# 2016–17 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2016–17 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 73rd since their creation, and was their 9th continuous season in the top league of Polish football.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## 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 | POL | Rafał Janicki |
| 3 | DF | POL | Jakub Wawrzyniak |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gerson |
| 4 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Kovačević |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Steven Vitória |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Simeon Slavchev |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Miloš Krasić |
| 9 | MF | POL | Patryk Lipski |
| 10 | MF | POL | Sebastian Mila |
| 11 | FW | POL | Grzegorz Kuświk |
| 13 | MF | POL | Bartłomiej Pawłowski |
| 14 | MF | POL | Piotr Wiśniewski |
| 16 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín |
| 19 | FW | POR | Marco Paixão |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | POL | Michał Chrapek |
| 21 | MF | POL | Sławomir Peszko |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mario Maloča |
| 23 | DF | POL | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak |
| 24 | GK | POL | Mateusz Bąk |
| 27 | MF | POL | Rafał Wolski |
| 28 | MF | POR | Flávio Paixão |
| 29 | MF | POL | Karol Fila |
| 30 | DF | POR | João Aniceto Grandela Nunes |
| 32 | GK | SRB | Vanja Milinković-Savić |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Oliver Zelenika |
| 35 | MF | POL | Daniel Łukasik |
| 41 | DF | POL | Paweł Stolarski |
| 43 | DF | SVN | Denis Perger |
| 77 | GK | POL | Damian Podleśny |
| 99 | FW | NED | Gino van Kessel |

### Transfers
#### Players In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Date |
| 38 | DF | Milen Gamakov | PFC Botev Plovdiv | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| 27 | MF | Rafał Wolski | ACF Fiorentina | Transfer | Summer | €500k | 4 July 2016 |
| 5 | DF | Steven Vitória | S.L. Benfica | Transfer | Summer | Free | 17 August 2016 |
| 6 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | Sporting CP | Loan | Summer | €50k | 17 August 2016 |
| 30 | DF | João Nunes | S.L. Benfica | Transfer | Summer | Free | 29 August 2016 |
| 43 | DF | Denis Perger | NK Drava Ptuj | Transfer | Summer | Free | 14 September 2016 |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | Loan | Winter | Free | 26 January 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Dušan Kuciak | Hull City A.F.C. | Transfer | Winter | Free | 1 February 2017 |
| 99 | FW | Gino van Kessel | SK Slavia Prague | Loan | Winter | Free | 4 February 2017 |
| 33 | GK | Oliver Zelenika | - | Transfer | Winter | Free | 15 March 2017 |
| | | 10 players | | | | €550k | |

#### Players Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Date |
| 11 | MF | Maciej Makuszewski | Lech Poznań | Loan | Summer | Free | 1 July 2016 |
| 9 | FW | Michał Mak | Arminia Bielefeld | Loan | Summer | Free | 31 August 2016 |
| 18 | FW | Adam Buksa | Zagłębie Lubin | Transfer | Summer | €50k | 31 August 2016 |
| 15 | MF | Adam Dźwigała | Górnik Łęczna | Loan | Summer | Free | 31 August 2016 |
| 35 | MF | Daniel Łukasik | SV Sandhausen | Loan | Summer | Free | 31 August 2016 |
| 35 | DF | Gerson | Górnik Łęczna | Loan | Summer | Free | 31 August 2016 |
| 4 | MF | Aleksandar Kovačević | Śląsk Wrocław | Loan | Winter | Free | 22 January 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Martin Kobylanski | SC Preußen Münster | Loan | Winter | Free | 30 January 2017 |
| 77 | GK | Damian Podleśny | Wigry Suwałki | Loan | Winter | Free | 8 February 2017 |
| | | 9 players | | | | €50k | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 6 | Pogoń Szczecin | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 42 | Qualification for the championship round |
* ↑ Head-to-head record: Pogoń 5–0 Nieciecza, Nieciecza 2–0 Pogoń.

### Championship round
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Wisła Kraków | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 26 | |
* 1 2 3 Regular season record: Jagiellonia 59 pts, Lech 55 pts, Lechia 53 pts.

## Stats

| | | | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Dušan Kuciak | 17 | - | - | - | 17 | - |
| 2 | DF | Rafał Janicki | 28 | 1 | 2 | - | 30 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Jakub Wawrzyniak | 35 | - | 2 | - | 37 | - |
| 4 | MF | Aleksandar Kovačević | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Steven Vitória | 8 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - |
| 6 | MF | Simeon Slavchev | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | - |
| 7 | MF | Miloš Krasić | 34 | 2 | 1 | - | 35 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Michał Mak | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Mila | 8 | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 11 | FW | Grzegorz Kuświk | 33 | 8 | - | - | 33 | 8 |
| 13 | MF | Bartłomiej Pawłowski | 6 | - | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| 14 | MF | Piotr Wiśniewski | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | 14 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Lukáš Haraslín | 26 | 3 | 1 | - | 27 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | Marco Paixão | 35 | 18 | 2 | - | 37 | 18 |
| 20 | MF | Michał Chrapek | 18 | - | 1 | - | 19 | - |
| 21 | MF | Sławomir Peszko | 29 | 3 | - | - | 29 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | 31 | 1 | 1 | - | 32 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | 16 | 1 | 2 | - | 18 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | Mateusz Bąk | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 27 | MF | Rafał Wolski | 34 | 2 | 2 | - | 36 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | Flávio Paixão | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 |
| 30 | DF | João Nunes | 23 | - | - | - | 23 | - |
| 32 | GK | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | - |
| 35 | DF | Gerson | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| 38 | DF | Milen Gamakov | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| 41 | DF | Paweł Stolarski | 24 | - | 2 | - | 26 | - |
| 77 | GK | Damian Podleśny | 2 | - | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| 99 | FW | Gino van Kessel | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Marco Paixão | 18 |
| 2 | Flávio Paixão | 11 |
| 3 | Grzegorz Kuświk | 8 |
| 4 | Sławomir Peszko | 3 |
| 4 | Lukáš Haraslín | 3 |
| 6 | Miloš Krasić | 2 |
| 6 | Rafał Wolski | 2 |
| 6 | Own Goals | 2 |
| 9 | Rafał Janicki | 1 |
| 9 | Mario Maloča | 1 |
| 9 | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | 1 |
| 9 | Piotr Wiśniewski | 1 |
| 9 | Ariel Borysiuk | 1 |
| 9 | Aleksandar Kovačević | 1 |