2012–13 I Liga (Poland)

I Liga
Season 2012–13
Champions Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Promoted Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Cracovia
Relegated Warta Poznań
Polonia Bytom
ŁKS Łódź
Matches played 291
Goals scored 730 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer Maciej Kowalczyk
(22 goals)
Biggest home win Dolcan 5-0 Bogdanka
Tychy 5-0 Warta
Biggest away win ŁKS 1–7 Flota
Highest scoring ŁKS 1–7 Flota
Longest winning run 8 games
Dolcan, Flota
Longest unbeaten run 12 games
Flota
Longest winless run 18 games
Bytom
Longest losing run 6 games
Bytom
Highest attendance 10,348[1]
Cracovia 1–0 Sandecja
Lowest attendance 150[1]
GKS Tychy 1-0 Miedź
2013-14

The 2012–13 I Liga football league will see 18 teams competing for the first two places in the table which give promotion from this Polish second-level league to the Ekstraklasa 2013–14 season, whilst the bottom four teams will face relegation to the II Liga.

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1992 or later and trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing, in which case he can't be substituted by a senior player).[2]

On 28 February 2013 the Disciplinary Commission of the Polish FA suspended the ŁKS's license to compete in the I Liga, because of non-payment of salaries to former players.[3] Since the club's appeal was unsuccessful, on 5 April the Polish FA announced the cancellation of Warta–ŁKS game on the 22nd match day.[4] On 10 April the club announced its withdrawal from the I liga.[5] As ŁKS had already played over 50% of their games, according to the rules of I liga, they will be ranked in the final league table, with the cancelled games counted as lost 0–3.[2]

Changes from last season

From I Liga

Promoted to Ekstraklasa

Relegated to II Liga, Group East

Relegated to II Liga, Group West

Withdrew (see below)

To I Liga

Relegated from Ekstraklasa

Promoted from II Liga, Group East

Promoted from II Liga, Group West

Additional notes

Before the start of the season Ruch Radzionków withdrew from 2012–13 I Liga, citing financial problems.[6] The club also withdrew its reverve team from Bytom region Klasa A (7th level).[7] However, Ruch will be able to join the 2013–14 III Liga, after a one-year suspension.[8]

Ruch's I Liga spot was taken by another Silesian club, Polonia Bytom, the highest placed team of the previous season's I Liga relegation zone.[9]

Team Overview

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Arka Gdynia Stadion GOSiRu 15,139
Cracovia Stadion Cracovii 15,016
Dolcan Ząbki Stadion Dolcanu 2,100
Flota Świnoujście Stadion OSiR Wyspiarz 4,500
GKS Bogdanka Stadion GKS Bogdanki 7,200
GKS Katowice Stadion Miejski 9,511
GKS Tychy Stadion Miejski in Jaworzno[10] 7,000
Kolejarz Stróże Stadion Kolejarza Stróże 2,000
ŁKS Łódź Stadion MOSiRu 7,000
Miedź Legnica Stadion im. Orła Białego 6,244
Okocimski KS Brzesko Stadion Okocimskiego KS 3,000
Olimpia Grudziądz Stadion Centralny 5,250
Polonia Bytom Stadion im. E Szymkowiaka 6,000
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Stadion im. Ojca W. Augustynka 5,000
Stomil Olsztyn Stadion OSiR 16,800
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet 2,093
Warta Poznań Stadion Miejski 41,609
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Stadion im. Z. Krzyszkowiaka 20,247

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Shirt sponsor
Arka Gdynia Poland Sikora, PawełPaweł Sikora Poland Petrkiewicz, WojciechWojciech Petrkiewicz Poland Jarzębowski, TomaszTomasz Jarzębowski Adidas Polnord, Gdynia
Cracovia Poland Stawowy, WojciechWojciech Stawowy Poland Filipiak, JanuszJanusz Filipiak Poland Radomski, ArkadiuszArkadiusz Radomski Nike Comarch
Dolcan Ząbki Poland Podoliński, RobertRobert Podoliński Poland Szczęsny, JerzyJerzy Szczęsny Maciej Tataj Zina Dolcan
Flota Świnoujście Poland Nowak, DominikDominik Nowak Poland Rozwałka, EdwardEdward Rozwałka Poland Niewiada, MarekMarek Niewiada Jako LZ
GKS Bogdanka Poland Rzepka, PiotrPiotr Rzepka Poland Kapelko, ArturArtur Kapelko Serbia Nikitović, VeljkoVeljko Nikitović Jako Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka
GKS Katowice Poland Górak, RafałRafał Górak Poland Krysiak, JacekJacek Krysiak Poland Napierała, AdrianAdrian Napierała adidas Ideon
GKS Tychy Poland Mandrysz, PiotrPiotr Mandrysz Poland Sowa, AlinaAlina Sowa Poland Kopczyk, ŁuczakŁuczak Kopczyk Nike RPWiK Tychy, Tyski Sport
Kolejarz Stróże Poland Cecherz, PrzemysławPrzemysław Cecherz Poland Dywan, BolesławBolesław Dywan Poland Walęciak, DariuszDariusz Walęciak Nike FPON1
ŁKS Łódź Poland Chojnacki, MarekMarek Chojnacki Poland Janicki, MaciejMaciej Janicki Poland Wyparło, BogusławBogusław Wyparło Zina Colorit
Miedź Legnica Poland Baniak, BogusławBogusław Baniak Poland Pajączek, MartynaMartyna Pajączek Poland Hempel, KamilKamil Hempel Givova DSA SA
Okocimski KS Brzesko Poland Łętocha, KrzysztofKrzysztof Łętocha Poland Kwaśniak, CzesławCzesław Kwaśniak Poland Pawłowicz, MateuszMateusz Pawłowicz Select Okocim, Imex
Olimpia Grudziądz Poland Asensky, TomaszTomasz Asensky Poland Bojarowski, JacekJacek Bojarowski Poland Kowalski, BartłomiejBartłomiej Kowalski Nike Grudziądz
Polonia Bytom Poland Trzeciak, JacekJacek Trzeciak Poland Nowakowski, RadosławRadosław Nowakowski Mateusz Mika Hummel LKJ-Bud, Bytom
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Poland Świerad, JanuszJanusz Świerad Poland Danek, AndrzejAndrzej Danek Slovakia Fröhlich, JánJán Fröhlich Adidas AW Wiśniowski
Stomil Olsztyn Poland Kaczmarek, ZbigniewZbigniew Kaczmarek Poland Czałpiński, JacekJacek Czałpiński Poland Bucholc, JanuszJanusz Bucholc R-Gol DBK
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza Poland Moskal, KazimierzKazimierz Moskal Poland Witkowska, DanutaDanuta Witkowska Karol Piątek Nike Termalica
Warta Poznań Poland Owczarek, CzesławCzesław Owczarek Poland Łbik, MarekMarek Łbik Poland Magdziarz, TomaszTomasz Magdziarz Nike Family House
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Ukraine Shatalov, YuriyYuriy Shatalov Poland Osuch, AnitaAnita Osuch Poland Skrzyński, ŁukaszŁukasz Skrzyński Jako Solbet
  1. ^ Kolejarz displays the charity's logo on their kit.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Termalica Slovakia Dušan Radolský Resigned 28 May 2012 Pre-season Poland Kazimierz Moskal 14 June 2011
ŁKS Łódź Poland Andrzej Pyrdoł 1 June 2012 Pre-season Poland Marek Chojnacki 1 June 2011
Cracovia Poland Tomasz Kafarski Mutual consent 11 June 2012 Pre-season Poland Wojciech Stawowy 11 June 2011
Sandecja Poland Robert Moskal End of contract 11 June 2012 Pre-season Poland Jarosław Araszkiewicz 11 June 2011
Olimpia Poland Marcin Kaczmarek End of contract 15 June 2012 Pre-season Poland Tomasz Asensky 15 June 2011
Polonia Poland Dariusz Fornalak End of contract 30 June 2012 Pre-season Poland Piotr Pierścionek 2 July 2012
Flota Poland Ryszard Kłusek Failed to renew his coaching licence 26 July 2012 Pre-season Poland Dominik Nowak 26 July 2012
Polonia Poland Piotr Pierścionek Sacked 2 October 2012 18th Poland Dominik Nowak 2 October 2012
Sandecja Poland Jarosław Araszkiewicz Sacked 2 October 2012 11th Poland Janusz Świerad 2 October 2012
Polonia Poland Piotr Pierścionek 2 October 2012 18th Poland Jacek Trzeciak 2 October 2012
Arka Czech Republic Petr Němec Sacked 14 November 2012 10th Poland Paweł Sikora 14 November 2012
ŁKS Poland Marek Chojnacki Mutual consent 13 December 2012 16th Poland Piotr Zajączkowski 15 January 2013
Warta Poland Czesław Owczarek Mutual consent 21 December 2012 10th Poland Maciej Borowski 15 January 2013
Sandecja Poland Janusz Świerad 18 January 2013 14th Poland Mirosław Hajdo 18 January 2013
Warta Poland Maciej Borowski Appointed goalkeeping coach 2 April 2013 14th Poland Krzysztof Pawlak 2 April 2013
Flota Poland Dominik Nowak Mutual consent 10 April 2013 2nd Poland Tomasz Kafarski 11 April 2013
Okocimski KS Poland Krzysztof Łętocha 11 April 2013 17th Poland Czesław Palik 11 April 2013
Zawisza Ukraine Yuri Shatalov Mutual consent 26 April 2013 7th Poland Ryszard Tarasiewicz 27 April 2013

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Zawisza Bydgoszcz (P) 34 19 9 6 69 26+43 66 Promotion to the 2013–14 Ekstraklasa
2 Cracovia (P) 34 19 7 8 48 35+13 64
3 Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza 34 19 6 9 54 28+26 63 NIE 4–0 FLO
FLO 4–1 NIE
4 Flota Świnoujście 34 19 6 9 57 33+24 63
5 Arka Gdynia 34 17 6 11 46 29+17 57
6 GKS Tychy 34 15 10 9 44 28+16 55
7 Dolcan Ząbki 34 16 6 12 52 41+11 54
8 Miedź Legnica 34 15 8 11 49 42+7 53
9 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 13 12 9 39 34+5 51
10 GKS Katowice 34 14 8 12 43 36+7 50 KAT 2–0 KOL
KOL 2–2 KAT
11 Kolejarz Stróże 34 14 8 12 47 45+2 50
12 GKS Bogdanka 34 11 13 10 37 425 46
13 Stomil Olsztyn 34 8 14 12 37 458 38
14 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 34 10 7 17 35 5419 37
15 Okocimski KS Brzesko 34 7 11 16 38 5416 322
16 Warta Poznań (R) 34 7 7 20 34 5723 28 Relegation to the 2013–14 II Liga
17 Polonia Bytom (R) 34 5 7 22 29 6435 22
18 ŁKS Łódź (R) 34 3 5 26 17 8265 141

Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1 ŁKS withdrew from the competition after 22nd round.
2 Although Okocimski KS originally finished the season in the relegation zone, they stayed in I liga, since Polonia Warsaw (who were demoted from 2012–13 Ekstraklasa) failed to meet the financial requirements set by the Polish FA for 2013–14 I Liga teams.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] ARK CRA DOLFLOBOGKATTYCKOLŁKSMLEOKOGRUPBYSNSSTONIEWAPZAW
Arka Gdynia 11 12 01 20 12 21 31 302 10 31 01 31 30 01 01 20 01
Cracovia 10 02 11 20 10 01 22 42 11 10 00 20 10 10 21 21 31
Dolcan Ząbki 14 31 01 50 20 01 14 11 11 10 20 41 11 20 01 20 10
Flota Świnoujście 30 12 20 31 31 10 01 302 11 10 10 20 40 01 41 21 03
GKS Bogdanka 21 02 21 11 21 20 10 302 22 12 21 31 22 00 10 31 11
GKS Katowice 12 11 10 20 10 10 20 12 02 12 11 42 00 42 12 11 10
GKS Tychy 00 20 12 10 00 11 11 31 10 01 21 00 11 00 03 50 22
Kolejarz Stróże 11 01 23 12 30 22 21 21 21 30 00 13 10 22 01 10 21
ŁKS Łódź 02 032 032 17 11 01 032 032 01 032 03 032 32 02 032 02 11
Miedź Legnica 11 13 32 02 20 02 21 00 302 00 21 10 31 12 21 52 12
Okocimski KS Brzesko 11 02 12 22 11 14 13 11 01 22 00 11 01 33 12 20 14
Olimpia Grudziądz 01 20 00 21 11 21 13 21 31 20 00 22 22 21 00 42 10
Polonia Bytom 01 13 31 21 01 11 03 01 11 13 03 12 01 11 03 20 04
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 12 12 21 02 10 02 12 12 302 10 43 20 30 02 00 01 05
Stomil Olsztyn 02 30 12 11 22 00 11 23 00 12 04 11 00 40 00 02 05
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza 32 20 31 40 00 10 13 42 31 12 40 11 30 01 10 30 01
Warta Poznań 01 22 22 12 11 02 01 40 302 033 11 01 21 22 11 20 01
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 00 31 11 22 11 20 00 20 302 51 40 30 31 31 23 11 20

Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 Match cancelled due to ŁKS withdrawing from the competition.
3 Match declared forfeited due to Warta fielding an ilegible player. The game ended in a 2–2 tie.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[11]
1 Poland Maciej Kowalczyk Kolejarz Stróże 22
2 Poland Paweł Abbott Zawisza Bydgoszcz 15
Montenegro Vladimir Boljević Cracovia
Brazil Marcus Vinicius Arka Gdynia
5 Poland Arkadiusz Aleksander Sandecja / Flota 13
Poland Jakub Grzegorzewski Miedź Legnica
Poland Dariusz Pawlusiński Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
Poland Mateusz Piątkowski Dolcan Ząbki
Poland Przemysław Pitry GKS Katowice
10 Poland Sebastian Olszar Flota Świnoujście 11
Latvia Deniss Rakels GKS Katowice

Clean sheets (player)

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Poland Sebastian Nowak Termalica 16
2 Poland Piotr Misztal GKS Tychy 13
3 Poland Grzegorz Kasprzik Flota 11
Poland Krzysztof Pilarz Cracovia
Poland Michał Wróbel Olimpia Grudziądz
6 Poland Łukasz Budziłek GKS Katowice 9
Poland Marcin Cabaj Sandecja
Poland Rafał Leszczyński Dolcan
9 Poland Wojciech Kaczmarek Zawisza 8
Poland Piotr Skiba Stomil

Scoring

Clean sheets (club)

Discipline

References

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