2014–15 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season 2014–15
Champions Lech Poznań
Relegated Zawisza Bydgoszcz
GKS Bełchatów
Champions League Lech Poznań
Europa League Legia Warsaw
Jagiellonia Białystok
Śląsk Wrocław
Matches played 296
Goals scored 790 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Kamil Wilczek (20 goals)
Biggest home win Legia Warsaw 5–0 Górnik Łęczna
Lech Poznań 5–0 GKS Bełchatów
Jagiellonia Białystok 5–0 Pogoń Szczecin
Biggest away win Górnik Zabrze 0–5 Wisła Kraków
Górnik Zabrze 1–6 Lech Poznań
Highest scoring Piast Gliwice 6–3 GKS Bełchatów
Longest winning run 6 matches
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Longest unbeaten run 9 matches
Cracovia
Longest winless run 11 matches
GKS Bełchatów
Longest losing run 8 matches
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Highest attendance 41,556[1]
Lech Poznań 0–0 Wisła Kraków
Lowest attendance 0[2]
Lech Poznań 4–0 Piast Gliwice
Total attendance 2,442,100[3]
Average attendance 8,250

All statistics correct as of 13 June 2015.

The 2014–15 Ekstraklasa or T-Mobile Ekstraklasa for sponsorship reasons, is the 81st season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It began on 18 July 2014. A total of 16 teams are participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2013–14 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.

Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, having won their 10th title last season, but Lech Poznań won their 7th title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation as usual was determined by the position in the table from prior season. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to the I Liga, while the top two teams are promoted to the Ekstraklasa.

Widzew Łódź and Zagłębie Lubin finished in 15th and 16th place, respectively, and were relegated to the Polish First League as a result. GKS Bełchatów and Górnik Łęczna finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the I Liga gained promotion.

Stadium and locations

Team Location Venue Capacity
Cracovia Kraków Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego 14,572
GKS Bełchatów Bełchatów GIEKSA Arena 5,238
Górnik Łęczna Łęczna Stadion Górnika Łęczna 7,500
Górnik Zabrze Zabrze Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla 3,041
Jagiellonia Białystok Białystok Stadion Miejski 22,386
Korona Kielce Kielce Kolporter Arena 15,550
Lech Poznań Poznań INEA Stadion 41,609
Lechia Gdańsk Gdańsk PGE Arena Gdańsk 43,165
Legia Warsaw Warsaw Pepsi Arena 31,103
Piast Gliwice Gliwice Stadion Miejski 10,037
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Stadion Miejski 6,962
Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera 15,717
Ruch Chorzów Chorzów Stadion Miejski 10,000
Wisła Kraków Kraków Stadion im. Henryka Reymana 33,326
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka 20,247
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Stadion Wrocław 42,771
Cracovia GKS Bełchatów Górnik Łęczna Górnik Zabrze Jagiellonia Korona
Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego GIEKSA Arena Stadion Górnika Łęczna Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla Stadion Miejski (Białystok) Kolporter Arena
Capacity: 14,572 Capacity: 5,238 Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 3,041 Capacity: 22,386 Capacity: 15,500
Lech Lechia Legia Piast Podbeskidzie Pogoń
INEA Stadion PGE Arena Gdańsk Pepsi Arena Stadion Miejski (Gliwice) Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała) Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera
Capacity: 43,269 Capacity: 43,615 Capacity: 31,103 Capacity: 10,037 Capacity: 6,962 Capacity: 18,027
Ruch Śląsk Wisła Zawisza
Stadion Miejski (Chorzów) Stadion Miejski (Wrocław) Stadion im. Henryka Reymana Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 42,771 Capacity: 33,268 Capacity: 20,247

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head coach Captain Manufacturer Sponsors
Cracovia Poland Janusz Filipiak Poland Jacek Zieliński Poland Krzysztof Pilarz Legea Comarch
GKS Bełchatów Poland Marcin Szymczyk Poland Kamil Kiereś Poland Paweł Baranowski adidas PGE
Górnik Łęczna Poland Artur Kapelko Russia Poland Yuriy Shatalov Serbia Veljko Nikitović Jako Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka
Górnik Zabrze Poland Zbigniew Waśkiewicz Poland Józef Dankowski Poland Adam Danch adidas Kompania Węglowa, Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok Poland Cezary Kulesza Poland Michał Probierz Poland Rafał Grzyb Errea Wschodzący Białystok
Korona Kielce Poland Marek Paprocki Poland Ryszard Tarasiewicz Poland Paweł Golański hummel Lewiatan
Lech Poznań Poland Karol Klimczak Poland Maciej Skorża Poland Łukasz Trałka Nike STS
Lechia Gdańsk Poland Adam Mandziara Poland Jerzy Brzęczek Poland Sebastian Mila Saller Lotos
Legia Warsaw Poland Bogusław Leśnodorski Norway Henning Berg Croatia Ivica Vrdoljak adidas Fortuna
Piast Gliwice Poland Adam Sarkowicz Czech Republic Radoslav Látal Poland Tomasz Podgórski adidas Miasto Gliwice
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Poland Wojciech Borecki Poland Dariusz Kubicki Poland Marek Sokołowski Masita murapol.pl, Kredyty Chwilówki
Pogoń Szczecin Poland Jarosław Mroczek Poland Czesław Michniewicz Poland Rafał Murawski Nike Grupa Azoty, Miasto Szczecin
Ruch Chorzów Poland Dariusz Smagorowicz Poland Waldemar Fornalik Poland Marcin Malinowski adidas Węglokoks
Śląsk Wrocław Poland Paweł Żelem Poland Tadeusz Pawłowski Poland Mariusz Pawełek adidas
Wisła Kraków Poland Robert Gaszyński Poland Kazimierz Moskal Poland Arkadiusz Głowacki adidas TeleFonika
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Poland Anita Osuch Poland Mariusz Rumak Poland Jakub Wójcicki Masita Solbet

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Legia Warsaw 30 17 5 8 57 30 +27 56 Qualification to Championship round
2 Lech Poznań 30 14 12 4 52 27 +25 54
3 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 14 7 9 43 35 +8 49
4 Śląsk Wrocław 30 12 10 8 43 36 +7 46
5 Wisła Kraków 30 11 10 9 47 39 +8 43[lower-alpha 1]
6 Górnik Zabrze 30 11 10 9 43 43 0 43[lower-alpha 1]
7 Pogoń Szczecin 30 11 8 11 40 38 +2 41[lower-alpha 2]
8 Lechia Gdańsk 30 11 8 11 36 37 1 41[lower-alpha 2]
9 Korona Kielce 30 10 9 11 34 42 8 39[lower-alpha 3] Qualification to the Relegation round
10 Piast Gliwice 30 11 6 13 38 43 5 39[lower-alpha 3]
11 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 30 10 9 11 40 48 8 39[lower-alpha 3]
12 Cracovia 30 10 7 13 35 41 6 37
13 Górnik Łęczna 30 8 10 12 31 37 6 34
14 Ruch Chorzów 30 8 9 13 33 38 5 33
15 GKS Bełchatów 30 8 7 15 24 42 18 31
16 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 30 8 5 17 32 52 20 29
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source: Ekstraklasa
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; 7) Fair play table; head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played.[4]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Wisła Kraków ahead on head-to-head record; Górnik Zabrze – Wisła Kraków 0–5, Wisła Kraków – Górnik Zabrze 1–1
  2. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head record, Pogoń Szczecin ahead on goal difference; Lechia Gdańsk – Pogoń Szczecin 0–1, Pogoń Szczecin – Lechia Gdańsk 0–1
  3. 1 2 3 Head-to-head record; Korona Kielce 10 pts, Piast Gliwice 6 pts, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1 pt

Positions by round

Team/
Round
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Legia 12 8 10 4 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lech 1 3 9 5 6 8 9 10 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 6 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Jagiellonia 7 4 2 7 11 11 10 7 6 6 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Śląsk 2 10 5 10 10 7 5 6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4
Wisła 9 11 7 9 5 3 1 1 2 5 6 4 4 5 5 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 5
Górnik Z. 2 5 6 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 1 5 7 7 6 4 4 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 8 7 8 6 8 6
Pogoń 5 1 1 3 4 9 11 9 9 10 8 10 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 9 10 12 12 10 11 9 8 6 7
Lechia 7 6 3 6 9 6 7 8 10 8 8 9 10 10 12 11 13 11 13 12 11 12 11 8 7 8 6 9 7 8
Korona 13 16 13 15 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 11 13 14 14 14 13 13 14 11 9 10 10 10 9
Piast 16 12 14 14 15 15 12 12 11 11 10 12 12 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 8 9 9 10 12 13 12 12 11 10
Podbeskidzie 11 13 11 8 8 5 4 4 8 9 12 8 9 11 10 10 9 9 8 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 9 11
Cracovia 13 15 15 13 12 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 12 14 14 12 13 13 14 14 13 14 12 14 14 13 12
Górnik Ł. 9 6 8 11 7 10 8 9 12 12 11 11 11 13 13 14 12 12 11 11 12 11 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 13
Ruch 13 14 16 16 13 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 13 14 14
GKS Bełchatów 6 2 4 1 2 4 6 5 4 2 5 6 5 4 4 6 7 8 9 9 10 8 10 11 13 14 15 15 15 15
Zawisza 2 9 12 12 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Results

Home ╲ Away CRA BEŁ GKŁGÓRJAGKORLGDLPOLEGPIAPBBPOGRUCŚLĄWISZAW
Cracovia 31 21 12 11 21 32 00 13 31 13 01 10 11 10 10
GKS Bełchatów 11 11 10 00 20 11 12 03 00 12 10 01 20 31 14
Górnik Łęczna 21 11 01 00 10 11 11 31 12 00 42 30 11 11 52
Górnik Zabrze 20 20 20 30 11 22 11 04 12 33 11 22 33 05 21
Jagiellonia Białystok 21 01 21 10 12 22 10 03 21 42 50 20 13 22 00
Korona Kielce 12 20 20 03 03 32 22 00 10 21 22 00 22 32 22
Lechia Gdańsk 10 10 20 10 11 12 12 10 31 10 01 33 14 10 00
Lech Poznań 11 50 10 30 20 11 10 21 40 11 11 21 20 23 62
Legia Warsaw 20 01 50 11 13 20 10 22 20 30 21 21 43 22 20
Piast Gliwice 42 31 00 22 02 12 13 32 31 30 10 01 20 00 30
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 11 11 10 03 10 22 10 02 21 24 23 30 22 22 21
Pogoń Szczecin 21 30 01 31 20 20 01 11 21 00 12 11 41 03 30
Ruch Chorzów 30 01 12 12 52 01 11 00 00 20 20 21 10 12 12
Śląsk Wrocław 00 21 21 20 01 10 30 11 13 30 00 11 20 10 21
Wisła Kraków 21 10 20 11 02 20 31 12 03 11 32 11 22 11 01
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 03 21 00 12 13 20 02 10 12 20 12 21 11 01 24

Updated to games played on 29 April 2015.
Source: 90minut.pl
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lech Poznań (Q) 37 19 13 5 67 33 +34 43 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Legia Warsaw (Q) 37 21 7 9 64 33 +31 42 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Jagiellonia Białystok (Q) 37 19 8 10 59 44 +15 41 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Śląsk Wrocław (Q) 37 15 13 9 50 43 +7 35
5 Lechia Gdańsk 37 13 10 14 45 47 2 29
6 Wisła Kraków 37 12 13 12 56 48 +8 28
7 Górnik Zabrze 37 12 11 14 50 60 10 26
8 Pogoń Szczecin 37 11 9 17 45 52 7 22
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source: Ekstraklasa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in regular season; 3) head-to-head points in regular season; 4) head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 6) head-to-head goals scored in regular season (if more than two teams); 7) goal difference; 8) number of goals scored; 9) Fair Play table.[5]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Legia Warsaw qualifies for Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2014–15 Polish Cup and the spot for the runners-up (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the fourth placed team.

Positions by round

Team/
Round
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Lech 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Legia 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Jagiellonia 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Śląsk 4 5 5 6 6 4 4 4
Lechia 8 6 7 4 4 5 5 5
Wisła 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
Górnik Z. 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
Pogoń 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Results

Home ╲ Away LEG LPO JAGŚLĄWISGÓRPOGLGD
Legia Warsaw 12 10 10 20
Lech Poznań 13 30 00 10
Jagiellonia Białystok 11 21 32 42
Śląsk Wrocław 11 11 21 10
Wisła Kraków 01 41 22
Górnik Zabrze 16 20 01
Pogoń Szczecin 01 13 13
Lechia Gdańsk 00 12 22

Updated to games played on 7 June 2015.
Source: 90minut.pl
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Cracovia 37 15 9 13 50 44 +6 36
10 Ruch Chorzów 37 12 10 15 44 46 2 30
11 Korona Kielce 37 12 11 14 44 55 11 28
12 Piast Gliwice 37 13 8 16 50 56 6 28
13 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 37 12 10 15 47 60 13 27
14 Górnik Łęczna 37 11 11 15 39 46 7 27
15 Zawisza Bydgoszcz (R) 37 10 8 19 45 63 18 24 Relegation to I liga
16 GKS Bełchatów (R) 37 9 9 19 35 60 25 21
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2015. Source: Ekstraklasa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in regular season; 3) head-to-head points in regular season; 4) head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 6) head-to-head goals scored in regular season (if more than two teams); 7) goal difference; 8) number of goals scored; 9) Fair Play table.[6]
(R) Relegated.

Positions by round

Team/
Round
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Cracovia 12 12 10 9 10 9 9 9
Ruch 14 14 12 12 13 11 12 10
Korona 9 10 13 14 14 12 13 11
Piast 10 11 11 10 9 10 10 12
Podbeskidzie 11 9 9 11 11 13 11 13
Górnik Ł. 13 13 14 13 12 14 14 14
Zawisza 16 16 15 15 16 15 15 15
GKS Bełchatów 15 15 16 16 15 16 16 16

Results

Home ╲ Away KOR PIA PBBCRAGKŁRUCBEŁZAW
Korona Kielce 21 31 13 02
Piast Gliwice 21 03 23 63
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 03 10 02 22
Cracovia 11 10 11 31
Górnik Łęczna 03 01 10
Ruch Chorzów 11 24 32
GKS Bełchatów 22 02 14
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 31 00 11

Updated to games played on 5 June 2015.
Source: 90minut.pl
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 7 June 2015.
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Poland Kamil Wilczek Piast Gliwice 20
2 Portugal Flávio Paixão Śląsk Wrocław 18
3 Poland Paweł Brożek Wisła Kraków 15
Poland Patryk Tuszyński Jagiellonia Białystok 15
5 Poland Grzegorz Kuświk Ruch Chorzów 14
Poland Mateusz Piątkowski Jagiellonia Białystok 14
7 Finland Kasper Hämäläinen Lech Poznań 13
Portugal Orlando Sá Legia Warsaw 13
9 Poland Łukasz Zwoliński Pogoń Szczecin 12
10 Lithuania Fiodor Černych Górnik Łęczna 11
Poland Arkadiusz Piech GKS Bełchatów 11
Latvia Deniss Rakels Cracovia 11
Poland Marcin Robak Pogoń Szczecin 11

Top assists

As of matches played 7 June 2015.
Rank Player Club Assists[8]
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Semir Štilić Wisła Kraków 13
2 Georgia (country) Nika Dzalamidze Jagiellonia Białystok 11
3 Poland Tomasz Brzyski Legia Warsaw 10
Poland Szymon Pawłowski Lech Poznań 10
5 Poland Rafał Murawski Pogoń Szczecin 9
Poland Marcin Budziński Cracovia 9
7 Poland Adam Frączczak Pogoń Szczecin 8
Poland Łukasz Madej Górnik Zabrze 8
Poland Michał Mak GKS Bełchatów 8
Poland Marek Zieńczuk Ruch Chorzów 8
11 Poland Kamil Drygas Zawisza Bydgoszcz 7
Poland Filip Starzyński Ruch Chorzów 7
13 Poland Grzegorz Bonin Górnik Łęczna 6
Slovakia Róbert Jež Górnik Zabrze 6
Hungary Gergő Lovrencsics Lech Poznań 6
Poland Sebastian Mila Lechia Gdańsk 6
Poland Maciej Makuszewski Lechia Gdańsk 6

References

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  3. "Rozgrywki – Frekwencja". ekstraklasa.org. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. "Zmiany w zasadach ustalania kolejności w tabeli Ekstraklasy od sezonu 2011/2012". 8 July 2011 (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. – official site. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  5. "ROZGRYWKI - ZASADY" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. – official site. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. "ROZGRYWKI - ZASADY" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. – official site. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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