# 2017–18 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2017–18 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 74th since their creation, and was their 10th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Dušan Kuciak |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Mato Miloš |
| 3 | DF | POL | Jakub Wawrzyniak |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gerson |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Steven Vitória |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Miloš Krasić |
| 8 | MF | POR | Romário Baldé |
| 9 | MF | POL | Patryk Lipski |
| 10 | MF | POL | Sebastian Mila |
| 10 | FW | IDN | Egy Maulana |
| 11 | FW | POL | Grzegorz Kuświk |
| 13 | DF | POL | Mateusz Lewandowski |
| 16 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín |
| 19 | FW | POR | Marco Paixão |
| 20 | DF | POL | Adam Chrzanowski |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | POL | Sławomir Peszko |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Filip Mladenović |
| 23 | DF | POL | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak |
| 25 | DF | POL | Michał Nalepa |
| 26 | DF | POL | Błażej Augustyn |
| 27 | MF | POL | Rafał Wolski |
| 28 | MF | POR | Flávio Paixão |
| 29 | MF | POL | Karol Fila |
| 29 | FW | POL | Mateusz Żukowski |
| 30 | DF | POR | João Aniceto Grandela Nunes |
| 31 | MF | POL | Florian Schikowski |
| 32 | MF | POL | Mateusz Matras |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Oliver Zelenika |
| 35 | MF | POL | Daniel Łukasik |
| 41 | DF | POL | Paweł Stolarski |
| 71 | GK | POL | Maciej Woźniak |
| 96 | MF | POR | João Pedro Abreu de Oliveira |

### Transfers
#### Players In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Date |
| 31 | MF | Florian Schikowski | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| 25 | DF | Michał Nalepa | Ferencvárosi TC | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| 13 | DF | Mateusz Lewandowski | Pogoń Szczecin | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| 32 | DF | Mateusz Matras | Pogoń Szczecin | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| 26 | DF | Błażej Augustyn | Ascoli Calcio | Transfer | Summer | Free | 6 August 2017 |
| 9 | MF | Patryk Lipski | Ruch Chorzów | Transfer | Summer | Free | 12 August 2017 |
| 96 | MF | João Oliveira | FC Luzern | Loan | Summer | - | 15 August 2017 |
| 8 | FW | Romário Baldé | Benfica | Transfer | Summer | Free | 25 August 2017 |
| 6 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | Sporting CP | Loan | Summer | - | 30 August 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Mato Miloš | Benfica | Loan | Summer | - | 31 August 2017 |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | Queens Park Rangers | Transfer | Winter | Free | 26 January 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Filip Mladenović | Standard Liège | Transfer | Winter | Free | 27 January 2018 |
| | | 12 players | | | | €0k | |

#### Players Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Date |
| 32 | GK | Vanja Milinković-Savić | Torino F.C. | Transfer | Summer | €2.3 million | 1 July 2017 |
| - | MF | Maciej Makuszewski | Lech Poznań | Transfer | Summer | €270K | 1 July 2017 |
| - | DF | Adam Dźwigała | Wisła Płock | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2017 |
| 20 | MF | Michał Chrapek | Śląsk Wrocław | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 June 2017 |
| 9 | MF | Michał Mak | Śląsk Wrocław | Loan | Summer | - | 12 July 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Rafał Janicki | Lech Poznań | Loan | Summer | - | 14 July 2017 |
| 4 | MF | Aleksandar Kovačević | FK Haugesund | Transfer | Summer | €70K | 10 August 2017 |
| 13 | DF | Mateusz Lewandowski | Śląsk Wrocław | Loan | Winter | - | 30 January 2018 |
| | | 8 players | | | | €2.64m | |

#### Retired

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Mila | 30 July 2018 |

## Regular season
### Fixtures for the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa season
### League table

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

## Relegation Group
### League table

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

## Stats

| | | | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Dušan Kuciak | 36 | - | 1 | - | 37 | - |
| 2 | DF | Mato Miloš | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| 3 | DF | Jakub Wawrzyniak | 20 | - | 1 | - | 21 | - |
| 4 | DF | Gerson | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 5 | DF | Steven Vitória | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | - |
| 6 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | 27 | 1 | - | - | 27 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Miloš Krasić | 29 | 1 | - | - | 29 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Romário Baldé | 10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Patryk Lipski | 21 | 1 | - | - | 21 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Mila | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 11 | FW | Grzegorz Kuświk | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 13 | DF | Mateusz Lewandowski | 10 | - | 1 | - | 11 | - |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| 17 | MF | Lukáš Haraslín | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 19 | FW | Marco Paixão | 28 | 16 | - | - | 28 | 16 |
| 20 | DF | Adam Chrzanowski | 10 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Sławomir Peszko | 25 | 4 | 1 | - | 26 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | Filip Mladenović | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - |
| 23 | DF | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | 13 | - | 1 | - | 14 | - |
| 25 | DF | Michał Nalepa | 16 | 1 | 1 | - | 17 | - |
| 26 | DF | Błażej Augustyn | 15 | 2 | - | - | 15 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | Rafał Wolski | 11 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | Flávio Paixão | 34 | 10 | 1 | - | 35 | 10 |
| 29 | DF | Karol Fila | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 29 | FW | Mateusz Żukowski | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 30 | DF | João Nunes | 30 | - | 1 | - | 31 | - |
| 31 | MF | Florian Schikowski | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| 32 | MF | Mateusz Matras | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 1 |
| 33 | GK | Oliver Zelenika | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 35 | MF | Daniel Łukasik | 32 | - | 1 | - | 33 | - |
| 41 | DF | Paweł Stolarski | 25 | - | 1 | - | 26 | - |
| 96 | MF | João Oliveira | 19 | 3 | - | - | 19 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Paixão | 16 |
| 2 | Flávio Paixão | 10 |
| 3 | Sławomir Peszko | 4 |
| 4 | João Oliveira | 3 |
| 5 | Błażej Augustyn | 2 |
| 5 | Own Goals | 2 |
| 7 | Miloš Krasić | 1 |
| 7 | Simeon Slavchev | 1 |
| 7 | Michał Nalepa | 1 |
| 7 | Patryk Lipski | 1 |
| 7 | Steven Vitória | 1 |
| 7 | Mateusz Matras | 1 |
| 7 | Adam Chrzanowski | 1 |
| 7 | Romário Baldé | 1 |
| 7 | Rafał Wolski | 1 |