Grzegorz Polakow

Grzegorz Polakow (born 10 March 1935) is a Polish retired football manager who spent the majority of his career managing teams in the Pomeranian area.

Grzegorz Polakow
Personal information
Full name Grzegorz Polakow
Date of birth (1935-03-10) 10 March 1935
Place of birth Vilnius, Poland
Youth career
Team
Lechia Gdańsk
Teams managed
Years Team
1959 Jedność Gościcino
1959-1960 Grom Wejherowo
1960 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
1962-1965 Meduza Gdańsk
1965-1971 Arka Gdynia
1971-1973 Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
1974 Bałtyk Gdynia
1975 ŁKS Łódź
1976 Lechia Gdańsk
1980 Cracovia
1981 Odra Opole
1981 Arka Gdynia
1988 Stal Stalowa Wola
1988-1989 Bałtyk Gdynia
1994 Bałtyk Gdynia
1995 Arka Gdynia

Football

Born in Vilnius, which was then part of Poland, Polakow's family will have moved to Gdańsk during the Polish population transfers. He played in the Lechia youth teams but never progressed to the first team. After failing to become a footballer Polakow became a football manager at the age of 24, starting with small village and town teams of Jedność Gościcino in Gościcino and Grom Wejherowo in Wejherowo. Polakow's first big move in management was with Zawisza Bydgoszcz who he joined in 1960. He helped Zawisza get promoted to the I liga for the first time in their history, but wasn't in place for their first season of top flight football. Polakow managed Meduza Gdańsk for 4 seasons from 1962-1965. In 1965 Polakow moved to manage Arka Gdynia, spending 6 seasons at the club, which would be his longest spell at one club.[1] During his time at Arka he experienced a relegation, before being promoted straight away the season after. He moved to Stoczniowiec Gdańsk in 1971, once again winning promotion with a team securing promotion to the II liga winning the league in the 1972-73 season. In 1974 he managed Bałtyk Gdynia, ŁKS Łódź in 1975, and Lechia Gdańsk in 1976, with whom he helped to finish runners-up with in the II liga.[2] After four years out of management, Polakow returned to management with Cracovia in 1980. He had two more short spells with Odra Opole and again with Arka Gdynia, both spells were in 1981, before taking another break from management until 1988 when he joined Stal Stalowa Wola, and then with Bałtyk Gdynia from 1988-89. After another break, Polakow returned to management for the final time with Bałtyk Gdynia in 1994,[3] and finally once more with Arka Gdynia, being part of the 1994-95 season when Arka was in turmoil, having 5 different managers over the course of the season. After this spell with Arka, Polakow retired from management in 1995.

Honours

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

  • II liga
    • Runners-up: 1960

Arka Gdynia

  • III liga
    • Winners: 1968-69

Stoczniowiec Gdańsk

  • III liga
    • Winners: 1972-73

Lechia Gdańsk

  • II liga
    • Runners-up: 1975-76

References
  1. "Arka Gdynia Trenerzy". arka.gdynia.pl.
  2. "Trenerzy". lechia.pl.
  3. "Trenerzy". baltykgdynia.pl.
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