Ekstraklasa
The Ekstraklasa is the top division of Polish football premier league.
The Ekstraklasa (former I liga) was formed as Liga Piłki Nożnej (LPN) on 1 March 1927 in Warsaw, but Polish Championships as non-league competition and The Polish Football Federation PZPN (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej) had been organized on 20 December 1919 in Warsaw, a year after the independence of Poland in 1918. First, historic games of the freshly created League took place on April 3, 1927 (for more information about games in the 1920s and 1930s, see Polish Football League 1927-1939)
Currently the Ekstraklasa has 16 teams. The winner automatically receives the Polish Championship title. In the course of the time, number of teams participating in the Ekstraklasa games differed. In the 1990s there were as many as 18 teams, but in late 1930s there were only 10.
Corruption scandal
Several clubs have been involved in a corruption scandal and were/are in danger of relegation:
- Arka Gdynia - relegated from 1st to 2nd division, -5 points at the start of next season
- Górnik Łęczna - relegated from 1st to 3rd division, -6 points at the start of next season
- Górnik Polkowice - 70 000 zł penalty, relegated from 2nd to 4th division, -6 points at the start of next season
- KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski - relegated from 2nd to 3rd division, - 6 points at the start of the next season
- Zagłębie Sosnowiec - at the end of 2007/08 will be relegated one level lower, so if they'll end the season as 16th or 15th team of 1st division, they'll be relegated to 3rd division, if they finish the league at a higher place, they'll be relegated to 2nd division
- Widzew Łódź - at the end of 2007/08 will be relegated one level lower due to corruption.
Other clubs which are partly involved in corruption scandal:
- Korona Kielce (1st division)
- Zagłębie Lubin(1st division, Polish champion 2006-2007)
Television
Three matches weekly - usually Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday - are telecast nationally by Canal+ Sport of Poland. Since the 2008-09 season, the remaining matches will be broadcast on Orange Sport.
List of champions
- 1920-21: Cracovia Kraków
- 1921-22: Pogoń Lwów
- 1922-23: Pogoń Lwów
- 1923-24: No championships 2
- 1924-25: Pogoń Lwów
- 1925-26: Pogoń Lwów
- 1926-27: Wisła Kraków
- 1927-28: Wisła Kraków
- 1928-29: Warta Poznań
- 1929-30: Cracovia Kraków
- 1930-31: Garbarnia Kraków
- 1931-32: Cracovia Kraków
- 1932-33: Ruch Hajduki Wielkie
- 1933-34: Ruch Hajduki Wielkie
- 1934-35: Ruch Hajduki Wielkie
- 1935-36: Ruch Hajduki Wielkie
- 1936-37: Cracovia Kraków
- 1937-38: Ruch Hajduki Wielkie
- 1938-39: Abandoned ³
- 1945-46: Polonia Warszawa ¹
- 1946-47: Warta Poznań ¹
- 1947-48: Cracovia Kraków
- 1948-49: Wisła Kraków
- 1949-50: Wisła Kraków
- 1950-51: Wisła Kraków/Ruch Chorzów
- 1951-52: Ruch Chorzów
- 1952-53: Ruch Chorzów
- 1953-54: Polonia Bytom
- 1954-55: Legia Warszawa
- 1955-56: Legia Warszawa
- 1956-57: Górnik Zabrze
- 1957-58: ŁKS Łódź
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- 1958-59: Górnik Zabrze
- 1959-60: Ruch Chorzów
- 1960-61: Górnik Zabrze
- 1961-62: Polonia Bytom
- 1962-63: Górnik Zabrze
- 1963-64: Górnik Zabrze
- 1964-65: Górnik Zabrze
- 1965-66: Górnik Zabrze
- 1966-67: Górnik Zabrze
- 1967-68: Ruch Chorzów
- 1968-69: Legia Warszawa
- 1969-70: Legia Warszawa
- 1970-71: Górnik Zabrze
- 1971-72: Górnik Zabrze
- 1972-73: Stal Mielec
- 1973-74: Ruch Chorzów
- 1974-75: Ruch Chorzów
- 1975-76: Stal Mielec
- 1976-77: Śląsk Wrocław
- 1977-78: Wisła Kraków
- 1978-79: Ruch Chorzów
- 1979-80: Szombierki Bytom
- 1980-81: Widzew Łódź
- 1981-82: Widzew Łódź
- 1982-83: Lech Poznań
- 1983-84: Lech Poznań
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- 1984-85: Górnik Zabrze
- 1985-86: Górnik Zabrze
- 1986-87: Górnik Zabrze
- 1987-88: Górnik Zabrze
- 1988-89: Ruch Chorzów
- 1989-90: Lech Poznań
- 1990-91: Zagłębie Lubin
- 1991-92: Lech Poznań
- 1992-93: Lech Poznań
- 1993-94: Legia Warszawa
- 1994-95: Legia Warszawa
- 1995-96: Widzew Łódź
- 1996-97: Widzew Łódź
- 1997-98: ŁKS Łódź
- 1998-99: Wisła Kraków
- 1999-00: Polonia Warszawa
- 2000-01: Wisła Kraków
- 2001-02: Legia Warszawa
- 2002-03: Wisła Kraków
- 2003-04: Wisła Kraków
- 2004-05: Wisła Kraków
- 2005-06: Legia Warszawa
- 2006-07: Zagłębie Lubin
- 2007-08: Wisła Kraków
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¹ Non-league championship
² Not held due to the 1924 Summer Olympics
³ Abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II. On 31 August 1939 Ruch Chorzów was the leader.
Clubs by number of championships
Titles |
Team |
Year(s) |
14 |
Górnik Zabrze |
1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
14 |
Ruch Chorzów |
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989 |
11 |
Wisła Kraków |
1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
8 |
Legia Warsaw |
1955, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006 |
5 |
Cracovia Kraków |
1921, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1948 |
5 |
Lech Poznań |
1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993 |
4 |
Widzew Łódź |
1981, 1982, 1996, 1997 |
4 |
Pogoń Lwów |
1922, 1923, 1925, 1926 |
2 |
Polonia Warsaw |
1946, 2000 |
2 |
Zagłębie Lubin |
1991, 2007 |
2 |
ŁKS Łódź |
1958, 1998 |
2 |
Stal Mielec |
1973, 1976 |
2 |
Polonia Bytom |
1954, 1963 |
2 |
Warta Poznań |
1929, 1947 |
1 |
Śląsk Wrocław |
1977 |
1 |
Szombierki Bytom |
1980 |
1 |
Garbarnia Kraków |
1931 |
Honored Teams
In European Football teams are especially honored for winning multiple league titles, after 10 league titles a representative star is placed above the teams badge to indicate 10 league titles. Ruch Chorzów became the first Polish team to achieve this prestigious honor of winning the league for the 10th time in 1968. Four years later in 1972, Górnik Zabrze matched this achievement by winning its 10th title. Most recently Wisła Kraków has been dubbed by this honor winning their 10th league title in 2005.
The current (as of August 2008) officially-sanctioned Ekstraklasa stars are:
Ruch Chorzów (14, received in 1968).
Górnik Zabrze (14, received in 1972).
Wisła Kraków (11, received in 2005).
Top goalscorers
1927-39
Year |
Tally |
Player |
Club |
1927 |
37 goals |
Henryk Reyman |
Wisła Kraków |
1928 |
28 goals |
Ludwik Gintel |
Cracovia Kraków |
1929 |
25 goals |
Rochus Nastula |
Czarni Lwów |
1930 |
24 goals |
Karol Kossok |
Cracovia Kraków |
1931 |
24 goals |
Walerian Kisieliński |
Wisła Kraków |
1932 |
16 goals |
Kajetan Kryszkiewicz |
Warta Poznań |
1933 |
19 goals |
Artur Woźniak |
Wisła Kraków |
1934 |
33 goals |
![Flag of Poland](/2009-wikipedia_en_wp1-0.7_2009-05/I/125px_Flag_of_Poland_svg.png) Ernest Wilimowski |
Ruch Hajduki Wielkie |
1935 |
22 goals |
Michał Matyas |
Pogoń Lwów |
1936 |
18 goals |
Teodor Peterek
Ernest Wilimowski |
Ruch Hajduki Wielkie
Ruch Hajduki Wielkie |
1937 |
12 goals |
Artur Woźniak |
Wisła Kraków |
1938 |
21 goals |
Teodor Peterek |
Ruch Hajduki Wielkie |
1939 |
12 goals |
Ernest Wilimowski |
Ruch Hajduki Wielkie |
1948-08
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Year |
Tally |
Player |
Club |
1948 |
31 goals |
Józef Kohut |
Wisła Kraków |
1949 |
20 goals |
Teodor Anioła |
Lech Poznań |
1950 |
21 goals |
Teodor Anioła |
Lech Poznań |
1951 |
20 goals |
Teodor Anioła |
Lech Poznań |
1952 |
11 goals |
Gerard Cieślik |
Ruch Chorzów |
1953 |
24 goals |
Gerard Cieślik |
Ruch Chorzów |
1954 |
13 goals |
Henryk Kempny
Ernest Pohl |
Polonia Bytom
Legia Warsaw |
1955 |
16 goals |
Stanisław Hachorek |
Gwardia Warsaw |
1956 |
21 goals |
Henryk Kempny |
Legia Warsaw |
1957 |
19 goals |
Lucjan Brychczy |
Legia Warsaw |
1958 |
19 goals |
Władysław Soporek |
ŁKS Łódź |
1959 |
21 goals |
Jan Liberda
Ernest Pohl |
Polonia Bytom
Górnik Zabrze |
1960 |
17 goals |
Marian Norkowski |
Polonia Bydgoszcz |
1961 |
24 goals |
Ernest Pohl |
Górnik Zabrze |
1962 |
16 goals |
Jan Liberda |
Polonia Bytom |
1963 |
18 goals |
Marian Kielec |
Pogoń Szczecin |
1964 |
18 goals |
Lucjan Brychczy
Józef Gałeczka
Jerzy Wilim |
Legia Warsaw
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Szombierki Bytom |
1965 |
18 goals |
Lucjan Brychczy |
Legia Warsaw |
1966 |
23 goals |
Włodzimierz Lubański |
Górnik Zabrze |
1967 |
18 goals |
Włodzimierz Lubański |
Górnik Zabrze |
1968 |
24 goals |
Włodzimierz Lubański |
Górnik Zabrze |
1969 |
22 goals |
Włodzimierz Lubański |
Górnik Zabrze |
1970 |
18 goals |
Andrzej Jarosik |
Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
1971 |
13 goals |
Andrzej Jarosik |
Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
1972 |
16 goals |
Ryszard Szymczak |
Gwardia Warsaw |
1973 |
13 goals |
Grzegorz Lato |
Stal Mielec |
1974 |
15 goals |
Zdzisław Kapka |
Wisła Kraków |
1975 |
19 goals |
Grzegorz Lato |
Stal Mielec |
1976 |
20 goals |
Kazimierz Kmiecik |
Wisła Kraków |
1977 |
17 goals |
Włodzimierz Mazur |
Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
1978 |
15 goals |
Kazimierz Kmiecik |
Wisła Kraków |
1979 |
17 goals |
Kazimierz Kmiecik |
Wisła Kraków |
1980 |
24 goals |
Kazimierz Kmiecik |
Wisła Kraków |
1981 |
18 goals |
Krzysztof Adamczyk |
Legia Warsaw |
1982 |
15 goals |
Grzegorz Kapica |
Szombierki Bytom |
1983 |
15 goals |
Mirosław Okoński
Mirosław Tłokiński |
Lech Poznań
Widzew Łódź |
1984 |
14 goals |
Włodzimierz Ciołek |
Górnik Wałbrzych |
1985 |
14 goals |
Leszek Iwanicki |
Motor Lublin |
1986 |
20 goals |
Andrzej Zgutczyński |
Górnik Zabrze |
1987 |
24 goals |
Marek Leśniak |
Pogoń Szczecin |
1988 |
20 goals |
Dariusz Dziekanowski |
Legia Warsaw |
1989 |
24 goals |
Krzysztof Warzycha |
Ruch Chorzów |
1990 |
18 goals |
Andrzej Juskowiak |
Lech Poznań |
1991 |
21 goals |
Tomasz Dziubiński |
Wisła Kraków |
1992 |
20 goals |
Jerzy Podbrożny
Mirosław Waligóra |
Lech Poznań
Hutnik Kraków |
1993 |
25 goals |
Jerzy Podbrożny |
Lech Poznań |
1994 |
21 goals |
Zenon Burzawa |
Sokół Pniewy |
1995 |
16 goals |
Bogusław Cygan |
Stal Mielec |
1996 |
29 goals |
Marek Koniarek |
Widzew Łódź |
1997 |
18 goals |
Mirosław Trzeciak |
ŁKS Łódź |
1998 |
14 goals |
Arkadiusz Bąk
Sylwester Czereszewski
Mariusz Śrutwa |
Polonia Warsaw
Legia Warsaw
Ruch Chorzów |
1999 |
21 goals |
Tomasz Frankowski |
Wisła Kraków |
2000 |
19 goals |
Adam Kompała |
Górnik Zabrze |
2001 |
18 goals |
Tomasz Frankowski |
Wisła Kraków |
2002 |
21 goals |
Maciej Żurawski |
Wisła Kraków |
2003 |
24 goals |
Stanko Svitlica |
Legia Warsaw |
2004 |
20 goals |
Maciej Żurawski |
Wisła Kraków |
2005 |
25 goals |
Tomasz Frankowski |
Wisła Kraków |
2006 |
21 goals |
Grzegorz Piechna |
Kolporter Korona Kielce |
2007 |
15 goals |
Piotr Reiss |
Lech Poznań |
2008 |
23 goals |
Paweł Brożek |
Wisła Kraków |
Ekstraklasa Top 10 Goal Scorers
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