Henryk Kasperczak

Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak (born 10 July 1946) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.

Henryk Kasperczak

Kasperczak in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Henryk Wojciech Kasperczak
Date of birth	(1946-07-10) 10 July 1946 (age 79)
Place of birth	Zabrze, Poland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1965	Stal Zabrze
1965–1966	Stal Mielec	0	(0)
1966–1968	Legia Warszawa	0	(0)
1968–1978	Stal Mielec	209	(37)
1978–1979	Metz	55	(11)
International career
1973–1978	Poland	61	(5)
Managerial career
1979–1984	Metz
1984–1987	Saint-Étienne
1987–1988	Strasbourg
1989–1990	Racing Club de Paris
1990–1992	Montpellier
1993	Lille
1993–1994	Ivory Coast
1994–1998	Tunisia
1998	Bastia
1999–2000	Al Wasl
2000	Morocco
2000–2001	Shenyang Haishi
2001–2002	Mali
2002–2004	Wisła Kraków
2006–2008	Senegal
2008–2009	Górnik Zabrze
2010	Wisła Kraków
2010–2011	Kavala
2013–2015	Mali
2015–2017	Tunisia
Medal record Men's football Representing  Poland (as player) FIFA World Cup 1974 West Germany Olympic Games 1976 Montréal Representing  Ivory Coast (as manager) Africa Cup of Nations 1994 Tunisia Representing  Tunisia (as manager) Runner-up 1996 South Africa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, Kasperczak took part in two FIFA World Cups with Poland, achieving third place in 1974, as well as a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1976 and 1977, he was the winner of the Polish Footballer of the Year Award conferred by the Piłka Nożna football weekly.^[1]

As a manager, Kasperczak enjoyed most success in the African Cup of Nations, securing second place with Tunisia in 1996, third with Ivory Coast (1994) and fourth with Mali (2002).

Club career

Kasperczak was born in Zabrze. With Stal Mielec, Kasperczak won two Ekstraklasa title in his native Poland. He had also played for the reserve team of Legia Warsaw, before ending his career in FC Metz.

International career

He played for Poland at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, securing third place; at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal, and at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Kasperczak in 2007

Kasperczak spent the first fifteen years (1978–1993) of his coaching career in France, managing FC Metz, AS Saint-Étienne, Racing Strasbourg, Racing Club de Paris, Montpellier HSC and Lille OSC. His biggest success was winning Coupe de France with FC Metz in 1984.

Next, Kaspeczak managed two African national teams: first, Ivory Coast (1993–1994), achieving third place in the 1994 African Cup of Nations, and later Tunisia (1994–1998), which finished second in the 1996 Cup. Kasperczak also coached Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

During the tournament, Kasperczak was fired and replaced by Ali Selmi, after Tunisia lost the chance to pass the group stage, losing to England (0–2) and Colombia (0–1).

Later, Kasperczak managed SC Bastia (1998), Al Wasl FC (1999–2000), Morocco national team (2000), Shenyang Haishi (2000–2001) and Mali national team (2001–2002). Mali won the fourth place at the 2002 African Cup of Nations under his coaching.

In 2002, Kasperczak came back to his native Poland, and spend the next three years as head coach of Wisła Kraków. Wisła won three league titles under his coaching.

In 2006, Kaspeczak began managing Senegal (2006–2008), however he quit his post during the 2008 African Cup of Nations following a poor run of results which saw them with 1-point in 2 games in a group they had been expected to win.^[2]

On 16 September 2008, he took over as manager of Górnik Zabrze. He left Górnik Zabrze on 3 April 2009, when the club was officially relegated from Ekstraklasa to I liga, the second division.^[3]

On 15 March 2010, Wisła Kraków reached an agreement with Kasperczak to appoint him as the new manager.^[4]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	1973	15	2
	1974	11	1
	1975	9	1
	1976	7	0
	1977	11	1
	1978	8	0
Total		61	5

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kasperczak goal.

List of international goals scored by Henryk Kasperczak

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 March 1973	Łódź, Poland	United States	3–0	4–0	Friendly
2	3 August 1973	Chicago, United States	United States	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3	9 October 1974	Poznań, Poland	Finland	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
4	8 October 1975	Łódź, Poland	Hungary	2–1	4–2	Friendly
5	10 June 1977	Lima, Peru	Peru	3–1	3–1	Friendly

Honours

Player

Stal Mielec

• Ekstraklasa: 1972–73, 1975–76
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1971

Poland

• Olympic silver medal: 1976^[5]
• FIFA World Cup third place: 1974^[5]

Individual

• Piłka Nożna Polish Footballer of the Year: 1976^[6]
• Polish Football Association National Team of the Century: 1919–2019^[7]

Manager

FC Metz

• Coupe de France: 1983–84

RC Strasbourg

• Ligue 2: 1987–88

RC Paris

• Coupe de France runner-up: 1989–90

Ivory Coast

• African Cup of Nations third place: 1994

Tunisia

• African Cup of Nations runner-up : 1996

Mali

• African Cup of Nations fourth place: 2002

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
• Polish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03

Individual

• Polish Coach of the Year: 2002^[6]