1977–78 Ekstraklasa

52nd season of top-tier football league in Poland I liga 1977–78 20 July 1977 –2 May 1978 Wisła Kraków6th league title5th Polish titlehttp://www.wisla.krakow.pl:80/en/the_club/history/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100830062553/http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/en/the_club/history/ dead 30 August 2010 History wisla.krakow.pl 30 August 2010In 1951, the Polish Football Association decided to give the Champion of Poland title to the winner of the Polish Cup, in order to increase the importance of the re-activated cup competition. Ruch Chorzów was 6th in the league, but won the cup, beating 2-0 Wisła Kraków in the final game.http://www.pzpn.pl/index.php/Rozgrywki-klubowe/Puchar-Polski/Historia Historia 7 June 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130424122130/http://pzpn.pl/index.php/Rozgrywki-klubowe/Puchar-Polski/Historia 24 April 2013 However, in the league, Wisła Kraków was first, Górnik Radlin second and Legia Warsaw third. "nb" Zawisza BydgoszczGórnik Zabrze European Cup Wisła Kraków Cup Winners' Cup Zagłębie Sosnowiec UEFA Cup Śląsk WrocławLech Poznań 240 510 Kazimierz Kmiecik(15 goals) Górnik 5–0 Pogoń Pogoń 0–4 Zagłębie Legia 6–3 Śląsk 45,000http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm Attendances – Archive Poland EFS.co.uk 30 June 2009 3,201,360 13,339 7.1% 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 I liga was the 52nd season of the Polish Football Championship and the 44th season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The champions were Wisła Kraków, who won their 5th Polish title and 6th Polish league title (in the 1951 season Wisła Kraków finished in the first position and became the league champion, but in that season, the I liga was not a competition for the title of the Polish Champion. Before the season Polish Football Association decided that Champion of Poland title will be awarded to the winner of the Polish Cup, which was later Ruch Chorzów). Competition modus The season started on 20 July 1977 and concluded on 2 May 1978 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 1976–77 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1976–77 II liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. League table main WDL QR 2 WIS Wisła Kraków ŚLĄ Śląsk Wrocław LPO Lech Poznań ŁKS ŁKS Łódź LEG Legia Warsaw ODR Odra Opole ARK Arka Gdynia STA Stal Mielec ZSO Zagłębie Sosnowiec WID Widzew Łódź POG Pogoń Szczecin SZB Szombierki Bytom BYT Polonia Bytom RUC Ruch Chorzów ZAW Zawisza Bydgoszcz GÓR Górnik Zabrze 13 13 4 35 23 C 16 6 8 36 30 12 13 5 29 25 10 11 9 29 29 12 7 11 44 34 13 4 13 35 31 11 8 11 30 35 11 7 12 31 29 10 8 12 33 33 9 10 11 34 40 11 6 13 36 42 8 11 11 25 35 7 13 10 26 26 9 9 12 33 36 11 5 14 29 32 R 6 11 13 25 30 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC red1 Relegated to II liga R R complete 90minut.pl pl Results main FBR grey ARK GÓR LPO LEG ŁKS OOP POG BYT RUC STA SZB ŚLĄ WID WIS ZSO ZAW Arka Gdynia 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 Górnik Zabrze 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 Lech Poznań 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 Legia Warsaw 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 6–3 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–1 ŁKS Łódź 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 Odra Opole 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 Pogoń Szczecin 3–1 4–1 2–3 1–4 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 4–3 0–1 0–4 3–1 Polonia Bytom 5–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 Ruch Chorzów 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 Stal Mielec 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 Szombierki Bytom 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 Śląsk Wrocław 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–3 1–0 Widzew Łódź 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–2 Wisła Kraków 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 complete 90minut.pl pl Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1POL Kazimierz KmiecikWisła Kraków152POL Andrzej SzarmachStal Mielec133POL Zbigniew BoniekWidzew Łódź114POL Marek KustoLegia Warsaw10POL Jan BenigierRuch Chorzów106POL Kazimierz DeynaLegia Warsaw9POL Leszek WolskiPogoń Szczecin9POL Stanisław GzilGórnik Zabrze99POL Wojciech TycOdra Opole8POL Wlodzimierz MazurZagłębie Sosnowiec8POL Jerzy DworczykZagłębie Sosnowiec8POL Tomasz KoryntArka Gdynia8 Attendances # Club Average 1 Wisła Kraków 28,200 2 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 26,133 3 Lech Poznań 18,667 4 Śląsk Wrocław 17,867 5 Arka Gdynia 16,800 6 Legia Warszawa 15,600 7 Pogoń Szczecin 12,867 8 Widzew Łódź 11,400 9 ŁKS 11,067 10 Ruch Chorzów 9,800 11 Stal Mielec 9,733 12 Odra Opole 9,267 13 Górnik Zabrze 8,933 14 Polonia Bytom 7,400 15 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 6,600 16 Szombierki Bytom 3,087 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/pol/avepol78.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk Notes References Bibliography Gowarzewski, Andrzej Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Liga Polska. O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 GiA, Katowice 2000 pl 83-88232-02-9 External links Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF en List of Polish football championships en History of the Polish League en List of Polish football championships pl Category:Ekstraklasa seasons Category:1977–78 in Polish football Pol