Łukasz Surma

Łukasz Surma (born 28 June 1977) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who was most recently in charge of III liga club Pogoń-Sokół Lubaczów.

Łukasz Surma

Surma with Ruch Chorzów in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-06-28) 28 June 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Wisła Kraków	70	(1)
1998–2002	Ruch Chorzów	117	(6)
2002–2007	Legia Warsaw	123	(8)
2007–2008	Maccabi Haifa	1	(0)
2007–2008	→ Bnei Sakhnin (loan)	30	(0)
2008–2009	Admira Wacker	6	(0)
2009–2013	Lechia Gdańsk	125	(6)
2013–2017	Ruch Chorzów	144	(5)
2018	Watra Białka Tatrzańska	14	(1)
Total		630	(27)
International career
1999	Poland U21	2	(0)
2002–2003	Poland	5	(0)
Managerial career
2018	Watra Białka Tatrzańska (player-manager)
2018–2019	Soła Oświęcim
2019–2021	Garbarnia Kraków
2021–2022	Piast Żmigród
2022–2023	Stal Stalowa Wola
2023–2024	Sandecja Nowy Sącz
2024–2025	Pogoń-Sokół Lubaczów
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He holds the record for the most appearances in Ekstraklasa history, with 559 games played for Wisła Kraków, Ruch Chorzów, Legia Warsaw and Lechia Gdańsk.

Club career

Surma in 2012 with Lechia Gdańsk

He was a captain of Legia Warsaw for four years, with whom he won the 2005–06 league title. In the past years he played for clubs like Ruch Chorzów and Wisła Kraków.^[1]

On 5 July 2007, Łukasz Surma signed for Israeli side Maccabi Haifa. He was loaned to Bnei Sakhnin where he was a regular starter, helping the team finish in 3rd place.

International career

Surma has appeared five times for the Poland national team.

Managerial career

Stal Stalowa Wola

On 23 March 2022, Surma was appointed the successor of Łukasz Bereta at Stal Stalowa Wola.^[2] In his debut on 27 March 2022, "Stalówka" led by him lost 1–0 to Podlasie Biała Podlaska.^[3] The team from Stalowa Wola finished the 2021–22 season in 7th place.^[4] On 21 June 2022, led by Surma, Stal won 3–0 against Karpaty Krosno in the final of the Subcarpathian Polish Cup.^[5]

Despite media rumors of his departure after the season,^[6] Surma continued working in the 2022–23 season. At the inauguration of the new campaign, Stal lost 4–2 in a league game against Cracovia II.^[7] He was fired on 21 March 2023.^[8] At the time of his departure, Stal was in third place in the league, with a point loss to leader Wieczysta Kraków.^[9]

Sandecja Nowy Sącz

On 15 August 2023, he was announced as the new manager of II liga club Sandecja Nowy Sącz, who at the time were placed bottom of the table and had just crashed out of the Polish Cup preliminary round.^[10] He left the team on 5 January 2024, with a record of four wins, four draws and seven losses.^[11]

Pogoń-Sokół Lubaczów

Surma returned to managing on 14 December 2024, taking charge of III liga club Pogoń-Sokół Lubaczów.^[12] On 4 May 2025, he was dismissed following a 1–6 defeat against Siarka Tarnobrzeg the day prior.^[13]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Watra Białka Tatrzańska (player-manager)	12 January 2018	19 June 2018	17	11	4	2	41	19	+22	064.71
Soła Oświęcim	9 October 2018	30 June 2019	26	11	5	10	33	31	+2	042.31
Garbarnia Kraków	1 July 2019	30 June 2021	73	29	18	26	98	95	+3	039.73
Piast Żmigród	20 December 2021	22 March 2022	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Stal Stalowa Wola	22 March 2022	21 March 2023	41	23	6	12	78	39	+39	056.10
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	15 August 2023	5 January 2024	15	4	4	7	14	21	−7	026.67
Pogoń-Sokół Lubaczów	14 December 2024	4 May 2025	10	3	3	4	14	20	−6	030.00
Total			184	81	41	62	279	227	+52	044.02

Honours

Player

Legia Warsaw

• Ekstraklasa: 2005–06

Manager

Soła Oświęcim

• Polish Cup (Wadowice - Oświęcim regionals): 2018–19^[14]

Stal Stalowa Wola

• Polish Cup (Subcarpathia regionals): 2021–22^[5]
• Polish Cup (Stalowa Wola regionals): 2021–22^[15]