1971–72 Ekstraklasa

46th season of top-tier football league in Poland I liga 1971–72 7 August 1971 –28 June 1972 Górnik Zabrze(10th title) 18px Stal RzeszówSzombierki Bytom European Cup Górnik Zabrze Cup Winners' Cup Legia Warsaw UEFA Cup Zagłębie SosnowiecRuch Chorzów 182 402 Ryszard Szymczak(16 goals) Ruch 5–0 PogońStal Rz. 5–0 Szombierki Wisła 1–5 GórnikPolonia 0–4 Górnik Odra 4–5 Ruch 40,000http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm Attendances – Archive Poland EFS.co.uk 30 June 2009 2,360,722 12,971 18.9% 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 I liga was the 46th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 38th 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 defending champions were Górnik Zabrze, who won their 10th Polish title. Competition modus The season started on 7 August 1971 and concluded on 28 June 1972 (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 1970–71 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1970–71 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 QR 2 GÓR Górnik Zabrze ZSO Zagłębie Sosnowiec LEG Legia Warsaw RUC Ruch Chorzów STM Stal Mielec GWA Gwardia Warsaw OOP Odra Opole ZWA Zagłębie Wałbrzych WIS Wisła Kraków PBY Polonia Bytom POG Pogoń Szczecin ŁKS ŁKS Łódź STR Stal Rzeszów SBY Szombierki Bytom 14 9 3 45 23 C 13 7 6 31 26 12 8 6 36 20 13 4 9 46 33 12 6 8 29 19 11 6 9 28 21 9 9 8 25 27 9 8 9 22 21 7 11 8 29 34 5 11 10 19 31 8 4 14 24 37 3 13 10 24 39 4 10 12 20 32 R 6 6 14 24 39 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 GÓR GWA LEG ŁKS OOP POG PBY RUC STM STR SBY WIS ZSO ZWA Górnik Zabrze 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 Gwardia Warszawa 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 Legia Warsaw 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 ŁKS Łódź 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 Odra Opole 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–5 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–4 1–0 0–0 Pogoń Szczecin 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 Polonia Bytom 0–4 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 Ruch Chorzów 1–4 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 Stal Mielec 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 Stal Rzeszów 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 Szombierki Bytom 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–3 3–0 Wisła Kraków 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 Zagłębie Wałbrzych 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 complete 90minut.pl pl Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1POL Ryszard SzymczakGwardia Warsaw162POL Wlodzimierz LubanskiGórnik Zabrze143POL Joachim MarxRuch Chorzów134POL Kazimierz KmiecikWisła Kraków11POL Grzegorz LatoStal Mielec116POL Kazimierz DeynaLegia Warsaw107POL Józef GałeczkaZagłębie Sosnowiec9POL Jan BanaśGórnik Zabrze99POL Jerzy SadekŁKS Łódź8POL Edward HermanRuch Chorzów8POL Ernest PowieczkoOdra Opole8POL Jerzy OdsterczylZagłębie Wałbrzych8 Attendances # Club Average 1 ŁKS 27,538 2 Górnik Zabrze 18,615 3 Ruch Chorzów 17,077 4 Wisła Kraków 15,769 5 Pogoń Szczecin 13,615 6 Stal Mielec 13,462 7 Stal Rzeszów 13,077 8 Legia Warszawa 13,077 9 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 12,000 10 Odra Opole 10,462 11 Zagłębie Wałbrzych 8,923 12 Polonia Bytom 8,769 13 Gwardia Warszawa 5,062 14 Szombierki Bytom 4,154 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/pol/avepol72.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk 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