# 2015–16 Lechia Gdańsk season

The 2015–16 Ekstraklasa season was Lechia's 72nd since their creation, and was their 8th continuous season in the top league of Polish football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. On 7 August 2015 the club celebrated its 70th anniversary.

## 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 | POL | Łukasz Budziłek |
| 2 | DF | POL | Rafał Janicki |
| 3 | DF | POL | Jakub Wawrzyniak |
| 4 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Kovačević |
| 6 | MF | POL | Sebastian Mila |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Miloš Krasić |
| 8 | MF | POL | Daniel Łukasik |
| 9 | FW | POL | Michał Mak |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Bruno Nazário |
| 11 | FW | GER | Martin Kobylanski |
| 11 | MF | POL | Maciej Makuszewski |
| 13 | MF | POL | Bartłomiej Pawłowski |
| 14 | MF | POL | Piotr Wiśniewski |
| 15 | DF | POL | Adam Dźwigała |
| 16 | MF | POL | Ariel Borysiuk |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín |
| 18 | FW | POL | Adam Buksa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | POR | Marco Paixão |
| 20 | MF | POL | Michał Chrapek |
| 21 | MF | POL | Sławomir Peszko |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Stojan Vranješ |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Mario Maloča |
| 23 | DF | POL | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak |
| 24 | GK | POL | Mateusz Bąk |
| 25 | DF | POL | Adam Chrzanowski |
| 28 | MF | POR | Flávio Paixão |
| 29 | DF | SRB | Neven Marković |
| 30 | FW | POL | Grzegorz Kuświk |
| 32 | GK | SRB | Vanja Milinković-Savić |
| 33 | DF | SRB | Nikola Leković |
| 35 | DF | BRA | Gerson |
| 41 | DF | POL | Paweł Stolarski |
| 44 | FW | POL | Michał Żebrakowski |
| 50 | GK | CRO | Marko Marić |

### Transfers
#### Players In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Date |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | €500k | 1 July 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Michał Mak | GKS Bełchatów | Transfer | Summer | €150k | 1 July 2015 |
| 50 | GK | Marko Marić | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | Summer | Free | 2 July 2015 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | Hajduk Split | Transfer | Summer | €150k | 3 July 2015 |
| 17 | MF | Lukáš Haraslín | Parma | Transfer | Summer | Free | 7 July 2015 |
| 30 | FW | Grzegorz Kuświk | Ruch Chorzów | Transfer | Summer | Free | 17 July 2015 |
| 7 | MF | Miloš Krasić | Fenerbahçe | Transfer | Summer | Free | 30 August 2015 |
| 4 | MF | Aleksandar Kovačević | Red Star Belgrade | Transfer | Summer | Free | 31 August 2015 |
| 20 | MF | Michał Chrapek | Calcio Catania | Transfer | Summer | Free | 31 August 2015 |
| 21 | MF | Sławomir Peszko | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | Free | 31 August 2015 |
| 32 | GK | Vanja Milinković-Savić | Manchester United | Transfer | Winter | Free | 1 January 2016 |
| 19 | FW | Marco Paixão | Sparta Prague | Transfer | Winter | Free | 9 January 2016 |
| 28 | FW | Flávio Paixão | Śląsk Wrocław | Transfer | Winter | €100k | 8 February 2016 |
| 11 | FW | Martin Kobylański | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Winter | Free | 8 February 2016 |
| | | 10 players | | | | €900k | |

#### Players Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Date |
| 17 | MF | Marcin Pietrowski | Piast Gliwice | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2015 |
| 9 | FW | Piotr Grzelczak | Jagiellonia Białystok | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2015 |
| 32 | MF | Mateusz Możdżeń | Podbeskidzie | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2015 |
| 12 | GK | Dariusz Trela | Korona Kielce | Loan | Summer | Free | 1 July 2015 |
| 21 | MF | Stojan Vranješ | Legia Warsaw | Transfer | Summer | €300k | 29 August 2015 |
| 19 | MF | Bartłomiej Pawłowski | Korona Kielce | Loan | Summer | Free | 31 August 2015 |
| 33 | DF | Nikola Leković | FK Partizan | Transfer | Summer | Free | 31 August 2015 |
| 15 | DF | Adam Dźwigała | Górnik Zabrze | Loan | Summer | Free | 31 August 2015 |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | Legia Warsaw | Transfer | Winter | €800k | 11 January 2016 |
| 11 | MF | Maciej Makuszewski | Vitória F.C. | Loan | Winter | Free | 28 January 2016 |
| 6 | DF | Tiago Valente | Vitória F.C. | Transfer | Winter | Free | 2 February 2016 |
| | | 10 players | | | | €1.1m | |

## Regular season
### Fixtures for the 2015–16 Ekstraklasa season
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Cracovia | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 45 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Lech Poznań | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Lechia Gdańsk | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 8 | Ruch Chorzów | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 9 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 38 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* ↑ Head-to-head record: Zagłębie - Cracovia 4–2, Cracovia - Zagłębie 1–2.
* ↑ Lechia Gdańsk were punished with a deduction of one point for failing with licensing requirements. On 8 April 2016 the punishment was suspended by Polish Court of Arbitration for Sport. On April 11 an appeal against the original decision was withdrawn by the club.
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Lechia 7 points, Ruch 5 points, Podbeskidzie 3 points.
* ↑ Ruch Chorzów were punished with a deduction of one point for failing with licensing requirements.

## Championship Group
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Legia Warsaw (C) | 37 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Piast Gliwice | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Zagłębie Lubin | 37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Cracovia | 37 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lechia Gdańsk | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 32 | |
| 6 | Pogoń Szczecin | 37 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Lech Poznań | 37 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 27 | |
| 8 | Ruch Chorzów | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 21 | |
* ↑ Legia Warsaw qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Polish Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
* ↑ Lechia Gdańsk were punished with a deduction of one point during regular season for failing with licensing requirements. On 8 April 2016 the punishment was suspended by Polish Court of Arbitration for Sport.On 11 April 2016 an appeal against the original decision was withdrawn by the club.
* ↑ Ruch Chorzów were punished with a deduction of one point during regular season for failing with licensing requirements.

## Stats

| | | | League | League | Cup | Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Budziłek | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| 2 | DF | Rafał Janicki | 35 | 2 | 2 | - | 37 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Jakub Wawrzyniak | 32 | - | 1 | - | 33 | - |
| 4 | MF | Aleksandar Kovačević | 25 | 2 | - | - | 25 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Sebastian Mila | 29 | 2 | 1 | - | 30 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Miloš Krasić | 23 | 4 | 1 | - | 24 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Daniel Łukasik | 20 | 1 | 2 | - | 22 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Michał Mak | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 |
| 10 | MF | Bruno Nazário | 9 | - | 1 | - | 10 | - |
| 11 | FW | Martin Kobylanski | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 11 | MF | Maciej Makuszewski | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | Piotr Wiśniewski | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Adam Dźwigała | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 16 | MF | Ariel Borysiuk | 20 | 2 | 2 | - | 22 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Lukáš Haraslín | 20 | 3 | 1 | - | 21 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | Adam Buksa | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Marco Paixão | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 20 | MF | Michał Chrapek | 14 | 1 | - | - | 14 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Sławomir Peszko | 27 | 2 | 1 | - | 28 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | Stojan Vranješ | 5 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Mario Maloča | 28 | 2 | - | - | 28 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | 28 | 2 | 2 | - | 30 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | Adam Chrzanowski | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 28 | FW | Flávio Paixão | 16 | 6 | - | - | 16 | 6 |
| 29 | DF | Neven Marković | 5 | - | 1 | - | 6 | - |
| 30 | FW | Grzegorz Kuświk | 33 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 11 |
| 32 | GK | Vanja Milinković-Savić | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - |
| 33 | DF | Nikola Leković | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 35 | DF | Gerson | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | 16 | 1 |
| 41 | DF | Paweł Stolarski | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | 22 | 1 |
| 44 | FW | Michał Żebrakowski | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 50 | GK | Marko Marić | 24 | - | 1 | - | 25 | - |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Grzegorz Kuświk | 11 |
| 2 | Michał Mak | 7 |
| 3 | Flávio Paixão | 6 |
| 4 | Miloš Krasić | 4 |
| 4 | Maciej Makuszewski | 4 |
| 5 | Lukáš Haraslín | 3 |
| 6 | Rafał Janicki | 2 |
| 6 | Mario Maloča | 2 |
| 6 | Grzegorz Wojtkowiak | 2 |
| 6 | Sebastian Mila | 2 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Kovačević | 2 |
| 6 | Sławomir Peszko | 2 |
| 6 | Ariel Borysiuk | 2 |
| 6 | Piotr Wiśniewski | 2 |
| 6 | Bartłomiej Pawłowski | 2 |
| 15 | Paweł Stolarski | 1 |
| 15 | Daniel Łukasik | 1 |
| 15 | Adam Buksa | 1 |
| 15 | Gerson | 1 |
| 15 | Michał Chrapek | 1 |
| 15 | Stojan Vranješ | 1 |