionikos | ||
1998–1999 | Kalamata | ||
1999–2000 | Panionios | ||
2002–2003 | Ionikos | ||
2010 | Panathinaikos (caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Jacek Wojciech Gmoch (born 13 January 1939 in Pruszków) is a former Polish footballer, who later became a trainer and selector of the Polish National Team.
While having a successful football career he graduated in communication from the Warsaw University of Technology. Gmoch begun playing for Znicz Pruszków, to move on for a successful career in Legia Warsaw. With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in 1964 and 1966) and contributed to the beginning of the successful 1968–69 season. He also became a player for the national Team of Poland (29 caps).[2]
Following a major injury in a friendly match, Gmoch began a coaching career, starting in Legia Warsaw in 1969–71. Having been offered the Poland National Team assistant's job by Kazimierz Górski, he lasted from 1971–74. Together they achieved an Olympic Gold medal in Munich 1972, as well as 3rd Place in the 1974 World Cup. He moved to the U.S. to follow his scientific career at the University of Pennsylvania (1975–6). He returned to qualify the National Team to 1978 Mundial in Argentina (fifth place). He later moved to Norway in 1979 and Greece until 2003 where he became one of the most successful and recognised coaches.
In Norway, he became Skeid Fotball manager and then he went to Greece and worked first as a manager of PAS Giannina,[3][4] Apollon Athens, Larisa,[5] In 1983, he did his big step as a manager and became trainer of Panathinaikos. In his first season as Panathinaikos manager, his team won the Double and the following season, his team for second time in their history, reached the Semi finals of European Champions Cup, where they were eliminated by Liverpool. For the season 1985–86, he became coach of another great Greek club, AEK and the following season he became again trainer of Larisa and in 1988, his team won their first and only Greek Championship. After Larisa, he worked as a manager for Olympiacos and Aris Thessaloniki, in 1991 he went to Cyprus to become APOEL trainer, where his team won the championship and he remained there until the middle of the season 1992–93. Later, he worked for Athinaikos (1994–95), Ethnikos Piraeus (1995–96), Ionikos (1997–98), Kalamata (1998–99), Panionios (1999), and again for Ionikos in 2002–03.
He acted as a member of the Polish Olympic representation team in Athens 2004 Summer Olympics and later became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks. He is currently commentating Champions League matches for the Greek Television.
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 succeeded to win Iraklis in the only match before being succeeded by the new manager of the team. The score was 4–2 and everybody in the stadium goodbyed him again as a winner.
Honours[]
Player
Legia Warsaw
- Ekstraklasa: 1968-1969
- Polish Cup: 1964,1966
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1964-65 QF's
Manager
Poland
- Summer Olympics (Assistant): 1972
- FIFA World Cup third place (Assistant): 1974
- FIFA World Cup fifth place: 1978
AE Larissa
Panathinaikos
- Super League Greece: 1983-84
- Greek Cup: 1983-84
- Super League Greece runner-up: 1984-85
- European Cup Semi Finals: 1984-85
Olympiacos
- Super League Greece runner-up: 1988-89
APOEL
- Cypriot First Division: 1991-92
References[]
- ^ "Jacek Gmoch". legia.net (in Polish). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 23, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 23, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Znicz Pruszków (in Polish)
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- Living people
- People from Pruszków
- Warsaw University of Technology alumni
- Polish footballers
- Poland international footballers
- Polish football managers
- Polish expatriate football managers
- Association football defenders
- Znicz Pruszków players
- Legia Warsaw players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- PAS Giannina F.C. managers
- AEK Athens F.C. managers
- Super League Greece managers
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Association football chairmen and investors
- Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. managers
- Olympiacos F.C. managers
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
- Greek people of Polish descent
- Panathinaikos F.C. managers
- 1978 FIFA World Cup managers
- Poland national football team managers
- Panionios F.C. managers
- Ionikos F.C.
- APOEL FC managers
- Apollon Smyrnis F.C. managers
- Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship