EKSTRAKLASA · 2021/22 · ARCHIVE
Cracovia 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Marcos Álvarez on £2,900 per week · see the current Cracovia wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £48k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £2.5m
SQUAD SIZE68
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £2k
Then and now
Cracovia pay £124,866 a week in 2026/27 — 160% higher than the £47,960 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Álvarez | £2,900 | £150,800 | 29 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Germany | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pelle van Amersfoort | £2,800 | £145,600 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Holland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rivaldinho | £2,700 | £140,400 | 26 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Sergiu Hanca | £2,600 | £135,200 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Romania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Virgil Ghiţă | £2,500 | £130,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Romania | JUN 2026 | ||
| David Jablonský | £2,400 | £124,800 | 29 | Centre-back | Czechia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Damir Sadiković | £2,400 | £124,800 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2023 | ||
| Cornel Râpă | £2,400 | £124,800 | 31 | Centre-back | Romania | JUN 2022 | ||
| Florian Loshaj | £2,300 | £119,600 | 24 | Central midfielder | Kosovo | JUN 2023 | ||
| Filip Balaj | £2,300 | £119,600 | 23 | Striker | Slovakia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Eugene Konoplyanka | £2,300 | £119,600 | 31 | Attacking midfielder | Ukraine | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jakub Jugas | £2,100 | £109,200 | 29 | Centre-back | Czechia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luís Rocha | £2,000 | £104,000 | 28 | Left-back, left midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mathias Hebo | £1,900 | £98,800 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Denmark | JUN 2024 | ||
| Matej Rodin | £1,900 | £98,800 | 25 | Centre-back | Croatia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Otar Kakabadze | £1,800 | £93,600 | 26 | Right-back | Georgia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lukáš Hroššo | £1,000 | £52,000 | 34 | Goalkeeper | Slovakia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Michal Sipľak | £920 | £47,840 | 25 | Centre-back | Slovakia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Olexiy Dytyatev | £800 | £41,600 | 32 | Centre-back | Ukraine | JUN 2022 | ||
| Rubio | £590 | £30,680 | 26 | Striker | Spain | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kamil Pestka | £560 | £29,120 | 22 | Left-back | Poland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kamil Ogorzały | £560 | £29,120 | 20 | Winger, striker | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Thiago Souza (Thiago Rodrigues de Souza) | £560 | £29,120 | 24 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Karol Niemczycki | £450 | £23,400 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Adam Wilk | £280 | £14,560 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sylwester Lusiusz | £280 | £14,560 | 21 | Defensive midfielder | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Patryk Zaucha | £260 | £13,520 | 21 | Left-back, left winger | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Radosław Kanach | £250 | £13,000 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Poland | DEC 2022 | ||
| Jakub Myszor | £240 | £12,480 | 19 | Right winger | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Karol Knap | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Central midfielder | Poland | JUN 2026 | ||
| Michał Rakoczy | £190 | £9,880 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daniel Pik | £190 | £9,880 | 20 | Winger | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Przemysław Kapek | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Poland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Dorian Pituła | £130 | £6,760 | 21 | Central midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Mateusz Supryn | £130 | £6,760 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jakub Góralczyk | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Krzysztof Bociek | £120 | £6,240 | 19 | Central midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Wiktor Zarzycki | £120 | £6,240 | 18 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Adam Malisz | £120 | £6,240 | 20 | Central midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Krystian Bociek | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Kacper Grzebieluch | £120 | £6,240 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Poland | - | ||
| Aleksander Ciesielski | £120 | £6,240 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Wiktor Łuczyk | £110 | £5,720 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Tomasz Bała | £110 | £5,720 | 20 | Striker | Poland | - | ||
| Michał Stachera | £110 | £5,720 | 20 | Full-back, right midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Aleksander Ptak | £110 | £5,720 | 17 | Striker | Poland | - | ||
| Vitaliy Tkachuk | £110 | £5,720 | 17 | Left winger | Ukraine | - | ||
| Łukasz Ziemnik | £110 | £5,720 | 19 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Kacper Nowicki | £110 | £5,720 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Robert Ożóg | £110 | £5,720 | 21 | Central midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Michał Wiśniewski | £110 | £5,720 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Kamil Kwiatkowski | £110 | £5,720 | 19 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Mateusz Bończyk | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Mikołaj Kociołek | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left-back | Poland | - | ||
| Norbert Łuczak | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Poland | - | ||
| Kasper Hamulewicz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Poland | - | ||
| Michał Zakrzewski | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Mateusz Pieńczak | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Dominik Janeczek | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Left-back | Poland | - | ||
| Oskar Wójcik | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Bartłomiej Kolec | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Adam Kapusta | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Central midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Jakub Gut | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | - | ||
| Filip Kramarz | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Poland | - | ||
| Jan Ziewiec | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
| Maciej Mrozik | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right winger | Poland | - | ||
| Oliwier Hyla | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Poland | - | ||
| Jan Mróz | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Poland | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
51 Under £1k 20%
4 £1k-£2k 14%
13 £2k-£5k 66%
Top 5 earners took 28% of the squad wage bill, across the 68 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Cracovia wages, 2021/22
What was Cracovia's wage bill in 2021/22?
Cracovia paid £47,960 a week in 2021/22 - £2,493,920 across the year - spread over a squad of 68. We hold a wage for all 68 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Cracovia player in 2021/22?
Marcos Álvarez was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £2,900 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £1,591.
What was the average Cracovia salary in 2021/22?
The average Cracovia player aged 22 or over earned £1,591 a week in 2021/22, across the 27 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 68. The top five earners took 28% of the bill between them.
How do Cracovia's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Cracovia pay £124,866 a week in 2026/27, 160% higher than the £47,960 of 2021/22. The current squad is 64 players against 68 then.