Jump to content

Dariusz Raczyński

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dariusz Raczyński
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-05-30)30 May 1962
Place of birth Gdańsk, Poland
Date of death 12 October 2022(2022-10-12) (aged 60)
Place of death Gdańsk, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1979 Lechia Gdańsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1985 Lechia Gdańsk 98 (7)
1985–1987 Igloopol Dębica
1987–1988 Arka Gdynia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dariusz Raczyński (30 May 1962 – 12 October 2022) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best known for winning the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup in 1983 with his hometown club Lechia Gdańsk, their first major trophies and greatest success to date.[1]

Career

[edit]

Raczyński was born in Gdańsk on 30 May 1962.[2] He made his footballing debut with Lechia Gdańsk on 16 March 1980 playing against PKS Odra Wrocław.[3] In his first three seasons he made 48 appearances and scored 5 goals in the II liga, with Lechia suffering relegation to the third tier at the end of his third season.[4]

Despite being relegated it was a time which would become an historic period for the club. The 1982–83 season saw Lechia winning the III liga[4] with Raczyński making 13 appearances and scored 2 league goals[5] as Lechia won the division and playing in five games of Lechia's winning Polish Cup run, beating Piast Gliwice in the final 2–1.[6][7][8] The following season Lechia won the Polish Super Cup final by beating the Polish champions Lech Poznań 1–0,[9] with Raczyński starting the game. He also played in a 3–2 home defeat against Juventus in a European competition due to the previous season's cup win.[10][11] Lechia also won promotion to the top division that season by winning the II liga for the 1983–84 season.[12]

That season would prove to be his last playing for Lechia, having made his final appearance for the club on 8 June 1985 against GKS Katowice.[2] In total for Lechia he made 111 appearances and scored 9 in all competitions.[13]

Raczyński then played a further two seasons for Igloopol Dębica[14][1] and then one and a half for Arka Gdynia, with whom he won promotion to the second division in 1988[14] before retiring six months later.[1][2]

Death

[edit]

Raczyński died in his hometown Gdańsk after a serious illness on 12 October 2022, at the age of 60.[15][2]

Honours

[edit]

Lechia Gdańsk[1][14][2]

Arka Gdynia[14]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d bartekwr9 (12 October 2022), Zmarł Dariusz Raczyński (in Polish), 90minut.pl{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e Adam Mauks (12 October 2022), Nie żyje Dariusz Raczyński, były piłkarz Lechii Gdańsk (in Polish), Zawsze Pomorze
  3. ^ "1979/80 II Liga – Gr. zachodnia". lechia.net.
  4. ^ a b "Historia Lechii Gdańsk – sezon 1982/83". lechia.net. 19 April 2012.
  5. ^ "1982/83 III Liga – Gr. II (pomorska)". lechia.net.
  6. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk w drodze po Puchar Polski – sezon 1982/83". lechiahistoria.pl. 29 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Lechia – Piast Gliwice 2:1. Finał Pucharu Polski. 22.06.1983". lechiahistoria.pl. 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ "lechia.pl historia". Lechia.pl. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Superpuchar Polski dla Lechii! (30.07.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 30 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Juventus FC – Lechia Gdańsk 7:0 (14.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 14 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Lechia Gdańsk – Juventus FC 2:3 (28.09.1983)". lechiahistoria.pl. 28 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Historia Lechii Gdańsk [sezon 1983/84]". lechia.net. 13 April 2012.
  13. ^ "1984/85 I Liga". lechia.net.
  14. ^ a b c d dak (12 October 2022), Zmarł Dariusz Raczyński, były piłkarz Lechii Gdańsk i Arki Gdynia (in Polish), trojmiasto.pl
  15. ^ "Dariusz Raczyński". lechia.gda.pl.
[edit]