Włodzimierz Lubański

Włodzimierz Lubański
Personal information
Full name	Włodzimierz Leonard Lubański
Date of birth	28 February 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Gliwice, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1963–1975	Górnik Zabrze
1975–1982	Lokeren
1982–1983	Valenciennes
1983–1985	Stade Quimpérois
1985–1986	Mechelen
Total
International career
1963–1980	Poland
Managerial career
1984–1985	Stade Quimpérois
1985–1986	Mechelen
1987–1988	Lokeren
1990	PAS Giannina
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Poland
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Włodzimierz 'Włodek' Leonard Lubański (Polish pronunciation: [vwɔˈd͡ʑimiɛʐ luˈbaɲskʲi]; born 28 February 1947 in Gliwice-Sośnica) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.^[1] He is the second-highest all-time goal scorer for the Poland national team, behind Robert Lewandowski, and the youngest-ever player to appear for Poland, making his debut at the age of 16 years and 188 days.^[2] For his national team, Lubański amassed 75 caps between 1963 and 1980, scoring 48 goals.

Life and career

Born in Gliwice in 1947, he started his football career at the age of ten in Sośnica Gliwice's junior team. Between 1958 and 1962, he was part of the GKS Gliwice's junior squad and in 1963 he started playing football professionally in Górnik Zabrze. He won the Polish Championship seven times with Górnik Zabrze in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 and 1972.^[3] Lubański is the youngest scorer in the history of the European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League), scoring against Czech side Dukla Prague in the leg of their tie in the first round of the competition on 13 November 1963, aged 16 years and 258 days.

Between 1975 and 1982, he played for Belgian side Lokeren before moving to French outfit Valenciennes FC in 1982, where he remained for a year.^[4]

He won the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the men's football team competition with Poland.^[5]

In 1972, he was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the USSR.^[6]

He participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, finishing fifth with his national team.

Lubański was vice-chairman of Polonia Warsaw for three months.

In 1997, he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his "outstanding contributions to the development of sport in Poland".^[7]

In 2015, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.^[8]

Personal life

In 1968, he married Grażyna (née Loreto) with whom he has two children: a son Michał and a daughter Małgorzata.^[9]

Lubański is the subject of a number of books including Ja, Lubański by Krzysztof Wyrzykowski (1990), Włodek Lubański. Legenda polskiego futbolu by Włodzimierz Lubański and Przemysław Słowiński (2008) and Życie jak dobry mecz by Włodzimierz Lubański and Michał Olszański (2016).

Career statistics

^[10] ^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Górnik Zabrze	1962–63	Ekstraklasa	8	4	1	0	—		9	4
	1963–64	Ekstraklasa	23	12	1	0	4	1	28	13
	1964–65	Ekstraklasa	13	9	2	3	3	1	18	13
	1965–66	Ekstraklasa	18	23	5	7	2	3	25	33
	1966–67	Ekstraklasa	25	18	1	1	5	3	31	22
	1967–68	Ekstraklasa	24	24	4	6	6	4	34	34
	1968–69	Ekstraklasa	23	22	7	7	—		30	29
	1969–70	Ekstraklasa	23	12	5	4	10	7	38	23
	1970–71	Ekstraklasa	21	10	4	6	7	8	32	24
	1971–72	Ekstraklasa	25	14	5	6	2	1	32	21
	1972–73	Ekstraklasa	18	2	—		4	5	22	7
	1973–74	Ekstraklasa	1	0	—		—		1	0
	1974–75	Ekstraklasa	12	5	—		—		12	5
	Total		234	155	35	40	43	34	312	225
Lokeren	1975–76	Belgian First Division	34	17	2	1	—		36	18
	1976–77	Belgian First Division	29	11	3	2	3	1	32	14
	1977–78	Belgian First Division	31	15	5	4	—		36	19
	1978–79	Belgian First Division	32	12	4	4	—		36	16
	1979–80	Belgian First Division	28	15	3	1	—		31	16
	1980–81	Belgian First Division	24	8	2	2	5	0	31	10
	1981–82	Belgian First Division	18	4	1	0	1	0	20	4
	Total		196	82	20	14	9	1	225	97
Valenciennes	1982–83	Division 2	31	28	—		—		31	28
Quimper	1983–84	Division 2	33	7	—		—		33	7
	1984–85	Division 2	25	7	—		—		25	7
	Total		58	14	—		—		58	14
Mechelen	1985–86	Belgian Second Division	1	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			520	279	55	54	52	34	627	367

^[12]

Poland national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1963	3	1
1964	4	2
1965	2	5
1966	6	1
1967	7	3
1968	6	6
1969	8	10
1970	7	2
1971	5	4
1972	9	3
1973	5	7
1976	1	0
1977	3	2
1978	8	1
1980	1	1
Total	75	48

Internationals goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	4 September 1963	Florian Krygier Stadium, Szczecin, Poland	Norway	3–0	9–0	Friendly
2.	27 September 1964	Mithatpaşa Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	3–2	Friendly
3.	25 October 1964	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	2–3	Friendly
4.	24 October 1965	Florian Krygier Stadium, Szczecin, Poland	Finland	1–0	7–0	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.				2–0
6.				3–0
7.				6–0
8.	1 November 1965	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Italy	1–5	1–6	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	3 May 1966	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Hungary	1–1	1–1	Friendly
10.	21 May 1967	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Belgium	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
11.	21 May 1967	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Belgium	2–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
12.	4 August 1967	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Soviet Union	1–2	1–2	1968 Summer Olympics qualification
13.	24 April 1968	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Turkey	2–0	8–0	Friendly
14.				3–0
15.				7–0
16.	15 May 1968	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	2–2	Friendly
17.	9 June 1968	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	6–1	6–1	Friendly
18.	30 October 1968	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
19.	20 April 1969	Municipal Stadium, Kraków, Poland	Luxembourg	1–0	8–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.				2–0
21.				3–0
22.				7–1
23.				8–1
24.	30 April 1969	19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	3–1	Friendly
25.	27 August 1969	ŁKS Stadium, Łódź, Poland	Norway	1–0	6–1	Friendly
26.	27 August 1969	ŁKS Stadium, Łódź, Poland	Norway	5–0	6–1	Friendly
27.	7 September 1969	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Netherlands	2–1	2–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
28.	12 October 1969	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4–1	5–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.	2 September 1970	10th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Denmark	1–0	5–0	Friendly
30.	14 October 1970	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Albania	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
31.	5 May 1971	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland	Switzerland	4–1	4–2	Friendly
32.	22 September 1971	Municipal Stadium, Kraków, Poland	Turkey	2–0	5–1	UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
33.				4–0
34.				5–1
35.	16 April 1972	Lokomotic Stadium, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1–0	1–3	1972 Summer Olympics qualification
36.	30 August 1972	Jahnstadion, Regensburg, West Germany	Ghana	1–0	4–0	1972 Summer Olympics
37.	8 September 1972	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, West Germany	Morocco	2–0	5–0	1972 Summer Olympics
38.	20 March 1973	ŁKS Stadium, Łódź, Poland	United States	1–0	4–0	Friendly
39.				2–0
40.				4–0
41.	13 May 1973	10th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	Yugoslavia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
42.	16 May 1973	Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, Poland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
43.	16 May 1973	Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, Poland	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
44.	6 June 1973	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	England	2–0	2–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
45.	1 May 1977	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1–0	2–1	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
46.	1 May 1977	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2–1	2–1	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
47.	22 March 1978	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–1	3–1	Friendly
48.	24 September 1980	Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland	Czechoslovakia	1–1	1–1	Friendly