2020–21 Pogoń Szczecin season

Pogoń Szczecin
2020-21 season
Chairman	Jarosław Mroczek
Manager	Kosta Runjaić
Stadium	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera, Szczecin
Ekstraklasa	3rd
Polish Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Michał Kucharczyk (6); All: Michał Kucharczyk (7)
Lowest home attendance	0
Biggest win	5–0 v Podhale Nowy Targ; Polish Cup
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 May 2021.

In the 2020–21 season, Pogoń Szczecin competed in the Ekstraklasa and participated in this season's edition of the Polish Cup.^[3]^[4]

Players

As of 1 October 2020^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Dante Stipica
2	DF	POL	Jakub Bartkowski
6	DF	POL	Bartłomiej Mruk
8	MF	POL	Damian Dąbrowski
9	FW	POL	Adam Frączczak (Captain)
10	FW	SVN	Luka Zahović
13	DF	GRE	Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos
14	MF	POL	Kamil Drygas
15	DF	POL	Hubert Matynia
16	MF	FIN	Santeri Hostikka
17	FW	POL	Mariusz Fornalczyk
18	MF	POL	Michał Kucharczyk
19	FW	POL	Adrian Benedyczak
20	MF	AUT	Alexander Gorgon
22	DF	AUT	David Stec


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	AUT	Benedikt Zech
25	FW	SWE	Paweł Cibicki
26	GK	POL	Jakub Bursztyn
27	MF	POL	Sebastian Kowalczyk
28	MF	POR	Tomás Podstawski
33	DF	POL	Mariusz Malec
54	MF	POL	Maciej Żurawski
55	DF	POL	Igor Łasicki
61	MF	POL	Kacper Smolinski
63	FW	POL	Hubert Turski
64	MF	POL	Kacper Kozłowski
71	MF	POL	Marcel Wędrychowski
75	DF	POL	Filip Balcewicz
97	DF	POR	Luís Mata

Competitions

Ekstraklasa

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Legia Warsaw (C)	30	19	7	4	48	24	+24	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Raków Częstochowa	30	17	8	5	46	25	+21	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Pogoń Szczecin	30	15	7	8	36	23	+13	52
4	Śląsk Wrocław	30	11	10	9	36	32	+4	43^[b]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
5	Warta Poznań	30	13	4	13	33	32	+1	43^[b]

Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw^[6]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Raków Częstochowa qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2020–21 Polish Cup and also by finishing second in the Ekstraklasa. As a result, the berth reserved for third place was passed to the fourth-placed team from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	10	5	4	24	12	+12	35	5	4	0	11	3	+8	5	1	4	13	9	+4

Last updated: 28 February 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

22 August 2020 1	Cracovia Kraków	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Kraków
15:00 CET	Álvarez 18' 58' van Amersfoort 31' Hanca 62' Vestenický 90+1'	Summary	Dąbrowski 8' Triantafyllopoulos 35' Frączczak 57' Matynia 77'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 4,053 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

30 August 2020 2	Piast Gliwice	0–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Gliwice
12:30 CET	Lipski 45+2' Świerczok 58' Huk 85'	Summary	Gorgon 66' Frączczak 87' Smolinski 90+1' Matynia 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 2,578 Referee: Daniel Stefański

13 September 2020 3	Pogoń Szczecin	2–2	Wisła Kraków	Szczecin
15:00 CET	Klemenz 8' (o.g.) Smolinski 38' Gorgon 78' Triantafyllopoulos 90+4'	Summary	Jean Carlos 3' Sadlok 16' Chuca 57'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 1,887 Referee: Mariusz Zlotek

19 September 2020 4	Pogoń Szczecin	1–0	Śląsk Wrocław	Szczecin
17:30 CET	Matynia 12' Dąbrowski 60' Gorgon 80' Kucharczyk 89' (pen.)	Summary	Tamás 61' Pałaszewski 72' Putnocký 86' Szymon Lewkot 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 1,821 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik

19 October 2020 7	Lechia Gdańsk	0–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Gdańsk
19:30 BST	Kopacz 55' Makowski 72' Nalepa 75'	Summary	Alexander Gorgon 23' Dąbrowski 65' Luís Mata 78' Stec 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

24 October 2020 8	Pogoń Szczecin	0–0	Legia Warsaw	Szczecin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lewczuk 72' Mladenović 80' Rosołek 84'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

30 October 2020 6	Pogoń Szczecin	3–0	Jagiellonia Białystok	Szczecin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Böðvarsson 29' (o.g.) Stec 40' Kowalczyk 49' (pen.) Gorgon 69'	Report	Böðvarsson 31'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

9 November 2020 10	Pogoń Szczecin	1–1	Podbeskidzie	Szczecin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kozłowski 45' Benedyczak 72' Gorgon 87'	Report	Biliński 29' Sierpina 50' Nowak 55' Gach 76'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

27 November 2020 11	Górnik Zabrze	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Zabrze
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jesús Jiménez 32' (pen.) Nowak 60' Evangelou 90+3'	Report	Maciej Żurawski 16' Matynia 31' Benedyczak 89' Kowalczyk 90+3'	Stadium: Arena Zabrze Attendance: 0 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

2 December 2020 9	Wisła Płock	0–0	Pogoń Szczecin	Płock
18:00 CET	Lagator 16' Rzeźniczak 26'	Report	Drygas 63'	Stadium: Kazimierz Górski's Płock City Stadium' Attendance: 0 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

7 December 2020 12	Pogoń Szczecin	2–0	Stal Mielec	Szczecin
18:00 CET	Zahović 42' Drygas 56' (pen.)	Report	Łukasz Zjawiński 39' Matras 49' Chorbadzhiyski 56'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Wajda
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

12 December 2020 13	Warta Poznań	1–2	Pogoń Szczecin	Grodzisk Wielkopolski
15:00 CET	Kieliba 22' Jakóbowski 46' Kuzdra 55' Jakub Kiełb 89'	Report	Gorgon 7' 68' Zahović 11' Matynia 41' Benedyczak 90+3' Smolinski 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii Attendance: 0 Referee: Dominik Sulikowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

16 December 2020 5	Lech Poznań	0–4	Pogoń Szczecin	Poznań
20:30 CET	Crnomarković 44' Kamiński 46' Dani Ramírez 69'	Report	Rogne 2' (o.g.) Kowalczyk 39' Drygas 45+7' (pen.) Tomás Podstawski 90+1'	Stadium: INEA Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

19 December 2020 14	Pogoń Szczecin	1–0	Zagłębie Lubin	Szczecin
15:00 CET	Bartkowski 45+1' Drygas 71' Kozłowski 78' Kucharczyk 90+6' 90+7'	Report	Żubrowski 13' 19' Dražić 70'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Jarzebak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

29 January 2021 15	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Bełchatów
20:30 CET	Tudor 39' Gutkovskis 53' Niewulis 70' Sapała 80' Piątkowski 85'	Report	Kowalczyk 39' Benedyczak 58' Zahović 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion GKS-u Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

6 February 2021 16	Pogoń Szczecin	1–0	Cracovia Kraków	Szczecin
17:30 CET	Smolinski 43' Kowalczyk 70' Luís Mata 76' Bursztyn 82'	Report	Thiago 31'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

13 February 2021 17	Pogoń Szczecin	0–0	Piast Gliwice	Szczecin
17:30 CET	Dąbrowski 16' Kowalczyk 48' Drygas 71'	Report	Chrapek 53' Huk 86' Pyrka 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Szczech
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

19 February 2021 18	Wisła Kraków	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Kraków
20:30 CET	Zech 31' (o.g.) Burliga 35' Sadlok 38' Medved 43' Brown Forbes 45+1'	Report	Gorgon 5' 48' Zahović 28' Bartkowski 64' Zech 64' Matynia 85'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Kraków im. Henryka Reymana Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

28 February 2021 19	Śląsk Wrocław	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Wrocław
17:30 CET	Praszelik 37' Erik Expósito 44' 45+2'	Report	Bartkowski 11' 64'	Stadium: Municipal Stadium in Wrocław Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

7 March 2021 20	Pogoń Szczecin	v	Lech Poznań	Szczecin
15:00 CET				Stadium: Stadion Florian Krygier

Polish Cup

2 September 2020 (2020-09-02) Round of 64	Podhale Nowy Targ	0–5	Pogoń Szczecin	Nowy Targ
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Smoliński 7' Kucharczyk 17' (pen.) Gorgon 29' Drygas 81' (pen.), 82'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Kruczyński (Żywiec)
Note: Match originally scheduled on 16 August 2020, 16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Pogoń Szczecin team.^[7]

20 November 2020 (2020-11-20) Round of 32	Wisła Płock	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Pogoń Szczecin	Płock
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lewandowski 18'	Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Drygas 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego Attendance: 0 Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)
	Penalties
	Szwoch Lesniak Pyrdoł Tomasik Cabrera Obradović		Kucharczyk Kowalczyk Gorgon Matynia Hostikka Zech
Note: Match originally scheduled on 3 November 2020, 17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Wisła Płock team.^[8]

10 February 2021 Round of 16	Pogoń Szczecin	1–2	Piast Gliwice	Szczecin
17:30 CET	Malec 56' Zahović 90+1'	Summary	Chrapek 14' (pen.) Holúbek 32' Jodłowiec 56' Mateusz Winciersz 68'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

References

^ ^a ^b "Pogoń Szczecin - 2020/21 - łącznie". 90minut (in Polish).
^ Several games have been played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Poland.
^ "Ekstraklasa". Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ Łączy nas piłka
^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Pogoń Szczecin. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2020/2021" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2020/2021 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. 24 July 2020. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
^ "[PUCHAR POLSKI] Mecz Podhale Nowy Targ – Pogoń Szczecin odwołany". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Przełożony mecz Wisła Płock – Pogoń Szczecin w Fortuna Pucharze Polski" (in Polish). Łączy nas piłka. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.37936934380763-6] Raków Częstochowa qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2020–21 Polish Cup and also by finishing second in the Ekstraklasa. As a result, the berth reserved for third place was passed to the fourth-placed team from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa.

[table_hth_ŚLĄ0.37936934380763-7] Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.

[goals-1] "Pogoń Szczecin - 2020/21 - łącznie". 90minut (in Polish).

[2] Several games have been played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Poland.

[3] "Ekstraklasa". Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[4] Łączy nas piłka

[5] "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Pogoń Szczecin. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

[8] "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2020/2021" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2020/2021 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. 24 July 2020. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

[9] "[PUCHAR POLSKI] Mecz Podhale Nowy Targ – Pogoń Szczecin odwołany". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[10] "Przełożony mecz Wisła Płock – Pogoń Szczecin w Fortuna Pucharze Polski" (in Polish). Łączy nas piłka. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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