Dariusz Raczyński

Dariusz Raczyński (30 May 1962 – 12 October 2022) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for winning the Polish Cup and Polish Supercup in 1983 with his hometown club Lechia Gdańsk, their first major trophies and greatest success to date.[1]

Dariusz Raczyński
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-05-30)30 May 1962
Place of birth Gdańsk, Poland
Date of death 12 October 2022(2022-10-12) (aged 60)
Place of death Gdańsk, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1979 Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Lechia Gdańsk 98 (7)
1985–1987 Igloopol Dębica
1987–1988 Arka Gdynia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Raczyński was born in Gdańsk on 30 May 1962.[2] He made his footballing debut with Lechia Gdańsk on 16 March 1980 playing against PKS Odra Wrocław.[3] In his first three seasons he made 48 appearances and scored 5 goals in the II liga, with Lechia suffering relegation to the third tier at the end of his third season.[4]

Despite being relegated it was a time which would become an historic period for the club. The 1982–83 season saw Lechia winning the III liga[4] with Raczyński making 13 appearances and scored 2 league goals[5] as Lechia won the division and playing in five games of Lechia's winning Polish Cup run, beating Piast Gliwice in the final 2–1.[6][7][8] The following season Lechia won the Polish SuperCup final by beating the Polish champions Lech Poznań 1–0,[9] with Raczyński starting the game. He also played in a 3–2 home defeat against Juventus in a European competition due to the previous season's cup win.[10][11] Lechia also won promotion to the top division that season by winning the II liga for the 1983–84 season.[12]

That season would prove to be his last playing for Lechia, having made his final appearance for the club on 8 June 1985 against GKS Katowice.[2] In total for Lechia he made 111 appearances and scored 9 in all competitions.[13]

Raczyński then played a further two seasons for Igloopol Dębica[14][1] and then one and a half for Arka Gdynia, with whom he won promotion to the second division in 1988[14] before retiring six months later.[1][2]

Death

Raczyński died in his hometown Gdańsk after a serious illness on 12 October 2022, at the age of 60.[15][2]

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk[1][14][2]

Arka Gdynia[14]

References
  1. bartekwr9 (12 October 2022), Zmarł Dariusz Raczyński (in Polish), 90minut.pl
  2. Adam Mauks (12 October 2022), Nie żyje Dariusz Raczyński, były piłkarz Lechii Gdańsk (in Polish), Zawsze Pomorze
  3. "1979/80 II Liga – Gr. zachodnia". lechia.net.
  4. "Historia Lechii Gdańsk – sezon 1982/83". lechia.net. 19 April 2012.
  5. "1982/83 III Liga – Gr. II (pomorska)". lechia.net.
  6. "Lechia Gdańsk w drodze po Puchar Polski – sezon 1982/83". lechiahistoria.pl. 29 April 2019.
  7. "Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski. 22.06.1983". lechiahistoria.pl. 30 April 2019.
  8. "lechia.pl historia". Lechia.pl.
  9. "Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii! (30.07.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 30 July 2016.
  10. "Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0 (14.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 14 September 2016.
  11. "Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3 (28.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 28 September 2016.
  12. "Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1983/84]". lechia.net. 13 April 2012.
  13. "1984/85 I Liga". lechia.net.
  14. dak (12 October 2022), Zmarł Dariusz Raczyński, były piłkarz Lechii Gdańsk i Arki Gdynia (in Polish), trojmiasto.pl
  15. "Dariusz Raczyński". lechia.gda.pl.
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