2022–23 MKS Cracovia season

MKS Cracovia
2022–23 season
Chairman	Janusz Filipiak
Manager	Jacek Zieliński
Stadium	Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Ekstraklasa	8th
Polish Cup	Round of 32
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is 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 will participate in this season's edition of the Polish Cup. The season covers 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

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ekstraklasa	18 July 2022	27 May 2023	Matchday 1		27	9	8	10	31	28	+3	033.33
Polish Cup	31 August 2022	19 October 2022	First round	Round of 32	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Total					29	10	8	11	37	33	+4	034.48

Last updated: 8 April 2023
Source: Soccerway

Ekstraklasa

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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]

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 April 2023.
Source: PKO Ekstraklasa

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	L
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: PKO Ekstraklasa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

18 July 2022 1	Górnik Zabrze	0–2	Cracovia	Zabrze
				Stadium: Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla

Polish Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

^ "Pierwsza drużyna" (in Polish). Cracovia. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Ekstraklasa: Derby na inauguracje! Znamy terminarz na sezon 2022/2023". 1 June 2022.

[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.

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