2011–12 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa

Season	2011–12
Champions	Śląsk Wrocław 2nd title
Relegated	ŁKS Łódź Cracovia
Champions League	Śląsk Wrocław
Europa League	Ruch Chorzów Legia Warsaw Lech Poznań
Matches played	240
Goals scored	527 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Artjoms Rudņevs (22 goals)
Biggest home win	GKS 6–0 Podbeskidzie
Biggest away win	ŁKS 0–5 Lech
Highest scoring	GKS 6–0 Podbeskidzie Widzew 4–2 Jagiellonia Zagłębie 1–5 Śląsk
Longest winning run	5 games Zagłębie Lubin[1]
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Korona Kielce, Lech Poznań, Ruch Chorzów[1]
Longest winless run	11 games ŁKS Łódź[1]
Longest losing run	4 games Zagłębie Lubin[1]
Highest attendance	42,770[2][3] Śląsk 1–0 Lechia (28 October 2011)
Lowest attendance	800[2][4] ŁKS 0–5 Lech (29 July 2011)
Average attendance	8,740[5]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Ekstraklasa was the 78th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It started on 29 July 2011 and concluded on 6 May 2012. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2010–11 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 2010-11 season of the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.

Śląsk Wrocław won the title, which marked their 2nd title in Ekstraklasa history.

The defending champions were Wisła Kraków, who won their 13th Polish championship in the previous season.

Teams

Arka Gdynia and Polonia Bytom were relegated to the I Liga after finishing last season in the 2 bottom places and were replaced by ŁKS Łódź, winners of the 2010-11 I Liga season and runners-up Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.

Therefore ŁKS Łódź returned to the Ekstraklasa after a 2-season break, while Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała made their first Ekstraklasa appearance in the club's history.

Stadiums and locations

GKS

Górnik

Jagiellonia

Lech

Lechia

Korona

Legia
Polonia

ŁKS
Widzew

Podbeskidzie

Ruch

Śląsk

Cracovia
Wisła

Zagłębie

Location of teams and stadiums in Ekstraklasa 2011–12

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity[6]	Notes
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion Cracovii	15,016
GKS Bełchatów	Bełchatów	Stadion PGE GKS	5,238
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	3,500	Upgrading to 31,643
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Miejski (Białystok)	6,000	Upgrading to 22,400
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Arena Kielc	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Miejski (Poznań)	43,098
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	PGE Arena	44,636
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Pepsi Arena	31,800
Łódzki KS	Łódź	Stadion ŁKS	12,160	Upgrading to 30,000
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała)	4,286	Upgrading to 15,292
Polonia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Polonii	7,150
Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Stadion Ruchu	10,000
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Miejski (Wrocław)	44,416
Widzew Łódź	Łódź	Stadion Widzewa	10,500
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,680
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Dialog Arena	16,300

Sponsoring and personnel

Club	Manager	2010-11 Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Cracovia	Tomasz Kafarski	14th	Nike	Comarch
GKS Bełchatów	Kamil Kiereś	10th	adidas	Polska Grupa Energetyczna
Górnik Zabrze	Adam Nawałka	6th	Erima	Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok	Tomasz Hajto	4th	Joma	Eurocash
Korona Kielce	Leszek Ojrzyński	13th	Hummel	Lewiatan
Lech Poznań	Mariusz Rumak	5th	Puma	s.Oliver
Lechia Gdańsk	Paweł Janas	8th	adidas	LOTOS
Legia Warsaw	Maciej Skorża	3rd	adidas	ActiveJet
ŁKS Łódź	Andrzej Pyrdoł	Promoted	Zina	Colorit
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Robert Kasperczyk	Promoted	adidas	Murapol
Polonia Warsaw	Czesław Michniewicz	7th	Hummel	pl:J.W. Construction
Ruch Chorzów	Waldemar Fornalik	12th	Lotto	WOŚP
Śląsk Wrocław	Orest Lenczyk	2nd	Puma	TAURON
Widzew Łódź	Radosław Mroczkowski	9th	Vigo	Harnaś
Wisła Kraków	Michał Probierz	Champions	adidas	Tele-Fonika Kable
Zagłębie Lubin	Pavel Hapal	11th	Nike	KGHM Polska Miedź

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing Manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Manager	Date of appointment
GKS Bełchatów	Maciej Bartoszek	1 June 2011	Sacked	Paweł Janas	17 June 2011
Korona Kielce	Włodzimierz Gąsior	9 June 2011	Temporary Manager	Leszek Ojrzyński	9 June 2011
Widzew Łódź	Czesław Michniewicz	22 June 2011	Resigned	Radosław Mroczkowski	24 June 2011
Jagiellonia Białystok	Michał Probierz	22 July 2011	Resigned	Czesław Michniewicz	22 July 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Andrzej Pyrdoł	1 August 2011	Resigned	Dariusz Bratkowski	1 August 2011
GKS Bełchatów	Paweł Janas	31 August 2011	Resigned	Kamil Kiereś	1 September 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Dariusz Bratkowski	4 September 2011	Sacked	Michał Probierz	5 September 2011
Cracovia	Yuriy Shatalov	22 September 2011	Resigned	Dariusz Pasieka	23 September 2011
Zagłębie Lubin	Jan Urban	31 October 2011	Sacked	Pavel Hapal	31 October 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Michał Probierz	3 November 2011	Resigned	Tomasz Wieszczycki (temporary)	4 November 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Tomasz Wieszczycki	7 November 2011	Temporary Manager	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	7 November 2011
Wisła Kraków	Robert Maaskant	7 November 2011	Sacked	Kazimierz Moskal	8 November 2011
Lechia Gdańsk	Tomasz Kafarski	8 November 2011	Sacked	Rafał Ulatowski	9 November 2011
Lechia Gdańsk	Rafał Ulatowski	14 December 2011	Sacked	Paweł Janas	19 December 2011
Jagiellonia Białystok	Czesław Michniewicz	22 December 2011	Sacked	Tomasz Hajto	10 February 2012
ŁKS Łódź	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	1 February 2012	Resigned	Andrzej Pyrdoł	8 February 2012
Lech Poznań	José Mari Bakero	25 February 2012	Sacked	Mariusz Rumak	27 February 2012
Wisła Kraków	Kazimierz Moskal	1 March 2012	Sacked	Michał Probierz	1 March 2012
Cracovia	Dariusz Pasieka	6 March 2012	Sacked	Tomasz Kafarski	7 March 2012
Polonia Warsaw	Jacek Zieliński	27 March 2012	Sacked	Czesław Michniewicz	28 March 2012

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Śląsk Wrocław (C)	30	17	5	8	47	31	+16	56	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Ruch Chorzów	30	16	7	7	44	28	+16	55	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Legia Warsaw	30	15	8	7	42	17	+25	53	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
4	Lech Poznań	30	15	7	8	42	22	+20	52	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^1
5	Korona Kielce	30	13	9	8	34	29	+5	48
6	Polonia Warsaw	30	13	6	11	33	32	+1	45
7	Wisła Kraków	30	12	7	11	29	26	+3	43
8	Górnik Zabrze	30	11	9	10	36	30	+6	42
9	Zagłębie Lubin	30	11	7	12	36	42	−6	40
10	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	11	6	13	35	45	−10	39		WID 3–1 JAG JAG 4–1 WID
11	Widzew Łódź	30	9	12	9	25	26	−1	39
12	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	30	9	8	13	26	39	−13	35
13	Lechia Gdańsk	30	7	10	13	21	30	−9	31		LGD 0–0 GKS GKS 1–3 LGD
14	GKS Bełchatów	30	7	10	13	34	36	−2	31
15	ŁKS Łódź (R)	30	5	9	16	23	53	−30	24	Relegation to 2012–13 I Liga
16	Cracovia (R)	30	4	10	16	20	41	−21	22

Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) Fair Play table. Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played^[7]
1As the winners of the 2011–12 Polish Cup, Legia qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third in the league, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away

CRA

BEŁ

GÓR

JAG

KOR

LPO

LGD

LEG

ŁKS

PBB

PWA

RUC

ŚLĄ

WID

WIS

ZLU

Cracovia

2–1

1–3

0–0

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

0–0

1–0

0–2

GKS Bełchatów

2–2

1–1

2–0

0–2

0–3

1–3

0–2

3–0

6–0

2–1

1–1

3–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

Górnik Zabrze

0–1

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

2–2

2–0

0–0

3–0

1–0

1–2

0–2

1–1

2–0

4–1

Jagiellonia Białystok

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

0–2

3–2

0–1

0–2

4–1

1–0

3–1

Korona Kielce

0–0

2–2

2–0

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–0

0–2

2–0

3–0

2–2

2–1

0–2

0–0

0–2

Lech Poznań

3–1

0–1

1–0

4–1

1–0

2–1

0–0

4–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

2–0

0–1

0–1

3–2

Lechia Gdańsk

1–1

0–0

2–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

2–3

1–3

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

Legia Warsaw

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

0–1

3–0

2–0

1–2

0–0

2–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

3–0

ŁKS Łódź

2–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

0–5

0–0

1–3

2–1

0–2

0–4

1–2

1–1

1–2

1–2

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

1–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

2–3

0–0

1–0

0–1

0–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–0

Polonia Warsaw

2–1

2–1

1–1

4–1

0–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

0–1

3–0

1–2

1–1

0–4

Ruch Chorzów

2–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

4–1

3–0

1–2

0–1

2–2

2–2

0–1

0–1

3–1

1–0

2–1

Śląsk Wrocław

3–0

1–0

1–1

3–1

1–2

3–1

1–0

0–4

4–0

1–0

4–0

1–1

1–2

0–1

2–1

Widzew Łódź

1–0

1–0

2–0

4–2

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

0–1

1–0

1–2

2–2

1–1

0–0

Wisła Kraków

1–0

2–0

0–1

3–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

0–0

3–2

0–1

0–1

3–2

0–1

1–0

1–0

Zagłębie Lubin

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

3–1

1–1

0–1

0–4

2–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–5

1–0

2–2

Source: (Polish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

^[8][9]

Top goalscorers 22 goals Artjoms Rudņevs (Lech Poznań) 15 goals Tomasz Frankowski (Jagiellonia Białystok) 12 goals Arkadiusz Piech (Ruch Chorzów) 11 goals Dudu Biton (Wisła Kraków) Edgar Çani (Polonia Warsaw) Danijel Ljuboja (Legia Warsaw) 9 goals Prejuce Nakoulma (Górnik Zabrze) 8 goals Maciej Jankowski (Ruch Chorzów) Szymon Pawłowski (Zagłębie Lubin) 7 goals Tsvetan Genkov (Wisła Kraków)

Top assistants 12 assists Sebastian Mila (Śląsk Wrocław) 9 assists Kamil Kosowski (GKS Bełchatów) Mariusz Magiera (Górnik Zabrze) 7 assists Tomasz Kupisz (Jagiellonia Białystok) Sylwester Patejuk (Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała) 6 assists Semir Štilić (Lech Poznań) Maciej Rybus (Legia Warsaw) Marek Zieńczuk (Ruch Chorzów) 5 assists Dawid Plizga (Jagiellonia Białystok) Mateusz Możdżeń (Lech Poznań) Gábor Straka (Ruch Chorzów)

Player of the month

Month	Player	Club	Matches	Goals / Goals Conceded	Assists / Clean Sheets
August	Danijel Ljuboja[10]	Legia Warsaw	3	4	0
September	Artjoms Rudņevs[11]	Lech Poznań	3	4	0
October	Piotr Celeban[12]	Śląsk Wrocław	4	2	0
November	Prejuce Nakoulma[13]	Górnik Zabrze	3	2	1
March	Arkadiusz Piech[14]	Ruch Chorzów	5	3	0
April	Adam Banaś[15]	Zagłębie Lubin	5	1	0

See also

• 2011–12 Polish Cup

References

1. "2011–12 Ekstraklasa". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
2. "Ekstraklasa attendance statistics" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
3. "Pierwsza wygrana w nowym domu" (in Polish). slaskwroclaw.pl. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
4. Match played at Belchatow, lack of consent on the part of the town for the match with the participation of over 1000 spectators
5. http://ekstraklasa.org/index.php#statystyki
6. Stadiony.net
7. "Zmiany w zasadach ustalania kolejności w tabeli Ekstraklasy od sezonu 2011/2012". 8 July 2011 (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. – official site. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
8. "KLASYFIKACJA STRZELCÓW". ekstraklasa.org. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
9. "Ekstraklasa - Asysty". ekstraklasa.wp.pl. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
10. "Ljuboja i Mroczkowski najlepsi w sierpniu" (in Polish).
11. "Lenczyk i Rudniew najlepsi we wrześniu" (in Polish).
12. "Skorża i Celeban najlepsi we październiku" (in Polish).
13. "Fornalik i Nakoulma najlepsi w listopadzie w T-Mobile Ekstraklasie" (in Polish).
14. "Piłkarz marca: Arkadiusz Piech" (in Polish).
15. "Adam Banaś najlepszym piłkarzem kwietnia w T-Mobile Ekstraklasie!" (in Polish).

External links

• Official site
• 2011–12 Ekstraklasa at Soccerway