2024–25 Arka Gdynia season

The 2024–25 season is the 96th season in the history of Arka Gdynia, and the club's fifth consecutive season in I liga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Polish Cup.

Arka Gdynia

2024–25 season
Owner	Marcin Gruchała (92%)[1]
Chairman	Marcin Gruchała (until 31 January) Wojciech Pertkiewicz (from 1 February)[2]
Manager	Wojciech Łobodziński (until 26 August)[3] Tomasz Grzegorczyk (interim; 26 August – 11 December)[4] Dawid Szwarga (from 12 December)[5]
Stadium	Gdynia Stadium
I liga	1st
Polish Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Karol Czubak (14) All: Karol Czubak (15)
Biggest win	Odra Opole 0–6 Arka Gdynia (6 October 2024)
Biggest defeat	Arka Gdynia 1–3 (a.e.t.) Piast Gliwice (30 October 2024)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24
All statistics correct as of 28 March 2025.

Players

Current squad

As of 24 March 2025^[6]

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  POL Jędrzej Grobelny 2 DF  ESP Marc Navarro 4 DF  SVK Martin Dobrotka 6 DF  POL Kasjan Lipkowski 7 FW  POL Szymon Sobczak 8 MF  CIV Alassane Sidibe 9 MF  GEO Tornike Gaprindashvili 11 MF  POL Dawid Kocyła 13 DF  UKR Oleksandr Azatskyi 14 MF  JPN Hide Vitalucci 16 MF  POL Adam Ratajczyk 18 DF  FRA Julien Célestine 19 MF  POL Michał Rzuchowski 21 MF  POL Kacper Skóra 23 DF  ESP Kike Hermoso

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  SUI João Oliveira 29 DF  POL Michał Marcjanik 30 GK  POL Konrad Krzebietke 31 MF  POL Jakub Staniszewski 32 DF  POL Przemysław Stolc 33 GK  POL Paweł Depka 34 FW  POL Wiktor Sawicki 35 MF  POL Kamil Jakubczyk 36 FW  POL Adrian Jurkiewicz 39 MF  POL Filip Kocaba (on loan from Zagłębie Lubin) 77 GK  POL Damian Węglarz 80 MF  BIH Zvonimir Petrović 94 DF  POL Dawid Gojny (captain) 99 FW  POL Jordan Majchrzak (on loan from Legia Warsaw)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Kamil Jakubczyk	Pogon Szczecin II	Undisclosed	3 July 2024	[7]
MF	Tornike Gaprindashvili	Zagłębie Lubin	Undisclosed	3 July 2024	[8]
MF	Michał Rzuchowski	Śląsk Wrocław	Free[9]	6 July 2024	[10]
MF	Hide Vitalucci	Chojniczanka Chojnice	PLN 300,000[9]	6 July 2024	[11]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Olaf Kobacki	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	3 July 2024	[12]
FW	Marcel Szymański	KKS 1925 Kalisz	Loan	3 July 2024	[13]

Friendlies

Arka Gdynia v Linfield Belfast

29 June 2024 Friendly	Arka Gdynia	5–2	Linfield Belfast	Gniewino
14:00 UTC+2	Czubak 10' Sobczak 47', 90' Skóra 59' Gojny 71'	Report	McGee 42' McKee 45'	Stadium: Stadion GOTiS

Viborg FF v Arka Gdynia

7 July 2024 Friendly	Viborg FF	2–0	Arka Gdynia	Vildbjerg, Denmark
13:00 UTC+2	Vester 10' Berger 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Vildbjerg Sports and Culture Center

Randers v Arka Gdynia

10 July 2024 Friendly	Randers	2–1	Arka Gdynia	Randers, Denmark
17:00 UTC+2	Isah 26' Danho 77'	Report	Sobczak 15'	Stadium: Randers Stadium

Arka Gdynia v Olimpia Grudziądz

13 July 2024 Friendly	Arka Gdynia	2–2	Olimpia Grudziądz	Gdynia
17:00	Borecki 60' McKee 82'	Report	Tsyupa 10' Kaczmarek 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 800

Arka Gdynia v AEL Limassol

30 July 2024 Friendly	Arka Gdynia	1–0	AEL Limassol
11:00	Skóra 13'

Pogoń Szczecin v Arka Gdynia

15 November 2024 Friendly	Pogoń Szczecin	1–1	Arka Gdynia	Szczecin
11:00 CET	Olaf Korczakowski 62' Klukowski  75' Lisowski  86'	Report	Ratajczyk 57'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera

Warta Poznań v Arka Gdynia

25 January 2025 Friendly	Warta Poznań	0–1	Arka Gdynia	Władysławowo
11:00 CET		Report	Vitalucci 87'	Stadium: Stadion Lekkoatletyczny COS OPO Cetniewo

Lokomotiv Plovdiv v Arka Gdynia

31 January 2025 Friendly	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0–2	Arka Gdynia	Belek
14:00 CET		Report	Sobczak 19' Gaprindashvili 36'	Stadium: Fanatic Tour Belek Sport Center

Arka Gdynia v Makedonija

1 February 2025 Friendly	Arka Gdynia	0–0	Makedonija	Manavgat
13:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Hane Hotels Football Center

Polissya v Arka Gdynia

5 February 2025 Friendly	Polissya	2–3	Arka Gdynia
10:15 CET	Sarapiy 45+3' Yaroslav Karaman 54' Paixão  60'	Report	Sobczak 4' Oliveira 48' Oleksii Avramenko 74' (o.g.)

Arka Gdynia v Sloga Meridian

5 February 2025 Friendly	Arka Gdynia	2–0	Sloga Meridian
16:00 CET	Stolc 48' Ratajczyk 81'	Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
I liga	22 July 2024	25–26 May 2025	Matchday 1	28	18	7	3	54	19	+35	064.29
Polish Cup	24 September 2024	30 October 2024	First round	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00
Total				30	18	8	4	57	24	+33	060.00

Last updated: 12 April 2025
Source: Soccerway

I liga

Main article: 2024–25 I liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Arka Gdynia (C, P)	34	21	9	4	63	24	+39	72	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (P)	34	21	8	5	70	39	+31	71
3	Wisła Płock (O, P)	34	18	10	6	58	38	+20	64	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Wisła Kraków	34	18	8	8	63	32	+31	62
5	Miedź Legnica	34	16	8	10	56	45	+11	56[a]

Source: 1liga.org, 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Number of wins; 8) Number of away wins.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Ranked based on goal difference: Miedź Legnica +11, Polonia Warsaw +9.

	Semi-finals 29 May 2025					Final 1 June 2025
	3	Wisła Płock	2
	6	Polonia Warsaw	1
						3	Wisła Płock	2
						5	Miedź Legnica	0
	4	Wisła Kraków	0
	5	Miedź Legnica	1

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	18	7	3	54	19	+35	61	9	4	1	30	10	+20	9	3	2	24	9	+15

Last updated: 12 April 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	14	9	6	6	6	7	9	7	7	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 12 June 2024.^[15]

Stal Rzeszów v Arka Gdynia

22 July 2024 1	Stal Rzeszów	1–0	Arka Gdynia	Rzeszów
19:00 UTC+2	Díaz 82'		Borecki  58' Marcjanik  86'	Stadium: Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak

Arka Gdynia v ŁKS Łódź

29 July 2024 2	Arka Gdynia	2–1	ŁKS Łódź	Gdynia
20:30 UTC+2	Marcjanik 7' Skóra 88'		Louveau 45+2'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Referee: Marcin Szczerbowicz

Polonia Warsaw v Arka Gdynia

3 August 2024 3	Polonia Warsaw	0–3	Arka Gdynia	Warsaw
19:35			Sobczak 18' Vitalucci 70' Czubak 90+1'	Stadium: Kazimierz Sosnkowski Stadium Referee: Wojciech Myć

Arka Gdynia v Znicz Pruszków

9 August 2024 4	Arka Gdynia	1–1	Znicz Pruszków	Gdynia
20:30 UTC+2	Oliveira 14'		Nowak 12'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz

Wisła Kraków v Arka Gdynia

19 August 2024 5	Wisła Kraków	2–2	Arka Gdynia	Kraków
19:00				Stadium: Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium

Arka Gdynia v Ruch Chorzów

22 August 2024 6	Arka Gdynia	1–1	Ruch Chorzów	Gdynia
19:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Gdynia Stadium

Arka Gdynia v Górnik Łęczna

25 August 2024 7	Arka Gdynia	1–2	Górnik Łęczna	Gdynia
17:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Gdynia Stadium

Miedź Legnica v Arka Gdynia

30 August 2024 8	Miedź Legnica	1–2	Arka Gdynia	Legnica
20:30				Stadium: White Eagle Municipal Stadium

Arka Gdynia v Kotwica Kołobrzeg

15 September 2024 9	Arka Gdynia	5–0	Kotwica Kołobrzeg	Gdynia
14:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Gdynia Stadium

Warta Poznań v Arka Gdynia

21 September 2024 10	Warta Poznań	0–1	Arka Gdynia	Poznań
14:30				Stadium: Warta Poznań Stadium

Arka Gdynia v Chrobry Głogów

29 September 2024 11	Arka Gdynia	2–0	Chrobry Głogów	Gdynia
12:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Gdynia Stadium

Odra Opole v Arka Gdynia

6 October 2024 12	Odra Opole	0–6	Arka Gdynia	Opole
14:30				Stadium: Odra Municipal Stadium

Arka Gdynia v Pogoń Siedlce

20 October 2024 13	Arka Gdynia	2–1	Pogoń Siedlce	Gdynia
14:30 CET	Gojny 10' Sobczak 23'  90+7' Kacper Skóra  87'	Report	Cássio  62' Karol Podliński 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 7,420 Referee: Tomasz Marciniak

Nieciecza v Arka Gdynia

26 October 2024 14	Nieciecza	2–1	Arka Gdynia	Nieciecza
19:30 CET	Spendlhofer 7' Ambrosiewicz  14' Kacper Karasek 82'	Report	Oliveira  14' Marcjanik 57'	Stadium: Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica Attendance: 2,184 Referee: Paweł Malec

Arka Gdynia v Wisła Płock

2 November 2024 15	Arka Gdynia	2–0	Wisła Płock	Gdynia
19:30 CET	Sobczak  24' 55' (pen.) Gojny  26' Filip Kocaba  82' Vitalucci 87'	Report	Oskar Tomczyk  21' Sekulski  34' Krawczyk  39' Szymański  77'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Referee: Marcin Szczerbowicz

Tychy v Arka Gdynia

9 November 2024 16	Tychy	1–1	Arka Gdynia	Tychy
14:30 CET	Budnicki 18'  90+2' Bieroński  37'	Report	Kike Hermoso  5' Czubak 28' Gaprindashvili  56' Oliveira  74'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 3,070 Referee: Sylwester Rasmus

Arka Gdynia v Stal Stalowa Wola

24 November 2024 17	Arka Gdynia	5–1	Stal Stalowa Wola	Gdynia
17:00 CET	Filip Kocaba 36' Czubak 43' (pen.) 59' 78' Vitalucci 48'	Report	Strózik 22' Oko  35' Zaucha  82' Michał Mydlarz  82' Jakub Górski  90+6'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Referee: Piotr Rzucidło

Arka Gdynia v Stal Rzeszów

2 December 2024 18	Arka Gdynia	2–1	Stal Rzeszów	Gdynia
19:00 CET	Czubak 19' Gaprindashvili 23' Stolc  63'	Report	Benedykt Piotrowski  36' Kościelny 62' Marcin Kaczor  87'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 4,518 Referee: Piotr Urban

ŁKS Łódź v Arka Gdynia

9 December 2024 19	ŁKS Łódź	0–2	Arka Gdynia	Łódź
19:00 CET	Piotr Głowacki  34' Aleksander Iwańczyk  78'  88'	Report	Marcjanik 82' Gojny  85' Vitalucci  86' Sobczak 90+4'  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski ŁKS Łódź Attendance: 4,832 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

Arka Gdynia v Polonia Warsaw

14 February 2025 20	Arka Gdynia	0–0	Polonia Warsaw	Gdynia
20:45 CET	Filip Kocaba  73' Marc Navarro  80'	Report	Przemysław Szur  33'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 5,370 Referee: Grzegorz Kawałko

Znicz Pruszków v Arka Gdynia

22 February 2025 21	Znicz Pruszków	0–1	Arka Gdynia	Pruszków
19:30 CET	Wiktor Nowak  32' Moskwik  68'	Report	Gojny  20' Oliveira 22' Marc Navarro  39' Majchrzak  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Znicza Pruszków Referee: Paweł Malec

Arka Gdynia v Wisła Kraków

28 February 2025 22	Arka Gdynia	2–2	Wisła Kraków	Gdynia
20:30 CET	Sobczak 8' Filip Kocaba  43' Zvonimir Petrović  45+1' Marcjanik  52' Azatskyi 53' Marc Navarro  65' Węglarz  68' Majchrzak  70' Gaprindashvili  90+9'	Report	Ángel Rodado 28' Rafał Mikulec  68' Sukiennicki  90+3' Frederico Duarte 90+5'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 8,015 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

Ruch Chorzów v Arka Gdynia

8 March 2025 23	Ruch Chorzów	0–1	Arka Gdynia	Chorzów
19:30 CET	Konczkowski  7' Szymon Karasiński  19'	Report	Marcjanik  32' 77' Sidibe  74'	Stadium: Ruch Chorzów Stadium Attendance: 12,408 Referee: Marcin Kochanek

Górnik Łęczna v Arka Gdynia

16 March 2025 24	Górnik Łęczna	0–1	Arka Gdynia	Łęczna
14:30 CET	David Ogaga  61'  65' Kryeziu  90'	Report	Sobczak 6' (pen.) Vitalucci  20' Célestine  77'	Stadium: Łęczna Stadium Referee: Mateusz Piszczelok

Arka Gdynia v Miedź Legnica

30 March 2025 25	Arka Gdynia	2–0	Miedź Legnica	Gdynia
14:30 CET	Kike Hermoso 50' Filip Kocaba  80' Sidibe 82'	Report	Kovačević  89'	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 10,864 Referee: Paweł Malec

Kotwica Kołobrzeg v Arka Gdynia

4 April 2025 26	Kotwica Kołobrzeg	0–1	Arka Gdynia	Kołobrzeg
20:30 CET	Filipe Oliveira  25' Musolitin  78'	Report	Sidibe  49' Marc Navarro 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Tomasz Marciniak

Polish Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Polish Cup

Stal Stalowa Wola v Arka Gdynia

25 September 2024 First round	Stal Stalowa Wola	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Arka Gdynia	Stalowa Wola
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Švec 15' Tavares 116'	Report	Czubak 80' Navarro 109'	Stadium: Subcarpathian Football Center Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Jacek Małyszek (Lublin)
	Penalties
	Kukułowicz Soszyński Zaucha Tavares Furtak		Marcjanik Rzuchowski Navarro Kocaba Oliveira

Arka Gdynia v Piast Gliwice

30 October 2024 Round of 32	Arka Gdynia	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Piast Gliwice	Gdynia
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Skóra 57'	Report	Rosołek 60' Szczepański 113' Piasecki 118' (pen.)	Stadium: Gdynia Stadium Attendance: 4,786 Referee: Grzegorz Kawałko (Olsztyn)