Maciej Skorża

He was playing as a defender for Radomiak Radom and AZS-AWF Warsaw.

Early career

In 1994, he began his coaching career as a youth coach for Legia Warsaw. He managed SMS Piaseczno during the 1998–99 season. From 1999 to 2003, he coached the Amica Wronki youth team and was successful in winning a league title in 2002. He also was an assistant to Mirosław Jabłoński while at Wisła Płock. In May 2003, Paweł Janas appointed Skorża as an assistant coach for the Poland national football team. However, following Poland's elimination from the 2006 FIFA World Cup group stage, the entire staff, including Skorża, was sacked by the Polish Football Association. He had a short spell at Wisła Płock as an assistant manager before returning to Amica Wronki as a manager in 2004. In the 2004–05 season, Skorża became the first Polish coach to manage to qualify a Polish football club to the group stage of the UEFA Cup. In the 2006–07 season, he joined Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski where he won the Polish Cup, and left shortly before the Ekstraklasa Cup final.

Wisła Kraków

On 13 June 2007, Skorża was appointed as the manager of Wisła Kraków which he led twice to a league title, winning Ekstraklasa in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. In the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, he managed to beat Pep Guardiola's Barcelona 1–0 in the second leg, but Wisła were knocked out as they lost 4–1 on aggregate. They later had to face Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Cup first round, where they lost 3–2 on aggregate. By the start of the next…

Managerial

Amica Wronki youth

Football Junior Championships of Poland: 2002 Dyskobolia

Polish Cup: 2006–07 Wisła Kraków

Ekstraklasa: 2007–08, 2008–09 Legia Warsaw

Polish Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12 Lech Poznań

Ekstraklasa: 2014–15, 2021–22 Polish Super Cup: 2015 Urawa Red Diamonds

AFC Champions League: 2022 Individual

Polish Coach of the Year: 2007, 2011 Ekstraklasa Coach of the Season: 2021–22 Ekstraklasa Coach of the Month: October 2011, August 2021, October 2021, May 2022 J1 League Manager of the Month: April 2025