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| birth_place = [[Pruszków]], [[Poland]]
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| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
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| manageryears1 = 1969–1971
| managerclubs1 = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| managerclubs1 = [[Legia Warsaw]] (assistant)
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'''Jacek Wojciech Gmoch''' (born 13 January 1939 in [[Pruszków]]) is a former [[Poland|Polish]] [[Association football|footballer]], who later became a trainer and manager of the [[Poland national football team|Poland National Team]].
'''Jacek Wojciech Gmoch''' (born 13 January 1939 in [[Pruszków]]) is a Polish former professional [[Association football|footballer]], [[Football Manager|manager]], and [[Football commentary|commentator]]. As a player he spent the majority of his career playing for [[Legia Warsaw]] as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]], and represented Poland 29 times internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacek Gmoch, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=6930 |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=eu-football.info |language=en}}</ref> After a career ending injury he became a successful trainer, winning multiple titles in Poland, Greece, and Cyprus, while also managing the [[Poland national football team|Poland National Team]].


While having a successful football career he graduated in communication from the [[Warsaw University of Technology]]. Gmoch begun playing for [[Znicz Pruszków]], later moving on for a successful career at [[Legia Warsaw]]. With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in 1964 and 1966) and contributed to the beginning of the successful 1968–69 season. He also became a player for the national Team of Poland (29 caps).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona%3Dhistoria%26dzial%3Dreprezentanci%26litera%3DG-J |title=Kadra.pl |access-date=April 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123092136/http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=G-J |archive-date=January 23, 2008 }}</ref>
While having a successful football career at Legia, he simultaneously graduated in communication from the [[Warsaw University of Technology]]. Gmoch began his career playing for his local childhood club [[Znicz Pruszków]] in 1953. After an impressive spell he earned a move to Legia Warsaw, where he went on to have a successful career playing over 300 games. With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in [[Polish Cup|1964]] and [[Polish Cup|1966]]) and contributed to the beginning of the successful Championship winning [[1968–69 Ekstraklasa|1968–69]] season. He also became a regular player for the National Team of Poland during this period (29 caps).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona%3Dhistoria%26dzial%3Dreprezentanci%26litera%3DG-J |title=Kadra.pl |access-date=April 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123092136/http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?strona=historia&dzial=reprezentanci&litera=G-J |archive-date=January 23, 2008 }}</ref>


Following a major injury in a friendly match, Gmoch began a coaching career, starting in [[Legia Warsaw]] in 1969–71. Having been offered the [[Poland national football team|Poland]] National Team assistant's job by [[Kazimierz Górski]], he lasted from 1971–74. Together they achieved an Olympic Gold medal in [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]], as well as 3rd Place in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]]. He moved to the [[United States|U.S.]] to follow his scientific career at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (1975–6). He returned to International football in 1976 to qualify the National Team of Poland to the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Mundial]] in [[Argentina]] (fifth place). He later moved to [[Norway]] in 1979 and [[Greece]] until 2003 where he became one of the most successful and recognised coaches.
Following a major injury in a friendly match, Gmoch began his coaching career, starting as assistant manager for [[Legia Warsaw]] between 1969–71. Achieving another Polish Championship in [[1969–70 Ekstraklasa|1969-70]], and reaching the semi-final of the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Champion Clubs’ Cup]] in the same season. While, in 1970-71 Legia finished runner’s up of Poland, and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions Clubs’ Cup losing to [[Atlético Madrid]]. Shortly after he was offered the [[Poland national football team|Poland]] National Team assistant's job by [[Kazimierz Górski]], lasting from 1971–74. Together they achieved an Olympic Gold medal in [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]], as well as 3rd Place in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]], which to this day are considered to be Poland’s greatest ever football achievements. After the World Cup in 1974 he left the National team and moved to the [[United States|U.S.]] to pursue his scientific career at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] (1975–6). However, he quickly returned to international football in 1976 being offered the coach’s job of the National Team of Poland after Górski left. He managed to qualify for the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Mundial]] in [[Argentina]] by finishing first in his qualifying group against [[Portugal men's national football team|Portugal]], [[Denmark men's national football team|Denmark]], and [[Cyprus men's national football team|Cyprus]]. During the World Cup, he reached the second round where ultimately Poland finished 5th in the final rankings,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1978 Soccer World Cup Final Standings |url=https://www.thesoccerworldcups.com/world_cups/1978_final_standings.php |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.thesoccerworldcups.com}}</ref> only losing to [[Brazil men's national football team|Brazil]], and eventual winners and hosts [[Argentina men's national football team|Argentina]]. After the 1978 World Cup he stepped down from the Poland job, moving to [[Norway]], [[Cyprus]], and [[Greece]] where he became one of the most successful and recognised coaches.


In Norway, he became [[Skeid Fotball]] manager and then he went to Greece and worked first as a manager of [[PAS Giannina]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk80.html |title=Greece 1979/80 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk80.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk81.html |title=Greece 1980/81 |access-date=April 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627112555/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk81.html |archive-date=June 27, 2009 }}</ref> [[Apollon Smyrnis|Apollon Athens]], [[AEL 1964|Larisa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk83.html |title=Greece 1982/83 |access-date=December 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223014508/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk83.html |archive-date=December 23, 2008 }}</ref>. In 1983, he did his big step as a manager and became trainer of [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. In his first season as Panathinaikos manager, his team won [[Double (association football)|the Double]] and the following season, his team for second time in their history, reached the Semi finals of [[UEFA Champions League|European Champions Cup]], where they were eliminated by [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. For the [[1985–86 in Greek football|1985–86]] season, he became coach of another great Greek club, [[AEK Athens FC|AEK]] and the following season he became again trainer of Larisa and in [[1987-88 in Greek football|1988]], his team historically won their first and only [[Alpha Ethniki|Greek Championship]]. After Larisa, he worked as a manager for [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[Aris Thessaloniki]], in 1991 he went to [[Cyprus]] to become [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] trainer, where his team won the [[Cypriot Championship|championship]] and [[Cypriot Cup|cup]]. He remained there until the middle of the season 1992–93. Later, he worked for [[Athinaikos]] ([[1994–95 in Greek football|1994–95]]), [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]] ([[1995–96 in Greek football|1995–96]]), [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]] ([[1997–98 in Greek football|1997–98]]), [[Kalamata F.C.|Kalamata]] ([[1998–99 in Greek football|1998–99]]), [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]] (1999), and again for Ionikos in [[2002–03 in Greek football|2002–03]].
In Norway, he became the manager of [[Skeid Fotball]] in 1979, where he saved the team from relegation in his one and only season as head coach. Next, he went to Greece and first worked as a manager of [[PAS Giannina]] between 1979-1981,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk80.html |title=Greece 1979/80 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045443/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk80.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk81.html |title=Greece 1980/81 |access-date=April 13, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627112555/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk81.html |archive-date=June 27, 2009 }}</ref> earning a very respectable 6th place in his first season. He later joined [[Apollon Smyrnis|Apollon Athens]] in 1981-82, and [[AEL 1964|Larisa]] in 1982-83,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk83.html |title=Greece 1982/83 |access-date=December 28, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223014508/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/grk83.html |archive-date=December 23, 2008 }}</ref> where he finished runner up in the Greek league, the first time a provincial team managed this feat. Subsequently, in 1983 he made his big step as a manager and became trainer of [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]. In his first season as Panathinaikos manager in [[1983–84 in Greek football|1983-84]], his team won [[Double (association football)|the Double]] and the following season in [[1984–85 in Greek football|1984-85]], his team finished runner up in the league, and for the second time in their history, reached the [[1984–85 European Cup|semi-finals]] of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Champion Clubs’ Cup]], where they were eliminated by [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. Despite this success, the Panathinaikos management fired him at the end of the season. According to newspapers of the time, one of the reasons he was fired was because he did not tolerate interference in the team by the management.<ref>{{cite book |last=Γεωργιάδης Κώστας, Ασημακόπουλος Νίκος |title=Μυστική Επιχείρηση Ποδόσφαιρο |year=1988 |publisher=Σύγχρονη Εποχή |location=Αθήνα |pages=81}}</ref>


For the [[1985–86 in Greek football|1985–86]] season, he became coach of another great Greek club, [[AEK Athens FC|AEK]] finishing 3rd, and the following season he again became coach of Larisa. In [[1987-88 in Greek football|1987-88]], his team historically won their first and only [[Alpha Ethniki|Greek Championship]], until today the only team outside of Athens and Thessaloniki to do so. After Larisa, he worked as the manager of [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] in [[1988–89 Alpha Ethniki|1988-89]], again finishing as runner up in the league, and [[Aris Thessaloniki]] between 1990-91. In 1991 he went to [[Cyprus]] to become [[APOEL FC|APOEL]] trainer, where his team won the [[Cypriot Championship|Championship]], [[Cypriot Cup|Cup]], and [[Cypriot Super Cup|Super Cup]]. He remained there until the middle of the 1992-93 season. Later, he worked for [[Athinaikos]] ([[1994–95 in Greek football|1994–95]]), [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]] ([[1995–96 in Greek football|1995–96]]), APOEL ([[1996–97 Cypriot First Division|1996-97]]) winning another Super Cup and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, [[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]] ([[1997–98 in Greek football|1997–98]]) finishing a club record 5th place in the league, [[Kalamata F.C.|Kalamata]] ([[1998–99 in Greek football|1998–99]]) securing promotion to the top flight, [[Panionios F.C.|Panionios]] (1999), and again for Ionikos in [[2002–03 in Greek football|2002–03]].
He acted as a member of the [[Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Polish Olympic representation team]] in Athens [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and later became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks. He notably commentated Champions League matches for the Greek Television [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]], as well as International Tournaments in Poland for channels [[Polsat]] and [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]].


After retiring from management he acted as a member of the [[Poland at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Polish Olympic representation team]] in the Athens [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Later he also became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks. He notably commentated Champions League matches for the Greek Television [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]], as well as International Tournaments in Poland for channels [[Polsat]] and [[Telewizja Polska|TVP]].
On 15 November 2010, Gmoch took over as the caretaker manager of Panathinaikos, following [[Nikos Nioplias]], who resigned after a string of mediocre results in the first part of the 2010–11 season. As caretaker manager he successfully won against Iraklis in his only final match before being succeeded by the new manager of the team. The score was 4–2. The stadium crowd lauded him.

On 15 November 2010, Gmoch took over as the caretaker manager of Panathinaikos, following [[Nikos Nioplias]], who resigned after a string of mediocre results in the first part of the 2010–11 season. As caretaker manager he successfully won against Iraklis in his only final match before being succeeded by the new manager of the team, [[Jesualdo Ferreira]]. The game ended 4–2, despite Iraklis taking a 0-2 lead in the first half, and when the game ended after managing a heroic comeback the stadium crowd applauded him to thank him for everything he had done for the club.

==Managerial Statistics==
As of 21 November 2010<ref>{{Cite web |title=The RSSSF Archive |url=https://www.rsssf.org/archive.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/87377-jacek-gmoch |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=www.footballdatabase.eu |title=Jacek Gmoch - Stats and titles won }}</ref>

'''Managerial record by team and tenure'''
{| class="wikitable"
| rowspan="2" | '''Team'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Nation'''
| rowspan="2" |'''From'''
| rowspan="2" |'''To'''
| colspan="5" |'''Record'''
|-
|'''G'''
|'''W'''
|'''D'''
| '''L'''
| '''Win%'''
|-
|[[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|{{Flagicon|Poland}}
|16 October 1976
|6 September 1978
|27
|17
|3
|7
|62.96
|-
|[[PAS Giannina F.C.|PAS Giannina]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|4 December 1979
|30 June 1981
|63
|25
|15
|23
|39.68
|-
|[[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|1 July 1982
|30 June 1983
|35
|18
|9
|8
|51.43
|-
|[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|1 July 1983
|19 June 1985
|88
|56
|22
|10
|63.64
|-
|[[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|1 July 1985
|23 May 1986
|41
|19
|12
|10
|46.34
|-
|[[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|1 July 1986
|2 May 1988
|76
|37
|14
|25
|48.68
|-
|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|1 June 1988
|8 March 1989
|26
|15
|6
|5
|57.69
|-
|[[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|29 January 1990
|16 April 1991
|57
|20
|18
|19
|35.09
|-
|[[APOEL FC|APOEL]]
|{{Flagicon|Cyprus}}
|1 July 1991
|30 April 1993
|67
|40
|16
|11
|59.70
|-
|[[Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C.|AEL]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|1 July 1993
|1 November 1993
|15
|7
|3
|5
|46.67
|-
|[[APOEL FC|APOEL]]
|{{Flagicon|Cyprus}}
|1 July 1996
|28 February 1997
|27
|18
|3
|6
|66.67
|-
|[[Ionikos F.C.|Ionikos]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|4 March 1997
|30 June 1998
|49
|23
|12
|14
|46.94
|-
|[[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
|{{Flagicon|Greece}}
|15 November 2010
|21 November 2010
|1
|1
|0
|0
|100.00
|-
| colspan="4" | '''Total'''
|'''572'''
|'''296'''
|'''133'''
|'''143'''
|'''51.75'''
|}


==Honours==
==Honours==
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===Assistant Manager===
===Assistant Manager===

'''Legia Warsaw'''

* [[Ekstraklasa]]: [[1969–70 Ekstraklasa|1969-70]]
* [[Ekstraklasa]] runner up: [[1970–71 Ekstraklasa|1970-71]]
* [[European Cup]] Semi Finals: [[1969–70 European Cup|1969-70]]
* [[European Cup]] Quarter Finals: [[1970–71 European Cup|1970-71]]
* [[Polish Cup]]: 1972-73


'''Poland'''
'''Poland'''
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* [[Cypriot First Division]]: [[1991–92 Cypriot First Division|1991-92]]
* [[Cypriot First Division]]: [[1991–92 Cypriot First Division|1991-92]]
* [[Cypriot Cup]]: [[1992–93 Cypriot Cup|1992-93]]
* [[Cypriot Cup]]: [[1992–93 Cypriot Cup|1992-93]]
* [[Cypriot Super Cup]]: 1992-93, 1996-97
* [[Cypriot Super Cup]]: 1992-93, 1996–97


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:People from Pruszków]]
[[Category:People from Pruszków]]
[[Category:Warsaw University of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Warsaw University of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Polish footballers]]
[[Category:Polish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Poland international footballers]]
[[Category:Poland men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Polish football managers]]
[[Category:Polish football managers]]
[[Category:Polish expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Polish expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Association football defenders]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Znicz Pruszków players]]
[[Category:Znicz Pruszków players]]
[[Category:Legia Warsaw players]]
[[Category:Legia Warsaw players]]
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[[Category:Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of Polonia Restituta]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Masovian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Footballers from Masovian Voivodeship]]

Latest revision as of 14:15, 7 March 2024

Jacek Gmoch
Gmoch in 2007
Personal information
Full name Jacek Wojciech Gmoch
Date of birth (1939-01-13) 13 January 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth Pruszków, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1960 Znicz Pruszków
1960–1968 Legia Warsaw 330[1] (10)
International career
1962–1968 Poland 29 (0)
Managerial career
1969–1971 Legia Warsaw (assistant)
1971–1974 Poland (assistant)
1976–1978 Poland
1979 Skeid Fotball
1979–1981 PAS Giannina
1981–1982 Apollon Athens
1982–1983 AEL
1983–1985 Panathinaikos
1985–1986 AEK Athens
1986–1988 AEL
1988–1989 Olympiacos
1990–1991 Aris
1991–1993 APOEL
1993 AEL
1994–1995 Athinaikos
1995–1996 Ethnikos
1996–1997 APOEL
1997–1998 Ionikos
1998–1999 Kalamata
1999–2000 Panionios
2002–2003 Ionikos
2010 Panathinaikos (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jacek Wojciech Gmoch (born 13 January 1939 in Pruszków) is a Polish former professional footballer, manager, and commentator. As a player he spent the majority of his career playing for Legia Warsaw as a defender, and represented Poland 29 times internationally.[2] After a career ending injury he became a successful trainer, winning multiple titles in Poland, Greece, and Cyprus, while also managing the Poland National Team.

While having a successful football career at Legia, he simultaneously graduated in communication from the Warsaw University of Technology. Gmoch began his career playing for his local childhood club Znicz Pruszków in 1953. After an impressive spell he earned a move to Legia Warsaw, where he went on to have a successful career playing over 300 games. With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in 1964 and 1966) and contributed to the beginning of the successful Championship winning 1968–69 season. He also became a regular player for the National Team of Poland during this period (29 caps).[3]

Following a major injury in a friendly match, Gmoch began his coaching career, starting as assistant manager for Legia Warsaw between 1969–71. Achieving another Polish Championship in 1969-70, and reaching the semi-final of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in the same season. While, in 1970-71 Legia finished runner’s up of Poland, and reached the quarter-finals of the European Champions Clubs’ Cup losing to Atlético Madrid. Shortly after he was offered the Poland National Team assistant's job by Kazimierz Górski, lasting from 1971–74. Together they achieved an Olympic Gold medal in Munich 1972, as well as 3rd Place in the 1974 World Cup, which to this day are considered to be Poland’s greatest ever football achievements. After the World Cup in 1974 he left the National team and moved to the U.S. to pursue his scientific career at the University of Pennsylvania (1975–6). However, he quickly returned to international football in 1976 being offered the coach’s job of the National Team of Poland after Górski left. He managed to qualify for the 1978 Mundial in Argentina by finishing first in his qualifying group against Portugal, Denmark, and Cyprus. During the World Cup, he reached the second round where ultimately Poland finished 5th in the final rankings,[4] only losing to Brazil, and eventual winners and hosts Argentina. After the 1978 World Cup he stepped down from the Poland job, moving to Norway, Cyprus, and Greece where he became one of the most successful and recognised coaches.

In Norway, he became the manager of Skeid Fotball in 1979, where he saved the team from relegation in his one and only season as head coach. Next, he went to Greece and first worked as a manager of PAS Giannina between 1979-1981,[5][6] earning a very respectable 6th place in his first season. He later joined Apollon Athens in 1981-82, and Larisa in 1982-83,[7] where he finished runner up in the Greek league, the first time a provincial team managed this feat. Subsequently, in 1983 he made his big step as a manager and became trainer of Panathinaikos. In his first season as Panathinaikos manager in 1983-84, his team won the Double and the following season in 1984-85, his team finished runner up in the league, and for the second time in their history, reached the semi-finals of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup, where they were eliminated by Liverpool. Despite this success, the Panathinaikos management fired him at the end of the season. According to newspapers of the time, one of the reasons he was fired was because he did not tolerate interference in the team by the management.[8]

For the 1985–86 season, he became coach of another great Greek club, AEK finishing 3rd, and the following season he again became coach of Larisa. In 1987-88, his team historically won their first and only Greek Championship, until today the only team outside of Athens and Thessaloniki to do so. After Larisa, he worked as the manager of Olympiacos in 1988-89, again finishing as runner up in the league, and Aris Thessaloniki between 1990-91. In 1991 he went to Cyprus to become APOEL trainer, where his team won the Championship, Cup, and Super Cup. He remained there until the middle of the 1992-93 season. Later, he worked for Athinaikos (1994–95), Ethnikos Piraeus (1995–96), APOEL (1996-97) winning another Super Cup and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, Ionikos (1997–98) finishing a club record 5th place in the league, Kalamata (1998–99) securing promotion to the top flight, Panionios (1999), and again for Ionikos in 2002–03.

After retiring from management he acted as a member of the Polish Olympic representation team in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Later he also became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks. He notably commentated Champions League matches for the Greek Television ERT, as well as International Tournaments in Poland for channels Polsat and TVP.

On 15 November 2010, Gmoch took over as the caretaker manager of Panathinaikos, following Nikos Nioplias, who resigned after a string of mediocre results in the first part of the 2010–11 season. As caretaker manager he successfully won against Iraklis in his only final match before being succeeded by the new manager of the team, Jesualdo Ferreira. The game ended 4–2, despite Iraklis taking a 0-2 lead in the first half, and when the game ended after managing a heroic comeback the stadium crowd applauded him to thank him for everything he had done for the club.

Managerial Statistics

[edit]

As of 21 November 2010[9][10]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team Nation From To Record
G W D L Win%
Poland Poland 16 October 1976 6 September 1978 27 17 3 7 62.96
PAS Giannina Greece 4 December 1979 30 June 1981 63 25 15 23 39.68
AEL Greece 1 July 1982 30 June 1983 35 18 9 8 51.43
Panathinaikos Greece 1 July 1983 19 June 1985 88 56 22 10 63.64
AEK Greece 1 July 1985 23 May 1986 41 19 12 10 46.34
AEL Greece 1 July 1986 2 May 1988 76 37 14 25 48.68
Olympiacos Greece 1 June 1988 8 March 1989 26 15 6 5 57.69
Aris Greece 29 January 1990 16 April 1991 57 20 18 19 35.09
APOEL Cyprus 1 July 1991 30 April 1993 67 40 16 11 59.70
AEL Greece 1 July 1993 1 November 1993 15 7 3 5 46.67
APOEL Cyprus 1 July 1996 28 February 1997 27 18 3 6 66.67
Ionikos Greece 4 March 1997 30 June 1998 49 23 12 14 46.94
Panathinaikos Greece 15 November 2010 21 November 2010 1 1 0 0 100.00
Total 572 296 133 143 51.75

Honours

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Player

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Legia Warsaw

Assistant Manager

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Legia Warsaw

Poland

Manager

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Poland

AEL

Panathinaikos

Olympiacos

APOEL

References

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