Officially. Jagiellonia has a new coach

she had been without a coach since December 23, when the club decided to part ways with Ireneusz Mamrot. The reason was mainly the poor results achieved by the club from Podlasie. Jagiellonia is only 11th in the league with 24 points. Its advantage over the relegation zone is eight points.

Nowak’s return to the league

Shortly after the dismissal, the exchange of names of coaches who could take the team was launched. On the last day of 2021, the club from Białystok officially announced it.

Nowak has been unemployed since September 2017, when he parted ways with Lechia Gdańsk, with whom he fought for the Polish championship until the last round in the 2016/17 season, finishing fourth. Then he was briefly the sports director of the Gdańsk club.

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Previously, Nowak worked in the United States, where he was an assistant coach of the US national team. He also coached the U23 team, as well as two teams – DC United (2004-06) and Philadelphia Union (2010-12). With the club from Washington in 2004, he won the league championship. His name appeared in the media also in the context of taking over the Polish national team after Paulo Sousa left it.

Great changes in Jagiellonia. There will be a new president

These are not the only changes that will take place in the Białystok club. There will also be a change in the chairman’s chair. This is what Wojciech Pertkiewicz is to become. He has a lot of experience in this position, because he was the president for seven years (2012-19). During this period, the club from Gdynia returned to the league in 2016, and then won the Cup (2017) and two Polish Super Cups (2017, 2018). Currently, he is the vice-chairman of the PZPN Professional Football and Professional Football Committee.

As president of Jagiellonia, he will replace Agnieszka Syczewska. Syczewska was appointed to this position in July 2021, when the current president, Cezary Kulesza, resigned.