Jerzy "Jastrząb" Jastrzębowski (born 14 January 1951) is a Polish professional

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and former

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. Jastrzębowski has spent the majority of his career managing teams in the Pomeranian area.

Managerial career

Jastrzębowski started his managerial career at the age of 30, managing the

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youth teams before taking the position as the manager of the first team. Despite Lechia being his first job, it has arguably been his most successful job. Despite Lechia being in the third tier, the team won the

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and the subsequent

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in 1983, as well as winning their division. This led to Lechia playing in a European competition for the first time, while only being in the second tier. Lechia were drawn against

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and eventually lost 2–10 on aggregate. At the end of the season, he again won the league with Lechia, and they were promoted to the

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. Jastrzębowski wasn't in charge of Lechia in the Ekstraklasa however as he left for Gryf Słupsk at the end of the season. After leaving Lechia, Jastrzębowski has gone on to manage a further 15 teams, including

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, Polonia Gdańsk, and Lechia twice more, once being during the Lechia-Polonia merger.

Personal life

Jastrzębowski is commemorated by a star at the MOSiR Stadium in Gdańsk. The "Avenue of Stars" commemorates the efforts and success of former players and coaches.

Honours

Player

Lechia Gdańsk * III liga Poznań: 1971–72 Budowlani Bydgoszcz * III liga, group I: 1976–77

Manager

Lechia Gdańsk * II liga, group I: 1983–84 * III liga, group II: 1982–83 *

IV liga Pomerania IV liga Pomerania group (grupa pomorska), also known as IV liga RWS Investment Group for sponsorship reasons, is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the 2000–01 season, after ...

: 2003–04 *

: 1982–83 *

: 1983 Arka Gdynia * III liga Pomerania: 1987–88 Pomezania Malbork * III liga Pomerania: 1993–94 Unia Tczew * IV liga Pomerania: 2001–02 Bałtyk Gdynia II * Klasa A Gdańsk I: 2016–17 * Klasa B Gdańsk II: 2015–16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jastrzebowski, Jerzy 1951 births Living people Footballers from Gdańsk Footballers from Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Lechia Gdańsk players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players Polish football managers Lechia Gdańsk managers Arka Gdynia managers Pomezania Malbork managers Jeziorak Iława managers Bałtyk Gdynia managers I liga managers II liga managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen