2020–21 Lechia Gdańsk season
Lechia Gdańsk 2020–21 football season
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The 2020–21 Lechia Gdańsk season was the club's 77th season of existence, and their 13th continuous in the top flight of Polish football. The season covered the period from 1 August 2020 to 30 June 2021. On 7 August 2020 the club celebrated its 75th anniversary.
| 2020–21 season | |||
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| Manager | Piotr Stokowiec | ||
| Stadium | Stadion Gdańsk | ||
| Ekstraklasa | 7th | ||
| Polish Cup | Round of 16 | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Flávio Paixão (12 goals) All: Flávio Paixão (12 goals) | ||
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Season information
The 2020–21 season saw Lechia's 75th anniversary as a club. To commemorate the occasion an anniversary home and away kit were released, with each kit being used in one game during the season. The home anniversary kit was worn in the home match against Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała,[1] with the away anniversary kit being worn in the away match against Zagłębie Lubin.[2]
          75 year anniversary home kit, worn in the 4–0 win over Podbeskidzie. |
  75 year anniversary away kit, worn in the 1–1 draw with Zagłębie Lubin. |
Players
First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
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 | Player arrived during the winter transfer window. |
 | Player left at any point during the season after making an appearance for the first team. |
Out on loan
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Promoted from academy
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Transfers
In
| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee | Date | Source |
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| 5 | DF | Bartosz Kopacz | Zagłębie Lubin | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 August 2020 | [3] |
| 4 | MF | Kristers Tobers | FK Liepāja | Transfer | Summer | €100k | 1 August 2020 | [4] |
| 15 | FW | Kenny Saief | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Loan | Summer | Free | 21 August 2020 | [5] |
| 78 | MF | Mykola Musolitin | Valmiera FC | Transfer | Summer | Free | 25 November 2020 | [6] |
| 69 | MF | Jan Biegański | GKS Tychy | Transfer | Winter | Free | 16 December 2020 | [7] |
| 22 | MF | Joseph Ceesay | Helsingborg IF | Transfer | Winter | Free | 14 January 2021 | [8] |
Out
| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | DF | Adam Chrzanowski | Pordenone | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2020 | [9] |
| MF | Marcel Wszołek | ŁKS Łódź | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 July 2020 | [10] | |
| 30 | DF | Paweł Żuk | Wisła Płock | Transfer | Summer | €50k | 21 July 2020 | [11] |
| 22 | DF | Filip Mladenović | Legia Warsaw | Transfer | Summer | Free | 21 July 2020 | [12] |
| 26 | DF | Błażej Augustyn | Jagiellonia Białystok | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 August 2020 | [13] |
| 71 | GK | Maciej Woźniak | Radunia Stezyca | Transfer | Summer | Free | 1 August 2020 | [14] |
| 9 | MF | Patryk Lipski | Piast Gliwice | Transfer | Summer | €150k | 3 August 2020 | [15] |
| MF | Adrian Petk | Miedź Legnica | Transfer | Summer | Free | 10 August 2020 | [16] | |
| 35 | MF | Daniel Lukasik | MKE Ankaragücü | Transfer | Summer | €250k | 11 August 2020 | [17] |
| FW | Kacper Sezonienko | Bytovia Bytów | Loan | Summer | Free | 14 August 2020 | [18] | |
| 55 | DF | Filip Dymerski | Bytovia Bytów | Loan | Summer | Free | 24 August 2020 | [19] |
| 45 | MF | Mateusz Cegiełka | Chojniczanka Chojnice | Transfer | Summer | Free | 31 August 2020 | [20] |
| 17 | MF | Lukáš Haraslín | U.S. Sassuolo Calcio | Transfer | Summer | €1.5m | 1 September 2020 | [21] |
| 77 | DF | Rafał Kobryń | Korona Kielce | Loan | Winter | Free | 9 February 2021 | [22] |
| 21 | MF | Mateusz Sopoćko | Warta Poznań | Transfer | Winter | Free | 27 January 2021 | [23] |
| 10 | MF | Kacper Urbański | Bologna U19 | Loan | Winter | €150k | 1 February 2021 | [24] |
| 11 | MF | Jaroslav Mihalík | Cracovia (loaned from) SK Sigma Olomouc (sold to) | Loan Terminated | Winter | – | 8 February 2021 | [25] |
| 18 | FW | Jakub Arak | Raków Częstochowa | Transfer | Winter | Free | 18 February 2021 |
Competitions
Friendlies
Summer
| 8 August 2020 | Raków Częstochowa | Cancelled | Lechia Gdańsk | Częstochowa |
| 11:30 BST | Stadium: Municipal Football Stadium Raków |
| 4 September 2020 | Wisła Płock | 1-3 (a.e.t.) | Lechia Gdańsk | Płock |
| 14:30 BST | Patryk Tuszyński  77' (pen.) |
Omran Haydary 16' Flávio Paixão 26'Lukasz Zwolinski 104' (pen.) |
Stadium: Kazimierz Górski Stadium |
Winter
| 15 January 2021 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-0 | Sokół Ostróda | Gdańsk |
| 11:30 BST | Flávio Paixão 9' (pen.) Kenny Saief 45'Jakub Arak 68' |
Stadium: Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium |
| 19 January 2021 | Lechia Gdańsk | 9-1 | Olimpia Grudziądz | Sopot |
| 11:30 BST | Łukasz Zwoliński 17' (pen.), 25' Egy Maulana 29'Jan Biegański 38'Conrado 61'Karol Fila 69'Jakub Kałuziński 73'Omran Haydary 76'Maciej Gajos 77' |
Patryk Leszczyński 47' |
Stadium: Ogniwa Sopot |
| 22 January 2021 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-0 | Wisła Płock | Gdańsk |
| 13:40 BST | Maciej Gajos 6' Alan Uryga  13' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Gdańsk Sports Center Stadium |
Ekstraklasa
Regular season
| 23 August 2020 1 | Warta Poznań | 0–1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Poznań |
| 14:00 BST | Michał Jakóbowski  81' |
Łukasz Zwoliński 66' |
Stadium: Stadion przy Drodze Dębińskiej Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Szymon Marciniak |
| 29 August 2020 2 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-3 | Raków Częstochowa | Gdańsk |
| 14:00 BST | Omran Haydary 45+3' |
Marcin Cebula 46' Vladislavs Gutkovskis 55', 76' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 5,424 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski |
| 13 September 2020 3 | Górnik Zabrze | 3-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Zabrze |
| 16:30 BST | Jesús Jiménez 34' (pen.) Bartosz Nowak 60'Daniel Ściślak 81' |
Stadium: Ernest Pohl Stadium Attendance: 10,270 Referee: Daniel Stefański |
| 19 September 2020 4 | Lechia Gdańsk | 4-2 | Stal Mielec | Gdańsk |
| 14:00 BST | Flávio Paixão 4', 73' (pen.) Conrado 45+2'Michał Nalepa 88' |
Krystian Getinger 23' Mateusz Mak 45' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 4,507 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski |
| 26 September 2020 5 | Lechia Gdańsk | 4-0 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Gdańsk |
| 16:30 BST | Aleksander Komor 13' (o.g.) Flávio Paixão 30', 42'Łukasz Zwoliński 90+4' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 4,877 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski |
| 28 October 2020 6 | Wisła Kraków | 1-3 | Lechia Gdańsk | Kraków |
| 17:00 BST | Jean Carlos 30' |
Michał Nalepa 35' Maciej Sadlok 54' (o.g.)Flávio Paixão 69' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 19 October 2020 7 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-1 | Pogoń Szczecin | Gdańsk |
| 19:30 BST | Alexander Gorgon 23' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 23 October 2020 8 | Zagłębie Lubin | 1-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Lubin |
| 19:30 BST | Ľubomír Guldan 3' |
Flávio Paixão 72' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin Attendance: 0 Referee: Wojciech Myć | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 20 November 2020 9 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-2 | Śląsk Wrocław | Gdańsk |
| 17:00 BST | Conrado 56' Flávio Paixão 66'Łukasz Zwoliński 82' |
Róbert Pich 20' Bartłomiej Pawłowski 79' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 23 November 2020 10 | Piast Gliwice | 2-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Gliwice |
| 17:00 BST | Jakub Świerczok 3' (pen.) Jakub Czerwiński 32' |
Stadium: Stadion Piast Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 30 November 2020 11 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-1 | Lech Poznań | Gdańsk |
| 17:00 BST | Mikael Ishak 84' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Szczch | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 5 December 2020 12 | Legia Warsaw | 2-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Warsaw |
| 19:00 BST | Tomáš Pekhart 61' Rafael Lopes 90+5' |
Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 14 December 2020 13 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-1 | Wisła Płock | Gdańsk |
| 19:00 BST | Dušan Lagator 65' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 19 December 2020 14 | Cracovia | 0-3 | Lechia Gdańsk | Kraków |
| 16:30 BST | Rafał Pietrzak 15' Maciej Gajos 81'Jaroslav Mihalík 90+4' |
Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 30 January 2021 15 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-2 | Jagiellonia Białystok | Gdańsk |
| 16:30 BST | Jesús Imaz 3' Jakov Puljić 84' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 5 February 2021 16 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-1 | Warta Poznań | Gdańsk |
| 17:00 BST | Michał Nalepa 33' |
Mariusz Rybicki 72' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 13 February 2021 17 | Raków Częstochowa | 0-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Bełchatów |
| 19:00 BST | Jarosław Kubicki 2' |
Stadium: Stadion GKS Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 20 February 2021 18 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-0 | Górnik Zabrze | Gdańsk |
| 19:00 BST | Maciej Gajos 24' Flávio Paixão 41' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 27 February 2021 19 | Stal Mielec | 0-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Mielec |
| 14:00 BST | Łukasz Zwoliński 45' |
Stadium: Stadion Stali Mielec Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Szczech | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 6 March 2021 20 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 2-2 | Lechia Gdańsk | Bielsko-Biała |
| 14:00 BST | Milan Rundić 31' (pen.) Kamil Biliński 88' |
Conrado 44' Bartosz Kopacz 86' |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 13 March 2021 21 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-0 | Wisła Kraków | Gdańsk |
| 16:30 BST | Flávio Paixão 64' (pen.) Žarko Udovičić 90+4' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 19 March 2021 22 | Pogoń Szczecin | 1-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Szczecin |
| 19:30 BST | Michał Kucharczyk 69' |
Stadium: Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 5 April 2021 23 | Lechia Gdańsk | 3-1 | Zagłębie Lubin | Gdańsk |
| 19:00 BST | Łukasz Zwoliński 6' Mario Maloča 23'Žarko Udovičić 64' |
Patryk Szysz 45+1' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 10 April 2021 24 | Śląsk Wrocław | 1-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Wrocław |
| 19:00 BST | Erik Expósito 8' |
Tomasz Makowski 34' |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Piotr Lasyk | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 17 April 2021 25 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2-2 | Piast Gliwice | Gdańsk |
| 14:00 BST | Łukasz Zwoliński 87' Flávio Paixão 90+5' (pen.) |
Dominik Steczyk 29' Patryk Sokołowski 48' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 20 April 2021 26 | Lech Poznań | 3-0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Poznań |
| 19:30 BST | Michał Skóraś 52' Mikael Ishak 57' (pen.)Dani Ramírez 65' |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 25 April 2021 27 | Lechia Gdańsk | 0-1 | Legia Warsaw | Gdańsk |
| 16:30 BST | Tomáš Pekhart 71' (pen.) |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 30 April 2021 28 | Wisła Płock | 1-3 | Lechia Gdańsk | Płock |
| 17:00 BST | Dawid Kocyła 74' |
Flávio Paixão 6' (pen.) Bartosz Kopacz 81'Joseph Ceesay 90+5' |
Stadium: Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Szczech | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 8 May 2021 29 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1-1 | Cracovia | Gdańsk |
| 16:30 BST | Flávio Paixão 69' |
Cornel Râpă 25' |
Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 16 May 2021 30 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 2-1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Białystok |
| 16:30 BST | Jakov Puljić 9' (pen.) Tomáš Přikryl 78' |
Karol Fila 61' |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 4.572 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 5 | Warta Poznań | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 43[a] |
| 6 | Piast Gliwice | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 42[b] |
| 7 | Lechia Gdańsk | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 42[b] |
| 8 | Zagłębie Lubin | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 41 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 37[c] |
Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw[26]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw[26]
Notes:
Polish Cup
| 19 August 2020 Round of 64 | Stal Stalowa Wola | 0–4 | Lechia Gdańsk | Stalowa Wola |
| 15:30 GMT | 90minut | Karol Fila 18' Łukasz Zwoliński 23'Maciej Gajos 53'Jakub Kałuziński 68' |
Stadium: Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej Attendance: 850 Referee: Albert Różycki (Łódź) |
| 17 November 2020 Round of 32 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 0–1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Grudziądz |
| 16:40 GMT | Lukasz Zwolinski 64' (pen.) |
Stadium: Bronisław Malinowski Stadium Attendance: 0 | ||
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
| 9 February 2021 Round of 16 | Puszcza Niepołomice | 3–1 | Lechia Gdańsk | Sosnowiec |
| 13:30 GMT | Michał Nalepa 17' (o.g.) Hubert Tomalski 54'Erik Čikoš 62' |
Joseph Ceesay 3' |
Stadium: Stadion Ludowy Attendance: 0 | |
| Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland | ||||
Statistics
| League | Polish Cup | Total | ||||||
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Zlatan Alomerović | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Rafał Pietrzak | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Kristers Tobers | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bartosz Kopacz | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Jarosław Kubicki | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Maciej Gajos | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Omran Haydary | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Łukasz Zwoliński | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | Kacper Urbański | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Jaroslav Mihalík | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Dušan Kuciak | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Kenny Saief | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Mateusz Żukowski | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Jakub Arak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Karol Fila | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | Conrado | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Mateusz Sopoćko | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Joseph Ceesay | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Mario Maloča | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Michał Nalepa | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| 28 | FW | Flávio Paixão | 30 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 12 |
| 31 | MF | Žarko Udovičić | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | Egy Maulana | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Tomasz Makowski | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 69 | MF | Jan Biegański | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | Filip Koperski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Rafał Kobryń | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | Mykola Musolitin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Egzon Kryeziu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Jakub Kałuziński | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flávio Paixão | 12 |
| 2 | Łukasz Zwoliński | 8 |
| 3 | Conrado | 3 |
| Maciej Gajos | 3 | |
| Michał Nalepa | 3 | |
| 6 | Karol Fila | 2 |
| Bartosz Kopacz | 2 | |
| Tomasz Makowski | 2 | |
| Žarko Udovičić | 2 | |
| Own Goals | 2 | |
| 10 | Joseph Ceesay | 1 |
| Omran Haydary | 1 | |
| Jakub Kałuziński | 1 | |
| Jarosław Kubicki | 1 | |
| Mario Maloča | 1 | |
| Jaroslav Mihalík | 1 | |
| Rafał Pietrzak | 1 |