Stefan Majewski

Stefan Majewski

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-01-31) 31 January 1956
Place of birth	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Gwiazda Bydgoszcz
1971–1977	Chemik Bydgoszcz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1978	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1979–1984	Legia Warsaw	158	(16)
1985–1987	1. FC Kaiserslautern	63	(1)
1987–1988	Arminia Bielefeld	34	(1)
1988–1989	Apollon Limassol
1989–1993	Freiburger FC
International career
1978–1986	Poland	40	(4)
Managerial career
1994	Polonia Warsaw
1995–1996	Polonia Warsaw
1997–1999	1. FC Kaiserslautern II
1999–2001	Amica Wronki
2001	Zagłębie Lubin
2002	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
2003–2004	Amica Wronki
2004–2006	Widzew Łódź
2006–2008	Cracovia
2009–2010	Poland U23
2009	Poland (caretaker)
2010–2012	Poland U21
Medal record Men's football Representing Poland FIFA World Cup 1982 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Majewski (born 31 January 1956) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who was most recently the sporting director of Ekstraklasa club Cracovia.

Club career

Majewski was born in Bydgoszcz. He played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Legia Warsaw, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (West Germany), Arminia Bielefeld (West Germany) or Apollon Limassol (Cyprus).

International career

Most notably, he also played for the Poland national team, for which he played 40 matches and scored four goals. Majewski was a participant at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where Poland won the third place, and at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Majewski later pursued a coaching career, he coached the team of Widzew Łódź in 2004–06. Between 2 October 2006 and 27 October 2008, he was the coach of Cracovia. On 18 September 2009, Majewski became the interim caretaker coach/manager for the Poland national football team following the dismissal of his predecessor Leo Beenhakker. Poland lost 2–0 to the Czech Republic in a 2010 World Cup qualifier match during his debutant match as the head coach. On 29 October 2009, Franciszek Smuda was named as the full-time coach of the team, meaning that Majewski's stint as caretaker manager was effectively over.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	1978	4	1
	1979	6	0
	1980	3	0
	1981	4	1
	1982	10	1
	1983	6	1
	1984	1	0
	1985	0	0
	1986	6	0
Total		40	4

Honours

Player

Legia Warsaw

• Polish Cup: 1979–80, 1980–81

Poland

• FIFA World Cup third place: 1982

Manager

Amica Wronki

• Polish Cup: 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Polish Super Cup: 1999

External links

• Stefan Majewski at 90minut.pl (in Polish)