Włodzimierz Jakubowski

Managing career At Lech Poznań, Jakubowski became an assistant coach to Wojciech Łazarek, and in 1984, Lech won a historic double, their biggest success to date.

At the end of the 1984–85 season and throughout the 1985–86 season, as well as in the autumn of 1986, he independently managed them, which during the squad rebuild they secured a high fourth-placed finish in the league twice.

After his successes at Lech, Stal Mielec hired Jakubowski in January 1987 after Zenon Książek left them in the Ekstraklasa relegation zone after the first half of the season. However, Jakubowski fared no better and Stal were relegated after only 3 wins (against Lechia Gdańsk, Górnik Wałbrzych and Olimpia Poznań) in the spring half of the season.

After Stal, he went on to manage other clubs such as Olimpia Poznań, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Tarnovia Tarnowo Podgórne, GKS Bełchatów, Kotwica Kórnik and Mieszko Gniezno. With Kotwica, he earned a historic promotion to the second tier. He had two stints at Mieszko; between 1975 and 1977 and one more later in his career, in the 1990–91 season, which followed the single season at GKS Bełchatów (1989–90 season).

Death Jakubowski died on 10 January 2026, at the age of 86.