User:OLLSZCZ/Lechia Gdańsk players

This is a list of Lechia Gdańsk players who would not receive wikipidea pages in their own right or had their pages deleted for notoriety reasons, so I have listed them here in my own personal draft space in case anyone was interested to know more about the players. For a full list of Lechia Gdańsk players who have pages on Wikipedia look here. For a full list of all known Lechia Gdańsk players and their stats for Lechia, please look here (page creation in progress).

Why would these players not receive a page in their own right?
 * The rules state in WP:NFOOTBALL that a player must play in a professional league, for Poland this counts as the top two divisions; Ekstraklasa and I liga.
 * As a result to the first statement, players who have played for Lechia during times of their history when the club was not in the top two tiers, this would discount their time at Lechia as not having notoriety. However, if the player is documented to have played for any other club in a professional league around the world they will be entitled to their own page and wont be listed here.
 * Even if they player has passed the rule of WP:NFOOTBALL some players have very little information about them, especially in the early years of Lechia's history. This can then lead them to fail WP:GNG.
 * If the player only played in cup games for Lechia and there is no information that he played for another club in a professional league.

I hope that if you are here this list of players will be helpful to you.

Jarosław Ambroziak
Jarosław Ambroziak (born 8 July 1962) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a defender for Stoczniowiec Gdańsk and Lechia Gdańsk.

Beginning his career with Stoczniowiec Gdańsk, Andruszczak spent five seasons playing in defence for the Gdańsk based team. His career started while Stoczniowiec were playing in the II liga, Poland's second highest division, before the club suffered relegation after the 1981–82 season. Andruszczak continued to play for the club for another three full seasons before leaving in 1985. In 1986 he joined Lechia Gdańsk, who at the time were playing in the I liga, Poland's top division. Andruszczak made his I liga and Lechia debut on 3 August 1986 against Zagłębie Lubin. Andruszczak became known as a tough tackling defender during his time with Lechia, and was the clubs most booked player during the 1986–87 season. During his first season with Lechia he made 21 appearances in the league, with an additional appearance in a relegation playoff against Ruch Chorzów. The following season was more difficult for both Lechia and Andruszczak, with Andruszczak managing only 3 appearances for the first team and subsequently leaving during the winter break, and Lechia suffering relegation after losing their relegation playoff matches. In total, Andruszczak made 24 appearances in the I liga, and 25 in all competitions for Lechia.

Leszek Antos
Leszek Antos (10 April 1935 – 8 January 2000) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. Despite making 18 appearances in the I liga (Poland's top division at the time), his career was mostly spent playing with Broń Radom.

Career
Born in Radom, Antos started his career with his local side Broń Radom in 1952. He would continue to play with Broń until he joined Flota Gdynia as part of his two-year mandatory military service. After these two years, Antos returned to Broń, playing the next two seasons with the club. In 1960 he joined Lechia Gdańsk who were playing in the I liga, Poland's highest division. He made his Lechia and I liga debut on 20 March 1960 against ŁKS Łódź. In his first season with Lechia he played in 11 games, however he struggled to fully break into the first team playing in only half of the league games that season. The following season saw Antos struggle more within the team, playing in only 7 of the teams 26 league games that season, starting only three of the games. In total Antos made 18 appearances for Lechia in I liga. After the conclusion of the 1961 season Antos returned to Broń for his third spell. He spent a further 9 seasons with Broń before retiring in 1971. After his playing career ended Antos went into coaching, managing youth squads at Broń Radom, as well as the first team with Czarni Radom.

While Broń Radom never hit the hights of the I liga, Antos is most well known for his three spells and 15 years playing career with his boyhood club. While often playing within the lower leagues Antos still made an impact with his footballing ability, and is regarded by Broń Radom as still being one of their most famous players. During his time with Broń, he represented the city of Radom twice in games against the Poland national football team. Antos scored Broń's first goal in a 3–3 draw with the national team in 1958, and played again in the 7–0 defeat in 1962. He also represented Radom against the Poland B team in 1959, scoring Radom's goal in their 2–1 defeat.

After his retirement, Antos was recognised as being one of the greatest players to ever represent Bron Radom. On Bron's 70th anniversary the club released an all time XI, with Antos ranking as the second greatest player to have played for the club.

Stanisław Bogucki
Stanisław Bogucki (born 15 February 1949) was a footballer who played as a midfielder. He played in the youth sides of Lechia Gdańsk between 1961-1968, during which time he won many youth tournaments with the club. He joined Flota Gdynia between 1968-70 while he was on his mandatory military service. He returned back to Lechia in 1970 and made his only appearance for the club on 15 November 1970 against Lech Poznań in front of a 20,000 strong crowd in the third tier. He left Lechia in 1972, being documented to have played for MRKS Gdańsk after leaving Lechia from 1972-1980.

Tomasz Borowiec
Tomasz Borowiec (born 12 April 1979) is a former Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career
Borowiec started his career with Parasol Wrocław, a sports club that focuses on youth development and has a cooperation with Śląsk Wrocław. He progressed to the Parasol first team in 1997, and had a loan move to WKS Wieluń in 1998. After returning to Parasol he progressed and joined the Śląsk Wrocław team for the 1999–2000 season. He failed to make a first team appearance for Śląsk in his first few months with the club and went on loan to Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki. While with Świt he made 2 appearances in the II liga, Poland's second division, before being recalled by Śląsk during the winter break and making a permanent move back to Parasol Wrocław. After six months with Parasol Borowiec joined Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk. He made his Lechia-Polonia debut on 9 August 2000 against Polonia Lidzbark Warmiński in the Polish Cup. Borowiec had to wait nine months until he had the chance to play for Lechia-Polonia in the league, making his only league appearance for the club on 5 May 2001 against KS Myszków in the II liga, in what would be his final match before retiring from playing at the end of the season.

Arkadiusz Borucki
Arkadiusz Borucki (6 January 1948 - 28 September 1969) was born in Gdańsk and a footballer who played as a forward. Borucki made only one appearance for Lechia, coming on 13 August 1967 in the III liga against Olimpia Elbląg. Little else is known about his life, but is documented that he died at the age of 21 on 28 September 1969 in what is described as "tragic circumstances".

Gevorg Gasparian
Gevorg Gasparian (date of birth unknown) is an Armenian footballer who played for Lechia Gdańsk in 1995. It is difficult finding information on the player, but it is known that he played for the Lechia Gdańsk II team in the III liga after the merger of Lechia Gdańsk and Olimpia Poznań created the Olimpia-Lechia Gdańsk team that played in the I liga. Gasparian played 4 times for LG2 having made his debut against Gryf Wejherowo.

Krystian Gergella
Krystian Gergella (8 March 1975 – 29 September 2002) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. Gergella started playing football with the youth sides of Lechia Gdańsk, eventually being promoted to the first team in 1993, playing in the II liga with the team. Gergella made 3 appearances in the league for Lechia during the 1993–94 season, including 2 appearances and a goal in the Polish Cup. Despite being seen as a talented youngster, nothing is known of his footballing career after leaving Lechia. Gergella died on 29 September 2002 after being involved in a car accident.

Józef Grad
Józef Grad (27 March 1933 - 19 August 2013) was a former Polish footballer who played as a forward. He is documented to have played for Lechia Gdańsk in 1952. He made his Lechia debut against Wawel Kraków on 6 April 1952. He never played for Lechia in the league, making all of 4 appearances for the club in the Rally of Young Leaders Cup (Puchar Zlotu Młodych Przodowników), a cup which involved all 12 teams in Poland's top division. Grad died on 19 August 2013 at the age of 80. He had his funeral and is buried in Chwaszczyno.

Benedykt Gumowski
Benedykt Gumowski (born 31 March 1936) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward, and the first person to score a goal in a televised football game in Poland.

Biography
Gumowski started playing football with Lechia Gdańsk, progressing to the first team and making his debut in the Polish Cup against Wisła Kraków. The following season Gumowski made his league debut, starting against ŁKS Łódź in the I liga, Poland's top division. Gumowski joined Polonia Warsaw in 1957, and it was with Polonia in which he made his most notable accomplishment in Polish football. On 10 March 1957 Polonia hosted a friendly game with Gwardia Warsaw in which was the first televised football game in Poland. Polonia won 1–0, with Gumowski scoring the only goal, leading to Gumowski to be the scorer of the first televised goal in Polish football. He later joined AZS AWF Warszawa, where he spent five years playing, before retiring from playing football in 1963.

Kazimierz Januszewski
Kazimierz Januszewski (date of birth and date of death unknown) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. There is very little information available about the player, however it is known that he played for the team from 1945–47, including playing in the teams first ever competitive game. In total Januszewski made 12 appearances and scored 12 goals.

Mariusz Korzępa
Mariusz Korzępa (17 January 1991 – 26 March 2016) was a former Polish footballer who played as a Midfielder.

Biography
Korzępa was born in the small town of Kolbuszowa in South East Poland. Korzępa started playing football in the youth levels of his local team, Kolbuszowianka Kolbuszowa and Orły Rzeszów before joining the the biggest team in the area, Stal Mielec. After four seasons in the Stal youth teams Korzępa was moved to the first team, making his debut in 2008. After 26 league appearances in his first season in the first team, Korzępa joined Ekstraklasa team Lechia Gdańsk. Korzępa instantly joined the Lechia Gdańsk II team to develop, making his debut for the team in a 2-0 win against Czarni Czarne. The following season he made his most appearances for the Lechia II team, with 19 appearances and 4 goals. The following season Korzępa joined Siarka Tarnobrzeg on loan, before making a permanent transfer to Stal Mielec at the end of the season. While playing for Stal against Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski, Korzępa picked up an injury which kept him out for a season. Korzępa then joined Czarni Połaniec, scoring 4 goals in 10 appearances, before quickly returning to play for Stal Mielec for a third time. After only 4 appearances on his return Korzępa joined Siarka Tarnobrzeg for the second time spending 6 months with the team and making 13 appearances in the league. Korzępa joined his final team, Wolczanka Wolka Pelkinska, at the beginning of 2016. He made his only appearance for the team against Orzeł Przeworsk in a 1-1 draw.

On 26 March 2016 Wolczanka Wolka Pelkinska were travelling to play an away game against Avia Świdnik. Eight members of the squad were travelling together in a van, which ended up colliding with a truck. The accident instantly killed three players, Kamil Pydych, Rafał Pydych and Patryk Szewczak. Five other players were seriously injured including Korzępa. Mariusz Korzępa died in hospital 6 days after the accident. Korzępa was due to be married in the summer, and had a 4 month old child. In total the crash killed 5 members of the Wolczanka Wolka Pelkinska squad, and forcing another to retire from their injuries.

Jerzy Licbarski
Jerzy Licbarski (born 13 September 1947) was a former Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is documented to have made one appearance for Lechia in the III liga, making his debut against Pogoń Barlinek on 17 August 1969. He also played for Arka Gdynia making his debut at the age of 16. He is currently the second youngest player to play for Arka in the Polish Cup and the second youngest Arka player of all time.

Janusz Łuczak
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Janusz Łuczak (born 16 February 1942) was a Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper who is known to have played for Lechia Gdańsk in the 1961 I liga season. He made his debut for Lechia on 6 September 1961, playing 45 mins as Lechia eventually lost 6-1 to Stal Mielec.

Kazimierz Skowronek
Kazimierz Skowronek (born 27 February 1937) was a former Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. Although Skowronek played for Lechia Gdańsk in the I liga, there is very little evidence available to expand on his football career. It is known that for Lechia he made one appearance in the league which came in the top division. He made his debut by playing 44 minutes against Polonia Bytom on 10 June 1962 in a 4-0 defeat. He was born in Puławy, Poland.

Bartłomiej Stolc
Bartłomiej Stolc (born 3 April 1983) is a former Polish footballer who played as a forward. Stolc spent his early years playing for his local team Gryf Wejherowo progressing through their youth sides. In 2000 Stolc moved to Lechia Gdańsk, and joined the new Lechia Gdańsk entity which was separate from the Lechia-Polonia Gdańsk team. The new Lechia Gdańsk team had to start in the sixth tier of Polish football, allowing the young Stolc to develop and flourished scoring many goals. By the time he had turned 20, Stolc had already played 76 games for Lechia in all competitions, scoring 81 goals. Other known teams Stolc has played for include Norwegian teams Løvenstad FK, Skedsmo FK, Rælingen FK, and Aurskog-Finstadbru SK. It has also been suggested that he has played for Russian team Lokomotiv Moscow, however it has proven hard to provide evidence for Stolc having any game time for the team due to playing with them in the mid 2000’s. Having retired from football Stolc now lives in Norway.

Team

 * IV liga (pomeranian group)
 * Winners (1): 2003-04


 * Liga okręgowa (group Gdańsk II)
 * Winners (1): 2002-03


 * Klasa A (group Gdańsk IV)
 * Winners (1): 2001-02

Individual

 * League top goal-scorer
 * Klasa A (group Gdańsk IV): 2001-02 (29 goals)
 * Liga okręgowa (group Gdańsk II) 2002-03 (34 goals)

Przemysław Urbański
Przemysław Urbański (born 4 January 1982) is a former Polish footballer who played as a forward. Urbański played his football in the Pomeranian region of Poland, starting his career with Lechia Gdańsk, also playing for Unia Tczew, Czarni Pruszcz Gdański, Bałtyk Gdynia, and GKS Kowale. Since retiring from football Urbański has moved into a coaching role at Lechia Gdańsk working with the Lechia Gdańsk academy. Urbański is the father of professional Polish football player Kacper Urbański.

Ryszard Walkiewicz
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Ryszard Walkiewicz (7 July 1934, Kraków - 26 October 2007, Szczepanów) was a former Polish footballer who played as a forward. He had three different spells with Lechia Gdańsk between 1950 and 1953. He made his Lechia debut on 26 November 1950 in the Polish Cup against Pogoń Szczecin and played for Lechia in the I liga in 1952. In total he made 3 appearances for Lechia in all competitions. It is also documented that Walkiewicz spent time at Unia Tarnów.

Marek Wasicki
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Marek Wasicki (born 17 January 1984) is a retired Polish footballer who played as a forward. He only made professional appearances for clubs in the Pomeranian region of Poland, most notably with Lechia Gdańsk.

Biography
Having been born in Gdańsk Wasicki's footballing career started with the youth sides of Lechia Gdańsk. In 2001 he made his Lechia debut on 18 August 2001 against Delta Miłoradz scoring 2 goals in the game. With Lechia having to restart in the lower divisions it gave the young Wasicki a chance to play regular competitive football. In his first spell with Lechia he had made 25 league appearances and scored 23 goals. Wasicki left Lechia to join the youth sides of FC Energie Cottbus against the wishes of the club. He returned to Lechia 8 months later in August 2003. He played a further 36 games for Lechia and scored 14 goals upon his return as Lechia continued to rise up he leagues. He made his last appearance for the club against Kaszubia Kościerzyna, scoring his last goal in the same game. In total for Lechia he made 74 appearances and scored 52 goals, placing him as one of the all-time top goalscorers for the club. For the 2005–2006 season he joined Czarni Pruszcz Gdanski where he scored 13 goals during the season. He joined Kaszubia Kościerzyna the season after where he made 14 appearances and scored one goal over three seasons. He made his final appearance and scored his final goal against Sława Sławno in 2008, retiring from professional football aged 25. He played for the Lechia Gdańsk "Oldboje" team before officially hanging up his boots for good in 2013.

Witold Wilczyński
Witold Wilczyński (born in 1965) was a footballer who played as a midfielder. Wojtowicz played for Lechia in the 1981–82 season with the team playing in the II liga. At the end of the season Lechia were relegated, and Wilczyński moved on from the club. During his time at Lechia he made 17 appearances in the league, and made his debut of the club on 11 October 1981 against Stilon Gorzów.

It is known that he started his career with Bron Radom, and played for the club in one of their most successful periods. He is also known to have played for Siarka Tarnobrzeg before he joined Resovia Rzeszów.

Zbigniew Wojtowicz
Zbigniew Wojtowicz (23 September 1947 – 20 November 1994) was a footballer who played as a defender. The only known information about his playing career is that he played three appearances for Lechia Gdańsk in the 1967–68 III liga season. He made his debut on 13 August 1947 against Olimpia Elbląg, with his final appearance for the club coming one day after his 21st birthday on 24 September 1967. He died on 20 November 1994 aged 47.

His brother, Jerzy Wojtowicz (born 22 October 1939), also played for Lechia Gdańsk albeit in the youth sides. He was part of the Lechia team who won the Polish Junior Championship in 1957 but he failed to make a first team appearance for the club. He is known to have played for Stomil Olsztyn between 1963–1970, later managing the club during the 1989–1990 season.

Andrzej Wolański
Andrzej Wolański (29 January 1920 – 1 December 2004) was a footballer who played as a forward. He was both born and died in Łódź, Poland. There is little information about his time in football, but it is known that he played for Lechia Gdańsk during 1951–1952. He made his Lechia debut on 21 October 1951 against Wawel Kraków. In total he played in 4 games and scored 1 goal for Lechia. He made 2 appearances in the P. Zlotu Młodych Przodow., and 2 appearances in the playoffs for promotion into the I liga. Wolański was part of the squad of saw Lechia gain promotion to the I liga via the playoffs in 1951.

Andrzej Wszoła
Andrzej Wszoła (date and place of birth unknown) was a footballer who played as a defender. He is known to have made one appearance for Lechia, making his debut on 8 October 1967 against Pomorzanin Toruń in the III liga. He is known to have spent time playing with Wisła Tczew, presumably playing for the club from 1968 until 1979, playing with the team in the third and fourth tiers.

Paweł Zieliński
Paweł Zieliński (born in 1955) was a footballer who played as a midfielder. He is known to have played for Lechia during the 1974–75 II liga season. He made his debut on 5 April 1975 against Arkonia Szczecin, going on to make a total of 6 appearances in total, all of these coming in the league.

Full names unknown
Throughout the early years of Lechia's history the team did not always document players information as much as they do now, and news papers often only reported the players last names. There are 15 players in Lechia's history where the full name of the player is unknown.

Bartnik (1950) is documented to have made one appearance for Lechia, in the 1950–51 Polish Cup. His debut came in the 3-2 defeat to Pogoń Szczecin on 26 November 1950. The player played as a forward.

Bartykowski (1950) also made his debut in the same game as Bartnik, and was also his only appearance for the club. He played as a midfielder.

Dziekański (1946) played for Lechia in the league, playing in the A Class Championships, the name of the second tier at the time. He made his only appearance for Lechia in the 10-1 away win against Wisła Tczew on 13 October 1946, with Dziekański scoring one of the goals. He played as a midfielder.

Grzenek (1966) played in the 1966–67 season and made his Lechia debut in the Polish Cup against Wisła Nowe on 23 October 1966. He played as a forward.

Jatajski (1950) another player who made his debut and subsequent only Lechia appearance was in the 3-2 Polish Cup defeat to Pogoń Szczecin. He played as a forward.

Kaszewski (1950) the last of the four players listed who made his debut and only Lechia appearance in the Pogoń Szczecin cup game. He played as a forward.

Korzeniowski (unknown) it is unknown when Korzeniowski played for Lechia, but he is listed in as a goalscorer for Lechia in the Polish Cup.

Kowalik (1947) made his only appearance for Lechia in the Competition of Masters Cup (Rozgrywki o wył. Mistrza). His debut came on 27 July 1947 in the away defeat to HCP Poznań. He played as a forward.

Luberski (1970) made his Lechia debut on 24 May 1970 in a 1-0 away win against Gwardia Koszalin in the III liga. He played as a midfielder.

Mach (1946) was the only player who's full name isn't known to have made more than one appearance for Lechia. He played twice, with both of the appearances coming in the league. His debut came on 10 November 1946 in the 12-0 away win over Bałtyk Gdańsk, with Mach scoring one of the goals. His other appearance was against Płomień Gdańsk in which the team won 10-0, again with Mach contributing a goal. He played as a midfielder.

Matlak (1946) made his Lechia debut on 12 May 1946 in a 5-1 away win against Gryf Wejherowo. He played as a midfielder.

Niedźwiedzki (1971) he made his only appearance for the club came on 7 July 1971 against Bałtyk Gdynia. Niedźwiedzki came on as a substitute as Lechia lost 5-0. He played as a goalkeeper.

Potrykwa (1952) also documented to have his name spelt in newspapers as Pokrzywna, Potrzykwa and Partyka. He made his only appearance in the Rally of Young Leaders Cup with his debut coming against Polonia Bytom on 25 May 1952. He played as a forward.

Wawrzyniak (1976) is the most recent player to have made a Lechia appearance who's full name isn't known. He made his Lechia debut in the Regional Polish Cup on 17 June 1976 against Polonia Gdańsk in a 0-0 draw. He played as a forward.

Ziętek (1946) also made his Lechia debut on 12 May 1946 in a 5-1 away win against Gryf Wejherowo. He played as a midfielder.