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{{Short description|Polish footballer (1921–2006)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kazimierz Górski
| image = Kazimierz Górski (1973).jpg
| caption = Górski in 1973
| full_name = Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|03|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lwów]], Poland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|05|23|1921|03|02|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Warsaw]], Poland
| height =
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| years1 = 1936–1939
| clubs1 = [[RKS Lwów]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1940–1941
| clubs2 = Spartak Lviv
| caps2 = 
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1944
| clubs3 = [[FC Dynamo Lviv|Dynamo Lviv]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 =
| years4 = 1945–1953
| clubs4 = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 1948
| nationalteam1 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1 
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1954
| managerclubs1 = Marymont Warsaw
| manageryears2 = 1955–1959
| managerclubs2 = [[Poland national under-19 football team|Poland U19]]
| manageryears3 = 1959
| managerclubs3 = [[Legia Warsaw]] (caretaker)
| manageryears4 = 1960–1962
| managerclubs4 = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| manageryears5 = 1963–1964
| managerclubs5 = [[KS Lublinianka]]
| manageryears6 = 1964–1966
| managerclubs6 = [[Gwardia Warsaw]]
| manageryears7 = 1966–1970
| managerclubs7 = [[Poland Olympic football team|Poland U23]]
| manageryears8 = 1970–1976
| managerclubs8 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| manageryears9 = 1973
| managerclubs9 = [[ŁKS Łódź]]
| manageryears10 = 1976–1978
| managerclubs10 = [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]
| manageryears11 = 1978–1980
| managerclubs11 = [[Kastoria 1980 F.C.|Kastoria]]
| manageryears12 = 1980–1981
| managerclubs12 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| manageryears13 = 1981–1982
| managerclubs13 = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| manageryears14 = 1983
| managerclubs14 = [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| manageryears15 = 1983–1985
| managerclubs15 = [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]]
| medaltemplates = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}} (as manager)}} 
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 West Germany]]|}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}
[[File:Kazimierz Gorski medal & autograph.jpg|thumb|260px| Copy of K. Górski medal and autograph in '' [[:pl:Aleja Gwiazd Sportu w Dziwnowie|Sports Star Avenue in Dziwnów]] '']]
'''Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski''' (2 March 1921 – 23 May 2006) was a Polish professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]]. He was also a [[Association football|football]] player, capped once for Poland.

Under his tenure, Poland finished third at the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]] and won two [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] medals; gold in [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and silver in [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]. He is often regarded as the best Polish football manager of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kazimierz Górski oczami podopiecznych. "To był prawdziwy mag" |url=https://pzpn.pl/federacja/aktualnosci/2021-03-02/kazimierz-gorski-oczami-podopiecznych-to-byl-prawdziwy-mag |publisher=[[Polish Football Association]] |access-date=3 August 2024 |language=pl |date=2 March 2021}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Górski was born in [[Lwów]], [[Second Polish Republic]] (nowadays [[Lviv]], Ukraine). He played as a forward in several Polish football teams: [[Czarni Lwów|RKS Lwów]], Spartak Lviv, [[FC Dynamo Lviv|Dynamo Lviv]], [[Legia Warsaw]]. His football nickname was "Sarenka" ("Fawn"). His successful career was interrupted by [[World War II]] and it took until 1948 before he participated in his only international match, a game between Poland and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] (8–0 loss).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kadra.pl/index.php?dzial=his_rep&litera=G-J |title=Kadra.pl - Reprezentanci |access-date=3 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926122330/http://kadra.pl/index.php?dzial=his_rep&litera=G-J |archive-date=26 September 2010 }}</ref>

==Coaching career==

===Club in Poland===
Górski graduated in football training from the [[Physical Education Academy in Kraków|Higher School of Physical Education]] in [[Kraków]] (Wyższa Szkoła Wychowania Fizycznego, today the Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie) and the [[Physical Education Academy in Wrocław]] (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu) in 1980. He was the coach of [[Legia Warsaw]] (three times), [[Marymont Warszawa]] (his first independent training job started there in 1954), [[Gwardia Warszawa]], [[Lublinianka Lublin]], and [[ŁKS Łódź]].

===Poland national team===
Górski started as the coach of the Poland national junior team from 1956 to 1966, then the Polish U-23 national team from 1966 to 1970, and finally the first [[Poland national football team]] from 1970 to 1976. His first international match with the team was held on 5 May 1971 in [[Lausanne]] against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]. His major successes were winning the [[gold medal]] in the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympic Games]] in [[Munich]]; the [[silver medal]] (for third place) in the [[Football World Cup 1974|1974 World Cup]] held in Germany; and another silver medal for second place in the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Olympic Games]] in [[Montreal]] (the second of Poland's three Olympic medals in football). Kazimierz Górski was the coach of the Poland national team for 73 matches (with 45 wins).

Poland qualified for the 1974 World Cup by defeating [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]] winners [[England national football team|England]] at home and holding them to a draw at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24445822 |title=England v Poland 1973: When Clough's 'clown' stopped England |first=Chris |last=Bevan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 October 2013 |access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>

===Club in Greece===
After resigning his position with the Polish national team, Górski went to Greece and was a successful coach with [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]], [[Kastoria FC]], [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]] and [[Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.|Ethnikos Piraeus]].

==PZPN activist==
From 1976 Kazimierz Górski was an honorary member of the [[Polish Football Union]] (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN).

When he retired from coaching, he became an activist for PZPN in 1986. From 1987 he was a vice-president and from 1991 to 1995 was the president of PZPN. From 3 July 1995 he was the honorary president of PZPN.

He died from [[cancer]] following a long illness on 23 May 2006, aged 85, in [[Warsaw]].

==Honours==
[[File:Statue of Kazimierz Górski.jpg|thumb|The bronze statue of Kazimierz Górski outside the [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium|National Stadium]] in [[Warsaw]], unveiled in 2015]]

'''Poland'''<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |title=Biografia |url=https://fundacjakazimierzagorskiego.pl/biografia/ |website=fundacjakazimierzagorskiego.pl |access-date=3 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal: [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]
* Olympic silver medal: [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]

'''Panathinaikos'''<ref name="Bio"/>
* [[Super League Greece]]: [[1976–77 Alpha Ethniki|1976–77]]
* [[Greek Cup]]: [[1976–77 Greek Football Cup|1976–77]]

'''Olympiacos'''<ref name="Bio"/>
* Super League Greece: [[1979–80 Alpha Ethniki|1979–80]], [[1980–81 Alpha Ethniki|1980–81]], [[1982–83 Alpha Ethniki|1982–83]]
* Greek Cup: [[1980–81 Greek Football Cup|1980–81]]

'''Awards and recognition'''
* [[FIFA Order of Merit]] (2006, posthumously)
* [[Order of Merit in Ruby]] – UEFA award (2006, posthumously)
* [[Gold Medal of Merit]] – FIFA award (2001)
* Commander's Cross of [[Polonia Restituta]] (1996)
* Commander's with Star of Polonia Restituta (2006)
* Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta (2006, posthumous)
* Honorary citizen of [[Lviv]] (2003), [[Plock]] (2004) and [[Lubaczów]]
* Doctor Honoris Causa of the [[Gdańsk]] Academy of Physical Education and Sport (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego) (24 November 2003)
* Super Victor (24 April 2006)

===Other recognition===
* A School Sports Championships in [[Łódź]] was named after him.
* The [[Stadion Narodowy|National Stadium]] is named after him<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/premier-mateusz-morawiecki-to-bardzo-cenna-idea-zeby-ten-stadion-nasz-glowny-stadion-polski-nosil-imie-kazimierza-gorskiego|title=Premier Mateusz Morawiecki: To bardzo cenna idea, żeby ten stadion, nasz główny stadion Polski, nosił imię Kazimierza Górskiego|website=Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów}}</ref> and has a statue honouring him outside it.
* The [[Kazimierz Górski Stadium|Płock Municipal Stadium]] is also named after him.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NFT coach|58243/Kazimierz_Gorski}}
* {{Soccerway coach|kazimierz-gorski/224949}}

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