2022–23 MKS Cracovia season

MKS Cracovia
2022–23 season
ChairmanJanusz Filipiak
ManagerJacek Zieliński
StadiumStadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Ekstraklasa7th
Polish CupSecond round
(eliminated by Resovia Rzeszów)

The 2022–23 season was MKS Cracovia's 117th season in existence and the club's tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, MKS Cracovia participated in the Polish Cup and were eliminated in the second round. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 November 2022[1]

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 DF  POL Paweł Jaroszyński (on loan from Salernitana)
5 DF  ROU Virgil Ghiță
8 MF  DEN Mathias Hebo
9 FW  FIN Benjamin Källman
10 MF  UKR Yevhen Konoplyanka
11 MF  POL Michał Rakoczy
13 GK  POL Sebastian Madejski
16 FW  POL Przemysław Kapek
17 MF  POL Kamil Ogorzały
18 MF  JPN Takuto Oshima
20 MF  POL Karol Knap
22 MF  KOS Florian Loshaj
23 GK  POL Karol Niemczycki
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF  CZE Jakub Jugas
25 DF  GEO Otar Kakabadze
27 MF  POL Marcin Budziński
31 GK  SVK Lukáš Hroššo
33 DF  POL Kamil Pestka (captain)
36 MF  POL Kacper Jodłowski
38 MF  POL Jakub Myszor
40 GK  POL Filip Kramarz
55 DF  POL Michał Stachera
66 DF  POL Oskar Wójcik
71 FW  POL Patryk Makuch
73 DF  POL Patryk Zaucha
77 MF  POL Sebastian Strózik
85 DF  CZE David Jablonský

Out on loan

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
6 MF  POL Sylwester Lusiusz (at Sandecja Nowy Sącz until 30 June 2023)
45 FW  SVK Filip Balaj (at FC Trinity Zlín until 30 June 2023)

Players under contract

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
14 DF  POL Krystian Bracik
MF  POL Radosław Kanach
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  GER Marcos Álvarez

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 January 2023 Friendly Cracovia 0–6 Hansa Rostock Belek, Turkey
14:30 TRT (UTC+3) Stadium: Hotel RIU Kaya - Field D
14 January 2023 Friendly Cracovia 0–0 1. FC Nürnberg Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3) Stadium: Titanic Sports Center - Field 2
16 January 2023 Friendly Sigma Olomouc 1–2 Cracovia Turkey
17:30 TRT (UTC+3)
20 January 2023 Friendly Cracovia v Baník Ostrava Turkey
13:00 TRT (UTC+3)

Competitions

Ekstraklasa

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 8 11 40 31 +9 53
6 Górnik Zabrze 34 13 9 12 45 43 +2 48
7 Cracovia 34 12 10 12 41 35 +6 46
8 Warta Poznań 34 12 9 13 37 35 +2 45
9 Zagłębie Lubin 34 12 9 13 35 44 −9 45
Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Number of away wins; 8) Lower number of points based on yellow and red cards (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, sending-off = 3 points - including 1 point for first yellow card); 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[2]

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 June 2022.[3]

Ekstraklasa match details[4]
Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A
18 July 2022 19:00 Górnik Zabrze A 2–0
23 July 2022 17:30 Korona Kielce H 2–0
29 July 2022 20:30 Legia Warszawa H 3–0
5 August 2022 18:00 FKS Stal Mielec A 0–2
13 August 2022 15:00 Piast Gliwice H 0–1
20 August 2022 17:30 Śląsk Wrocław A 1–1
28 August 2022 12:30 Warta Poznań H 0–2
3 September 2022 20:00 Raków Częstochowa H 3–0
9 September 2022 20:30 Widzew Łódź A 0–2
17 September 2022 20:00 Pogoń Szczecin H 1–1
30 September 2022 18:00 Radomiak Radom A 2–0
8 October 2022 20:00 Lechia Gdańsk H 0–1
16 October 2022 12:30 Miedź Legnica A 1–1
23 October 2022 17:30 Lech Poznań H 0–0
30 October 2022 12:30 Zagłębie Lubin A 2–0
5 November 2022 15:00 Jagiellonia Białystok H 1–0
11 November 2022 20:30 Wisła Płock A 0–1
30 January 2023 19:00 Górnik Zabrze H 2–0
6 February 2023 19:00 Korona Kielce A 1–2
12 February 2023 17:30 Legia Warszawa A 2–2
17 February 2023 18:00 FKS Stal Mielec H 2–1
25 February 2023 15:00 Piast Gliwice A 1–2
5 March 2023 17:30 Śląsk Wrocław H 1–1
12 March 2023 12:30 Warta Poznań A 0–0
18 March 2023 20:00 Raków Częstochowa A 1–4
2 April 2023 15:00 Widzew Łódź H 1–1
8 April 2023 17:30 Pogoń Szczecin A 2–3
15 April 2023 15:00 Radomiak Radom H 3–0
22 April 2023 15:00 Lechia Gdańsk A 2–1
1 May 2023 19:00 Miedź Legnica H 1–1
6 May 2023 17:30 Lech Poznań A 0–3
13 May 2023 17:30 Zagłębie Lubin H 0–1
20 May 2023 15:00 Jagiellonia Białystok A 1–1
27 May 2023 17:30 Wisła Płock H 3–0

Polish Cup

Polish Cup match details
Round Date Time Opponent Venue Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Ref.
First round 31 August 2022 16:30 LKS Lagów A 3–1 Kakabadze 34', Ghiță 59', Konoplyanka 90+4' 350 [5]
Second round 19 October 2022 17:30 Resovia Rzeszów A 3–4 Sipľak 28', 37', Konoplyanka 45+1' pen. 3,016 [6]

References

  1. ^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Cracovia. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2021/2022" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2021/2022 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Ekstraklasa: Derby na inauguracje! Znamy terminarz na sezon 2022/2023". 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/ks-cracovia/2023/3/
  5. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/report/puchar-polski-2022-2023-1-runde-lks-lagow-ks-cracovia/
  6. ^ https://www.worldfootball.net/report/puchar-polski-2022-2023-2-runde-resovia-rzeszow-ks-cracovia/