page_title: Jesza Poszony
hierarchical_section_title: Jesza Poszony
caption_attribution_description: English: First polish football champion - KS Cracovia Polski: KS Cracovia, pierwszy mistrz Polski w piłce nożnej
context_page_description: Jesza Poszony is a former Hungarian football player and manager.
  Pozsonyi started his career playing for Újpest. He also played for the Hungarian national team in its first match against Austria.
  In 1921 he became manager of the Polish club Cracovia Kraków, with which he won the first national Polish championship in that year. In 1921 he also guided the Polish national team through its first international match, which was lost 0-3 to Hungary in Budapest in December 1921.
  In December 1922 he became assistant to the English manager Jack Greenwell at FC Barcelona. After Greenwell's sacking August 1923, he took over the head coach role until October, when he was replaced by the Englishman Alf Spouncer. In July 1924 he was again head coach, but he was replaced in December by the Englishman Conyers "Ralph" Kirby, under whom the team won the Spanish Cup and the Catalan championship until the end of the season.
  After this he became manager of Građanski Zagreb, today's Dinamo Zagreb, with which he won the Yugoslav championship of 1928.
context_section_description: Jesza Poszony (born Imre Pozsonyi, also known as  Emérico Pozsonyi; 1880-1932) is a former Hungarian football player and manager.
  Pozsonyi started his career playing for Újpest. He also played for the Hungarian national team in its first match against Austria.
  In 1921 he became manager of the Polish club Cracovia Kraków, with which he won the first national Polish championship in that year. In 1921 he also guided the Polish national team through its first international match, which was lost 0-3 to Hungary in Budapest in December 1921.
  In December 1922 he became assistant to the English manager Jack Greenwell at FC Barcelona. After Greenwell's sacking August 1923, he took over the head coach role until October, when he was replaced by the Englishman Alf Spouncer. In July 1924 he was again head coach, but he was replaced in December by the Englishman Conyers "Ralph" Kirby, under whom the team won the Spanish Cup and the Catalan championship until the end of the season.
  After this he became manager of Građanski Zagreb, today's Dinamo Zagreb, with which he won the Yugoslav championship of 1928. After an interlude with Ujpest FC in Budapest it is reported that he moved to North America, where he is supposed to have coached the Mexican Real Club España to the win of the national championship of 1929.
  It was reported that he died in May 1932 in New York Other sources indicate, that he might have died on 2 October 1963 in Budapest.
caption: Jesza Poszony in 1921 during first polish football champion.
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