2015–16 I Liga (Poland)

I Liga (Poland)

Season	2015–16
Matches played	243
Goals scored	611 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Szymon Lewicki (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Dolcan Ząbki 6–1 Pogoń Siedlce Zawisza Bydgoszcz 6–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Biggest away win	Chojniczanka Chojnice 1–6 Bytovia Bytów
Highest scoring	Chojniczanka Chojnice 1–6 Bytovia Bytów Dolcan Ząbki 6–1 Pogoń Siedlce Zawisza Bydgoszcz 6–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Dolcan Ząbki 3–4 Miedź Legnica
Highest attendance	9,415[1] Arka Gdynia 0–0 Olimpia Grudziądz
Lowest attendance	0[1] GKS Katowice 2–2 Stomil Olsztyn GKS Katowice 2–0 Dolcan Ząbki GKS Katowice 1–0 Zawisza Bydgoszcz Chrobry Głogów 0–1 Arka Gdynia Chrobry Głogów 1–1 Sandecja Nowy Sącz
← 2014–15 All statistics correct as of 1 May 2016.

The 2015–16 I Liga is the eighth season of the Polish I Liga under its current title, and the sixty-eighth season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system. The season began on 1 August 2015.^[2]

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1995 or later and Polish or trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing).^[3]

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To I Liga Promoted from II Liga MKS Kluczbork Zagłębie Sosnowiec Rozwój Katowice Relegated from Ekstraklasa Zawisza Bydgoszcz GKS Bełchatów

From I Liga Relegated to II Liga GKS Tychy Promoted to Ekstraklasa Zagłębie Lubin Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Arka Gdynia	Stadion GOSiR	15,139
Bytovia Bytów	Stadion MOSiR	1,500
Chojniczanka Chojnice	Stadion Miejski	3,000
Chrobry Głogów	Stadion Chrobego Głogów	2,817
Dolcan Ząbki	Stadion Dolcanu Ząbki	2,100
GKS Bełchatów	GIEKSA Arena	5,238
GKS Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	6,710
Miedź Legnica	Stadion Miejski	6,244
MKS Kluczbork	Stadion Miejski	2,776
Olimpia Grudziądz	Stadion Miejski	5,000
Pogoń Siedlce	Stadion ROSRRiT ^1	2,901
Rozwój Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice ^2	6,710
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka	2,850
Stomil Olsztyn	OSiR Stadium	3,500
Wigry Suwałki	Stadion Miejski	3,060
Wisła Płock	Kazimierz Górski Stadium	10,978
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Stadium Ludowy	7,500
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium	20,247

1. ^ Pogoń Siedlce played autumn round (8 home games) at Stadion Znicza (cap. 2,000) in Pruszków.
2. ^ Rozwój Katowice played autumn round (11 home games) at their own Stadion Rozwoju (cap. 2,472).

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Arka Gdynia	28	16	9	3	47	26	+21	57	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Wisła Płock	28	17	5	6	41	22	+19	56
3	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	28	13	7	8	48	38	+10	46
4	Chrobry Głogów	28	12	7	9	39	25	+14	43
5	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	28	12	4	12	43	45	−2	40
6	GKS Katowice	28	12	4	12	32	33	−1	40
7	Stomil Olsztyn	28	10	10	8	31	32	−1	40
8	Bytovia Bytów	28	9	12	7	39	37	+2	39
9	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	28	10	8	10	42	35	+7	38
10	Miedź Legnica	28	8	11	9	31	33	−2	35
11	Pogoń Siedlce	28	9	7	12	27	39	−12	34
12	Wigry Suwałki	28	9	7	12	33	28	+5	34
13	GKS Bełchatów	28	9	7	12	26	30	−4	34
14	Olimpia Grudziądz	28	8	9	11	30	34	−4	33
15	Chojniczanka Chojnice	28	9	5	14	31	40	−9	32	Qualification to play-off
16	Rozwój Katowice	28	10	2	16	32	43	−11	32	Relegation to II liga
17	MKS Kluczbork	28	7	8	13	29	49	−20	29
18	Dolcan Ząbki[lower-alpha 1]	28	8	6	14	37	49	−12	30

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. points in head-to-head matches; 3. goal difference in hth matches; 4. goals scored in hth matches; 5. away goals in hth matches (only if two teams are tied); 6. total goal difference; 7. total goals scored; 8. fairplay ranking.^[5]
Notes:

1. Dolcan withdrew from a competition after 19th round.^[4]

Results

Home ╲ Away

ARK

BYT

CCH

GŁO

DOL

BEŁ

KAT

MLE

KLU

GRU

PSI

ROZ

SNS

STO

WIG

WPK

ZSO

ZAW

Arka Gdynia

3–2

2–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

0–0

3–0

4–0

2–1

0–1

0–2

4–2

2–2

1–1

Bytovia Bytów

1–1

1–1

0–3

1–4

2–2

0–3

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–2

2–2

Chojniczanka Chojnice

2–3

1–6

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–2

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–3

0–1

1–1

0–1

0–2

Chrobry Głogów

0–1

0–1

0–1

3–0^2

1–2

0–0

2–1

5–1

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

3–1

Dolcan Ząbki

0–3^2

0–3^2

1–1

0–3^2

3–4

1–1

0–3^2

6–1

1–0

0–3^2

1–0

0–3^2

0–1

4–1

GKS Bełchatów

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

0–0

0–2

1–0

0–1

0–2

0–2

2–0

2–1

GKS Katowice

0–2

0–2

2–0

1–0

0–1

5–1

0–2

1–0

2–2

2–4

2–2

2–0

0–1

1–0

Miedź Legnica

0–0

2–0

2–2

0–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

4–1

4–0

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–4

1–1

MKS Kluczbork

0–2

1–1

1–3

0–2

0–0

1–2

0–0

1–0

3–2

2–4

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

Olimpia Grudziądz

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–3

1–0

0–1

0–1

2–0

0–2

1–1

4–2

2–3

Pogoń Siedlce

2–2

1–0

0–4

1–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

0–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

3–2

0–3

Rozwój Katowice

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–0^2

1–2

2–1

0–1

0–2

2–3

2–0

2–1

1–3

2–1

0–1

1–3

Sandecja Nowy Sącz

0–1

0–1

3–1

1–1

3–2

4–0

3–2

1–2

0–0

0–2

1–0

1–3

3–3

4–0

Stomil Olsztyn

0–0

2–0

2–1

3–0^2

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–2

2–2

1–1

2–4

1–1

Wigry Suwałki

0–1

2–2

0–1

1–2

0–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

3–1

4–0

1–2

1–2

0–2

0–1

Wisła Płock

0–2

2–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

3–0

0–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

3–1

Zagłębie Sosnowiec

4–2

2–0

2–1

2–0

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–2

0–0

2–1

0–1

2–0

2–3

0–1

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

2–2

2–3

1–0

0–3

1–0

4–1

2–3

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–2

3–0

1–3

6–1

Updated to games played on 1 May 2016.
Source: 90minut.pl
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²00Dolcan withdrew from a competition after 19th round.^[4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

I liga play-off

The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played in June 2016. The winner will compete in the I Liga.^[5]

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 1 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Szymon Lewicki	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	14
2	Arkadiusz Aleksander	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	13
	Maciej Górski	Chrobry Głogów	13
4	Paweł Abbott	Arka Gdynia	12
5	Kamil Drygas	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	11
	Michał Fidziukiewicz	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	11
	Grzegorz Goncerz	GKS Katowice	11
	Mikołaj Lebedyński	Wisła Płock	11
	Janusz Surdykowski	Bytovia Bytów	11
10	Kamil Adamek	Wigry Suwałki	9
	Rafał Kujawa	Stomil Olsztyn	9
	Arkadiusz Reca	Wisła Płock	9
13	Daniel Gołębiewski	Pogoń Siedlce (1) Dolcan Ząbki (7)	8
	Mateusz Klichowicz	Bytovia Bytów	8
	Damian Piotrowski	Wisła Płock	8
16	Jakub Arak	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	7
	Adam Duda	Pogoń Siedlce	7

References

1. "I liga". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
2. "Terminarz I ligi 2015/2016". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. "Regulamin rozgrywek I ligi" (PDF). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
4. "Dolcan wycofał się z rozgrywek I ligi". 90 minut. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
5. "I Liga: season rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
6. "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.