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{{short description|Polish footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Stefan Majewski
| image          = Stefan Majewski.jpg
| image_size     = 140px
| caption        =
| fullname       =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1956|1|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| height         = 1.86 m
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub    = 
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    = [[Gwiazda Bydgoszcz]]
| youthyears2    = 1971–1977
| youthclubs2    = [[Chemik Bydgoszcz (football)|Chemik Bydgoszcz]]
| years1         = 1977–1978
| clubs1         = [[Zawisza Bydgoszcz]]
| caps1          =
| goals1         =
| years2         = 1979–1984
| clubs2         = [[Legia Warsaw]]
| caps2          = 158
| goals2         = 16
| years3         = 1985–1987
| clubs3         = [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
| caps3          = 63
| goals3         = 1
| years4         = 1987–1988
| clubs4         = [[Arminia Bielefeld]]
| caps4          = 34
| goals4         = 1
| years5         = 1988–1989
| clubs5         = [[Apollon Limassol]]
| caps5          =
| goals5         =
| years6         = 1989–1993
| clubs6         = [[Freiburger FC]]
| caps6          =
| goals6         =
| nationalyears1 = 1978–1986
| nationalteam1  = [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| nationalcaps1  = 40
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1  = 1994
| managerclubs1  = [[Polonia Warsaw]]
| manageryears2  = 1995–1996
| managerclubs2  = [[Polonia Warsaw]]
| manageryears3  = 1997–1999
| managerclubs3  = [[1. FC Kaiserslautern II]]
| manageryears4  = 1999–2001
| managerclubs4  = [[Amica Wronki]]
| manageryears5  = 2001
| managerclubs5  = [[Zagłębie Lubin]]
| manageryears6  = 2002
| managerclubs6  = [[Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]]
| manageryears7  = 2003–2004
| managerclubs7  = [[Amica Wronki]]
| manageryears8  = 2004–2006
| managerclubs8  = [[Widzew Łódź]]
| manageryears9  = 2006–2008
| managerclubs9  = [[KS Cracovia|Cracovia]]
| manageryears10 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs10 = [[Poland national under-23 football team|Poland U23]]
| manageryears11 = 2009
| managerclubs11 = [[Poland national football team|Poland]] (caretaker)
| manageryears12 = 2010–2012
| managerclubs12 = [[Poland national under-21 football team|Poland U21]]
| medaltemplates      = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|POL}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 Spain]]|}}
}}
'''Stefan Majewski''' (born 31 January 1956) is a Polish professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]] who was most recently the [[sporting director]] of [[Ekstraklasa]] club [[KS Cracovia|Cracovia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/stefan-majewski/ |title=Stefan Majewski |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=3 October 2021}}</ref>

==Club career==
Majewski was born in [[Bydgoszcz]]. He played for clubs such as [[Gwiazda Bydgoszcz]], [[Zawisza Bydgoszcz]], [[Legia Warsaw]], [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] ([[West Germany]]), [[Arminia Bielefeld]] (West Germany) or [[Apollon Limassol]] ([[Cyprus]]).

==International career==
Most notably, he also played for the [[Poland national football team|Poland national team]], for which he played 40 matches and scored four goals. Majewski was a participant at the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], where Poland won the third place, and at the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]].

==Coaching career==
Majewski later pursued a coaching career, he coached the team of [[Widzew Łódź]] in 2004–06. Between 2 October 2006 and 27 October 2008, he was the coach of [[Cracovia (football club)|Cracovia]]. On 18 September 2009, Majewski became the interim caretaker coach/manager for the [[Poland national football team]] following the dismissal of his predecessor [[Leo Beenhakker]]. Poland lost 2–0 to the Czech Republic in a [[2010 World Cup]] qualifier match during his debutant match as the head coach. On 29 October 2009, [[Franciszek Smuda]] was named as the full-time coach of the team, meaning that Majewski's stint as caretaker manager was effectively over.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.uefa.com/news/0254-0d7c8911648e-3cf291e456c4-1000--smuda-lands-dream-poland-job/ | title = Smuda lands 'dream' Poland job | date = 29 October 2009 | work = [[UEFA]] | access-date = 29 October 2009}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|1978||4||1
|-
|1979||6||0
|-
|1980||3||0
|-
|1981||4||1
|-
|1982||10||1
|-
|1983||6||1
|-
|1984||1||0
|-
|1985||0||0
|-
|1986||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!40!!4
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Legia Warsaw'''
* [[Polish Cup]]: 1979–80, 1980–81<ref name="90m">{{cite web |title=Stefan Majewski |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=1223 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=2 August 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>

'''Poland'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]<ref name=90m/>

===Manager===
'''Amica Wronki'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Woźny |first1=Michał |title=Były piłkarz, trener i dyrektor sportowy, która miał kompletną karierę w piłce |url=https://sport.interia.pl/pilka-nozna/news-byly-pilkarz-trener-i-dyrektor-sportowy-ktora-mial-kompletna,nId,7144320 |website=sport.interia.pl |access-date=10 October 2024 |language=pl |date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
* Polish Cup: [[1998–99 Polish Cup|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Polish Cup|1999–2000]]
* [[Polish Super Cup]]: 1999

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{90minut|1223}}

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