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
Manager	Dawid Banaczek (-Jan 13) Piotr Nowak (Jan 13-)
Stadium	Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Ekstraklasa	4th
Polish Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Marco Paixão (18 goals) All: Marco Paixão (18 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,220 vs Legia Warsaw
Lowest home attendance	10,009 vs Termalica Nieciecza
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Players In

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

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

Summer

Lechia Gdańsk v APOEL FC

26 June 2016	Lechia Gdańsk	2-1	APOEL FC	Gniewino
15:00 BST	Sebastian Mila 51', 70'		Tomás De Vincenti 43'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski

Chojniczanka Chojnice v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Bytovia Bytów

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Stomil Olsztyn

16 July 2016	Lechia Gdańsk	0-0	Stomil Olsztyn	Gdańsk
10:00 BST				Stadium: MOSiR Stadium

Pomezania Malbork v Lechia Gdańsk

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

FC Akhmat Grozny v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Lechia Gdańsk v CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Chojniczanka Chojnice

1 February 2017	Lechia Gdańsk	3-2	Chojniczanka Chojnice	Gdańsk
16:00 BST	Flávio Paixão 16' Rafał Wolski 38' Piotr Wiśniewski 63'		Paweł Golański 79' Marcin Biernat 88'	Stadium: MOSiR Stadium

Lechia Gdańsk v Bytovia Bytów

4 February 2017	Lechia Gdańsk	2-0	Bytovia Bytów	Gdańsk
16:00 BST	Marco Paixão 10' Piotr Wiśniewski 72'			Stadium: MOSiR Stadium

Ekstraklasa

Main article: 2016–17 Ekstraklasa

Regular season

Matches

Wisła Płock v Lechia Gdańsk

15 July 2016 1	Wisła Płock	2–1	Lechia Gdańsk	Płock
16:00 BST	Przemysław Szymiński 23' Dominik Furman 77' (pen.)		Marco Paixão 15'	Stadium: Kazimierz Górski Stadium Attendance: 8,521

Górnik Łęczna v Lechia Gdańsk

22 July 2016 2	Górnik Łęczna	1-2	Lechia Gdańsk	Lublin
17:00 BST	Vanja Milinković-Savić 53 (OG)'		Miloš Krasić 28' Grzegorz Kuświk 57'	Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 3,573

Lechia Gdańsk v Wisła Kraków

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

Śląsk Wrocław v Lechia Gdańsk

6 August 2016 4	Śląsk Wrocław	0-0	Lechia Gdańsk	Wrocław
16:00 BST				Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 13,166

Lechia Gdańsk v Korona Kielce

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

Jagiellonia Białystok v Lechia Gdańsk

21 August 2016 6	Jagiellonia Białystok	0-1	Lechia Gdańsk	Białystok
16:00 GMT			Aleksandar Kovačević 63'	Stadium: Białystok City Stadium Attendance: 17,100

Lechia Gdańsk v Termalica Nieciecza

28 August 2016 7	Lechia Gdańsk	1–2	Termalica Nieciecza	Gdańsk
16:00 BST	Flávio Paixão 88'		Vladislavs Gutkovskis 33', 82'	Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 17,140

Cracovia v Lechia Gdańsk

9 September 2016 8	Cracovia	0-1	Lechia Gdańsk	Kraków
17:00 GMT			Marco Paixão 18'	Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium Attendance: 8,413

Lechia Gdańsk v Lech Poznań

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Ruch Chorzów

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

Legia Warsaw v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Zagłębie Lubin v Lechia Gdańsk

15 October 2016 12	Zagłębie Lubin	1-2	Lechia Gdańsk	Lubin
18:30 GMT	Rafał Janicki 5' Grzegorz Kuświk 31'		Martin Nešpor 49'	Stadium: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin Attendance: 8,317

Lechia Gdańsk v Piast Gliwice

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

Arka Gdynia v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Pogoń Szczecin

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Wisła Płock

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Górnik Łęczna

28 November 2016 17	Lechia Gdańsk	3-0	Górnik Łęczna	Gdańsk
16:00 GMT	Marco Paixão 25' Rafał Wolski 69' Lukáš Haraslín 86'			Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 11,075

Wisła Kraków v Lechia Gdańsk

3 December 2016 18	Wisła Kraków	3-0	Lechia Gdańsk	Kraków
19:30 GMT	Arkadiusz Głowacki 5' Rafał Boguski 26' Mateusz Zachara 88'			Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 9,607

Lechia Gdańsk v Śląsk Wrocław

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

Korona Kielce v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Jagiellonia Białystok

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

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza v Lechia Gdańsk

17 February 2017 22	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	1-1	Lechia Gdańsk	Nieciecza
18:30 GMT	Vladislavs Gutkovskis 90+6' (pen.)		Sławomir Peszko 73'	Stadium: Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet Attendance: 3,012

Lechia Gdańsk v Cracovia

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

Lech Poznań v Lechia Gdańsk

5 March 2017 24	Lech Poznań	1-0	Lechia Gdańsk	Poznań
16:00 GMT	Radosław Majewski 69'			Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 31,281

Ruch Chorzów v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Legia Warsaw

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Zagłębie Lubin

2 April 2017 27	Lechia Gdańsk	1-0	Zagłębie Lubin	Gdańsk
17:00 GMT	Marco Paixão 27'			Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 16,263

Piast Gliwice v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Lechia Gdańsk v Arka Gdynia

17 April 2017 29	Lechia Gdańsk	2-1	Arka Gdynia	Gdańsk
16:00 GMT	Marco Paixão 27' Sławomir Peszko 62'		Dominik Hofbauer 70'	Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 28,145

Pogoń Szczecin v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Matches

Lechia Gdańsk v Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

19 April 2017 31	Lechia Gdańsk	2-0	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Gdańsk
19:30 GMT	Lukáš Haraslín 3' Marco Paixão 53'			Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 10,095

Wisła Kraków v Lechia Gdańsk

6 May 2017 32	Wisła Kraków	0-1	Lechia Gdańsk	Kraków
19:30 GMT			Lukáš Haraslín 58'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 16,021

Lechia Gdańsk v Korona Kielce

14 May 2017 33	Lechia Gdańsk	0-0	Korona Kielce	Gdańsk
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 15,349

Lechia Gdańsk v Jagiellonia Białystok

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

Lech Poznań v Lechia Gdańsk

21 May 2017 35	Lech Poznań	0-0	Lechia Gdańsk	Poznań
14:30 GMT				Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 20,139

Lechia Gdańsk v Pogoń Szczecin

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

Legia Warsaw v Lechia Gdańsk

4 June 2017 37	Legia Warsaw	0-0	Lechia Gdańsk	Warsaw
17:00 GMT				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 28,953

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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. Regular season record: Jagiellonia 59 pts, Lech 55 pts, Lechia 53 pts.

Polish Cup

Piast Gliwice v Lechia Gdańsk

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

Puszcza Niepołomice v Lechia Gdańsk

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

			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

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