2009–10 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season 2009–10
Champions Lech Poznań
(6th title)
Relegated Piast Gliwice
Odra Wodzisław
UEFA Champions League Lech Poznań
UEFA Europa League Wisła Kraków
Ruch Chorzów
Matches played 240
Goals scored 532 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer Robert Lewandowski (18 goals)
Biggest home win Korona 4–0 P. Warsaw
Legia 4–0 Zagłębie
P. Bytom 4–0 Piast
Śląsk 4–0 Odra
Biggest away win Korona 0–5 Lech
Highest scoring Cracovia 2–6 Lechia
Highest attendance 15,500[1]
Korona 0–5 Lech
(9 August 2009)
Total attendance 1,259,280
Average attendance 5,247 Decrease28.6%[2]

The 2009–10 Ekstraklasa was the 76th season since its establishment as the highest football league of Poland. It began on 31 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010. The champion was Lech Poznań.

Teams

Due to several non-competitive events between last and this season, the team exchange among the two highest football divisions of Poland was only partially determined by the 2008–09 league tables.

ŁKS Łódź were denied a license by the Polish FA because of financial issues.[3] ŁKS filed several appeals against this decision, but were eventually left without any success.

First League 2008–09 champions Widzew Łódź were not permitted to advance by the Polish FA after their involvement in the Polish corruption scandal.[4] The club had its initial appeals rejected, however, an Arbitration Tribunal later returned a verdict in the club's favor which led the club to file a request for immediate reinstatement to the Ekstraklasa.[5]

The decisions had a significant influence on the relegation and promotion of teams. As a consequence of their revoked license, ŁKS were put in last place of the 2008–09 Ekstraklasa standings and directly relegated to the First League. They were joined by Górnik Zabrze as 15th-placed team. Both teams were replaced with First League 2008–09 runners-up Zagłębie Lubin and third-placed Korona Kielce.

Because of the controversy surrounding both teams from Łódź, the Polish FA was forced to postpone the originally planned relegation/promotion play-off in June 2009 and eventually decided to cancel it completely.

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Venue Capacity[6]
Arka Gdynia Gdynia GOSiR Stadium 12,000 (upgrading 15,500)
Cracovia Kraków Cracovia Stadium 12,000 (upgrading 15,100)
GKS Bełchatów Bełchatów GKS Stadium 5,238
Jagiellonia Białystok Białystok Municipal Stadium 7,500 (upgrading 22,500)
Korona Kielce Kielce Arena Kielce 15,550
Lech Poznań Poznań Municipal Stadium 17,000 (upgrading 45,830)
Lechia Gdańsk Gdańsk Lechia Stadium 11,524 (upgrading 44,630)
Legia Warsaw Warsaw Polish Army Stadium 25,976 (upgrading 33,200)
Odra Wodzisław Śląski Wodzisław Śląski MOSiR Stadium 7,400
Piast Gliwice Gliwice Piast Stadium 5,000
Polonia Bytom Bytom Edward Szymkowiak Stadium 6,000
Polonia Warsaw Warsaw Polonia Stadium 7,000
Ruch Chorzów Chorzów Ruch Stadium 10,000
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Oporowska Stadium 8,273 (upgrading 42,770)
Wisła Kraków Kraków Henryk Reyman Stadium 20,346 (upgrading 33,680)
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin Dialog Arena 16,300

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Lech Poznań (C) 30 19 8 3 51 20+31 65 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Wisła Kraków 30 19 5 6 48 20+28 62 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Ruch Chorzów 30 16 5 9 40 30+10 53 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Legia Warsaw 30 15 7 8 36 22+14 52
5 GKS Bełchatów 30 13 9 8 37 27+10 48
6 Korona Kielce 30 9 10 11 35 416 37 KOR: 7 pts, 3–2
PBY: 5 pts, 2–2
LGD: 3 pts, 2–3
7 Polonia Bytom 30 9 10 11 29 312 37
8 Lechia Gdańsk 30 9 10 11 30 322 37
9 Śląsk Wrocław 30 8 12 10 32 331 36
10 Zagłębie Lubin 30 8 11 11 30 388 35
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 11 11 8 29 27+2 0341 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1 JAG 0–0 CRA
CRA 0–1 JAG
12 Cracovia 30 9 7 14 25 3914 34
13 Polonia Warsaw 30 9 6 15 25 3813 33
14 Arka Gdynia 30 7 7 16 28 3911 28
15 Odra Wodzisław (R) 30 7 6 17 27 4518 27 Relegation to First League 2010-11 ODR 2–0 PIA
PIA 2–1 ODR
16 Piast Gliwice (R) 30 7 6 17 30 5020 27

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
1Jagiellonia Białystok were docked ten points at the start of the 2009–10 season as a consequence of the club's involvement in a corruption scandal. They will qualify to the Europa League as 2009-10 Polish Cup winners.[7]
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away ARK CRA BEŁKORJAGLPOLGDLEGODRPIAPBYPWARUCŚLĄWISZLU
Arka Gdynia 20 21 12 00 11 12 01 20 21 22 00 03 11 01 02
Cracovia 11 01 30 01 10 26 12 10 32 12 12 14 10 11 11
GKS Bełchatów 10 30 10 11 11 21 01 30 01 22 30 21 20 10 13
Korona Kielce 12 11 11 10 05 10 01 11 32 10 40 30 11 23 33
Jagiellonia Białystok 21 00 21 20 23 00 20 21 20 00 10 10 20 00 00
Lech Poznań 20 31 22 20 20 21 10 10 11 30 24 31 10 10 20
Lechia Gdańsk 21 10 02 11 20 00 23 02 01 00 11 11 11 01 10
Legia Warsaw 10 00 22 52 21 20 20 01 30 10 11 20 11 03 40
Odra Wodzisław 21 10 01 02 22 00 00 10 20 01 21 13 24 13 12
Piast Gliwice 22 01 12 10 00 13 02 11 21 10 02 12 22 14 41
Polonia Bytom 31 12 10 10 11 11 11 10 11 40 10 01 00 13 21
Polonia Warsaw 21 01 00 11 20 03 01 10 21 02 10 11 32 01 01
Ruch Chorzów 10 20 10 00 52 12 10 10 32 20 21 20 00 13 02
Śląsk Wrocław 21 20 00 11 12 03 12 00 40 21 21 10 00 13 20
Wisła Kraków 01 01 30 01 21 00 30 01 11 21 11 21 20 10 10
Zagłębie Lubin 02 00 11 22 00 01 22 00 21 11 20 20 01 11 14

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

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Top goalscorers

18 goals
14 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

Season statistics

Including matches played on 9 April 2010; Source: 90minut.pl

Scoring

Awards

Player of the month

Month Player Club Matches Goals /
Goals Conceded
Assists /
Clean Sheets
August Poland Sławomir Peszko Lech Poznań
5
3
2
September Poland Kamil Grosicki Jagiellonia Białystok
3
1
0
October Poland Grzegorz Sandomierski Jagiellonia Białystok
4
/0
/4
November Slovakia Ján Mucha Legia Warsaw
3
/-1
/2
December Brazil Marcelo Wisła Kraków
2
2
0
March Bulgaria Iliyan Mitsanski Zagłębie Lubin
4
6
0
April Poland Łukasz Janoszka Ruch Chorzów
4
4
0

See also

References

  1. "Ekstraklasa 2009/2010 - Kolejka 2". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  2. "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2009-2010, Ekstraklasa". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  3. "Łódzki KS nadal bez licencji" (in Polish). www.90minut.pl. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  4. "Widzew znów klubem zdegradowanym" (in Polish). Gazeta.pl. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  5. "Widzew złożył wnioski o przywrócenie do Ekstraklasy" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  6. Stadiony.net
  7. "Jagiellonia nie zostanie zdegradowana" (in Polish). www.90minut.pl. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
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