Legia Warsaw – Lech Poznan. The coach Jan Urban will go on Sunday to the history of Kolejorz – Sport.pl

Jerzy Kopa, unlike Jan Urban, from Lech Poznan started. He took it crash in 1976, when a huge crisis that threatened the degradation of the league and reminded the current situation. Except that then Kolejorz was not a national champion in the league played back in four years and take up space rather the bottom of the table. Jerzy Kopa he was 33 years old, was therefore much older than the players. He made his debut as a coach at this level, previously ran szombierki bytom. He took the team on a training camp podpoznańskiego Błażejewka, where a miracle happened – the team has undergone psychological and physical metamorphosis. In the spring of 1977 years remained in the league, which seemed almost impossible, and in the next season for the first time in history played in European competition (MSV Duisburg).

In 1982, Jerzy Kopa came to Legia Warsaw, he ran it then when the Warsaw team in 1985, he wanted to win John Urban, dogadanego already Kolejorz (ultimately did not hit either Lech or to the Legion, but to Gornik Zabrze -tu can read about it). What is interesting, then Jerzy Kopa once again led Kolejorz – in the season 1989/1990 he won the national championship, which it considers a greater achievement than to keep Lechitów in the league in 1977. Lech was in fact the champion, although autumn 1989 years was fatal, and was in the bottom of the table. The last time Jerzy Kopa led by Lech in 1998, and then suddenly left him and went to … Legia Warszawa.

In the history of Polish football was not a coach who so often lead to change both of these clubs as It.

Franciszek Smuda in his long coaching career, first led Legia Warsaw (it was in 1999-2001), and then went to Lech Poznan and coached him in 2006-2009. It is one of the few trainers Kolejorz who led him to victory at Łazienkowska – it was in the 2007/2008 season.

The third coach Maciej Skorża, who led Legia Warsaw in 2010-2012 and, therefore, between two periods of work with Warsaw’s Jan Urban. Both have in common is that the work of the Legion were sent to Kolejorz.

In the history of Lech we have two coaches who were once competitors Legion, though she never trained – Henryk Apostel and Adam Topolski. The second coach as a player he played in the Legion, but never in Lech; as a coach – or vice versa. Known for his bravery and heart to play always was greeted with applause Łazienkowska, also on the bench Kolejorz.

And here pantheon of Lech Poznan trainers who won with Legia Warsaw