2008–09 I liga

I liga
Season 2008–09
Champions Widzew Łódź
Promoted Widzew Łódź
Zagłębie Lubin
Korona Kielce
Relegated Kmita Zabierzów
Odra Opole
Tur Turek
Matches played 306
Goals scored 691 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Iliyan Mitsanski
(26 goals)
Biggest home win Podbeskidzie 9–0 Tur
(23 May 2009)[1]
Biggest away win GKP 0–5 Wisła Płock
(8 October 2008)[2]
Highest scoring Podbeskidzie 9–0 Tur
(23 May 2009)[1]
Highest attendance 14,998[3]
Korona 2–2 Widzew
(14 March 2009)
Total attendance 822,834
Average attendance 2,689 Decrease15.1%[4]

The 2008–09 I liga is the 1st season of the Polish I liga under its current title (new name), and the 61st season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. Formerly, the league was known as the II liga (while the current II liga was known as the III liga). The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa.

The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion. At the other end, the bottom four teams face automatic demotion to the II liga, while the fate of the 13th and 14th-place finishers will be decided by playoffs.

The season began on 26 July 2008, and concluded on 5 June 2009. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 16 November 2008 and 13 March 2009.[5]

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Ekstraklasa & I liga

Relegated from Ekstraklasa (former I liga) to I liga (former II liga)

I liga & II liga

Promoted from third tier (former III liga) to I liga (former II liga)

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 * 34 213 1219 1157-46
Colour code:
Promotion to Ekstraklasa
Playoffs
for Ekstraklasa
Playoffs
for I liga
Relegation to II liga

* Kmita Zabierzów withdrew from the league in February 2009 as a result of financial difficulties.[6]
** Widzew Łódź relegation to I liga.[7]
Source: 90minut.pl – I liga 2008/2009 (in Polish)

I liga qualification play-offs

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gawin/Ślęza Wrocław (II) 0–6 GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski 0–5 0–1
Start Otwock (II) 1–2 GKS Jastrzębie 1–1 0–1

Source: 90minut.pl – Baraże o udział w I lidze (in Polish)

Top scorers

26 goals
20 goals
18 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Source: 90minut.pl – Strzelcy (in Polish)

References

  1. 1 2 "I liga 2008/2009 - Kolejka 32". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "I liga 2008/2009 - Kolejka 14". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "I liga 2008/2009 - Kolejka 20". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2008-2009, II. Liga". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "I liga 2008/2009". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Kmita Zabierzów wycofał się z rozgrywek". Rzeczpospolita (newspaper). 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Podjęto decyzje w sprawie łódzkich klubów". PZPN.PL.
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