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Lechia Gdańsk

Full name Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk Spółka Akcyjna[1]

Nickname(s) Biało-Zieloni (White-Greens)

Betony (Concrete)

Budowlani (Construction Workers)

Gdańskie Lwy (Gedanian Lions)

Lechiści (Lechistas)

Founded 7 August 1945; 76 years ago

Ground Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk

Capacity 41,620

President Paweł Żelem

Manager Tomasz Kaczmarek

League Ekstraklasa

2020–21 7th of 16

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Lechia Gdańsk (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛxʲa ˈɡdajsk])

̃ is a Polish football club based
in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were
supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903.[2] The
club's name comes from Lechia, a poetic name for Poland, and is a continuation of
the name used by the club based in Lwów. In their early years, Lechia enjoyed some
success, most notably finishing third in the Polish top division, before spending
decades in the second and third tiers. In the early 1980s, Lechia won the Polish Cup,
the Polish SuperCup, and played in a European competition for the first time. After
having two mergers with other teams in the 1990s the club had to restart from the
sixth tier in 2001. In May 2008 the club was promoted again to the Ekstraklasa, with
the club's most recent success coming in 2019, finishing third in the league and
again winning both the Polish Cup and SuperCup.

Contents

 1History
o 1.1Early years (1945–1948)
o 1.2First years of top flight football (1949–1954)
o 1.3Early "Golden Years" and top division stay
(1955–1963)
o 1.4Decline and fall to the third division (1963–
1971)
o 1.5A decade in the second division (1972–1982)
o 1.6'Rebirth', cup wins, and Ekstraklasa football
(1982–1988)
o 1.7Lower leagues and mergers (1988–2001)
o 1.8Re-formation and re-start from the sixth tier
(2001–2008)
o 1.9Return to the Ekstraklasa (2008–2018)
o 1.10Stokowiec and new success (2018–2021)
o 1.11Current era (2021–)
 2Historic club names
 3The fans
o 3.1Friendships
 3.1.1Current friendships
 3.1.2Former friendships
o 3.2Rivals
 3.2.1Tricity derby
 3.2.2Gdańsk derby
 4Stadia
o 4.1Stadion Gdańsk
o 4.2MOSiR Stadium / Gdańsk Sports Center
Stadium
 4.2.1Avenue of Stars
o 4.3Attendance
 5Colours, badges and banners
o 5.1Kit history
 5.1.1Cup winning kits
o 5.2Badge history
o 5.3Banners
 6Records and statistics
o 6.1All-time
o 6.2Ekstraklasa
o 6.3Individual achievements
o 6.4Stadium statistics
o 6.5Player statistics
 7Club sponsors and kit manufacturers
 8Honours
 9League participation
 10Lechia in Europe
  11Ownership
 12Players
o 12.1Current squad
o 12.2Out on loan
o 12.3Notable players
 13Lechia Gdańsk II and Lechia's Academy
o 13.1Lechia Gdańsk II
o 13.2Lechia Gdańsk Academy
 13.2.1Partnerships
 14Lechia Gdańsk Ladies
 15Managers
o 15.1Managerial statistics
 16Lechia Lwów (1903–1939)
 17Amber Cup Tournament
 18See also
 19References
 20External links

History[edit]
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Early years (1945–1948)[edit]

The club was founded on 7 August 1945 in Gdańsk and was originally named "BOP
Baltia Gdańsk".[3] The club was first established by the "Port Reconstruction Office"
(Polish: Biuro Odbudowy Portów). The BOP's purpose was to help rebuild Polish sea
ports which were destroyed during World War II, and saw it best to create a sports
club for the BOP workers. BOP Baltia's first game came on 2 September 1945, in
which they lost the game 6–4 against Milicyjnym Klubem Sportowym z Wrzeszcza
(Militia Sports Club from Wrzeszcz) in a friendly. BOP Baltia's first league game was
a week later and played against WKS 16 Dywizji (Military Sports Club of the 16th
Division). Due to the disruption of football in Poland due to the war the first season
back was focused on regional qualifying for leagues to reformat the Polish football
leagues. In the Gdańsk regional qualifying Lechia won all 6 games including both
games in their first Gdańsk Derby games against Gedania Gdańsk, winning the
group and being promoted to the A Klasa (A Class, the second division in Poland at
the time).
Towards the end of February 1946, BOP officials had a meeting, in which it was
decided that the name of the club should be changed. The team became known as
"Sports Club for the Port Reconstruction Office Lechia Gdańsk" (Polish: Klub
Sportowy Biura Odbudowy Portów Lechia Gdańsk), 'Lechia' coming from Lechia
Lwów, as a majority of the workers at BOP and those who studied at the Gdańsk
University of Technology had been expelled from Lwów at the end of WW2.
Lechia fared well in its early years in the lower divisions finishing top of their district
championships in both the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons. For Lechia to be
promoted to the top division they needed to win additional qualifying rounds against
the other district champions, playing a series of games in playoff games, before a
final playoff league with four teams of five being promoted. In the playoffs for the
1946–47 season Lechia finished bottom of the playoff league, being the only team
not to advance to the top division. Lechia's fortunes changed the following season
however and achieved promotion at the end of the 1947–48 season when they
finished top of the promotion playoffs league.
First years of top flight football (1949–1954)[edit]
In 1949 Lechia played in the top flight for the first time (at this time the top division
was called the "I liga"). While it was a historic year for the club, and showed the
competitiveness of the team in their early years to play in the top division, it was not
a season to be enjoyed by Lechia in terms of on field performances, winning only 4
games all season and losing an incredible 15 times out of 22 games, finishing
bottom of the league as a result. Due to suffering relegation in their first Ekstraklasa
season the club found themselves back in the second tier of Polish football in 1950.
Their first year in the II liga was a year of transition and the team initially struggled
finishing 6th out of 10 teams, and finding themselves way off the pace for an
immediate return to the top division. The league format of the II liga was changed for
the 1951 season, where in the previous season the division was split into two groups
with both winners being promoted, the 1951 season saw the II liga being split into
four groups with the group winners playing each other in a mini playoff league with
the top two being promoted to the Ekstraklasa. Lechia won their group which was the
most diverse group at the time, playing against teams in Poznań and Wrocław who
were both across the country from Gdańsk. The team advanced to the playoff league
and came up against OWKS Kraków, Górnik Wałbrzych and Gwardia Warsaw,
winning the playoffs group on goal difference and being promoted back to the I liga
with OWKS Kraków.
The 1952 season was an unusual one due to the 1952 Summer Olympics in
Helsinki. The start of the league was delayed due to the preparation of forming a
team to go to the Olympics. As a result of this the Young Leaders Rally Cup was
organised, and was the first League Cup in Polish football. The organising of the cup
was to give the players an opportunity to show off their skills, and with a more
relaxed competition compared to the league would provide the Polish team with the
best possible preparation to perform well at the Olympics. [4] The cup ran from April –
July and initially saw two groups where each team played each other twice, with the
top three teams in each group going through to the playoffs to decide the winner and
the final standings. Lechia finished 3rd in their group and thus played against Lech
Poznań who also finished 3rd in their group to play in the 5th placed playoff. Lech
won the game 2–1, meaning Lechia finished in 6th place overall in the Young
Leaders Rally Cup. After the Olympics, in which Poland were knocked out in the first
round, the league officially started, around five months later than it usually would.
The league took a similar format to the cup, with the teams being split into two
groups, with the two winners playing each other to decide on that years champions.
Lechia finished the disruptive season in 7th place, ensuing they remained in the
league for the following season. The 1953 season returned to normality with one
league and each team playing each other twice. The season saw Lechia struggle
and finish bottom of the league, and were again relegated from the top division
finding the increased level of competitiveness difficult to deal with over the course of
a full season.
Being back in the II liga Lechia once again found themselves to be competitive.
While the club struggled more so than the teams around them in terms of scoring
goals, Lechia were the best team defensively in the league, shown by their ability to
keep clean sheets, having 12 clean sheets in their 20 games. [5] The team finished the
season on 28 points, the same as Stal Sosnowiec who ended up winning the league,
but found themselves finish in second place due in part to Stal scoring 10 more goals
than Lechia and having a much better goal difference. The immediate promotion and
return to the I liga showed that at the time the club were in a position where they
were competitive, but too good for the second division, yet struggled against the
much better organised clubs in the first division.
Early "Golden Years" and top division stay (1955–1963)[edit]
Upon Lechias return to the Ekstraklasa, the players involved during these years and
the initial success of the team upon their return to the I liga, were therefore seen as
being the club's "golden years" of their early history. Players such as Bogdan
Adamczyk, Henryk Gronowski, Robert Gronowski, Roman Korynt, Hubert
Kusz, Czesław Lenc, Czesław Nowicki, and Roman Rogocz, all of whom had long
playing careers with Lechia, were all important in making the club competitive upon
their return to the league. Their first season back, 1955, was at the time the clubs
most successful season in their history. On their way to a 5th place finish in the
league, their highest at that point, they beat strong teams at the time such as ŁKS
Łódź, Lech Poznań, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, and the 1955 Polish champions Legia
Warsaw.[6][7] The season also provided the chance for the clubs first piece of
silverware by reaching the Polish Cup final for the first time. Lechia's route in the
Polish Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski) to the final saw them beating Sandecja Nowy
Sącz, Wisła Kraków, Odra Opole and Gwardia Warsaw. The final saw Lechia play
Legia Warsaw at the Polish Army Stadium, Legia's home stadium. Lechia lost the
game 5–0 after a hat-trick from Kempny, and a goal each
from Pohl and Słaboszowski[8] seeing them finish as runners-up in the cup, and only
the second team formed after the Second World War to feature in the Polish Cup
final.
In the league, the 1956 season was more successful than the year prior, seeing
Lechia finish on the podium for the first time, with the club also becoming the first
formed after the war to finish in the top three. Despite only scoring 25 goals in 22
games, Lechia finished the season in 3rd place. The club relied heavily on their
defence that season keeping 10 clean sheets and conceding only 21, the second
lowest in the league that season, while their highest goal scorer was Rogocz who
scored only 7 for the club that season in the league. The achievement of 3rd place
happened under the guidance of Tadeusz Foryś, arguably Lechia's greatest
manager in their earlier years, seeing them promoted from the second tier, taking
them to a cup final, and achieving their highest finish of 3rd place. [9]
The following season saw Lechia remaining competitive, but with the defensive side
of the team not performing as well for the team as they went on to finish in 5th place.
Once again the team only scored 25 goals in 22 games, the joint second lowest in
the league, and the only team to not score more than 25 goals to not be relegated.
Despite only scoring 25 goals that season in the league the team did see a player
scoring the clubs first hat-trick in the top division, with Bronisław Szlagowski scoring
3 in a 5–0 win over Zagłębie Sosnowiec. While defensively the team wasn't as strong
as in 1956, the 29 goals they conceded, which was still among the better sides in the
division, ensured the team finished in the top half of the league for a third successive
season. At the end of the season, Tadeusz Foryś, who saw Lechia's rise from the II
liga to being a challenger for the top places in the I liga, left Lechia to manage Arka
Gdynia.
Following the departure of Foryś who made Lechia defensively strong, the teams
fortunes declined from the season with one notable difference from the previous
season being the amount of goals the team conceded. The side fell to 8th place, just
surviving relegation by a single point. This was a trend which was to continue for
Lechia. While the team improved to finish 6th in the 1959 season, the team only
managed to score 19 goals in their 22 games, with only one team scoring fewer, Stal
Sosnowiec, who finished bottom of the league. The next three seasons saw the team
flirting with relegation, finishing 9th in 1960, scoring the joint fewest in the league and
surviving relegation by a point, 8th in 1961, scoring the joint second least in the
league but surviving more comfortably by 5 points, and finishing 9th again in 1962.
The 1962 saw a change in the league format, with the season changing from a
summer league (playing from spring-autumn) to it becoming a winter league (playing
autumn-spring). The league for that season was therefore shorter, with teams
playing a total of 13 games, 12 in a mini league, and once in a playoff game to
formalise the final standings.
Over these years where Lechia struggled, some of the players who were important in
the clubs rise during the early and mid 1950's started to move away or retire. Henryk
Gronowski initially left in 1961, but later returned over the summer in 1963, his
brother, and one of Lechia's most important forwards for Lechia during this era,
Robert Gronowski, left in 1960, the ever present defenders Hubert Kusz and
Czesław Lenc left in 1960 and 1962, and Roman Rogocz, who scored more than
100 goals for Lechia during his 15 year career at the club, retired in 1962. Each of
these players made more then 100 appearances in the I liga for Lechia, leaving
Lechia without the quality and experience these players provided. This loss of quality
was evident during the 1962-63 season which ended up being a difficult one for
Lechia. In the 26 games that season, they only managed to win 6, drawing 3, with
the side losing 17, scoring only 20 goals, and conceding 48. This caused the team to
finish second from bottom, being 4 points from safety, and were relegated from the
Ekstraklasa with Lech Poznań, ending their 9 season long spell of continuous top
division football.
Decline and fall to the third division (1963–1971)[edit]
While some of Lechia's important players remained at the club after their relegation,
including long serving players such as; Bogdan Adamczyk, Jerzy Apolewicz, Janusz
Charczuk, Roman Korynt, Czesław Nowicki, Zbigniew Żemojtel, and the return
of Henryk Gronowski after the clubs relegation, the squad struggled to adapt to
falling down a division. That season Lechia lost more games than they managed to
win, and were only able to secure a 10th placed finish out of 16 teams. Lechia did
adapt to the new division better than Lech Poznań however who suffered back to
back relegations, showing the rise in competitiveness since the last time Lechia were
in the II liga.
From their second season Lechia had adapted to the league and increased their
competitiveness, finding themselves in 7th for the 1964–65 season. This season saw
Lechia playing Arka Gdynia for the first time, with the two clubs quickly becoming
fierce rivals and leading to the Tricity Derby. Lechia won the first ever meeting
between the two clubs with the game finishing 2–1. The club also saw in
improvement the following year by finishing in 6th for the 1965–66 season. While
these seasons were an improvement on their first season back in the second tier,
Lechia never found themselves more than 4 points clear from relegation, the
equivalent of 2 wins during that period. This shows that while Lechia were finishing in
the mid-table, they were only one bad season, or one bad run of games from
finishing in the relegation zone.
This possibility of a bad run of games leading to Lechia being relegated became a
reality in the 1966–67 season, which saw a winless run of 8 games, including a run
of 5 straight defeats without scoring a goal in this run. [10] Lechia were relegated by a
single point at the end of the season, and were to be playing in the third tier for the
first time in their history.
Lechia will have expected to be competitive following their fall to the III liga, and the
team proved that they could be. Their first season saw them finishing in 2nd,
however they were clear behind Arkonia Szczecin, and although they did finish in
2nd place, only the league winners from the four groups of the third division were
promoted. The 1967–68 season also saw Lechia's first Gdańsk
Derby with Stoczniowiec Gdańsk, despite both teams being formed in 1945 it took 22
years before they met in a competitive setting. Stoczniowiec won the first derby
between the two clubs 2–1, in a derby that would go on to be played often over the
next two decades. At the end of the season, the long serving forward who had three
spells with Lechia, Bogdan Adamczyk, retired from playing football. Adamczyk was
the last remaining player who had featured for the club during their "Golden Years"
the decade before. Although one club legend retired, the following season saw the
introduction of Zdzisław Puszkarz, a youngster from the Lechia academy, who would
one day become a club legend himself. The season didn't go as planned for Lechia,
with the team finishing in 5th, and seeing their rivals Arka top the league.
Over the next three years however Lechia maintained a consistent challenge on
fighting for the league title. The 1968–69 season saw Lechia finishing in 3rd place,
conceding only 18 in 30 league games, and keeping an impressive 18 clean sheets.
Lechia were still off the pace needed to mount a challenge for a title, but the club had
seen improvements since the previous season. The next season Lechia had
improved to a 2nd placed finish, losing only 3 games all season, including losing to
eventual champions Lech Poznań, and finishing only 1 point behind Lech, meaning
the loss to Lech in the penultimate game of the season may have cost Lechia's
chance of winning the league themselves. Lechia did not have to wait long however
to win the league for themselves and make a return to the II liga. In the 1971–72
season Lechia won 22 of their 30 games, clearly winning the league with having a 9
point gap to Stoczniowiec in 2nd place, having the second best attack in the league,
and by far the best defence in the league conceding only 13 goals and keeping 21
clean sheets, this despite the fact that of the 4 league defeats that season, 3 of them
came in Lechia's first 4 league games.
A decade in the second division (1972–1982)[edit]
After finding themselves in the second division Lechia performed well and
comfortably finished above the relegation zone in 7th place, winning and losing 9
games each over the season, and drawing 12, of which 8 were 0–0 draws. This
followed the trend of Lechia not scoring many, but being set up well defensively, with
the high amount of extra points picked up from draws helping them to finish clear of
the bottom 4. The 1973–74 season saw a change of format in the II liga, which was
originally just a single league of 16 teams. From this season the division was split
into two leagues of 16 teams each and 32 teams in total, a Northern group and a
Southern group, with Lechia being placed in the Northern group. This change made
it harder for teams to gain promotion from the division as they now had to win the
league, where as before finishing as runners-up was good enough for promotion to
the I liga. Lechia finished 4th in the league, in what was generally an average season
for the team, but due to the top 3 teams taking so many points from the lower placed
teams in the league Lechia recorded a high finish, with players such as Tomasz
Korynt and Andrzej Głownia having standout seasons.
The 1974–75 season saw a vast improvement from the team, winning 16 of their 30
games, and losing only 6. The club also improved in goals scored, while also being
the joint best team defensively. Tomasz Korynt, Leonard Radowski, and Zdzisław
Puszkarz each managed 8 goals in the league that season as Lechia went on to
finish in 2nd place, only 2 points of the league winners Widzew Łódź. This season
also saw Zdzisław Puszkarz called up to the Poland national team to play against
East Germany,[11] despite Lechia playing in the second division. The following season
was a good season for the Tricity region with the 4 teams in the league from the
region all finishing in the top 5 places. Once again Lechia had a strong season, this
time only losing 4 games, but again finished in 2nd place, this time 3 points behind
rivals Arka Gdynia. 1976–77 was a little blip in Lechia's run of high finishing seasons,
managing 5th in the league, and their lowest finish since the league split into two
groups. Lechia resumed their title fight from the following season, being the clear
best team in the league along with Gwardia Warsaw, with both teams recording over
20 wins and losing only 2 games all season, and finishing nearly 20 points clear
of Bałtyk Gdynia in 3rd place. Krzysztof Matuszewski also recorded 15 goals over
the season, among the highest in the league. While Lechia were close to winning the
league, it was once again not enough, with the club being a single point from winning
the league.
From the 1978–79 season the leagues were changed from a Northern and Southern
group to Eastern and Western groups. The change didn't initially impact the club,
with Lechia finishing in 3rd place, missing out on promotion by a single point for the
second successive season. Lechia also went on a cup run, playing Gryf Słupsk,
Wielim Szczecinek, Widzew Łódź, and Unia Tarnów on their way to reaching the
quarterfinals. Lechia lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runners-up Wisła Kraków.
Lechia's fortunes in the II liga did start to change, and after narrowly missing out on
promotion in four of the last five seasons, the club found themselves slipping down
into mid-table finishes the next two seasons. 6th and 7th placed finishes in seasons
where Lechia nearly won, drew and lost the same amount of games each time saw
the club looking far less competitive and saw the departure of talismanic midfielder
Zdzisław Puszkarz in 1981. It was evident in 1981–82 that Puszkarz, a life long
Lechia fan and a player who had been seen as too good for the second tier for many
years, hugely contributed to the clubs fortunes and was irreplaceable for the team on
the pitch. Lechia fell to 14th after winning only 6 of their 30 games, scored only 19
goals, and ended up 7 points from safety. Lechia were relegated to the third tier, this
time without any star players or big names to help the club out.
'Rebirth', cup wins, and Ekstraklasa football (1982–1988)[edit]
 Fajfer

Salach

Marchel

Kulwicki

Grembocki

Raczyński

Kowalski

Wójtowicz

Górski

Kowalczyk

Polak
1982–83 Polish Cup starting line-up.[12]

Although Lechia found themselves in the third tier for the 1982–83 season, it turned
out to be a historic year for the club, and was seen as the club's 'rebirth'. The team
finished top of their division, going on to concede only 9 goals in their 26 games. Due
to Lechia being in the third tier they joined the Polish Cup in the second round. The
first game of the competition saw them play Start Radziejow, who they narrowly beat
3–2 on penalties. The cup saw them playing 4 Ekstraklasa teams on their route to
the final. They beat Widzew Łódź 5–4 on penalties, after drawing 1–1, Śląsk
Wrocław 3–0 in the round of 16, Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0 in the quarter-finals,
and Ruch Chorzów in the semi-finals 4–3 on penalties. The final saw them
playing Piast Gliwice who were in the second tier. They won the final 2–1 with goals
from Krzysztof Górski and Marek Kowalczyk to win their first-ever piece of
silverware.[13]
In 1983–84 Lechia were again in the second tier (west group), and qualified for
the Polish SuperCup (Polish: SuperPuchar Polski) due to winning the Polish Cup the
season before. It was the first-ever season of the Super Cup, and saw the cup
winning team play the Ekstraklasa champions, resulting in Lechia playing Lech
Poznań. Despite Lech being heavy favourites Lechia won the Super Cup with a late
goal from Jerzy Kruszczyński.[14] This resulted in 1983 being the most successful
season in the club's history up to that point, with the team winning both cup
competitions it participated in despite not being in the top division. Lechia's stay out
of the Ekstraklasa wasn't to last long, however, with the team winning the 1983–84 II
Liga season, and as a result were promoted back to the Ekstraklasa. A division they
had narrowly missed out of playing in many seasons before, and was their first time
back in the top tier for 21 seasons. That season Lechia also qualified for the UEFA
Cup Winners' Cup due to winning the Polish Cup the season before. In the first
round, Lechia was drawn to Italian footballing giants, Juventus. The first game was
played in Turin, Italy, with Juventus easily winning 7–0. With the team knowing they
were all but knocked out already the team put on an inspiring performance scoring 2
goals against the European giants in the home leg of the competition. [15][16] The Lechia
home game against Juventus was not only a sporting spectacle, but proved to be a
place of mass demonstration for the Solidarity movement, which many fans were
part of. In the 40,000 crowd was Lech Wałęsa, with the crowds chants
of "Solidarność! Solidarność! Solidarność!" causing the second half to be delayed by
6 minutes and with broadcasters resulting to mute the whole second half of the TVs
broadcast. The Lechia manager, Jerzy Jastrzębowski, said of the event; "We were in
the dressing room during half-time when we heard it and it sent shivers down our
spines, the whole ground singing 'Solidarnosc'." [17]
For the 1984–85 Ekstraklasa season, a season in which all teams struggled for goals
(an average of 1 goal a game), Lechia finished 12th having scored 23 goals, and
with only 2 of their wins that season coming from scoring 2 more goals than their
opponents. The season after Lechia finished just above the relegation zone by a
single point, and seeing local rivals Bałtyk Gdynia getting relegated a place below.
Lechia was lucky that season, with the team finishing 3rd from bottom, with four
teams normally getting relegated. However, a change to the division below saw only
2 teams going down that season. 1986–87 saw the team once again fighting
relegation. For the 3rd season in a row, Lechia only managed 23 goals in their
league 30 games, however, the team once again stayed up finishing in 11th. The
team were once more fighting a relegation battle during the 1987-88 season. Lechia
legend Puszkarz rejoined the team after having left 5 seasons prior. It had always
been his dream to play for Lechia in the top flight, and this was the season where he
achieved this accomplishment however it didn't go according to plan. Despite the
team finishing in 12th, which would normally be one position above the relegation
zone, for that season though there was a relegation playoff, with 14th playing 11th,
and 13th playing 12th. Lechia played Olimpia Poznań in the relegation playoff and
lost over both legs 3–2 on aggregate. This saw Lechia being relegated with Zagłębie
Lubin, the other team who would otherwise have normally been safe also suffered
relegation after they lost both legs 4–3 to Górnik Wałbrzych on aggregate. The
following season the relegation playoffs in the Ekstraklasa were scrapped.
Lower leagues and mergers (1988–2001)[edit]
After relegation from the Ekstraklasa, Lechia found themselves back in the II liga.
During the 1988–89 season Lechia struggled to adapt to the new league, finishing
10th out of 16. Things failed to improve for Lechia during the next two seasons,
finishing both 11th and 12th. The situation slightly improved for Lechia during the
1991–92 and the 1993–94 seasons finishing in 8th before their highest finish of 6th
since being relegated. During this period there was a greater rivalry with the three
major Tricity clubs, Lechia representing Gdańsk, with Arka and Bałtyk from Gdynia.
The 1993–94 season was an important season for the Tricity teams. Bałtyk
Gdynia finished highest in the league for the 3rd season in a row, while both Lechia
and Arka faced each other for the first time in history in the 1993–94 Polish Cup, with
Arka winning the match 1–0. The season was another difficult one for Lechia, in
which they finished 14th, 1 place above the relegation zone. The struggles for Lechia
reached a devastating end by the end of the 1994–95 season, with the team,
ultimately being relegated to the 3rd Division, along with fellow rivals Arka Gdynia.
The 1995–96 season saw Lechia merge with Olimpia Poznań, becoming Olimpia-
Lechia Gdańsk. Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk played in the top division, while the
continuation of the Lechia Gdańsk team played in the 3rd division, with the Lechia
Gdańsk side being used as the team's official second team. By the end of the 1995–
96 Ekstraklasa season Lechia-Olimpia Gdańsk finished 16th, and were ultimately
relegated. The second team (Lechia Gdańsk) also narrowly miss relegation, finishing
just above the relegation places. At the end of the 1995–96 season Lechia–Olympia
Gdańsk was renamed as Lechia Gdańsk, promoting the team from the 3rd division to
the 2nd. The new Lechia team failed to capitalize on the return to the second division
by being relegated to the 3rd division straight away. The 1997–98 season was a
better season for Lechia with the team finishing in 3rd place in the III liga.
Before the 1998–99 season Lechia had their 2nd merger within 3 years, this time
merging with Polonia Gdańsk to create Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk taking Polonia's
place in the 2nd division. This merger lasted 3 years, with the team's fortunes slowly
deteriorating, finishing 7th in 1998–99, 14th in 1999–2000, and 19th in the 2000–01
season, and thus suffering another relegation to the 3rd division. In the 2001–02
season Lechia–Polonia competed in the 3rd division, while a newly formed Lechia
Gdańsk team was formed in the 6th division. After the 2001–02 season Lechia–
Polonia dissolved, resulting newly formed Lechia becoming the continuation of the
original club, while Polonia Gdańsk having already reformed in the sixth tier in 1999.
Re-formation and re-start from the sixth tier (2001–2008)[edit]
The newly formed independent Lechia Gdańsk team had a lot of initial success,
winning the league in its first year in the 6th tier in 2001–02 season. This form
continued finishing first in the 2002–03 season in the 5th tier, as well as winning the
2003–04 season in the 4th tier, and also finishing first the season after in the 2004–
05 3rd tier. After 4 seasons of being an independent club after failed mergers with
Olimpia and Polonia, Lechia found itself back in the second tier of Polish football.
Back in the II liga Lechia finished the 2005–06 in 10th, comfortably above the
automatic relegation zone, and clear of the relegation playoffs. With Lechia making
more improvements during the 2006–07 season finishing in 5th.
The 2007–08 season was the team's 20th season outside of the top flight, having to
come from two failed mergers, and working their way back into the 2nd division.
During the season the MOSiR Stadium became a fortress, with Lechia winning 14 of
the 17 games at home, losing only once at home, against Odra Opole. Lechia
struggled more away from home, winning 6 of their 17 away games. Lechia was
helped during the season with goal-scoring contributions from Maciej
Rogalski, Paweł Buzała, and Piotr Cetnarowicz, with all three players scoring more
than 10 goals over the course of the season. Despite the club's decent away form, it
proved by the end of the season that their home form had massively helped Lechia
in the league, with Lechia finishing the 2007–08 season as champions, and as a
result, secured promotion back to the Ekstraklasa.
Return to the Ekstraklasa (2008–2018)[edit]
For the 2008–09 season Lechia returned to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since
being relegated after the 1987–88 Ekstraklasa season. Lechia struggled in their first
season of being back in the top flight of Polish football with the team losing 16 of the
30 games that season. They ended the season three points above the relegation
zone, and stayed in the league mostly due to their home form (having 7 of their 9
wins that season from their home games). Lechia fared better during the 2009–
10 season finishing in eighth, while also enjoying a cup run that took the team to the
semi-finals of the 2009–10 Polish Cup losing in the semi-final to eventual cup
winners Jagiellonia. In January 2009 the members of Lechia Gdańsk (OSP) signed a
document forming Lechia Gdansk S.A. (Spółka Akcyjna = Stock Corporation). It was
during this season that Gdansk was chosen to be one of the host cities of the UEFA
Euro 2012 championships in Poland and Ukraine, meaning the team would be
moving from their current MOSiR Stadium to a new 43,000 capacity stadium in 2011.
In Lechia's 3rd season back in the top flight, it was another season of consolidating
their Ekstraklasa status. In the 2010–11 season the team once again finished in 8th
place. It was, however, a more positive season that showed progression for the team
as a whole. It was the first time since their promotion back to the top league that
Lechia had won more games than they had lost, finished with a positive goal
difference, and Lechia player Abdou Traoré finished joint runner up for most goals
that season. And for the second season in a row Lechia reached the semi-finals of
the 2010–11 Polish Cup, before losing 5–0 to Legia over the two legs. This was the
last season in which Lechia played at the MOSiR Stadium, the stadium in which
Lechia had played all of their home games since their formation in 1945. The last
game to be played at the stadium was the final game of the season against Zagłębie
Lubin, a game in which Lechia lost 2–1.
The 2011–12 season saw Lechia move into their new stadium, the first game to be
played there saw Lechia playing against Cracovia, a game which finished 1–1.
Lechia struggled during their first season inside the new and much larger stadium,
winning only three of their home games that season. Lechia slumped to a 13th-place
finish, in a season where they scored 21 goals in 30 games. In 2012–13 there were
more positives for Lechia, again finishing in a mid-table 8th. The team once again
struggled at home, winning only three games. With the relegation of Polonia
Warsaw (who finished the season in sixth) due to financial issues, Lechia effectively
finished seventh, and secured their highest finish since their return to the top flight.
There were major changes made for the 2013–14 Ekstraklasa season with the
introduction of a Championship Round (teams who finish 1st–8th) and a Relegation
Round (teams who finish 9th–16th). This took the overall games played in a season
from 30 to 37. As ever Lechia finished eighth after the 30-game season qualifying for
the Championship Round. Lechia finished the first-ever Championship Round in
fourth place and just missing out on qualification for the qualifying rounds of
the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League due to Zawisza Bydgoszcz winning the 2013–14
Polish Cup. The 4th-place finish meant that Lechia had achieved their highest finish
since the 1956 season, in which Lechia finished third.
2014–15 saw Lechia struggling towards the lower end of the table by the time the
winter break took place. During the mid-season transfer window Sebastian
Mila rejoined the club where he had started his professional career 14 years earlier.
The Polish international became Lechia's captain for the remainder of the season,
and helped the club to an eighth-placed finish for the regular season. During the
Championship Round, Lechia managed to finish in fifth, once again just missing out
on qualifying for the Europa League.
2015–16 saw an intent for progression for Lechia. Joining Mila and Łukasik, the
Poland internationals who were already at the club, saw the arrivals of Ariel
Borysiuk, Sławomir Peszko, Jakub Wawrzyniak, Grzegorz Wojtkowiak, as well as
former Serbian international Miloš Krasić. Despite the new players Lechia struggled
at the start of the season and hovered above the relegation zone until the winter
break. The team managed to reach seventh place by the end of the regular season.
During the Championship Round Lechia once again finished fifth, and narrowly
missed out on qualification for the Europa League Qualifiers. Grzegorz Kuświk who
joined Lechia from Ruch during the summer finished the season with 11 goals, and
was one of the top goal scorers that season.
2016–17 saw the improvements that fans had been anticipating. With players such
as Haraslín as well as the internationally experienced players who joined the season
before had now settled into the club. New arrivals such as twins Marco
Paixão and Flávio Paixão, as well as Rafał Wolski arriving
from Fiorentina and Dušan Kuciak from Hull City. The regular season saw Lechia
winning all but three of their home games, and were top of the table at the end of 10
of the game weeks. Lechia ended the regular season in fourth. In the last home
game of the season against Pogoń Lechia celebrated the careers of Piotr
Wiśniewski and Mateusz Bąk. Both players had played over 10 years for Lechia,
while Lechia was the only professional club Wiśniewski played for. Both players
came on as substitutes in the 4–0 win over Pogon, with Wiśniewski scoring the final
goal of the game, and Bąk made an important save to keep a clean sheet for the
team. Going into the final game of the season Lechia was in fourth place, two points
behind Legia who were top, Lechia knew that with a win away to Legia they had a
great chance of winning their first-ever Ekstraklasa title. The game finished 0–0, and
due to Lech and Jagiellonia drawing with each other, Lechia did not gain any
positions and finished fourth with the same points as Lech and Jaga who finished in
second and third. For the third season in a row Lechia once again missed out on
qualification for the Europa League by a single position, this time due to their main
rivals Arka Gdynia getting the place from winning the 2016–17 Polish Cup. Marco
Paixão finished the season as the top scorer in the league with 18 goals, an award
which was jointly shared with Marcin Robak.[18]
There was much anticipation for the 2017–18 season after having the chance to win
the title up until the final game the season before. However, any optimism of a repeat
was short-lived. Lechia spent most of the season in the bottom half of the table and
finished the regular season in 14th, one place and one point above the relegation
zone. This was the first season Lechia had featured in the Relegation Round. Wins
against Termalica Nieciecza, Arka Gdynia and Piast Gliwice ensured that Lechia
finished the Relegation Round in 13th place, two places and three points above the
relegation zone. Marco and Flávio had a huge contribution to Lechia staying up, with
16 goals from Marco and 10 for Flávio. At the end of the season Sebastian
Mila retired from football, after having had two spells with Lechia.
Stokowiec and new success (2018–2021)[edit]

Alomerović

Nalepa

Augustyn

Nunes

Mladenović

Łukasik

Makowski

Kubicki

Michalak

Haraslín
 Paixão
2018–19 Polish Cup starting line-up. The only goalscorer in the game, Artur Sobiech, started on the bench.[19]

Piotr Stokowiec was in place for the final few games of the disappointing 2017–18
season and was in place ready for the 2018–19 Ekstraklasa season. The first game
of the 2018-19 season saw Lechia beating Jagiellonia Białystok, with Sławomir
Peszko receiving a straight red. After the game Peszko received a three-month ban
for a dangerous kick at Arvydas Novikovas.[20] The season started well, with Lechia
winning five of their first seven games, while also holding Legia to draw in Warsaw.
Lechia's first defeat of the season came away to Wisła Kraków after the international
break, before losing a 3–0 lead and drawing 3–3 with Zagłębie Lubin in the game
after. After a difficult September, Lechia went on a 13-game unbeaten run, including
wins over rivals Arka Gdynia and beating Lech Poznań away in Poznań for the first
time in 52 years.[21] The unbeaten run lead to Lechia leading the Ekstraklasa when
the league broke up for the winter break. During this time Lechia also went on a cup
run beating Wisła Kraków, Resovia Rzeszow and Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza to
reach the quarterfinals. After the break Lechia continued their good form losing only
2 of the 11 games after the restart. After losing the final game of the regular season
to Cracovia 4–2, they found themselves in the first place due to goal difference,
having +3 goals more than Legia Warsaw. Lechia's good fortunes in the cup also
continued after the restart, beating Górnik Zabrze in the quarterfinals, Raków
Częstochowa in the semifinal, meeting Jagiellonia Białystok in the final. The final
was played on 2 May 2019 at the National Stadium in Warsaw. After a close
game Flávio Paixão scored for Lechia in the 85th minute, before it was disallowed by
the VAR. Artur Sobiech scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time,
winning the Polish Cup for Lechia, the second time in their history they won the
competition.[22] After the cup triumph, the championship group was a disappointment
in comparison. After losing only four games in the previous 30, Lechia lost four of the
seven championship games. Despite the disappointing end, it was a historic
campaign for Lechia after winning the Polish Cup for the second time, and finishing
third in the league, their joint highest finish in the league which was last achieved in
1956.[23]
Lechia started the season with the 2019 Polish SuperCup playing against Polish
Champions Piast Gliwice.[24] Two goals from Lukáš Haraslín and one from Jarosław
Kubicki meant that Lechia were 3-0 up in the final before a late consolation for Piast
from Patryk Sokołowski. Lechia won the Polish SuperCup for the second time in their
history by winning 3–1.[25][26] Another challenge for Lechia to face early in the season
was playing in a European competition for only the second time in their history.
Lechia were to play in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, with the team being
drawn against Brøndby IF.[27] The first game went well, with Lechia winning 2–1 at
home, with goals from Flávio Paixão and Patryk Lipski.[28] The second leg however
went Brøndby's way. After finishing the away leg 2–1, with Lechia's goal coming from
Flávio Paixão, the game went to extra time. Brøndby scored early in extra time, and
with Lechia pushing for an equalizer, scored again late on meaning Lechia lost the
tie 5–3 on aggregate.[29] The start of the 2019–20 season proved to be difficult for
Lechia, with new signing Žarko Udovičić receiving a four match ban after being sent
off in the team's first game of the season against ŁKS Łódź.[30] Lechia went on to only
win one of their first six games, which was against Wisła Płock.[31] After the difficult
start Lechia then went on a five match winning run which put them top of the league
after beating Legia Warsaw away 2–1.[32] After their winning run was ended
by Zagłębie Lubin, the team had the Tricity Derby the following game. After goals
from Artur Sobiech and Flávio Paixão (this being Paixão's seventh goal against Arka,
making him the outright highest scorer in the fixture) Lechia lost a 2–0 lead and
finished the game 2–2, with Udovičić again being sent off, [33] this time receiving a two-
month ban.[34] After the game against Arka, Lechia failed to win any of the next three
games, losing two, placing the team in 9th place at the mid-way point of the regular
season. For the start of the second round of fixtures Lechia beat ŁKS Łódź 3–1, with
Flávio Paixão scoring two goals. These two goals put Paixão on 68 goals in the
Ekstraklasa, overtaking Miroslav Radović as the highest scoring foreigner in the top
league of Poland.[35] Lechia went on to win the next two games while managing to
keep clean sheets in both games. The 3 match winning run was ended after a 3–0
defeat against Jagiellonia Białystok. It was announced a few days after the game, on
17 December, that the players and staff had not been played by the club since
September and had failed to pay the players their bonuses for winning the Polish
Cup in May.[36][37] Due to the players having not been paid for months they would have
been legally be able to apply for a termination of their contract, and leading to the
possibility of many important players leaving during the next transfer window. [38] After
the finances had been resolved, Lechia lost the final game of the autumn round 3-0
going into the winter break in 7th. To help with the club's future financial situation key
players on high wagers were told they could leave during the winter break. [39] Key
players that left included; Lukáš Haraslín, Artur Sobiech, Daniel Łukasik, Rafał
Wolski and Sławomir Peszko with Błażej Augustyn training with the Lechia II team
until arrangements could be made. Although key players were missing and there
being a greater emphasis on playing the youth players in the first game back after
the winter break, the team started the second half of the season drawing 2–2 with a
Championship chasing Śląsk Wrocław team. During the game it was clear to see the
club's current situation with their finances with the entire bench being made up of
teenagers from the U23's team. Lechia won the following game 1–0 against Piast
with Kacper Urbański starting the game, becoming the youngest ever Lechia player
to start a competitive game, and the youngest ever player to start a game in the
Ekstraklasa.[40] On 10 March it was announced that all games would be played behind
closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.[41] After the announcement Polish
football would be played without fans present, Lechia went on to beat Piast
Gliwice 2–1 in an empty stadium in the Polish Cup to reach the semi-finals, leaving
only 2 wins to retain the cup. Announcements were made over the following days
and weeks, with the Ekstralasa, I liga and Polish Cup fixtures all being suspended
until 26 April at the earliest.[42][43] At the time of the league's suspension Lechia were in
7th place with 4 games left to play in the regular season. After a difficult restart to the
season Lechia went on a run to climb the table, including a 4–3 win over rivals Arka
Gdynia.[44] This run coincided with the meeting of Lech Poznań in the Polish Cup
semi-final, against whom Lechia beat 4–3 in penalties after the game finished 1–1.
[45]
 This led Lechia into their second Polish Cup final in successive years. Lechia
finished the season in 4th place and played Cracovia in the Polish Cup final, losing
the final 3–2 after the game went into extra-time.
Lechia went into the 2020–21 season celebrating their 75th anniversary, but with the
fans and team knowing they had lost some key players from previous seasons. Filip
Mladenović joined rivals Legia Warsaw while Lukáš Haraslín made the permanent
move to U.S. Sassuolo. Lechia struggled at the start of the season, losing two of
their first three games, before finding some form and moving to a high of 4th place.
The effects of the coronavirus were again felt by the team, with the match
against Wisła Kraków being postponed due to an outbreak in the Wisła team.
[46]
 Lechia eventually struggled with a Covid outbreak of their own, with Jaroslav
Mihalík being the first confirmed case in the club on 10th October, [47] getting the virus
while on international duty. In early November the club had an outbreak affecting 13
players and 7 members of the coaching staff. [48] After a month with no games due to
the teams outbreak the Lechia team returned to play Śląsk Wrocław, winning the
game 3–2. After this initial success after the teams isolation, Lechia lost the following
four games without scoring a goal. Going into the final game before the winter break
the team found themselves in the bottom half of the table, but a 3–0 win over
Cracovia helped them to rise up to 8th. [49] After the winter break Lechia's poor form
returned with defeats to Jagiellonia in the league and Puszcza Niepołomice in the
Polish Cup, with some fans questioning the role of Stokowiec as the teams manager.
[50]
 After a poor run of results which saw 6 defeats in 7 games, Lechia picked up form
and gained some momentum in the league, winning 5 of the next 8 games, losing
only one, and mounting a threat to the top three places in the league. After this run
Lechia's form once again dropped, winning only 6 points from the final 7 games of
the season. The team went into the final game of the season knowing that a win
would be enough to secure European football for the following season, but a defeat
to Jagiellonia on the final day of the season saw the side slump to a disappointing
7th place finish.
Current era (2021–)[edit]
The 2021–22 season saw changes in the league structure, increasing the teams
from 16 to 18 and scrapping the championship and relegation leagues at the end of
the season, seeing all teams playing 34 league games a season instead of the
previous 37. The 2021–22 season started relatively well for Lechia losing only one of
their first six games and securing 9 points in the process. Lechia dropped points
against Radomiak Radom in their sixth game of the season after having been 2–0 up
to draw the game 2–2. While the season looked more promising, and they play from
the squad looked better than the previous season, this kind of collapse in Lechia
games was becoming too common under Stokowiec's rein. Shortly after the game
with Radomiak it was announced that Piotr Stokowiec had officially left the club,
Stokowiec being Lechia's second longest serving manager in the clubs history. [51] On
1 September 2021 it was announced that the Pogoń Szczecin assistant
manager Tomasz Kaczmarek was to become the new Lechia manager.[52] Lechia
under Kaczmarek initially performed well in the league, going on a nine game
unbeaten run in the league under the manager, a run of 10 games in total with
Stokowiec's last game in charge being included. This run of games saw Lechia
convincingly beating teams, with convincing wins against Górnik Łęczna and the
current Polish champions, Legia Warsaw. The run saw Lechia closing in on the
leaders Lech, often fighting with Raków for the second and third places. The
impressive run came to a disappointing end with a 5–1 defeat to Pomeranian rivals
Pogoń. The defeat saw Lechia's run of form drastically change, going on to lose 3 of
the next 4 games, and being in 5th place in the league as the Ekstraklasa stopped
for the winter break.

Historic club names[edit]

Year Short version Full name
1945 BOP Baltia Gdańsk Biuro Odbudowy Portów Baltia Gdańsk

1946 KS BOP Lechia Gdańsk Klub Sportowy Biuro Odbudowy Portów Lechia Gdańsk

1947 BZKS Lechia Gdańsk Budowlany Związkowy Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk

1951 ZS Budowlani Gdańsk Związek Sportowy Budowlani Gdańsk

TKS ZS Budowlani Terenowe Koło Sportowe Związek Sportowy Budowlani

1955
"Lechia" "Lechia"

1959 BKS Lechia Gdańsk Budowlani Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk

1991 KS Lechia Gdańsk Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk

1992 FC Lechia SA Football Club Lechia Spółka Akcyjna

1995 KP Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk Klub Piłkarski Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk

1996 KS Lechia Gdańsk Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk

1998 Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk SSA Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna

2001 OSP Lechia Gdańsk Ośrodek Szkolenia Piłkarskiego Lechia Gdańsk

2009 KS Lechia Gdańsk SA Klub Sportowy Lechia Gdańsk Spółka Akcyjna

The fans[edit]
Lechia fans in Traugutta 29 during the Tricity Derby against Arka Gdynia, 25 April 2009.

Fans in the Stadion Gdańsk, 19 April 2016 against Pogoń Szczecin.

2 August 2021 against Wisła Płock.

Lechia Gdańsk is the most supported club in northern Poland, and is one of the most
supported clubs in the country, despite not always being successful. Most of the
support comes from Gdańsk and the Pomeranian region. The biggest supporters
group is the "Lions of the North" group (Polish: Lwy Północy) who organise displays
in the stadium as well as travel to away games. Outside of Gdańsk the club have 24
official fan groups linked to the club, with more unofficial fan groups. The official and
unofficial fan groups can be found in the towns
of; Braniewo, Bytów, Chojnice, Czersk, Dzierzgoń, Frombork, Gdynia, Gniew, Kartuz
y, Kościerzyna, Kwidzyn, Lębork, Malbork, Mława, Miłobądz, Nowe, Nowy Dwór
Gdański, Nowy Staw, Nowy Targ, Pelplin, Pisz, Pruszcz
Gdański, Prabuty, Przodkowo, Pszczółki, Rumia, Sierakowice, Skarszewy, Skórcz, S
mętowo, Sopot, Starogard
Gdański, Sztum, Tczew, Tuchom, Ustka, Władysławowo, Wejherowo, Zblewo and Ż
ukowo, with the club also having a fan group in England.[53]
In the 1980s many of the club's fans were active in the Solidarity movement which
was fighting the communist regime in Poland.[54] This included Lech Wałęsa, a fan of
Lechia Gdańsk who was at the front of the Solidarity movement and became the first
elected President of Poland after the fall of communism. Due to Gdańsk's role with
the Solidarity movement, it is not unusual to see anti-communist slogans on banners
in the stadium. A phrase often used by the club and the fans is "We're creating
history" (Polish: My tworzymy historię), which can be associated to the role Lechia
fans have had on the fall of communism in Poland, and with the club's increasing
competitiveness in recent years, such as winning the Polish Cup, the Polish
SuperCup and finishing third in the Ekstraklasa all in 2019.
Famous Lechia fans include; Lech Wałęsa, the leader of the Solidarity trade
union which helped to bring an end to communist rule in Poland and
Poland's second President. Donald Tusk, former Polish prime minister and President
of the European Council from 2014 to 2019 is also a Lechia fan. Paweł Adamowicz,
the mayor of Gdańsk from 1998–2019 until his assassination in 2019, was a life
Lechia fan. He used his role as mayor of the city to help the club during its
reformation in 2001.
Friendships[edit]
Current friendships[edit]

Lechia Gdańsk and Śląsk Wrocław fans during a "Friendship Match" on 24 August 2019. Flags in support
of Śląsk Wrocław and Gryf Słupsk can be seen hanging alongside flags and banners showing support of
Lechia Gdańsk.

The fans have a friendship with Śląsk Wrocław with which the two clubs fans have
had a friendship since 1977, and have had friendly relations since 1967. This is the
oldest fan friendship in Polish football.[55][56] During the 2017/18 season, the two sets of
fans celebrated their 40th Friendship Anniversary. Games between the two are often
called "The Friendship Match".[57][58]
There is also a mutual friendship between fans of Gryf Słupsk and Lechia Gdańsk.
Gryf Słupsk are also from the Pomoranian area of Poland. The two teams have
rarely met competitively due to Gryf often playing in the lower regional divisions. Gryf
set up the Amber Cup Tournament, an indoor football tournament which takes place
during the winter break. Gryf Słupsk hosted the tournament and have featured many
times, winning in 2009, before the tournament was moved to Gdańsk due to the rise
in popularity, and was hosted by Lechia Gdańsk from 2016 to 2018. [59]
There are many other teams in the Pomeranian province which have friendly
relations with Lechia or have sympathies towards the team. The Tricity Derby which
is contested by the two biggest teams in the Pomeranian area has split the teams in
the region with many fans backing Lechia in the derby. These are generally fans
from; Chojniczanka Chojnice, Bytovia Bytów, Cartusia Kartuzy, Czarni Pruszcz
Gdański, KP Starogard Gdański, Unia Tczew, Pomezania Malbork, Rodło
Kwidzyn and Olimpia Sztum.
Other teams' fans who have friendly relations with Lechia include; Jeziorak
Iława, Miedź Legnica, Hutnik Kraków, Mławianka Mława and Czech team SFC
Opava. Despite being a basketball team, Czarni Słupsk fans are also closely linked
with Lechia fans.
While not a friendship, Lechia fans have had an “agreement” (Polish: układy)
with Stomil Olsztyn since 2016. Typically if agreements last the two teams become
friends and develop a “friendship” (Polish: zgody). Lechia fans supposedly also have
an agreement with Raków Częstochowa.
Former friendships[edit]

Lechia, Śląsk and Wisła fans in 2010 while all three were part of the TKWM coalition.

A mural near the Traugatta 29 stadium during the TKWM coalition.

From 1983 until 1988 Lechia was part of a fan coalition which consisted of Widzew
Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Jagiellonia Białystok, and Ruch Chorzów, being the biggest
coalition in Poland at the time. The coalition broke up when Lechia fans
wanted Śląsk Wrocław to join the coalition, but opposition from Widzew, Jagiellonia
and Ruch prevented the coalition from growing. As a result, the coalition split with
Lechia and Wisła fans siding with Śląsk.[60]
Lechia fans had an agreement with Wisła Kraków dating back to 1973, and from
1988 until 2016 both sets of fans were involved in a fan coalition with Śląsk Wrocław.
Wisła left the "Three Kings of Great Cities" (Polish: Trzej Królowie Wielkich Miast)
coalition to join a new coalition of Widzew Łódź and Ruch Chorzów. This upset both
Lechia and Śląsk fans as fans of Ruch Chorzów and Widzew Łódź were involved in
the murder of a Śląsk fan in 2003.[61][62] The main Lechia Gdańsk fan group posted that
the decision for Wisła to form a friendship with Ruch was unacceptable for the fans
of Lechia, and that the friendship was to be terminated. [63] The main Śląsk Wrocław
fan group posted a similar response the following day officially ending the TKWM
alliance.
While not technically a former friendship it was also documented that Lechia fans
had agreements with both Piast Gliwice and Wisła Płock since at least 2017 until
around 2020.[64] While this agreement didn't progress into a friendship between fans,
it is unlikely that there will be negative thoughts between each team's fans, as with
the case of Wisła Kraków, and have a more neutral opinion of each other.
Rivals[edit]

Lechia fans during a Tricity Derby with Arka Gdynia, 27 October 2018.

Their biggest rivals are Arka Gdynia, the games between the two are known as the
"Tricity derby" (Polish: Derby Trójmiasta). The two teams are the largest in the Tricity
area, with Lechia representing Gdańsk and Arka representing Gdynia, these are the
two largest cities in the Tricity area. The Tricity derby impacts the Pomeranian region
as a whole as fans of the smaller clubs in the region will also sympathise with either
Arka or Lechia, with some counties being fully behind one of the teams with other
counties being split between the two. Lechia receives the greatest support outside of
Gdańsk from Słupsk, Starogard Gdański, Chojnice, Malbork, Sopot, and Lębork.
Arka receives most of its support outside of Gdynia from Tczew, Wejherowo, Rumia,
and Kościerzyna.[65] Lechia has the most success in the derby winning 16 to Arka's
11, with Lechia also being undefeated to Arka in the Ekstraklasa (10 wins, 4 draws).
Lech Poznań and Cracovia are rivals dating back to the time with their alliance with
Wisła. This was due to the two largest fan coalitions in Poland, "Three Kings of Great
Cities" (Lechia, Śląsk, and Wisła) and "The Great Triad" (Arka, Cracovia, and Lech)
with any of the opposite coalition teams playing each other resulting in a big and
hotly contested match.
In recent years there has been a growing rivalry with Legia Warsaw. While Legia
have often been challenging for titles and trophies for much of their history, Lechia
have not. While Lechia has been more competitive in recent years, and are finishing
higher in the table, the matches between the two sides is starting to have more
importance, with the Lechia home game against Legia often being one of the highest
attended games of the season.
Other clubs whose fans have negative views of Lechia are; Pogoń Szczecin (due to
both clubs being from Northern regions in Poland, where historically there have been
few competitive football clubs), Zagłębie Lubin (due to Zagłębie being the main rivals
of Śląsk Wrocław, Lechia's biggest friendship), Jagiellonia Białystok, Ruch
Chorzów, Widzew Łódź, Motor Lublin (despite Motor fans having a friendship with
Śląsk Wrocław), GKS Katowice, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Elana Toruń, Polonia
Bytom and Górnik Zabrze.[66]
Since 2016 Wisła Kraków has since turned into a rivalry for some fans, while other
fans still see the club in a more positive light.
Bałtyk Gdynia is another rivalry due to the geographically close proximity between
the two clubs. Over recent years, however, this fixture hasn't been much of a rivalry
due to the teams being in different divisions for many seasons. This rivalry was at its
biggest in the 1990s when the two clubs played each other often in the second tier.
Gedania Gdańsk and Stoczniowiec Gdańsk have historically been a derby for Lechia
with games between any of the three teams being known as the Gdańsk
Derby (Polish: Derby Gdańska). The rivalry with Gedania[67] was at its biggest in the
1940s and 1950s while the rivalry with Polonia [68] was at its height from the late 1960s
to early 1980s. Due to the current leagues, the teams are in, this is no longer seen
as a major rivalry.
While not rivals per se with any of these teams in a competitive capacity, these local
teams fans are all aligned with Arka for the Tricity derby and are, as such seen in
lower regard compared to other local teams; Gwardia Koszalin, Kaszubia
Kościerzyna, Gryf Wejherowo, Wisła Tczew and Orkan Rumia.
Tricity derby[edit]
The Tricity derby is a match between Lechia and Arka Gdynia. The first derby was
held on 2 September 1964 and was a 2–1 win for Lechia Gdańsk.
Matches Lechia wins Draws A
44 17 16

Gdańsk derby[edit]
The Gdańsk Derby are games between teams based in Gdańsk. Historically the
derby has referred to games between Lechia Gdańsk, Gedania
Gdańsk and Stoczniowiec Gdańsk.
The first derby held between Lechia and Gedania Gdańsk was held on 23
September 1945 and was a 7–2 win for Lechia Gdańsk. The last time this derby was
played was on 27 June 2004.
Matches Lechia wins Draws Gedan
12 9 0 3

The first derby held between Lechia and Stoczniowiec Gdańsk was held on 20
August 1967 and was a 2–1 win for Stoczniowiec Gdańsk. The last time this derby
was played was on 7 May 1983.
Matches Lechia wins Draws Stoczniowiec
31 12 12 7

Stadia[edit]
Stadion Gdańsk[edit]
Main article: Stadion Gdańsk
The Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk, previously called the Baltic Arena, PGE Arena
Gdańsk (2010 – 2015), Stadion Energa Gdańsk (2015 – 2020) is the
home stadium of Lechia Gdańsk. The stadium is located on ul. Pokoleń Lechii
Gdańsk[69] ("Generations of Lechia Gdańsk street") in the northern part of the city
(Letnica district). The capacity of the stands is 41,620 spectators, [70] all seated and
roofed. Stadion Gdańsk is the largest arena in Ekstraklasa and the third largest in
the country (after National Stadium and Silesia Stadium).
Stadion Gdańsk

Construction of the stadium started in 2008 and was completed mid-2011. The
opening match was between Lechia Gdańsk and Cracovia and ended with 1–1 draw.
[71]
 The first international match, Poland – Germany, took place on 6 September 2011
and ended 2–2. The match was relocated from Warsaw because the National
Stadium was not ready. Stadion Gdańsk is used by Lechia Gdańsk since 'the White-
and-Green' relocated there from MOSiR Stadium.
The stadium was also one of the designated venues for the finals of Euro 2012. It
hosted four matches during the tournament. Three matches in Group C and one
quarter-final were played here.[72] In 2010 the official name of the stadium changed to
PGE Arena Gdańsk, on the basis of a sponsorship agreement with Polska Grupa
Energetyczna (PGE Group).[73] The contract with PGE ended, however, on 30
September 2015, after PGE chose not to renew the contract. [74] On 9 November
2015 Energa was revealed as the new stadium's sponsor until 30 November 2020.
[75]
 On 21 May 2021 stadium's management signed a sponsorship agreement
with Polsat TV broadcaster.[76] The stadium hosted the 2021 UEFA Europa League
Final as the Gdańsk Stadium due to UEFA sponsorship regulations.[77]

Full interior of the Stadion Gdańsk.

Exterior of the Stadion Gdańsk

 
 

The first competitive game at the stadium; Lechia Gdańsk

vs Cracovia (Aug 14, 2011) ended in 1–1 draw.

The "Lechia Gdańsk" made out of the seats in the eastern

stand.

MOSiR Stadium / Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium[edit]

Main article: Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium
The Lechia Gdańsk stadium from 1945 to 2011 was the MOSiR Stadium. In 2000 the
ownership of the stadium changed from MOSiR to Gdańsk Sports Center, also
seeing a change in the stadiums name. Now it now officially known as Gdańsk
Sports Center Stadium, the Lechia Gdańsk Stadion or simply the Lechia Stadion[78]
[79]
 but has often been called by Lechia fans, Traugutta or Traugutta 29, the street and
address of the stadium. The stadium is most well known for the European Cup game
against Juventus where around 40,000 fans attended the game, just over three times
more than the capacity of 12,244.[80] Since Lechia moved to the Stadion Energa
Gdańsk the stadium has been used for first team training, matches for the Lechia
Gdańsk Ladies team, the Lechia Gdańsk II team, and formerly also held games for
the Lechia Gdańsk rugby team.
Avenue of Stars[edit]
At the MOSiR Stadium Lechia have an "Avenue of Stars" which commemorates the
efforts and success of former players and coaches. There are currently 21 players
with stars at the stadium, including all-time top goalscorer, Roman Rogocz, and all-
time appearance maker, Zdzisław Puszkarz.[81] Due to MOSiR becoming the training
ground in 2011 after the move to the PGE Arena Gdańsk there have been calls for
the stars to be moved due to the new stadium by some fans, while others see the
stadium as the historic home of Lechia Gdańsk and the perfect place to keep the
players' commemorative stars.[82][83]
The players who have a star to commemorate their time with Lechia Gdańsk
are Jerzy Apolewicz, Michał Globisz, Józef Gładysz, Andrzej Głownia, Henryk
Gronowski, Robert Gronowski, Jerzy Jastrzębowski, Bogusław Kaczmarek, Alfred
Kokot, Henryk Kokot, Roman Korynt, Jerzy Kruszczyński, Lech Kulwicki, Hubert
Kusz, Władysław Musiał, Ryszard Polak, Zdzisław Puszkarz, Andrzej Salach, Jakub
Smug, Roman Rogocz, Zbigniew Żemojtel.

MOSiR Stadium with the main stand on the left.

The famous "Lechia" signs on the eastern stand.

Bogusław Kaczmarek's star on the "Avenue of Stars".

Attendance[edit]
Attendance statistics since the start of the 2011–12 season after the club moved to
the Stadion Energa Gdańsk.

Seaso Highes Lowes Averag

Opposition Date Opposition Date
n t t e

14 24
2011–
34444 Cracovia August [84]
10525 Podbeskidzie March [85]
17372
12
2011 2012

[86] [87]
2012– 19415 Śląsk 21 8000 Korona Kielce 11 13219
13 Wrocław October March
 2012 2013

30 29
2013– Górnik
24276 August [88]
7705 Piast Gliwice March [89]
12844
14 Zabrze
2013 2014

7
2014– Legia 11 April
36500 [90]
7619 Piast Gliwice Decembe [91]
16608
15 Warsaw 2015
r 2014

6
2015– Legia 11 May
22415 [92]
8827 Śląsk Wrocław Decembe [93]
11569
16 Warsaw 2016
r 2015

2016– Legia 19 March 29 April

37220 [94]
10009 Nieciecza [95]
17531
17 Warsaw 2017 2017

27
2017– Arka 7 April
22871 [96]
2235 Nieciecza February [97]
10640
18 Gdynia 2018
2018

27 11
2018– Arka
25066 October [98]
8769 Wisła Płock March [99]
14746
19 Gdynia
2018 2019

31
14 Arka March
2019– Lech
14008 Septembe [102]
0 [b] Gdynia & Cracov 2020 & 9 – 8110
20 [a] Poznań
r 2019 ia June
2020

All
Raków 29 games
2020–
5424 Częstochow August [103]
0 12 games from – 987
21 [c]
a 2020 October
2020

 All of the released attendance figures for Lechia

Gdańsk before the 2011-12 Ekstraklasa season
were rounded to the nearest 500.
†Season still in progress.
 1. ^ It was announced on 10 March that the games
against Arka Gdynia and Cracovia would be played
behind closed doors and the games in the championship
round against Piast Gliwice, Cracovia and Legia
Warsaw will be played with crowd restrictions due to
the coronavirus pandemic.[100] However these games did
not go ahead as all league games were postponed
indefinitely on 14 March.[101] The attendance stats for this
season includes the home games where fans were not
allowed to attend.
2. ^ Due to restrictions imposed by the Polish government in
reaction to the coronavirus outbreak there were no fans in
attendance for the home games against Arka
Gdynia and Cracovia.
3. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this season saw the
league being cut to a 30 game season with the removal of
the relegation and championship groups. Of the 30
games, fans were only in attendance for 6 games,
including Lechia only being able to have fans at 3 games
that season, with no fans allowed to attend home games
from October 2020 until the end of the season.

Colours, badges and banners[edit]

Lechia Lwów (1909). Lechia Gdańsk have worn Lechia Lwów's green and white stripes for 2006/07,
2009/10, and continuously since 2015

Badge used by Lechia Gdansk on the 75th anniversary kits in 2020

Kit history[edit]
Lechia Gdańsk's colours have always been green and white. In the first years of the
club, Lechia wore green shirts with white shorts and either green or white socks.
Predominantly throughout Lechias history the team has worn all green shirts,
however, there were a few seasons in which Lechia wore white as their home
colours. During the 1960–61 season, Lechia wore green and white stripes for the
first time.[104] It was this season when the Lechia badge featured on the shirts for the
first time, however, the badge did not return to the Lechia shirts until the 1996–97
season. After that season Lechia wore all green shirts until the 2002–03 season
when Lechia wore an all-white kit. 2006–07 saw for the first time in Lechia's history
the team wore an all-white kit with green hoops on the shirt, [105] the same colours worn
by Lechia Lwów, from which the expelled fans after WW2 created Lechia Gdańsk.
Since the turn of the century, Lechia has been more creative with their designs for
the home kits. From the team wearing all green home shirts from 1960 to 2002, there
has since been a return of the green and white stripes for the 2011–12 season, an
all-white kit with a green sash on the front for the 2012–14 seasons, as well as the
hooped design, which was first worn in the 2006–07, and has since been worn
during the 2008–10 seasons, and continuously since the 2015–16 season. The only
time in Lechia's early history when the club deviated from their traditional white or
green was in the 1982–83 Polish Cup final when the team wore white shirts, red
shorts, and white socks, colours reminiscent of the Poland national team.[106]
During Lechia's history, the away shirt colours have often always been the opposite
of the home shirt. When the home shirt was green, the away was white, and vice
versa. 2009 saw the introduction of Lechia's first non-white/green kit, with an all-
black away kit introduced. Lechia released an all red third shirt for the 2014–15
season, with an all-red kit being used as the club's away or third colours from 2014
to 2020. The 2018–19 season saw the introduction of another previously unused
colour for a kit. Lechia wore an all-grey away kit for that season, replacing the all
green kit which had been the away kit for the previous season. This grey kit was
used by the team from 2018 to 2022 and was notably worn by Lechia in two cup
finals.
While white and green have always been the club's home colours, Lechia have not
always worn these colours while playing at home. On 9 February 2019 Lechia wore
an all-black kit for their home game against Pogoń Szczecin to commemorate the
death of Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdańsk at the time of his murder, and a
lifelong Lechia fan.[107] This was the first time in their history a predominantly green or
white kit wasn't worn by Lechia for a home game. The game finished 2–1 to Lechia,
with goals from Filip Mladenović and Flávio Paixão. An all-red kit was worn on 10
November 2019, again against Pogoń Szczecin, to commemorate the 101st
anniversary of Polish independence,.[108] That same match Lechia attempted to break
the Polish record for most people singing the full Polish national anthem at the same
time, which was 3,171 people, breaking the record with 7,614. [109]
Cup winning kits[edit]
The Lechia Gdańsk kits worn when the club has won a cup final.
 1983 Polish
SuperCup.[110]

2018–19
1982–83 2019
Polish Cup.
Polish Cup. Polish SuperCup.

Badge history[edit]

This badge style has been used by Lechia Gdansk since 2016, with this photo being taken of the badge on
the 2017–19 third shirt

The badge design of Lechia has stayed roughly the same since 1945 with only slight
changes when the club's name changed or when Lechia had a merger with another
club. The design of the Lechia badge has always been a triangular pennant with the
flagpole on the left. The flag has always been green, with a white horizontal stripe
through the middle, and the symbol of Gdańsk coat of arms in the centre. The name
"Lechia" has always featured on the badge. In 1995 Lechia experienced a major
change to their official club badge. The merger with Olimpia Poznan saw the flag
featured in a circle with "Olimpia–Lechia Gdansk" featured at the bottom. A similar
thing happened again when Lechia experienced a merger with Polonia Gdańsk in
1998. After the Polonia merger broke up in 2001, Lechia returned once again to their
normal badge design, which has been used continuously since then with only minor
changes in 2016.
The badge was often not worn on the shirts. They were first worn on the kits in 1960,
with a return in 1963. After the 1963–64 season the badges did not reappear again
until 1996 but have featured on every shirt since. The first symbol to appear on a
Lechia shirt was a large white "L" which featured on the shirts for the 1947–48
season.
Banners[edit]

The oldest banner that still features at Lechia Gdańsk games.

The "Władcy Północy" has been displayed at Lechia Gdańsk games since 2007. [111]

Banners first started to appear at Lechia's MOSiR Stadium in the 1980s with the first
Lechia banners made and displayed being "'Lechia Pany!" (as is the case with most
flags and banners, it is stylised in all capitals)[112] and "Lechia Karwiny"[113] (Karwiny
being a district in Gdynia). Other older flags that make regular appearances in
Lechia games are those displaying "Forza Lechia", "Lechia Pride of Gdańsk", "Biało-
Zieloni", and "Lechia Gdańsk Forever". Banners have been used to display support
for the team, show where the fans are from (such as the English fan club, [114] Malbork,
Sopot, etc.), political statements, and support for friendly teams (such as Śląsk
Wrocław,[115] Gryf Słupsk, and formerly Wisła Kraków).[116] Over the years some of the
older flags displayed have been damaged, stolen, or remade. [117] Many flags were
stored by the Lechia Ultra's in a warehouse which was broken into and the flags
stolen, leaving only those stored elsewhere, or kept by individuals, to survive the
raid, while many of the older flags have been damaged through wear and tear,
complications with storage, and simply through age. Many iconic flags for the fans
throughout the clubs history have often been remade due to age, these include the
remaking of the original flags showing the Gdańsk districts, such as "Chełm",
"Orunia", "Oliwa", and "Morena". In total over 300 flags and banners have been
documented throughout Lechia's history.[118]
The stealing of banners can give ultra groups a sense of prestige and a higher status
and standing among ultra groups from other clubs. Once instance of Lechia stealing
a flag was in 2007 when Lechia fans stole a "Władcy Północy" banner belonging to
Arka Gdynia. During the Tricity Derby that season the Lechia fans showed
disrespect to Arka by hanging the banner upside down before setting the banner on
fire. After the banner had been burned the fans revealed their own version of the
"Władcy Północy", in the same style as the Arka banner, but in white and green
instead of blue and yellow. The Lechia "Władcy Północy" banner has featured
predominantly at home games since 2007.

Records and statistics[edit]

Main article: List of Lechia Gdańsk records and statistics
All-time[edit]

 First Ever Game: September 2, 1945, Milicyjnym

Klubem Sportowym z Wrzeszcza, 4–6
 First Ever Win: September 9, 1945, Wojskowy
Klub Sportowy, 9–1
 Biggest Win: May 11, 2000, LKS Waplewo –
15–0
 Biggest Defeat: November 13, 1949, Polonia
Bytom – 8–0
 Highest Scoring Game: May 11, 2000, LKS
Waplewo – 15–0
 Most Goals in a Game: September 20,
1945, Stanisław Baran vs Wojskowy Klub
Sportowy – 7 goals
 Most Total Goals in a Season: Bartłomiej
Stolc – 2001–02 season – 40 goals
 Most League Goals in a Season: Bartłomiej
Stolc – 2002–03 season – 34 goals
 Most League Goals in a Season: (top three
divisions) Jerzy Kruszczyński 1983–84 season –
31 goals
 Most League Goals for Lechia
Gdańsk: Bogdan Adamczyk – 73 goals
 Most Goals in all Competitions for Lechia
Gdańsk: Roman Rogocz – 109 goals
 Most Apps for Lechia Gdańsk: Zdzisław
Puszkarz – 325 apps
 Highest Transfer Fee Paid: Daniel Łukasik,
2014 – PLN 3.75 million (£720k, €800k)
 Highest Transfer Fee Received: Vanja
Milinković-Savić, 2017 – PLN 10.5 million (£2.34
million, €2.6 million)
Ekstraklasa[edit]
  Debut Match in Ekstraklasa: March 20,
1949, Cracovia – Lechia Gdańsk 5–1
 First Win in Ekstraklasa: March 27, 1949,
Lechia Gdańsk – Ruch Chorzów 5–3
 Most Lechia Goals in the Ekstraklasa: Flávio
Paixão – 60 goals
 Most Lechia Apps in the Ekstraklasa: Roman
Korynt – 207 apps
Individual achievements[edit]

 League Top Goalscorer: Jerzy

Kruszczyński (1983–84 – II Liga) – 31 goals
 League Top Goalscorer: Marco Paixão (2016–
17 – Ekstraklasa) – 18 goals[119]
 Most Different Leagues Played in for
Lechia Mateusz Bąk (2000–2010, 2013–17) 6
different divisions – Klasa A group Gdańsk IV
(sixth tier), Liga okręgowa group Gdańsk II (fifth
tier), IV liga group Pomorska (fourth tier), III liga
group II (third tier), II liga (second tier),
Ekstraklasa (first tier).
 Most Promotions with Lechia: Mateusz
Bąk (2000–10, 2013–17) 5 promotions – Sixth
tier to first tier.
 First non-Polish player: Sargis
Khachatryan (Armenia) – Debut: 13 May 1993[120]
Stadium statistics[edit]

 Last Game at the MOSiR Stadium

Gdańsk: May 29, 2011, Zagłębie Lubin, 1–2[121]
 Last Win at the MOSiR Stadium Gdańsk: May
22, 2011, Lech Poznań, 2–1[122]
 Last Lechia Goalscorer at the MOSiR Stadium
Gdańsk: May 29, 2011, Abdou Razack Traoré
 First Game at the Stadion Energa
Gdańsk: August 14, 2011, Cracovia, 1–1[123]
 First Win at the Stadion Energa
Gdańsk: September 12, 2011, Górnik Zabrze, 2–
1[124]
 First Lechia Goalscorer at the Stadion Energa
Gdańsk: August 14, 2011, Fred Benson
 Highest Attendance: September 29,
1983, Juventus, UEFA Cup Winners Cup –
40,000 (estimate)
Player statistics[edit]
The top ten most appearances and goal scorers for Lechia Gdańsk. [125][126]
(Stats correct as of 11 December 2021)

Apps

No
Name Apps
.

1 Zdzisław Puszkarz 342

2 Roman Korynt 340

3 Andrzej Salach 337

4 Czesław Nowicki 288

5 Marek Ługowski 273

6 Henryk Gronowski 273

7 Jerzy Apolewicz 260

8 Piotr Wiśniewski 260

9 Mateusz Bąk 245

10 Andrzej Marchel 236

Goals

No
Name Goals
.

1 Roman Rogocz 109

 2 Flávio Paixão 81

3 Bartłomiej Stolc 81

Bogdan
4 78
Adamczyk

5 Zdzisław Puszkarz 61

6 Robert Gronowski 59

7 Jerzy Apolewicz 57

8 Marek Wasicki 52

9 Leszek Goździk 51

10 Alfred Kokot 49

Club sponsors and kit manufacturers[edit]

Framed Lechia Gdańsk shirts worn throughout their history shown in the Lechia Gdańsk museum.
The shirt design used by OLG (1996), Lechia Gdańsk (1996–98), and LPG (1999–2000). Manufactured
by Kelme, sponsored by Nata.§

The 2015–16 Lechia Gdańsk home shirt, manufactured by Sport-Saller, sponsored by Lotos.

Sponsor(s)
Kit
Seasons Notes
manufacturers
Front of shirt Back of shirt

1983– No sponsor No sponsor Lechia Gdańsk

maSport
1984

1984–
Umbro
1987

1987– unknown
1989
1989–
Self-made
1995

Nata PJ Sport
Olimpia-Lechia
Gdańsk
1995–
Canal+ Kelme
1996†

Olvit Self-made

Lechia Gdańsk
1996–
Nata Kelme
1998

1998– Pomorskie Towarzystwo

1999 Leasingowe (PTL)
Uhlsport

PTL

1999– Lechia-Polonia
Centertel Polsat Tico
2000‡ Gdańsk

Nata No sponsor Kelme

2000–
Centertel & Canal+ Netia Adidas
2002

2001 Polteam Self-made

No sponsor
2001–
No sponsor wit-sport
2004

2003 Biznes Partner Klub Achilles Erima Lechia Gdańsk

2004 No sponsor No sponsor Self-made

2004–
GPEC www.gdansk.pl Legea
2005
2005–
Erreà
2006

2006–
SNG
2007

2007–
Jako
2008
SNG & Energa
2008–
2010
No sponsor
2010–
2011

2011–
www.gdansk.pl Adidas
2012
Lotos[127][128]
2012–
2014
Energa
2014–
Sport-Saller[129]
2016

2016 ETL Group New Balance[130]

Totolotek
2016–
Energa[131]
2019

2019–
Energa & Paytren[132] Betclic
2020

2020– Energa | Grupa Orlen[133] & No sponsor

2021 Paytren

2021 Energa | Grupa Orlen

 2021– Energa | Grupa Orlen & eToro eToro

It is important to note that sometimes there is an overlap between the years and
when there are different club sponsors and kit manufacturers. This is due to the fact
that in the late 1990's and early 2000's it was common for Lechia to wear multiple
kits made by different manufactures in the same season. For example, during the
2003–04 season Lechia wore kits manufactured by wit-sport, Legea, Erima, and kits
that were self-made.
Notes
† During the 1995–96 season the Olimpia-Lechia team started the season with kids
being made by local kit manufacturer PJ Sport and with the team sponsor being
Nata. During the winter break Kelme took over as kit manufacturer and Canal+
became the teams main sponsor.
‡ During the 1999–2000 season the Lechia-Polonia team used four different kits
made by three different manufacturers. With each different manufactured kit Lechia
had a different sponsor on the front of that shirt.
§ This design was the only one worn by the three teams that have played under the
Lechia Gdańsk name. This particular shirt shown was worn by Lechia Gdańsk
between 1996–98. When this design was worn by Olimpia-Lechia in 1996 it was with
Canal+ sponsorship and not with the Nata sponsorship.

Honours[edit]

The Polish Cups won by Lechia Gdańsk: 1983 (left) & 2019 (right).

Ekstraklasa

 Third place: 1956, 2018–19
Polish Cup

 Winners: 1982–83, 2018–19
 Runners-up: 1955, 2019–20
Polish SuperCup:

 Winners: 1983, 2019
I liga

 Winners: 1951, 1983–84, 2007–08
  Runners-up: 1954, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78
 Third place: 1978–79
II liga

 Winners: 1971–72, 1982–83, 2004–05

 Runners-up: 1967–68, 1970–71
 Third place: 1969–70, 1997–98
European Competitions

 European Cup Winners Cup:

o First round: 1983–84
 Europa League
o Second qualifying round: 2019–20

League participation[edit]
Main article: List of Lechia Gdańsk seasons
As of the 2021–22 season.

Tie
Years Seasons
r

I 1949, 1952–53, 1955–63, 1984–88, 1995–96, 2008–present 31

1946–48, 1950–51, 1954, 1963–67, 1972–82, 1983–84, 1988–95, 1996–97, 1998–

II 35
2001, 2005–08

III 1945–46, 1967–72, 1982–83, 1997–98, 2004–05 9

IV 2003–04 1

V 2002–03 1

VI 2001–02 1

Lechia in Europe[edit]
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Agg.
1983– European Cup Winners' 2–
First round  Juventus 2–3 0–7
84 Cup 10

2019– Second qualifying

Europa League  Brøndby 2–1 1–4 3–5
20 round

Ownership[edit]
During the communist era of the club's history, it was owned and run by employment
sectors. When the club was first created it was used for the workers of the Port
Reconstruction Office (Polish: Biuro Odbudowy Portów), and thus owned by the Port
Reconstruction Office itself, later becoming a club for construction workers
(Polish: Budowlani). Both Biuro Odbudowy Portów and Budowlani being included in
the club's official name when they were run by these sectors.
In 2007 Tadeusz Dąbrowski unsuccessfully tried to invest in the club. [134] In 2009
Andrzej Kuchar became the majority shareholder for the club, a position he held until
late 2013 when he sold his shares.[135][136]
In 2014 it became known that 72% of the club shares are controlled by an
investment company named Wroclawskie Centrum finansowo (WCF) with the club
being owned by Franz-Josef Wernze. WCF is owned by Swiss investor W&C
Vermögensverwaltungs AG in which Philipp Wernze, the son of the German
businessman and Lechia owner Franz-Josef Wernze, is involved. [137] In summer 2014
this German control over Lechia became more and more obvious when several
players from Germany joined the club. Under Wernze's wings are also the German
clubs Viktoria Köln and Lok Leipzig.[138] In 2017 the shares of the company's main
shareholder, Lechia Investment, were taken over from W&C Vermögensverwaltungs
by Advancesport AG.[139] This saw Franz-Josef Wernze staying as the owner of
Lechia, but with his son Philipp Wernze, the main shareholder in Advancesport AG,
having a greater role within the club and within his father's company, ETL Group.[140]

Players[edit]
Main article: List of Lechia Gdańsk players
Current squad[edit]
As of 1 September 2021[141]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No No
Pos. Nation Player Pos. Nation Player
. .

1 GK  SRB Zlatan Alomerović 25 DF  POL Michał Nalepa

2 DF  POL Rafał Pietrzak 27 FW  POL Łukasz Zjawiński

4 DF  LVA Kristers Tobers 28 FW  POR Flávio Paixão

5 DF  POL Bartosz Kopacz 30 MF  POL Miłosz Szczepański

6 MF  POL Jarosław Kubicki 33 MF  GER Marco Terrazzino

7 MF  POL Maciej Gajos 36 MF  POL Tomasz Makowski

8 MF  SVN Egzon Kryeziu 69 MF  POL Jan Biegański

9 FW  POL Łukasz Zwoliński 72 MF  POL Filip Koperski

10 FW  MLI Bassekou Diabaté 78 MF  UKR Mykola Musolitin

11 FW  AFG Omran Haydary 79 FW  POL Kacper Sezonienko

12 GK  SVK Dušan Kuciak 80 MF  IDN Witan Sulaeman

17 FW  POL Mateusz Żukowski 83 GK  POL Antoni Mikulko

20 DF  BRA Conrado 88 MF  POL Jakub Kałuziński

22 MF  SWE Joseph Ceesay 99 MF  TUR İlkay Durmuş

23 DF  CRO Mario Maloča

Out on loan[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules.
Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
 No No
Pos. Nation Player Pos. Nation Player
. .

Eryk Rafał
Mirus (at Pogoń Kobryń (at  Sandecja
39 GK  POL 77 DF  POL
Grodzisk until 31 Nowy Sącz  until 31
June 2022) June 2022)

Filip
Dymerski (at Sokół
55 DF  POL
Ostróda until 31
June 2022)

Notable players[edit]
The players below played for their respective countries
at any point during their career with the dates showing
their time with Lechia.
Poland   Artur Sobiech (201
  Janusz Stawarz (19
  Arkadiusz Bąk (1995)   Łukasz Surma (200
  Krzysztof Baszkiewicz (1950–1953)   Grzegorz Szamotu
  Jarosław Bieniuk (1995–1998), (2012–2014)   Mirosław Tłokińsk
  Ariel Borysiuk (2014–2016), (2018–2019)   Łukasz Trałka (200
  Piotr Brożek (2012–2013)   Jakub Wawrzyniak
  Stanisław Baran (1945)   Jakub Wilk (2012)
  Adam Buksa (2014–2016)   Sławomir Wojciec
  Stanisław Burzyński (1965–1969)   Grzegorz Wojtkow
  Paweł Dawidowicz (2011–2014)   Rafał Wolski (2016
  Tomasz Dawidowski (2009–2012)   Hubert Wołąkiewic
  Jan Erlich (1978–1981)   Paweł Wszołek (20
  Adam Fedoruk (1998–2001)   Marek Zieńczuk (1
  Przemysław Frankowski (2012–2014) Afghanistan
  Zygmunt Gadecki (1960–1962)
  Jacek Grembocki (1982–1986), (1996–1997)   Omran Haydary (2
  Henryk Gronowski (1949–1967) Armenia
  Robert Gronowski (1949–1958)
  Tadeusz Hogendorf (1945)   Levon Hayrapetyan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Marcin Kaczmarek (2008–2010)
  Rafał Kaczmarczyk (1989–1994)
  Stojan Vranješ (20
  Jerzy Kasalik (1975–1976) Bulgaria
  Alfred Kokot (1946–1953)
  Roman Korynt (1953–1967)   Simeon Slavchev (
  Jakub Kosecki (2011–2012) Burkina Faso
  Rafał Kosznik (2006–2008), (2010)
  Juliusz Kruszankin (1996)   Abdou Razack Tra
  Janusz Kupcewicz (1986–1988) Canada
  Marek Ługowski (1985–1994)
  Daniel Łukasik (2014–2020)
  Maciej Makuszewski (2014–2017)   Steven Vitória (201
  Sebastian Małkowski (2008–2013) Congo DR
  Marcin Mięciel (1990–1993)
  Sebastian Mila (2000–2001), (2015–2018)   Christopher Oualem
  Jarosław Nowicki (1985–1989) Croatia
  Mariusz Pawlak (1988–1996), (2006–2007)
  Antonio Čolak (20
  Sławomir Peszko (2015–2020)
  Mario Maloča (201
  Mirosław Pękala (1985–1988)
  Mato Miloš (2017–
  Rafał Pietrzak (2020–)   Luka Vučko (2011
  Zdzisław Puszkarz (1966–1981), (1986–1988) Curaçao
  Grzegorz Rasiak (2012–2013)
  Gino van Kessel (2
Ghana

  Joseph Aziz (1995
  Emmanuel Tetteh (

Lechia Gdańsk II and Lechia's

Academy[edit]
Main article: Lechia Gdańsk II and Lechia's Academy
Lechia Gdańsk II[edit]
Lechia Gdańsk operates an official second team, known
as Lechia Gdańsk II, which currently plays in the fifth tier
in the IV liga Pomerania. In its early years the second
team was only used for games in the Polish Cup,
fielding teams in four cup competitions in their first 50
years as a club. For the 1995–96 season the merger
between Lechia Gdańsk and Olimpia
Poznań creating Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk, saw the
second team running as the continuation of the "Lechia
Gdańsk" team in the III liga.
Lechia Gdańsk II officially became the second team in
the Polish league system for the 2005–06 season. The
purpose of the second team was to provide more
playing experience for the younger players, while
providing game time for players returning from injury.
The second team played for 11 continuous seasons,
achieving their highest result of 2nd in the III liga in the
2014–15 season. In 2016 it was announced that the
second team was to be discontinued[142] before it was
reintroduced again for the start of the 2018–19 season.
[143]

Lechia Gdańsk Academy[edit]

In 2015 it was announced that all of the youth teams
would once again be returning to Lechia, with Lechia
taking control of coaching and player development. [144] It
 was announced that there would be 11 age groups
which would make up the Academy starting from the
Under-7's to the Under-23's. After 3 years, the Lechia
Academy had 12 teams under their control, with other
200 staff seeing over the development. [145] From the
summer of 2019 the academy has been home to
multiple levels of girls football teams with the formal
incorporation of the Lechia Gdańsk Ladies into the
Lechia Gdańsk structure.[146]
Partnerships[edit]
Lechia have partnerships with academies in the Gdańsk
and surrounding regions. The agreements provide
Lechia with the best players, the teams to take part in
competitions organised by Lechia, and better training for
the coaches. Currently Lechia have partnerships with
APK Jedynka Kartuzy, GAP Sparta Gdańsk, Unia
Tczew, and AWFiS Gdańsk.
Current partnerships

Team Agreement start

APK Jedynka
September 2019 [147]

Kartuzy

GAP Sparta Gdańsk January 2020 [148]

Unia Tczew August 2020 [149]

AWFiS Gdańsk September 2021 [150]

Former partnerships

Agreement Agreement
Team Notes
start until

Lechia and APLG originally had an agreement in

which APLG would serve as the clubs academy,
training youth players, and would also run a women's
AP LOTOS
2010 2015 football team that was linked with Lechia Gdańsk.
Gdańsk
Disagreements in 2015 saw Lechia reform their own
academy, set up their own women's team, and both
clubs ended their partnership.
 Had a partnership with Lechia between 2014–2021,
Football Pro [151]
 however it hasn't been publicly stated that this
Academy 2014 2021 partnership continued after the original agreement or if
Rotmanka there is no longer any coordination between Lechia and
the Rotmanka Academy.

Lechia Gdańsk Ladies[edit]

Main article: Lechia Gdańsk Ladies (football)
Initially Lechia Gdańsk was in close cooperation
with Grupa Lotos for the AP LOTOS Gdańsk academy
and ladies football team. The team was formerly known
as "Akademia Piłkarska Lechia Gdańsk" due to the
close association the two teams once had. The ladies
team wore the Lechia kits to start with before
disagreements led to Lechia and APLG starting to work
more independently. Due to APLG and Lechia going in
different directions Lechia's focus was less on the APLG
ladies team and making a team of their own.
Lechia became closely linked with Biało-Zielone
Gdańsk, which was formed in 2014. Biało-Zielone was
another team closely linked with Lechia but was not
officially part of the Lechia set up. In 2019 it was
announced that the team would be incorporated into the
Lechia Gdańsk academy structure and that their name
was to become Lechia Gdańsk Ladies.[152] The Lechia
Ladies team currently plays in the III liga (Pomeranian
group).[153]

Managers[edit]
Main article: List of Lechia Gdańsk managers
The following list contains the statistics from all
competitive games after 1 July 2001, when Lechia
Gdańsk was re-founded in the sixth tier.

Name Nat From To G W D L %W

25 August
Michał Globisz 1 July 2001 2 2 0 0 100%
2001

Tadeusz 26 August 16 November

38 30 4 4 78.9%
Małolepszy 2001 2002
 Name Nat From To G W D L %W

Jerzy 1 February
[154]
21 May 2004 53 45 3 5 84.9%
Jastrzębowski 2003

Marcin
[155]
22 May 2004 16 June 2006 74 38 17 19 51.3%
Kaczmarek

Tomasz 27 August
[156]
17 June 2006 41 16 12 13 39%
Borkowski 2007

30 August
[157]
Dariusz Kubicki 22 July 2008 32 22 4 6 68.7%
2007

[158]
Jacek Zieliński 23 July 2008 5 April 2009 37 9 7 21 24.3%

Tomasz 8 November
[159]
7 April 2009 94 32 27 35 34%
Kafarski 2011

9 November 14 December
[160]
Rafał Ulatowski 4 1 0 3 25%
2011 2011

1 January
[161]
Paweł Janas 24 May 2012 13 3 5 5 23%
2012

Bogusław
[162]
6 June 2012 4 June 2013 32 11 8 13 34.3%
Kaczmarek

26 March
[163]
Michał Probierz 4 June 2013 42 12 15 15 28.5%
2014

27 March
[164]
Ricardo Moniz 4 June 2014 10 5 3 2 50%
2014

21
[165]
Quim Machado 16 June 2014 September 9 3 3 3 33.3%
2014
 Name Nat From To G W D L %W

21 September 17 November
[166]
Tomasz Unton 7 1 2 4 14.2%
2014 2014

17 November 1 September
[167]
Jerzy Brzęczek 30 11 9 10 36.6%
2014 2015

Thomas von 1 September 3 December

[168]
12 3 2 7 25%
Heesen 2015 2015

Dawid 3 December 13 January

[169]
3 2 0 1 66.6%
Banaczek 2015 2016

27
13 January
[170]
Piotr Nowak September 66 31 16 19 46.9%
2016
2017

27 September 3 March
[171]
Adam Owen 16 4 6 6 25%
2017 2018

5 March 28 August
[172]
Piotr Stokowiec 139 64 35 40 46.6%
2018 2021

Tomasz 1 September
[173]
present 11 7 3 1 70%
Kaczmarek 2021

Stats correct as of 23 October 2021. The managers

in italics were given the contract on a caretaker basis.
Managerial statistics[edit]
 Piotr Stokowiec (2018–2021) has managed the most games for
Lechia in the Ekstraklasa with 121.

Stats correct as of 28 August 2021.

 Most games as manager: Jerzy

Jastrzębowski – (156 games)
 Most wins as manager: Jerzy
Jastrzębowski – 103
 Most draws as manager: Bogusław
Kaczmarek – 44
 Most defeats as manager: Stanisław
Stachura – 66
 Highest win percentage in managers
Lechia career (minimum 10
games): Tadeusz Małolepszy - 78.9% (30
wins in 38 games)
 Lowest win percentage in managers
Lechia career (minimum 10
games): Edward Wojewódzki - 7.7% (1 wins
in 13 games)
 Managers who have managed at least 100
games for Lechia: Jerzy
Jastrzębowski (156), Bogusław
Kaczmarek (148), Piotr
Stokowiec (139), Stanisław Stachura (127)

Lechia Lwów (1903–1939)[edit]

Main article: Lechia Lwów
 The badge used by Lechia Lwów in their later years.

Lechia Gdańsk shares a lot of its history with Lechia

Lwów, most notably the club's name as well as the
colours used. Lechia Lwów was the oldest football team
in Poland with many of the fans of the team moving to
Gdańsk after Poland's borders were changed after
World War II, Lwów being given to Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic, and the expulsion of Poles from
Ukraine. Due to Lechia Lwów and Lechia Gdańsk
sharing many of the same fans, Lechia Gdańsk is often
seen as Lechia Lwów's "sister team".[174] Lechia Lwów
often played in the Polish second division, playing once
in the top tier in the 1931 season suffering relegation
that same season. The Lechia Gdańsk 2012–13 kit had
"1903" written on their socks in commemoration of
Lechia Lwów's 110 year anniversary since their
founding.[175]
In 2019 the Retro Liga was formed in Poland of teams
who had been disbanded in 1939 due to the outbreak of
World War II. The league followed the same rules and
kit standards of those in 1919 when the Polish Football
Association was formed.[176] Lechia Lwów were crowned
the inaugural winners of the Retro Liga at the end of the
2019 season,[177] also defending their title for the 2020
season.

Amber Cup Tournament[edit]

The Amber Cup Tournament (created 2006)[178] is the
biggest indoor footballing event in Poland, taking place
in January during the football leagues' winter break.
Lechia Gdańsk took a team to the Amber Cup every
year from 2011 until 2018 and are the tournaments most
successful team, winning the tournament four times
(2011, 2013, 2016 & 2017).[179][180][181][182] Players who have
won the tournament with Lechia on more than one
occasion are;
   Piotr Wiśniewski (2011 & 2017)
  Michał Chrapek (2016 & 2017)
  Sławomir Peszko (2016 & 2017)
  Lukáš Haraslín (2016 & 2017)
The teams for Lechia's Amber Cup wins are;
2011 2013

  Sebastian Małkowski   Patryk Sobczak

  Wojciech Pawłowski   Michał Jajkowski
  Rafał Janicki   Adrian Bielawski
  Deleu   Przemysław Czerwiński
  Jakub Popielarz   Paweł Dawidowicz
  Marcin Pietrowski   Przemysław Frankowski
  Tomasz Dawidowski   Krzysztof Iwanowski
  Patryk Brzeski   Andrzej Kaszuba
  Paweł Buzała   Oktawian Skrzecz
  Piotr Wiśniewski   Adam Szamp
  Damian Kugiel
  Dawid Żmijewski

See also[edit]
 Football in Poland
 List of football teams
 Champions' Cup/League
 UEFA Cup

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November 2018.
12. ^ "Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski.
22.06.1983".  lechiahistoria.pl.
13. ^ "Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski.
22.06.1983".  lechiahistoria.pl.
14. ^ "Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii!
(30.07.1983)".  lechiahistoria.pl.
15. ^ "Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0
(14.09.1983)".  lechiahistoria.pl.
16. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3
(28.09.1983)".  lechiahistoria.pl.
17. ^ "The power of football: the night Lech Wałęsa
changed Poland for ever". theguardian.com.
18. ^ "Marco Paixao królem strzelców Lotto Ekstraklasy.
Zobacz klasyfikację strzelców".  dziennikbaltycki.pl.
19. ^ "SKŁADY NA FINAŁ TOTOLOTEK PUCHARU
POLSKI". pzpn.pl.
20. ^ "SŁAWOMIR PESZKO ZOSTAŁ UKARANY
NAJSUROWIEJ W HISTORII
EKSTRAKLASY". przegladsportowy.pl.
21. ^ "Lech Poznań - Lechia Gdańsk 0:1. Zwycięstwo po
ponad pół wieku".  sport.trojmiasto.pl.
22. ^ "PUCHAR JEST NASZ!". lechia.pl.
23. ^ "LECHIA GDAŃSK Z BRĄZOWYM MEDALEM
MISTRZOSTW POLSKI!". lechia.pl.
24. ^ "Skład Lechii na Superpuchar Polski". lechia.pl.
25. ^ "Kulisy zdobycia Superpucharu Polski!
[WIDEO]".  lechia.pl.
26. ^ "Superpuchar Polski 2019: Piast Gliwice - Lechia
Gdańsk 1:3".  sport.trojmiasto.pl.
27. ^ "Lechia zagra z Brøndby Kopenhaga lub Interem
Turku w kwalifikacjach Ligi Europy".  lechia.pl.
28. ^ "Lechia v Brondby".  skysports.com.
29. ^ "Highlights fra sejren over Lechia
Gdansk". brondby.com.
30. ^ "Žarko Udovičić zdyskwalifikowany na cztery
mecze".  90minut.pl.
31. ^ "Lechia wygrała 2:1 z Wisłą Płock". lechia.pl.
32. ^ "Lechia wygrała w Warszawie i została
liderem!".  lechia.pl.
33. ^ "Remis 2:2 w Derbach Trójmiasta".  lechia.pl.
34. ^ "Žarko Udovičić zdyskwalifikowany na dwa
miesiące".  90minut.pl.
35. ^ "Flavio Paixao pobił rekord i przeszedł do historii
ekstraklasy. "Efekt pracy, wiary i
inteligencji"".  sport.pl.
36. ^ "Lechia znowu nie płaci piłkarzom".  lechia.net.
37. ^ "PKO Ekstraklasa. Lechia Gdańsk nie płaci
piłkarzom. Zaległości wynoszą już kilka
miesięcy".  sportowefakty.wp.pl.
38. ^ "Wielkie problemy Lechii Gdańsk! Może stracić
kluczowych piłkarzy". sport.pl.
39. ^ "S. Peszko: Zamierzam wrócić do
Krakowa".  lechia.gda.pl.
40. ^ "15-latek w podstawowym składzie Lechii. "Trema
go nie zjadła"".  sport.tvp.pl.
41. ^ "KOMUNIKAT POLSKIEGO ZWIĄZKU PIŁKI
NOŻNEJ".  pzpn.pl.
42. ^ "Jest decyzja! Ekstraklasa
zawieszona". sport.tvp.pl.
43. ^ "Ekstraklasa i pozostałe rozgrywki piłkarskie
zawieszone do 26 kwietnia". sport.trojmiasto.pl.
44. ^ "Z piekła do nieba! Lechia wygrywa Derby
Trójmiasta! [RELACJA]".  lechia.pl.
45. ^ "Finał jest nasz! [RELACJA]". lechia.pl.
46. ^ "Mecz Wisła Kraków - Lechia Gdańsk
przełożony". lechia.pl.
47. ^ "Jaroslav Mihalik z pozytywnym wynikiem testu na
koronawirusa". lechia.pl.
48. ^ "Raport medyczny Lechii Gdańsk – nowe
zakażenia".  lechia.pl.
49. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk. Piotr Stokowiec wyrównał
osiągniecie Bogusława Kaczmarka".  sport.interia.pl.
50. ^ "Trener Lechii Gdańsk Piotr Stokowiec złożył
deklarację po porażce w Pucharze
Polski". trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl.
51. ^ "Piotr Stokowiec rozstał się z Lechią
Gdańsk". polsatsport.pl.
52. ^ "Tomasz Kaczmarek oficjalnie trenerem Lechii
Gdańsk. Pochodzi ze szkoły, którą skończyli najlepsi
niemieccy trenerzy". gol24.pl.
53. ^ "Fankluby". lechia.pl.
54. ^ "The power of football: the night Lech Wałęsa
changed Poland for ever". theguardian.com.
55. ^ "ZAPISY NA WYJAZD DO GLIWIC I
KRAKOWA!".  kibiceslaska.pl.
56. ^ ""...niech zgoda ta, na wieki trwa!" - relacja z
Krakowa".  lwypolnocy.pl.
57. ^ "Zapraszamy na mecz przyjaźni Lechia Gdańsk -
Śląsk Wrocław [ZDJĘCIA]".  lechia.pl.
58. ^ "Lechia pokonuje Śląsk w meczu
przyjaźni".  wroclaw.pl.
59. ^ "10. edycja Amber Cup w Gdańsku". pomorski-
zpn.pl.
60. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk".  widzewtomy.net.
61. ^ "Śląsk Wrocław i Lechia Gdańsk zerwały zgodę
kibicowską z Wisłą Kraków!". wmeritum.pl.
62. ^ "Zmarł Rolik". slasknet.com.
63. ^ "Stowarzyszenie kibiców Lechii Gdańsk: Koniec
zgody z Wisłą Kraków!".  dziennikbaltycki.pl.
64. ^ "Zgody i kosy w Polsce. Kto z kim trzyma, a kogo
nienawidzi w 2017 roku?". gol24.pl.
65. ^ "Derby Trójmiasta. Gdzie kibicują Lechii, a gdzie
Arce? [MAPA POMORSKIEGO]". gol24.pl.
66. ^ "Zgody i kosy w Polsce. Kto z kim trzyma, a kogo
nienawidzi w 2017 roku?". gol24.pl.
67. ^ "Lechia Gdansk v Gedania Gdansk".  lechia.net.
68. ^ "Lechia Gdansk v Polonia Gdansk".  lechia.net.
69. ^ "Stadion Energa Gdańsk".  stadiony.net.
70. ^ "Numbers and interesting facts".  stadionenerga.pl.
71. ^ "Remis na otwarcie Areny".  90minut.pl.
72. ^ "Matches - Group Stage". uefa.com.
73. ^ "PGE kupił za 35 mln zł nazwę gdańskiego
stadionu". energetyka.wnp.pl.
74. ^ "Gdańsk: Już bez PGE, wkrótce demontaż
logo".  stadiony.net. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
75. ^ "Stadion Energa Gdańsk przez 5 lat. Sponsor
zapłaci od 15 do 22 mln zł".  trojmiasto.pl.
76. ^ "Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk. Jest nowy sponsor
stadionu". trojmiasto.pl  (in Polish). 2021-05-21.
Retrieved 2021-06-08.
77. ^ "Gdansk to host 2020 UEFA Europa League
final". uefa.com.
78. ^ "Stadion Lechii Gdańsk". stadiony.net.
79. ^ "MOSiR Stadium".  fotopolska.eu.
80. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3
(28.09.1983)".  lechiahistoria.pl.
81. ^ "Zapomniane gwiazdy Lechii Gdańsk ze stadionu
przy ulicy Traugutta". gol24.pl.
82. ^ "Aleja Gwiazd Lechii powinna być
przeniesiona?".  gdansk.naszemiasto.pl.
83. ^ "Aleja Gwiazd Lechii Gdańsk będzie przeniesiona?
Jest odpowiedź na nasz apel". dziennikbaltycki.pl.
84. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Cracovia Kraków - 14 August
2011 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
85. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Podbeskidzie - 24 March 2012
- Soccerway".  us.soccerway.com.
86. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Śląsk Wrocław - 21 October
2012 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
87. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Korona Kielce - 11 March 2013
- Soccerway".  us.soccerway.com.
88. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Górnik Zabrze - 30 August
2013 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
89. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Piast Gliwice - 29 March 2014 -
Soccerway".  us.soccerway.com.
90. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Legia Warszawa - 11 April
2015 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
91. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Piast Gliwice - 7 December
2014 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
92. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Legia Warszawa - 11 May
2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
93. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Śląsk Wrocław - 6 December
2015 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
94. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Legia Warszawa - 19 March
2017 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
95. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Nieciecza - 29 April 2017 -
Soccerway".  int.soccerway.com.
96. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Arka Gdynia - 7 April 2018 -
Soccerway".  gh.soccerway.com.
97. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Nieciecza - 27 February 2018 -
Soccerway".  gh.soccerway.com.
98. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Arka Gdynia - 27 October 2018
- Soccerway".  gh.soccerway.com.
99. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Wisła Płock - 11 March 2019 -
Soccerway".  gh.soccerway.com.
100. ^ "KOMUNIKAT POLSKIEGO ZWIĄZKU PIŁKI
NOŻNEJ".  pzpn.pl.
101. ^ "Jest decyzja! Ekstraklasa
zawieszona". sport.tvp.pl.
102. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Lech Poznan - 14
September 2019 - Soccerway".  uk.soccerway.com.
103. ^ "Raport meczowy: Lechia Gdańsk - Raków
Częstochowa | Kolejka 2 | 2020/21
Ekstraklasa". lechia.net.
104. ^ https://lechia.net/mecze-lg-od-
1945/roster/105-1960-i-liga/1-lechia-gdask/0
105. ^ https://lechia.net/klub/historia/mecze-lg-
1945/roster/8-200607-pp/1-lechia-gdask/0
106. ^ "1983 PP Final pictures".  Lechia.net.
107. ^ "Wzruszający gest Lechii Gdańsk. Tak
upamiętnili zamordowanego prezydenta
Adamowicza".  natemat.pl.
108. ^ "Bicie rekordu i okazjonalne koszulki
podczas meczu z Pogonią". lechia.net.
109. ^ "Najwięcej osób śpiewających hymn
Polski". biurorekordow.pl.
110. ^ "1983 SPP Final pictures".  Lechia.net.
111. ^ "Władcy Północy".  lechia.net.
112. ^ "Lechia Pany!". lechia.net.
113. ^ "Lechia Karwiny".  lechia.net.
114. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk Fan Club
England".  lechia.net.
115. ^ "Zgodowe / Śląsk". lechia.net.
116. ^ "Zgodowe / Wisła".  lechia.net.
117. ^ "Flagi - historia ruchu kibicowskiego Lechii
Gdańsk". lechia.net.
118. ^ "Flagi Lechii Gdańsk". docs.google.com.
119. ^ "Marco Paixao królem strzelców Lotto
Ekstraklasy. Zobacz klasyfikację
strzelców".  dziennikbaltycki.pl.
120. ^ "Piłka nożna: W Lechii grało już 32
obcokrajowców. Tym ostatnim będzie Andreu
Mayoral".  gdansk.naszemiasto.pl.
121. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Zagłębie Lubin 1–2 -
2011 – Soccerway".  us.soccerway.com.
122. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Lech Poznań 2–1 -
2011". us.soccerway.com.
123. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk vs. Cracovia Kraków – 14
August 2011 - Soccerway".  us.soccerway.com.
124. ^ "LECHIA GDAŃSK VS. GÓRNIK ZABRZE
2–1 - 2011". int.soccerway.com.
125. ^ "Występy". lechia.net.
126. ^ "Bramki od 1945r".  lechia.net.
127. ^ "Grupa Lotos nowym sponsorem Lechii
Gdańsk!".  dziennikbaltycki.pl. 21 November 2010.
128. ^ "W piątek 19 lipca Grupa LOTOS i Lechia
Gdańsk podpisały trzyletnią umowę sponsoringową,
która zacznie obowiązywać z początkiem sezonu
2013/2014". lotos.pl.
129. ^ "Piłkarze Lechii wybrali numery na
koszulkach".  trojmiasto.pl.
130. ^ "New Balance - technical sponsor of Lechia
Gdańsk". lechia.pl.
131. ^ "Energa głównym sponsorem Lechii
Gdańsk". lechia.pl.
132. ^ "PayTren został sponsorem Lechii Gdańsk.
Biało-zieloni podbijają azjatycki
rynek". dziennikbaltycki.pl. 7 December 2018.
133. ^ "Nowe barwy i dodatkowa informacja.
Zmiany w logu polskiego giganta
energetycznego". tvn24.pl.
134. ^ "Tadeusz Dąbrowski w
Lechii?". lechia.gda.pl.
135. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk ma nowego właściciela!
Andrzej Kuchar twardo
negocjował!".  gdansk.naszemiasto.pl. 26 January
2014.
136. ^ "Andrzej Kuchar nie ma już akcji
Lechii". sport.trojmiasto.pl. 26 November 2013.
137. ^ "Wernze-Filius steigt bei Lechia Danzig
ein" [Wernze son invests in Lechia Gdańsk] (in
German). RevierSport. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 29
August  2014.
138. ^ ""Lok gehört in die 3. Liga!"" [Lok belongs in
the 3. Liga!] (in German). Bild. 16 July 2014.
Retrieved 29 August  2014.
139. ^ "Zmiany w akcjonariacie głównego
udziałowca Lechii Gdańsk SA". lechia.pl.
140. ^ "Franz Josef Wernze, właściciel Lechii
Gdańsk: Wszystko nadal jest w moich
rękach". dziennikbaltycki.pl. 13 October 2017.
141. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Lechia
Gdańsk. Retrieved  29 July 2018.
142. ^ "Lechia likwiduje zespół
rezerw". sport.trojmiasto.pl. 3 June 2016.
143. ^ "Lechia II Gdańsk zacznie od IV
ligi". pomorski-zpn.pl.
144. ^ "Strona oficjalna – Lechia Gdańsk –
Lechia.pl". lechia.pl.
145. ^ "Akademia Lechii systematycznie do przodu.
Reaktywacja Złotych Lwów
Gdańskich".  trojmiasto.pl. 8 June 2018.
146. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk otwiera się na kobiety.
Harmonogram meczów na
weekend". sport.trojmiasto.pl. 8 June 2018.
147. ^ "APK Jedynka Kartuzy partnerem Akademii
Lechii". lechia.pl.
148. ^ "GAP Sparta Gdańsk partnerem Akademii
Lechii". lechia.pl.
149. ^ "Unia Tczew partnerem Akademii Lechii
Gdańsk". lechia.pl.
150. ^ "Lechia i AWFiS Gdańsk razem!".  lechia.pl.
151. ^ "Przedłużenie współpracy Akademii Lechii z
Football Pro Academy".  lechia.pl.
152. ^ "Biało-Zielone dołączają do Lechii
Gdańsk!".  lechia.pl.
153. ^ "III liga kobiet 2020/2021, grupa
II".  90minut.pl.
154. ^ "Jerzy Jastrzębowski".  lechia.gda.pl.
155. ^ "Marcin Kaczmarek "Mały
Bobo"". lechiahistoria.pl.
156. ^ "Tomasz Borkowski".  lechia.gda.pl.
157. ^ "Dariusz Kubicki – trener, który wprowadził
Lechię do ekstraklasy".  lechiahistoria.pl.
158. ^ "Jacek Zieliński trenerem Lechii".  90minut.pl.
159. ^ "Kafar trenerem!".  lechia.gda.pl.
160. ^ "Rafał Ulatowski w Lechii".  lechia.gda.pl.
Archived from  the original on 2011-11-12.
161. ^ "Paweł Janas: Lechia ma zdobywać punkty i
bramki". sport.interia.pl.
162. ^ "Kaczmarek: Nie jestem wypalony, ani
wymiętolony".  sport.trojmiasto.pl.
163. ^ "Jak i skąd Michał Probierz trafił do Lechii
Gdańsk?". trojmiasto.sport.pl.
164. ^ "Ekstraklasa: Holender Ricardo Moniz
nowym trenerem Lechii Gdańsk". Polskie Radio.
Retrieved 27 March  2014.
165. ^ "Quim Machado trenerem Lechii"  [Quim
Machado to train Lechia] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 16
June 2014. Retrieved  16 June 2014.
166. ^ "Wałdoch kandydatem na trenera
Lechii". sport.trojmiasto.pl.
167. ^ "Jerzy Brzęczek trenerem
Lechii". ekstraklasa.org.
168. ^ "Oficjalnie: Jerzy Brzęczek zwolniony z
Lechii Gdańsk! Jest już
następca!". dziennikbaltycki.pl.
169. ^ "Banaczek: Poprowadzę Lechię w
niedzielę".  trojmiasto.pl.
170. ^ "Piotr Nowak nowym trenerem Lechii Piłka
nożna - Sport.pl".
171. ^ "Adam Owen zwolniony z Lechii" (in Polish).
90minut. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
172. ^ "Piotr Stokowiec trenerem Lechii" (in Polish).
90minut. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
173. ^ "Tomasz Kaczmarek nowym trenerem Lechii
Gdańsk". lechia.pl.
174. ^ "Lechia Lwów. Biało-Zielona siostra z
Łyczakowa".  lechiahistoria.pl.
175. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk zagra w nowym sezonie z
datą 1903 na getrach. Tylko... co ona ma z Lechią
wspólnego?". trojmiasto.sport.pl.
176. ^ "RETRO LIGA, CZYLI PODRÓŻ W
PRZESZŁOŚĆ PRZEZ PIŁKARSKIE
BOISKO". przegladsportowy.pl. 28 November 2018.
 177. ^ "Retro Liga, czyli lekcja historii na piłkarskim
boisku".  sport.tvp.pl. 31 October 2019.
178. ^ "Nie będzie turnieju Amber Cup
2019". lechia.gda.pl.
179. ^ "Amber Cup 2011. Przeżyjmy to jeszcze raz
(wideo z oprawy kibiców, meczów Gryfa, Forcars,
finału imprezy)".  gp24.pl. 9 January 2011.
180. ^ "Lechia zdobyła Amber Cup". trojmiasto.pl.
181. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk zdobywcą Amber Cup
2016!".  Polsat Sport.
182. ^ Stankiewicz, Paweł (7 January
2017). "Lechia Gdańsk wygrała Amber Cup! Biało-
zieloni lepsi w finale od Śląska Wrocław w
karnych".  Dziennik Bałtycki.

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