Goalkeepers Federation is a new federation for goalkeepers. It is the brainchild of Artur Boruc, Łukasz Fabiański and Wojciech Kowalewski. All three are former Poland internationals who set out to spread the Polish school of goalkeeping.
No one on the pitch is as alone as the goalkeeper, especially when the ball is flying into the top corner. Artur, Łukasz and Wojtek went all the way from youth football to the national team, and they know how much a young keeper needs people who understand that.
In December 2025 we announced our first camp. In February and June 2026, young goalkeepers from all over Poland came to WR Sport near Rzeszów. Now we’re off to Spain and opening an academy in Warsaw.
We’re a young organisation. Our story is only just beginning, and we want to tell it together with you.
Three goalkeepers with 133 Poland caps between them.
A legend of Polish goalkeeping. He kept goal for Legia Warszawa, Celtic and Premier League clubs. He won three Scottish titles with Celtic, where they still call him the Holy Goalie. At the 2006 World Cup he played in all three of Poland’s matches.
Clubs Legia Warszawa, Celtic, Fiorentina, Southampton, Bournemouth
A byword for professionalism and consistency. More than 370 Premier League appearances for Arsenal, Swansea City and West Ham. He won the FA Cup with Arsenal and the Europa Conference League with West Ham. He retired from professional football in July 2026.
Clubs Legia Warszawa, Arsenal, Swansea City, West Ham United
A former Poland international who played for Legia Warszawa, Shakhtar Donetsk and Spartak Moscow. He won the Ukrainian title with Shakhtar. Today he is in charge of goalkeeper development at Stal Rzeszów, and at the federation he looks after the Academy in Warsaw.
Clubs Legia Warszawa, Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, Korona Kielce, Iraklis
Our first months, step by step. We tell the history of Polish goalkeeping in the Academy section.
Dec 2025
Artur Boruc, Łukasz Fabiański and Wojciech Kowalewski announce their first goalkeeping camp. At the time, Wojtek says the camps are only the first stage.
Feb 2026
From 15 to 21 February, more than 30 goalkeepers aged 8 to 17 train at WR Sport near Rzeszów.
Jun 2026
From 28 June to 4 July, back at WR Sport, the federation’s official partner. It brings together 50 goalkeepers, girls and boys.
Jul 2026
After more than 370 Premier League games, Łukasz hangs up his gloves. With us, he stays on the pitch.
Oct 2026
On 15 October the first stage of applications to the Academy in Warsaw opens, and on 20 October bookings open for the winter camp in Spain.
Jan 2027
We’re planning the second stage of recruitment for the Academy in Warsaw.
Feb 2027
Two camps in Spain, from 5 to 12 and from 15 to 22 February.
And this is only the beginning
Our emblem is the lynx
Why?
Because the lynx hunts the way a keeper saves
The lynx stays silent, watches and waits.
Then, in a split second, it’s ready to pounce.
The lynx is a local
The Eurasian Lynx lynx lives in the Carpathians and in the forests of eastern Poland.
And lately it has been making a comeback in Pomerania too.
We want to support the protection and growth of the species in Poland
It hunts by sight, at dusk and at night, often from a vantage point.
A keeper reads the shot before it’s taken.
It hears before it sees. The black tufts on its ears are its trademark.
A keeper stands behind the defence and talks it into position.
Broad and furry, steady on any ground, even on snow.
A keeper builds every save from the feet up.
It doesn’t chase its prey across half the forest. It waits and picks its moment.
A keeper doesn’t chase the ball either. A keeper comes for it.
It strikes from ambush in a flash, in one short burst. If it misses, it usually gives up the chase.
The goal is 7.32 metres wide. You shut it in one move.
It guards a patch of forest covering tens or even hundreds of square kilometres.
A keeper gets the penalty area, 40.32 by 16.5 metres, and defends it alone.
Sources: GIOŚ, GDOŚ, National Geographic Polska, West Pomeranian Nature Society.
