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2024–25 Lech Poznań Season
The 2024–25 season was Lech Poznań's 103rd season in existence and the club's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Football in Poland, Polish football. In addition to the 2024–25 Ekstraklasa, domestic league, Lech Poznań participated in this season's edition of the 2024–25 Polish Cup, Polish Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Lech Poznań played their official home matches at the Poznań Stadium, Stadion Miejski branded on 24 July 2023 as Enea Stadion for sponsorship reasons for four next seasons. Club Coaching staff Total income: €9,000,000 Total expenditure: €7,550,000 Winter transfer window In Total spending: €2,323,000 Out Total income: €0 Total expenditure: €2,323,000 Friendlies Competitions Overview Ekstraklasa League table Results summary Results by round Matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lech Poznań
Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. The club was established on 19 March 1922 as ''KS Lutnia Dębiec'', later changing its name several times. Until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways (PKP). As a result, its popular nickname is ''Kolejorz'' , which means The Railwayman in local slang. The club's debut in the Polish top division took place in the year 1948. The brightest era of Lech was in the early 1980s and early 1990s when they won 5 Polish league titles, 3 Polish Cups and a Polish Super Cup. Lech has won the Polish league a total of nine times, most recently in 2025, and is the most popular football club in the Greater Poland region. Names History Formation and early years (1920–1945) In August 1920, a group of young teenagers from the Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindre Tjelmeland
Sindre Tjelmeland (born 13 September 1989) is a Norwegian professional football manager. He is currently the assistant manager of Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Early life & playing career Tjelmeland hails from Etne and started playing as a child in Etne IL. He also made his senior debut, and helped win promotion from the sixth to the fifth tier. In 2005, he moved to attend upper secondary school, and played for the U19 team of Haugesund. Before finishing school, he opted to play for the senior team of Vard. He did not break through there, and instead featured for Etne in the autumn of 2008. He then did his military service in Stavanger and was contracted to Havørn, but moved to Bergen to study at the Norwegian School of Economics. Here, he was quickly introduced to the local football milieu. Following stints in Sandviken and Arna-Bjørnar — with the latter club he won promotion and played in the 2013 2. divisjon. In 2014, he moved to Åsane, managed by Kjetil Knutsen. Åsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Fiabema
Bryan Benjamin Fiabema (born 16 February 2003) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Club career Fiabema joined Chelsea from Tromsø in January 2020 after a successful trial. In March 2022, Fiabema joined Norwegian top-flight side Rosenborg on loan. Fiabema was recalled early from his loan to Rosenborg in August 2022, and joined League One side Forest Green Rovers on a season-long loan on 1 September. On 16 June 2023, Chelsea announced that he would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the month. On 11 August 2023, Fiabema signed for Real Sociedad. On 10 July 2024, Fiabema joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań on a three-year contract, with a one-year extension option, for an undisclosed fee. International career Born in Norway, Fiabema was born to a Nigerian father and Norwegian mother. He has represented Norway at all levels from under-15 to under-21. Personal life Fiabema is the cousin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartosz Salamon
Bartosz Salamon (, born 1 May 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish club Lech Poznań and the Poland national team. Club career Early career Salamon came through the academy of Polish side Lech Poznań after starting his footballing career at Concordia Murowana Goślina. Brescia and loan to Foggia Salamon made his Serie B debut on 3 May 2008 just two days after his 17th birthday, coming off the bench in the 77th minute of the win against Modena. On 17 January 2009, he appeared in Brescia's starting eleven for the first time, playing the full 90 minutes of the 4–0 win versus Pisa. On 9 August, he scored his first goal for Brescia in a 1–0 win over Ravenna in Coppa Italia. In July 2010, it was announced he would play on loan at U.S. Foggia in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, the third tier of Italian football. He returned to Brescia, in Serie B, for the 2011–12 season. In 2012–13, Brescia decided to play him mainly in central defens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Milić
Antonio Milić (; born 10 March 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish club Lech Poznań. Club career Hajduk Split A product of Hajduk Split academy, Krasimir Balakov handed Milić his first team minutes in the Croatian Cup match against Jadran Gunja but his first league appearance came off the bench on 26 November 2011, in a 2–1 win over Šibenik, aged just 17 years, 8 months and 16 days. He made only one other league appearances that season, also off the bench, but he made another two Cup appearances against Zagreb also. After manager Balakov left Hajduk, new manager Mišo Krstičević came to the Hajduk bench. Since Krstičević managed the Hajduk U-19 team before he knew how to use Milić for the next season. In June 2012 Antonio won the Croatian U-19 championship. In the 2012–13 Prva HNL, he started as a first team regular. The team's manager, Mišo Krstičević, made Milić a much more stable member of the first team, oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Gurgul
Michał Gurgul (born 30 January 2006) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. Club career Early career At the age of 5, Gurgul joined the Jarocin branch of Akademia Piłkarska Reissa. In 2017, he joined Lech Poznań's youth system. With Gurgul as a regular in the starting line-up, Lech's U19 team won the 2022–23 Central Junior League title. Senior level Gurgul made his senior debut for Lech Poznań II on 28 February 2023 in a 2–0 league win against Radunia Stężyca. Less than two weeks later, on 12 March 2023, he made his first appearance for the senior team as a substitute in a 1–1 Ekstraklasa draw against Piast Gliwice. Two days later, it was announced he had signed a new three-year deal with the club. On 30 April 2023, he was named in Lech's starting line-up for a league home game against Górnik Zabrze, which ended in a 0–1 loss. In September 2023, following international break, he replaced Elias Andersso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Håkans
Daniel Håkans (born 26 October 2000) is a Finnish professional footballer playing as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Finland national team. Early life Born in Vaasa, Håkans is a Swedish-speaking Finn. Club career SJK Håkans started to play football with a local club VIFK, before moving to Seinäjoki and signing with Veikkausliiga club Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) in 2019, starting in the club's academy team SJK Akatemia in the second-tier. He said in an interview that he did not speak any Finnish before moving to Seinäjoki, and learned the language there. In SJK, Håkans was deployed in many different roles, as a wing-back and as a midfielder as well. FK Jerv In the summer 2022, Håkans signed a loan deal with Norwegian Eliteserien club Jerv for the rest of the season, with a purchase option. Despite Jerv being relegated after the season, the club exercised their option and Håkans signed a permanent deal, for a total fee of €210,000. Vålere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Wålemark
Jens Patrik Wålemark (born 14 October 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Polish club Lech Poznań. Club career In July 2020, he started his first match in Allsvenskan, and in one hour he managed to score a goal, get two assists and be fouled to secure a penalty kick. In January 2022, he transferred to Eredivisie club Feyenoord. He scored his first goal for the club on 10 April 2022, scoring Feyenoord's fourth goal in a 4–1 away victory over Heracles Almelo. On 31 August 2023, Wålemark went to Heerenveen on loan for the remainder of the season. On 27 August 2024, Wålemark joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań on a season-long loan with an option to buy. He scored his first goals for Lech in a 3–2 away comeback win over Korona Kielce on 29 September 2024, recording his first career hat-trick. On 31 January 2025, Wålemark signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Lech, after his buyout clause was exercised for a reported league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Gholizadeh
Ali Gholizadeh Nojedeh (; born 10 March 1996) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Iran national team. Gholizadeh is a product of the Saipa youth system and broke into the club's first team at 18. He went on to play for five seasons at Saipa before transferring to Belgian side Charleroi in 2018. He has represented Iran at every level, debuting for the senior national team in March 2018 under then-head coach Carlos Queiroz. Club career Saipa Gholizadeh started his career with Saipa youth levels. He was promoted to the first team by Engin Firat and made his debut for Saipa in last fixture of 2013–14 Iran Pro League against Saba Qom as a substitute. After scoring six times in 28 games, Gholizadeh was named the Persian Gulf Pro League Young Player of the Season for 2017–18. Charleroi On 30 May 2018, Gholizadeh joined Belgian First Division A club Charleroi, joining compatriot Omid Noorafkan. Gholizadeh scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afonso Sousa
Afonso Gamelas de Pinho Sousa (born 3 May 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań as a central midfielder. Club career Porto Born in Aveiro, Sousa returned to FC Porto's youth academy at the age of 13, after a first spell in 2009. He made his senior debut with the reserve team in the LigaPro on 25 August 2019, playing the entire 3–1 away win against S.C. Farense and scoring in the match. Sousa was part of the squad that won the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, notably netting in the 3–1 victory over Chelsea in the final. B-SAD On 9 September 2020, Sousa signed a four-year contract with Primeira Liga club B-SAD, with Porto retaining 50% of the player's rights. He played his first game in the competition nine days later, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute for Silvestre Varela in the 1–0 away defeat of Vitória de Guimarães. He scored his first goal on 6 December, just before half-time in a 2–1 home win over S.C. Braga. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Douglas (footballer, Born 2001)
Alex Raymond Douglas (born 17 August 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Sweden national team. Club career Douglas is a youth product of IF Brommapojkarna, and finished his development with Hammarby's youth academy at the age of 14. On 6 August 2019, he moved to the Spanish club San Roque de Lepe in the Tercera División. On 2 April 2020, he returned to Sweden with Stockholm in the Ettan division. The following season, he moved to Hammarby Talang FF, where he made 20 appearances. On 22 March 2022, he moved to Västerås SK in the Superettan on a 3-year contract. He spent his first season in 2022 on loan with IFK Eskilstuna, but returned in his second season to Västerås and helped them win the 2023 Superettan and earned promotion to the Allsvenskan. On 10 July 2024, Douglas moved to Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań. International career Douglas was born in Sweden to a Ghanaian father and Swedish moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
