Kazimierz Górski

Górski in 1973
Personal information
Full name	Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski
Date of birth	(1921-03-02)2 March 1921
Place of birth	Lwów, Poland
Date of death	23 May 2006(2006-05-23) (aged 85)
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1939	RKS Lwów
1940–1941	Spartak Lviv
1944	Dynamo Lviv
1945–1953	Legia Warsaw
International career
1948	Poland	1	(0)
Managerial career
1954	Marymont Warsaw
1955–1959	Poland U19
1959	Legia Warsaw (caretaker)
1960–1962	Legia Warsaw
1963–1964	KS Lublinianka
1964–1966	Gwardia Warsaw
1966–1970	Poland U23
1970–1976	Poland
1973	ŁKS Łódź
1976–1978	Panathinaikos
1978–1980	Kastoria
1980–1981	Olympiacos
1981–1982	Legia Warsaw
1983	Olympiacos
1983–1985	Ethnikos Piraeus
Medal record Men'sfootball Representing Poland (as manager) FIFA World Cup 1974 West Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich Team 1976 Montreal Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski (2 March 1921 – 23 May 2006) was a Polish professionalfootball manager. He was also afootball player, capped once for Poland.

Under his tenure, Poland finished third at the1974 FIFA World Cup and won twoOlympic medals; gold in1972 and silver in1976. He is often regarded as the best Polish football manager of all time.^[1]

Górski was born inLwów,Second Polish Republic (nowadaysLviv, Ukraine). He played as a forward in several Polish football teams:RKS Lwów, Spartak Lviv,Dynamo Lviv,Legia Warsaw. His football nickname was "Sarenka" ("Fawn"). His successful career was interrupted byWorld War II and it took until 1948 before he participated in his only international match, a game between Poland andDenmark (8–0 loss).^[2]

Górski graduated in football training from theHigher School of Physical Education inKraków (Wyższa Szkoła Wychowania Fizycznego, today the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie) and thePhysical Education Academy in Wrocław (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu) in 1980. He was the coach ofLegia Warsaw (three times),Marymont Warszawa (his first independent training job started there in 1954),Gwardia Warszawa,Lublinianka Lublin, andŁKS Łódź.

Górski started as the coach of the Poland national junior team from 1956 to 1966, then the Polish U-23 national team from 1966 to 1970, and finally the firstPoland national football team from 1970 to 1976. His first international match with the team was held on 5 May 1971 inLausanne againstSwitzerland. His major successes were winning thegold medal in the1972 Olympic Games inMunich; thesilver medal (for third place) in the1974 World Cup held in Germany; and another silver medal for second place in the1976 Olympic Games inMontreal (the second of Poland's three Olympic medals in football). Kazimierz Górski was the coach of the Poland national team for 73 matches (with 45 wins).

Poland qualified for the 1974 World Cup by defeating1966 World Cup winnersEngland at home and holding them to a draw atWembley.^[3]

After resigning his position with the Polish national team, Górski went to Greece and was a successful coach withPanathinaikos,Kastoria FC,Olympiacos andEthnikos Piraeus.

From 1976 Kazimierz Górski was an honorary member of thePolish Football Union (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN).

When he retired from coaching, he became an activist for PZPN in 1986. From 1987 he was a vice-president and from 1991 to 1995 was the president of PZPN. From 3 July 1995 he was the honorary president of PZPN.

He died fromcancer following a long illness on 23 May 2006, aged 85, inWarsaw.

Poland^[4]

• Olympic gold medal:1972
• Olympic silver medal:1976
• FIFA World Cup third place:1974

Panathinaikos^[4]

• Super League Greece:1976–77
• Greek Cup:1976–77

Olympiacos^[4]

• Super League Greece:1979–80,1980–81,1982–83
• Greek Cup:1980–81

Awards and recognition

• FIFA Order of Merit (2006, posthumously)
• Order of Merit in Ruby – UEFA award (2006, posthumously)
• Gold Medal of Merit – FIFA award (2001)
• Commander's Cross ofPolonia Restituta (1996)
• Commander's with Star of Polonia Restituta (2006)
• Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta (2006, posthumous)
• Honorary citizen ofLviv (2003),Plock (2004) andLubaczów
• Doctor Honoris Causa of theGdańsk Academy of Physical Education and Sport (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego) (24 November 2003)
• Super Victor (24 April 2006)

• A School Sports Championships inŁódź was named after him.
• TheNational Stadium is named after him^[5] and has a statue honouring him outside it.
• ThePłock Municipal Stadium is also named after him.

• Media related toKazimierz Górski at Wikimedia Commons
• Kazimierz Górski coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
• Kazimierz Górski coach profile atSoccerway (archived)

• 1921 births
• 2006 deaths
• Deaths from cancer in Poland
• Footballers from Lviv
• People from Lwów Voivodeship
• Men's association football forwards
• Polish men's footballers
• Poland men's international footballers
• FC Dynamo Lviv players
• Legia Warsaw players
• Ekstraklasa players
• Polish football managers
• 1974 FIFA World Cup managers
• Legia Warsaw non-playing staff
• Legia Warsaw managers
• Gwardia Warsaw managers
• Poland national football team managers
• ŁKS Łódź managers
• Panathinaikos F.C. managers
• Kastoria F.C. managers
• Olympiacos F.C. managers
• Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers
• Ekstraklasa managers
• Super League Greece managers
• Polish expatriate football managers
• Expatriate football managers in Greece
• Polish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
• Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• 20th-century Polish sportsmen

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