2008–09 Polish First League

Polish First League
Season 2008–09
Champions Widzew Łódź
Relegated Tur Turek, Odra Opole
Top goalscorer Iliyan Mitsanski (25)

The Polish First League 2008–09 season sees 18 teams competing for promotion to the Ekstraklasa. This is the first season under its new name. Formerly, the league was known as the Polish Second League (while the current Second League was known as the Third). The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the third-placed team will compete in playoffs. At the other end, the bottom four teams face automatic demotion to the Second League, while the fate of the 13th and 14th place finishers will be decided by playoffs.

Location of teams in Polish First League 2008-09

Contents

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Ekstraklasa & First League

Relegated from Ekstraklasa to Polish First League (former Polish Second League)

First & Second Leagues

Promoted from Polish Second League (former Polish Third League) to First League (former Polish Second League)

League table

P Team Pld Pts W D L GF GA ±
1. Widzew Łódź ** 34 72 21 9 4 55 23 +32
2. Zagłębie Lubin 34 69 21 6 7 68 33 +35
3. Korona Kielce 34 61 18 7 9 51 37 +14
4. Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 34 59 17 8 9 60 29 +31
5. Znicz Pruszków 34 58 17 7 10 44 27 +17
6. Górnik Łęczna 34 57 16 9 9 49 36 +13
7. Flota Świnoujście 34 53 16 5 13 43 37 +6
8. Dolcan Ząbki 34 49 14 7 13 35 31 +4
9. Warta Poznań 34 46 13 7 14 44 45 -1
10. Wisła Płock 34 44 12 8 14 43 45 -2
11. GKS Katowice 34 44 11 11 12 37 42 -5
12. Stal Stalowa Wola 34 43 11 10 13 33 34 -1
13. GKS Jastrzębie 34 41 11 8 15 37 48 -11
14. GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski 34 36 9 9 16 39 54 -15
15. Motor Lublin 34 32 6 14 14 21 36 -15
16. Tur Turek 34 30 6 12 16 29 56 -27
17. Odra Opole 34 25 6 7 21 22 51 -29
18. Kmita Zabierzów * 34 21 3 12 19 11 57 -46
Colour code:
Promotion to Ekstraklasa
Playoffs
for Ekstraklasa
Playoffs
for Polish First League
Relegation to Polish Second League

* Kmita Zabierzów withdrew from the league in February 2009 as a result of financial difficulties.[1]
** Widzew Łódź relegation to First League.[2] Last updated: June 9, 2009
Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)

Top scorers

25 goals
20 goals
18 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Last updated: May 29, 2009
Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)

References

  1. ^ "Kmita Zabierzów wycofał się z rozgrywek". Rzeczpospolita (newspaper). 2009-02-24. http://www.rp.pl/artykul/2,267953.html. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
  2. ^ "Podjęto decyzje w sprawie łódzkich klubów". PZPN.PL. http://www.pzpn.pl/?inf=16289. 

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