September 23 this year There was a huge shock in Zagłębie Lubin. Then the club decided to end cooperation with coach Waldemar Fornalik, as well as Piotr Burlikowski, who had been Zagłębie's sports director since June 2014. “Zagłębie's dismissal of Burlikowski was the right decision, but a painful one. Painful primarily because it came too late. Instead of act decisively, the club delayed, prolonging the team's agony and wasting several precious months,” the portal wrote mkszaglebie.pl.
– We want to take a step forward, that's obvious. This is our main goal. This is a controversial topic, but one must agree with this thesis that the players in Zagłębie are too comfortable. I believe that a number of changes that we are trying to introduce in Zagłębie will lead to a change in mentality in the team. First of all, it is crucial that the player is aware of where he is going and what we want to fight for, and that he really wants to play in Zagłębie. The second thing is that some of the players have stayed in this club. She's just been in it too long – Burlikowski told us in an interview from July 2023.
So far, the candidates for the position of sports director at Zagłębie Lubin include Mariusz Lewandowski and Wojciech Łobodziński, former players of this club. However, the authorities chose a completely different candidate.
This is the new sports director of Zagłębie Lubin. Extended scope of responsibilities
Journal “Football” announced that Wojciech Tomaszewski will be the new sports director of Zagłębie. Most recently, Tomaszewski worked at Warta Poznań as the director of the academy, starting from June 2019, and in the second part of the 21/22 season he was a member of Dawid Szulczek's training staff. Tomaszewski also participated in the PZPN course to become a sports director. He worked at the Lech Poznań academy for thirteen years, and in 2018-2019 he was the coach of the Polish under-18 national team.
In 2017-2018 and 2019-2020, Tomaszewski had the opportunity to work as an assistant to Dariusz Dźwigała and Bartłomiej Zalewski, in the U-18 and U-19 teams, respectively. What are the scope of Tomaszewski's responsibilities in the new club? “Tomaszewski is to be responsible for sports matters in Lubin, both in the first team and youth teams,” writes “Piłka Nożna”. Tomaszewski was also the coordinator of the first part of the PZPN sports director course.
Zagłębie Lubin finished the autumn round in 13th place with 19 points, but may still be overtaken by Radomiak Radom and Korona Kielce, which have two points less. This is also the advantage of Lubin over the relegation zone. In the last match in 2024, Zagłębie lost 0:3 to Legia Warszawa.