2020–21 MKS Cracovia season

Cracovia competed in Ekstraklasa and this season's edition of the Polish Cup. They competed in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase, when they were eliminated by Malmö FF, following the 0–2 defeat and won the Polish Super Cup, following the 5–4 penalty victory over Legia Warsaw.

Cracovia
2020–21 season
ChairmanJanusz Filipiak
ManagerMichał Probierz
StadiumMarshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium
Ekstraklasa14th
Polish CupSemi-finals
Polish Super CupWinners
UEFA Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Pelle van Amersfoort (6 goals)
All: Pelle van Amersfoort (8 goals)
Biggest winPolish Cup:
Chojniczanka 0–3 Cracovia
(3 March 2021)
Biggest defeatEkstraklasa:
Cracovia 0–3 Lechia
(19 December 2020)

They started their Ekstraklasa season with the 5 points deduction for match-fixing during the 2003–04 II liga season.[1]

Players

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As of 5 October 2020[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   ROU Cornel Râpă
3 DF   SVK Michal Sipľak
4 MF   ROU Sergiu Hanca (captain)
5 DF   ESP Iván Márquez
6 MF   POL Sylwester Lusiusz
7 FW   BRA Rivaldinho
8 MF   SVK Milan Dimun
9 FW   GER Marcos Álvarez
10 MF   NED Pelle van Amersfoort
11 MF   POL Mateusz Wdowiak
13 MF   POL Radosław Kanach
14 MF   CRO Ivan Fiolić (on loan from Genk)
16 FW   POL Przemysław Kapek
19 MF   BIH Damir Sadiković
21 MF   BRA Thiago
22 MF   KOS Florian Loshaj
23 GK   POL Karol Niemczycki
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW   POL Jakub Gut
26 FW   POL Filip Piszczek
29 MF   SRB Bojan Čečarić
30 GK   POL Adam Wilk
31 GK   SVK Lukáš Hroššo
33 DF   POL Kamil Pestka
34 DF   UKR Oleksiy Dytyatev
40 GK   SVK Michal Peškovič
44 DF   POL Dawid Szymonowicz (on loan from Jagiellonia)
73 FW   POL Patryk Zaucha
77 FW   POL Sebastian Strózik
87 DF   BUL Diego Ferraresso
88 DF   CRO Matej Rodin
90 DF   GER Michael Gardawski
97 MF   POL Daniel Pik
99 FW   SVK Tomáš Vestenický

Competitions

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Ekstraklasa

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
12 Wisła Płock 30 8 9 13 37 44 −7 33[a]
13 Wisła Kraków 30 8 9 13 39 42 −3 33[a]
14 Cracovia[b] 30 8 13 9 28 32 −4 32
15 Stal Mielec 30 6 11 13 31 47 −16 29
16 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (R) 30 6 7 17 29 60 −31 25 Relegation to I liga
Source: ekstraklasa.org
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 between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw[4]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head matches: Wisła Kraków 0–3 Wisła Płock, Wisła Płock 1–3 Wisła Kraków.
  2. ^ Cracovia was deducted 5 points for match-fixing during the 2003–04 II liga season (second tier at the time).[3]


Matches

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22 August 2020 1 Cracovia 2 - 1 Pogoń Szczecin Kraków
15:00 CET
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Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 4,053
Referee:   Paweł Raczkowski
30 August 2020 2 Podbeskidzie 2 - 2 Cracovia Bielsko-Biała
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 4,308
Referee:   Jarosław Przybył
12 September 2020 3 Cracovia 1 - 1 Stal Mielec Kraków
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 5,439
Referee:   Tomasz Kwiatkowski
20 September 2020 4 Zagłębie Lubin 1 - 1 Cracovia Lubin
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Zagłębie Lubin Stadium
Attendance: 2,533
Referee:   Szymon Marciniak
26 September 2020 5 Cracovia 2 - 2 Raków Częstochowa Kraków
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 5,127
Referee:   Piotr Lasyk
2 October 2020 6 Śląsk Wrocław 3 - 1 Cracovia Wrocław
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 6,438
Referee:   Krzysztof Jakubik
17 October 2020 7 Cracovia 1 - 0 Piast Gliwice Kraków
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Paweł Raczkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
25 October 2020 8 Lech Poznań 1 - 1 Cracovia Poznań
17:30 CET
Report
Stadium: INEA Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Polish Super Cup

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9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) Legia Warsaw 0–0
(4–5 p)
Cracovia Warsaw
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 6,475
Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)
Penalties

Polish Cup

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16 August 2020 (2020-08-16) Round of 64 Chrobry Głogów 1–2 (a.e.t.) Cracovia Głogów
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Łączy nas piłka
90minut
Stadium: Stadion Chrobrego
Attendance: 642
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Round of 32 Świt Skolwin 0–1 Cracovia Szczecin
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Łączy nas piłka
90minut
Stadium: Stadion MOSRiR
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Aluszyk (Szczecin)
Note: Match originally scheduled on 31 October 2020, 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Świt Skolwin team.[5]
9 February 2021 Round of 16 Warta Poznań 0–1 Cracovia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Zbigniew Dobrynin
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
3 March 2021 Quarter-finals Chojniczanka Chojnice 0–3 Cracovia Chojnice
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Chojniczanka 1930 City Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Łukasz Szczech
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors
14 April 2021 Semi-finals Cracovia 1–2 Raków Częstochowa Kraków
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 0
Referee:   Paweł Raczkowski
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

UEFA Europa League

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First qualifying round

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Malmö FF  2–0  Cracovia
Report
Attendance: 0

References

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  1. ^ "Cracovia otrzymała pięć ujemnych punktów za korupcję! Musi też zapłacić 1 MLN złotych". 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Cracovia. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Cracovia ukarana odjęciem pięciu punktów". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2020/2021" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2020/2021 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. 24 July 2020. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ^ "[FORTUNA PUCHARU POLSKI] Mecz Świt Szczecin – Cracovia odwołany". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.