Carl Oscar Johan Lewicki (Swedish: [lɛˈvɪ̌kːɪ], Polish: [lɛˈvitskʲi]; born 14 July 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.

Oscar Lewicki
Lewicki with Malmö FF in 2015
Personal information
Full name Carl Oscar Johan Lewicki
Date of birth (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Malmö FF
Number 6
Youth career
1996–2005 Limhamns IF
2005–2008 Malmö FF
2007–2008 → Rörsjöstadens IF (loan)[2]
2008–2010 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Bayern Munich II 33 (0)
2011–2014 BK Häcken 69 (2)
2015– Malmö FF 205 (4)
International career
2007–2009 Sweden U17 20 (2)
2010 Sweden U19 6 (0)
2011–2015 Sweden U21 27 (2)
2014–2018 Sweden 15 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Sweden
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2015 Czech Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:23, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Born in Malmö, Lewicki started off his career with Malmö FF before joining Bayern Munich's youth organization in 2008. In 2011, Lewicki returned to his native Sweden to play for BK Häcken. In 2015, he rejoined his boyhood club Malmö FF with which he has won the 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024 Allsvenskan titles.

A full international since 2014, Lewicki has won 15 caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad player for his country at UEFA Euro 2016.

Club career

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Bayern Munich

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Lewicki joined FC Bayern Munich from his native Malmö FF in 2008 and settled into their youth setup. He was first involved with Bayern's reserve team towards the end of the 2009–10 season appearing as an unused substitute in a number of matches as the season drew to a close. He made his debut at the beginning of the following season in a 4–1 defeat against Kickers Offenbach and made 33 appearances as the club got relegated from the 3. Liga. He was offered a pro-contract at the first team but declined.[3] In June 2011 he became a free agent.[4]

BK Häcken

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Despite FC Bayern Munich trying to re-sign him, Lewicki chose to join Swedish side BK Häcken in August 2011 after having penned a contract lasting through to 2014. The main reason for the switch was due to the presumable lack of first-team football in the near future with the German team.[5] Lewicki spent four seasons at Häcken before leaving the club at the end of his contract in 2014.

Malmö FF

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Lewicki's first club Malmö FF announced that he would return to the club on a three-year contract on 13 November 2014.[6] The transfer went through when the Swedish transfer window opened on 8 January 2015.

International career

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After having represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams, Lewicki was a vital part of the Sweden U21 team that won the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and was selected to the Team of the Tournament.[7]

He made his full international debut for Sweden on 17 January 2014 in a friendly game against Moldova.[8] He made his competitive debut for Sweden on 9 October 2015 in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Liechtenstein, coming on as a substitute for Albin Ekdal in the 66th minute.[9] He played in all 180 minutes as Sweden eliminated Denmark in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying play-offs after winning 4–3 on aggregate in two games.[10]

Lewicki was a squad member for Sweden at UEFA Euro 2016 and played in two games before Sweden was eliminated in the group stage.[11]

After Euro 2016, Lewicki was out of the national team for the 2018 World Cup cycle. Between 2019 and 2021 he was once again selected for the national team on several occasions, but had to withdraw with various injuries.[12][13]

Personal life

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Lewicki is the son of Anders Lewicki, who made two Allsvenskan appearances for Malmö FF in 1987.[14] His cousin, Tobias Lewicki, has also made one appearance for Malmö FF.[15]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 15 November 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich II 2010–11 3. Liga 33 0 0 0 33 0
BK Häcken 2011 Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 Allsvenskan 24 1 0 0 24 1
2013 Allsvenskan 18 1 0 0 3 0 21 1
2014 Allsvenskan 27 0 5 0 32 0
Total 69 2 5 0 3 0 77 2
Malmö FF 2015 Allsvenskan 27 2 4 0 12 0 43 2
2016 Allsvenskan 24 0 7 0 31 0
2017 Allsvenskan 29 2 1 0 2 0 32 2
2018 Allsvenskan 28 0 6 0 13 1 47 1
2019 Allsvenskan 27 0 3 0 14 1 44 1
2020 Allsvenskan 23 0 6 0 4 0 33 0
2021 Allsvenskan 11 0 0 0 10 0 21 0
2022 Allsvenskan 11 0 1 0 5 0 17 0
2023 Allsvenskan 23 0 2 0 25 0
Total 203 4 30 0 60 2 293 6
Career total 305 6 35 0 60 2 403 8

International

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Lewicki playing for Sweden U21.

Appearances and goals by national team and year

As of 11 January 2018[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2014 2 0
2015 6 0
2016 4 0
2017 2 0
2018 1 0
Total 15 0

Honours

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Malmö FF

Sweden U21

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Oscar Lewicki". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Pantelidis till Lilla Torg FF" (in Swedish). malmo.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Ottl und Co.: FC Bayern: Einer geht, einer bleibt, einer wird befördert - Sport News - Aktuelle Sportnachrichten - Augsburger Allgemeine". Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Lewicki, Oscar" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  5. ^ "U21-landslagsman klar för Häcken" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Oscar Lewicki till MFF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Lewicki lämnar guldfirandet". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Moldavien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Liechtenstein - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Oscar Lewicki - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  11. ^ TT (22 June 2016). "Sverige utslaget ur EM efter tung förlust mot Belgien". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Lewicki mot landslagscomeback? "Har utvecklats"". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Lewicki fick lämna återbud till Blågult: "Skulle varit med i truppen"". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  14. ^ "En familjeangelägenhet". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  15. ^ Johansson, Tomas (29 August 2012). "Lewicki klar för TFF". Trelleborgs Allehanda.
  16. ^ a b "Oscar Lewicki". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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