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==Early life==
Żywotko was born on 9 January 1920, in Zniesienie, which was then a suburb of [[Lwów]] in the [[Second Polish Republic]], shortly following Polish independence.<ref name="InteriaBiog">{{cite web |last1=Przybycień |first1=Michał |title=102 lata polskiego trenera! Prowadził Barcelonę Afryki |url=https://sport.interia.pl/pilka-nozna/news-102-lata-polskiego-trenera-prowadzil-barcelone-afryki,nId,5756968 |website=Interia Sport |access-date=10 February 2022 |date=9 January 2022|
==Playing career==
Żywotko began playing football with three clubs from Lwów: LKS Zniesieńczanka, Garbarnia Lwów, and [[:pl:Spartak Lviv|Spartak Lwów]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Nie żyje Stefan Żywotko, były trener Arki Gdynia. Miał 102 lata |url=https://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,28097539,nie-zyje-stefan-zywotko-byly-trener-arki-gdynia-mial-102-lata.html |website=wyborcza.pl |access-date=11 February 2022 |date=10 February 2022|
While in the military, he began playing football with Milicyjny Klub Sportowy, which later moved to Szczecin where it took the name Gwardia Szczecin (today called [[Arkonia Szczecin]]).<ref name="InteriaBiog"/><ref name="Przeglad"/>
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After he left Pogoń, Żywotko returned to Arkonia, and then from there he moved to [[Warta Poznań]]. At Warta, Żywotko conflicted with a director who wanted his son to manage the club; rather than prolong the conflict, Żywotko resigned his position. From there, Żywotko moved to [[Arka Gdynia]] thanks to the influence of Bogdan Maślanka, who had played under Żywotko at Pogoń Szczecin; Maślanka became Żywotko's assistant, and under their leadership Arka was promoted to the first division in 1976. At Arka, Żywotko trained [[Janusz Kupcewicz]], who would play for the [[Poland national football team|Poland national team]] at the 1978 and [[1982 FIFA World Cup]]s, finishing third in 1982.<ref name="InteriaBiog"/><ref name="Przeglad"/>
The [[Polish Football Association]] put Żywotko on a list of managers who would be permitted to work overseas.<ref name="Przeglad"/> Initially he hoped to work in Kuwait with [[Kazimierz Górski]], but the move was blocked by the authorities.<ref name="InteriaBiog"/><ref name="Polsat">{{cite web |title=Zmarł trener Stefan Żywotko. Miał 102 lata |url=https://www.polsatsport.pl/wiadomosc/2022-02-10/zmarl-trener-stefan-zywotko-mial-102-lata/ |website=Polsatsport |access-date=11 February 2022 |date=10 February 2022|
In 1977, Żywotko was appointed manager of Algerian club [[JS Kabylie]]. He knew little of Algeria at the time, so he selected [[Mahieddine Khalef]] to co-manage the team with him.<ref>[http://www.lebuteur.com/reportage/actualites/stefan-zywotko-polonais-de-corps-algerien-de-coeur Stefan Zywotko, Polonais de corps, Algérien de cœur] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> Facing ethnic tensions in Algeria, Żywotko mainly chose players from the local [[Kabyle people]] who would be loyal to their local club. He initially faced distrust from the players and local journalists, but he won them over with success.<ref name="Przeglad"/>
During his time with the club, he won the [[Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1|Algerian League]] title seven times, the [[Algerian Cup]] once in 1986, the [[CAF Champions League|African Cup Of Champions Clubs]] twice, in [[1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1981]] and [[1990 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1990]] and the African Super Cup once in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-club-friend-tourn82.html|title=Tournament of Fraternity 1982}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2009 |title=Stefan Zywotko :
In 1991, although JS Kabylie offered Żywotko another contract, he decided that after 14 years in Algeria, and at his advanced age of 71, it was time for him to retire, and he returned to Szczecin, Poland.<ref name="Przeglad"/>
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In 2021, Michał Zichlarz wrote a biography about Żywotko titled ''Stefan Żywotko. Ze Lwowa po mistrzostwo Afryki''.<ref name="TVP"/>
Żywotko died on 10 February 2022, aged 102.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stefan Żywotko nie żyje |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/317/news3176299-Stefan-Zywotko-nie-zyje.html |access-date=10 February 2022 |publisher=90 Minut |date=10 February 2022|
==Honours==
'''JS Kabylie'''
* [[Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1|Algerian Championnat National]]: [[1979–80 Algerian Championnat National|1979–80]], [[1981–82 Algerian Championnat National|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Algerian Championnat National|1982–83]], [[1984–85 Algerian Championnat National|1984–85]], [[1985–86 Algerian Championnat National|1985–86]], [[1988–89 Algerian Championnat National|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Algerian Championnat National|1989–90]]<ref name="PZPN">{{cite web |title=ZMARŁ STEFAN ŻYWOTKO |url=https://www.pzpn.pl/federacja/aktualnosci/2022-02-10/zmarl-stefan-zywotko |website=Polish Football Association |access-date=11 February 2022 |date=10 February 2022|
* [[Algerian Cup]]: [[1985–86 Algerian Cup|1985–86]]<ref name="PZPN"/>
* [[CAF Champions League|African Cup Of Champions Clubs]]: [[1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1981]], [[1990 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1990]]<ref name="PZPN"/>
* African Super Cup: 1982<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afr-club-friend-tourn82.html|title=Tournament of Fraternity 1982}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Polish men centenarians]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lviv]]
[[Category:Polish men's footballers]]
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[[Category:Polish expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Algeria]]
[[Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen]]
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