The new selector of the Polish national team is selected. Surprise in the staff
Cezary Kulesza decided about the successor of Michał Probierz. The new coach of Polish footballers was about to complete his staff.
After the resignation of Michał Probierz Cezary Kulesza had a lot of headache. Numerous names of candidates appeared in the media, not only from Poland, who were potentially to cover the job of a new white and red coach. Maciej Skorża was the favorite of the head of PZPN, but ultimately the contract was not signed.
A new coach of the Polish national team. Kulesza made a decision
It seems that after over 30 days the new coach of the Polish national team was finally elected. Mateusz Borek told through social media that Cezary Kulesza focused on Jan Urban. His name as a candidate to take the position of the selector was scrolling since 2022, when Paulo Sousa said goodbye to the national team.
The head of PZPN did not want to comment on media reports yet. -I think there will be a message from PZPN tomorrow. Then you will find out everything. We are heading to the end, this week there should be the final – he said in an interview with RMF FM.
Urban and Magiera will take over the Polish national team. Kulesza decided
Mateusz Borek’s findings show that Jan Urban was about to complete his staff. Jacek Magiera is to become his assistant, which on the list of its successes can save, among others Polish runner -up with Śląsk Wrocław and bringing the U20 team to promotion to the 1/8 finals of the World Championships in 2019.
On July 9, Jacek Magiera was seen at the PZPN headquarters. Even then, information appeared that he was tipped to the role of a coach assistant. Especially that he has collaborated with Jan Urban.
Jan Urban completed the staff. There is a surprise
According to Mateusz Borek, the staff is also to be found Józef Młynarczyk (former goalkeeper and bronze medalist of the 1982 World Cup). Among the future coach’s colleagues, it is also to be Marcin Prasołwith whom Jan Urban worked in Górnik Zabrze. During the elimination to the World Cup and the tournament in Russia, he was an assistant to Adam Nawałka.
The staff are also to support Grzegorz Staszewskiwhich was, among others assistant in the U21 team and worked as an analyst in Zabrze and Juan IribarrenSpanish trainer from physical preparation.
The choice of a new team director may be a surprise. This position is to be taken by Adrian Mierzejewski, a former Polish representative. According to Mateusz Borek, this is the original idea of Cezary Kulesza.
– The president wanted to have some young people in the federation, so he decided that Adrian Mierzejewski will be the new director. He knows languages and different football cultures. I think he is a very intelligent boy who has wide horizons. He thinks about football modernly. He has great experience and not just football – said a journalist in the sports channel.
The official presentation of the new coach is to take place on Thursday, July 17.
Jan Urban. Who is the new coach of the Polish national team?
Jan Urban is a former Polish representative. He has, among others Performances during the 1986 World Championships. He also played in the colors of Osasuna in the Spanish league.
He gained his first experience as a coach as a junior coach of Osasuna in Laliiga. In later years he led, among others Legia Warsaw. He won the Polish Championship title in the 2012/2013 season, and also won the Polish Cup (2007/2008 and 2012/2013) and the Polish Super Cup twice (2008).
Lech Poznań, under his leadership, won the Polish Super Cup in 2016.
In recent years, Jan Urban, despite the numerous organizational and financial problems of the club, performed great work in Górnik Zabrze. He was released from the function of the coach in April 2025 after defeat with Zagłębie Lubin.
