2015–16 I liga

The 2015–16 I liga is the 8th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 68th season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season began on 1 August 2015, and concluded on 6 June 2016. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 6 December 2015 and 3 March 2016.[3]

I liga
Season2015–16
ChampionsArka Gdynia
PromotedArka Gdynia
Wisła Płock
RelegatedZawisza Bydgoszcz
Rozwój Katowice
GKS Bełchatów
Matches played291
Goals scored735 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerSzymon Lewicki
(16 goals)
Biggest home winDolcan 6–1 Pogoń
Zawisza 6–1 Zagłębie
Płock 5–0 Zawisza
Biggest away winChojnice 1–6 Bytovia
Highest scoringChojnice 1–6 Bytovia
Dolcan 6–1 Pogoń
Zawisza 6–1 Zagłębie
Dolcan 3–4 Miedź
Highest attendance11,503[1]
Arka 1–1 Chrobry
(5 June 2016)
Lowest attendance0[2][3]
Katowice 2–2 Stomil
Katowice 2–0 Dolcan
Katowice 1–0 Zawisza
Chrobry 0–1 Arka
Chrobry 1–1 Sandecja
Zawisza 0–3 Katowice
Total attendance494,077[4]
Average attendance1,697 Decrease 2.0%[5]

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).[6]

Changes from last season

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

Team overview

Stadiums and locations
Team Stadium Capacity
Arka GdyniaStadion GOSiR15,139
Bytovia BytówStadion MOSiR1,500
Chojniczanka ChojniceStadion Miejski Chojniczanka 19303,000
Chrobry GłogówStadion GOS2,817
Dolcan ZąbkiDolcan Arena2,100
GKS BełchatówGIEKSA Arena5,238
GKS KatowiceStadion GKS Katowice6,710
Miedź LegnicaStadion Orła Białego6,244
MKS KluczborkStadion Miejski2,776
Olimpia GrudziądzStadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego5,000
Pogoń SiedlceStadion ROSRRiT 12,901
Rozwój KatowiceStadion GKS Katowice 26,710
Sandecja Nowy SączStadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka2,850
Stomil OlsztynOSiR Stadium3,500
Wigry SuwałkiStadion OSiR3,060
Wisła PłockKazimierz Górski Stadium10,978
Zagłębie SosnowiecThe People's Stadium7,500
Zawisza BydgoszczZdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium20,247
  1. ^ Pogoń Siedlce played autumn round (8 home games) at Stadion Znicza (cap. 2,150) 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 (C, P) 34 19 12 3 60 29 +31 69 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 Wisła Płock (P) 34 19 6 9 51 28 +23 63
3 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 34 16 4 14 53 53 0 52[lower-alpha 1]
4 GKS Katowice 34 15 7 12 42 36 +6 52[lower-alpha 1]
5 Zawisza Bydgoszcz[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 15 7 12 57 51 +6 52[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Klasa B
6 Chrobry Głogów 34 14 9 11 47 33 +14 51[lower-alpha 3]
7 Miedź Legnica 34 13 12 9 41 34 +7 51[lower-alpha 3]
8 Bytovia Bytów 34 11 15 8 46 44 +2 48
9 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 34 13 8 13 51 43 +8 47
10 Wigry Suwałki 34 12 9 13 41 35 +6 45
11 Stomil Olsztyn 34 11 11 12 34 42 −8 44
12 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 12 7 15 40 45 −5 43
13 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 11 9 14 39 43 −4 42
14 Pogoń Siedlce 34 11 8 15 31 46 −15 41[lower-alpha 4]
15 MKS Kluczbork 34 11 8 15 40 55 −15 41[lower-alpha 4]
16 GKS Bełchatów (R) 34 10 8 16 35 40 −5 38 Relegation to II liga
17 Rozwój Katowice (R) 34 11 2 21 35 56 −21 35
18 Dolcan Ząbki[lower-alpha 5] 34 8 6 20 37 67 −30 30 Club withdrew from competition
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.[9]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Zagłębie 9 points, GKS Katowice 6 points, Zawisza 3 points.
  2. Zawisza Bydgoszcz did not receive a license for the 2016–17 season, thus relegation play-off between the 15th-placed team of I liga (MKS Kluczbork) and the 4th-placed team of II liga (Wisła Puławy) was not held and both will play in the 2016–17 I liga.[7]
  3. Head-to-head record: Chrobry - Miedź 2–1, Miedź - Chrobry 0–2
  4. Head-to-head record: Pogoń - Kluczbork 3–0, Kluczbork - Pogoń 3–2.
  5. Dolcan Ząbki withdrew from a competition after 19th round.[8]

Results
Home \ Away ARK BYT CCH GŁO DOL BEŁ KAT MLE KLU GRU PSI ROZ SNS STO WIG WPK ZSO ZAW
Arka Gdynia 1–1 0–0 1–1 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 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2
Chojniczanka Chojnice 2–3 1–6 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2
Chrobry Głogów 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1
Dolcan Ząbki[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 3–4 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 6–1 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 4–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1]
GKS Bełchatów 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1
GKS Katowice 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–1 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 4–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–1
MKS Kluczbork 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–4 3–0 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 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 2–3
Pogoń Siedlce 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–3
Rozwój Katowice 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 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 2–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–3 4–0
Stomil Olsztyn 0–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–1
Wigry Suwałki 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1
Wisła Płock 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 5–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2–2 2–3 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 0–3 4–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–3 6–1
Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Dolcan withdrew from a competition after 19th round.[8]

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 11 and 19 June 2016. The winner will compete in the I liga.[9] Host of first match was decided on 6 June 2016.[10]

On 9 June 2016 Zawisza Bydgoszcz did not receive a license for the 2016–17 season, thus relegation play-off between the 15th-placed team of I liga (MKS Kluczbork) and the 4th-placed team of II liga (Wisła Puławy) was not held and both will play in the 2016–17 I liga.[7]

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[11]
1 Poland Szymon Lewicki Zawisza Bydgoszcz 16
2 Poland Arkadiusz Aleksander Sandecja Nowy Sącz 15
Poland Maciej Górski Chrobry Głogów 15
4 Poland Janusz Surdykowski Bytovia Bytów 14
5 Poland Kamil Drygas Zawisza Bydgoszcz 13
Poland Mikołaj Lebedyński Wisła Płock 13
7 Poland Paweł Abbott Arka Gdynia 12
Poland Michał Fidziukiewicz Zagłębie Sosnowiec 12
Poland Grzegorz Goncerz GKS Katowice 12
Poland Arkadiusz Reca Wisła Płock 12
11 Poland Kamil Adamek Wigry Suwałki 11

References
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  2. Closed stadium's stands for spectators.
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  6. "Regulamin rozgrywek I ligi" (PDF). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. "Wisła Puławy w I lidze". 90 minut. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. "Dolcan wycofał się z rozgrywek I ligi". 90 minut. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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  10. "Pierwszy mecz barażowy o I ligę w Kluczborku". 90minut. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  11. "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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