2020–21 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2020–21 Lechia Gdańsk season was the club's 77th season of existence, and their 13th continuous in the top flight of Polish football. The season covered the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. On 7 August 2020 the club celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Lechia Gdańsk
2020–21 season
ManagerPiotr Stokowiec
StadiumStadion Gdańsk
Ekstraklasa7th
Polish CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Flávio Paixão (12 goals)
All: Flávio Paixão (12 goals)

Season information

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The 2020–21 season saw Lechia's 75th anniversary as a club. To commemorate the occasion an anniversary home and away kit were released, with each kit being used in one game during the season. The home anniversary kit was worn in the home match against Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała,[1] with the away anniversary kit being worn in the away match against Zagłębie Lubin.[2]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
75 year anniversary home kit, worn in the 4–0 win over Podbeskidzie.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
75 year anniversary away kit, worn in the 1–1 draw with Zagłębie Lubin.

Players

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First team squad

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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 Zlatan Alomerović
2 DF   POL Rafał Pietrzak
4 DF   LVA Kristers Tobers
5 DF   POL Bartosz Kopacz
6 MF   POL Jarosław Kubicki
7 MF   POL Maciej Gajos
8 FW   AFG Omran Haydary
9 FW   POL Łukasz Zwoliński
10 MF   POL Kacper Urbański  
11 MF   SVK Jaroslav Mihalík (on loan from Cracovia)  
12 GK   SVK Dušan Kuciak
15 FW   USA Kenny Saief (on loan from R.S.C. Anderlecht)
17 FW   POL Mateusz Żukowski
18 FW   POL Jakub Arak  
19 DF   POL Karol Fila
20 DF   BRA Conrado
21 MF   POL Mateusz Sopoćko  
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   SWE Joseph Ceesay  
23 DF   CRO Mario Maloča
25 DF   POL Michał Nalepa
28 FW   POR Flávio Paixão
31 MF   SRB Žarko Udovičić
32 FW   IDN Egy Maulana
36 MF   POL Tomasz Makowski
39 GK   POL Eryk Mirus
55 DF   POL Filip Dymerski
69 MF   POL Jan Biegański  
72 DF   POL Filip Koperski
77 DF   POL Rafał Kobryń  
78 MF   UKR Mykola Musolitin  
80 MF   SVN Egzon Kryeziu
83 GK   POL Antoni Mikułko
88 MF   POL Jakub Kałuziński

Key

Symbol Meaning
  Player arrived during the winter transfer window.
  Player left at any point during the season after making an appearance for the first team.

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   SVK Lukáš Haraslín (at Sassuolo from 1 June 2020 until 31 August 2020)
79 FW   POL Kacper Sezonienko (at Bytovia Bytów from 14 August 2020 until 31 June 2021)
55 DF   POL Filip Dymerski (at Bytovia Bytów from 24 August 2020 until 31 June 2021)
77 DF   POL Rafał Kobryń (at Korona Kielce from 9 January 2021 until 31 June 2021)
10 DF   POL Kacper Urbański (at Bologna U19 from 1 February 2021 until 31 June 2021)
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
39 GK   POL Eryk Mirus (on 1 August 2020)
72 DF   POL Filip Koperski (on 28 January 2021)
83 GK   POL Antoni Mikułko (on 29 January 2021)

Transfers

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No. Pos. Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
5 DF Bartosz Kopacz Zagłębie Lubin Transfer Summer Free 1 August 2020 [3]
4 MF Kristers Tobers FK Liepāja Transfer Summer €100k 1 August 2020 [4]
15 FW Kenny Saief R.S.C. Anderlecht Loan Summer Free 21 August 2020 [5]
78 MF Mykola Musolitin Valmiera FC Transfer Summer Free 25 November 2020 [6]
69 MF Jan Biegański GKS Tychy Transfer Winter Free 16 December 2020 [7]
22 MF Joseph Ceesay Helsingborg IF Transfer Winter Free 14 January 2021 [8]
No. Pos. Player To Type Window Fee Date Source
4 DF Adam Chrzanowski Pordenone Transfer Summer Free 1 July 2020 [9]
MF Marcel Wszołek ŁKS Łódź Transfer Summer Free 1 July 2020 [10]
30 DF Paweł Żuk Wisła Płock Transfer Summer €50k 21 July 2020 [11]
22 DF Filip Mladenović Legia Warsaw Transfer Summer Free 21 July 2020 [12]
26 DF Błażej Augustyn Jagiellonia Białystok Transfer Summer Free 1 August 2020 [13]
71 GK Maciej Woźniak Radunia Stezyca Transfer Summer Free 1 August 2020 [14]
9 MF Patryk Lipski Piast Gliwice Transfer Summer €150k 3 August 2020 [15]
MF Adrian Petk Miedź Legnica Transfer Summer Free 10 August 2020 [16]
35 MF Daniel Lukasik MKE Ankaragücü Transfer Summer €250k 11 August 2020 [17]
FW Kacper Sezonienko Bytovia Bytów Loan Summer Free 14 August 2020 [18]
55 DF Filip Dymerski Bytovia Bytów Loan Summer Free 24 August 2020 [19]
45 MF Mateusz Cegiełka Chojniczanka Chojnice Transfer Summer Free 31 August 2020 [20]
17 MF Lukáš Haraslín U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Transfer Summer €1.5m 1 September 2020 [21]
77 DF Rafał Kobryń Korona Kielce Loan Winter Free 9 February 2021 [22]
21 MF Mateusz Sopoćko Warta Poznań Transfer Winter Free 27 January 2021 [23]
10 MF Kacper Urbański Bologna U19 Loan Winter €150k 1 February 2021 [24]
11 MF Jaroslav Mihalík Cracovia (loaned from)
SK Sigma Olomouc (sold to)
Loan Terminated Winter 8 February 2021 [25]
18 FW Jakub Arak Raków Częstochowa Transfer Winter Free 18 February 2021

Competitions

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Friendlies

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Summer

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8 August 2020 Raków Częstochowa Cancelled Lechia Gdańsk Częstochowa
11:30 BST Stadium: Municipal Football Stadium Raków
4 September 2020 Wisła Płock 1-3 (a.e.t.) Lechia Gdańsk Płock
14:30 BST Patryk Tuszyński   77' (pen) Omran Haydary   16'
Flávio Paixão   26'
Lukasz Zwolinski   104' (pen)
Stadium: Kazimierz Górski Stadium

Winter

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15 January 2021 Lechia Gdańsk 3-0 Sokół Ostróda Gdańsk
11:30 BST Flávio Paixão   9' (pen)
Kenny Saief   45'
Jakub Arak   68'
Stadium: Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium
19 January 2021 Lechia Gdańsk 9-1 Olimpia Grudziądz Sopot
11:30 BST Łukasz Zwoliński   17' (pen), 25'
Egy Maulana   29'
Jan Biegański   38'
Conrado   61'
Karol Fila   69'
Jakub Kałuziński   73'
Omran Haydary   76'
Maciej Gajos   77'
Patryk Leszczyński   47' Stadium: Ogniwa Sopot

Ekstraklasa

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Regular season

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29 August 2020 2 Lechia Gdańsk 1-3 Raków Częstochowa Gdańsk
14:00 BST Omran Haydary   45+3' Marcin Cebula   46'
Vladislavs Gutkovskis   55', 76'
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 5,424
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski
13 September 2020 3 Górnik Zabrze 3-0 Lechia Gdańsk Zabrze
16:30 BST Jesús Jiménez   34' (pen)
Bartosz Nowak   60'
Daniel Ściślak   81'
Stadium: Ernest Pohl Stadium
Attendance: 10,270
Referee: Daniel Stefański
19 September 2020 4 Lechia Gdańsk 4-2 Stal Mielec Gdańsk
14:00 BST Flávio Paixão   4', 73' (pen)
Conrado   45+2'
Michał Nalepa   88'
Krystian Getinger   23'
Mateusz Mak   45'
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 4,507
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski
26 September 2020 5 Lechia Gdańsk 4-0 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Gdańsk
16:30 BST Aleksander Komor   13 (OG)'
Flávio Paixão   30', 42'
Łukasz Zwoliński   90+4'
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 4,877
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski
28 October 2020 6 Wisła Kraków 1-3 Lechia Gdańsk Kraków
17:00 BST Jean Carlos   30' Michał Nalepa   35'
Maciej Sadlok   54 (OG)'
Flávio Paixão   69' (pen)
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
23 October 2020 8 Zagłębie Lubin 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Lubin
19:30 BST Ľubomír Guldan   3' Flávio Paixão   72' (pen) Stadium: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wojciech Myć
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
20 November 2020 9 Lechia Gdańsk 3-2 Śląsk Wrocław Gdańsk
17:00 BST Conrado   56'
Flávio Paixão   66'
Łukasz Zwoliński   82'
Róbert Pich   20'
Bartłomiej Pawłowski   79'
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
23 November 2020 10 Piast Gliwice 2-0 Lechia Gdańsk Gliwice
17:00 BST Jakub Świerczok   3' (pen)
Jakub Czerwiński   32'
Stadium: Stadion Piast
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
30 November 2020 11 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Lech Poznań Gdańsk
17:00 BST Mikael Ishak   84' (pen) Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Łukasz Szczch
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
14 December 2020 13 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Wisła Płock Gdańsk
19:00 BST Dušan Lagator   65' Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
19 December 2020 14 Cracovia 0-3 Lechia Gdańsk Kraków
16:30 BST Rafał Pietrzak   15'
Maciej Gajos   81'
Jaroslav Mihalík   90+4'
Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
20 February 2021 18 Lechia Gdańsk 2-0 Górnik Zabrze Gdańsk
19:00 BST Maciej Gajos   24'
Flávio Paixão   41'
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
27 February 2021 19 Stal Mielec 0-1 Lechia Gdańsk Mielec
14:00 BST Łukasz Zwoliński   45' Stadium: Stadion Stali Mielec
Attendance: 0
Referee: Łukasz Szczech
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
13 March 2021 21 Lechia Gdańsk 2-0 Wisła Kraków Gdańsk
16:30 BST Flávio Paixão   64' (pen)
Žarko Udovičić   90+4'
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
19 March 2021 22 Pogoń Szczecin 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Szczecin
19:30 BST Michał Kucharczyk   69' Stadium: Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
5 April 2021 23 Lechia Gdańsk 3-1 Zagłębie Lubin Gdańsk
19:00 BST Łukasz Zwoliński   6'
Mario Maloča   23'
Žarko Udovičić   64'
Patryk Szysz   45+1' Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
10 April 2021 24 Śląsk Wrocław 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Wrocław
19:00 BST Erik Expósito   8' Tomasz Makowski   34' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piotr Lasyk
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
25 April 2021 27 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Legia Warsaw Gdańsk
16:30 BST Tomáš Pekhart   71' (pen) Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
30 April 2021 28 Wisła Płock 1-3 Lechia Gdańsk Płock
17:00 BST Dawid Kocyła   74' Flávio Paixão   6' (pen)
Bartosz Kopacz   81'
Joseph Ceesay   90+5'
Stadium: Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego
Attendance: 0
Referee: Łukasz Szczech
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
16 May 2021 30 Jagiellonia Białystok 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Białystok
16:30 BST Jakov Puljić   9' (pen)
Tomáš Přikryl   78'
Karol Fila   61' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 4.572
Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik
League table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Warta Poznań 30 13 4 13 33 32 +1 43[a]
6 Piast Gliwice 30 11 9 10 39 32 +7 42[b]
7 Lechia Gdańsk 30 12 6 12 40 37 +3 42[b]
8 Zagłębie Lubin 30 11 8 11 38 40 −2 41
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 10 7 13 39 48 −9 37[c]
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[26]
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Piast Gliwice 4, Lechia Gdańsk 1.
  3. ^ Head-to-head points: Jagiellonia Białystok 9, Górnik Zabrze 5, Lech Poznań 2.


Polish Cup

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19 August 2020 Round of 64 Stal Stalowa Wola 0–4 Lechia Gdańsk Stalowa Wola
15:30 GMT 90minut Karol Fila   18'
Łukasz Zwoliński   23'
Maciej Gajos   53'
Jakub Kałuziński   68'
Stadium: Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej
Attendance: 850
Referee: Albert Różycki (Łódź)
9 February 2021 Round of 16 Puszcza Niepołomice 3–1 Lechia Gdańsk Sosnowiec
13:30 GMT Michał Nalepa   17 (OG)'
Hubert Tomalski   54'
Erik Čikoš   62'
Joseph Ceesay   3' Stadium: Stadion Ludowy
Attendance: 0
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Statistics

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League Polish Cup Total
No. Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Zlatan Alomerović 3 0 2 0 5 0
2 DF Rafał Pietrzak 26 1 2 0 28 1
4 DF Kristers Tobers 17 0 1 0 18 0
5 DF Bartosz Kopacz 29 2 3 0 32 2
6 MF Jarosław Kubicki 28 1 3 0 31 1
7 MF Maciej Gajos 28 2 3 1 31 3
8 MF Omran Haydary 18 1 1 0 19 1
9 FW Łukasz Zwoliński 22 6 2 2 24 8
10 MF Kacper Urbański 1 0 1 0 2 0
11 MF Jaroslav Mihalík 9 1 2 0 11 1
12 GK Dušan Kuciak 28 0 1 0 29 0
15 MF Kenny Saief 22 0 1 0 23 0
17 FW Mateusz Żukowski 16 0 3 0 19 0
18 FW Jakub Arak 3 0 1 0 4 0
19 DF Karol Fila 26 1 3 1 29 2
20 DF Conrado 27 3 2 0 30 3
21 MF Mateusz Sopoćko 4 0 1 0 5 0
22 MF Joseph Ceesay 11 1 1 1 12 1
23 DF Mario Maloča 15 1 0 0 15 1
25 DF Michał Nalepa 16 3 3 0 19 3
28 FW Flávio Paixão 30 12 3 0 33 12
31 MF Žarko Udovičić 14 2 2 0 16 2
32 MF Egy Maulana 7 0 0 0 7 0
36 MF Tomasz Makowski 19 2 2 0 21 2
69 MF Jan Biegański 13 0 0 0 13 0
72 DF Filip Koperski 1 0 0 0 1 0
77 DF Rafał Kobryń 1 0 1 0 2 0
78 DF Mykola Musolitin 3 0 0 0 3 0
80 MF Egzon Kryeziu 2 0 0 0 2 0
88 MF Jakub Kałuziński 11 0 3 1 14 1

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals
1 Flávio Paixão 12
2 Łukasz Zwoliński 8
3 Conrado 3
Maciej Gajos 3
Michał Nalepa 3
6 Karol Fila 2
Bartosz Kopacz 2
Tomasz Makowski 2
Žarko Udovičić 2
Own Goals 2
10 Joseph Ceesay 1
Omran Haydary 1
Jakub Kałuziński 1
Jarosław Kubicki 1
Mario Maloča 1
Jaroslav Mihalík 1
Rafał Pietrzak 1

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