Dawid Szulczek

Dawid Szulczek
Dawid Szulczek (2021)
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Świętochłowice, Poland
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ruch Chorzów (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2013 Śląsk Świętochłowice
Managerial career
2013–2014 Górnik Wesoła (assistant)
2014–2017 Rozwój Katowice (assistant)
2017 Rozwój Katowice (caretaker)
2017–2018 Wigry Suwałki (assistant)
2018–2019 Stal Mielec (assistant)
2019–2020 Wisła Kraków (assistant)
2020–2021 Wigry Suwałki
2021–2024 Warta Poznań
2024– Ruch Chorzów
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dawid Szulczek (born 26 January 1990) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who manages I liga club Ruch Chorzów.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player in 2013, Szulczek started his coaching career as an assistant at Górnik Wesoła. Before the 2014–15 season, he joined Rozwój Katowice and held the role of assistant coach until 2017. After head coach Tadeusz Krawiec's dismissal before the last matchday of the 2017–18 season, he took on the position of interim coach and led Rozwój to a 0–1 II liga win against Gryf Wejherowo on 3 June 2017.[1]

On 13 June 2017, Szulczek was recruited by Artur Skowronek and joined his staff at Wigry Suwałki as an assistant coach.[2] He would follow Skowronek and work in a similar role at Stal Mielec[3] and Wisła Kraków.[4]

Wigry Suwałki

On 21 July 2020, he was appointed manager of II liga team Wigry Suwałki.[5] Wigry finished the 2020–21 campaign in 4th, with 18 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses in 36 games. They would subsequently crash out of I liga promotion play-offs in the first round after losing to KKS 1925 Kalisz.[6]

He obtained the UEFA Pro license in September 2020, becoming the youngest holder of such certification in Poland at the time.[7]

Warta Poznań

On 8 November 2021, his contract was bought out by Ekstraklasa side Warta Poznań and he signed until the end of the season, with a two-year extension option.[8] With Szulczek in charge, Warta escaped the relegation zone and finished the season in 11th.[9] On 1 April 2022, his contract was extended until June 2024.[10]

Under Szulczek's tenure, which included an eighth-place finish at the end of the 2022–23 campaign, Warta has overperformed and managed to avoid relegation twice despite their limited transfer activity and having one of if not the lowest reported club budget in Ekstraklasa.[11][12] He has received praise for his work, which has been cited as a catalyst for other top-level Polish clubs to hire young managers with no playing experience beyond lower divisions or youth level, such as Adrian Siemieniec, Daniel Myśliwiec, Dawid Szwarga or Gonçalo Feio.[13]

On 18 April 2024, amid ongoing media reports linking him with Cracovia,[14] it was announced Szulczek would leave Warta at the end of his contract.[9] He was unable to save Warta from relegation at the end of the 2023–24 season, as they lost 0–3 to Jagiellonia Białystok and were jumped in the standings by Korona Kielce following their away win over Lech Poznań on the last matchday.[15]

Ruch Chorzów

On 27 August 2024, Szulczek was appointed manager of I liga side Ruch Chorzów, a club he supported as a child,[16] on a deal until the end of June 2026.[17]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 December 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Rozwój Katowice (interim) 30 May 2017 13 June 2017 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Wigry Suwałki 26 July 2020 8 November 2021 55 25 14 16 75 61 +14 045.45
Warta Poznań 8 November 2021 30 June 2024 93 33 23 37 105 104 +1 035.48
Ruch Chorzów 27 August 2024 Present 15 12 0 3 31 12 +19 080.00
Total 164 71 37 56 212 177 +35 043.29

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Gryf Wejherowo 0-1 Rozwój Katowice". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 3 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Dawid Szulczek asystentem trenera Wigier" (in Polish). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Dawid Szulczek w sztabie szkoleniowym Stali Mielec". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Grzegorz Żmija i Dawid Szulczek w sztabie szkoleniowym Wisły". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 14 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Dawid Szulczek trenerem Wigier" (in Polish). Wigry Suwałki. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Wigry Suwałki 2-2 KKS 1925 Kalisz pd. k. 2-4". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Trener Dawid Szulczek z licencją UEFA Pro" (in Polish). Wigry Suwałki. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Dawid Szulczek trenerem Warty Poznań" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. ^ a b "To już oficjalnie! Zmiana trenera w Ekstraklasie. "Nasze drogi się rozejdą"". przegladsportowy.onet.pl (in Polish). 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Nowy kontrakt trenera Dawida Szulczka z Wartą Poznań" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Budżety klubów PKO Ekstraklasy. Gdyby pieniądze grały, Warta Poznań już dawno by spadła. Jagiellonia na lekkim minusie". poranny.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Niezbędnik kibica PKO Ekstraklasy: Warta Poznań. Kadra, transfery, typy na sezon 2022/23". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Dwa lata ponad stan. Dlaczego praca Szulczka nie powinna powszednieć". weszlo.com (in Polish). 25 October 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Cracovia wybrała nowego trenera z PKO Ekstraklasy. Media: Dawid Szulczek z Warty Poznań zastąpi Jacka Zielińskiego". gol24.pl (in Polish). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  15. ^ Rosiński, Tomasz (25 May 2024). "PKO Ekstraklasa: trzy gole w meczu Lecha Poznań z Koroną. Kielczanie utrzymali się!". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Dawid Szulczek nowym trenerem Ruchu" (in Polish). Ruch Chorzów. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  17. ^ Szymański, Rafał (27 August 2024). "Dawid Szulczek ma nową pracę. Temu klubowi nie mógł odmówić". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Dawid Szulczek trenerem listopada i grudnia". 1liga.org (in Polish). 17 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.