2015–16 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2015–16 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 72nd since their creation, and was their 8th continuous season in the top league of Polish football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. On 7 August 2015 the club celebrated its 70th anniversary.

Lechia Gdańsk
2015–16 season
ManagerJerzy Brzęczek (–Sep 1)

Thomas von Heesen (Sep 1–Dec 3)
Dawid Banaczek (Dec 3–Jan 13)

Piotr Nowak (Jan 13–)
StadiumStadion Energa Gdańsk
Ekstraklasa5th
Polish CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Grzegorz Kuswik (11 goals)
All: Grzegorz Kuswik (11 goals)
Highest home attendance22,415 vs Legia Warsaw
Lowest home attendance8,827 vs Śląsk Wrocław

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   POL Łukasz Budziłek
2 DF   POL Rafał Janicki
3 DF   POL Jakub Wawrzyniak
4 MF   SRB Aleksandar Kovačević
6 MF   POL Sebastian Mila
7 MF   SRB Miloš Krasić
8 MF   POL Daniel Łukasik
9 FW   POL Michał Mak
10 MF   BRA Bruno Nazário
11 FW   GER Martin Kobylanski
11 MF   POL Maciej Makuszewski
13 MF   POL Bartłomiej Pawłowski
14 MF   POL Piotr Wiśniewski
15 DF   POL Adam Dźwigała
16 MF   POL Ariel Borysiuk
17 MF   SVK Lukáš Haraslín
18 FW   POL Adam Buksa
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   POR Marco Paixão
20 MF   POL Michał Chrapek
21 MF   POL Sławomir Peszko
21 MF   BIH Stojan Vranješ
22 DF   CRO Mario Maloča
23 DF   POL Grzegorz Wojtkowiak
24 GK   POL Mateusz Bąk
25 DF   POL Adam Chrzanowski
28 MF   POR Flávio Paixão
29 DF   SRB Neven Marković
30 FW   POL Grzegorz Kuświk
32 GK   SRB Vanja Milinković-Savić
33 DF   SRB Nikola Leković
35 DF   BRA Gerson
41 DF   POL Paweł Stolarski
44 FW   POL Michał Żebrakowski
50 GK   CRO Marko Marić

Transfers

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Players In

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No. Pos. Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
16 MF Ariel Borysiuk 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer €500k 1 July 2015 [1]
9 FW Michał Mak GKS Bełchatów Transfer Summer €150k 1 July 2015 [2]
50 GK Marko Marić 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Summer Free 2 July 2015 [3]
22 DF Mario Maloča Hajduk Split Transfer Summer €150k 3 July 2015 [4]
17 MF Lukáš Haraslín Parma Transfer Summer Free 7 July 2015 [5]
30 FW Grzegorz Kuświk Ruch Chorzów Transfer Summer Free 17 July 2015 [6]
7 MF Miloš Krasić Fenerbahçe Transfer Summer Free 30 August 2015 [7]
4 MF Aleksandar Kovačević Red Star Belgrade Transfer Summer Free 31 August 2015 [8]
20 MF Michał Chrapek Calcio Catania Transfer Summer Free 31 August 2015 [9]
21 MF Sławomir Peszko 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer Free 31 August 2015 [10]
32 GK Vanja Milinković-Savić Manchester United Transfer Winter Free 1 January 2016 [11]
19 FW Marco Paixão Sparta Prague Transfer Winter Free 9 January 2016 [12]
28 FW Flávio Paixão Śląsk Wrocław Transfer Winter €100k 8 February 2016 [13]
11 FW Martin Kobylański Werder Bremen Transfer Winter Free 8 February 2016 [14]
10 players €900k

Players Out

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No. Pos. Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
17 MF Marcin Pietrowski Piast Gliwice Transfer Summer Free 1 July 2015 [15]
9 FW Piotr Grzelczak Jagiellonia Białystok Transfer Summer Free 1 July 2015 [16]
32 MF Mateusz Możdżeń Podbeskidzie Transfer Summer Free 1 July 2015 [17]
12 GK Dariusz Trela Korona Kielce Loan Summer Free 1 July 2015 [18]
21 MF Stojan Vranješ Legia Warsaw Transfer Summer €300k 29 August 2015 [19]
19 MF Bartłomiej Pawłowski Korona Kielce Loan Summer Free 31 August 2015 [20]
33 DF Nikola Leković FK Partizan Transfer Summer Free 31 August 2015 [21]
15 DF Adam Dźwigała Górnik Zabrze Loan Summer Free 31 August 2015 [22]
16 MF Ariel Borysiuk Legia Warsaw Transfer Winter €800k 11 January 2016 [23]
11 MF Maciej Makuszewski Vitória F.C. Loan Winter Free 28 January 2016 [24]
6 DF Tiago Valente Vitória F.C. Transfer Winter Free 2 February 2016 [25]
10 players €1.1m

Friendlies

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Summer

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17 June 2015 Lechia Gdańsk 4-1 APOEL FC Gdańsk
16:00 BST Jakub Wawrzyniak   26' (pen)
Adam Buksa   46'
Lukasz Kopka   86'
Hieronim Gierszewski   87'
Mateusz Piątkowski   64' Stadium: MOSiR Stadium
4 July 2015 LOTTO Lubelskie Cup Semi-Final Lechia Gdańsk 0-0
(15-14 p)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Lublin
15:15 BST Stadium: Arena Lublin
5 July 2015 LOTTO Lubelskie Cup Final Lechia Gdańsk 1-1
(2-4 p)
Hannover 96 Lublin
16:30 BST Stojan Vranješ   67' Kenan Karaman   89' Stadium: Arena Lublin
5 September 2015 Resovia Rzeszów 1-2 Lechia Gdańsk Rzeszów
11:00 BST Radosław Adamski   25' Grzegorz Kuświk   22'
Michał Żebrakowski   74'
Stadium: Stadion CWKS Resovia

Winter

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17 January 2016 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 FC St. Pauli Belek
15:00 BST Jeremy Dudziak   30' Stadium: Stadium: IC Hotels Football Center - Pitch A

Regular season

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Fixtures for the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa season

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17 July 2015 1 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Cracovia Gdańsk
19:30 BST Piotr Polczak   26' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 13,143
25 July 2015 2 Lech Poznań 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Poznań
19:30 BST Kasper Hämäläinen   19'
Marcin Robak   90+1'
Rafał Janicki   75' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 13,821
9 August 2015 4 Śląsk Wrocław 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk Wrocław
14:30 BST Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 7,939
21 August 2015 6 Lechia Gdańsk 3-1 Górnik Łęczna Gdańsk
19:30 GMT Lukáš Haraslín   45+2', 55'
Stojan Vranješ   90+4' (pen)
Grzegorz Piesio   45+4' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 12,193
11 September 2015 8 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Korona Kielce Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 11,170
19 September 2015 9 Piast Gliwice 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Piast
19:30 BST Martin Nešpor   44'
Hebert Silva Santos   71'
Ariel Borysiuk   4' Stadium: Stadion Piast
Attendance: 5,877
27 September 2015 10 Lechia Gdańsk 3-1 Zagłębie Lubin Gdańsk
14:30 BST Grzegorz Kuświk   52', 61' (pen)
Michał Mak   79'
Michal Papadopulos   34' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 10,796
7 November 2015 15 Ruch Chorzów 3-2 Lechia Gdańsk Chorzów
17:00 BST Mariusz Stępiński   10'
Marek Zieńczuk   23'
Michał Koj   26'
Michał Mak   65', 68' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 6,829
29 November 2015 17 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Lech Poznań Gdańsk
14:30 GMT Kasper Hämäläinen   63' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 14,260
2 December 2015 18 Pogoń Szczecin 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Szczecin
17:00 GMT Rafał Murawski   90+1' Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier
Attendance: 3,214
6 December 2015 19 Lechia Gdańsk 1-0 Śląsk Wrocław Gdańsk
14:30 GMT Gerson   33' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 8,827
12 December 2015 20 Lechia Gdańsk 2-0 Wisła Kraków Gdańsk
13:30 GMT Michał Mak   36'
Maciej Makuszewski   55'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 9,527
20 February 2016 23 Korona Kielce 4-2 Lechia Gdańsk Kielce
14:30 GMT Airam Cabrera   8' (pen), pen', 59'
Mario Maloča   72 (OG)'
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak   34'
Grzegorz Kuświk   73'
Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
Attendance: 5,103
27 February 2016 24 Lechia Gdańsk 3-1 Piast Gliwice Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Grzegorz Kuświk   31'
Michał Mak   38'
Paweł Stolarski   90+5'
Mateusz Mak   59' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 11,106
2 April 2016 29 Legia Warsaw 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Warsaw
19:30 GMT Ondrej Duda   21' Grzegorz Kuświk   47' Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 28,131
9 April 2016 30 Lechia Gdańsk 2-0 Ruch Chorzów Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Sebastian Mila   8' (pen)
Flávio Paixão   34'
Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 19,368

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Cracovia 30 12 9 9 57 42 +15 45[a] Qualification for the championship round
6 Lech Poznań 30 13 4 13 37 38 −1 43
7 Lechia Gdańsk[b] 30 10 9 11 45 37 +8 38[c]
8 Ruch Chorzów[d] 30 11 6 13 37 46 −9 38[c]
9 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 30 9 11 10 37 46 −9 38[c] Qualification for the relegation round
Source: Ekstraklasa, 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).[30][31]
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head record: Zagłębie - Cracovia 4–2, Cracovia - Zagłębie 1–2.
  2. ^ Lechia Gdańsk were punished with a deduction of one point for failing with licensing requirements.[27] On 8 April 2016 the punishment was suspended by Polish Court of Arbitration for Sport.[28] On April 11 an appeal against the original decision was withdrawn by the club.[29]
  3. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Lechia 7 points, Ruch 5 points, Podbeskidzie 3 points.
  4. ^ Ruch Chorzów were punished with a deduction of one point for failing with licensing requirements.[27]

Championship Group

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24 April 2016 33 Piast Gliwice 3-0 Lechia Gdańsk Piast
17:00 GMT Uroš Korun   32'
Mateusz Mak   81' (pen)
Josip Barišić   90+1'
Stadium: Stadion Piast
Attendance: 6,407
28 April 2016 34 Lech Poznań 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk Poznań
17:00 GMT Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 10,770

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Legia Warsaw (C) 37 21 10 6 70 32 +38 43 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[a]
2 Piast Gliwice 37 20 9 8 60 45 +15 40 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Zagłębie Lubin 37 17 9 11 55 42 +13 38 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Cracovia 37 16 10 11 66 50 +16 36
5 Lechia Gdańsk[b] 37 14 10 13 53 44 +9 32
6 Pogoń Szczecin 37 12 17 8 43 43 0 30
7 Lech Poznań 37 14 6 17 42 47 −5 27
8 Ruch Chorzów[c] 37 11 8 18 40 60 −20 21
Source: Ekstraklasa, Soccerway
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).[34][35]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Legia Warsaw qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Polish Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
  2. ^ Lechia Gdańsk were punished with a deduction of one point during regular season for failing with licensing requirements.[27] On 8 April 2016 the punishment was suspended by Polish Court of Arbitration for Sport.[32]On 11 April 2016 an appeal against the original decision was withdrawn by the club.[33]
  3. ^ Ruch Chorzów were punished with a deduction of one point during regular season for failing with licensing requirements.[27]

Polish Cup

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12 August 2015 Round of 32 Puszcza Niepołomice 1-5 Lechia Gdańsk Niepołomice
16:00 GMT Adrian Gębalski   38' (pen) Piotr Wiśniewski   20', 36'
Maciej Makuszewski   44'
Bartłomiej Pawłowski   49', 74'
Stadium: Stadion Puszczy
Attendance: 1,716
24 September 2015 Round of 16 Legia Warsaw 4-1 Lechia Gdańsk Warsaw
19:30 GMT Aleksandar Prijović   25', 86'
Nemanja Nikolić   62'
Igor Lewczuk   75'
Michał Mak   76' Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 17,000

Stats

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League Cup Total
No. Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Łukasz Budziłek 2 - 1 - 3 -
2 DF Rafał Janicki 35 2 2 - 37 2
3 DF Jakub Wawrzyniak 32 - 1 - 33 -
4 MF Aleksandar Kovačević 25 2 - - 25 2
6 MF Sebastian Mila 29 2 1 - 30 2
7 MF Miloš Krasić 23 4 1 - 24 4
8 MF Daniel Łukasik 20 1 2 - 22 1
9 FW Michał Mak 23 6 2 1 25 7
10 MF Bruno Nazário 9 - 1 - 10 -
11 FW Martin Kobylanski 3 - - - 3 -
11 MF Maciej Makuszewski 20 3 2 1 22 4
14 MF Piotr Wiśniewski 9 - 1 2 10 2
15 DF Adam Dźwigała - - 1 - 1 -
16 MF Ariel Borysiuk 20 2 2 - 22 2
17 MF Lukáš Haraslín 20 3 1 - 21 3
18 FW Adam Buksa 8 1 1 - 9 1
19 FW Marco Paixão 3 - - - 3 -
20 MF Michał Chrapek 14 1 - - 14 1
21 MF Sławomir Peszko 27 2 1 - 28 2
21 MF Stojan Vranješ 5 1 - - 5 1
22 DF Mario Maloča 28 2 - - 28 2
23 DF Grzegorz Wojtkowiak 28 2 2 - 30 2
24 DF Adam Chrzanowski 1 - - - 1 -
28 FW Flávio Paixão 16 6 - - 16 6
29 DF Neven Marković 5 - 1 - 6 -
30 FW Grzegorz Kuświk 33 11 - - 33 11
32 GK Vanja Milinković-Savić 11 - - - 11 -
33 DF Nikola Leković 2 - - - 2 -
35 DF Gerson 15 1 1 - 16 1
41 DF Paweł Stolarski 21 1 1 - 22 1
44 FW Michał Żebrakowski 3 - - - 3 -
50 GK Marko Marić 24 - 1 - 25 -

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals
1 Grzegorz Kuświk 11
2 Michał Mak 7
3 Flávio Paixão 6
4 Miloš Krasić 4
Maciej Makuszewski 4
5 Lukáš Haraslín 3
6 Rafał Janicki 2
Mario Maloča 2
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak 2
Sebastian Mila 2
Aleksandar Kovačević 2
Sławomir Peszko 2
Ariel Borysiuk 2
Piotr Wiśniewski 2
Bartłomiej Pawłowski 2
15 Paweł Stolarski 1
Daniel Łukasik 1
Adam Buksa 1
Gerson 1
Michał Chrapek 1
Stojan Vranješ 1

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