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Issue 5a - Season Preview 2013/2014

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With the summer boredom of test-matches only and some really poor dealings being made by Polish clubs, I’m often asked whether there is still anything to watch out for in the Ekstraklasa. Well, as usually, I’m here to put the record straight – yes, tune in for the 2013/2014 season. First of all, those in the league are finally looking like they do have a clue and that those bastards competing in the Champions League (we all envy them though) may be doing something right. So Legia is trying to copy several academies and their systems, as well as building training base that would be one in its kind in the country. Others, often made so by the PZPN’s salary cap punishment, turn to local, young and unfound talent to offer them a chance of a life-time. Which they are eager to take and then realize on the pitch, in contrary to so many bored footballers who are simply taking their places. Now, in the hard economically times, with chairmen looking at each penny twice and watching each performances three times, they knew they can afford themselves similar or better quality for less. Welcome, Polish football, to the time of competitiveness for the Ekstraklasa job! And, in case you are wondering, our football still have its colours. Wisła offered trials to 30-year-old teacher who happened to work in England some time ago and be a goalkeeper at the same time. Then there was a student that made a video of himself which, in fact, was a video of other players. Yes, he was invited too. But somehow Poland still attracts those who can kick the ball in the right way – Lech signed promising left-back Barry Douglas, Legia have Helio Pinto who graced European pitches in the Champions League, Śląsk made their dealings in a smart way and you will see by the way Marco Paixao moves. Lechia have signed the former Ligue 1 player (Daisuke Matsui) and as did Pogoń Szczecin (Danijel Ljuboja, for what it seems). Youngsters will have someone to learn from. Above all, there are still our great fans, possibly one of the greatest treasures our game has, if only too little too troubling at times. But take them away and there will be some sad, half-empty ground with grey surroundings and silence as footballers take the pitch and kick around in the most boring ways. Or it may be Bielsko-Biała indeed. But even that small and laughed at Podbeskidzie is developing. They are building new ground, hoping for a better future. In a year or so, maybe up to fourteen clubs from the table will have safe and nice looking grounds. The image of the Ekstraklasa is constantly changing, developing for the better. It is vital to know that we are all responsible for that. While smiling at the another opportunity to see our teams in action we should also know what comes with it – Europe will notice Ekstraklasa rather sooner than later (even if stronger clubs already did) and we shall be prepared. Clubs with structures, fans still as loud and perhaps causing less headache at times, players with the right attitude, managers with ideas and time to put them into reality, youngsters with proper grounds to keep learning the game, pundits with fresh views and willingness to explain rather than take the easy road of critique. In all those departments we have to improve. We may be cursing at another poor season in Europe, at Poland’s failure in the qualifications to the international tournament or another domestic talent choosing subs bench abroad, but the aim should be simple. The ball kicks off in the Ekstraklasa this Friday, so lets all take a move. Be it to the stadium, training ground or board meeting, Polish football is not someone’s else game. We own it – lets cherish and take care of it, always with a smile. The season is back. Michał Zachodny Editor, EKSTRAKLASAreview & #Ekstraklasa Magazine

It seems like we’ve been away forever. In fact it was just 45 days from the final kick of 2012/13 to the opening whistle of 2013/14. But whilst the clubs have had their week or two in the sun, and their pre-season training camps, we at EKSTRAKLASAreview.co.uk and #Ekstraklasa Magazine have been hard at work preparing our Season Preview edition for you. It hasn’t been easy. Constant contract cancellations, new and exciting signings - all the time being reminded of what we were missing. From Jakub Kosecki’s surging runs to Kasper Hamalainen’s excellent finishing., and from Marcin Borski’s poor decisions to Ugo Ukah’s even poorer tacking, it seems like an eternity has passed since we were last able to get our Ekstraklasa fix. With so much going on in Polish football at the moment, this coming season will be intriguing in more ways the one. Not only do we get the return of the Kraków Derby (a must on any footballing calendar), but we also have a whole host of changes to grapple with. First of all, we have the Ekstraklasa reforms. Whilst an extra seven matchdays will only be of benefit to us supporters watching from the stands and on the television, how it will affect the dynamics of the league is still up for contention. With the winter break coming after Round 21 rather than in its usual position after Round 15, it will be hugely important for clubs to get a good Autumn round under their belts. Failure to do so could eventually be the difference between an assured eighth-placed finish and a relegation battle. Whilst the Ekstraklasa is making its changes, the lower leagues are having a revolution of their own - one that isn’t going down too well in some quarters. With the abolishment of the Młoda Ekstraklasa, clubs have been allowed to enter reserve teams within the league structure. This in turn has led to some clubs dropping a division when their league positions didn’t necessarily suggest that they deserved it. On top of that, the PZPN’s decision to merge the II Liga’s two groups into a single national league leaves 36 clubs battling against 20 relegation positions - the fourth tier will face similar next term. There will also be much more focus on the Polish lower leagues next season as two huge clubs, Polonia Warszawa and ŁKS Łódź, will both start in the fifth tier. With the planned reforms taking place, it will be at least six years before either returns to their place in the top-flight. With the season still in its infancy there is plenty of talking points, discussions, controversies and comedy stories. Whilst we may not be able to predict who will win the league or get relegated, one thing we can be sure of is that there will be plenty more to talk about over the coming months. Ryan Hubbard Editor, EKSTRAKLASAreview & #Ekstraklasa Magazine

INSIDE THIS ISSUE 7.

Ekstraklasa Fun Facts

EKSTRAKLASA SEASON PREVIEW 8.

Cracovia

80.

15.

Górnik Zabrze

87. Sląsk Wrocław

Ruch Chorzów

22. Jagiellonia Białystok

94. Widzew Łódź

29.

101. Wisła Kraków

Korona Kielce

37. Lechia Gdańsk

107. Zagłębie Lubin

44. Lech Poznań

114. Zawisza Bydgoszcz

51.

Legia Warszawa

58.

Piast Gliwice

65. Podbeskidzie BielskoBiała

122. EKSTRAKLASAreview Fantasy Liga

73. Pogoń Szczecin 125. Ekstraklasa Fixtures

@Ryan_Hubbard

56 The number of minutes of a Hull City League game that you can watch for the same price as a 10-game pass at Cracovia

The number Ekstraklasa medals received by both Bartosz Bereszyński (1st + 2nd) and Tomasz Jodłowiec (1st + 3rd) last season

296 The number of games taking place In this season’s Ekstraklasa

The number of foreign players Registered at Ruch Chorzów the Least in the 2013/14 T-Mobile Ekstraklasa

The number of foreign players at both Cracovia and Legia Warszawa - the most in the 2013/14 T-Mobile Ekstraklasa

22.77%

2,001,675

The percentage of players in the T-Mobile Ekstraklasa who are foreign

The number of supporters who passed through the gates at Ekstraklasa stadia During the 2012/13 season

16 The number of Years since Poland last had a representative In the Champions League group stages - Widzew Łódź, during the 1997/98 Season.

1 The number of minutes that Cracovia were away from missing out on promotion, before Olimpia Grudziądz Goalkeeper Michał Wróbel equalised against Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza in Matchday 33

18,004

The number of league titles won by teams competing in this season’s Ekstraklasa

The top-flight points total Amassed by the sixteen Clubs participating in the 2013/14 Ekstraklasa

45 The number of days break between the end of the 2012/13 season and the start of the 2013/14 season All stats correct as of July 11

4 The number of matchdays which last season’s champions Legia Warszawa spent off of the top spot

Cracovia Klub Sportowy Cracovia Est. 13 June 1906 Cracovia.pl Polish Champions: 1921, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1948. Last Season: 2nd (Pierwsza Liga) Colours: Red and White

Squad

Coach: Wojciech Stawowy Previous Club: GKS Katowice Coach since: 11 June 2012

Correct as of July 11

Matko Perdijić GK Croatian DOB: 26/05/82 Height/Weight: 195/94 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 36-0

Krzysztof Pilarz GK Polish DOB: 09/11/80 Height/Weight: 184/78 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 127-0

Marcin Skrzeszewski GK

Andraz Struna DF

Polish DOB: 19/03/93 Height/Weight: 189-88 Former Club: Hetman Białzstok Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Slovenian DOB: 23/04/89 Height/Weight: 185/72 Former Club: FC Koper Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 35-1

Bojan Puzigaća DF

Adam Marciniak DF

Bosnian DOB: 10/05/85 Height/Weight: 188/80 Former Club: FK Borac Banja Luka Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 17-0

Polish DOB: 28/09/88 Height/Weight: 186/78 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 83-3

Marcin Kuś DF

Krzysztof Nykiel DF

Polish DOB: 02/09/81 Height/Weight: 187/82 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 111-6

Polish DOB: 08/08/82 Height/Weight: 186/79 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 108-1

Mateusz Żytko DF

Miloš Kosanović

Polish DOB: 27/11/82 Height/Weight: 187/81 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 105-3

DF Serbian DOB: 28/05/90 Height/Weight: 191/81 Former Club: FK Mladost (Apatin) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 34-2

Marian Jarabica DF

Bartłomiej Dudzic MD

Slovakian DOB: 27-04-89 Height/Weight: 193-83 Former Club: Ludogorets Razgrad Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-1

Polish DOB: 18/08/88 Height/Weight: 180/72 Former Club: GKS Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 92-7

Bartosz Kapustka MD

Bartosz Zurek MD

Polish DOB: 23/12/96 Height/Weight: 179/60 Former Club: Tarnovia Tarnów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 15/03/93 Height/Weight: 181/68 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 11-0

Bruno Żołądź MD

Damian Dąbrowski MD

Polish DOB: 11/04/91 Height/Weight: 186/78 Former Club: Nielba Wagrowiec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 27/08/92 Height/Weight: 178/73 Former Club: KS Polkowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-0

Edgar Bernhardt MD

Kamil Kłusek MD

German DOB: 30/03/86 Height/Weight: 174/65 Former Club: FC Lahti Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 03/09/93 Height/Weight: 182/72 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Krzysztof Danielewicz MD

Łukasz Zejdler MD

Polish DOB: 26/07/91 Height/Weight: 182/75 Former Club: Ruch Radzionków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 22/03/92 Height/Weight: 172/64 Former Club: Banik Ostrava Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Rok Štraus MD

Saidi Ntibazonkiza MD

Slovenian DOB: 03/03/87 Height/Weight: 174/70 Former Club: NK Celje Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 9-0

Burundian DOB: 01/05/87 Height/Weight:170/64 Former Club: NEC Nijmegen Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 48-8

Sebastian Steblecki MD

Sławomir Szeliga MD

Polish DOB: 16/01/92 Height/Weight: 186/75 Former Club: Armatura Kraków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-1

Polish DOB: 17/07/82 Height/Weight: 181/70 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 137-3

Vladislav Romanov MD

Krzysztof Szewczyk ST

Bulgarian DOB: 07/02/88 Height/Weight: 174/64 Former Club: Botew Wraca Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 06/03/96 Height/Weight: 177/68 Former Club: Krakus Nowa Huta Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Przemysław Kita ST

Vladimir Boljević ST

Polish DOB: 19/10/93 Height/Weight: 180/71 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Montenegrin DOB: 17/01/88 Height/Weight: 175/73 Former Club: FK Zeta (Golubovci) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 34-2

Dawid Nowak ST Polish DOB: 30/11/84 Height/Weight: 178/68 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 134-41

Stadion Cracovii Kałuży 1, 30-111 Kraków Opened:

March 31, 1912 (old stadium) September 25, 2010 (new stadium)

Capacity:

15,016

Record Attendance:

14,300 (Cracovia - Arka Gdynia, September 25, 2010)

UEFA Category Three Stadium

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? When manager Wojciech Stawowy said that our squad is good enough to be in the Ekstraklasa, despite Cracovia struggling in the title race in the 1. Liga at the time, I believed him. And, for what is worth, keeping most of that side will do us more good than harm - we have good balance and some quality individuals.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Yes, we have done it - we have kept Saidi Ntibazonkiza again. After the longest dispute in the recent history of Cracovia, I think that may be our best move this summer. Or even finding Marcin Kuś' papers to register him after that kept him from playing at Górnik for last six months. I do wonder though, why the hell we bother with Dawid Nowak - I like his skills, but he will never stay fit for one whole year!

What is the biggest current problem at your club? The only problem I can think of is that Cracovia always hoped to be something more. I think we should keep our feet on the ground for little longer. The owner should keep his hand off the managerial trigger even if we hit the bad form - Stawowy is really smart guy, I like him, he can move us forward. But he needs time and confidence - and for some reason, Cracovia lack both.

How do you see your club performing this season? We won't fool anybody - it will be a long and hard season, though I hope we keep our playing style. We are quite patient in the build up play, but lacking quality up front - if Boljević kept his scoring boots clean this summer, we may do better than I think, though. Marek Kaszyński

Photos: Cracovia.pl - Ryan Hubbard

G贸rnik Zabrze Klub Sportowy G贸rnik Zabrze Est. 14 December 1948 GornikZabrze.pl Polish Champions: 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962-1963, 19631964, 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1966-1967, 1970-1971, 1971-1972, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986 / 87, 1987/88. Polish Cup Winners: 1964/65, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1970/71, 1971/72. Super Cup Winners: 1988. Last Season: 5th Colours: White, Blue and Red

Squad

Coach: Adam Nawałka Previous Club: GKS Katowice Coach since: I January 2010

Correct as of July 11

Norbert Witkowski GK

Mateusz Kuchta GK

Polish DOB: 05/08/81 Height/Weight: 190/80 Former Club: AO Iraklis (Saloniki) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 104-0

Polish DOB: 05/02/96 Height/Weight: 188/73

Pavels Šteinbors GK

Seweryn Gancarczyk DF

Latvian DOB: 21/09/85 Height/Weight: 191/81 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 22/11/81 Height/Weight: 181/70 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 63-0

Adam Danch DF

Antoni Łukasiewicz DF

Polish DOB: 15/12/87 Height/Weight: 180/77 Former Club: Gwarek Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 136-4

Polish DOB: 26/06/83 Height/Weight: 188/80 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 166-4

Maciej Mańka DF

Mariusz Magiera DF

Polish DOB: 30/06/89 Height/Weight: 182/74 Former Club: GKS Tychy Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 25/08/84 Height/Weight: 178/70 Former Club: Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 133-3

Mateusz Słodowy DF

Oleksandr Shevelyukhin DF

Polish DOB: 08/08/91 Height/Weight: 184/76

Ukrainian DOB: 27/08/82 Height/Weight: 192/84 Former Club: PFK Sevastopol Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 37-2

Former Club: Lamontville Golden Arrows

Former Club: FK Viktoria Žižkov

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Former Club: Stadion Sląski Chorzów

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Sergei Mošnikov MD

Bartosz Iwan MD

Estonian DOB: 07/01/88 Height/Weight: 177/71 Former Club: Pogoń Szczecin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 10-1

Polish DOB: 18/04/84 Height/Weight: 186/75 Former Club: Garbarnia Kraków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 59-4

Daniel Barbus MD

Konrad Nowak MD

Polish DOB: 10/02/96 Height/Weight: 181/65 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Polish DOB: 07/11/94 Height/Weight: 175/69 Former Club: Rozwój Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 18-0

Krzysztof Mączyński MD

Łukasz Madej MD

Polish DOB: 23/05/87 Height/Weight: 175/66 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 60-1

Polish DOB: 14/04/82 Height/Weight: 176/70 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 268-30

Maciej Małkowski MD

Mariusz Przybylski MD

Polish DOB: 19/03/85 Height/Weight: 170/65 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 128-14

Polish DOB: 19/01/82 Height/Weight: 183/71 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 111-4

Michał Płonka MD

Paweł Olkowski MD

Former Club: Promotor Południe Zabrze

Polish DOB: 08/10/92 Height/Weight: 181/77 Former Club: Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Polish DOB: 13/02/90 Height/Weight: 184/75 Former Club: GKS Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 58-1

Prejuce Nakoulma MD

Radosław Sobolewski MD

Burkinabe DOB: 21/04/87 Height/Weight: 178/76 Former Club: Bogdanka Łęczna Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 61-15

Polish DOB: 13/12/76 Height/Weight: 182/79 Former Club: Wisła Kraków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 294-29

Wojciech Łuczak MD

Szymon Skrzypczak ST

Polish DOB: 28/07/89 Height/Weight: 182/74 Former Club: Bogdanka Łęczna Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 15-1

Polish DOB: 14/03/90 Height/Weight: 183/70 Former Club: KS Polkowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Kamil Cupriak ST

Marcin Wodecki ST

Polish DOB: 11/11/94 Height/Weight: 183/71 Former Club: AP ŁKS Łódź (jnrs) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 14/01/88 Height/Weight: 175/65

Mateusz Zachara ST

Przemysław Oziębała ST

Polish DOB: 27/03/90 Height/Weight: 180/75 Former Club: GKS Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-1

Polish DOB: 24/08/86 Height/Weight: 180/77 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 59-8

Former Club: Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 89-11

Stadion KS G贸rnik im. Ernesta Pohla Roosevelta 81, 41-800 Zabrze Opened:

September 2, 1934 (Currently under renovation - due for completion 2014)

Capacity:

3,000 (After renovation, 32,000)

Record Attendance:

50,000 (G贸rnik Zabrze - Gwardia Warszawa, September 22, 1957)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? No matter what squad we have, the most important factor is the coach, Adam Nawałka and it is his responsibility how Górnik will play. But he still hasn't signed new deal. Skorupski's leaving, along with Kwiek and Bemben, are our biggest holes to fill, except for the goalscorer. In the test matches we were not scoring goals, and we don't even have someone average for the league. It's a problem since Arkadiusz Milik left.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Positively, especially when you look at the conditions. I'm happy to see Skorupski leaving but I still think we should get more for him and possibly Nakoulma and Olkowski. It's also nice to see the backs of Bonin and Zahorski, they both have been paid for nothing. As for the quality of our transfers - it's hard to rate them and I want to be careful, last year I've made a big mistake with Gancarczyk. I thought he will be a disaster but he turned quite the opposite. That's why Małkowski, Madej, Cupriak, Sobolewski and Skrzypczak have all a blank sheet of paper, hopefully filling them with positive notes.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Finances, obviously. Górnik had a transfer ban and salary cap which proved hard to cope in the market, but it's been worse, when we haven't had three new stands in the making, good squad and miracle-making coach. I don't like how federation banned our fans from away games as well.

How do you see your club performing this season? The aim is simple - we have to make it for the top half of the table after 30 rounds, then whatever happens will be fine. But if the stands are ready and full of fans, I think that something more can kick off in Zabrze, something better. Despite the changes and losses, I can see Górnik making it for the top eight. Dawid Kosmalski @Angamoss

Photos: GornikZabrze.pl

Jagiellonia Białystok Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna Jagiellonia Białystok Est. 27 January 1932 Jagiellonia.pl Polish Cup Winners: 2009/10. Super Cup Winners: 2010. Last Season: 10th Colours: Red and Yellow

Squad

Coach: Piotr Stokowiec Previous Club: Polonia Warszawa Coach since: 17 June 2013

Correct as of July 11

Bartłomiej Drągowski GK Polish DOB: 19/08/97 Height/Weight: 188/74 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Jakub Słowik GK Polish DOB: 31/08/91 Height/Weight: 190/82 Former Club: Warta Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 28-0

Ugochukwu Ukah DF

Adam Dźwigała DF

Nigerian DOB: 18/01/84 Height/Weight: 185/85 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 81-1

Polish DOB: 25/09/95 Height/Weight: 182/72 Former Club: Mazur Karczew Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-1

Alexis Norambuena DF

Filip Modelski DF

Palestinian DOB: 31/03/84 Height/Weight: 176/70 Former Club: Deportivo Nublense Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 130-3

Polish DOB: 28/09/92 Height/Weight: 180/73 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 38-0

Jakub Tosik DF

Jonatan Straus DF

Polish DOB: 21/05/87 Height/Weight: 182/74 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 81-3

Polish DOB: 30/06/94 Height/Weight: 182/71 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 4-0

Michał Pazdan DF

Tomasz Porębski DF

Polish DOB: 21/09/86 Height/Weight: 180/78 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 120-2

Polish DOB: 12/01/92 Height/Weight: 195/84 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 16-1

Martin Baran DF Slovakian DOB: 03/01/88 Height/Weight: 187/84 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 12-0

Dani Quintana MD Spanish DOB: 08/03/87 Height/Weight: 173/65 Former Club: Club Gimnastic de Tarragona

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 15-4

Dawid Plizga MD

Grzegorz Arłukowicz MD

Polish DOB: 17/11/85 Height/Weight: 173/73 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 154-25

Polish DOB: 11/02/92 Height/Weight: 174/65 Former Club: Kolejarz Stróże Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Kim Min-kyun MD

Maciej Gajos MD

Korean DOB: 30/11/88 Height/Weight: 173/66 Former Club: Fagiano Okayama Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Polish DOB: 19/03/91 Height/Weight: 174/65 Former Club: Raków Częstochowa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 20-2

Michał Pawlik MD

Nika Dzalamidze MD

Polish DOB: 08/05/95 Height/Weight: 182/73 Former Club: Mazur Karczew Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Georgian DOB: 06/01/92 Height/Weight: 173/70 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 53-7

Rafał Grzyb MD

Tomasz Bandrowski MD

Polish DOB: 16/01/83 Height/Weight: 175/75 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 163-4

Polish DOB: 18/09/84 Height/Weight: 177/65 Former Club: Lech Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 99-2

Tomasz Kowalski MD

Tomasz Kupisz MD

Polish DOB: 14/09/92 Height/Weight: 177/72 Former Club: Tur Turek Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 9-0

Polish DOB: 02/01/90 Height/Weight: 180/70 Former Club: Wigan Athletic Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 89-11

Karol Mackiewicz ST

Mateusz Piątkowski ST

Polish DOB: 01/06/92 Height/Weight: 178/66 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Polish DOB: 22/11/84 Height/Weight: 186/75 Former Club: Dolcan Ząbki Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Bekim Balaj ST Albanian DOB: 11/01/91 Height/Weight: 183/72 Former Club: Sparta Prague Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Stadion Miejski w Białystoku Legionowa 28, 15-281 Białystok Opened:

October 7, 1971 (Currently under renovation - due for completion in 2014)

Capacity:

6,000 (22,400 after completion)

Record Attendance:

36,000 (Jagiellonia Białystok - Widzew Łódź, 1987)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Finally, finally we look to have a more balanced squad. It seems that Piotr Stokowiec, our new manager, agreed with what every fan could see and brought players that will fill the gaps at the back and up front. Even without the missed Tomasz Frankowski we can look optmistically after some disastrous round under Tomasz Hajto. Well, to be fair, any progress will be a positive now!

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? We did well actually, but the most important thing is to have Nika Dzalamidze back. I love this player, how he tricks his opponents and finds gaps in their defence with smart passes... Also, Mateusz Piątkowski, striker from Dolcan Ząbki, is one to watch in the league, in my opinion. Hopefully Bekim Balaj from Sparta's reserves will add some competition in our goal where we had some problems last year.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Jagiellonia's problem is the fact that we still don't know what to expect from Piotr Stokowiec. Is he really as magical manager as he was presented under some crazy conditions at Polonia Warszawa? Or maybe he is simply average guy, ex-player turned manager quite too early? For what is worth, he looks ambitious and hopefully he proves himself in the eyes of every Jaga fan.

How do you see your club performing this season? We have to make progress, simple as that. Top eight is achievable, with young and promising squad maybe some final push for the top five spot is also an option. I hope for some good fun in the domestic cup too, despite shorter squad than we had last season. More stability in the team would be nice too! Michał Szwarc

Photos: Jagiellonia.pl

Korona Kielce Miejski Klub Sportowy Korona Kielce Est. 10 July 1973 Korona-Kielce.pl Highest league finish: 5th (2005/06 and 2011/12) Last Season: 11th Colours: Yellow and Red

Squad

Coach: Leszek Ojrzyński Previous Club: Zagłębie Sosnowiec Coach since: 9 June 2011

Correct as of July 11

Ołeksij Szlakotin GK Ukrainian DOB: 02/09/89 Height/Weight: 197/92 Former Club: Zagłębie Sosnowiec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Wojciech Małecki GK Polish DOB: 11/10/90 Height/Weight: 188/81 Former Club: Znicz Pruszków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 4-0

Zbigniew Małkowski GK

Kamil Kuzera DF

Polish DOB: 19/01/78 Height/Weight: 188/82 Former Club: OKS Stomil Olsztyn Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 119-0

Polish DOB: 11/03/83 Height/Weight: 181/75 Former Club: Polonia II Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 82-2

Kamil Sylwestrzak DF

Krzysztof Kiercz DF

Polish DOB: 16/07/88 Height/Weight: 188/76 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 16/02/89 Height/Weight: 189/81 Former Club: Wierna Małogoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 11-1

Pavol Staňo DF

Paweł Golański DF

Slovakian DOB: 29/09/77 Height/Weight: 191/84 Former Club: Jagiellonia Białystok Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 157-19

Polish DOB: 12/10/82 Height/Weight: 183/77 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 109-7

Paweł Kal DF

Piotr Malarczyk DF

Polish DOB: 09/07/89 Height/Weight: 179/65 Former Club: Olimpia Grudziądz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 12-0

Polish DOB:01/08/91 Height/Weight: 189/80 Former Club: Korona III Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 58-3

Former Club: Chojniczanka Chojnice

Radek Dejmek DF

Tomasz Lisowski DF

Czech DOB: 02/02/88 Height/Weight: 188/85 Former Club: 1.FK Příbram Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 04/04/85 Height/Weight: 180/80 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 123-3

Artur Lenartowski MD

Bartosz Kwiecień MD

Polish DOB: 17/03/88 Height/Weight: 192/79 Former Club: Raków Częstochowa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 50-6

Polish DOB: 07/05/94 Height/Weight: 186/80 Former Club: Juventa Starachowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Jacek Kiełb MD

Łukasz Sierpina MD

Polish DOB: 10/01/88 Height/Weight: 183/70 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 83-10

Polish DOB: 27/03/88 Height/Weight: 174/68 Former Club: KS Polkowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 25-0

Marcin Cebula MD

Marcin Trojanowski MD

Polish DOB: 06/12/95 Height/Weight: 177/65 Former Club: Pogoń 1945 Staszów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 14/05/90 Height/Weight: 175/73 Former Club: Warta Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Mateusz Stąporski MD

Michał Janota MD

Polish DOB: 28/01/88 Height/Weight: 183/75 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 17-0

Polish DOB: 29/07/90 Height/Weight: 171/74 Former Club: DVV Go Ahead Eagles

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 24-2

Paweł Sobolewski MD

Paweł Zawistowski MD

Polish DOB: 20/06/79 Height/Weight: 175/65 Former Club: Jagiellonia Białystok Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 122-10

Polish DOB: 04/06/84 Height/Weight: 183/80 Former Club: Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 67-5

Vanja Marković MD

Vlastimir Jovanović MD

Serbian DOB: 20/06/94 Height/Weight: 185/80 Former Club: FK Partizan Belgrade Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Bosnian DOB: 03/04/85 Height/Weight: 185/80 Former Club: FK Slavia Sarajevo Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 81-3

Daniel Gołębiewski ST

Ivan Marković ST

Polish DOB: 15/07/87 Height/Weight: 186/76 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 103-19

Serbian DOB: 20/06/94 Height/Weight: 185/76 Former Club: FK Partizan Belgrade Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Karol Angielski ST

Maciej Korzym ST

Polish DOB: 20/03/96 Height/Weight: 177/70 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Polish DOB: 02/05/88 Height/Weight: 180/77 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 171-28

Przemysław Trytko ST Polish DOB: 26/08/87 Height/Weight: 189/83 Former Club: FC Carl Zeiss Jena Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 58-9

Stadion Miejski Arena Kielc Ĺ&#x161;ciegiennego 8, 25-033 Kielce Opened:

April 1, 2006

Capacity:

15,550

Record Attendance:

15,550 (Korona Kielce - Legia Warszawa, September 23, 2006), (Korona Kielce - Lech Poznan, August 9, 2009)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Finally, finally we have got rid of some deadwood. Seriously, I loved this squad and how they fought on the pitch, but to see some of them making it to the professional football was maybe too much. But Foszmańczyk, Bodzioch, Derbisz and Kijanskas all left, as well as Jamróz and they won't be missed. The relief could be heared all round in Kielce!

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? We are stronger than we were - enough said. Daniel Gołębiewski may look as if he is tripping with every contact with the ball, but he has some scoring sense that will prove vital for our team. Jacek Kiełb signed for longer, as good as it gets, he feels at home in Kielce. I don't quite like the fact that we have signed Przemysław Trytko, which I think may be a problem given how poor skills he has. I will be happy if he proves me wrong!

What is the biggest current problem at your club? The biggest problem is that, for some reason, the local authorities along with local police forces, have made it their case to create the atmosphere they think is the best for Kielce. We have great and loud fans, but the way they are treated by authorities is beyond me - punished for cursing, often kept at the stand for some silly reasons... Our club is harmed by this, other fans are kept out of the stadium as well. I can't see the end of this silly conflict…

How do you see your club performing this season? I'm sure Leszek Ojrzyński will tell his players to bite opponent's legs off if only that means we will make it for the top eight. I believe that is the aim of most of the teams this season too! I can't wait for Maciej Korzym to get back to playing football again, and if we stay up and he scores the winning goal in his comeback, I'm good with that. Arkadiusz Sterlik

Photos: Korona-Kielce.pl

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Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk Spółka Akcyjna Est. 1945 Lechia.pl Polish Cup Winners: 1982-83 Super Cup Winners: 1983 Last Season: 8th Colours: White and Green

Squad

Coach: Michał Probierz Previous Club: GKS Bełchatów Coach since: 4 June 2013

Correct as of July 11

Bartosz Kaniecki GK Polish DOB: 11/07/88 Height/Weight: 196/91 Former Club: Bałtyk Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 17-0

Mateusz Bąk GK Polish DOB: 24/02/83 Height/Weight: 186/85 Former Club: Etyr 1924 Wielkie Tyrnowo

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 34-0

Michał Buchalik GK

Sebastian Małkowski GK

Polish DOB: 03/02/89 Height/Weight: 190/83 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 30-0

Polish DOB: 02/03/87 Height/Weight: 194/90 Former Club: Olimpia Sztum Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-0

Adam Pazio DF

Adrian Bielawski DF

Polish DOB: 27/09/92 Height/Weight: 182/72 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 29-0

Polish DOB: 14/04/96 Height/Weight: ?/? Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Christopher Oualembo DF

Damian Garbacik DF

Congolese DOB: 31/01/87 Height/Weight: 178/70 Former Club: Chernomorets Burgas Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-0

Polish DOB: 30/01/96 Height/Weight: 186/80 Former Club: Granica Kętrzyn Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Deleu DF

Jarosław Bieniuk DF

Brazilian DOB: 01/03/84 Height/Weight: 176/77 Former Club: CA Metropolitano Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 69-1

Polish DOB: 04/06/79 Height/Weight: 192/83 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 217-12

Former Club: Odra Wodzisław Sląski

Krzysztof Bąk DF

Paweł Dawidowicz DF

Polish DOB: 22/06/82 Height/Weight: 188/82 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 158-7

Polish DOB: 20/05/95 Height/Weight: 188/76 Former Club: Sokół Ostróda Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Rafał Janicki DF

Sebastian Madera DF

Polish DOB: 05/07/92 Height/Weight: 188/79 Former Club: Chemik Police Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 52-0

Polish DOB: 30/05/85 Height/Weight: 190/80 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 34-4

Marcin Pietrowski MD

Kacper Łazaj MD

Polish DOB: 01/03/88 Height/Weight: 184/79 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 93-2

Polish DOB: 24/07/95 Height/Weight: 187/76 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 11-1

Łukasz Kacprzyski MD

Maciej Kostrzewa MD

Polish DOB: 29/04/94 Height/Weight: 165/57 Former Club: Kotwica Kołobrzeg Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 12-0

Polish DOB: 16/05/91 Height/Weight: 190/80 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Bartłomiej Smuczyński MD

Mateusz Machaj MD

Polish DOB: 25/08/95 Height/Weight: 175/69 Former Club: Beniaminek Starogard Gdański

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 28/06/89 Height/Weight: 174/67 Former Club: Chrobry Głogów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 42-3

Piotr Wiśniewski MD

Przemysław Czerwiński MD

Polish DOB: 11/08/82 Height/Weight: 177/72 Former Club: Kaszubia Kościerzyna Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 107-18

Polish DOB: 26/09/95 Height/Weight: 176/69 Former Club: Kolejarz Chojnice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Przemysław Frankowski MD

Wojciech Zyska MD

Polish DOB: 12/04/95 Height/Weight: 175/68 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 8-1

Polish DOB: 08/01/94 Height/Weight: 183/76 Former Club: Gryf 2009 Tczew Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 4-0

Daisuke Matsui MD

Adam Duda ST

Japanese DOB: 11/05/81 Height/Weight: 175/64 Former Club: Slavia Sofia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 29/04/91 Height/Weight: 188/75 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 22-5

Piotr Grzelczak ST

Damian Kugiel ST

Polish DOB: 02/03/88 Height/Weight: 186/82 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 93-12

Polish DOB: 30/05/95 Height/Weight: 1187/82 Former Club: Olivia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Patryk Tuszyński ST

Paweł Buzała ST

Polish DOB: 13/12/89 Height/Weight: 184/77 Former Club: Sandecja Nowy Sącz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 27/12/85 Height/Weight: 168/67 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 123-22

Adam Gołuński ST Polish DOB: 20/01/97 Height/Weight: 174/72 Former Club: Victoria Kaliska Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

PGE Arena Pokoleń Lechii Gdańsk 1, 80-560 Gdańsk Opened:

August 14, 2011

Capacity:

43,615

Record Attendance:

39,460 (Poland - Uruguay, November 14, 2012)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? It's not great, to say the least. Although we can hope that youngsters finally prove their worth (Frankowski, Dawidowicz, Kugiel), or those a bit older as well (Duda), this is not the squad that can fight for something more than mid-table positions. That's the head talking, the heart still opts for the title (at least)! Then on the other hand, you have to know that this is the Ekstraklasa where everything can happen. I have mixed feeling for our new boss (Michał Probierz) too - he struggled a bit recently but he must be given a chance. He had all the time this summer to prepare them, tactics and new signings. We could hear over last few days that they will sign someone, but whenever someone says there are some transfer funds at Lechia, I take it as a joke.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? As someone on our site wrote - one Japanese doesn't make the success. And if you add Grzelczak, Surma and Rasiak (yes, even him) to the losses, it gets even worse. Maybe Pazio and Tuszyński will do something to make me apologize for such harsh rating of our transfer activity? It's good to see Mateusz Bąk back, he came all the way with Lechia, from 6th league to Ekstraklasa. I still think he can be our number one. Ricardinho and Piotr Brożek leaving us are not a big loss - both have been medicore.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? I think the board and lack of funds. At least the owner, Andrzej Kuchar, finally may not allow us to end in the Ekstraklasa's tail. But we are still not really a professional club. It looks as if we are only some toy or quick-earning thing for him, while it's a crying shame he won't sell it to someone who has a plan for Lechia. Instead of European Cups, we have Kuchar...

How do you see your club performing this season? Huge unknown. One thing can be certain - if Matsui Daisuke's wife, Kato Rosa, comes to the stadium with Anna Przybylska they can make some spectacular view. For the more on-field issues - I hope for sixth place and a win in friendly with Barca of course! Czesław Pieczur @LechiaNet and @CzeslawPieczur

Photos: Lechia.pl

Lech Poznań KKS Lech Poznań Spółka Akcyjna Est. 19 March 1922 LechPoznan.pl Polish Champions: 1982/83, 1983/84, 1989/90, 1991/92, 1992/93, 2009/10. Polish Cup Winners: 1981/82, 1983/84, 1987/88, 2003/04, 2008/09. Super Cup Winners: 1990, 1992, 2004, 2009. Last Season: 2nd Colours: Blue and White

Squad

Coach: Mariusz Rumak Previous Club: Jagiellonia Białystok (ME) Coach since: 27 February 2012

Correct as of July 11

Jasmin Burić GK Bosnian DOB: 18/02/87 Height/Weight: 193/80 Former Club: NK Celik (Zenica) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 65-0

Krzysztof Kotorowski GK Polish DOB: 12/09/76 Height/Weight: 186/85 Former Club: Błękitni Stargard Szczecin

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 204-0

Maciej Gostomski GK

Barry Douglas DF

Polish DOB: 27/09/88 Height/Weight: 195/90 Former Club: Bytovia Bytów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Scottish DOB: 04/09/89 Height/Weight: 175/64 Former Club: Dundee United Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Błażej Cyfert DF

Hubert Wołąkiewicz DF

Polish DOB: 03/02/92 Height/Weight: 187/74 Former Club: Nielba Wągrowiec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 21/10/85 Height/Weight: 182/70 Former Club: Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 131-7

Kebba Ceesay DF

Luis Henriquez DF

Gambian DOB: 14/11/87 Height/Weight: 180/78 Former Club: Djurgardens IF Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 25-2

Panamaian DOB: 23/11/81 Height/Weight: 176/76 Former Club: Tauro FC (Panama) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 103-3

Manuel Arboleda DF

Marcin Kamiński DF

Colombian DOB: 02/08/79 Height/Weight: 188/84 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 142-13

Polish DOB: 15/01/92 Height/Weight: 191/76 Former Club: Aluminium Konin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 55-3

Tomasz Kędziora DF

Gergő Lovrencsics MD

Polish DOB: 11/06/94 Height/Weight: 183/73 Former Club: UKP Zielona Góra Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 8-0

Hungarian DOB: 01/09/88 Height/Weight: 177/77 Former Club: Lombard Papa FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-7

Kamil Drygas MD

Karol Linetty MD

Polish DOB: 07/09/91 Height/Weight: 184/72 Former Club: Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 13-0

Polish DOB: 02/02/95 Height/Weight: 176/73 Former Club: Sokół Damasławek Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-0

Kasper Hämäläinen MD

Łukasz Trałka MD

Finnish DOB: 08/08/86 Height/Weight: 187/74 Former Club: Djurgardens IF Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-3

Polish DOB: 11/05/84 Height/Weight: 186/77 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 182-13

Mateusz Możdżeń MD

Rafał Murawski MD

Polish DOB: 14/03/91 Height/Weight: 180/76 Former Club: Amica Wronki Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 76-6

Polish DOB: 09/10/81 Height/Weight: 175/75 Former Club: Rubin Kazan Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 193-16

Szymon Drewniak MD

Szymon Pawłowski MD

Polish DOB: 11/07/93 Height/Weight: 179/70 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 21-1

Polish DOB: 04/11/86 Height/Weight: 175/69 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 106-24

Bartosz Ślusarski ST

Dariusz Formella ST

Polish DOB: 11/12/81 Height/Weight: 186/81 Former Club: Cracovia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 201-55

Polish DOB: 21/10/95 Height/Weight: 177/74 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Łukasz Teodorczyk ST

Patryk Wolski ST

Polish DOB: 03/06/91 Height/Weight: 185/76 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 44-9

Polish DOB: 12/04/93 Height/Weight: 186/78 Former Club: Młodzik 18 Radom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 6-1

Vojo Ubiparip ST Serbian DOB: 10/05/88 Height/Weight: 180/72 Former Club: FK Spartak Subotica Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 44-6

Stadion Miejski w Poznaniu (INEA Stadium) Bułgarska 17, 60-320 Poznań Opened:

August 23, 1980 (old stadium) September 23, 2010 (new stadium)

Capacity:

43,269

Record Attendance:

45,000 (Lech Poznań - Widzew Łódź, April 8, 1984) After redevelopment: 42,000 (Lech Poznań - Manchester City, November 4, 2010)

Fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Lech's squad is similar to the one from previous season. The only difference is that we are mentally stronger and better cooperating than twelve months ago. We still don't have wide midfielder and a defender. One week before the kick off, we haven't bought the players to look optimistically for the solid performances in each competition, which should be our aim.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Hard to say - transfer market is still wide open, and transfers are often made late in Poznan. Two players joined the team so far, and if no one else comes then it will be average transfer window for Lech and fans will be unhappy.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Our biggest problem is the tempo of our transfer activity. Negotiations are very slow, very long as our board tries to negotiate every single detail to save some money. That's why players join us late and we can't prepare full squad for the kick off of the season. The only advantage of this system is that we are not overpaying for footballers, neither we are creating debts with huge wages.

How do you see your club performing this season? Our aim is the title, group stage of the Europa League and the longest adventure in the Polish Cup as possible. Europe is our biggest priority, because in as average league as ours, we will easily make it close to the top and Europe again. Top three and spring in group stages in Europa League is what I think as our reality. Arkadiusz Szymanowski, KKSLech.com

Photos: LechPoznan.pl

Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa Spółka Akcyjna Est. 1916 Legia.com Polish Champions: 1955, 1956, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1993/94, 1994/95, 2001/02, 2005/06, 2012/13. Polish Cup Winners: 1954/55, 1955/56, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2007/08, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13. Super Cup Winners: 1989, 1994, 1997, 2008. Last Season: Champions Colours: White, Green, Red and Black Colours: Blue and White

Squad

Coach: Jan Urban Previous Club: Zagłębie Lubin Coach since: 27 May 2012

Correct as of July 11

Aleksander Wandzel GK Polish DOB: 12/01/95 Height/Weight: 189/80 Former Club: Lech Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Dušan Kuciak GK Slovakian DOB: 21/05/85 Height/Weight: 194/87 Former Club: FC Vaslui Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 57-0

Wojciech Skaba GK

Bartosz Bereszyński DF

Polish DOB: 09/04/84 Height/Weight: 190/81 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 66-0

Polish DOB: 12/07/92 Height/Weight: 182/72 Former Club: Lech Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 25-1

Iñaki Astiz DF

Jakub Rzeźniczak DF

Spanish DOB: 05/11/83 Height/Weight: 185/74 Former Club: CA Osasuna Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 129-5

Polish DOB: 26/10/86 Height/Weight: 183/82 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 186-3

Jakub Wawrzyniak DF

Łukasz Broź DF

Polish DOB: 07/07/83 Height/Weight: 188/85 Former Club: Panathinaikos Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 139-7

Polish DOB: 17/12/85 Height/Weight: 180/74 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 113-10

Marko Šuler DF

Tomasz Brzyski DF

Slovenian DOB: 09/03/83 Height/Weight: 186/79 Former Club: Hapoel Tel Aviv Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 6-0

Polish DOB: 10/01/82 Height/Weight: 170/68 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 163-12

Tomasz Jodłowiec DF

Dossa Júnior DF

Polish DOB: 08/09/85 Height/Weight: 190/86 Former Club: Sląsk Wrocław Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 164-8

Cypriot DOB: 27/08/86 Height/Weight: 188/82 Former Club: AEL Limassol Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Mateusz Cichocki DF

Daniel Łukasik MD

Polish DOB: 31/01/92 Height/Weight: 187/79 Former Club: Dolcan Ząbki Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 28/04/91 Height/Weight: 179/73 Former Club: Warmia Olsztyn Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 24-0

Dominik Furman MD

Hélio Pinto MD

Polish DOB: 06/07/92 Height/Weight: 181/71 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 28-3

Portuguese DOB: 29/02/84 Height/Weight: 184/71 Former Club: APOEL Nicosia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Ivica Vrdoljak MD

Jakub Kosecki MD

Croatian DOB: 19/09/83 Height/Weight: 187/83 Former Club: NK Dinamo Zagreb Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 70-11

Polish DOB: 29/08/90 Height/Weight: 168/59 Former Club: Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 39-11

Janusz Gol MD

Michał Kopczyński MD

Former Club: Szydłowianka Szydłowiec

Polish DOB: 11/11/85 Height/Weight: 182/77 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 123-7

Polish DOB: 15/06/92 Height/Weight: 180/70 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Michał Kucharczyk MD

Miroslav Radović MD

Polish DOB: 20/03/91 Height/Weight: 178/72

Serbian DOB: 16/01/84 Height/Weight: 182/76 Former Club: FK Partizan Belgrade Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 191-34

Former Club: Swit Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 75-10

Przemysław Mizgała MD

Raphael Augusto MD

Polish DOB: 22/10/92 Height/Weight: 183/67 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Brazilian DOB: 06/03/91 Height/Weight: 180/77 Former Club: DC United Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Henrik Ojamaa ST

Marek Saganowski ST

Estonian DOB: 20/05/91 Height/Weight: 176/75 Former Club: Motherwell FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 31/10/78 Height/Weight: 178/78 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 263-93

Michał Żyro ST

Vladimir Dvalishvili ST

Polish DOB: 20/09/92 Height/Weight: 189/78 Former Club: KS Piaseczno Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 41-3

Georgian DOB: 20/04/86 Height/Weight: 182/82 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 40-15

Michał Efir ST

Patryk Mikita ST

Polish DOB: 14/04/92 Height/Weight: 181/73 Former Club: Wieniawa Lublin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 28/12/93 Height/Weight: 185/73 Former Club: Agricola Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Former Club: Olimpijczyk Częstochowa

Stadion Wojska Polskiego (Pepsi Arena) Łazienkowska 3, 00-449 Warszawa Opened:

August 9, 1930 (old stadium) August 7, 2010 (new stadium)

Capacity:

31,103

Record Attendance:

40,000 (Legia Warszawa - ŁKS Łódź, June 8, 1958)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? We have a very strong squad, the best in Poland for me. In keeper we have a fantastic player with solid substitute. Obviously Artur Jędrzejczyk is a loss and we can't say how Dossa Junior will replace him, but it is still quite good for the league. Midfield is getting better and better - stars of the league (Radović and Kosecki), solid workers (Vrdoljak or Kucharczyk) and youngsters (Furman and Łukasik) followed by few more. It's a good mix and I have to note that there are still new players, Helio Pinto and Henrik Ojamaa. Finally, our strikers - Saganowski and Dvalishvili can guarantee us at least 20 goals in the season. Mikita and Efir are pushing forward as well, hopefully with the latter coming back from injury soon.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Again, even without the obvious bias, I think Legia made the best dealing in the league. We can see it by the past of those new players. Only Lech Poznan can match us with Pawłowski and Douglas. But let's look at new at Legia - Wandzel is one for the future, as well as those either from reserves (Mikita and Mizgała) or coming back from loan (Cichocki). Dossa Junior will step in for Jędrzejczyk, which will be hard but he knows his job. Łukasz Broź it's someone standing out in the league, but even here he will be only a second option. Ojamaa is injured but proved he is dynamic player with powerful shot and can make even better impression than Tonev who moved to Aston Villa recently. Helio Pinto was APOEL's leader in the Champions League and his role will be similar at Legia. Maybe one more striker will come, if someone special occurs.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? We look as we don't have serious problems. Very solid team, the board and the chairman are cooperating well with Jan Urban and moving in the same direction. Financial situation is stabile as well, even if there are some rare delays. Fans are as loud as possible at every game. Injuries are a headache, Ojamaa and Astiz are sidelined at the moment, while Pinto, Junior and Raphael Augusto are not fit for 90 minutes. All those issues, however, can be worked out pretty quickly I believe.

How do you see your club performing this season? My prognosis is as optimistic as the summer weather outside - Legia will fight for each trophy domestcally. We are not out of chances in Europe as well. The Champions League will be a great adventure, but no one should be mad if we don't make it. The group phase of the Europa League should be fine as well, while getting further will be great. Doing the same as Maciej Skorża's Legia did - fighting with PSV and Sporting - will be something more to praise Jan Urban for. With this squad we can defend the title and shine in Europe. Piotr Kamieniecki - Legia.Net - @pkamieniecki

Photos: Legia.com

Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast w Gliwicach Est. 18 June 1945 Piast-Gliwice.eu Highest League finish: 4th (2012/13) Last Season: 4th Colours: Blue and Red.

Squad

Coach: Marcin Brosz Previous Club: Odra Wodzisław Sląski Coach since: 15 June 2010

Correct as of July 11

Dariusz Trela GK Polish DOB: 05/12/89 Height/Weight: 189/80 Former Club: Okocimski Brzesko Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 29-0

Jakub Szmatuła GK Polish DOB: 22/03/81 Height/Weight: 187/79 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 13-0

Jakub Szumski GK

Adrian Klepczyński DF

Polish DOB: 06/03/92 Height/Weight: 194/78 Former Club: Legia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Polish DOB: 01/04/81 Height/Weight: 187/73 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 91-2

Csaba Horváth DF

Damian Zbozień DF

Slovakian DOB: 02/05/82 Height/Weight: 192/83 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 48-0

Polish DOB: 25/04/89 Height/Weight: 186/80 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 41-3

Jan Polák DF

Kornel Osyra DF

Czech DOB: 26/03/89 Height/Weight: 187/78 Former Club: Slovan Liberec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-0

Polish DOB: 07/02/93 Height/Weight: 190/75 Former Club: Gryf Wejherowo Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Krzysztof Król DF

Łukasz Krzycki DF

Polish DOB: 06/02/87 Height/Weight: 184/73 Former Club: Sheriff Tiraspol Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 72-0

Polish DOB: 10/01/84 Height/Weight: 188/79 Former Club: GKS Tychy Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 29-2

Wojciech Lisowski DF

Artis Lazdinš MD

Polish DOB: 10/02/92 Height/Weight: 186/74 Former Club: Legia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Latvian DOB: 03/05/86 Height/Weight: 181/75 Former Club: FK Jelgava Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 22-0

Bartosz Szeliga MD

Kamil Wilczek MD

Polish DOB: 10/01/93 Height/Weight: 184/74 Former Club: Sandecja Nowy Sącz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 14/01/88 Height/Weight: 186/78 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 81-9

Łukasz Hanzel MD

Mariusz Zganiacz MD

Polish DOB: 16/09/86 Height/Weight: 181/71 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 98-5

Polish DOB: 31/01/84 Height/Weight: 173/70 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 172-12

Matej Ižvolt MD

Mateusz Matras MD

Slovakian DOB: 05/06/86 Height/Weight: 178/72 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 21-1

Polish DOB: 23/01/91 Height/Weight: 193/88 Former Club: Gwarek Omontowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 25-1

Paweł Lisowski MD

Radosław Murawski MD

Former Club: MFK Dubnica nad Váhom

Polish DOB: 08/10/91 Height/Weight: 178/76 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 49-0

Polish DOB: 22/04/94 Height/Weight: 173/68 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 9-1

Rubén Jurado MD

Tomasz Podgórski MD

Spanish DOB: 25/04/86 Height/Weight: 178/74 Former Club: UD Almansa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 29-7

Polish DOB: 30/12/85 Height/Weight: 175/70 Former Club: Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 46-7

Patrick Dytko MD

Jakub Świerczok ST

Polish DOB: 28/03/94 Height/Weight: 170/64 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 28/12/92 Height/Weight: 179/75 Former Club: 1.FC Kaiserslautern Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Marcin Robak ST

Pavol Cicman ST

Polish DOB: 29/11/82 Height/Weight: 182/78

Slovakian DOB: 30/01/85 Height/Weight: 175/71 Former Club: MFK Dolný Kubín Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 21-2

Former Club: Borussia Dortmund (juniors)

Former Club: Mersin Idman Yurdu SK

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 87-30

Tomáš Dočekal ST Czech DOB: 24/05/89 Height/Weight: 193/85 Former Club: FK Viktoria Žižkov Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 16-4

Wojciech Kędziora ST Polish DOB: 20/12/80 Height/Weight: 187/75 Former Club: Zagłębie Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 43-10

Stadion Piast Okrzei 20, 44-100 Gliwice Opened:

c. 1926 (old stadium) November 5, 2011 (new stadium)

Capacity:

10,037

Record Attendance:

9,432 (Piast Gliwice - WisĹ&#x201A;a PĹ&#x201A;ock, November 5, 2011)

Fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Our squad is a bit of an unknown to be honest. New players are spoken highly of and should be definitely an valuable addition but the pitch will tell in the end. The most important thing is to see Wojciech KÄ&#x2122;dziora back from injury, who, along with Marcin Robak, should be the key to our attacking performances in the upcoming season.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? The window is still open, as they say, so it's quite hard to rate our activity. With previous seasons proving that every addition showing some quality and making the squad stronger, I have to believe in what and how they are doing it. So it's definitely positive summer.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? With our club being run in the right way, being stabile financially, and getting stronger on the pitch with long-term planning and trust in coach, the only problem could potentially be the number of fans turning up to watch Piast play. But crowds are getting higher with each year which is positive as well!

How do you see your club performing this season? It will be very hard to make this season as successful as the previous was - for a very obvious reason too others will change their style to beat us. They know us, know our tactics. But finding ourselves in the top eight after first round is not beyond the quality of Marcin Brosz's side, I believe. Piotr Rajper, @prajpert

Photos: Piast-Gliwice.pl

Podbeskidzie BielskoBiała TS Podbeskidzie Spółka Akcyjna Est. 1995 TS.Podbeskidzie.pl Highest League finish: 12th (2011/12) Last Season: 14th Colours: Red, White and Blue

Squad

Coach: Czesław Michniewicz Previous Club: Polonia Warszawa Coach since: 21 March 2013

Correct as of July 11

Richard Zajać GK Slovakian DOB: 16/08/76 Height/Weight: 186/81 Former Club: MFK Dubnica nad Váhom

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 45-0

Piotr Adamek GK Polish DOB: 11/07/92 Height/Weight: 186/75 Former Club: Szczakowianka Jaworzno

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Ladislav Rybánsky GK

Bartłomiej Konieczny DF

Slovakian DOB: 19/12/84 Height/Weight: 193/94 Former Club: Diósgyőri VTK Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 09/06/81 Height/Weight: 193/92 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 56-3

Frank Adu Kwame DF

Dariusz Pietrasiak DF

Ghanaian DOB: 16/05/85 Height/Weight: ?/? Former Club: LZS Piotrówka Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 12/02/80 Height/Weight: 186/81 Former Club: Maccabi Natanja Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 217-10

Błażej Telichowski DF

Juraj Dančík DF

Polish DOB: 06/06/84 Height/Weight: 187/81 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 148-15

Slovakian DOB: 21/02/82 Height/Weight: 189/84 Former Club: Skałka Żabnica Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 26-1

Marek Sokołowski DF

Michal Piter-Bučko DF

Polish DOB: 11/03/78 Height/Weight: 181/75 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 219-12

Slovakian DOB: 28/10/85 Height/Weight: 188/82 Former Club: 1.FC Tatran Prešov Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 23-0

Tomasz Górkiewicz DF

Adam Deja MD

Polish DOB: 28/01/85 Height/Weight: 1185/76 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 21-2

Polish DOB: 24/06/93 Height/Weight: 185/82 Former Club: MKS Kluczbork Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 10-0

Aleksander Jagiełło MD

Anton Sloboda MD

Polish DOB: 02/02/95 Height/Weight: 165/60 Former Club: Legia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Slovakian DOB: 10/07/87 Height/Weight: 178/70 Former Club: FK Viktoria Žižkov Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 13-1

Damian Chmiel MD

Daniel Bujok MD

Polish DOB: 06/05/87 Height/Weight: 174/73 Former Club: GKS Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 26-6

Polish DOB: 24/11/14 Height/Weight: 175/73 Former Club: BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Dariusz Kołodziej MD

Dariusz Łatka MD

Polish DOB: 17/04/82 Height/Weight: 177/73 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 31-3

Polish DOB: 14/09/78 Height/Weight: 172/65 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 100-0

Kamil Kurowski MD

Łukasz Zakrewski MD

Polish DOB: 04/09/94 Height/Weight: 170/66 Former Club: Kolejarz Stróże Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 07/03/96 Height/Weight: 184/76 Former Club: Zapora Porąbka Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Piotr Malinowski MD

Daniel Gołuch ST

Polish DOB: 24/03/84 Height/Weight: 170/66 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 78-1

Polish DOB: 20/07/93 Height/Weight: 182/72 Former Club: Szczakowianka Jaworzno

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Fabian Pawela ST

Mateusz Janeczko ST

Polish DOB: 30/11/85 Height/Weight: 187/81 Former Club: Czarni Żagań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 24-7

Polish DOB: 30/11/94 Height/Weight: 174/64

Sebastian Bartlewski ST Polish DOB: 13/06/94 Height/Weight: 172/67 Former Club: Arka Gdynia II Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Former Club: Walcownia Czechowice-Dziedzice

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 6-0

Stadion Miejski Rychlińskiego 21, 43-300 Bielsko-Biała Opened:

c. 1927 (Currently under redevelopment - due for completion in 2014)

Capacity:

3,345 (15,292 after redevelopment)

Record Attendance:

6,000 (Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Ruch Chorzów, August 30, 2003)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? I would really say that there is nothing wrong with our team if Robert Demjan would be still around. But now it's different story really - we have some solid squad and I'm sure under Czesław Michniewicz they will cause some problems to the best sides as well, but lack of our best striker will be telling very soon.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? It's telling enough to look at the clubs we have bought players from. LZS Piotrówka? Arka Gdynia's reserves? Kolejarz Stróże? Some average side from Hungary? Really? We all hoped that last season was a lesson for all concerned at Podbeskidzie, but it's staggering to see that some of them think our squad is good enough to stay up.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Which, in turn, is exactly the problem of our club. We look as we don't belong to the league. Of course, our stadium is under construction and as is the team, but the progress on both is too slow and the reality may eventually catch us. Hopefully Czesław Michniewicz works his miracles again - but would that be enough?

How do you see your club performing this season? I dread for another poor start to the season as the one we had last year. To be perfectly honest, I believe we are not the worst in the league, but also we should spend the campaign biting our nails each weekend in hope that nothing bad happens. Will the nightmare come back? Five points from the drop will be good for me, oh yes. Michał Kowalik

Photos: TSPodbeskidzie.pl

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Pogoń Szczecin Morski Klub Sportowy Pogoń Szczecin Est. 21 April 1948 PogonSzczecin.pl Highest League finish: 2nd (1986/87 and 2000/01) Last Season: 12th Colours: Dark Blue and Maroon

Squad

Coach: Dariusz Wdowczyk Previous Club: Polonia Warszawa Coach since: 20 March 2013

Correct as of July 11

Dawid Kudła GK Polish DOB: 21/03/92 Height/Weight: 189/85 Former Club: Zagłębie Sosnowiec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Krystian Rudnicki GK Polish DOB: 20/04/94 Height/Weight: 186/77 Former Club: Chemik Police Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Radosław Janukiewicz GK

Hernâni DF

Polish DOB: 05/05/84 Height/Weight: 193/85 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-0

Brazilian DOB: 03/02/84 Height/Weight: 191/88 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 180-4

Julien Tadrowski DF

Maciej Dąbrowski DF

Polish DOB: 17/05/93 Height/Weight: 183/65 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Polish DOB: 20/04/87 Height/Weight: 194/88 Former Club: Olimpia Grudziądz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 26-2

Mateusz Wilk DF

Przemysław Pietruszka DF

Polish DOB: 29/03/94 Height/Weight: 173/75 Former Club: Sandecja Nowy Sącz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 18/03/84 Height/Weight: 184/75 Former Club: Flota Świnoujście Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 24-0

Michał Koj DF

Edi Andradina MD

Former Club: GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski

Polish DOB: 28/07/93 Height/Weight: 188/81 Former Club: Pogoń Szczecin II Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Brazilian DOB: 13/09/74 Height/Weight: 177/79 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 181-45

Bartosz Ława MD

Dawid Kort MD

Polish DOB: 26/02/79 Height/Weight: 176/68 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 190-14

Polish DOB: 29/04/95 Height/Weight: 176/65 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Jakub Bąk MD

Maksymilian Rogalski MD

Polish DOB: 28/05/93 Height/Weight: 175/68 Former Club: GKS Tychy Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-0

Polish DOB: 24/06/83 Height/Weight: 180/81 Former Club: Raków Częstochowa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-1

Mateusz Lewandowski MD

Alan Błajewski MD

Polish DOB: 18/03/93 Height/Weight: 182/72 Former Club: Wisła Płock Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 16-0

Polish DOB: 17/11/94 Height/Weight: 178/66 Former Club: KS Stilon Gorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Adam Frączczak MD

Sebastian Rudol MD

Polish DOB: 07/08/87 Height/Weight: 180/76 Former Club: Kotwica Kołobrzeg Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 28-5

Polish DOB: 21/02/95 Height/Weight: 183/77 Former Club: Salos Szczecin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Takafume Akahoshi MD

Wojciech Golla MD

Japanese DOB: 27/05/86 Height/Weight: 175/66 Former Club: Metalurgs Liepava Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 27-2

Abdul Moustapha Ouédraogo

ST Ivorian DOB: 09/06/88 Height/Weight: 180/76 Former Club: CD Trofense Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 12/01/92 Height/Weight: 182/80 Former Club: Lech Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 18-0

Donald Djoussé ST Cameroonian DOB: 18/03/90 Height/Weight: 183/81 Former Club: Dinamo Tbilisi Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 17-2

Kamil Zieliński ST

Radosław Wiśniewski ST

Polish DOB: 13/04/94 Height/Weight: 180/75 Former Club: Sparta Gryfice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 10/09/92 Height/Weight: 172/65 Former Club: Bałtyk Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-0

Takuya Murayama ST

Tomasz Chałas ST

Japanese DOB: 08/08/89 Height/Weight: 177/68 Former Club: Gwardia Koszalin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 13-0

Polish DOB: 20/07/88 Height/Weight: 185/73 Former Club: Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 14-2

Łukasz Zwoliński ST Polish DOB: 24/02/93 Height/Weight: 184/80 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Stadion im. Floriana Krzgiera KarĹ&#x201A;owicza 28, 71-102 Szczecin Opened:

October 5, 1925

Capacity:

18,027

Record Attendance:

21,500 (PogoĹ&#x201E; Szczecin - Legia Warszawa, October 22, 2012)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Dariusz Wdowczyk was given a green light to clear his team out of players who are either on the other side of the river, or are not even close to what fans demand from them. Now our team is maybe made up of some less known players, but Wdowczyk may have more battling side and this is what counts the most. And if one final, last-minut deal is pulled off…

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? ...then yes, our transfer window ends in a success. Hey, we are talking about Danijel Ljuboja now. Playing for Pogoń! For me, he can drink all he wants and train twice a week if he repeats some of this magic from Legia. We needed someone like him, a leader and a quality player as Edi Andradina ends his beautiful career. I hope Mikołaj Lebedyński gets his chance at Pogoń again, I know his potential and he may be the pace we need up front.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? The problems is... everywhere you look, really. The stadium is a ruin, fans are bored or disgusted by the way team performed last season, and finances are poor. I think that this season for most people at the club means a final go at making something special. If they fail, I can only hope we want repeat our recent slump into the lower leagues.

How do you see your club performing this season? We should stay up, although I won't expect us to make it to the top eight. Hopefully Danijel Ljuboja will find his soulmate in Edi Andradina, and the two of them will drag the team forward to claim the number of points enough to stay up before the second round starts. That will make it a steady year we all need. Andrzej Peterek

Photos: PogonSzczecin.pl

Ruch Chorz贸w Klub Sportowy Ruch w Chorzowie Est. 20 April 1920 RuchChorzow.com.pl Polish Champions: 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1967/68, 1973/74, 1974/75, 1978/79, 1988/89. Polish Cup Winners: 950/51, 1973/74, 1995/96. Last Season: 15th Colours: Blue and White

Squad

Coach: Jacek Zieliński Previous Club: Polonia Warszawa Coach since: 5 September 2012

Correct as of July 11

Kamil Lech GK Polish DOB: 15/09/94 Height/Weight: 188/80 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Krzysztof Kamiński GK Polish DOB: 26/11/90 Height/Weight: 191/81 Former Club: Wisła Płock Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 6-0

Bartosz Soliński GK

Jakub Kosiorek GK

Polish DOB: 27/06/92 Height/Weight: 190/83 Former Club: Rozwój Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 21/11/94 Height/Weight: 188/80 Former Club: Victoria 95 Przecław Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Arkadiusz Lewiński DF

Artur Gieraga DF

Polish DOB: 18/08/90 Height/Weight: 181/73 Former Club: Puszcza Niepołomice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Polish DOB: 04/05/88 Height/Weight: 183/80 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 13-2

Maciej Sadlok DF

Marcin Baszczyński DF

Polish DOB: 29/06/89 Height/Weight: 186/80 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 110-1

Polish DOB: 07/06/77 Height/Weight: 182/75 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 372-12

Marek Szyndrowski DF

Martin Konczkowski DF

Polish DOB: 30/10/80 Height/Weight: 184/75 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 134-1

Polish DOB: 14/09/93 Height/Weight: 181/74 Former Club: Waweł Wirek (Ruda Sląska)

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 10-0

Piotr Stawarczyk DF

Bartosz Brodziński DF

Polish DOB: 29/09/83 Height/Weight: 193/88 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 131-3

Polish DOB: 08/08/91 Height/Weight: 185/83 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Daniel Dziwniel DF

Filip Starzyński MD

Polish DOB: 19/08/92 Height/Weight: 178/72 Former Club: Kickers Offenbacher Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 27/05/91 Height/Weight: 184/70 Former Club: Salos Szczecin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 31-3

Jakub Smetkała MD

Kamil Włodyka MD

Polish DOB: 26/08/87 Height/Weight: 184/75 Former Club: Piast Gliwice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 71-6

Polish DOB: 11/10/94 Height/Weight: 180/70

Łukasz Janoszka MD

Łukasz Tymiński MD

Polish DOB: 18/03/87 Height/Weight: 181/76 Former Club: GKS Katowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 137-18

Polish DOB: 08/11/90 Height/Weight: 175/73 Former Club: Jagiellonia Białystok Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 60-1

Maciej Jankowski MD

Marcin Malinowski MD

Polish DOB: 04/01/90 Height/Weight: 181/68 Former Club: KS Piaseczno Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 85-22

Former Club: MCKiS Sokoł Jaworzno

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Polish DOB: 06/11/75 Height/Weight: 179/74 Former Club: Odra Wodzisław Sląski

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 401-11

Marek Zieńczuk MD

Łukasz Surma MD

Polish DOB: 24/09/78 Height/Weight: 183/75 Former Club: Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 321-67

Polish DOB: 28/06/77 Height/Weight: 177/70 Former Club: Lechia Gdańsk Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 415-21

Bartłomiej Babiarz MD

Grzegorz Kuświk ST

Polish DOB: 03/02/89 Height/Weight: 171/68 Former Club: GKS Tychy Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 23/05/87 Height/Weight: 181/75 Former Club: KS Polkowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 62-7

Mateusz Kwiatkowski ST

Pavel Šultes GK

Polish DOB: 23/11/92 Height/Weight: 167-60 Former Club: Bałtyk Koszalin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Czech DOB: 15/09/85 Height/Weight: 180/77 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 47-5

Stadion Miejski Cicha 6, 41-506 Chorz贸w Opened:

September 29, 1935

Capacity:

10,000

Record Attendance:

55,000 (Ruch Chorz贸w - Polonia Bytom, August 21, 1957)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? When I watched our game with Wisła Kraków on the last weekend before the league starts, I was surprised. Finally, our squad looked like they knew what they were supposed to do on the damn pitch! Passing our nicely, organized at the back, pressing high up in stages... Maybe there is some life in the side that avoided drop only because Polonia was kicked out of the league?

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Now I'm really satisfied - Babiarz is clever midfielder, Dziwniel looks more solid at the back than we could see from all our defenders before, while Surma should add not only the experience but also the sould Jacek Zieliński knew what he was doing by kicking some of the players past their best - where even the best meant not good enough for Ruch! Pesković, Straka, Panka, Lewczyk, Kikut, Djokić - we had enough of you guys, cheers!

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Cash, or rather lack of it. We don't have funds to be optimistic about the future, neither our ground will change enough to compete with even the mid-table sides... but in the words of Jacek Zieliński, our coach, maybe the salary cap will do us some good? We need to learn how to cope in certain conditions and I see our place in the Ekstraklasa even with one of the lowest budgets in the division.

How do you see your club performing this season? Long and hard battle to stay up - if we are solid enough, then there will be party at the end of the season even if we avoid the drop even by a single point. To be fair, all we want to see is something more from our players, more commitment and quality than we had last year. That should do. Krzysiek Wesołowski

Photos: RuchChorzow.com.pl - Ryan Hubbard

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Est. 1947 SlaskWroclaw.pl Polish Champions: 1976/77, 2011/12. Polish Cup Winners: 1975/76, 1986/87. Super Cup Winners: 1987, 2012. Last Season: 3rd Colours: Green, White and Red.

Squad

Coach: Stanislav Levy Previous Club: Skenderbeu Korce Coach since: 3 September 2012

Correct as of July 11

Krzysztof Żukowski GK Polish DOB: 26/09/85 Height/Weight: 192/88 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Marian Kelemen GK Slovakian DOB: 07/12/79 Height/Weight: 188/83 Former Club: CD Numancia de Soria

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 87-1

Rafał Gikiewicz GK

Adam Kokoszka DF

Polish DOB: 26/10/87 Height/Weight: 190/78 Former Club: OKS 1945 Olsztyn Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 32-0

Polish DOB: 06/10/86 Height/Weight: 187/82 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 71-2

Amir Spahić DF

Dudu Paraiba DF

Bosnian DOB: 13/09/83 Height/Weight: 188/84 Former Club: Torpedo Moscow Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 62-1

Brazilian DOB: 11/03/85 Height/Weight: 181/71 Former Club: CF Lobos de la BUAP Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 50-0

Kamil Juraszek DF

Marek Wasiluk DF

Polish DOB: 26/03/91 Height/Weight: 187/80 Former Club: Lechia Dzierżoniów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 03/06/87 Height/Weight: 196/83 Former Club: Cracovia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 94-5

Mariusz Pawelec DF

Rafał Grodzicki DF

Polish DOB: 14/04/86 Height/Weight: 180/72 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 184-1

Polish DOB: 28/10/83 Height/Weight: 192/91 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 166-3

Tadeusz Socha DF

Dalibor Stevanović MD

Polish DOB: 15/02/88 Height/Weight: 183/70 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 95-0

Slovenian DOB: 27/09/84 Height/Weight: 183/75 Former Club: Wołyń Łuck Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 25-2

Kamil Dankowski MD

Krzysztof Ostrowski MD

Polish DOB: 22/07/96 Height/Weight: 177/67 Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 03/05/82 Height/Weight: 178/73 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 67-2

Marko Paixão MD

Mateusz Cetnarski MD

Portuguese DOB: 19/09/84 Height/Weight: 185/79 Former Club: AS Ethnikos Achnas Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 06/07/88 Height/Weight: 175/71 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 115-13

Mateusz Fedyna MD

Przemysław Kaźmierczak MD

Polish DOB: 04/02/93 Height/Weight: 186/66 Former Club: Piast Żmigród Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 05/05/82 Height/Weight: 191/80 Former Club: Vitória FC Setúbal Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 115-19

Sebastian Mila MD

Tomasz Hołota MD

Former Club: FC Wrocław Academy

Polish DOB: 10/07/82 Height/Weight: 178/67 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 215-40

Polish DOB: 27/01/91 Height/Weight: 27/01/91 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 22-1

Waldemar Sobota MD

Jakub Więzik ST

Polish DOB: 19/05/87 Height/Weight: 175/60 Former Club: MKS Kluczbork Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 84-9

Polish DOB: 15/07/91 Height/Weight: 195/82 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Marcin Przybylski ST

Sebino Plaku ST

Polish DOB: 22/10/95 Height/Weight: 173/70 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Albanian DOB: 20/05/85 Height/Weight: 174/70 Former Club: Skënderbeu Korçë Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Sylwester Patejuk ST Polish DOB: 30/11/82 Height/Weight: 188/80 Former Club: Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 47-6

Stadion Miejski w Wrocławiu Aleja Śląska 1, 54-128 Wrocław Opened:

September 10, 2011

Capacity:

45,105

Record Attendance:

41,480 (Czech Republic - Poland, Euro 2012, 16 June 2012)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? As Stanislav Levy says, we are still short of at least three players. To be fair, Śląsk's defence is even worse than it was in spring, when we were sinking goals, especially at the end of the troubling season. The obvious problems up front were solved despite some players leaving the club but Śląsk lacks balance and it may prove deadly for Levy's team.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? The glass is half empty, sadly. Śląsk moved quickly and had targets prepared, while Dudu Paraiba, Sebino Plaku and Marco Paixao are all looking as certain starters for the first games of the season. But when players expressed desire to leave, Kowalczyk and Ćwielong, we knew that problems would start. Replacements were not found and not even new deal for Sebastian Mila makes it sweeter.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? The structure is a problem, really. Coach gets very angry whenever he has to answer questions about the transfer activity, pointing out that despite some progress has been made with attacking-minded players, Sport's Director and the board forgot to spare some funds for strengthening the defence. And even players express their disappointment when they hear that new players are signed and old debts are still unpaid.

How do you see your club performing this season? Śląsk should be fun to watch but it will be hard to keep the results same each week. I guess that without proper organization of the team Śląsk may end up fifth before the table is split in two, and then make the final surge for the top three finish, which is definitely our place to be. As for Europe, I just hope for something more than last year - which means no shameful performances, please. Michał Zachodny, Slasknet.com @mzachodny

Photos: SlaskWroclaw.pl/Slasknet.com

Widzew Łódź RTS Widzew Łódź Spółka Akcyjna Est. 24 January 1922 Widzew.pl Polish Champions: 1980/81, 1981/82, 1995/96, 1996/97. Polish Cup Winners: 1984/85. Super Cup Winners: 1996. Last Season: 13th Colours: Red, White and Red.

Squad

Coach: Radosław Mroczkowski Previous Club: Dolcan Ząbki Coach since: 24 June 2011

Correct as of July 11

Maciej Krakowiak GK Polish DOB: 07/09/92 Height/Weight: 188/76 Former Club: Chojniczanka Chojnice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 4-0

Maciej Mielcarz GK Polish DOB: 15/10/80 Height/Weight: 194/93 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 152-0

Mateusz Wlazłowski GK

Hachem Abbès DF

Polish DOB: 20/09/96 Height/Weight: 187/70 Former Club: UKS SMS Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Tunisian DOB: 01/12/86 Height/Weight: 187/81 Former Club: CS Sfaxien Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 43-1

Jakub Bartkowski DF

Michał Płotka DF

Polish DOB: 07/11/91 Height/Weight: 182/74 Former Club: LKS Różyca Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 41-0

Polish DOB: 11/06/88 Height/Weight: 181/76 Former Club: Warta Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 57-0

Patryk Stępiński DF

Aléx Bruno MD

Polish DOB: 16/01/95 Height/Weight: 178/62 Former Club: UKS SMS Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Brazilian DOB: 07/10/93 Height/Weight: 169/61 Former Club: Queimados FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 21-2

Bartłomiej Grube MD

Bartłomiej Kasprzak MD

Polish DOB: 18/11/94 Height/Weight: 171/61 Former Club: Lider Włocławek Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 12/01/93 Height/Weight: 172/56 Former Club: Garbarnia II Kraków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-0

Emerson Carvalho MD

Krystian Nowak MD

Brazilian DOB: 16/06/93 Height/Weight: 168/58 Former Club: Fluminense FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Polish DOB: 01/04/94 Height/Weight: 186/84 Former Club: Tur Turek Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 17-1

Marcin Kaczmarek MD

Michał Jonczyk MD

Polish DOB: 03/12/79 Height/Weight: 170/65 Former Club: Łódzki KS Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 186-11

Polish DOB: 11/03/92 Height/Weight: 180/80 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 18-2

Princewill Okachi MD

Sebastian Radzio MD

Nigerian DOB: 20/06/91 Height/Weight: 168/68 Former Club: Dingli Swallows FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 54-3

Polish DOB: 02/04/91 Height/Weight: 185/77 Former Club: Ruch Radzionków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 8-0

Veljko Batrović MD

Bartłomiej Pawłowski ST

Montenegrin DOB: 05/03/94 Height/Weight: 177/73 Former Club: FK Zeta (Golubovci) Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-1

Polish DOB: 13/11/92 Height/Weight: 178/70 Former Club: Warta Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 22-4

Mariusz Rybicki ST

Thomas Phibel DF

Polish DOB: 13/03/93 Height/Weight: 175/55 Former Club: UKS SMS Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 32-4

French DOB: 31/05/86 Height/Weight: 191/92 Former Club: Royal Antwerp FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 29-0

Stadion Widzewa Aleja Marszałka Piłsudskiego 138, 92-230 Łódź Opened:

May 30, 1930

Capacity:

10,500

Record Attendance:

Unknown.

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Straight after summer break our squad was a nightmare. Broź left for free, Phibel, Abbes and Pawłowski were heading out as well. But that trio is staying for the time being, which thankfully keeps our core with Okachi, Mielcarz and Kaczmarek. Additions to the current squad can be only young and talented players from lower leagues, which are a risk but can turn sensational. We may even had a better squad than we did in spring.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Because of bans and salary caps from PZPN, Widzew had it tough to move around the transfer market. We could sign only free players and pay them no more than 5,000 PLN per month, which is very low. But Widzew found some talented guys with a point to prove, who want to show themselves, not earn first Kwiek, Kowalski, Staroń or Godwin Antwi. It will be some summer if our squad turns better with such problems.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Finances of course. Because of the state of our club, the owner Mr Sylwester Cacek decided to announce bankruptcy. Thanks to that, we can pay our debts under supervision to come clean eventually. The infrastructural problem may be solved by the decision of the city to build Municipal Stadium at Widzew. New ground and paying off our debts create much better perspective for fans.

How do you see your club performing this season? Once again, we are tipped for the relegation, but our team can surprise quite a few. The league is crazy, everyone can win against Legia and then lost to the bottom of the table team. We can fight for survival or make it for the championship group, which would be a huge success and I think it is doable for the squad. The only conditions are to stay ambitious and cope with organizational and financial situation. With the latter we have promise from our board, now time for the players to speak out on the pitch. WidzewToMy.net

Photos: Widzew.pl

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Est. 1906.

Wisla.Krakow.pl Polish Champions: 1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1977/78, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11. Polish Cup Winners: 1926, 1966/67, 2001/02, 2002/03 . Super Cup Winners: 2001. Last Season: 7th Colours: Red, White and Blue.

Squad

Coach: Franciszek Smuda Previous Club: SSV Jahn Regensburg Coach since: 11 June 2013

Correct as of July 11

Gerard Bieszczad GK Polish DOB: 05/02/93 Height/Weight: 190/83 Former Club: Warta Międzychód Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 1-0

Michał Miśkiewicz GK Polish DOB: 20/01/89 Height/Weight: 194/92 Former Club: FC Sudtirol-Alto Adige

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 8-0

Arkadiusz Głowacki DF

Gordan Bunoza DF

Polish DOB: 13/03/79 Height/Weight: 186/78 Former Club: Trabzonspor Kulübü Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 299-7

Bosnian DOB: 05/02/88 Height/Weight: 195/85 Former Club: NK Karlovac Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 44-0

Łukasz Burliga DF

Marko Jovanović DF

Polish DOB: 10/05/88 Height/Weight: 184/78 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 40-1

Serbian DOB: 26/03/88 Height/Weight: 189/76 Former Club: FK Partizan Belgrade Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 31-0

Michał Czekaj DF

Michał Nalepa DF

Polish DOB: 13/02/92 Height/Weight: 195/83 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 19-0

Polish DOB: 22/01/93 Height/Weight: 189/80

Osman Chávez DF

Fabian Burdeński DF

Honduran DOB: 29/07/84 Height/Weight: 187/86 Former Club: CD Platense Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 58-2

German DOB: 23/09/91 Height/Weight: 186/67 Former Club: 1.FC Magdeburg Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Former Club: Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Cezary Wilk MD

Damian Buras MD

Polish DOB: 12/02/86 Height/Weight: 180/74 Former Club: Korona Kielce Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 133-8

Polish DOB: 21/04/94 Height/Weight: 181/77 Former Club: Hutnik Nowa Huta Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Emmanuel Sarki MD

Łukasz Garguła MD

Nigerian DOB: 26/12/87 Height/Weight: 185/68 Former Club: Waasland-Beveren Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 12-1

Polish DOB: 25/02/81 Height/Weight: 177/71 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 158-20

Michał Chrapek MD

Patryk Małecki MD

Polish DOB: 03/04/92 Height/Weight: 175/68 Former Club: Kolejarz Stróże Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 26-4

Polish DOB: 01/08/88 Height/Weight: 170/70 Former Club: Eskişehirspor Kulübü Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 136-25

Paweł Stolarski MD

Alan Uryga MD

Polish DOB: 28/01/96 Height/Weight: 181/74 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 5-0

Polish DOB: 19/02/94 Height/Weight: 191/85 Former Club: Hutnik Kraków Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 11-0

Rafał Boguski ST

Michał Szewczyk ST

Polish DOB: 09/06/84 Height/Weight: 173/70 Former Club: GKS Bełchatów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 132-26

Polish DOB: 17/10/92 Height/Weight: 176/74 Former Club: Zatorzanka Zator Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-0

Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana Reymonta 22, 30-059 Kraków Opened:

May 1953 (Old Stadium) September 17, 2010 (New stadium)

Capacity:

33,326

Record Attendance:

45,000 (Wisła Kraków - Glasgow Celtic, September 29, 1976)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? With just the final week left to the league, Wisła's squad is far from complete - to be honest, we can't even say what our starting line up is. The first problem is the keeper - Michał Miśkiewicz may be good in 1-on-1 sutations but he makes costly mistakes as well. Our strongest point is the heart of the defence - Arkadiusz Głowacki, Osman Chavez and Jovanovic, Czekaj, Bunoza, Nalepa and even Uryga all compete for two spots. But then full backs are a problem, on either side we lack experience. We should put more pressure on Małecki and Sarki, our wingers. But the man who should score goals, 20-year-old Jose Romo is big unknown. Some say he is a big talent, but he is also our only striker. Hoping that only 14 players will be enough to cope in the league may turn out pretty naive very soon.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? We knew which players will leave the team. Our board had all the time to find good players in their place but they failed miserably. Lots of players were tested, but only Romo and Guerrier were watched before. Smuda says a lot about good scouting but he is not using it at all. Obviously it may turn out that Romo is a super-striker while Stjepanovic turns out the leader of the team but that will only prove his luck. Our Brazilian scout and ex-player, Cleber, will send two more of his players after the first duo turned disastrous. The only thing we can say about Fabian Burdenski is that he won't be worse than Daniel Brud.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Professionalism, or rather lack of it. They had so much time to find proper players, counting on muchdiscussed and praised scouting structures, but all they did was to take anything that moves and is recommended by their friends-football agents. We should have had deals finalized in June. We had some student from Romania and teacher from Krosno on trials! It shows what they think of fans.

How do you see your club performing this season? We have enough quality to make it for the championship group, or even for top five. With good stamina, we can shake the league. But our short squad and 21 games in autumn may quickly prove the opposite. Subs are poor and we can only count on the starting eleven. Małecki and Sarki may give us vital points, while we also have to count that Franciszek Smuda simply knows what he is doing. The biggest problem will be with scoring goals - the responsibility for that should be shared, as we don't have a proper striker. ForumWisla.pl, Piotr Truchlewski @forumwisla_pl

Photos: Wisla.Krakow.pl - Ryan Hubbard

Zagłębie Lubin Międzyzakładowy Klub Sportowy Zagłębie Lubin Est. 10 September 1945. Zaglebie-Lubin.pl Polish Champions: 1990/91, 2006/07. Super Cup Winners: 2007. Last Season: 9th Colours: Copper, White and Green.

Squad

Coach: Pavel Hapal Previous Club: MŠK Žilina Coach since: 31 October 2011

Correct as of July 11

Konrad Forenc GK Polish DOB: 17/07/92 Height/Weight: 191/91 Former Club: Kolejarz Stróże Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Marek Kozioł GK Polish DOB: 01/06/88 Height/Weight: 199/91 Former Club: Sandecja Nowy Sącz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 2-0

Michał Gliwa GK

Adam Banaś DF

Polish DOB: 08/04/88 Height/Weight: 188/76 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 55-0

Polish DOB: 25/12/82 Height/Weight: 185/79 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 98-9

Bartosz Rymaniak DF

Boris Godál GK

Polish DOB: 13/11/89 Height/Weight: 189/80 Former Club: Jarota Jarocin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 68-1

Slovakian DOB: 27/05/87 Height/Weight: 188/88 Former Club: FK AS Trenčín Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 6-1

Đorđe Čotra DF

Maciej Kowalski-Haberek DF

Serbian DOB: 13/09/84 Height/Weight: 184/81 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 43-0

Polish DOB: 16/05/94 Height/Weight: 183/74 Former Club: KS Polkowice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 3-0

Mateusz Magdziak DF

Paweł Oleksy DF

Polish DOB: 29/09/93 Height/Weight: 189/78 Former Club: Amico Lubin Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 01/04/91 Height/Weight: 182/77 Former Club: Piast Gliwice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 23-1

Pavel Vidanov DF

Ľubomír Guldan DF

Bulgarian DOB: 08/01/88 Height/Weight: 185/79 Former Club: CSKA Sofia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 38-0

Slovakian DOB: 30/01/83 Height/Weight: 183/82 Former Club: Ludogorets Razgrad Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Adrian Błąd MD

Adrian Rakowski MD

Polish DOB: 16/04/91 Height/Weight: 165/62 Former Club: Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 33-3

Polish DOB: 07/10/90 Height/Weight: 180/70 Former Club: Vitrosilicon Iłowa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 34-1

Aleksander Kwiek MD

David Abwo MD

Polish DOB: 13/01/83 Height/Weight: 176/70 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 212-16

Nigerian DOB: 10/05/86 Height/Weight: 170/70 Former Club: Lombard Pápa FC Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 47-2

Jiří Bílek MD

Róbert Jež MD

Czech DOB: 04/11/83 Height/Weight: 185/80 Former Club: 1.FC Kaiserslatern II Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 42-1

Slovakian DOB: 10/07/81 Height/Weight: 178/72 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 62-11

Łukasz Piątek MD

Damian Kowalczyk ST

Polish DOB: 21/09/85 Height/Weight: 180/71 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 122-8

Michal Papdopulos ST Czech DOB: 14/04/85 Height/Weight: 183/79 Former Club: FK Rostów nad Donem

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 26-11

Polish DOB: 03/08/95 Height/Weight: 185/70 Former Club: Javoria Jawor Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 7-0

Miłosz Przybecki ST Polish DOB: 02/01/91 Height/Weight: 176/66 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 18-3

Arkadiusz WoĹşniak ST Polish DOB: 01/06/90 Height/Weight: 184/73 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 64-10

Stadion Zagłębia Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 98, 59-301 Lubin Opened:

March 14, 2009

Capacity:

16,068

Record Attendance:

12,369 (Zagłębie Lubin - Sląsk Wrocław, 28 April 2013)

Fans’ View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? Zagłębie seems to have a few unresolved issues going into the next season. We still have troubles in defense with Gliwa as our primary goalie and quite shaky back four. That's not a good thing for a team that tends to play ridiculously bad in the beginning and in the end of a season. Another thing is the forward spot. Should Papadopulos catch a severe injury, Hapal only has ineffective Woźniak and a few youngsters. Looking on the bright side, I'm not worried about midfield.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Our transfers yet again create the hype. We all think that by signing Piątek, Przybecki, Kwiek and Guldan Zagłębie can finally live up to the supporters' expectations. Unfortunately we didn't explore the market in pursuit of a goalkeeper. Pernis seems to be on his way out to somewhere else than Lubin and I believe that we are no longer in the running for Trela.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? I hope that you'll understand me right now. Pavel Hapal is in a way like Roberto Martinez. Why? They both love to sign 'their' players. Martinez took Kone, Alcaraz and Robles along when he left Wigan for Everton and Hapal already has Jeż, Guldan, Papadopulos and Bilek in Lubin. The board seems alright, we're investing in our future. Our main concern is defense and the constant inability to perform every minute of every game. My friend is of the opinion that it's because we pay them too much, and I guess that's one of the reasons.

How do you see your club performing this season? I believe in Zagłębie, I believe that they'll finish better than in the recent years. With our squad, we should fight for the european spot, especially in Ekstraklasa. Of course I don't expect a top 3 finish and Europa League qualification this year, but we should just show that we're capable of fighting for it. Determination is the key and we are unfortunately we're kind of short of it. I go for fifth or sixth place. Michał Rygiel @zaryglowane, and Robert

Photos: Zaglebie-lubin.pl

Zawisza Bydgoszcz WKS Zawisza Bydgoszcz Spółka Akcyjna Est. 1946. WKSZawisza.pl Highest League finish: 4th (1989/90). Last Season: Champions (Pierwsza Liga). Colours: Blue and Black.

Squad

Coach: Ryszard Tarasiewicz Previous Club: Pogoń Szczecin Coach since: 27 April 2013

Correct as of July 11

Andrzej Witan GK Polish DOB: 22/02/90 Height/Weight: 182/76 Former Club: Lech Poznań Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Marcin Marcinowski GK Polish DOB: 08/06/95 Height/Weight: 187/81 Former Club: UKS Łady Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Wojciech Kaczmarek GK

Igor Lewczuk DF

Polish DOB: 29/03/83 Height/Weight: 200/99 Former Club: Cracovia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 76-0

Polish DOB: 30/05/85 Height/Weight: 187/83 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 87-2

Damian Ciechanowski DF

Łukasz Nawotczyński DF

Polish DOB: 03/04/96 Height/Weight: ?/? Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 30/03/82 Height/Weight: 189/83 Former Club: Cracovia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 74-1

Łukasz Skrzyński DF

Michał Markowski DF

Polish DOB: 31/01/78 Height/Weight: 187/77 Former Club: Polonia Warszawa Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 135-2

Polish DOB: 14/03/90 Height/Weight: 185/80 Former Club: Chojniczanka Chojnice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Paweł Strąk DF

Paweł Zieliński DF

Polish DOB: 24/03/83 Height/Weight: 189/84 Former Club: Górnik Zabrze Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 140-3

Polish DOB: 20/05/93 Height/Weight: 183/75 Former Club: Sląsk Wrocław Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Piotr Petasz DF

Hermes MD

Polish DOB: 27/06/84 Height/Weight: 187/83 Former Club: Wisła Płock Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Brazilian DOB: 19/09/74 Height/Weight: 168/65 Former Club: Polonia Bytom Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 185-6

Jakub Łukowski MD

Jakub Wójcicki MD

Polish DOB: 25/05/96 Height/Weight: 172/67 Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 09/07/88 Height/Weight: 190/80 Former Club: GLKS Nadarzyn Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Korneliusz Sochań MD

Mateusz Mąka MD

Polish DOB: 22/01/96 Height/Weight: ?/? Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 06/11/92 Height/Weight: 175/66 Former Club: Chojniczanka Chojnice Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Michał Masłowski MD

Piotr Kuklis MD

Polish DOB: 19/12/89 Height/Weight: 178/76 Former Club: Lechia Dzierżoniów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 14/01/86 Height/Weight: 176/76 Former Club: Arka Gdynia Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 73-7

Sebastian Dudek MD

Sebastian Ziajka MD

Polish DOB: 19/01/80 Height/Weight: 182/76 Former Club: Widzew Łódź Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 98-9

Polish DOB: 15/12/82 Height/Weight: 182/75 Former Club: Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 34-3

Vahan Gevorgyan MD

Bacar Baldé MD

Polish DOB: 19/12/81 Height/Weight: 173/71 Former Club: KSZO Ostrowiec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 199-24

Bissau-Guinean DOB: 15/01/92 Height/Weight: 178/75 Former Club: CD Tondela Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Hérold Goulon MD

Paweł Abbott ST

French DOB: 12/06/88 Height/Weight: 192/85 Former Club: Blackburn Rovers Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 05/05/82 Height/Weight: 181/77 Former Club: Ruch Chorzów Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 44-6

Rafał Leśniewski ST

Tomasz Stachewicz ST

Polish DOB: 19/12/85 Height/Weight: 183/83 Former Club: Nielba Wągrowiec Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

Polish DOB: 09/07/95 Height/Weight: ?/? Former Club: Ekstraklasa Apps/Goals: 0-0

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July 21, 1957 (old stadium) July 1, 2008 (new stadium)

Capacity:

20,247

Record Attendance:

50,000 (unofficial).

Fansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; View How do you assess your team ahead of the season? As with every transfer window, our squad is a surprise. Seven players left Bydgoszcz only to be replaced by similar number but it is not strictly about our transfer policy - it is more about belief of building something for the future and whether manager Ryszard Tarasiewicz has it. I think he will motivate them well, but for me the biggest problem - slow pace of the side - has not been made to go away yet.

How has your club dealt in the transfer market? Bacar Balde is someone to look at when he finally gets fit - Tarasiewicz likes that kind of players, tough, with good strength and capable of doing the job in the middle area. Others are either unproved at the top level or at the end of the road (Dudek, Kuklis) so it will be curious whether, after all, we made any good business this summer. It doesn't look that way, sadly.

What is the biggest current problem at your club? Lack of stability and the perspective. For a club that have come through so much lately, we need to have a plan, structures and something more than friendly football agency that keeps sending us same players. It's enough to say that the only plan for the transfer window we had was to use contacts in France that Tarasiewicz made few years ago.

How do you see your club performing this season? It will be a long season, definitely. I don't think we have enough to make it for the top eight, but that doesn't mean I don't see five or six sides that are either weaker than we are, or are playing worse football than we do. I hope we kick off with the right attitude and then Tarasiewicz will build team's confidence on it. Things may happen then.i Patryk Czarny

Photos: WKSZawisza.pl

The Fantasy Liga In association with:

Wirtualna Polska’s Fantasy Liga is back for another edition in for the start of the 2013-14 season, and EKSTRKLASAreview.co.uk mini-league for it’s readers to join and compete with other readers! The Fantasy Liga is free to sign up for, and as long asd you register before the first kick-off of the season (Zagłębie Lubin Pogon Szczecin; 18:00 CET, 19th July) you can start earning points from the start! Transfers will be allowed between every league round, although you will be charged points should you exceed two transfers per league round. So you want to play? Great! It’s easy to get started. 1. Register at http://www.fantasyliga.wp.pl 2. Choose your team name and colours.

3. Select your squad of 15 players with a budget of 25 million złótys, making sure you select one player as a captain. 4. Join the EKSTRAKLASAreview mini-league by entering the league’s passcode: 463248156.

To give you a little bit of help, #Ekstraklasa Magazine’s editors Michał Zachodny and Ryan Hubbard give you a sneak peek at their team line-ups and formations.

Pociąg z Sosem Manager: Ryan Hubbard In an attempt at the most pointless team name, Pociąg z Sosem will be aiming to lift the EKSTRAKLASAreview Fantasy Liga title. However, the only thing they have a chance of winning is the “Most Pointless Team Name” title. Jasmin Burić (Lech Poznań): With Lech missing out on the league title to their main rivals, they will be out for revenge. A strong defence, with a commanding goalkeeper will be important for that. Damian Zbozień (Piast Gliwice):

One of the most improved players last season, Zbozień was an important part of Piast’s surprise 4th placed finish. Still very young, and being ousted from his place at Legia, he will be keen to impress once more. Csaba Horvath (Piast Gliwice): Missing a chunk of the season after breaking his arm, Slovakian Horvath will be out to impress his new boss after moving from Zagłębie. Once an important part of the Miedziowi de fence, he could be an important addition in Gliwice. Jakub Tosik (Jagiellonia Białystok):

Aleksander Kwiek (Zagłębie Lubin): Following his former Polonia boss Piotr Stokowiec, Tosik headed eastwards to jon a notoriously strong back line at Jagiellon- One of the most important players at Górnik last term, his move ia. He could however be hampered if they don’t sort out their to Zagłębie is a great addition for the Lower Silesians. Along side Jeż, Piątek and Przybecki, they’ll be one of the toughest disciplinary record from Hajto’s reign. midfields in the league. Piotr Malarczyk (Korona Kielce): Vladimir Boljević (Cracovia): With Korona showing glimpses of capability during Spring Malarczyk was one who impressed. Chipping in with a goal or Cracovia’s leading scorer on their way to promotion, he will be two, he could add valuable points. the man they turn to if they harbour hopes of survival. He knows how to score goals, and can follow the example set by Kasper Hamalainen© (Lech Poznań): Robert Demjan - top scorers don’t neccesarily need to be at the bigger teams. With Lech’s midfield one of the strongest in the league, it was only natural to look there for someone to join the team. In Łukasz Teodorczyk (Lech Poznań): Hamalainen, they have a young, talented midfielder who can go on to be one of the league’s best. Form faded following his move from Warsaw in winter, but a confidence boost arrived with his first Kolejorz goal. A recent Dani Quintana (Jagiellonia Białystok): friendly hat-trick against Nordsjaelland has shown that maybe Mariusz Rumak has figured out how best to deploy him. Two players from Jagiellonia? Well, when one is Dani Quintana, how can you say no? One of Jaga’s key players last term, Sub: Marcin Skrzeszewski (Cracovia), Paweł Zieliński they’ll need goals from him as they are lacking in strikers. (Zawisza), Damian Buras (Wisła), Kamil Zieliński (Pogoń). Łukasz Madej (Górnik Zabrze): Another who will need to chip in with goals if their club wants to improve, Madej has shown before he has the ability. With Górnik’s midfield a strong point, he’ll get an assist or two.

KTBFFH FC Manager: Michał Zachodny Hernani (Brazil, Pogoń Szczecin): Now I know that Pogoń were simply awful last season and it's only a miracle that they have not went down, but I'm sure that Dariusz Wdowczyk got their defence working again. He scores some goals from set-pieces too. Christopher Oualembo (DR Congo, Lechia Gdańsk): Lechia's full back has some great experience and although he suffered from injuries recently, I hope that he will be vital in their improved performances this season. David Abwo (Nigeria, Zagłębie Lubin): Pacy and sometimes even dangerous - occasionally playing as well. He could be bargain if Pavel Hapal somehow teaches him how to play with the ball at his feet! Hélio Pinto (Portugal, Legia Warszawa): Heard only good things about him since his move to Warsaw and early summer games have shown that his qualities will only improve the champions. Dani Quintana (Spain, Jagiellonia Białystok): A "must" in the squad really, with his dribbling skills and vision, Spanish midfielder should be one of better creators not only at Jaga, To make things interesting in picking your own Fantasy but in the whole league. team, there has to be a twist. Once I was picking players with only "animal" names, now I went for foreigners only. Daisuke Matsui (Japan, Lechia Gdańsk): I was sceptical With quite a few of them coming to the Ekstraklasa this at first, knowing that his recent seasons were mostly poor summer, of a better quality too, I thought that this will finally and he looked like he is already on the other side of the make my team more competitive. Or at least I tried! career, but his experience and technique got telling in friendPavel Steinbors (Latvia, Górnik Zabrze): I have heard a lot of good things about him and with Łukasz Skorupski on the move, I think he may play for Adam Nawałka's team. Can only hope they won't leak so many goals this term though! Dudu Paraiba (Brazil, Sląsk Wrocław): Taken out of nowhere - or Mexican second division - he is still a very attacking-minded left-back, someone who will definitely chip in few assists, with some goals from set-pieces as well. This is how he played at Widzew!

lies Lechia played. Should be their new leader. Henrik Ojamaa (Estonia, Legia Warszawa): Another signing of the champions and they have beaten Lech to sign this striker. His story is great - he came out of the blue recently in Scotland and should be as dangerous in Poland as well. Marco Paixao (Portugal, Sląsk Wrocław): His movement is great, he has an instinct and can play in few positions at once. Maybe not scoring as much as Sląsk fans hopes, but I see a lot of potential in their new signing.

Subs: Oleksij Szlakotin (Ukraine, Korona Kielce), Michal Pavol Stano (Slovakia, Korona Kielce): Often used as a Piter-Bucko (Slovakia, Podbeskidzie), Kim Min-kyun (South striker by Leszek Ojrzyński, he may cost me some nerves Korea, Jagiellonia), Abdul Ouedraogo (Ivory Coast, Pogoń with occasional red card, but I'm more than sure that he will Szczecin). find the net at least few times. Strong, tall and perfect in mind of Tony Pulis.

Matchday/Kolejka 1 - 20-21 July/Lipca

Matchday/Kolejka 4 - 10-11 August/Sierpnia

Cracovia - Piast Gliwice

21 July, 18:00

Lech Poznań - Korona Kielce

11 August, 18:00

Korona Kielce - Śląsk Wrocław

21 July, 15:30

Lechia Gdańsk - Cracovia

10 August, 18:00

Lechia Gdańsk - Podbeskidzie

22 July, 18:00

Piast Gliwice - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

12 August, 18:00

Legia Warszawa - Widzew Łódź

20 July, 18:00

Podbeskidzie - Zagłębie Lubin

9 August, 18:00

Ruch Chorzów - Lech Poznań

21 July, 20:30

Pogoń Szczecin - Śląsk Wrocław

11 August, 15:30

Wisła Kraków - Górnik Zabrze

19 July, 20:30

Ruch Chorzów - Legia Warszawa

10 August, 20:30

Zagłębie Lubin - Pogoń Szczecin

19 July, 18:00

Widzew Łódź - Górnik Zabrze

10 August, 15:30

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Jagiellonia

20 July, 15:30

Wisła Kraków - Jagiellonia Białystok 9 August, 20:30

Matchday/Kolejka 2 - 27-28 July/Lipca

Matchday/Kolejka 5 - 24-25 August/Sierpnia

Korona Kielce - Wisła Kraków

29 July, 18:00

Górnik Zabrze - Ruch Chorzów

Lech Poznań - Cracovia

28 July, 20:30

Jagiellonia Białystok - Pogoń Szczecin

Piast Gliwice - Zagłębie Lubin

28 July, 15:30

Korona Kielce - Piast Gliwice

Podbeskidzie - Górnik Zabrze

27 July, 18:00

Legia Warszawa - Lechia Gdańsk

Pogoń Szczecin - Legia Warszawa

27 July, 20:30

Śląsk Wrocław - Widzew Łódź

Ruch Chorzów - Lechia Gdańsk

26 July, 18:00

Wisła Kraków - Lech Poznań

Śląsk Wrocław - Jagiellonia Białystok 28 July, 18:00

Zagłębie Lubin - Cracovia

Widzew Łódź - Zawisza Bydgoszcz 26 July, 20:30

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Matchday/Kolejka 3 - 3-4 August/Sierpnia

Matchday/Kolejka 6 31 Aug/Sierpnia1 Sept/Września

Cracovia - Ruch Chorzów

2 August, 18:00

Cracovia - Legia Warszawa

Górnik Zabrze - Piast Gliwice

4 August, 15:30

Lech Poznań - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Lechia Gdańsk - Jagiellonia Białystok 5 August, 18:00

Lechia Gdańsk - Górnik Zabrze

Legia Warszawa - Podbeskidzie

3 August, 20:30

Piast Gliwice - Śląsk Wrocław

Śląsk Wrocław - Wisła Kraków

4 August, 18:00

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Korona Kielce

Widzew Łódź - Korona Kielce

3 August, 18:00

Pogoń Szczecin - Wisła Kraków

Zagłębie Lubin - Lech Poznań

4 August, 20:30

Ruch Chorzów - Zagłębie Lubin

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Pogoń Szczecin 2 August, 20:30

Widzew Łódź - Jagiellonia Białystok

Matchday/Kolejka 7 1415 September/Września

Matchday/Kolejka 10 2829 September/Września

Górnik Zabrze - Zagłębie Lubin

Cracovia - Pogoń Szczecin

Jagiellonia Białystok - Ruch Chorzów

Górnik Zabrze - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Korona Kielce - Legia Warszawa

Lech Poznań - Widzew Łódź

Pogoń Szczecin - Lechia Gdańsk

Lechia Gdańsk - Korona Kielce

Śląsk Wrocław - Lech Poznań

Legia Warszawa - Śląsk Wrocław

Widzew Łódź - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Piast Gliwice

Wisła Kraków - Piast Gliwice

Ruch Chorzów - Wisła Kraków

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Cracovia

Zagłębie Lubin - Jagiellonia Białystok

Matchday/Kolejka 8 2122 September/Września

Matchday/Kolejka 11 56 October/Października

Cracovia - Wisła Kraków

Jagiellonia Białystok - Cracovia

Lech Poznań - Pogoń Szczecin

Piast Gliwice - Ruch Chorzów

Lechia Gdańsk - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Lech Poznań

Legia Warszawa - Górnik Zabrze

Pogoń Szczecin - Górnik Zabrze

Piast Gliwice - Widzew Łódź

Śląsk Wrocław - Zagłębie Lubin

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Jagiellonia Białystok

Widzew Łódź - Lechia Gdańsk

Ruch Chorzów - Śląsk Wrocław

Wisła Kraków - Legia Warszawa

Zagłębie Lubin - Korona Kielce

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Korona Kielce

Matchday/Kolejka 9 25 September/Września

Matchday/Kolejka 12 1920 October/Października

Jagiellonia Białystok - Legia Warszawa

Cracovia - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Korona Kielce - Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze - Śląsk Wrocław

Piast Gliwice - Lech Poznań

Korona Kielce - Jagiellonia Białystok

Pogoń Szczecin - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Lechia Gdańsk - Lech Poznań

Śląsk Wrocław - Cracovia

Legia Warszawa - Piast Gliwice

Widzew Łódź - Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów - Pogoń Szczecin

Wisła Kraków - Lechia Gdańsk

Zagłębie Lubin - Widzew Łódź

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Zagłębie Lubin

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Wisła Kraków

Matchday/Kolejka 13 2627 October/Października

Matchday/Kolejka 16 - 9-10 November/Listopada

Jagiellonia Białystok - Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze - Wisła Kraków

Lech Poznań - Legia Warszawa

Jagiellonia Białystok - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Piast Gliwice - Lechia Gdańsk

Lech Poznań - Ruch Chorzów

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Ruch Chorzów

Piast Gliwice - Cracovia

Pogoń Szczecin - Korona Kielce

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Lechia Gdańsk

Śląsk Wrocław - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Pogoń Szczecin - Zagłębie Lubin

Widzew Łódź - Cracovia

Śląsk Wrocław - Korona Kielce

Wisła Kraków - Zagłębie Lubin

Widzew Łódź - Legia Warszawa

Matchday/Kolejka 14 30 October/Października

Matchday/Kolejka 17 - 23-24 November/Listopada

Górnik Zabrze - Cracovia

Cracovia - Lech Poznań

Jagiellonia Białystok - Lech Poznań

Górnik Zabrze - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Korona Kielce - Ruch Chorzów

Jagiellonia Białystok - Śląsk Wrocław

Pogoń Szczecin - Piast Gliwice

Lechia Gdańsk - Ruch Chorzów

Śląsk Wrocław - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Legia Warszawa - Pogoń Szczecin

Wisła Kraków - Widzew Łódź

Wisła Kraków - Korona Kielce

Zagłębie Lubin - Lechia Gdańsk

Zagłębie Lubin - Piast Gliwice

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Legia Warszawa

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Widzew Łódź

Matchday/Kolejka 15 - 2-3 November/Listopada

Matchday/Kolejka 18 - 30 Nov/Listopada-1 Dec/Grudnia

Cracovia - Korona Kielce

Jagiellonia Białystok - Lechia Gdańsk

Lech Poznań - Górnik Zabrze

Korona Kielce - Widzew Łódź

Lechia Gdańsk - Śląsk Wrocław

Lech Poznań - Zagłębie Lubin

Legia Warszawa - Zagłębie Lubin

Piast Gliwice - Górnik Zabrze

Piast Gliwice - Jagiellonia Białystok

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Legia Warszawa

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Wisła Kraków

Pogoń Szczecin - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Ruch Chorzów - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Ruch Chorzów - Cracovia

Widzew Łódź - Pogoń Szczecin

Wisła Kraków - Śląsk Wrocław

Matchday/Kolejka 19 - 4 December/Grudnia

Matchday/Kolejka 22 - 15-16 February/Lutego

Cracovia - Lechia Gdańsk

Cracovia - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Górnik Zabrze - Widzew Łódź

Lech Poznań - Śląsk Wrocław

Jagiellonia Białystok - Wisła Kraków

Lechia Gdańsk - Pogoń Szczecin

Korona Kielce - Lech Poznań

Legia Warszawa - Korona Kielce

Legia Warszawa - Ruch Chorzów

Piast Gliwice - Wisła Kraków

Śląsk Wrocław - Pogoń Szczecin

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Widzew Łódź

Zagłębie Lubin - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Ruch Chorzów - Jagiellonia Białystok

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Piast Gliwice

Zagłębie Lubin - Górnik Zabrze

Matchday/Kolejka 20 - 7-8 December/Grudnia

Matchday/Kolejka 23 - 22-23 February/Lutego

Cracovia - Zagłębie Lubin

Górnik Zabrze - Legia Warszawa

Lech Poznań - Wisła Kraków

Jagiellonia Białystok - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Lechia Gdańsk - Legia Warszawa

Korona Kielce - Zagłębie Lubin

Piast Gliwice - Korona Kielce

Pogoń Szczecin - Lech Poznań

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Śląsk Wrocław - Ruch Chorzów

Pogoń Szczecin - Jagiellonia Białystok

Widzew Łódź - Piast Gliwice

Ruch Chorzów - Górnik Zabrze

Wisła Kraków - Cracovia

Widzew Łódź - Śląsk Wrocław

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Lechia Gdańsk

Matchday/Kolejka 21 - 14-15 December/Grudnia

Matchday/Kolejka 24 - 1-2 March/Marca

Górnik Zabrze - Lechia Gdańsk

Cracovia - Śląsk Wrocław

Jagiellonia Białystok - Widzew Łódź

Górnik Zabrze - Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Lech Poznań - Piast Gliwice

Legia Warszawa - Cracovia

Lechia Gdańsk - Wisła Kraków

Śląsk Wrocław - Piast Gliwice

Legia Warszawa - Jagiellonia Białystok

Wisła Kraków - Pogoń Szczecin

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Pogoń Szczecin

Zagłębie Lubin - Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów - Widzew Łódź

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Lech Poznań

Zagłębie Lubin - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Matchday/Kolejka 25 - 8-9 March/Marca

Matchday/Kolejka 28 - 29-30 March/Marca

Jagiellonia Białystok - Zagłębie Lubin

Cracovia - Widzew Łódź

Korona Kielce - Lechia Gdańsk

Górnik Zabrze - Jagiellonia Białystok

Piast Gliwice - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Korona Kielce - Pogoń Szczecin

Pogoń Szczecin - Cracovia

Lechia Gdańsk - Piast Gliwice

Śląsk Wrocław - Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa - Lech Poznań

Widzew Łódź - Lech Poznań

Ruch Chorzów - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Wisła Kraków - Ruch Chorzów

Zagłębie Lubin - Wisła Kraków

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Górnik Zabrze

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Śląsk Wrocław

Matchday/Kolejka 26 - 15-16 March/Marca

Matchday/Kolejka 29 - 5-6 April/Kwietnia

Cracovia - Jagiellonia Białystok

Cracovia - Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze - Pogoń Szczecin

Lech Poznań - Jagiellonia Białystok

Korona Kielce - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Lechia Gdańsk - Zagłębie Lubin

Lech Poznań - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Legia Warszawa - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Lechia Gdańsk - Widzew Łódź

Piast Gliwice - Pogoń Szczecin

Legia Warszawa - Wisła Kraków

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Śląsk Wrocław

Ruch Chorzów - Piast Gliwice

Ruch Chorzów - Korona Kielce

Zagłębie Lubin - Śląsk Wrocław

Widzew Łódź - Wisła Kraków

Matchday/Kolejka 27 - 22-23 March/Marca

Matchday/Kolejka 30 - 12-13 April/Kwietnia

Jagiellonia Białystok - Korona Kielce

Górnik Zabrze - Lech Poznań

Lech Poznań - Lechia Gdańsk

Jagiellonia Białystok - Piast Gliwice

Piast Gliwice - Legia Warszawa

Korona Kielce - Cracovia

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała - Cracovia

Pogoń Szczecin - Widzew Łódź

Pogoń Szczecin - Ruch Chorzów

Śląsk Wrocław - Lechia Gdańsk

Śląsk Wrocław - Górnik Zabrze

Wisła Kraków - Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Widzew Łódź - Zagłębie Lubin

Zagłębie Lubin - Legia Warszawa

Wisła Kraków - Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Zawisza Bydgoszcz - Ruch Chorzów

After 30 rounds, the T-Mobile Ekstraklasa will be split into two groups of eight. The “Championship Group” will consist of the teams finishing Matchday 30 in positions 1-8, whilst the “Relegation Group” will consist of the teams finishing Matchday 30 in positions 9-16. Here, the points total will be halved and rounded up, before the teams play a further seven rounds. The winners of the “Championship Group” will be crowned as Ekstraklasa winners, whilst the two teams at the bottom of the “Relegation Group” will be demoted to the Pierwsza Liga.

Matchday/Kolejka 31 - 26-27 April/Kwietnia Matchday/Kolejka 32 - 3-4 May/Maja Matchday/Kolejka 33 - 10-11 May/Maja Matchday/Kolejka 34 - 17-18 May/Maja Matchday/Kolejka 35 - 24-25 May/Maja Matchday/Kolejka 36 - 28 May/Maja Matchday/Kolejka 37 - 31 May/Maja All kick-off times are in local (Polish) time, and are subject to change.

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