1956 Ekstraklasa

30th season of top-tier football league in Poland Liga 1956 Legia Warsaw (2nd title) Polonia Bydgoszcz Garbarnia Kraków Henryk Kempny(21 goals) 1955 1957 Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1956 season. Overview 12 teams competed in the league and the championship was won by Legia Warsaw. League table main WDL QR 2 LEG CWKS Warsaw RUC Ruch Chorzów LGD Lechia Gdańsk ŁKS ŁKS Łódź WIS Wisła Kraków GÓR Górnik Zabrze ODR Odra Opole LPO Lech Poznań GWA Gwardia Warsaw ZSO Zagłębie Sosnowiec POL Polonia Bydgoszcz GAR Garbarnia Kraków 15 4 3 65 17 C 11 7 4 35 23 10 7 5 25 21 10 6 6 38 26 9 5 8 38 34 9 5 8 32 33 8 4 10 34 41 7 6 9 25 38 5 8 9 23 36 6 5 11 35 43 5 5 12 20 36 R 5 2 15 27 46 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round EC red1 Relegated to II liga R R complete 90minut.pl pl Results main FBR grey GAR GÓR GWA LPO LGD LEG ŁKS OOP BYG RUC WIS ZSO Legia Warsaw 0–0 4–0 2–2 12–0 3–1 5–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 Ruch Chorzów 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 Lechia Gdańsk 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 ŁKS Łódź 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 5–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 Wisła Kraków 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 7–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 6–0 2–0 8–3 Górnik Zabrze 3–2 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 Odra Opole 2–5 0–3 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 5–1 2–1 4–1 Lech Poznań 0–6 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 Gwardia Warsaw 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 4–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0–4 1–4 0–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–0 7–2 1–1 5–2 Polonia Bydgoszcz 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 Garbarnia Kraków 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 complete 90minut.pl pl Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1POL Henryk KempnyLegia Warsaw212POL Ernest PolLegia Warsaw183POL Lucjan BrychczyLegia Warsaw164POL Teodor AniołaLech Poznań135POL Gerard CieślikRuch Chorzów11POL Edward JankowskiGórnik Zabrze117POL Paweł KrężelStal Sosnowiec10POL Marian MachowskiWisła Kraków109POL Antoni CiszekStal Sosnowiec9POL Engelbert JarekOdra Opole9POL Marian NorkowskiPolonia Bydgoszcz9POL Władysław SoporekŁKS Łódź9 Attendances # Club Average 1 ŁKS 26,364 2 Ruch Chorzów 22,909 3 CWKS 21,273 4 Wisła Kraków 16,909 5 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 16,636 6 Garbania Kraków 16,091 7 Lechia Gdańsk 15,909 8 Górnik Zabrze 15,545 9 Lech Poznań 14,909 10 Gwardia Warszawa 8,364 11 Polonia Bydgoszcz 7,818 12 Odra Opole 7,818 Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/pol/avepol56.htm 2026-09-11 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF en Category:Ekstraklasa seasons 1 Pol Pol