# 2016–17 Lech Poznań season

Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań. This was their 94th season overall. They competed in Ekstraklasa, the highest ranking league in Poland.

## Squad

    As of 21 February 2017.
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 | BIH | Jasmin Burić |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Lasse Nielsen |
| 4 | DF | POL | Tomasz Kędziora (3rd captain) |
| 6 | MF | POL | Łukasz Trałka (Captain) |
| 8 | MF | POL | Szymon Pawłowski (Vice-captain) |
| 10 | MF | SUI | Darko Jevtić |
| 11 | FW | POL | Marcin Robak |
| 14 | MF | POL | Maciej Gajos |
| 15 | DF | POL | Dariusz Dudka |
| 17 | MF | POL | Maciej Makuszewski (on loan from Lechia Gdańsk) |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Mihai Răduț |
| 19 | FW | DEN | Nicki Bille Nielsen |
| 21 | MF | COL | Víctor Gutiérrez (on loan from Deportes Tolima) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Kostevych |
| 24 | FW | POL | Dawid Kownacki |
| 25 | FW | POL | Paweł Tomczyk |
| 26 | DF | POL | Maciej Wilusz |
| 27 | DF | POL | Tymoteusz Puchacz |
| 28 | DF | POL | Marcin Wasielewski |
| 30 | GK | SVK | Matúš Putnocký |
| 31 | GK | POL | Bartosz Mrozek |
| 33 | GK | POL | Miłosz Mleczko |
| 35 | DF | POL | Jan Bednarek |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Elvis Kokalović |
| 55 | MF | GHA | Abdul Aziz Tetteh |
| 86 | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | POL | Robert Gumny (at Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała until 30 June 2017) |
| 16 | MF | POL | Jakub Serafin (at Bytovia Bytów until 30 June 2017) |
| 17 | MF | POL | Szymon Drewniak (at Górnik Łęczna until 30 June 2017) |
| 20 | MF | POL | Dariusz Formella (at Arka Gdynia until 30 June 2017) |
| 29 | MF | POL | Kamil Jóźwiak (at GKS Katowice until 30 June 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | FW | POL | Piotr Kurbiel (at Pogoń Siedlce until 30 June 2017) |
| 36 | GK | POL | Mateusz Lis (at Raków Częstochowa until 30 June 2018) |
| 77 | MF | NOR | Muhamed Keita (at Vålerenga until 30 June 2017) |
| — | GK | POL | Adam Makuchowski (at Chrobry Głogów until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | POL | Krystian Sanocki (at Kotwica Kołobrzeg until 30 June 2017) |

## Transfer
### Summer transfer window
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 35 | DF | Jan Bednarek | 20 | EU | Górnik Łęczna | End of loan | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Szymon Drewniak | 22 | EU | Chrobry Głogów | End of loan | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 20 | MF | Dariusz Formella | 20 | EU | Arka Gdynia | End of loan | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 86 | MF | Radosław Majewski | 29 | EU | Veria | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 17 | MF | Maciej Makuszewski | 26 | EU | Lechia Gdańsk | Loan | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 33 | GK | Miłosz Mleczko | 17 | EU | | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system |
| 31 | GK | Bartosz Mrozek | 16 | EU | | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system |
| 3 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 29 | EU | OB | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 30 | GK | Matúš Putnocký | 31 | EU | Ruch Chorzów | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free |
| 28 | DF | Marcin Wasielewski | 22 | EU | | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system |
Total spending: €0

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 21 | DF | Kebba Ceesay | 28 | EU | Djurgårdens IF | Transfer | Summer | €15,000 |
| 17 | MF | Szymon Drewniak | 22 | EU | Górnik Łęczna | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 35 | DF | Marcin Kamiński | 24 | EU | VfB Stuttgart | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 77 | MF | Muhamed Keita | 25 | Non-EU | Stabæk | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 27 | GK | Krzysztof Kotorowski | 39 | EU | | End of career | Summer | |
| 34 | FW | Piotr Kurbiel | 20 | EU | Pogoń Siedlce | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 7 | MF | Karol Linetty | 21 | EU | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 |
| 36 | GK | Mateusz Lis | 19 | EU | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 11 | MF | Gergő Lovrencsics | 27 | EU | Ferencváros | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| | GK | Adam Makuchowski | 19 | EU | ROW 1964 Rybnik | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 31 | MF | Krystian Sanocki | 19 | EU | MKS Kluczbork | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 25 | MF | Sisi | 30 | EU | Veria | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 18 | FW | Denis Thomalla | 23 | EU | 1. FC Heidenheim | Transfer | Summer | €350,000 |
| 3 | DF | Vladimir Volkov | 30 | Non-EU | KV Mechelen | End of loan | Summer | Free |
| 37 | MF | Niklas Zulciak | 22 | EU | Lech II Poznań | End of contract | Summer | Free |
Total income: €3,365,000
Total expenditure: €3,365,000

### Winter transfer window
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 21 | MF | Víctor Gutiérrez | 20 | Non-EU | Deportes Tolima | Loan | Winter | 2017 | Free |
| 44 | DF | Elvis Kokalović | 28 | EU | Karabükspor | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 22 | DF | Volodymyr Kostevych | 24 | Non-EU | Karpaty Lviv | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | €350,000 |
| 27 | DF | Tymoteusz Puchacz | 17 | EU | | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system |
| 18 | MF | Mihai Răduț | 26 | EU | Hatta Club | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Free |
| | MF | Krystian Sanocki | 20 | EU | MKS Kluczbork | Loan return | Winter | Undisclosed | Free |
| 25 | FW | Paweł Tomczyk | 18 | EU | | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Youth system |
Total spending: €350,000

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 23 | DF | Paulus Arajuuri | 28 | EU | Brøndby IF | End of contract | Winter | Free |
| 20 | FW | Dariusz Formella | 21 | EU | Arka Gdynia | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 2 | DF | Robert Gumny | 18 | EU | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 29 | MF | Kamil Jóźwiak | 18 | EU | GKS Katowice | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 5 | DF | Tamás Kádár | 26 | EU | Dynamo Kyiv | Transfer | Winter | €2,000,000 |
| 77 | MF | Muhamed Keita | 26 | Non-EU | Vålerenga | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 36 | GK | Mateusz Lis | 19 | EU | Raków Częstochowa | Loan | Winter | Free |
| | GK | Adam Makuchowski | 20 | EU | Chrobry Głogów | Loan | Winter | Free |
| | MF | Krystian Sanocki | 20 | EU | Kotwica Kołobrzeg | Loan | Winter | Free |
Total income: €2,000,000
Total expenditure: €1,650,000

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| 2016–17 Ekstraklasa | — | — | 3rd | 15 July 2016 | 4 June 2017 |
| 2016–17 Polish Cup | Round of 32 | — | Runner-up | 9 August 2016 | 2 May 2017 |
| 2016 Polish SuperCup | Final | — | Winners | 7 July 2016 | 7 July 2016 |
Updated to match played 5 June 2017 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ekstraklasa | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 054.05 |
| Polish Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 071.43 |
| Polish SuperCup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Total | 45 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 82 | 35 | +47 | 057.78 |
Updated to match played 5 June 2017 Source: Competitions

### Ekstraklasa
#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 59 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Legia Warsaw | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 58 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 55 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Lechia Gdańsk | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 53 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Wisła Kraków | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 44 | Qualification for the championship round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 April 2017. Source: 90minut.pl

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Championship round
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Legia Warsaw (C) | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 37 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Lech Poznań | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Lechia Gdańsk | 37 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 42 | |
| 5 | Korona Kielce | 37 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 28 | |
* 1 2 3 Regular season record: Jagiellonia 59 pts, Lech 55 pts, Lechia 53 pts.

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 June 2017. Source: 90minut.pl

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Polish SuperCup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of
| No. | Pos | Player | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish Cup | Polish SuperCup | Polish SuperCup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Jasmin Burić | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Matúš Putnocký | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Bartosz Mrozek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Miłosz Mleczko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 14+5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | Tomasz Kędziora | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Dariusz Dudka | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Volodymyr Kostevych | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Maciej Wilusz | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Tymoteusz Puchacz | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Marcin Wasielewski | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Jan Bednarek | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | Elvis Kokalović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Łukasz Trałka | 29+5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Szymon Pawłowski | 16+6 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Darko Jevtić | 24+7 | 8 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 |
| 14 | MF | Maciej Gajos | 29+5 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 4 |
| 17 | MF | Maciej Makuszewski | 26+7 | 2 | 5+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | Mihai Răduț | 4+9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Víctor Gutiérrez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Abdul Aziz Tetteh | 20+6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 86 | MF | Radosław Majewski | 32+5 | 8 | 5+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 44 | 10 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Marcin Robak | 21+16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 44 | 21 |
| 19 | FW | Nicki Bille Nielsen | 3+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | Dawid Kownacki | 16+11 | 9 | 2+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
| 25 | FW | Paweł Tomczyk | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Robert Gumny | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Dariusz Formella | 3+8 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| 29 | MF | Kamil Jóźwiak | 0+6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Lech and left the club during the season: |||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Tamás Kádár | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Paulus Arajuuri | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish SuperCup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | | Marcin Robak | 18 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | FW | 24 | | Dawid Kownacki | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 86 | | Radosław Majewski | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | | Darko Jevtić | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | | Maciej Gajos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | | Maciej Makuszewski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | | Lasse Nielsen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | | Łukasz Trałka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | | Szymon Pawłowski | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | | Dariusz Formella | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | | Tomasz Kędziora | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 19 | | Nicki Bille Nielsen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 23 | | Paulus Arajuuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 18 | | Mihai Răduț | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 35 | | Jan Bednarek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 55 | | Abdul Aziz Tetteh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 16 | 4 | 82 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Number | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish SuperCup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | | Matúš Putnocký | 18 | 1 | – | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | | Jasmin Burić | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 31 | | Bartosz Mrozek | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | 33 | | Miłosz Mleczko | – | – | – | – |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 20 | 4 | 0 | 24 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish Cup | Polish SuperCup | Polish SuperCup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Jasmin Burić | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Lasse Nielsen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Tomasz Kędziora | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Łukasz Trałka | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Szymon Pawłowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Darko Jevtić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Marcin Robak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Maciej Gajos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Dariusz Dudka | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Maciej Makuszewski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Mihai Răduț | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Víctor Gutiérrez | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | FW | | Nicki Bille Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Volodymyr Kostevych | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Dawid Kownacki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | | Paweł Tomczyk | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Maciej Wilusz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Tymoteusz Puchacz | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Marcin Wasielewski | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Matúš Putnocký | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Bartosz Mrozek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | GK | | Miłosz Mleczko | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | DF | | Jan Bednarek | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Elvis Kokalović | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | MF | | Abdul Aziz Tetteh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 86 | MF | | Radosław Majewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Robert Gumny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Dariusz Formella | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Kamil Jóźwiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Lech and left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Tamás Kádár | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Paulus Arajuuri | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 59 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 3 |