2016–17 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2016–17 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 73rd since their creation, and was their 9th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.

Lechia Gdańsk
2016–17 season
ManagerDawid Banaczek (-Jan 13)
Piotr Nowak (Jan 13-)
StadiumStadion Energa Gdańsk
Ekstraklasa4th
Polish CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Marco Paixão (18 goals)
All: Marco Paixão (18 goals)
Highest home attendance37,220 vs Legia Warsaw
Lowest home attendance10,009 vs Termalica Nieciecza

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players edit

First team squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   SRB Dušan Kuciak
2 DF   POL Rafał Janicki
3 DF   POL Jakub Wawrzyniak
4 DF   BRA Gerson
4 MF   SRB Aleksandar Kovačević
5 DF   CAN Steven Vitória
6 MF   BUL Simeon Slavchev
7 MF   SRB Miloš Krasić
9 MF   POL Patryk Lipski
10 MF   POL Sebastian Mila
11 FW   POL Grzegorz Kuświk
13 MF   POL Bartłomiej Pawłowski
14 MF   POL Piotr Wiśniewski
16 MF   POL Ariel Borysiuk
17 MF   SVK Lukáš Haraslín
19 FW   POR Marco Paixão
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   POL Michał Chrapek
21 MF   POL Sławomir Peszko
22 DF   CRO Mario Maloča
23 DF   POL Grzegorz Wojtkowiak
24 GK   POL Mateusz Bąk
27 MF   POL Rafał Wolski
28 MF   POR Flávio Paixão
29 MF   POL Karol Fila
30 DF   POR João Aniceto Grandela Nunes
32 GK   SRB Vanja Milinković-Savić
33 GK   CRO Oliver Zelenika
35 MF   POL Daniel Łukasik
41 DF   POL Paweł Stolarski
43 DF   SVN Denis Perger
77 GK   POL Damian Podleśny
99 FW   NED Gino van Kessel

Transfers edit

Players In edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
38 DF Milen Gamakov PFC Botev Plovdiv Transfer Summer Free 1 July 2016 [1]
27 MF Rafał Wolski ACF Fiorentina Transfer Summer €500k 4 July 2016 [2]
5 DF Steven Vitória S.L. Benfica Transfer Summer Free 17 August 2016 [3]
6 MF Simeon Slavchev Sporting CP Loan Summer €50k 17 August 2016 [4]
30 DF João Nunes S.L. Benfica Transfer Summer Free 29 August 2016 [5]
43 DF Denis Perger NK Drava Ptuj Transfer Summer Free 14 September 2016 [6]
16 MF Ariel Borysiuk Queens Park Rangers F.C. Loan Winter Free 26 January 2017 [7]
1 GK Dušan Kuciak Hull City A.F.C. Transfer Winter Free 1 February 2017 [8]
99 FW Gino van Kessel SK Slavia Prague Loan Winter Free 4 February 2017 [9]
33 GK Oliver Zelenika - Transfer Winter Free 15 March 2017 [10]
10 players €550k

Players Out edit

No. Pos. Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
11 MF Maciej Makuszewski Lech Poznań Loan Summer Free 1 July 2016 [11]
9 FW Michał Mak Arminia Bielefeld Loan Summer Free 31 August 2016 [12]
18 FW Adam Buksa Zagłębie Lubin Transfer Summer €50k 31 August 2016 [13]
15 MF Adam Dźwigała Górnik Łęczna Loan Summer Free 31 August 2016 [14]
35 MF Daniel Łukasik SV Sandhausen Loan Summer Free 31 August 2016 [15]
35 DF Gerson Górnik Łęczna Loan Summer Free 31 August 2016 [16]
4 MF Aleksandar Kovačević Śląsk Wrocław Loan Winter Free 22 January 2017 [17]
11 FW Martin Kobylanski SC Preußen Münster Loan Winter Free 30 January 2017 [18]
77 GK Damian Podleśny Wigry Suwałki Loan Winter Free 8 February 2017 [19]
9 players €50k

Friendlies edit

Summer edit

26 June 2016 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 APOEL FC Gniewino
15:00 BST Sebastian Mila   51', 70' Tomás De Vincenti   43' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
6 July 2016 Chojniczanka Chojnice 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Chojnice
15:00 BST Damian Podleśny   71 (OG)'
Marcin Krzywicki   89'
Marco Paixão   32' Stadium: Chojniczanka 1930 City Stadium
9 July 2016 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Bytovia Bytów Gdańsk
15:00 BST Miloš Krasić   8'
Rafał Wolski   28'
Mateusz Klichowicz   19' Stadium: MOSiR Stadium
11 November 2016 Pomezania Malbork 1-16 Lechia Gdańsk Malbork
10:00 BST Sławomir Ziemak   88' Marco Paixão   9', 24', 41'
Flávio Paixão   10', 35'
Alen Ožbolt   31', 78', 83'
Miloš Krasić   37'
Sebastian Mila   40', 85', 90'
Martin Kobylański   53', 86'
Piotr Wiśniewski   61', 89'
Stadium: Stadion Miejski

Winter edit

20 January 2017 FC Akhmat Grozny 3-4 Lechia Gdańsk Belek
10:30 BST Marco Paixão   21'
Sławomir Peszko   23'
Grzegorz Kuświk   48', 68' (pen)
Oleg Ivanov   55', 90' (pen)
Rizwan Uciew   74'
Stadium: Stadium: IC Hotels Football Center - Pitch A
23 January 2017 Lechia Gdańsk 1-0 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu Belek
8:30 BST Piotr Wiśniewski   81' Stadium: Stadium: IC Hotels Football Center - Pitch A

Ekstraklasa edit

Regular season edit

Matches edit

30 July 2016 3 Lechia Gdańsk 3–1 Wisła Kraków Gdańsk
16:00 BST Flávio Paixão   30', 68'
Marco Paixão   89'
Rafał Boguski   57' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 15,740
6 August 2016 4 Śląsk Wrocław 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk Wrocław
16:00 BST Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 13,166
12 August 2016 5 Lechia Gdańsk 3-2 Korona Kielce Gdańsk
16:00 BST Grzegorz Kuświk   19', 86'
Radek Dejmek   37 (OG)'
Mateusz Możdżeń   40'
Elhadji Diaw   70'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 15,386
9 September 2016 8 Cracovia 0-1 Lechia Gdańsk Kraków
17:00 GMT Marco Paixão   18' Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium
Attendance: 8,413
18 September 2016 9 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Lech Poznań Gdańsk
13:30 BST Marco Paixão   38'
Maciej Wilusz   87 (OG)'
Marcin Robak   35' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 26,054
24 September 2016 10 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Ruch Chorzów Gdańsk
16:00 BST Sławomir Peszko   5'
Flávio Paixão   13'
Rafał Grodzicki   35' (pen) Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 15,433
1 October 2016 11 Legia Warsaw 3-0 Lechia Gdańsk Warsaw
18:30 BST Guilherme   49', 58'
Nemanja Nikolić   70'
Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 18,929
23 October 2016 13 Lechia Gdańsk 3-2 Piast Gliwice Gdańsk
13:30 BST Sławomir Peszko   9'
Flávio Paixão   79' (pen)
Uroš Korun   28'
Saša Živec   64'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 17,206
30 October 2016 14 Arka Gdynia 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Gdynia
16:00 BST Adrian Błąd   65' Marco Paixão   32' Stadium: Stadion GOSiR
Attendance: 14,029
5 November 2016 15 Lechia Gdańsk 1-1 Pogoń Szczecin Gdańsk
18:30 BST Rafał Wolski   9' Adam Frączczak   41' (pen) Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 14,461
19 November 2016 16 Lechia Gdańsk 2-1 Wisła Płock Gdańsk
18:30 GMT Grzegorz Kuświk   60', 81' Giorgi Merebashvili   28' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 12,921
9 December 2016 19 Lechia Gdańsk 3-0 Śląsk Wrocław Gdańsk
18:30 GMT Flávio Paixão   30', 90'
Grzegorz Kuświk   58'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 13,574
17 December 2016 20 Korona Kielce 2-0 Lechia Gdańsk Kielce
13:30 GMT Jacek Kiełb   61', 90+1' Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
Attendance: 4,354
12 February 2017 21 Lechia Gdańsk 3-0 Jagiellonia Białystok Gdańsk
16:00 GMT Marco Paixão   11', 70'
Flávio Paixão   84' (pen)
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 15,513
15 February 2017 23 Lechia Gdańsk 4-2 Cracovia Gdańsk
16:00 GMT Ariel Borysiuk   45'
Flávio Paixão   47' (pen)
Grzegorz Kuświk   58'
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak   84'
Krzysztof Piątek   15', 70' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 13,018
5 March 2017 24 Lech Poznań 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Poznań
16:00 GMT Radosław Majewski   69' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 31,281
11 March 2017 25 Ruch Chorzów 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Chorzów
16:00 GMT Paweł Stolarski   51 (OG)'
Jarosław Niezgoda   67'
Marco Paixão   61' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 7,002
19 March 2017 26 Lechia Gdańsk 1-2 Legia Warsaw Gdańsk
16:00 GMT Mario Maloča   48' Michał Kucharczyk   58', 87' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 37,220
9 April 2017 28 Piast Gliwice 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Piast
13:30 GMT Aleksandar Sedlar   10' Mario Maloča   12' Stadium: Stadion Piast
Attendance: 5,974
22 April 2017 30 Pogoń Szczecin 3-1 Lechia Gdańsk Szczecin
17:00 GMT Adam Frączczak   11'
Dawid Kort   62', 69'
Miloš Krasić   18' Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier
Attendance: 6,961

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Legia Warsaw 30 17 7 6 58 30 +28 58 Qualification for the championship round
3 Lech Poznań 30 16 7 7 50 22 +28 55
4 Lechia Gdańsk 30 16 5 9 46 37 +9 53
5 Wisła Kraków 30 13 5 12 45 46 −1 44
6 Pogoń Szczecin 30 10 12 8 47 40 +7 42[a]
Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[20]
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head record: Pogoń 5–0 Nieciecza, Nieciecza 2–0 Pogoń.

Championship round edit

Matches edit

6 May 2017 32 Wisła Kraków 0-1 Lechia Gdańsk Kraków
19:30 GMT Lukáš Haraslín   58' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 16,021
14 May 2017 33 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Korona Kielce Gdańsk
14:30 GMT Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 15,349
17 May 2017 34 Lechia Gdańsk 4-0 Jagiellonia Białystok Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Marco Paixão   17' (pen), pen', 48'
Lukáš Haraslín   89'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 15,025
21 May 2017 35 Lech Poznań 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk Poznań
14:30 GMT Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 20,139
28 May 2017 36 Lechia Gdańsk 4-0 Pogoń Szczecin Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Marco Paixão   20', 34', 70' (pen)
Piotr Wiśniewski   80'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 20,067
4 June 2017 37 Legia Warsaw 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk Warsaw
17:00 GMT Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 28,953

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Jagiellonia Białystok 37 21 8 8 64 39 +25 42[a] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Lech Poznań 37 20 9 8 62 29 +33 42[a]
4 Lechia Gdańsk 37 20 8 9 57 37 +20 42[a]
5 Korona Kielce 37 14 5 18 47 65 −18 28
6 Wisła Kraków 37 14 6 17 54 57 −3 26
Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Regular season record: Jagiellonia 59 pts, Lech 55 pts, Lechia 53 pts.

Polish Cup edit

24 August 2016 Round of 32 Piast Gliwice 0-0 (a.e.t.)
(3-5 p)
Lechia Gdańsk Piast
17:00 GMT Stadium: Stadion Piast
Attendance: 3,506
21 September 2016 Round of 16 Puszcza Niepołomice 1-1 (a.e.t.)
(4-2 p)
Lechia Gdańsk Niepołomice
13:45GMT Maciej Domański   80' Flávio Paixão   66' Stadium: Stadion Puszczy
Attendance: 1,501

Stats edit

League Cup Total
No. Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Dušan Kuciak 17 - - - 17 -
2 DF Rafał Janicki 28 1 2 - 30 1
3 DF Jakub Wawrzyniak 35 - 2 - 37 -
4 MF Aleksandar Kovačević 5 1 2 - 7 1
5 DF Steven Vitória 8 - 1 - 9 -
6 MF Simeon Slavchev 23 - - - 23 -
7 MF Miloš Krasić 34 2 1 - 35 2
9 FW Michał Mak 5 - - - 5 -
10 MF Sebastian Mila 8 - - - 8 -
11 FW Grzegorz Kuświk 33 8 - - 33 8
13 MF Bartłomiej Pawłowski 6 - 1 - 7 -
14 MF Piotr Wiśniewski 4 1 2 - 6 1
16 MF Ariel Borysiuk 14 1 - - 14 1
17 MF Lukáš Haraslín 26 3 1 - 27 3
19 FW Marco Paixão 35 18 2 - 37 18
20 MF Michał Chrapek 18 - 1 - 19 -
21 MF Sławomir Peszko 29 3 - - 29 3
22 DF Mario Maloča 31 1 1 - 32 1
23 DF Grzegorz Wojtkowiak 16 1 2 - 18 1
24 GK Mateusz Bąk 1 - - - 1 -
27 MF Rafał Wolski 34 2 2 - 36 2
28 FW Flávio Paixão 33 10 2 1 35 11
30 DF João Nunes 23 - - - 23 -
32 GK Vanja Milinković-Savić 18 - - - 18 -
35 DF Gerson 1 - 1 - 2 -
38 DF Milen Gamakov 4 - 1 - 5 -
41 DF Paweł Stolarski 24 - 2 - 26 -
77 GK Damian Podleśny 2 - 2 - 4 -
99 FW Gino van Kessel 3 - - - 3 -

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player Goals
1 Marco Paixão 18
2 Flávio Paixão 11
3 Grzegorz Kuświk 8
4 Sławomir Peszko 3
Lukáš Haraslín 3
6 Miloš Krasić 2
Rafał Wolski 2
Own Goals 2
9 Rafał Janicki 1
Mario Maloča 1
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak 1
Piotr Wiśniewski 1
Ariel Borysiuk 1
Aleksandar Kovačević 1

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