1975–76 Ekstraklasa

The 1975–76 I liga was the 50th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 42nd 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).

I liga
Season1975–76
Dates2 August 1975 –
2 June 1976
ChampionsStal Mielec (2nd title)
RelegatedStal Rzeszów
Polonia Bytom
European CupStal Mielec
Cup Winners' CupŚląsk Wrocław
UEFA CupGKS Tychy
Wisła Kraków
Matches played240
Goals scored560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorerKazimierz Kmiecik
(20 goals)
Biggest home winWisła 8–0 Lech
Biggest away winLech 0–4 Pogoń
Highest scoringWisła 8–0 Lech
Highest attendance40,000[1]
Total attendance3,319,920[1]
Average attendance13,833 Increase 0.1%[1]

The champions were Stal Mielec, who won their 2nd Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 2 August 1975 and concluded on 2 June 1976 (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 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 1974–75 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1974–75 II liga. Each team played a total of 30 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stal Mielec (C) 30 13 12 5 45 23 +22 38 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 GKS Tychy 30 15 8 7 38 34 +4 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Wisła Kraków 30 15 7 8 39 19 +20 37
4 Ruch Chorzów 30 12 13 5 35 24 +11 37
5 Widzew Łódź 30 10 12 8 33 33 0 32
6 Pogoń Szczecin 30 13 5 12 46 42 +4 31
7 Śląsk Wrocław 30 11 9 10 36 33 +3 31 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Legia Warsaw 30 12 5 13 44 46 −2 29
9 Górnik Zabrze 30 10 8 12 38 39 −1 28
10 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 30 12 4 14 37 38 −1 28
11 ROW Rybnik 30 11 6 13 30 40 −10 28
12 Lech Poznań 30 9 9 12 33 46 −13 27
13 ŁKS Łódź 30 8 10 12 27 33 −6 26
14 Szombierki Bytom 30 10 5 15 37 42 −5 25
15 Stal Rzeszów (R) 30 8 8 14 23 35 −12 24 Relegated to II liga
16 Polonia Bytom (R) 30 6 9 15 19 33 −14 21
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away TYC GÓR LPO LEG ŁKS POG BYT RYB RUC STA SRZ SZB ŚLĄ WID WIS ZSO
GKS Tychy 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2
Górnik Zabrze 0–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1
Lech Poznań 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–4 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1
Legia Warsaw 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–0
ŁKS Łódź 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0
Pogoń Szczecin 4–0 4–2 4–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–1
Polonia Bytom 0–1 4–3 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–0
ROW Rybnik 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–5 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–0
Ruch Chorzów 3–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1
Stal Mielec 0–0 2–1 3–1 6–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0
Stal Rzeszów 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0
Szombierki Bytom 0–2 3–1 0–0 6–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–1
Śląsk Wrocław 3–1 3–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–2
Widzew Łódź 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0
Wisła Kraków 5–0 1–0 8–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 2–0
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Poland Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Kraków 20
2 Poland Andrzej Szarmach Górnik Zabrze 16
3 Poland Roman Ogaza GKS Tychy 15
4 Poland Grzegorz Lato Stal Mielec 14
5 Poland Bronisław Bula Ruch Chorzów 11
Poland Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw 11
Poland Tadeusz Pawłowski Śląsk Wrocław 11
Poland Zenon Kasztelan Pogoń Szczecin 11
Poland Leszek Wolski Pogoń Szczecin 11

References
  1. "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

Bibliography
  • Gowarzewski, Andrzej (2000). Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Liga Polska. O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-02-9.
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