2006–07 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season 200607
Champions Zagłębie Lubin
2nd Ekstraklasa title
Relegated Wisła Płock
Pogoń Szczecin
Arka Gdynia
Górnik Łęczna
Champions League Zagłębie Lubin (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup GKS Bełchatów(1st qualifying round)
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (1st qualifying round)
Intertoto Cup Legia Warsaw (1st round)
Top goalscorer Piotr Reiss (15)

The 2006-07 Ekstraklasa season started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions with 62 points.

For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006/2007.

Corruption

On 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of Górnik Łęczna (two class degradation and 270,000PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.[1]

Clubs

WIS
LEG
DSK
LPO
ZLU
KOR
CRA
GÓR
BEŁ
ARK
ŁKS
ODR
GKŁ
WPK
WID
POG
Location of teams in Ekstraklasa 2006-07

16 clubs competed in the 2006-07 season:

Final league table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Zagłębie Lubin (C) 30 18 8 4 57 29+28 62 UEFA Champions League 2007-08
Second Qualifying Round
2 GKS Bełchatów (Q) 30 19 4 7 63 32+31 61 UEFA Cup 2007-08
First Round
3 Legia Warsaw (Q) 30 16 4 10 53 33+20 52 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second Round
4 Cracovia 30 14 7 9 48 41+7 49
5 Dyskobolia (Q) 30 11 15 4 40 26+14 48 UEFA Cup 2007-08
First Round
6 Lech Poznań 30 12 11 7 53 36+17 47
7 Korona Kielce 30 14 5 11 41 34+7 47  KOR 4 pts, 1-1-0, 5-2;
WIS 1 pts, 0-1-1, 2-5
8 Wisła Kraków 30 10 16 4 41 25+16 46
9 ŁKS Łódź 30 10 11 9 31 30+1 41
10 Odra Wodzisław 30 10 10 10 29 367 40
11 Arka Gdynia (R) 30 10 10 10 43 39+4 40 Relegation to Second League 2007-08
12 Widzew Łódź 30 7 7 16 27 4821 28
13 Górnik Łęczna (R) 30 7 5 18 24 6440 26 Relegation to Polish Third League
14 Górnik Zabrze 30 6 7 17 30 5121 25
15 Wisła Płock (R) 30 4 11 15 20 4727 23 Relegation to Second League 2007-08
16 Pogoń Szczecin (R) 30 3 7 20 24 5329 16

Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
Rules for classification: 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
1Dyskobolia Grodzisk won Puchar Polski, therefore giving them the second UEFA Cup spot. 2 Arka Gdynia was relegated to 2nd division due to a corruption scandal3 Górnik Łęczna was relegated to 3rd division due to a corruption scandal
(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 ARK CRA BEŁGKŁGÓRDSKKORLPOLEGŁKSODRPOGWIDWISWPKZLU
Arka Gdynia 42 13 51 30 24 03 31 11 00 01 20 30 00 41 30
Cracovia 11 21 50 31 11 10 30 00 11 10 10 21 00 22 24
GKS Bełchatów 22 21 60 31 10 32 00 31 12 51 10 10 12 21 31
Górnik Łęczna 10 10 13 02 13 13 03 12 01 20 32 15 11 00 21
Górnik Zabrze 20 15 04 20 23 00 12 10 11 22 03 03 04 20 03
Dyskobolia 21 00 11 11 20 10 10 11 20 11 31 00 22 11 00
Korona Kielce 10 12 53 20 42 20 22 31 10 01 21 30 00 00 12
Lech Poznań 11 34 11 10 20 22 30 31 40 00 30 61 33 32 02
Legia Warsaw 30 31 12 50 32 01 30 32 21 20 31 20 11 50 12
ŁKS Łódź 01 21 01 00 20 11 21 12 21 11 40 00 21 00 22
Odra Wodzisław 11 01 10 21 00 00 12 00 12 12 22 30 21 10 10
Pogoń Szczecin 00 02 02 30 00 11 11 13 01 01 13 01 11 12 13
Widzew Łódź 11 13 03 10 30 21 01 32 01 21 12 01 00 00 02
Wisła Kraków 22 30 24 21 10 04 20 00 31 00 60 00 20 20 00
Wisła Płock 10 02 04 01 01 00 01 11 03 21 11 21 22 00 02
Zagłębie Lubin 60 43 21 11 11 21 20 00 10 11 10 62 42 00 21

Source: www.90minut.pl
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

As of May 26, 2007

Player Team Goals
1 PolandPiotr ReissLech Poznań 15
2 PolandMichał ChałbińskiZagłębie Lubin 12
PolandAdrian SikoraDyskobolia Grodzisk 12
4 PolandŁukasz PiszczekZagłębie Lubin 11
5 PolandTomasz MoskałaCracovia 10
PolandPiotr WłodarczykLegia Warszawa 10
PolandZbigniew ZakrzewskiLech Poznań 10
8 PolandJanusz DziedzicArka Gdynia 9
PolandRadosław MatusiakGKS Bełchatów 9
PolandMariusz UjekGKS Bełchatów 9

Annual awards

These were given out by the weekly magazine Piłka Nożna

Coach of the Year

Orest Lenczyk (GKS Bełchatów)

Discovery of the Year

Radosław Matusiak (GKS Bełchatów)

League player of the year

Piotr Reiss (Lech Poznań)

Best Foreign Players

Goalkeeper: Emilian Dolha (Wisła Kraków)
Defender (football): Edson (Legia Warszawa), Cléber (Wisła Kraków), Dickson Choto (Legia Warszawa), Veselin Đoković (Korona Kielce)
Midfielder: Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa), Henry Quinteros (Lech Poznań), Hermes (Korona Kielce), Miroslav Radović (Legia Warszawa)
Striker: Ensar Arifović (ŁKS), Edi Andradina (Pogoń).

Piłka Nożna's Ekstraklasa All star team

Goalkeeper: Emilian Dolha(Wisła Kraków), Micahl Vaclavik (Zagłębie Lubin)
Right Defender: Paweł Golański(Korona Kielce), Grzegorz Bartczak(Zagłębie Lubin)
Center Defender: Dickson Choto(Legia Warszawa), Dariusz Pietrasiak(GKS Bełchatów), Cléber Guedes de Lima (Wisła Kraków), Michał Stasiak(Zagłębie Lubin)
Left Defender: Manuel Arboleda(Zagłębie Lubin), Grzegorz Bronowicki(Legia Warszawa)
Right Midfield: Jakub Błaszczykowski(Wisła Kraków), Miroslav Radović(Legia Warszawa)
CenterMidfield: Maciej Iwański(Zagłębie Lubin), Tomasz Jarzębowski(GKS Bełchatów), Rafał Murawski(Lech Poznań), Dariusz Dudka(Wisła Kraków)
Left Midfield: Łukasz Garguła(GKS Bełchatów), Roger Guerreiro(Legia Warszawa)
Striker: Piotr Reiss(Lech Poznań), Adrian Sikora(Dyskobolia Grodzisk), Michał Chałbiński(Zagłębie Lubin), Łukasz Piszczek(Zagłębie Lubin).

References

  1. Corruption scandal
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