2016–17 I liga

I liga
Season	2016–17
Dates	29 July 2016 – 4 June 2017
Champions	Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Promoted	Sandecja Nowy Sącz Górnik Zabrze
Relegated	Wisła Puławy Znicz Pruszków MKS Kluczbork
Matches played	306
Goals scored	799 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Angulo (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Wigry 6–0 Stal (28 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Wisła 1–5 Miedź (8 październik 2016) Pogoń 0–4 Miedź (5 November 2016) Kluczbork 0–4 Zagłębie (8 April 2017) Stomil 0–4 Stal (15 April 2017)
Highest scoring	Chojniczanka 5–4 Stomil (6 August 2016) Podbeskidzie 4–5 Zagłębie (16 September 2016) Znicz 4–5 Wigry (25 November 2016)
Longest winning run	8 matches Sandecja
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches Chojniczanka
Longest winless run	14 matches Kluczbork
Longest losing run	6 matches Tychy
Highest attendance	20,987^[1] Górnik 1–0 Katowice (16 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	250^[2] Znicz 1–3 Sandecja (21 October 2016)
Total attendance	790,237^[3]
Average attendance	2,583 52.1%^[4]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 I liga (currently named Nice I liga due to sponsorship reasons)^[5] was the 9th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 69th season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season began on 29 July 2016, and concluded on 4 June 2017. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 28 November 2016 and 2 March 2017.^[6]

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1996 or later and Polish or 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).^[7]

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To I liga

Relegated from Ekstraklasa

Promoted from II liga

From I liga

Promoted to Ekstraklasa

Relegated to II liga

Dissolved

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Withdrew

Dolcan Ząbki

Team overview

Location of teams and stadiums in 2016–17 I liga

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Bytovia Bytów !Bytovia Bytów	Stadion MOSiR	1,500
Chojniczanka Chojnice !Chojniczanka Chojnice	Stadion Miejski	3,000
Chrobry Głogów !Chrobry Głogów	Stadion Chrobego Głogów	2,817
GKS Katowice !GKS Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	6,710
GKS Tychy !GKS Tychy	Stadion Miejski	15,300
Górnik Zabrze !Górnik Zabrze	Ernest Pohl Stadium	24,413¹
Miedź Legnica !Miedź Legnica	Stadion Miejski	6,244
MKS Kluczbork !MKS Kluczbork	Stadion Miejski	2,776
Olimpia Grudziądz !Olimpia Grudziądz	Stadion Miejski	5,000
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała !Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Stadion Miejski	15,316
Pogoń Siedlce !Pogoń Siedlce	Stadion ROSRRiT	2,901
Sandecja Nowy Sącz !Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka	2,850
Stal Mielec !Stal Mielec	Stadion Stali Mielec	6,800
Stomil Olsztyn !Stomil Olsztyn	OSiR Stadium	3,500
Wigry Suwałki !Wigry Suwałki	Stadion Miejski	3,060
Wisła Puławy !Wisła Puławy	Stadion MOSiR	4,418
Zagłębie Sosnowiec !Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Stadium Ludowy	7,500
Znicz Pruszków !Znicz Pruszków	Stadion Znicza Pruszków	1,977

^ Upgrading to 31,871.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Sandecja Nowy Sącz (C, P)	34	18	7	9	50	29	+21	61	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Górnik Zabrze (P)	34	17	7	10	53	34	+19	58	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
3	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	34	16	9	9	53	44	+9	57^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Miedź Legnica	34	16	9	9	49	27	+22	57^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Chojniczanka Chojnice	34	13	17	4	54	48	+6	56^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Olimpia Grudziądz	34	17	5	12	48	35	+13	56^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	GKS Katowice	34	15	9	10	47	32	+15	54
8	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	34	14	11	9	40	39	+1	53
9	Wigry Suwałki	34	15	7	12	51	45	+6	52
10	Stal Mielec	34	12	9	13	39	42	−3	45
11	Pogoń Siedlce	34	13	5	16	34	46	−12	44
12	Chrobry Głogów	34	12	7	15	50	50	0	43
13	Stomil Olsztyn^{[lower-alpha 3]}	34	9	13	12	48	50	−2	37^{[lower-alpha 4]}
14	GKS Tychy	34	10	7	17	42	52	−10	37^{[lower-alpha 4]}
15	Bytovia Bytów (O)	34	8	11	15	38	47	−9	35	Qualification to play-off
16	Wisła Puławy (R)	34	7	12	15	33	49	−16	33	Relegation to II liga
17	Znicz Pruszków (R)	34	8	6	20	35	64	−29	30
18	MKS Kluczbork (R)	34	4	13	17	35	66	−31	25

Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. points in head-to-head matches; 3. goal difference in hth matches; 4. goals scored in hth matches; 5. away goals in hth matches (only if two teams are tied); 6. total goal difference; 7. total goals scored; 8. fairplay ranking.^[9]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: Zagłębie 1–0 Miedź, Miedź 2–1 Zagłębie.
1 2 Head-to-head record: Chojniczanka 3–1 Olimpia, Olimpia 0–1 Chojniczanka .
↑ Stomil Olsztyn were punished with a deduction of three points for failing with licensing requirements.^[8]
1 2 Head-to-head record: Stomil 4–0 Tychy. Tychy 2–2 Stomil.

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	31	32	33	34
Team / Round
Sandecja	8	10	6	7	5	3	3	4	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Górnik	14	13	17	11	14	15	14	10	11	11	10	8	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	6	4	2	2
Zagłębie	6	4	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	5	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	4	3
Miedź	3	5	7	10	10	12	10	7	7	8	8	7	10	10	7	4	7	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	7	6	5	7	8	6	8	6	5	4
Chojniczanka	6	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	3	4	7	3	5	3	5
Olimpia	17	17	18	13	12	9	12	15	16	13	15	13	11	13	12	15	12	10	9	7	9	8	5	4	6	5	3	5	5	2	5	3	7	6
Katowice	14	7	8	9	8	6	4	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	6	4	3	3	4	7	6	7
Podbeskidzie	1	1	1	2	2	5	7	6	6	7	9	10	9	9	10	9	10	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	8	9	8	8	8
Wigry	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	5	6	6	8	8	8	11	9	7	7	5	4	6	7	6	5	7	7	6	6	5	7	9	9	9
Stal	8	10	11	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	13	14	14	14	14	11	12	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Pogoń	3	8	13	15	17	17	15	11	8	10	7	9	7	7	5	6	5	5	6	9	7	9	9	8	9	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	11
Chrobry	18	18	16	18	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	14	13	12	13	11	12	12	13	15	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	12
Stomil	12	15	14	16	13	8	8	12	12	9	12	12	13	12	11	7	11	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13
Tychy	14	13	9	8	9	11	6	8	10	14	11	14	15	15	16	17	16	17	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Bytovia	2	9	12	6	7	10	11	9	9	6	4	4	4	5	6	10	6	9	11	11	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	15
Wisła	8	6	3	4	6	7	9	14	14	15	14	15	14	11	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Znicz	13	16	15	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17
Kluczbork	8	12	10	11	11	13	16	16	15	16	16	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bytovia Bytów !BYT	Chojniczanka Chojnice !CCH	Chrobry Głogów !GŁO	GKS Katowice !KAT	GKS Tychy !TYC	Górnik Zabrze !GÓR	Miedź Legnica !MLE	MKS Kluczbork !KLU	Olimpia Grudziądz !GRU	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała !PBB	Pogoń Siedlce !PSI	Sandecja Nowy Sącz !SNS	Stal Mielec !STA	Stomil Olsztyn !STO	Wigry Suwałki !WIG	Wisła Puławy !WPU	Zagłębie Sosnowiec !ZSO	Znicz Pruszków !ZNI
Bytovia Bytów !Bytovia Bytów		0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
Chojniczanka Chojnice !Chojniczanka Chojnice	1–1		2–2	2–2	1–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	5–4	3–2	3–3	2–2	1–1
Chrobry Głogów !Chrobry Głogów	3–3	1–3		0–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1
GKS Katowice !GKS Katowice	1–1	1–1	2–1		3–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
GKS Tychy !GKS Tychy	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0		2–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1
Górnik Zabrze !Górnik Zabrze	0–0	6–1	2–1	1–0	1–0		0–2	4–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	0–1
Miedź Legnica !Miedź Legnica	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–0		2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
MKS Kluczbork !MKS Kluczbork	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	2–2		3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–4	2–2
Olimpia Grudziądz !Olimpia Grudziądz	2–3	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–0		0–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała !Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–3	2–1	3–1	0–3		0–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	4–5	2–0
Pogoń Siedlce !Pogoń Siedlce	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–4	3–0		0–3	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0
Sandecja Nowy Sącz !Sandecja Nowy Sącz	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	4–0		1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	5–2
Stal Mielec !Stal Mielec	2–2	0–1	1–4	3–3	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0		0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1
Stomil Olsztyn !Stomil Olsztyn	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–4	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–4		1–4	3–2	0–0	5–1
Wigry Suwałki !Wigry Suwałki	3–2	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–4	0–1	6–0	2–1		3–2	0–3	2–1
Wisła Puławy !Wisła Puławy	2–1	0–0	3–4	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–5	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1		1–1	1–2
Zagłębie Sosnowiec !Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–5	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1		0–3
Znicz Pruszków !Znicz Pruszków	1–2	3–3	0–0	1–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–3	4–5	0–3	1–4

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.

I liga play-off

The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played on 11 and 18 June 2017.^[10] The winner will compete in the 2017–18 I liga season.^[9]

Bytovia Bytów v Radomiak Radom

11 June 2017
17:00

Bytovia Bytów	4–0	Radomiak Radom
González 11' Klichowicz 33' Surdykowski 44', 68'	Report

MOSiR Stadium, Bytów
Referee: Piotr Lasyk (Bytom)

Radomiak Radom v Bytovia Bytów

18 June 2017
16:00

Radomiak Radom	0–2	Bytovia Bytów
	Report	Rzuchowski 51', 75'

Stadion Miejski, Radom
Referee: Paweł Pskit (Łódź)

Bytovia won 6–0 on aggregate and stayed in I liga for next season.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[11]
1	Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze	17
2	Jakub Świerczok	GKS Tychy	16
3	Karol Angielski	Olimpia Grudziądz	14
3	Damian Kądzior	Wigry Suwałki	14
5	Petteri Forsell	Miedź Legnica	13
6	Kamil Zapolnik	Wigry Suwałki	12
7	Sylwester Patejuk	Wisła Puławy	11
7	Martin Pribula	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	11
9	Adrian Paluchowski	Znicz Pruszków	10
9	Paweł Zawistowski	Chojniczanka Chojnice	10

References

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I liga · 2017–18 clubs
Bytovia Bytów Chojniczanka Chojnice Chrobry Głogów GKS Katowice GKS Tychy Górnik Łęczna Miedź Legnica Odra Opole Olimpia Grudziądz Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Pogoń Siedlce Puszcza Niepołomice Raków Częstochowa Ruch Chorzów Stal Mielec Stomil Olsztyn Wigry Suwałki Zagłębie Sosnowiec

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2016–17 in Polish football

Domestic leagues

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International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Youth	Youth League

Transfers

Club seasons
2016–17 Ekstraklasa	Arka Gdynia Cracovia Górnik Łęczna Jagiellonia Białystok Korona Kielce Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk Legia Warsaw Piast Gilwice Pogoń Szczecin Ruch Chorzów Śląsk Wrocław LKS Nieciecza Wisła Kraków Wisła Płock Zagłębie Lubin

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