The Akademia Lechia Gdańsk (Lechia Gdańsk Academy) is Lechia Gdańsk's academy section of the football club. Lechia Gdańsk II also serve as the team's official 2nd team. The Lechia Gdańsk II team is also sometimes referred to as Lechia II Gdańsk and as LG2.
The Academy Since the early years of the clubs formation they have often had an academy to some degree with the focus of developing youth players for the first team.
In 2010 Lechia Gdańsk and Grupa Lotos set up the Akademia Piłkarska Lechia Gdańsk (APLG) () meaning that development of youth players could be done away from the club itself, a decision which meant the club could focus more on the first team and because it was expected that it would be easier for the academy to get addition funds if it was not totally connected to the club. After five years of close cooperation there were disagreements with Lechia and APLG about the training of players, eventually leading to Lechia to reintroduce the academy into the club that year.
In 2015 it was announced that all of the youth teams would once again be returning to Lechia, with Lechia taking control of coaching and player development. It was announced that there would be 11 age groups which would make up the Academy starting from the Under-7's to the Under-23's. After 3 years, the Lechia Academy had 12 teams under their control, with other 200 staff seeing over the development. From the summer of 2019 the academy will be home to multiple levels of girls football teams with the formal incorporation of the Lechia Gdańsk Ladies into the Lechia Gdańsk structure.
2020-21 season Team LeagueUnder-15'sCentral Junior League U15 (group B)Under-17'sCentral Junior League U17 (group B)Under-18'sCentral Junior League U19Under-23's(Lechia II)IV liga (Pomerania)
Partnerships
Lechia have partnerships with academies in the Gdańsk and surrounding regions. The agreements provide Lechia with the best players, the teams to take part in competitions organised by Lechia, and better training for the coaches. Currently Lechia have partnerships with the Rotmanka Football School, APK Jedynka Kartuzy, GAP Sparta Gdańsk, and Unia Tczew.
Current partnerships Team Agreement start Agreement untilRotmanka Football School2014June 2021APK Jedynka KartuzySeptember 2019Not statedGAP Sparta GdańskJanuary 2020Not statedUnia TczewAugust 2020Not stated
Lechia II
The Lechia Under-23's are also known as Lechia II, due to the team playing in the Polish leagues. As of the 2019–20 season, Lechia II are playing in the "IV liga Pomerania" league, the fifth tier of Polish football. Due to the rules of 2nd teams, only 3 players in the match day squad can be over the age of 23.
The Lechia II team was first introduced for the 1953–54 Polish Cup, with the second team's first official game being on 15 November 1953 against ŁKS Łódź. The team took part in three further Cup competitions after 1953 until the 2005–06 season when the second team became a permanent squad within the club. In 2016 it was announced that Lechia would be discontinuing the second team. Lechia reversed this decision two seasons later and introduced the reserve team again for the start of the 2018–19 season.
Shortly after reforming the second team, the club had issues relating to training pitches and where a stadium where league matches could be played. Lechia II ended up playing its matches in Kolbudy, but issues towards the end of the 2021–22 season meant that this was no longer a viable option for either the club or team. Due to being unable to find a suitable ground to play matches at, Lechia II were disbanded for the 2022–23 season.
Seasons
Lechia II seasons
Season League Tier Position Matches Points W D L GF GA2005–06Klasa okręgowa - Gdańsk IIVI1st22551741110182006–07Klasa okręgowa - Gdańsk I1st3065198374182007–08IV Liga PomoraniaV9th34521571261422008–09IV Liga Pomorania3rd3056175856412009–10IV Liga Pomorania1st3060179463192010–11III Liga Grupa DIV9th30431271137312011–12III Liga Grupa D9th30381151435362012–13III Liga Grupa D4th30461371043322013–14III Liga Grupa D10th30421261259512014–15III Liga Grupa D2nd30581610463332015–16III Liga Grupa D9th30441351238322016–18 Lechia had no second team2018–19IV Liga PomoraniaV5th3667207981442019–20IV Liga Pomorania8th172675538202020–21IV Liga Pomorania11th29391161265552021–22IV Liga Pomorania5th29451431272562022–present Lechia have no second team
Notes
Honours
Honours for the Lechia II team
III Liga Runners up: 2014–15 IV Liga Winners: 2009–10 Third place: 2008–09 Klasa okręgowa - Gdańsk Group I Winners: 2006–07 Klasa okręgowa - Gdańsk Group II Winners: 2005–06 Regional Polish Cup (Pomeranian Voivodeship) Runners-up: 2007–08
Academy graduates Players of note who advanced through the Lechia academy who either; played for their national team, played in the Ekstraklasa, or had a long and successful career with Lechia.
1940's–1950's Bogdan Adamczyk Bogdan Araminowicz 1960's Stanisław Burzyński Józef Gładysz Jerzy Jastrzębowski Zdzisław Puszkarz 1970's Tomasz Korynt 1980's Jacek Grembocki Marcin Kaczmarek Andrzej Marchel Mariusz Pawlak Sławomir Wojciechowski 1990's Dawid Banaczek Tomasz Borkowski Tomasz Dawidowski Marcin Mięciel Sebastian Mila Grzegorz Szamotulski Marek Zieńczuk
2000's Mateusz Bąk Marcin Pietrowski Bartłomiej Stolc Damian Szuprytowski 2010's Paweł Dawidowicz Adam Duda Filip Dymerski Karol Fila Przemysław Frankowski Damian Garbacik Łukasz Kacprzycki Rafał Kobryń Kacper Łazaj Juliusz Letniowski Tomasz Makowski Egy Maulana Vikri Mateusz Sopoćko Kacper Urbański Mateusz Żukowski
2020's Bartosz Brzęk Jakub Kałuziński Filip Koperski Kacper Sezonienko Witan Sulaeman
Key Symbol MeaningWon the Ekstraklasa during their careerPlayed in the Ekstraklasa with LechiaNationality the player represented during their international career
2020-21
Team League PositionUnder-23'sIV liga Pomerania11th
IV Liga (Pomeranian group) - 11th
Manager - Dominik Czajka (until 6 March 2021), Maciej Duraś (from 6 March 2021)
Lechia II stats
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGKFilip Łobaczewski002020GKAntoni Mikułko300030GKEryk Mirus800080GKPatryk Prange20010210DFBartosz Brylowski700070DFWiktor Drzazga24020260DFMariusz Duraj10121122DFJakub Kapuściński11000110DFRafał Kobryń310031DFKonrad Kopiczyński001010DFAdam Łabor601070DFIgor Martuszewski500050DFMikołaj Mekler731083DFMykoła Musolitin210021DFPatryk Nowakowski801090DFMateusz Paradowski300030DFMikołaj Pietrzak15120171DFVakaris Skibiniauskas20130231DFŽarko Udovičić200020MFMateusz Borcuch1910222112MFJakub Cieślicki100010MFMichał Formella502070MFMaciej Kaczorowski26131292MFBłażej Kaim200020
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsMFJakub Kałuziński510051MFFilip Koperski101020MFEgzon Kryeziu200020MFKarol Landowski26311274MFDominik Majer1901090MFEgy Maulana Vikri220022MFAmadeusz Mielnik721083MFWiktor Mosur9231123MFMarek Niewiadomski21611153MFKrystian Okoniewski300030MFMikołąj Rakowski14121162MFMateusz Sadło16610171MFMichał Sadowski1031131MFMateusz Sopoćko120012MFRyszard Sumiński811091MFRadosław Tuleja14010150MFKacper Urbański510051MFMateusz Wiewiórski602080MFCyprian Włodarczyk101020MFMaciej Zagraba800080FWJakub Arak100010FWRicardo Goncalves11330143FWMaciej Kowalski200020FWMateusz Żukowski450045
2019-20
Team League PositionUnder-23'sIV liga Pomerania8th
IV Liga (Pomeranian group) - 8th
Manager - Dominik Czajka
Lechia II stats
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGKZlatan Alomerović400040GKStefan Chmielewski001010GKFilip Łobaczewski102030GKEryk Mirus001010GKPatryk Prange100010GKMaciej Woźniak12000120DFAdam Chrzanowski810081DFFilip Dymerski900090DFJakub Kapuściński301040DFRafał Kobryń910091DFJan Kopania1002020DFMario Maloča100010DFMikołaj Pietrzak100010DFŽarko Udovičić200020DFMaksymilian Woltman100010DFPaweł Żuk16100161MFMateusz Borcuch603191MFMateusz Cegiełka14030170MFJakub Cieślicki301040MFMiłosz Dziurzyński201030MFMaciej Gajos230023MFPiotr Gryszkiewicz16334197MFMaciej Kaczorowski702090MFJakub Kałuziński100010
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsMFSamuel Lewandowski202040MFPatryk Lipski420042MFKuba Lizakowski610061MFDaniel Łukasik100010MFEgy Maulana Vikri520052MFJaroslav Mihalík230023MFDaniel Mikołajewski11130141MFMarek Niewiadomski100010MFAdrian Petk13232164MFDmytro Posyliuzhnyi100010MFMikołąj Rakowski302050MFSebastian Rugowski13633169MFKamil Rusinek200020MFDominik Rycewicz300030MFKacper Sezonienko100010MFMateusz Sopoćko100010MFKacper Urbański101121MFRafał Wolski120012MFMarcel Wszołek15130181FWJakub Arak460046FWFlávio Paixão210021FWFilip Szymański603090FWMateusz Żukowski220022
2018-19
Team League PositionUnder-15'sCentral Junior League U15Group BAutumn league - 5thSpring league -5thUnder-17'sCentral Junior League U17Group BAutumn league - 3rdSpring league -2ndUnder-19'sCentral Junior League U-19Liga Makroregionalna Group B1stUnder-23'sIV liga Pomerania5th
IV Liga (Pomeranian group) - 5th
Manager - Dominik Czajka
Lechia II stats
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGKZlatan Alomerović2---2-GKKacper Chomicz--1-1-GKDušan Kuciak1---1-GKKuba Michałowski3-3-6-GKMaciej Woźniak22---22-DFBłażej Augustyn1---1-DFAdam Chrzanowski8---8-DFWiktor Drzazga--1-1-DFFilip Dymerski16-3-19-DFJoão Nunes1---1-DFMateusz Kaczyński1---1-DFJakub Kapuściński7-1-8-DFJan Kopania9121112DFPaweł Lekowski2-2-4-DFMateusz Lewandowski112--112DFMaciej Marek8---8-DFSteven Vitória1---1-DFMarcin Wiśniewski2-3-5-DFGrzegorz Wojtkowiak17-21191MFAriel Borysiuk54--54MFMateusz Cegiełka2411-251MFJakub Cieślicki3-2-5-MFJakub Dąbrowski--3131MFKarol Fila3---3-MFAleksander Gabryel--1111MFPiotr Gryszkiewicz15222174MFAdam Juszczyński3-3161MFMiloš Krasić5-3383
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsMFAdam Kucznier6---6-MFBartosz Kuźniarski16-2-18-MFKarol Landowski2024-222MFKuba Lizakowski18131212MFTomasz Makowski61--61MFDominik Majer--1-1-MFEgy Maulana Vikri1613--1613MFKonrad Michalak1---1-MFDaniel Mikołajewski143--143MFMarek Niewiadomski--1-1-MFSławomir Peszko41--41MFAdrian Petk2112-231MFDmytro Posyliuzhnyi4-1-5-MFSebastian Rugowski24512257MFDominik Rycewicz6-4-10-MFFlorian Schikowski32--32MFMateusz Sopoćko166--166MFRafał Włodarczyk3-1-4-MFRafał Wolski1---1-MFMarcel Wszołek9112103FWJakub Arak2---2-FWPrzemysław Macierzyński10223125FWMichał Mak3---3-FWKacper Sezonienko--1-1-FWKamil Sikora41--41FWArtur Sobiech1---1-FWDominik Szukiełowicz16-1-17-FWMateusz Żukowski1310--1310
Those players marked in grey were over the age of 23 for the 2018–19 season but made at least one appearance for the second team.
2015-16
III Liga (Group D) - 9th place
Manager - Adam Fedoruk
Lechia II stats
League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsGKMateusz Bąk17-1-18-GKŁukasz Budziłek10---10-GKDamian Podleśny1---1-GKKajetan Zalewski2-1-3-DFAdam Chrzanowski12-1-13-DFBartłomiej Danowski16-1-17-DFAdam Dźwigała72--72DFGerson3---3-DFCezary Głon10-1-11-DFMateusz Goerke2712-292DFMateusz Gołębiewski6---6-DFDaniel Górski2712-29-DFMiłosz Kałahur10-1-11-DFNikola Leković3---3-DFNeven Marković71--71DFBernard Powszuk8---8-DFRudinilson Silva21-1-22-DFPaweł Stolarski2---2-DFMateusz Toporek11---11-DFTiago Valente152--152MFMichał Chrapek4-1-5-MFKarol Fila8---8- League Cup Total Pos. Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsMFMartin Kobylański32--32MFJakub Kostyrka10---10-MFJuliusz Letniowski23522257MFDaniel Łukasik2---2-MFTomasz Makowski6---6-MFIgor Michalski2---2-MFBruno Nazário61--61MFOskar Paprzycki1822-202MFBartłomiej Pawłowski1---1-MFArtur Stawikowski1---1-MFMaciej Wolski1512-171MFDaniel Woźniak6-2-8-FWAdam Buksa2---2-FWAdam Gołuński29221313FWLukáš Haraslín12--12FWDawid Karczewski12-1-13-FWPrzemysław Macierzyński174--174FWMichał Mak23--23FWAlbin Teresiński3-1-4-FWPiotr Wiśniewski53--53FWMichał Żebrakowski15411165