BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Cracovia backroom staff

We hold the names of 34 people on Cracovia's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Luka Elsner manages the first team, with Dejan Kopasić as assistant manager. Cracovia's is the joint 5th longest staff list of the 19 Ekstraklasa clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED34

COACHING17

MEDICAL4

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS8

NATIONALITIES4

MEDIAN AGE35

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 17 people

Cracovia coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Luka Elsner	Manager	First team	42	Slovenia	Havre AC before that R Standard de Liège, KV Kortrijk, Amiens SC and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise
Sebastian Szweda	Manager	Under-19s	39	Poland	KGHM Zagłębie Lubin
Michał Guja	Manager	Reserves	38	Poland	-
Dejan Kopasić	Assistant manager	First team	41	Slovenia	-
Szymon Genc	Assistant manager	Under-19s	34	Poland	-
Konrad Stańczyk	Coach	Under-19s	33	Poland	-
Łukasz Bagsik	Coach	Under-19s	34	Poland	-
Maciej Palczewski	Goalkeeping coach	First team	43	Poland	Lech Poznań
Marcin Cabaj	Goalkeeping coach	First team	45	Poland	-
Aleksander Kozioł	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	33	Poland	-
Krzysztof Sendorek	Goalkeeping coach	Under-19s	26	Poland	-
Jakub Sage	Fitness coach	First team	44	Poland	Wisła Kraków
Konrad Wieczorek	Fitness coach	First team	33	Poland	Wieczysta Kraków
Przemysław Antoniak	Fitness coach	First team	32	Poland	Wieczysta Kraków
Miłosz Lewandowski	Fitness coach	Under-19s	34	Poland	-
Wojciech Paluszkiewicz	Fitness coach	Under-19s	30	Poland	-
Jacek Bukowiec	Fitness coach	Reserves	33	Poland	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 4 people

Cracovia medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY
Maciej Szkodny	Physio	First team	26	Poland
Michał Paciorek	Physio	First team	29	Poland
Przemysław Kutera	Physio	First team	36	Poland
Jędrzej Majta	Physio	Under-19s	35	Poland

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 8 people

Cracovia scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Jarosław Gambal	Chief scout	Club-wide	36	Poland	-
Hubert Wójcik	Scout	Club-wide	26	Poland	-
Piotr Stawarczyk	Scout	Club-wide	41	Poland	-
Tomasz Przekaza	Head performance analyst	Club-wide	37	Poland	Raków Częstochowa before that Warta Poznań and Lech Poznań
Dominik Pruss	Performance analyst	First team	28	Poland	-
Kamil Biel	Performance analyst	First team	33	Poland	-
Wiktor Kaczyński	Performance analyst	First team	27	Poland	-
Michał Madeński	Performance analyst	Reserves	35	Poland	-

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people

Cracovia football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Filip Trubalski	Technical director	31	Poland
Patryk Kajderowicz	Head of youth development	35	Poland

Owners and directors

Who owns Cracovia and sits on its board

Cracovia owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Robert Platek	Owner	60	United States	Sønderjyske Fodbold
David Amdurer	Managing director	55	United States	-
Murat Çolak	Director	45	Türkiye	-

Backroom staff at every Ekstraklasa club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Lech Poznań 51 Legia Warszawa 49 Raków Częstochowa 43 Widzew Łódź 41 Cracovia 34 Jagiellonia Białystok 34 Motor Lublin 34 Śląsk Wrocław 34 Wisła Kraków 34 Górnik Zabrze 32 Korona Kielce 31 Pogoń Szczecin 31 KGHM Zagłębie Lubin 30 Piast Gliwice 29 Wisła Płock 29 Lechia Gdańsk 28 GKS Katowice 23 Radomiak Radom 23 Wieczysta Kraków 17

Cracovia's list is the joint 5th longest of the 19, against a median of 32 across the division. Lech Poznań names the most, 51. Wieczysta Kraków names the fewest, 17.

Cracovia against the Ekstraklasa, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Cracovia staff by department against the Ekstraklasa average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	CRACOVIA	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	17	17	23	Motor Lublin
Medical and sports science	4	7	14	Lech Poznań
Scouting and analysis	8	5	11	Legia Warszawa
Football management	2	1	2	Widzew Łódź
Owners and directors	3	3	5	Lech Poznań

Backrooms the size of Cracovia's, in every league

Cracovia's 34 names make the joint 254th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 242nd to 254th, with Cracovia among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
242	Oxford United	League One	35
242	Red Bull Bragantino	Brasileirão Série A	35
242	Santa Clara	Primeira Liga	35
242	São Paulo	Brasileirão Série A	35
242	Sønderjyske Fodbold	Danish Superliga	35
242	Sportklub Sturm Graz	Austrian Bundesliga	35
254	1. FC Union Berlin	Bundesliga	34
254	Aarhus Gymnastikforening	Danish Superliga	34
254	Cambridge United	League One	34
254	Carlisle United	National League	34
254	Cracovia	Ekstraklasa	34
254	Fagiano Okayama	J1 League	34
254	FC Augsburg	Bundesliga	34
254	FC Emmen	-	34
254	FC Lorient	Ligue 1	34
254	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	Ligue 2	34
254	Jagiellonia Białystok	Ekstraklasa	34
254	Lincoln City	Championship	34
254	Motor Lublin	Ekstraklasa	34
254	NK Istra 1961	Croatian First League	34
254	Odense Boldklub	Danish Superliga	34

Where Cracovia's staff come from

4 nationalities across the 34 staff whose nationality we hold

Poland 29

Slovenia 2

United States 2

Türkiye 1

Poland supplies 29 of the 34, 85%. The median age is 35. The oldest is Robert Platek, owner, at 60, and the youngest Hubert Wójcik, scout, at 26. 8 members of staff came from another club, most often Wieczysta Kraków (2).

Where Cracovia's former staff work now

On Cracovia's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 6 people

People who worked at Cracovia in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Jacek Zieliński	Manager	Korona Kielce
Jakub Dziółka	Assistant manager	Widzew Łódź
Mikołaj Łuczak	Coach	Jagiellonia Białystok
Tomasz Jasik	Coach	Wisła Płock
Dawid Kroczek	Scout	Raków Częstochowa
Łukasz Cebula	Performance analyst	Legia Warszawa

Frequently asked questions

Who is Cracovia's manager?

Luka Elsner is the Cracovia first-team manager, aged 42. Dejan Kopasić is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Cracovia?

Maciej Palczewski and Marcin Cabaj coach the Cracovia first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Cracovia's chief scout?

Jarosław Gambal is chief scout at Cracovia.

Who is Cracovia's technical director?

Filip Trubalski is technical director at Cracovia.

How many backroom staff do Cracovia have?

We hold the names of 34 people on Cracovia's staff for 2025/26: 17 in coaching, 4 in medical and sports science, 8 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 3 owners and directors. That is the joint 5th longest list of the 19 Ekstraklasa clubs we hold, against a median of 32. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 254th longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Cracovia pays its squad, see Cracovia player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Ekstraklasa wages.