2008–09 Ekstraklasa

83rd season of top-tier football league in Poland Ekstraklasa Logo 2008.png 200 Ekstraklasa 2008–09 8 August 2008 – 30 May 2009 Wisła Kraków(13th Ekstraklasa title12th Polish title) Górnik ZabrzeŁKS (license revoked) Champions League Wisła Kraków Europa League Lech Poznań(via Polish Cup)Legia WarsawPolonia Warsaw Paweł BrożekTakesure Chinyama(19 goals each) 7 matches with 4–0 Polonia B. 0–4 Polonia W.(13 September 2008)ŁKS 0–4 Wisła(17 May 2009) ŁKS 4–3 Cracovia(6 March 2009) 240 524 40,000http://www.90minut.pl/mecz.php?id_mecz=515921 Match report 90minut.pl 28 February 2009 plRuch 0–1 Górnik(28 February 2009) 1,764,696http://www.90minut.pl/news/93/news937446-Podsumowanie-statystyczne-Ekstraklasy.html Podsumowanie statystyczne Ekstraklasy 90minut.pl 3 June 2009 pl 7,353 0.3%http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm Attendances – Archive Poland EFS.co.uk 30 June 2009 en 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Ekstraklasa was the 83rd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 75th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 1st season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league is operated by the Ekstraklasa S.A. The season was played as a round-robin tournament. It began on 8 August 2008 and concluded on 30 May 2009. The season was originally scheduled to start on 25 July 2008. However, the first two rounds of games were postponed because of legal uncertainties about the number of teams in the competition following an association-wide corruption scandal. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. Wisła Kraków won the league for the second time in a row and for the 12th time in their history after defeating Śląsk Wrocław 2–0 in the final match of the season. Legia Warsaw finished as runners-up and qualified for the second qualifying round of 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Lech Poznań finished third and qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League after winning the Polish Cup. Polonia Warsaw also managed to earn a spot in Europe by finishing fourth, thereby qualifying for the first qualifying round of the Europa League. Paweł Brożek of Wisła Kraków and Takesure Chinyama of Legia Warsaw finished as joint topscorers with 19 goals in the season. On the bottom end of the table, relegation was once again subject to several non-competitive events. On competitive criteria, Górnik Zabrze and Cracovia would have been relegated to the I liga, while Arka Gdynia would have had to compete in the relegation play-offs. However, ŁKS Łódź were denied a license for the 2009–10 season and thus were automatically relegated. The club appealed the decision without any success. Since ŁKS city rivals Widzew were also denied of promoting from the First League and appealed this decision, thus creating uncertainties about the First League play-off participant, the Polish FA decided in June to postpone the relegation play-offs to an unknown date before eventually cancelling the matches completely. (see below). Team changes from last season Due to the corruption scandal several teams from last season have been punished with relegation. Those teams include Zagłębie Lubin, Korona Kielce and Zagłębie Sosnowiec.http://www2.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga3155.html Orange Ekstraklasa 2007/2008 www.90minut.pl pl 15 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090307051020/http://www2.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga3155.html 7 March 2009 live Lubin and Kielce were relegated to the First League while Sosnowiec were demoted an additional level to the Second League because they also finished the season in 16th and last place, a regular demotion spot. Widzew Łódź, who ended the season in 15th place, originally were going to be penalized as well.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=499165&cc=5739 https://archive.today/20120714202259/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=499165&cc=5739 dead July 14, 2012 Polish club relegated after corruption probe 17 January 2008 ESPNSoccernet 15 March 2009 However, the club successfully appealed the decision in front of the Polish Olympic Committee,http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/europe/widzew-win-relegation-appeal-123837/ Widzew win relegation appeal 24 July 2008 PA Sport 15 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090601233124/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/europe/widzew-win-relegation-appeal-123837/ 1 June 2009 dead dmy-all so they were assigned to the First League as a regularly demoted club. Promotion to this year's Ekstraklasa was earned by I liga champions Lechia Gdańsk, runners-up Śląsk Wrocław, 3rd placed Piast Gliwice and 4th placed Arka Gdynia. Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski has been sold to an owner of I liga's club Polonia Warsaw. The two clubs merged, with Grodzisk's players and Ekstraklasa license transferred to Polonia.Dwa kluby z Warszawy w piłkarskiej ekstraklasie. pl Retrieved on 11 July 2008. The merger concluded a series of negotiations between Grodzisk and other clubs. The initially planned merger with Śląsk Wrocław was eventually denied by the latter after several months of discussions. Grodzisk chairman Zbigniew Drzymała then started conversations with Pogoń Szczecin, which were quickly stopped without an agreement as well, before eventually coming to an agreement with Polonia. Team overview Stadia and locations Poland right 400 Location of teams in 2008–09 Ekstraklasa Poland 54.5 18.55 Arka Poland 50.061389 19.937222 CracoviaWisła Poland 51.366667 19.383333 Bełchatów Poland 50.3 18.783333 Górnik Zabrze 0 bottom Poland 53.133333 23.15 Jagiellonia left Poland 52.4 16.916667 Lech Poland 54.35 18.666667 Lechia bottom Poland 52.23 21.010833 LegiaPolonia W. Poland 51.75 19.466667 Łódź Poland 50.0 18.466667 Odra left Poland 50.283333 18.666667 Piast Gliwice 0 left Poland 50.357564 18.898608 Polonia Bytom 0 top Poland 50.3 18.95 Ruch Chorzów 0 Poland 51.116667 17.033333 Śląsk Poland Upper Silesian 400 right Location of teams in the Katowice urban area Poland Upper Silesian 50.306583 18.695866 Piast top Poland Upper Silesian 50.296317 18.768564 Górnik bottom Poland Upper Silesian 50.282203 18.944178 Ruch right Poland Upper Silesian 50.357558 18.898717 Polonia B. bottom TeamVenueCapacityArka GdyniaStadion Miejski12,000*CracoviaStadion Cracovii11,000GKS BełchatówStadion GKS5,264*Górnik ZabrzeStadion Ernesta Pohla17,722Jagiellonia BiałystokStadion Miejski10,000*Lech PoznańStadion Lecha24,166*Lechia GdańskStadion Lechii12,244Legia WarsawStadion Wojska Polskiego13,628*Łódzki KSStadion ŁKS12,160Odra Wodzisław ŚląskiStadion Miejski 6,620Piast GliwiceStadion Piasta6,000Polonia BytomStadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka7,000Polonia WarsawStadion Polonii7,150Ruch ChorzówStadion Ruchu9,300Śląsk WrocławStadion Oporowska8,346Wisła KrakówStadion Henryka Reymana15,595* *Stadiums are under redevelopment Personnel and sponsoring TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsor Arka GdyniaPOL Marek Chojnacki POL Olgierd MoskalewiczJakoPolnord CracoviaPOL Artur PłatekPOL Bartosz ŚlusarskiZinaComarch GKS BełchatówPOL Rafał UlatowskiPOL Edward CecotAdidasPGE Górnik ZabrzePOL Henryk Kasperczak POL Sebastian NowakJakoAllianz Jagiellonia BiałystokPOL Michał ProbierzPOL Tomasz FrankowskiJomaVacansOleil Lech PoznańPOL Franciszek SmudaPOL Rafał MurawskiPumaWarka Lechia GdańskPOL Tomasz Kafarski POL Karol PiątekJakoSNG Energa Legia Warsaw POL Jan Urban POL Wojciech SzalaAdidasn Łódzki KSPOL Grzegorz WesołowskiPOL Marcin AdamskiUmbroBioAg Solutions Odra Wodzisław ŚląskiPOL Ryszard WieczorekPOL Jan WośTicoRojek-Decor Piast GliwicePOL Dariusz Fornalak POL Jarosław KaszowskiErrea Polonia BytomUKR Yuri ShatalovPOL Jacek TrzeciakTicoArmanda Development Polonia WarsawPOL Jacek GrembockiCZE Radek MynářZinaJW Construction Ruch ChorzówPOL Waldemar Fornalik POL Wojciech GrzybColoGOCC Śląsk WrocławPOL Ryszard TarasiewiczPOL Dariusz SztylkaGarmanPiast Wisła KrakówPOL Maciej SkorżaPOL Marcin BaszczyńskiUmbrobet-at-home.com League table main WDL 5 QR WIS Wisła Kraków LEG Legia Warsaw LPO Lech Poznań PWA Polonia Warsaw BEŁ GKS Bełchatów ŚLĄ Śląsk Wrocław PBY Polonia Bytom JAG Jagiellonia Białystok RUC Ruch Chorzów PIA Piast Gliwice LGD Lechia Gdańsk ODR Odra Wodzisław ARK Arka Gdynia CRA Cracovia GÓR Górnik Zabrze ŁKS ŁKS Łódź 19 7 4 53 21 C 18 7 5 52 17 16 11 3 51 24 15 9 6 40 23 17 3 10 40 28 11 12 7 40 34 10 5 15 30 46 9 7 14 28 34 9 7 14 22 32 9 6 15 17 26 9 5 16 30 44 8 8 14 23 40 7 9 14 27 39 7 9 14 24 40 7 8 15 20 33 R 10 5 15 27 43 R ŁKS Łódź did not receive a license for the 2009–10 season due to financial problems.http://sport.onet.pl/74331,1248675,1979726,wiadomosc.html Ekstraklasa: klub zdegradowany za "złą sytuację finansową" 28 May 2009 www.onet.pl pl 28 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090531085103/http://sport.onet.pl/74331%2C1248675%2C1979726%2Cwiadomosc.html 31 May 2009 dead http://www.90minut.pl/news/94/news948540-Lodzki-KS-nadal-bez-licencji.html Łódzki KS nadal bez licencji 16 June 2009 www.90minut.pl pl 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014022/http://www.90minut.pl/news/94/news948540-Lodzki-KS-nadal-bez-licencji.html 19 June 2009 live GKS 1–2 PWA; PWA 1–0 GKS BEŁ JAG 1–0 RUC; RUC 0–0 JAG JAG ODR 1–0 LGD; LGD 3–1 ODR ODR ARK 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 ARK ARK green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round Lech Poznań are the winners of the 2008–09 Polish Cup competition and therefore have qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. EL3 blue3 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 red1 Relegation to I liga R R complete 90minut.pl pl 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored Results main FBR grey ARK CRA BEŁ GÓR JAG LPO LGD LEG ŁKS ODR PIA PBY PWA RUC ŚLĄ WIS Arka Gdynia 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 3–3 0–1 Cracovia 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 GKS Bełchatów 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 Górnik Zabrze 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 Jagiellonia Białystok 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 Lech Poznań 0–0 2–2 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 Lechia Gdańsk 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–4 Legia Warsaw 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 4–1 4–0 2–1 ŁKS Łódź 3–0 4–3 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–4 Odra Wodzisław 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 Piast Gliwice 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 Polonia Bytom 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–4 0–3 1–1 1–1 Polonia Warsaw 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 Ruch Chorzów 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 Śląsk Wrocław 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 Wisła Kraków 4–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–4 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 complete 90minut.pl pl Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Hernán Rengifo (Lech Poznań) Match: 2-3 GKS Bełchatów, 47th minute (8 August 2008) Last goal of the season: Grzegorz Niciński (Arka Gdynia) Match: 2-1 Odra Wodzisław, 79th minute (30 May 2009) Fastest goal in a match: Arkadiusz Aleksander (Odra Wodzisław) Match: 2-0 Legia Warsaw, 1st minute (17 August 2008) First hat-trick of the season: Filip Ivanovski (Polonia Warsaw) Match: 3-0 Śląsk Wrocław, 21', 24', 67'.(29 August 2008); Fastest hat-trick of the season: Rafał Boguski (Wisła Kraków) Match: 3-1 Odra Wodzisław, 52', 62', 77', 25 minutes. (5 December 2008) Most goals scored by a player in one game: Daniel Mąka (Polonia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Polonia Bytom, 64', 87', 89', 3 goals.(13 September 2008); Rafał Boguski (Wisła Kraków) Match: 3-1 Odra Wodzisław, 52', 62', 77', 3 goals. (5 December 2008) Filip Ivanovski (Polonia Warsaw) Match: 3-0 Śląsk Wrocław, 21', 24', 67', 3 goals.(29 August 2008) Marcin Komorowski (Polonia Bytom) Match: 4-1 Lechia Gdańsk, 9', 41', 69', 3 goals.(29 August 2008) Widest winning margin: 8 teams tied Match: 4-0, 4 goals. Most goals in a match: ŁKS Łódź Match: 4-3 Cracovia, 7 goals.(6 March 2009) Team Records Most wins: Wisła Kraków (19 wins) Fewest wins: Cracovia, Arka Gdynia, Górnik Zabrze (7 wins) Most draws: Śląsk Wrocław (12 draws) Fewest draws: GKS Bełchatów (3 draws) Fewest losses: Lech Poznań (3 losses) Most losses: Lechia Gdańsk (16 losses) Most goals scored:Wisła Kraków (53 goals) Fewest goals scored: Piast Gliwice (17 goals) Most goals conceded: Polonia Bytom (46 goals) Fewest goals conceded: Legia Warsaw (17 goals) Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoalshttp://www.90minut.pl/strzelcy.php?id=3782 Najlepsi strzelcy 90minut.pl 10 September 2022 pl1POL Paweł BrożekWisła Kraków19ZIM Takesure ChinyamaLegia Warsaw193POL Robert LewandowskiLech Poznań144MKD Filip IvanovskiPolonia Warsaw125POL Dawid NowakGKS Bełchatów10POL Dariusz PawlusińskiCracovia107POL Rafał BoguskiWisła Kraków9PER Hernan RengifoLech Poznań9BIH Semir ŠtilićLech Poznań9POL Tomasz SzewczukŚląsk Wrocław9 Relegation play-offs The relegation play-offs were cancelled after a series of appeals over the question in which division both ŁKS Łódź and First League 2008–09 champions Widzew Łódź will play in the 2009-10 season. Originally, Arka Gdynia as 14th-placed team (sports court decisions excluded) of the Ekstraklasa and Korona Kielce as 3rd-placed team of the First League were scheduled to play in a two-legged play-off for a spot in Ekstraklasa 2009–10. However, the Polish FA were forced to postpone the series to an unknown later datehttp://www.90minut.pl/news/94/news945539-PZPN-odwolal-baraze-o-Ekstraklase.html PZPN odwołał baraże o Ekstraklasę 12 June 2009 www.90minut.pl pl 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090615064900/http://www.90minut.pl/news/94/news945539-PZPN-odwolal-baraze-o-Ekstraklase.html 15 June 2009 live due to the appeals and, after the issues could not be settled in time, eventually decided not to hold any matches. Attendances No. Club Average Highest 1 Lech Poznań 16,300 24,000 2 Górnik Zabrze 14,633 18,000 3 Wisła Kraków 12,473 15,600 4 Lechia Gdańsk 9,133 13,000 5 Ruch Chorzów 8,923 40,000 6 Arka Gdynia 7,675 13,000 7 Jagiellonia Białystok 7,547 11,000 8 Śląsk Wrocław 7,425 10,000 9 Legia Warszawa 5,880 11,000 10 Polonia Bytom 5,133 8,000 11 ŁKS 4,833 7,000 12 Cracovia 4,187 7,000 13 Odra Wodzisław Śląski 3,910 7,000 14 Bełchatów 3,300 5,000 15 Polonia Warszawa 3,227 3,000 16 Piast Gliwice 3,033 4,500 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/pol/avepol09.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References 30em External links Official site pl Category:Ekstraklasa seasons Poland 1