Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk Explained

Clubname:Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk
Fullname:Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna
Ground:MOSiR Stadium
Capacity:12,244
Manager:Witold Kulik & Stanisław Stachura (1998–99)
Jerzy Jastrzębowski (1999–2000)
Wiesław Wika (2000)
Romuald Szukiełowicz (2000)
Stanisław Stachura (2000–02)
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Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk was a team which played in the Polish second division from 1998 to 2001. The team was created by a merger of Lechia Gdańsk and Polonia Gdańsk.

History

Pre-merger

Polonia Gdańsk

See main article: SKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk.

Polonia Gdańsk were founded in 1945 as NS Nit Gdańsk. After years of playing football in the lower divisions, and further name changes (Stal Gdańsk and RKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk [1]). The team finally found stability and were called Polonia Gdańsk.[1]

The team finally achieved promotion to the second division in 1973 after winning their division, and finishing as runners up the previous season. The 1970s saw the team's high point in their history. The team enjoyed 9 seasons in the second division before being relegated in 1982. The team's greatest achievement so far came in the 1976/77 season when the team finished 3rd, just missing out on promotion to the top division.[2] From 1982 to 1998 Polonia experienced another 3 seasons in the second tier, each time only lasting in the division for one season. The team won the third tier 3 times during this period, as well as finishing runners up a further 5 times.

Lechia Gdańsk

See main article: Lechia Gdańsk.

Lechia Gdańsk were also founded in 1945.[3] Lechia's greatest success in the top flight came during the 1950s, when the club finished 3rd during the 1956 season. After spending the 1960s and 70s in the lower divisions, Lechia won the Polish Cup and the Polish SuperCup in 1983. After a spell back in the top flight, Lechia soon found themselves playing in the lower divisions once more. During the 1995 season, Lechia had previously been part of another merger, this time with Olimpia Poznań to create Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk. The merger lasted only one season before both teams split. It was only two seasons after their first merger that Lechia were to be involved in another, this time with Polonia.

Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk

The first season for Lechia-Polonia was moderately successful. The previous season Polonia finished in 5th place, for the 1998–99 season Lechia-Polonia managed to achieve 7th in the league.[4] The following season was more unsuccessful, finishing the season in 14th.[5] Robert Kubiel finished as the team's highest goalscorer with 10 goals to his name.[6] The following season got worse for Lechia-Polonia, with the team finishing 19th out of 20 teams.[7] Despite being in a lower division the team proved to be less than competitive, and the team once again faced relegation, this time finishing in 15th.[8] After the 2001–02 season, the Lechia-Polonia dissolved.

After the merger

Polonia Gdańsk created a separate team in 1999, one year after the merger. Despite the team still being involved in the merger by name, most saw this as the teams continuation of the original team, and not the Lechia-Polonia team. The reforming meant that Polonia had to restart from Poland's lowest divisions. The highest the team has achieved since the turn of the century was 2 seasons in the third division, finishing 14th and 16th from 2012 to 2014. Back to back relegation's meant the team were playing in the firth tier once again, and currently find themselves playing in the District Division - Gdańsk Group I.[9]

Lechia Gdańsk also created a separate team from the Lechia-Polonia team in 2001, and was also seen as the continuation of the team before the merger. In 2001 there were therefore 3 teams playing football as a result of the merger; Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk, Lechia Gdańsk, and Polonia Gdańsk. While the dissolved Lechia-Polonia team left both Lechia and Polonia in much worse positions than before the merger, Lechia took full advantage of the situation they found themselves in. After having to start from the bottom, Lechia's fortunes changed and they found themselves playing in the Ekstraklasa once again for the 2008/09 season.[10] After 11 seasons of continuous top flight football Lechia won both the Polish Cup and the Polish SuperCup in 2019, leading to the team playing European football for only the second time in their history.

Seasons

SeasonTierDivisionPositionPolish CupComments
1998/99IIII League (west)7 of 14Round of 16Team created by a merger between Lechia Gdańsk and Polonia Gdańsk.
1999/00II League14 of 24Round of 16Polonia Gdańsk left the merger, restarting in the IV liga (sixth tier).
2000/01II League19 of 20Round 2Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk are relegated.
2001/02IIIIII League (g. 2)15 of 19-Lechia Gdańsk create an independent club at the start of the season, restarting in the IV liga (sixth tier).Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk suffer financial difficulties and folded at the end of the season.

Player statistics

Seasonal top goalscorers

The players who scored the most goals for the club during a season.

SeasonPlayerGoals
1998–99Adam Fedoruk9
1999–2000Robert Kugiel10
2000–01Dariusz Preis7
2001–02Robert Kugiel7

Top player statistics

The top 5 players with the most appearances and goals in the league for Lechia-Polonia.

Apps
No.NameApps
1Bartosz Skierka128
2Robert Kugiel113
3Tomasz Borkowski106
4Maciej Zezula86
5Grzegorz Miłkowski82
Goals
No.NameGoals
1Robert Kugiel23
2Maciej Zezula18
3Adam Fedoruk11
4Marek Zieńczuk8
5Miroslaw Feith8

League statistics

All of the league statistics of all players over the four seasons of the clubs existence.

1998–991999–20002000–012001–02total
PlayerNatposappsgoalsappsgoalsappsgoalsappsgoalsappsgoals
Goalkeepers
Tomasz BorowiecGK00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010
Krzysztof DadaczGK00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey6bgcolor=lightgrey060
Tomasz DargaczGK00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey2bgcolor=lightgrey020
Artur DyszkiewiczGK00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey6bgcolor=lightgrey060
Mariusz GiergielGK30bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey030
Artur JażdżewskiGK00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey3bgcolor=lightgrey030
Maciej KozakGK00bgcolor=lightgrey31bgcolor=lightgrey010bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0320
Maciej KudryckiGK120bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0120
Krzysztof PilarzGK00bgcolor=lightgrey14bgcolor=lightgrey0370bgcolor=lightgrey19bgcolor=lightgrey0700
Krzysztof SkrzyńskiGK110bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0110
Defenders
Piotr AntkowiczDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey12bgcolor=lightgrey2122
Jarosław BachDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010bgcolor=lightgrey17bgcolor=lightgrey0180
Bartosz BerlikDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey10bgcolor=lightgrey1101
Tomasz BorkowskiDF130bgcolor=lightgrey34bgcolor=lightgrey1320bgcolor=lightgrey27bgcolor=lightgrey01061
Piotr BubiłekDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey020bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000
Jarosław ChwastekDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0160bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0160
Artur ChrzonowskiDF00bgcolor=lightgrey7bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey070
Jacek CuchDF90bgcolor=lightgrey6bgcolor=lightgrey010bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0160
Daniel CzukDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0140bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0140
Mauro Sérgio da SilvaDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey050bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey050
Piotr JacynaDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0130bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0130
JulcimarDF60bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey060
Zbigniew KaczmarekDF120bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0120
Marcin KlaczkaDF00bgcolor=lightgrey16bgcolor=lightgrey100bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0161
Grzegorz KrysiakDF00bgcolor=lightgrey14bgcolor=lightgrey100bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0141
Marcin KubsikMF141bgcolor=lightgrey38bgcolor=lightgrey0180bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0701
Wojciech KupiecDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey7bgcolor=lightgrey070
Michał LatosDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey3bgcolor=lightgrey030
Adam MerchutDF10bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010
Tomasz MichalskiDF160bgcolor=lightgrey18bgcolor=lightgrey0170bgcolor=lightgrey15bgcolor=lightgrey0660
Grzegorz MiłkowskiDF101bgcolor=lightgrey30bgcolor=lightgrey1281bgcolor=lightgrey14bgcolor=lightgrey0823
Grzegorz MotykaDF00bgcolor=lightgrey21bgcolor=lightgrey400bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0214
Paweł OnychDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey15bgcolor=lightgrey0150
Henryk PatykDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey19bgcolor=lightgrey0190
Dariusz PawskiDF80bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey080
Jacek PaszulewiczDF51bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey051
Jacek PieniążekDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey080bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey080
Paweł PredehlDF71bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey071
Robert RzeczyckiDF00bgcolor=lightgrey12bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0120
Wojciech SekułaDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010bgcolor=lightgrey14bgcolor=lightgrey0150
Robert SierpińskiDF00bgcolor=lightgrey5bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey050
Bartosz SkierkaDF260bgcolor=lightgrey42bgcolor=lightgrey1321bgcolor=lightgrey28bgcolor=lightgrey21284
Adam TaneckiDF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey12bgcolor=lightgrey1121
Daniel WeberDF00bgcolor=lightgrey31bgcolor=lightgrey300bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0313
Marcin WłódarczykDF00bgcolor=lightgrey6bgcolor=lightgrey100bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey061
Midfielders
Artur AntończukMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey13bgcolor=lightgrey0130
Michał BiskupMF00bgcolor=lightgrey21bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0210
Marcin BorzęckiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey6bgcolor=lightgrey060
Tomasz BronerMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey12bgcolor=lightgrey3123
Maciej CzuczełoMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey11bgcolor=lightgrey0110
Andriy DanayevMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey050bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey050
Bartosz DolańskiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey13bgcolor=lightgrey0130
Justin EvansMF00bgcolor=lightgrey8bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey080
Adam FedorukMF217bgcolor=lightgrey12bgcolor=lightgrey2172bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey05011
Andrzej GoleckiMF252bgcolor=lightgrey40bgcolor=lightgrey400bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0656
Piotr KasperskiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0130bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0130
Piotr KasperskiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0130bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0130
Marcin KubsikMF141bgcolor=lightgrey38bgcolor=lightgrey0180bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0701
Maciej LewnaMF00bgcolor=lightgrey30bgcolor=lightgrey300bgcolor=lightgrey5bgcolor=lightgrey1354
Sebastian MilaMF00bgcolor=lightgrey12bgcolor=lightgrey2222bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0344
Sebastian OsmólskiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey9bgcolor=lightgrey090
Saulo Pereira de CarvalhoMF110bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0110
Karol PiątekMF00bgcolor=lightgrey1bgcolor=lightgrey0170bgcolor=lightgrey3bgcolor=lightgrey1211
Dariusz PreisMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0346bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0346
Oskar StanekMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey23bgcolor=lightgrey5235
Adam SzymuraMF140bgcolor=lightgrey7bgcolor=lightgrey0110bgcolor=lightgrey2bgcolor=lightgrey0340
Marek WidzickiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey10bgcolor=lightgrey0100
Marcin WiewiórskiMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey2bgcolor=lightgrey020
Maciej ZezulaMF265bgcolor=lightgrey42bgcolor=lightgrey700bgcolor=lightgrey18bgcolor=lightgrey68618
Marek ZieńczukMF213bgcolor=lightgrey23bgcolor=lightgrey500bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0448
Andrzej ZiębaMF00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0111bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0111
Forwards
Napoleon AmaefuleFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0171bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0171
Dawid BanaczekFW51bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey051
Sérgio BatataFW71bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey071
Michael ButlerFW00bgcolor=lightgrey1bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010
Joenal CastmaFW00bgcolor=lightgrey1bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010
Jarosław ChwiałkowskiFW151bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0151
Marcin DanielewiczFW122bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0122
Marek FanslauFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey8bgcolor=lightgrey181
Michał FedorowiczFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey14bgcolor=lightgrey1141
Miroslaw FeithFW213bgcolor=lightgrey31bgcolor=lightgrey300bgcolor=lightgrey11bgcolor=lightgrey2638
Marcin FlorekFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0141bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0141
Piotr GrudzieńFW00bgcolor=lightgrey4bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey040
Austin HamletFW61bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey061
Marcin KalińskiFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey091bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey091
Adrian KlimowiczFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey7bgcolor=lightgrey272
Robert KugielFW203bgcolor=lightgrey38bgcolor=lightgrey10263bgcolor=lightgrey29bgcolor=lightgrey711323
Tomasz MoskalFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0166bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0166
Arkadiusz MulinekFW10bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey010
Krzysztof RusinekFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey051bgcolor=lightgrey15bgcolor=lightgrey5206
Rafał RzepeckiFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey000bgcolor=lightgrey8bgcolor=lightgrey282
Piotr ZagórskiFW40bgcolor=lightgrey10bgcolor=lightgrey210bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0152
Marek ZawadaFW00bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0152bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0152
Dzidosław ŻuberekFW00bgcolor=lightgrey16bgcolor=lightgrey200bgcolor=lightgrey0bgcolor=lightgrey0162

Managerial statistics

This is a list of Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk managers and their statistics in all competitive competitions. This list includes caretaker managers, shown here in italics.

NameNatFromToGWDL%W
Witold Kulik1 July 199830 June 1999291341244.8%
Jerzy Jastrzębowski1 July 19994 March 200027971133.3%
Wiesław Wika5 March 200011 March 20001100100%
Romuald Szukiełowicz12 March 20004 October 2000341291335.2%
Stanisław Stachura5 October 200030 June 20026516133624.6%

Kits

The kits worn by Lechia-Polonia during their four seasons of existence.

1998–99

The 1998–99 kits were produced by Uhlsport with Pomorskie Towarzystwo Leasingowe being the sponsor on the shirts.

1999–2000

Lechia-Polonia started the season with the same kits as the previous season, adding a third shirt which bore the sponsor Centertel. After the winter break Lechia dropped what they used as their home kit in favour of using one of the Kelme shirts used by Lechia Gdańsk between 1996 and 1998. The three kits made by three different manufacturers were used on a rotational basis, with the green and white "half and half" kit being used more often as it incorporated the most green and could be used against more opponents.

2000–01

In 2000 Adidas became the manufacturer of the Lechia-Polonia kits, with Centertel being the main club sponsor. Canal+ also held a minor sponsorship role, with a small logo also featuring on the front of the shirts. The two Adidas shirts were used interchangeably with neither kit having a preference as the "home shirt". Lechia-Polonia also used two previously used shirts, with the "half and half" shirt having the Canal+ logo placed above the Uhlsport logo removing any indication of who previously made the shirt.

2001–02

In the last year of Lechia-Polonia's existence they played in the same Adidas kits as the season before.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historia -. poloniagdansk.pl.
  2. Web site: Sezon 1976/77 - II liga (gr. północna) - tabela rozgrywek - Historia Polskiej Piłki Nożnej - HPPN.PL. www.hppn.pl.
  3. Web site: Lechia Gdańsk - Historical results. worldfootball.net. 3 August 2015 .
  4. Web site: Stats . www.mogiel.net . PHP.
  5. Web site: Stats . www.mogiel.net . PHP.
  6. Web site: Skład: Lechia Gdańsk [GDA] | 1999/2000 II Liga . 2018-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021551/https://lechia.net/klub/historia/mecze-lg-1945/roster/23-19992000-ii-liga/1-lechia-gdask/0 . 2018-11-12 . dead .
  7. Web site: Stats . www.mogiel.net . PHP.
  8. Web site: III liga 2001/2002, grupa: 2 (Pomorze Zachodnie, Pomorze, Wielkopolska, Kujawy i Pomorze). Maciej. Kusina. www.90minut.pl.
  9. Web site: Pierwsza drużyna -. poloniagdansk.pl.
  10. Web site: Lechia Gdańsk awansowała do ekstraklasy. www.90minut.pl.