Aleksander Cybulski

Aleksander Cybulski (born 30 July 1962) is a former professional footballer who has had a playing career that has lasted over 40 years since his debut in 1980. His career highlights including six seasons in the I liga making 131 appearances in the Polish top division with Bałtyk Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk. Other than short spells in Sweden and Belgium his entire playing career in Poland has been with clubs in the Pomeranian region of Poland. He has played for 10 different Pomeranian football teams and is known to have made over 100 appearances for Bałtyk Gdynia and over 200 appearances for Lechia Gdańsk. In the later years of his career and despite still playing regularly he held coaching roles with three clubs in the lower Polish leagues between 2009–2019, most recently being the head coach of Sztorm Mosty. He currently holds the positions of sporting director with GKS Kowale and plays for GKS Kowale II.

Aleksander Cybulski
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Cybulski
Date of birth (1962-07-30) 30 July 1962
Place of birth Gdynia, Poland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 GKS Kowale (sporting director)
GKS Kowale II (player)
Number 3
Youth career
–1980 Bałtyk Gdynia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Bałtyk Gdynia 39 (2)
1982–1983 Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
1983–1990 Lechia Gdańsk 176 (9)
1990–1992 Hudiksvalls FF
1992–1993 Lechia Gdańsk 18 (0)
1993–1994 CS Jemappes
1994–1995 Pomezania Malbork 27 (1)
1995–1997 Bałtyk Gdynia 52 (3)
1998 Wierzyca Starogard Gdański
1998–2000 Bałtyk Gdynia 51 (4)
2000–2005 Cartusia Kartuzy
2006–2009 Orzeł Trąbki Wielkie
2009–2012 KS Chwaszczyno 8 (0)
2013–2018 Spójnia Sadlinki 83 (10)
2019– GKS Kowale II 12 (2)
Total 454 (30)
Teams managed
2009–2015 KS Chwaszczyno
2015–2016 Cartusia Kartuzy
2017–2019 Sztorm Mosty
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2021

Career

Playing career

Cybulski started his career with in the youth levels of his local team Bałtyk Gdynia, making his debut against Lechia Gdańsk on 24 March 1980. In his first season with Bałtyk he played 5 times as the team won promotion to the I liga.[1] In his first spell with Bałtyk he made 39 appearances scoring two goals.[2] Cybulski then spent a season with Stoczniowiec Gdańsk before joining Lechia Gdańsk the season after. His debut for Lechia came in the Polish SuperCup which the team won by beating Lech Poznań 1-0.[3][4] That season Cybulski also made 26 appearances scoring two goals as Lechia won the II liga,[5] and played in Lechia's first ever European game in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against Juventus.[6] The next four seasons Lechia played in the top division of Poland, with Cybulski making a total of 97 appearances in the I liga. Lechia were relegated at the end of the 1987–88 season to the II liga, with Cybulski leaving the club two seasons later. In his first spell with Lechia he played a total 176 league appearances for Lechia contributing 9 goals for the team. He then spent two seasons in Sweden with Hudiksvalls FF returning to Lechia Gdańsk for a season in 1992 making a further 18 league appearances. In total for Lechia Gdańsk Cybulski made 211 appearances and scored 9 goals.[7] He then had a season in Belgium with CS Jemappes, returning to Poland the season after joining Pomezania Malbork.[8] He played with Pomezania in the 1994–95 season with the club finishing 9th in the II liga, the club's highest ever league finish. After that historic season for Pomezania he returned to Bałtyk Gdynia, making a further 103 appearances over the next 5 seasons with Bałtyk, with a short 6-month spell at Wierzyca Starogard Gdański in the middle of that 5 season spell. In total at Bałtyk Gdynia he made 142 league appearances scoring 9 times for the club.[9] Cybulski spent the next five seasons with Cartusia Kartuzy in the fourth tier, helping the club to win promotion to the III liga in his final season. He then spent time with Orzeł Trąbki Wielkie, KS Chwaszczyno,[10] Spójnia Sadlinki,[11][12][13][14][15] and GKS Kowale.[16][17]

Coaching career

From 2009 until 2015 Cybulski was the head coach of KS Chwaszczyno taking the club from the sixth tier to the fourth tier.[18] For the 2015-16 season he was in charge of Cartusia Kartuzy, being dismissed from his contract at the end of the season.[19] In 2017 he became the manager of Sztorm Mosty.[20]

Stats
Club Season Division League Polish Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bałtyk Gdynia1979–80II liga50--50
1980–81I liga11120-131
1981–82I liga23110-241
Total 39230-422
Stoczniowiec Gdańsk1982–83III liga (group 3)stats unknown
Lechia Gdańsk1983–84II liga (western group)2621010282
1984–85I liga29410-304
1985–86I liga21050-260
1986–87I liga1811020211
1987–88I liga2911020321
1988–89II liga (western group)2501020280
1989–90II liga281--281
Total 1769100701939

Honours

Bałtyk Gdynia

  • II liga: 1979–80

Lechia Gdańsk

  • Polish SuperCup: 1983
  • II liga: 1983–84

References
  1. "sezon 1979/80 » II liga » Tabela". hppn.pl.
  2. "ALEKSANDER CYBULSKI". archiwum.baltyk.gdynia.pl.
  3. "Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii! (30.07.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  4. "1982/83 SPP". lechia.net.
  5. "1983/84 II Liga - Gr. zachodnia". lechia.net.
  6. "Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0 (14.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl.
  7. "1992/93 II Liga - Gr. zachodnia". lechia.net.
  8. "Pomezania Malbork 1994/95". skladyfutbol.pl.
  9. "ALEKSANDER CYBULSKI". archiwum.baltyk.gdynia.pl.
  10. "SEZON 2011/2012". laczynaspilka.pl.
  11. "SEZON 2013/2014". laczynaspilka.pl.
  12. "SEZON 2014/2015". laczynaspilka.pl.
  13. "SEZON 2015/2016". laczynaspilka.pl.
  14. "SEZON 2016/2017". laczynaspilka.pl.
  15. "SEZON 2017/2018". laczynaspilka.pl.
  16. "SEZON 2019/2020". laczynaspilka.pl.
  17. "SEZON 2020/2021". laczynaspilka.pl.
  18. "Trenerze dziękujemy!". ks.chwaszczyno.pl.
  19. "Aleksander Cybulski zwolniony z funkcji trenera trzecioligowej Cartusii 1923 Kartuzy". sportnakaszubach.pl.
  20. "Sztorm Mosty ma nowego trenera. Piątoligowców poprowadzi Aleksander Cybulski [ZDJĘCIA, WIDEO]". dziennikbaltycki.pl.
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