Stanisław Stachura (born 22 April 1941) is a retired Polish

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player and manager.

Football

Stachura started football in the city of his birth with

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

, where he played from 1952-60. His time with ŁKS was successful, winning both the

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and the

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during his time with the team, as well as finishing both runner-up and third place in the league during his eight years with the club. After his time with ŁKS, he moved to

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

during the 1960-61 season. His time at Legia was not as successful, and he only managed 12 appearances in three seasons with the club. After Legia, Stachura went to AZS-AWF Warsaw before returning to

for four more seasons, and then moved to Sweden for a season playing for IFK Trollhättan. After his playing career, Stachura moved into coaching and management. His first job in management was with

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. After Górnik he returned to coach ŁKS Łódź in 1975-76, before spells with

Olimpia Elbląg Olimpia Elbląg is a Polish professional football team based in Elbląg, competing in group I of the III liga. It was founded in 1945. Facilities Olimpia Stadium Olimpia has played near 8 Agrykola Street since 1945. There are projects for ...

and

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. In 1988 he joined

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football (soccer), football club based in Gdańsk. As of the 2025–26 Ekstraklasa, 2025–26 season, they compete in the Ekstraklasa. The club was founded in 1945 by people Polish population transfers (1944–1946 ...

, a club he managed a total of three times. After a brief spell with

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

in 1993-94, and

Pomezania Malbork Pomezania Malbork is a sports club based in Malbork, Poland. The club now focuses solely on football, but previously also had a handball team. The football team was formed as ''"Bractwo Piłkarskie ″Pomezania″ Malbork"'' in 1990 the club beca ...

in 1995, Stachura rejoined

in 1996, with the club playing under the

Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk was a short lived Polish association football club, created by a merger of Lechia Gdańsk and Olimpia Poznań, which played in the Ekstraklasa for the 1995–96 season. History Pre-merger Olimpia Poznań Olimpia Po ...

name, having been created by a merger from Lechia Gdańsk and

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. He managed Lechia for a final time between 2000–02, this time under the name Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk after the merger of Lechia and Polonia Gdańsk, meaning Stachura is the only manager who has managed the original and current Lechia team as well as the two teams created from mergers.

Honours

ŁKS Łódź *Ekstraklasa (1):

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

*Ekstraklasa Runner-up (1):

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

*Ekstraklasa Third place (1):

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

*Puchar Polski (1):

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stachura, Stanisław 1941 births Living people Polish men's footballers ŁKS Łódź players Legia Warsaw players Footballers from Gdańsk Polish football managers Górnik Wałbrzych (football) managers Lechia Gdańsk managers ŁKS Łódź managers Olimpia Elbląg managers Arka Gdynia managers Pomezania Malbork managers Footballers from Łódź Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Polish sportsmen