Jerzy Kopa

Jerzy Kopa

Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-01-02)2 January 1943
Place of birth	Baranowicze, Reichskommissariat Ostland (now Belarus)
Date of death	26 June 2022(2022-06-26) (aged 79)
Place of death	Poznań, Poland[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1958–1960	Chrobry Szczecin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1965	AZS Poznań
Managerial career
1970–1972	Arkonia Szczecin
1972–1975	Stal Stalowa Wola
1975–1976	Szombierki Bytom
1976–1979	Lech Poznań
1979–1982	Pogoń Szczecin
1982–1985	Legia Warsaw
1985	Iraklís Thessaloniki
1986	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1987	Olimpia Poznań
1989–1991	Lech Poznań
1998	Lech Poznań
1998–1999	Legia Warsaw
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jerzy Kopa (2 January 1943 – 26 June 2022) was a Polish football manager and player.^[2]

Career

Playing career

Kopa played for Chrobry Szczecin and AZS Poznań.

Coaching career

Jerzy Kopa managed Arkonia Szczecin, Stal Stalowa Wola, Lech Poznań, Pogoń Szczecin, Legia Warsaw,^[3] Zagłębie Sosnowiec^[4] and Olimpia Poznań.^[5]

Honours

Pogoń Szczecin

• I liga: 1980–81

Lech Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 1989–90
• Polish Super Cup: 1990

Individual

• Polish Coach of the Year: 1981^[6]

References

1. "Nie żyje Jerzy Kopa. Trener, który odmienił Lecha Poznań i wprowadził go na salony". poznan.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
2. "Lech Poznań – Strona Oficjalna. Kopa Jerzy" (in Polish). Lechpoznan.pl. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
3. "Legia Warszawa – Strona Oficjalna Trenerzy Legii" (in Polish). Legia.com. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
4. "1986-04-27 Widzew Łódź – Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–1 – Wikiliga" (in Polish). Wikiliga.pl. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
5. "1988-03-12 Olimpia Poznań – Bałtyk Gdynia 1–0 – Wikiliga" (in Polish). Wikiliga.pl. 12 March 1988. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
6. "Laureaci". pilkanozna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 June 2024.