The 2023–24 GKS Katowice season was the 61st in the history of the club. They were knocked out in the first round of the Polish Cup by Górnik Zabrze.[1] Following a run of five wins in the last five games of the season, they finished 2nd in I liga on goal difference and were promoted to the top flight of Polish football after an absence of 19 years.[2][3]
| 2023–24 season | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Krzysztof Nowak |
| Manager | Rafał Górak |
| I liga | 2nd |
| Polish Cup | First round |
| Top goalscorer | Sebastian Bergier (13) |
| Highest home attendance | 7,455 (vs. Wisła Kraków, 18 May 2024 I Liga) |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,142 (vs. Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, 8 October 2023 I liga) |
| Average home league attendance | 3,869 |
I liga
edit| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | League position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2023 | Miedź Legnica | A | 0–1 | 15th | ||
| 31 July 2023 | Chrobry Głogów | H | 3-1 | Błąd 20', Mak 68', 72' | 2,932[4] | 8th |
| 6 August 2023 | Motor Lublin | A | 1-1 | Bergier 7' | 9th | |
| 11 August 2023 | Wisła Płock | H | 4-1 | Wasielewski 28', Jędrych 32', Rogala 47', Danek 78' | 3,244[5] | 5th |
| 21 August 2023 | Znicz Pruszków | A | 2-0 | Mak 41', Błąd 58' | 4th | |
| 26 August 2023 | Resovia Rzeszów | H | 3-0 | Jędrych 9', Rogala 45', Marzec 89' | 3,134[6] | 2nd |
| 3 September 2023 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | A | 1-1 | Bergier 80' | 5th | |
| 15 September 2023 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | H | 0-1 | 5,087[7] | 6th | |
| 22 September 2023 | Lechia Gdańsk | A | 1-5 | Bergier 13' | 9th | |
| 30 September 2023 | Odra Opole | A | 0-1 | 10th | ||
| 8 October 2023 | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | H | 0-0 | 2,142[8] | 11th | |
| 22 October 2023 | Górnik Łęczna | A | 1-1 | de Amo Pérez 84' (o.g.) | 10th | |
| 27 October 2023 | Polonia Warszawa | H | 0-2 | 2,152[9] | 12th | |
| 5 November 2023 | Stal Rzeszów | A | 2-2 | Bergier 25', Brzozowski 55' | 12th | |
| 12 November 2023 | GKS Tychy | H | 1-0 | Bergier 73' | 3,835[10] | 11th |
| 25 November 2023 | Wisła Kraków | A | 2-3 | Bergier 57', Mak 63' | 12th | |
| 2 December 2023 | Arka Gdynia | H | 1-1 | Jędrych 73' (pen.) | 2,360[11] | 12th |
| 16 December 2023 | Chrobry Głogów | A | 4-1 | Kozubal 15', 53', Repka 45+3', Jędrych 49' | 13th | |
| 19 February 2024 | Motor Lublin | H | 2-0 | Jędrych 42' (pen.), Bergier 84' | 2,569[12] | 11th |
| 24 February 2024 | Wisła Płock | A | 1-2 | Jędrych 14' (pen.) | 11th | |
| 27 February 2024 | Miedź Legnica | H | 2-0 | Bergier 33', Jędrych 36' | 5,045[13] | 11th |
| 2 March 2024 | Znicz Pruszków | H | 3-1 | Komor 27', Jędrych 37', Bergier 51' | 2,903[14] | 10th |
| 10 March 2024 | Resovia Rzeszów | A | 2-0 | Bergier 50', Kozubal 76' | 7th | |
| 17 March 2024 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | H | 5-0 | Jędrych 28' (pen.), Marzec 38', 45+2', Bergier 55', Błąd 62' (pen.) | 4,556[15] | 6th |
| 1 April 2024 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | A | 4-0 | Kozubal 14', Rogala 49', Marzec 55', Alemán 74' | 3rd | |
| 7 April 2024 | Lechia Gdańsk | H | 1-0 | Jędrych 90+3' | 5,988[16] | 3rd |
| 13 April 2024 | Odra Opole | H | 1-3 | Jaroszek 56' | 5,467[17] | 3rd |
| 21 April 2024 | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | A | 2-2 | Janiszewski 8', Bergier 21' | 3rd | |
| 25 April 2024 | Górnik Łęczna | H | 0-0 | 2,863[18] | 4th | |
| 28 April 2024 | Polonia Warszawa | A | 2-1 | Jędrych 90+1' (pen.), Arak 90+4' | 4th | |
| 4 May 2024 | Stal Rzeszów | H | 8-0 | Kozubal 1', Bergier 12', Mak 14', 24', 27', Repka 63', Marzec 75', Arak 87' | 4,046[19] | 3rd |
| 10 May 2024 | GKS Tychy | A | 3-2 | Jaroszek 18', Repka 61', Arak 90+2' | 3rd | |
| 18 May 2024 | Wisła Kraków | H | 5-2 | Jędrych 22', Błąd 33', Rogala 47', Carbó 63' (o.g.), Marzec 90+2' | 7,455[20] | 3rd |
| 26 May 2024 | Arka Gdynia | A | 1-0 | Błąd 26' | 2nd |
Polish Cup
edit| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2023 | First Round | Górnik Zabrze | H | 0-4 | 5,794 |
Squad statistics
edit| No. | Pos. | Name | League | Polish Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
| 1 | GK | Dawid Kudła | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Patryk Szczuka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Adrian Danek | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Grzegorz Janiszewski | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Bartosz Jaroszek | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Arkadiusz Jędrych | 32 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Aleksander Komor | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Märten Kuusk | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Grzegorz Rogala | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Marcin Wasielewski | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Christian Alemán | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Bartosz Baranowicz | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Adrian Błąd | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Alan Bród | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Kacper Ćwielong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Antoni Kozubal | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Szymon Krawczyk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Mateusz Mak | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Mateusz Marzec | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Oskar Repka | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | Shun Shibata | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Jakub Arak | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sebastian Bergier | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Kacper Pietrzyk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polish Cup
editReferences
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