We would like to inform you that Ivan Djurdjević took over as the first coach of FKS Stal Mielec on 1 April . The coach has experience in introducing teams from PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. In his career to date, he has served as first coach at Lech Poznań and Śląsk Wrocław. He also led the Chrobry Głogów team in more than a hundred matches. He also served as Sporting Director at Latvian FK Lipawa in 2024.

– I would like to thank you for the trust placed in me and I will do my best to fulfil the expectations placed in front of me. FKS Stal Mielec is a club with a beautiful history with two Polish Championships and players who have become legends of Polish football. Although Mielec is not one of the biggest cities in Poland, it has shown for many years that there is a great sporting and fan power that unites everyone into a white and blue family that is the pride of the Podkarpacie region. Stal Mielec is a club that is writing successive pages in its history, the most important of which at present is to stay at the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa level. As the coach of the white-blue team, I will require from the players, the coaching staff and myself full commitment, determination and fighting in every game for victory, and during training hard work that will make us achieve our goal – said the coach a moment after signing the contact.

The coach’s contract has been signed until 30 June 2026.