Henryk Szczepański

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Henryk Szczepański
Personal information
Date of birth	(1933-10-07)7 October 1933
Place of birth	Wejherowo, Poland
Date of death	30 January 2015(2015-01-30) (aged 81)
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1956	Polonia Bydgoszcz	58	(2)
1957–1960	ŁKS Łódź	83	(2)
1961–1968	Odra Opole	134	(2)
International career
1957–1965	Poland	45	(0)
Managerial career
1968–1969	Gwardia Warsaw
1974–1975	OKS OZOS Olsztyn
1975	Motor Lublin
1976–1977	Gwardia Warsaw
1981–1982	Gwardia Warsaw
1986–1987	Gwardia Warsaw
1996	Gwardia Warsaw
	Olimpia Poznań
	Gwardia Koszalin
	Okęcie Warsaw
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henryk Szczepański (7 October 1933 – 30 January 2015^[1]) was a Polish footballer who played as a defender. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3]

Club career

Henryk Szczepański started his football career in the works club Stal Bydgoszcz and Polonia Bydgoszcz. From 1957 to 1960, he was a footballer for ŁKS Łódź, with whom he won the Polish Cup in 1957 and the following year the national championship. In 1960, together with Roman Korynt, he won the "Golden Shoe" in the "Katowice Sport" plebiscite. In 1961, he moved to Odra Opole, with whom he finished the 1963–64 season in 3rd place (the highest place in Odra's history). He played for the club until 1967.

International career

He made his debut for Poland on 29 September 1957 in Sofia in a 1–1 friendly draw with Bulgaria. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Henryk Szczepański's last match for the national team took place on 1 November 1965 in Rome, in a 1–6 loss to Italy in the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In total, he played 45 official matches for the national team, of which 24 games where he wore the captain's armband.

Coaching career

After his football career ended, he worked as a coach, in Gwardia Warsaw, Olimpia Poznań, Motor Lublin, OKS OZOS Olsztyn, Gwardia Koszalin and Okęcie Warsaw.^[4]

Honours

ŁKS Łódź^[5]

Ekstraklasa: 1958
Polish Cup: 1956–57

References

^ Andrzej Gowarzewski Encyklopedia piłkarska Fuji. Rocznik 2015-2016, wyd. Katowice 2015, s. 31
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henryk Szczepański". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
^ "Henryk Szczepański". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "Henryk Szczepański (1933-2015)". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2024.
^ "Zmarł Henryk Szczepański". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

v t e Poland football squad – 1960 Summer Olympics
GK Fołtyn GK Stefaniszyn GK Szymkowiak DF Florenski DF Grzybowski DF Woźniak MF Grzegorczyk MF Strzykalski MF Szczepański MF Zientara FW Brychczy FW Faber FW Gadecki FW Hachorek FW Jarek FW Lentner FW Norkowski FW Pala FW Pohl Coach: Prouff

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Poland