Włodzimierz Lubański

Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (Polish pronunciation: [vwɔˈd͡ʑimiɛʐ luˈbaɲskʲi]; born 28 February 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.[1] He is the second-highest all-time goal scorer for the Poland national team, behind Robert Lewandowski, and the youngest-ever player to appear for Poland, making his debut at the age of 16 years and 188 days.[2] For his national team, Lubański amassed 75 caps between 1963 and 1980, scoring 48 goals.

Włodzimierz Lubański
Personal information
Full name Włodzimierz Leonard Lubański
Date of birth (1947-02-28) 28 February 1947
Place of birth Gliwice, Poland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1975 Górnik Zabrze 234 (155)
1975–1982 Lokeren 196 (82)
1982–1983 Valenciennes 31 (28)
1983–1985 Stade Quimpérois 58 (14)
1985–1986 Mechelen 1 (0)
Total 520 (279)
International career
1963–1980 Poland 75 (48)
Managerial career
1984–1985 Stade Quimpérois
1985–1986 Mechelen
1987–1988 Lokeren
1990 PAS Giannina
Medal record
Men's football
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Copy of W. Lubański medal and autograph in Avenue Sport Stars in Dziwnów
Lubański in 1981.
Lubański (right) featured on a mural in Chorzów alongside Robert Lewandowski and Gerard Cieślik.

Life and career

Born in Gliwice in 1947, he started his football career at the age of ten in Sośnica Gliwice's junior team. Between 1958 and 1962, he was part of the GKS Gliwice's junior squad and in 1963 he started playing football professionally in Górnik Zabrze. He won the Polish Championship seven times with Górnik Zabrze in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 and 1972.[3] Lubański is the youngest scorer in the history of the European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League), scoring against Czech side Dukla Prague in the leg of their tie in the first round of the competition on 13 November 1963, aged 16 years and 258 days.

Between 1975 and 1982, he played for Belgian side Lokeren before moving to French outfit Valenciennes FC in 1982, where he remained for a year.[4]

He won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the men's football team competition with Poland.[5]

In 1972, he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.[6]

He participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, finishing fifth with his national team.

Lubański was vice-chairman of Polonia Warsaw for three months.

In 1997, he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his "outstanding contributions to the development of sport in Poland".[7]

In 2015, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.[8]

Personal life

In 1968, he married Grażyna (née Loreto) with whom he has two children: a son Michał and a daughter Małgorzata.[9]

Lubański is the subject of a number of books including Ja, Lubański by Krzysztof Wyrzykowski (1990), Włodek Lubański. Legenda polskiego futbolu by Włodzimierz Lubański and Przemysław Słowiński (2008) and Życie jak dobry mecz by Włodzimierz Lubański and Michał Olszański (2016).

Career statistics

[10] [11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Górnik Zabrze 1962–63 Ekstraklasa 8410—94
1963–64 Ekstraklasa 231210412813
1964–65 Ekstraklasa 13923311813
1965–66 Ekstraklasa 182357232533
1966–67 Ekstraklasa 251811533122
1967–68 Ekstraklasa 242446643434
1968–69 Ekstraklasa 232277—3029
1969–70 Ekstraklasa 2312541073823
1970–71 Ekstraklasa 211046783224
1971–72 Ekstraklasa 251456213221
1972–73 Ekstraklasa 182—45227
1973–74 Ekstraklasa 10——10
1974–75 Ekstraklasa 125——125
Total 23415535404334312225
Lokeren 1975–76 Belgian First Division 341721—3618
1976–77 Belgian First Division 291132313214
1977–78 Belgian First Division 311554—3619
1978–79 Belgian First Division 321244—3616
1979–80 Belgian First Division 281531—3116
1980–81 Belgian First Division 24822503110
1981–82 Belgian First Division 1841010204
Total 1968220149122597
Valenciennes 1982–83 Division 2 3128——3128
Quimper 1983–84 Division 2 337——337
1984–85 Division 2 257——257
Total 5814——5814
Mechelen 1985–86 Belgian Second Division 10——10
Career total 52027955545234627367

[12]

Poland national team
Year Apps Goals
1963 31
1964 42
1965 25
1966 61
1967 73
1968 66
1969 810
1970 72
1971 54
1972 93
1973 57
1976 10
1977 32
1978 81
1980 11
Total 7548

Internationals goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 1963Stadion Florian Kryger, Szczecin, Poland Norway3–09–0International Friendly
2.27 September 1964Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Turkey0–12–3International Friendly
3.25 October 1964Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland0–13–2International Friendly
4.24 October 1965Stadion Florian Kryger, Szczecin, Poland Finland1–07–01966 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.24 October 1965Stadion Florian Kryger, Szczecin, Poland Finland2–07–01966 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.24 October 1965Stadion Florian Kryger, Szczecin, Poland Finland3–07–01966 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.24 October 1965Stadion Florian Kryger, Szczecin, Poland Finland6–07–01966 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.1 November 1965Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy Italy5–16–11966 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.3 May 1966Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Hungary1–11–1International Friendly
10.21 May 1967Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Belgium1–03–1UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
11.21 May 1967Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Belgium2–03–1UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
12.4 August 1967Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union1–12–11968 Summer Olympics qualifying
13.24 April 1968Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Turkey2–08–0International Friendly
14.24 April 1968Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Turkey3–08–0International Friendly
15.24 April 1968Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Turkey7–08–0International Friendly
16.15 May 1968Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland0–12–2International Friendly
17.9 June 1968Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Norway1–61–6International Friendly
18.15 May 1968Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Republic of Ireland1–01–0International Friendly
19.20 April 1969Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Luxembourg1–08–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.20 April 1969Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Luxembourg2–08–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
21.20 April 1969Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Luxembourg3–08–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
22.20 April 1969Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Luxembourg7–18–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.20 April 1969Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Luxembourg8–18–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
24.30 April 196919 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey Turkey0–11–3International Friendly
25.27 August 1969Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland Norway3–16–1International Friendly
26.27 August 1969Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland Norway4–16–1International Friendly
27.7 September 1969Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Netherlands2–12–11970 FIFA World Cup qualification
28.12 October 1969Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg1–41–51970 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.2 September 197010th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw, Poland Denmark1–05–0International Friendly
30.14 October 1970Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Albania2–03–0UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
31.5 May 1971Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland  Switzerland1–42–4International Friendly
32.22 September 1971Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Turkey2–05–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
33.22 September 1971Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Turkey4–05–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
34.22 September 1971Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland Turkey5–15–1UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
35.16 April 1972Lokomotic Stadium, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Bulgaria0–13–11972 Summer Olympics qualifying
36.30 August 1972Jahnstadion, Regensburg, West Germany Ghana0–10–41972 Summer Olympics
37.8 September 1972Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, West Germany Morocco0–20–51972 Summer Olympics
38.20 March 1973Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland United States1–04–0International Friendly
39.20 March 1973Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland United States2–04–0International Friendly
40.20 March 1973Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland United States4–04–0International Friendly
41.13 May 197310th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw, Poland Yugoslavia2–22–2International Friendly
42.16 May 1973Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, Poland Republic of Ireland1–02–0International Friendly
43.16 May 1973Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, Poland Republic of Ireland2–02–0International Friendly
44.6 June 1973Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland England2–02–01974 FIFA World Cup qualification
45.1 May 1977Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark0–11–21978 FIFA World Cup qualification
46.1 May 1977Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark1–21–21978 FIFA World Cup qualification
47.22 March 1978Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg1–31–3International Friendly
48.24 September 1980Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland Czechoslovakia1–11–1International Friendly

Honours

Górnik Zabrze

  • Ekstraklasa: 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72
  • Polish Cup: 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72

Poland

Individual

See also

References
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  8. "M.P. 2015 poz. 448" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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