Mariusz Jop

Mariusz Jop [ˈmarjuʂ ˈjɔp] (born 3 August 1978) is a Polish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of I liga club Wisła Kraków.

Mariusz Jop

Jop representing FC Moscow
Personal information
Birth name	Mariusz Jop[1]
Date of birth	(1978-08-03) 3 August 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth	Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Wisła Kraków (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	KSZO Ostrowiec Św.	78	(3)
1999–2004	Wisła Kraków	60	(6)
2001	→ Widzew Łódź (loan)	26	(2)
2004–2009	FC Moscow	86	(4)
2009–2010	Wisła Kraków	12	(0)
2010–2011	Górnik Zabrze	23	(0)
Total		285	(15)
International career
2003–2008	Poland	27	(0)
Managerial career
2018–2019	Wisła Kraków (assistant)
2019–2020	Wisła Kraków II
2020–2022	Poland U21 (assistant)
2021	Wisła Kraków (interim assistant)
2022–2023	Jagiellonia Białystok (assistant)
2023	Wisła Kraków II
2023	Wisła Kraków (caretaker)
2023–2024	Wisła Kraków (assistant)
2024–	Wisła Kraków
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Jop started out playing for KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. He won the Polish championship with Wisła Kraków in the 2000–01, 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons. While playing in FC Moscow he became the first Pole to score a goal in the Russian Premier League. On 11 July 2009, he returned to Wisła as a free agent after terminating his contract with FC Moscow.

International career

Jop was selected to the 23-men national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany. He was also included in the Polish Euro 2008 squad and made one appearance in a group match against Austria.

Managerial career

On 14 May 2021, Jop was announced the interim assistant for the Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków to the interim manager Kazimierz Kmiecik, after Peter Hyballa had finished his coaching duties.^[2]

On 2 December 2023, Jop's former teammate Radosław Sobolewski resigned from his position as manager of Wisła. The following day, Jop, having coached Wisła's reserves side since July that year, was named caretaker manager until the end of 2023.^[3] He led Wisła to three wins in three games across all competitions, before joining Albert Rudé's staff as an assistant on 29 December, when the Spaniard was appointed permanent manager.^[4]

On 24 September 2024, following the dismissal of Kazimierz Moskal, Jop took charge of Wisła as a caretaker again.^[5] After recording seven wins, two draws and one loss in his first ten games in charge, Jop was appointed on a permanent basis until the end of the season on 23 November.^[6] On 31 December, his contract was extended until June 2026.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KSZO Ostrowiec	1995–96	II liga	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	1996–97	II liga	16	0			—		—		16	0
	1997–98	Ekstraklasa	31	1	1[b]		—		—		32	1
	1998–99	II liga	24	2	1	0	—		—		25	2
	Total		78	3	2	0	—		—		80	3
Wisła Kraków	1999–2000	Ekstraklasa	13	2	3	1	—		5[c]	0	21	3
	2000–01	Ekstraklasa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2001–02	Ekstraklasa	7	0	3	1	—		5[d]	0	15	1
	2002–03	Ekstraklasa	23	2	8	2	10[e]	0	—		41	4
	2003–04	Ekstraklasa	16	2	1	0	7[f]	0	—		24	2
	Total		60	6	15	4	17	0	10	0	102	10
Widzew Łódź (loan)	2000–01	Ekstraklasa	15	0	—		—		—		15	0
	2001–02	Ekstraklasa	11	2	1	0	—		0	0	12	2
	Total		26	2	1	0	—		0	0	27	2
FC Moscow	2004	Premier Liga	15	3	1	0	—		—		16	3
	2005	Premier Liga	27	1	2	0	—		—		29	1
	2006	Premier Liga	9	0	2	0	1[g]	0	—		12	0
	2007	Premier Liga	9	0	3	0	—		—		12	0
	2008	Premier Liga	23	0	2	0	3[e]	0	—		28	0
	2009	Premier Liga	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		86	4	10	0	4	0	—		100	4
Wisła Kraków	2009–10	Ekstraklasa	12	0	2	0	1[h]	0	0	0	15	0
Górnik Zabrze	2010–11	Ekstraklasa	23	0	2	0	—		—		25	0
Career total			285	15	32	4	22	0	10	0	349	19

1. Includes Polish Cup, Russian Cup
2. Doesn't include these Polish Cup matches:
   2nd round: Ceramika Białaczów – KSZO Ostrowiec 0–8
   3rd round: Avia Świdnik – KSZO Ostrowiec 1–2
3. Four appearances in Polish League Cup, one appearance in Polish Super Cup
4. Appearances in Polish League Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Cup
7. Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
8. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Poland	2003	2	0
	2005	6	0
	2006	7	0
	2007	6	0
	2008	6	0
Total		27	0

Managerial statistics

As of match played 12 December 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Wisła Kraków II	27 November 2019	30 June 2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Wisła Kraków II	2 July 2023	3 December 2023	18	14	3	1	53	19	+34	077.78
Wisła Kraków (caretaker)	3 December 2023	29 December 2023	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
Wisła Kraków	24 September 2024	Present	14	8	3	3	30	14	+16	057.14
Total			35	25	6	4	93	35	+58	071.43

Honours

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
• Polish Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03