Vuković at Cracovia, Zieliński at Wieczysta: at least eight Ekstraklasa appointments since September

Aleksandar Vuković became Cracovia’s new head coach, ekstraklasa.org reported on Thursday 12 November. The Serbian signed a contract until the end of the 2027/28 season with an option to extend by a year, two months after leaving Widzew Łódź. Two days earlier ekstraklasa.org wrote about Jacek Zieliński’s return to work in the Ekstraklasa. Zieliński took over Wieczysta Kraków only three weeks after parting ways with Korona Kielce.

Vuković is back after two months

Vuković took over Widzew at the start of 2026 to save it from relegation, and he achieved that goal. In September the club parted ways with him just before the match against Legia, and Mateusz Stolarski became the new coach. Earlier the Serbian had managed Legia Warszawa, with whom he won the Polish championship and the Coach of the Season award for 2019/20, and Piast Gliwice. In Gliwice he finished fifth and twice tenth in three seasons.

At Cracovia he replaced Bartosz Grzelak, who in a six-month spell led the team in 19 matches: 3 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats. After 14 rounds Cracovia are 15th with 12 points, the same as 16th-placed Raków.

Zieliński: from Kielce to Kraków in three weeks

Korona parted ways with Zieliński after more than two years, as ekstraklasa.org reported on 20 October. Since 6 August 2024 he had led it in 76 Ekstraklasa matches: 26 wins, 24 draws and 26 defeats. He left the team in 9th place, and Robert Kolendowicz became his successor.

Wieczysta, with whom Zieliński signed a contract until the end of the season with an option to extend by a year, are bottom of the table: 8 points after 14 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 10 defeats). He is their third coach this season. Kazimierz Moskal, who won the club’s historic promotion, lost his job after five rounds, and from the end of August the team was led by Zeljko Kopić.

Eight appointments since September, six clubs

Coaching changes have taken place at no fewer than six clubs since 1 September. The list covers eight appointments described in ekstraklasa.org articles, ordered by their publication date.

Raków changed its bench most often and has now had four coaches this season: after Kroczek, Szulczek and Kaczmarek it is now Szwarga. Kaczmarek led Raków in five Ekstraklasa matches, winning two and losing three.

After 14 matches the six clubs with new coaches sit in these places: Korona 11th, Widzew 13th, Radomiak 14th, Cracovia 15th, Raków 16th and Wieczysta 18th. All of them are in the bottom half of the table. We covered UEFA data on coaching changes across Europe in the article 738 coaching changes in Europe.

What next

The league returns on 20 November with round 15, in which each of these six clubs plays. According to the schedule, Cracovia host Jagiellonia Białystok on Saturday 21 November at 14:45, and Wieczysta host Motor Lublin on Monday 23 November at 19:00.

Sources (checked 12.11.2026): Vuković at Cracovia (12.11.2026); Zieliński at Wieczysta (10.11.2026); Kaczmarek and Zieliński (20.10.2026); Szwarga and Kolendowicz (21.10.2026); Szulczek at Raków (1.09.2026); Kaczmarek and Grzyb (8.09.2026); Stolarski at Widzew (11.09.2026); Ekstraklasa table; round 15 schedule.

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