1972–73 Ekstraklasa

47th season of top-tier football league in Poland I liga 1972–73 26 July 1972 –24 June 1973 Stal Mielec (1st title) None(Polonia & Odra playedplayoff relegation) European Cup Stal Mielec Cup Winners' Cup Legia Warsaw UEFA Cup Ruch ChorzówGwardia Warsaw 182 373 Grzegorz Lato(13 goals) Stal 5–0 GwardiaLegia 5–0 ŁKSZagłębie W. 5–0 Polonia Polonia 0–6 Stal Gwardia 4–2 OdraPogoń 5–1 OdraPolonia 0–6 Stal 60,000https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm Attendances – Archive Poland EFS.co.uk 30 June 2009 2,690,506 14,783 14.0% 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 I liga was the 47th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 39th 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 Stal Mielec, who won their 1st Polish title. Competition modus The season started on 26 July 1972 and concluded on 24 June 1973 (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 14 teams participated, 12 of which competed in the league during the 1971–72 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1971–72 II liga. Each team played a total of 26 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 Q 2 STA Stal Mielec RUC Ruch Chorzów GWA Gwardia Warsaw GÓR Górnik Zabrze WIS Wisła Kraków ŁKS ŁKS Łódź RYB ROW Rybnik LEG Legia Warsaw POG Pogoń Szczecin ZSO Zagłębie Sosnowiec ZWA Zagłębie Wałbrzych LPO Lech Poznań BYT Polonia Bytom ODR Odra Opole 13 10 3 47 21 C 13 7 6 29 16 8 14 4 31 22 10 10 6 23 15 13 4 9 31 28 9 11 6 26 26 8 10 8 20 21 6 11 9 29 28 8 7 11 28 30 8 6 12 30 31 8 6 12 22 31 6 10 10 16 26 7 6 13 20 42 3 12 11 21 36 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 red2 Qualification to Relegation playoffs RP RP complete 90minut.pl pl Results main FBR grey GÓR GWA LPO LEG ŁKS OOP POG BYT RYB RUC STA WIS ZSO ZWA Górnik Zabrze 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 Gwardia Warsaw 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 4–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 Lech Poznań 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 Legia Warsaw 1–4 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–1 3–0 ŁKS Łódź 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 Odra Opole 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 Pogoń Szczecin 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 Polonia Bytom 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–6 1–4 2–1 1–0 ROW Rybnik 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 Ruch Chorzów 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 Stal Mielec 0–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 Wisła Kraków 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 3–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 Zagłębie Wałbrzych 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 complete 90minut.pl pl Relegation playoffs At the end of the first and second division season, the play-off was played between: the 13th placed team in the I liga and the 4th team in the II liga the 14th placed team in the I liga and the 3rd team in the II liga Polonia Bytom 1–0 GKS Katowice 0–0 1–0 Odra Opole 2–0 Hutnik Kraków 0–0 2–0 |} Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1POL Grzegorz LatoStal Mielec132POL Ryszard SarnatWisła Kraków12POL Kazimierz KmiecikWisła Kraków124POL Andrzej JarosikZagłębie Sosnowiec11POL Andrzej SzarmachGórnik Zabrze106POL Robert GadochaLegia Warsaw9POL Jan BenigierRuch Chorzów9POL Ryszard SzymczakGwardia Warsaw9POL Jan MałkiewiczGwardia Warsaw910POL Kazimierz DeynaLegia Warsaw8POL Tadeusz PawłowskiZagłębie Wałbrzych8POL Witold KaraśStal Mielec8 Attendances Source:Historical attendances Welcome to European Football Statistics https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/pol/avepol73.htm Welcome to European Football Statistics 2026-08-30 No. Club Average Highest 1 Lech Poznań 44,615 60,000 2 ŁKS 28,846 40,000 3 Pogoń Szczecin 15,692 35,000 4 Ruch Chorzów 15,231 35,000 5 Wisła Kraków 14,846 37,000 6 Stal Mielec 13,462 20,000 7 Legia Warszawa 13,462 25,000 8 Górnik Zabrze 12,462 22,000 9 ROW 10,615 20,000 10 Zagłębie Wałbrzych 9,115 15,000 11 Polonia Bytom 9,038 20,000 12 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 7,538 15,000 13 Odra Opole 7,308 15,000 14 Gwardia Warszawa 4,731 10,000 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 1 Pol