Niels Frederiksen appointed head coach of Lech Poznań for 2025-26

Lech Poznań appointed Danish coach Niels Frederiksen as head coach in early June 2025, shortly after the end of the 2024-25 Ekstraklasa season, Poland's top football league. He took over a club that had just finished at the top of the table and returned to European competition.

Frederiksen succeeded Mariusz Rumak, who had been in charge in the closing stretch of the campaign and led the team to the Polish championship. The change of coach came as the club prepared for qualifying rounds in Europe and for the demands of playing in two competitions at once.

The appointment mattered because Lech wanted to build on its domestic success and make a stronger impression in Europe. Frederiksen, a Dane, was expected to bring a structured approach and to work with a squad that had already proved itself in the league. His first months were judged largely by results in the European qualifiers and, later, the Europa League league phase, where Lech faced some of the continent's stronger clubs.