2017–18 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2017–18 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 74th since their creation, and was their 10th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.

Lechia Gdańsk
2017–18 season
ManagerPiotr Nowak (-Sep 27)

Adam Owen (Sep 27 – Mar 3)

Piotr Stokowiec (Mar 5-)
StadiumStadion Energa Gdańsk
Ekstraklasa13th
Polish CupRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Marco Paixão (16 goals)
All: Marco Paixão (16 goals)
Highest home attendance22,871 vs Arka Gdynia
Lowest home attendance2,235 vs Termalica Nieciecza

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

First-team squad

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 Serbia SRB Dušan Kuciak
2 DF Croatia CRO Mato Miloš
3 DF Poland POL Jakub Wawrzyniak
4 DF Brazil BRA Gerson
5 DF Canada CAN Steven Vitória
6 MF Bulgaria BUL Simeon Slavchev
7 MF Serbia SRB Miloš Krasić
8 MF Portugal POR Romário Baldé
9 MF Poland POL Patryk Lipski
10 MF Poland POL Sebastian Mila
10 FW Indonesia IDN Egy Maulana
11 FW Poland POL Grzegorz Kuświk
13 DF Poland POL Mateusz Lewandowski
16 MF Poland POL Ariel Borysiuk
17 MF Slovakia SVK Lukáš Haraslín
19 FW Portugal POR Marco Paixão
20 DF Poland POL Adam Chrzanowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Poland POL Sławomir Peszko
22 DF Serbia SRB Filip Mladenović
23 DF Poland POL Grzegorz Wojtkowiak
25 DF Poland POL Michał Nalepa
26 DF Poland POL Błażej Augustyn
27 MF Poland POL Rafał Wolski
28 MF Portugal POR Flávio Paixão
29 MF Poland POL Karol Fila
29 FW Poland POL Mateusz Żukowski
30 DF Portugal POR João Aniceto Grandela Nunes
31 MF Poland POL Florian Schikowski
32 MF Poland POL Mateusz Matras
33 GK Croatia CRO Oliver Zelenika
35 MF Poland POL Daniel Łukasik
41 DF Poland POL Paweł Stolarski
71 GK Poland POL Maciej Woźniak
96 MF Portugal POR João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira

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Players In
No. Pos. Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
31MFFlorian SchikowskiBorussia MönchengladbachTransferSummerFree1 July 2017[2]
25DFMichał NalepaFerencvárosi TCTransferSummerFree1 July 2017[3]
13DFMateusz LewandowskiPogoń SzczecinTransferSummerFree1 July 2017[4]
32DFMateusz MatrasPogoń SzczecinTransferSummerFree1 July 2017[5]
26DFBłażej AugustynAscoli CalcioTransferSummerFree6 August 2017
9MFPatryk LipskiRuch ChorzówTransferSummerFree12 August 2017[6]
96MFJoão OliveiraFC LuzernLoanSummer-15 August 2017[7]
8FWRomário BaldéBenficaTransferSummerFree25 August 2017[8]
6MFSimeon SlavchevSporting CPLoanSummer-30 August 2017[9]
2DFMato MilošBenficaLoanSummer-31 August 2017[10]
16MFAriel BorysiukQueens Park RangersTransferWinterFree26 January 2018[11]
22DFFilip MladenovićStandard LiègeTransferWinterFree27 January 2018
12 players€0k

Players Out
No. Pos. Player To Type Window Fee Date Source
32GKVanja Milinković-SavićTorino F.C.TransferSummer€2.3 million1 July 2017[12]
-MFMaciej MakuszewskiLech PoznańTransferSummer€270K1 July 2017[13]
-DFAdam DźwigałaWisła PłockTransferSummerFree1 July 2017[14]
20MFMichał ChrapekŚląsk WrocławTransferSummerFree1 June 2017[15]
9MFMichał MakŚląsk WrocławLoanSummer-12 July 2017[16]
2DFRafał JanickiLech PoznańLoanSummer-14 July 2017[17]
4MFAleksandar KovačevićFK HaugesundTransferSummer€70K10 August 2017[18]
13DFMateusz LewandowskiŚląsk WrocławLoanWinter-30 January 2018[19]
8 players€2.64m

Retired
No. Pos. Player Date
10MFSebastian Mila30 July 2018[20]

Friendlies

Summer
1 July 2017 Lechia Gdańsk 3–2 Chojniczanka Chojnice Gniewino
16:00 BST Grzegorz Kuświk 20'
Florian Schikowski 73'
Mateusz Lewandowski 77'		 Mario Maloča 57 (OG)' Tomasz Mikołajczak 61' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
4 July 2017 Lechia Gdańsk 3–2 Sandecja Nowy Sącz Gniewino
9:00 BST Aleksandar Kovačević 57', 76'
Mateusz Lewandowski 67'		 Aleksandar Kolev 45'
Michal Piter-Bučko 55'		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
11 November 2017 Bałtyk Gdynia 0-5 Lechia Gdańsk Gdynia
9:00 BST Romário Baldé 11'
Marco Paixão 17'
Flávio Paixão 24'
Grzegorz Kuświk 83', 88'		 Stadium: Stadion GOSiR

Winter
20 January 2018 Qarabağ FK 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Belek
11:30 BST Dani Quintana 60' Flávio Paixão 85' Stadium: IC Hotels Football Center - Pitch A
21 January 2018 CS Universitatea Craiova 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Belek
13:00 BST Gustavo Vagenin 33' (pen) Stadium: IC Hotels Football Center - Pitch A
28 January 2018 Lechia Gdańsk 4-1 Pogoń Siedlce Gdańsk
15:30 BST Sławomir Peszko 34'
Marco Paixão 61'
Rafał Wolski 71'
Przemysław Macierzyński 89' (pen)		 Grzegorz Tomasiewicz 64' (pen) Stadium: MOSiR Stadium
3 February 2018 Lechia Gdańsk 1-0 Chojniczanka Chojnice Gdańsk
13:00 BST Sławomir Peszko 58' Stadium: MOSiR Stadium

Regular season
Main article: 2017–18 Ekstraklasa

Fixtures for the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa season
14 July 2017 1 Wisła Płock 0–2 Lechia Gdańsk Płock
17:00 BST Dominik Furman Red card 56' Marco Paixão 24' Mateusz Matras 37' Stadium: Kazimierz Górski Stadium
22 July 2017 2 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Cracovia Gdańsk
17:00 BST Michał Helik 68' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
28 July 2017 3 Śląsk Wrocław 3–2 Lechia Gdańsk Wrocław
19:30 BST Piotr Celeban 5', 80'
Jakub Kosecki 30'		 Marco Paixão 48', 52' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
5 August 2017 4 Lechia Gdańsk 1-1 Górnik Zabrze Gdańsk
14:30 BST Marco Paixão 57' (pen) Igor Angulo 39' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
14 August 2017 5 Pogoń Szczecin 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk Szczecin
17:00 BST Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier
18 August 2017 6 Lechia Gdańsk 2-3 Sandecja Nowy Sącz Gdańsk
17:00 BST Marco Paixão 51'
Sławomir Peszko 55'		 Bartłomiej Dudzic 16', 43'
Wojciech Trochim 78'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
26 August 2017 7 Wisła Kraków 1–1 Lechia Gdańsk Kraków
19:30 BST Carlitos 79' João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira 42' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
11 September 2017 8 Piast Gliwice 1–2 Lechia Gdańsk Piast
17:00 BST Stojan Vranješ 30' Marco Paixão 11'
Romário Baldé 87'
Simeon Slavchev Red card 40'		 Stadium: Stadion Piast
28 September 2017 9 Lechia Gdańsk 3-3 Jagiellonia Białystok Gdańsk
17:00 BST Błażej Augustyn 11'
Marco Paixão 59', 90+3'		 Błażej Augustyn 24 (OG)'
Przemysław Frankowski 29'
Fedor Černych 49'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
23 September 2017 10 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Nieciecza
14:30 BST Bartosz Szeliga 48'
Gabriel Iancu 90+7' (pen)		 Rafał Wolski 60'
Romário Baldé Red card 88'		 Stadium: Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet
30 September 2017 11 Lechia Gdańsk 1–0 Zagłębie Lubin Gdańsk
14:30 BST Flávio Paixão 60' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
15 October 2017 12 Legia Warsaw 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Warsaw
17:00 BST Jarosław Niezgoda 6' Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
21 October 2017 13 Lechia Gdańsk 3-3 Lech Poznań Gdańsk
19:30 BST Błażej Augustyn 13'
Marco Paixão 45+6' (pen)
Emir Dilaver 77 (OG)'
Michał Nalepa Red card 52'		 Maciej Gajos 37'
Christian Gytkjær 70'
Maciej Makuszewski 72'
Mihai Răduț Red card 74'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
30 October 2017 14 Lechia Gdańsk 0-5 Korona Kielce Gdańsk
15:00 BST Nika Kacharava 26', 44'
Maciej Górski 31'
Bartosz Rymaniak 39'
Elia Soriano 74'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
3 November 2017 15 Arka Gdynia 0-1 Lechia Gdańsk Gdynia
19:30 BST Flávio Paixão 90+5' Stadium: Stadion GOSiR
18 November 2017 16 Lechia Gdańsk 3-0 Wisła Płock Gdańsk
19:30 GMT Marco Paixão Yellow card 3'
Miloš Krasić 17'		 Igor Łasicki Red card 74' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
24 November 2017 17 Cracovia 2-1 Lechia Gdańsk Kraków
17:00 GMT Krzysztof Piątek 72', 90+7' Michał Helik 64 (OG)'
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak Red card 90+10'		 Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium
1 December 2017 18 Lechia Gdańsk 3-1 Śląsk Wrocław Gdańsk
19:30 GMT Marco Paixão 40', 80'
Flávio Paixão 56' (pen)		 Łukasz Madej 82' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
8 December 2017 19 Górnik Zabrze 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Zabrze
19:30 GMT Dani Suárez 48' Flávio Paixão 70' Stadium: Ernest Pohl Stadium
13 December 2017 20 Lechia Gdańsk 1-3 Pogoń Szczecin Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Marco Paixão 83' Adam Frączczak 17', 72' (pen)
Jakub Piotrowski 33'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
16 December 2017 21 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 2-2 Lechia Gdańsk Nowy Sącz
17:00 GMT Aleksandar Kolev 16'
Patrik Mráz 90+2'		 Flávio Paixão 51'
João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira 87'		 Stadium: Władysław Augustynek Stadium
10 February 2018 22 Lechia Gdańsk 1-1 Wisła Kraków Gdańsk
19:30 GMT Sławomir Peszko 33' Carlitos 15' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
18 February 2018 23 Lechia Gdańsk 0-2 Piast Gliwice Gdańsk
14:30 GMT Mateusz Szczepaniak 63'
Michal Papadopulos 90+3'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
23 February 2018 24 Jagiellonia Białystok 4-1 Lechia Gdańsk Białystok
19:30 GMT Piotr Wlazło 28'
Roman Bezjak 42'
Martin Pospíšil 53'
Karol Świderski 90+2'		 Flávio Paixão 26' Stadium: Białystok City Stadium
27 February 2018 25 Lechia Gdańsk 2-2 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Marco Paixão 44' (pen)
Adam Chrzanowski 57'		 Roman Gergel 26'
Joona Toivio 90+2'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
2 March 2018 26 Zagłębie Lubin 0-0 Lechia Gdańsk Lubin
19:30 GMT Stadium: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin
11 March 2018 27 Lechia Gdańsk 1-3 Legia Warsaw Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Simeon Slavchev 66' Jarosław Niezgoda 24'
William Rémy 48'
Michał Kucharczyk 52'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
16 March 2018 28 Lech Poznań 3-0 Lechia Gdańsk Poznań
19:30 GMT Łukasz Trałka 17'
Christian Gytkjær 45+2'
Darko Jevtić 55'		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
31 March 2018 29 Korona Kielce 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Kielce
17:00 GMT Goran Cvijanović 17' Stadium: Kielce City Stadium
7 April 2018 30 Lechia Gdańsk 4-2 Arka Gdynia Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Flávio Paixão 14', 28' (pen), 39'
Sławomir Peszko 25'		 Luka Zarandia 67'
Enrique Esqueda 90+9'		 Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk

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League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
12 Pogoń Szczecin 30 8 7 15 34 48 −14 31[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Relegation round
13 Piast Gliwice 30 6 12 12 28 38 −10 30[lower-alpha 2]
14 Lechia Gdańsk[lower-alpha 3] 30 7 10 13 39 51 −12 30[lower-alpha 2]
15 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 30 7 8 15 32 52 −20 29
16 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 30 4 13 13 27 46 −19 25
Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
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.)[23]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Śląsk 3–0 Pogoń, Pogoń 3–2 Śląsk.
  2. Head-to-head record: Piast 1–2 Lechia, Lechia 0–2 Piast.
  3. Lechia Gdańsk were punished with a deduction of one point for failing with licensing requirements.[22]

Relegation Group
13 April 2018 31 Arka Gdynia 1-2 Lechia Gdańsk Gdynia
17:00 GMT Mateusz Szwoch 9' (pen) Steven Vitória 22'
Flávio Paixão 43'		 Stadium: Stadion GOSiR
23 April 2018 32 Lechia Gdańsk 0-0 Cracovia Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
30 April 2018 33 Śląsk Wrocław 3-1 Lechia Gdańsk Wrocław
17:00 GMT Marcin Robak 26' (pen)
Jakub Kosecki 30', 45+1'		 Sławomir Peszko 37' Stadium: Stadion Miejski
4 May 2018 34 Lechia Gdańsk 0-1 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Gdańsk
19:30 GMT Vladislavs Gutkovskis 74' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
8 May 2018 35 Piast Gliwice 0-2 Lechia Gdańsk Piast
17:00 GMT Michał Nalepa 45'
João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira 78'		 Stadium: Stadion Piast
12 May 2018 36 Pogoń Szczecin 1-1 Lechia Gdańsk Szczecin
14:30 GMT Adam Frączczak 29' Patryk Lipski 21' Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier
19 May 2018 37 Lechia Gdańsk 1-1 Sandecja Nowy Sącz Gdańsk
17:00 GMT Flávio Paixão 56' Wojciech Trochim 29' Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
11 Pogoń Szczecin 37 12 9 16 46 54 −8 45
12 Arka Gdynia 37 11 10 16 46 48 −2 43
13 Lechia Gdańsk 37 9 13 15 46 58 −12 39
14 Piast Gliwice 37 8 13 16 40 48 −8 37
15 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (R) 37 9 9 19 39 66 −27 36 Relegation to I liga
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).[24]
(R) Relegated

Polish Cup
9 August 2017 Round of 32 Bytovia Bytów 1-0 Lechia Gdańsk Bytów
18:00 GMT Sebastian Kamiński 60' Stadium: MOSiR Stadium Bytów

Stats
League Cup Total
No.Pos.PlayerAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GKDušan Kuciak36-1-37-
2DFMato Miloš14---14-
3DFJakub Wawrzyniak20-1-21-
4DFGerson5---5-
5DFSteven Vitória1411-15-
6MFSimeon Slavchev271--271
7MFMiloš Krasić291--291
8MFRomário Baldé101--101
9MFPatryk Lipski211--211
10MFSebastian Mila1---1-
11FWGrzegorz Kuświk11---11-
13DFMateusz Lewandowski10-1-11-
16MFAriel Borysiuk12---12-
17MFLukáš Haraslín11---11-
19FWMarco Paixão2816--2816
20DFAdam Chrzanowski101--101
21MFSławomir Peszko2541-264
22DFFilip Mladenović14---14-
23DFGrzegorz Wojtkowiak13-1-14-
25DFMichał Nalepa1611-17-
26DFBłażej Augustyn152--152
27MFRafał Wolski111--111
28FWFlávio Paixão34101-3510
29DFKarol Fila1-1-2-
29FWMateusz Żukowski2---2-
30DFJoão Nunes30-1-31-
31MFFlorian Schikowski4-1-5-
32MFMateusz Matras711-81
33GKOliver Zelenika1---1-
35MFDaniel Łukasik32-1-33-
41DFPaweł Stolarski25-1-26-
96MFJoão Oliveira193--193

Goalscorers
Rank Player Goals
1Marco Paixão16
2Flávio Paixão10
3Sławomir Peszko4
4João Oliveira3
5Błażej Augustyn2
Own Goals2
7Miloš Krasić1
Simeon Slavchev1
Michał Nalepa1
Patryk Lipski1
Steven Vitória1
Mateusz Matras1
Adam Chrzanowski1
Romário Baldé1
Rafał Wolski1

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