2020–21 MKS Cracovia season

Cracovia 2020–21 football season

Cracovia

2020–21 season

Chairman

Janusz Filipiak

Manager

Michał Probierz

Stadium

Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium

Winners

First qualifying round

Top goalscorer

League: Pelle van Amersfoort (6 goals)
All: Pelle van Amersfoort (8 goals)

Biggest win

Polish Cup:
Chojniczanka 0–3 Cracovia
(3 March 2021)

Biggest defeat

Ekstraklasa:
Cracovia 0–3 Lechia
(19 December 2020)

Home colours

Away colours

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Cracovia competed in Ekstraklasa and this season's edition of the Polish Cup. They competed in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase, when they were eliminated by Malmö FF, following the 0–2 defeat and won the Polish Super Cup, following the 5–4 penalty victory over Legia Warsaw.

They started their Ekstraklasa season with the 5 points deduction for match-fixing during the 2003–04 II liga season.

Players

As of 5 October 2020

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ROU	Cornel Râpă
3	DF	SVK	Michal Sipľak
4	MF	ROU	Sergiu Hanca (captain)
5	DF	ESP	Iván Márquez
6	MF	POL	Sylwester Lusiusz
7	FW	BRA	Rivaldinho
8	MF	SVK	Milan Dimun
9	FW	GER	Marcos Álvarez
10	MF	NED	Pelle van Amersfoort
11	MF	POL	Mateusz Wdowiak
13	MF	POL	Radosław Kanach
14	MF	CRO	Ivan Fiolić (on loan from Genk)
16	FW	POL	Przemysław Kapek
19	MF	BIH	Damir Sadiković
21	MF	BRA	Thiago
22	MF	KOS	Florian Loshaj
23	GK	POL	Karol Niemczycki


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	POL	Jakub Gut
26	FW	POL	Filip Piszczek
29	MF	SRB	Bojan Čečarić
30	GK	POL	Adam Wilk
31	GK	SVK	Lukáš Hroššo
33	DF	POL	Kamil Pestka
34	DF	UKR	Oleksiy Dytyatev
40	GK	SVK	Michal Peškovič
44	DF	POL	Dawid Szymonowicz (on loan from Jagiellonia)
73	FW	POL	Patryk Zaucha
77	FW	POL	Sebastian Strózik
87	DF	BUL	Diego Ferraresso
88	DF	CRO	Matej Rodin
90	DF	GER	Michael Gardawski
97	MF	POL	Daniel Pik
99	FW	SVK	Tomáš Vestenický

Competitions

Ekstraklasa

Main article: 2020–21 Ekstraklasa

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Wisła Płock	30	8	9	13	37	44	−7	33
13	Wisła Kraków	30	8	9	13	39	42	−3	33
14	Cracovia	30	8	13	9	28	32	−4	32
15	Stal Mielec	30	6	11	13	31	47	−16	29
16	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (R)	30	6	7	17	29	60	−31	25	Relegation to I liga

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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Head-to-head matches: Wisła Kraków 0–3 Wisła Płock, Wisła Płock 1–3 Wisła Kraków.
Cracovia was deducted 5 points for match-fixing during the 2003–04 II liga season (second tier at the time).

Matches

Cracovia v Pogoń Szczecin

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

Podbeskidzie v Cracovia

30 August 2020 2	Podbeskidzie	2 - 2	Cracovia	Bielsko-Biała
15:00 CET	Danielak 16' Szymon Mroczko 32' Biliński 55' Komor 58' Ubbink 73'	Report	Jablonský 45' Vestenický 81'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 4,308 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Cracovia v Stal Mielec

12 September 2020 3	Cracovia	1 - 1	Stal Mielec	Kraków
15:00 CET	Iván Márquez 85' Szymonowicz 90+11'	Report	Flis 29' Forsell 62' Matras 67' Tomczyk 82' Robert Dadok 84'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 5,439 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Zagłębie Lubin v Cracovia

20 September 2020 4	Zagłębie Lubin	1 - 1	Cracovia	Lubin
15:00 CET	Šimić 67' Guldan 75' Balić 90+3'	Report	Rivaldinho 48' Fiolić 72'	Stadium: Zagłębie Lubin Stadium Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Cracovia v Raków Częstochowa

26 September 2020 5	Cracovia	2 - 2	Raków Częstochowa	Kraków
15:00 CET	Piszczek 21' van Amersfoort 36' Loshaj 59' Hanca 67' Fiolić 90+7'	Report	Petrášek 11' Tijanić 15' Kun 57'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 5,127 Referee: Piotr Lasyk

Śląsk Wrocław v Cracovia

2 October 2020 6	Śląsk Wrocław	3 - 1	Cracovia	Wrocław
20:30 CET	Erik Expósito 17' 65' Golla 22' Štiglec 33' 81'	Report	Hanca 31' 50' (pen.) Álvarez 34' Fiolić 53'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 6,438 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik

Cracovia v Piast Gliwice

17 October 2020 7	Cracovia	1 - 0	Piast Gliwice	Kraków
15:00 CET	Râpă 19' van Amersfoort 25' (pen.) 90+2' Sadiković 35' Zaucha 80' Szymonowicz 90'	Report	Żyro 26' Jodłowiec 64' Lipski 86' Świerczok 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Lech Poznań v Cracovia

25 October 2020 8	Lech Poznań	1 - 1	Cracovia	Poznań
17:30 CET	Kravets 4' Muhar 6' Czerwiński 49' Ishak 60' Marchwiński 66' Awaed 86' Moder 90+4'	Report	van Amersfoort 30' Szymonowicz 62' Thiago 72' Niemczycki 89' Gardawski 90'	Stadium: INEA Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Polish Super Cup

Main article: 2020 Polish Super Cup Legia Warsaw v Cracovia

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)	Legia Warsaw	0–0 (4–5 p)	Cracovia	Warsaw
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 6,475 Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)
	Penalties
	Antolić Valencia Cholewiak Wszołek Juranović		van Amersfoort Sadiković Vestenický Fiolić Dimun

Polish Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Polish Cup Chrobry Głogów v Cracovia

16 August 2020 (2020-08-16) Round of 64	Chrobry Głogów	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Cracovia	Głogów
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ilków-Gołąb 80'	Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Râpă 90' Wdowiak 118'	Stadium: Stadion Chrobrego Attendance: 642 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

Świt Skolwin v Cracovia

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Round of 32	Świt Skolwin	0–1	Cracovia	Szczecin
12:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Łączy nas piłka 90minut	Pik 59'	Stadium: Stadion MOSRiR Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Aluszyk (Szczecin)
Note: Match originally scheduled on 31 October 2020, 12:30 CET (UTC+01:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Świt Skolwin team.

Warta Poznań v Cracovia

9 February 2021 Round of 16	Warta Poznań	0–1	Cracovia	Grodzisk Wielkopolski
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jakóbowski 28' Żurawski 47'	Report	Rivaldinho 12' Pik 90'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Chojniczanka Chojnice v Cracovia

3 March 2021 Quarter-finals	Chojniczanka Chojnice	0–3	Cracovia	Chojnice
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mikołajczak 23'	Report	van Amersfoort 14' 57' Pik 55' Niemczycki 80'	Stadium: Chojniczanka 1930 City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Szczech
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

Cracovia v Raków Częstochowa

14 April 2021 Semi-finals	Cracovia	1–2	Raków Częstochowa	Kraków
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodin 37' 87' Hanca 45' Piszczek 47' 84' Álvarez 79' Loshaj 85'	Report	Arak 27' 85' Sapała 35' Tudor 51' Niewulis 86' Gutkovskis 89'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski
Note: Played Behind Closed Doors

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round 27 August 2020 (2020-08-27)19:00

Malmö FF	2–0	Cracovia
Berget 1' Rieks 44'	Report

Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 0Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)

References

"Cracovia otrzymała pięć ujemnych punktów za korupcję! Musi też zapłacić 1 MLN złotych". 27 July 2020.
"Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Cracovia. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
"Cracovia ukarana odjęciem pięciu punktów". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
"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.
"[FORTUNA PUCHARU POLSKI] Mecz Świt Szczecin – Cracovia odwołany". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

2020–21 in Polish football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Women	Women's Champions League
Youth	Youth League

Transfers

Club seasons
Ekstraklasa	Cracovia Górnik Zabrze Jagiellonia Białystok Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk Legia Warsaw Piast Gliwice Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Pogoń Szczecin Raków Częstochowa Stal Mielec Śląsk Wrocław Warta Poznań Wisła Kraków Wisła Płock Zagłębie Lubin
I liga	Arka Gdynia Bełchatów Chrobry Głogów Górnik Łęczna Jastrzębie Korona Kielce ŁKS Łódź Miedź Legnica Nieciecza Odra Opole Puszcza Niepołomice Radomiak Radom Resovia Sandecja Nowy Sącz Stomil Olsztyn Tychy Widzew Łódź Zagłębie Sosnowiec
II liga	Błękitni Stargard Bytovia Bytów Chojniczanka Chojnice Garbarnia Kraków GKS Katowice Górnik Polkowice Hutnik Kraków KKS Kalisz Lech Poznań II Motor Lublin Olimpia Elbląg Olimpia Grudziądz Pogoń Siedlce Stal Rzeszów Wigry Suwałki Znicz Pruszków
III liga	Stal Stalowa Wola

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