League match no. 1700

In the 16th round of PKO Ekstraklasa, Lech Poznan beat Piast Gliwice 3:0 following two goals from Gytkjaer and one from Amaral. For the Danish striker, it was a special match because he scored his 50^th goal for the Polish club. Moreover, the clash with Piast was also significant from the perspective of Lech since it was the club’s 1700^th top-division league game.

The history dates back to March 14th, 1948 when KKS Lech Poznań made their debut in the highest league division in a clash with Widzew Lodz which they lost. The club settled at the top of the Polish league structure and for a few seasons they were ranked third whilst Teodor Aniola kept winning the title of league’s best goal scorer. From then onwards, the club from Poznan drifted between the first, second, and third divisions until in the season 1972/73 they regained their position in the top division and stayed there for over 30 years.

Match number 500 took place in February 1980 when the team was beaten by GKS Katowice under the lead of their new coach, Wojciech Lazarek. Fast forward 16 years, Lech played their match number 1000 against Gornik Zabrze and drew 2:2. What’s interesting is that game number 1500 was also the first league match of the season, and also against Piast Gliwice. Rumak’s squad confidently beat their opponent 4:0 following a hattrick from Ubiparip despite playing without a crowd.

Over the span of 1700 matches, Lech won 7 Polish Championship titles, finished second in the top division twice, and was ranked third 6 times.

Lech’s anniversary matches in the highest division:

1st match 14.02.1948 Widzew Łódź – Lech Poznań (4:3)

100th match 19.10.952 Lech Poznań – Lechia Gdańsk (6:0)

500th match 23.02.1980 Lech Poznań – GKS Katowice (1:0)

1000th match 15.04.1996 Górnik Zabrze – Lech Poznań (2:2)

1500th match 20.07.2014 Lech Poznań – Piast Gliwice (4:0)

1600th match 31.03.2017 Wisła Cracow – Lech Poznań (0:0)

1700th match 22.11.2019 Lech Poznań - Piast Gliwice (3:0)