1978–79 Ekstraklasa

53rd season of top-tier football league in Poland I liga 1978–79 27 July 1978 –10 June 1979 Ruch Chorzów(13th title) Pogoń SzczecinGwardia Warsaw European Cup Ruch Chorzów Cup Winners' Cup Arka Gdynia UEFA Cup Widzew ŁódźStal Mielec 240 524 Kazimierz Kmiecik(17 goals) Ruch 6–0 ŁKS Pogoń 1–4 SzombierkiWisła 1–4 ŁKSPolonia 0–3 OdraArka 0–3 Stal Legia 3–5 OdraGwardia 4–4 Szombierki 30,000http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm Attendances – Archive Poland EFS.co.uk 30 June 2009 2,599,440 10,831 18.8% 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 I liga was the 53rd season of the Polish Football Championship and the 45th 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 Ruch Chorzów, who won their 13th Polish title. Competition modus The season started on 27 July 1978 and concluded on 10 June 1979 (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 1977–78 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1977–78 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 RUC Ruch Chorzów WID Widzew Łódź STA Stal Mielec SZB Szombierki Bytom ODR Odra Opole LEG Legia Warsaw LPO Lech Poznań KAT GKS Katowice ZSO Zagłębie Sosnowiec ŚLĄ Śląsk Wrocław ARK Arka Gdynia ŁKS ŁKS Łódź WIS Wisła Kraków BYT Polonia Bytom POG Pogoń Szczecin GWA Gwardia Warsaw 16 7 7 44 27 C 14 11 5 37 26 14 8 8 43 27 11 13 6 42 27 14 6 10 42 28 10 13 7 32 28 11 8 11 34 38 10 10 10 28 36 7 15 8 22 25 11 7 12 23 27 11 7 12 29 35 9 8 13 30 36 9 8 13 42 43 9 6 15 23 39 7 8 15 31 41 R 5 9 16 22 41 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 KAT GWA LPO LEG ŁKS OOP POG BYT RUC STA SZB ŚLĄ WID WIS ZSO Arka Gdynia 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 GKS Katowice 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 Gwardia Warsaw 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 4–4 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 Lech Poznań 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 Legia Warsaw 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–5 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 ŁKS Łódź 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 Odra Opole 2–3 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 Pogoń Szczecin 4–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 Polonia Bytom 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 Ruch Chorzów 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 6–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 Stal Mielec 5–2 4–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 Szombierki Bytom 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 Śląsk Wrocław 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 Widzew Łódź 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 Wisła Kraków 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 complete 90minut.pl pl Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1POL Kazimierz KmiecikWisła Kraków172POL Tadeusz MałnowiczRuch Chorzów15POL Andrzej SzarmachStal Mielec154POL Roman OgazaSzombierki Bytom135POL Alfred BolcekOdra Opole11POL Jerzy DworczykZagłębie Sosnowiec117POL Tomasz KoryntArka Gdynia10POL Leszek WolskiPogoń Szczecin109POL Jan BenigierRuch Chorzów9POL Witold NowakŁKS Łódź9 Attendances # Club Average 1 Arka Gdynia 16,933 2 Legia Warszawa 16,600 3 Ruch Chorzów 16,400 4 Lech Poznań 15,867 5 Widzew Łódź 14,667 6 Wisła Kraków 12,733 7 Stal Mielec 12,533 8 Śląsk Wrocław 10,800 9 Pogoń Szczecin 10,333 10 Odra Opole 9,800 11 ŁKS 9,733 12 Katowice 6,500 13 Szombierki Bytom 6,400 14 Polonia Bytom 6,133 15 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4,344 16 Gwardia Warszawa 3,520 Source:Historical attendances Welcome to European Football Statistics https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/pol/avepol79.htm Welcome to European Football Statistics 2026-08-30 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:1978–79 in Polish football Pol