2017–18 I liga

The 2017–18 I liga (currently named Nice I liga due to sponsorship reasons)[7] was the 10th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 70th 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 will be played in a round-robin tournament.

I liga
Season2017–18
Dates29 July 2017 –
3 June 2018[1]
PromotedMiedź
Zagłębie
RelegatedPogoń Siedlce
Górnik
Olimpia
Ruch
Matches played306
Goals scored736 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerMateusz Machaj
(16 goals)
Biggest home winWigry 6–0 Ruch
(3 June 2018)
Biggest away winRuch 0–6 Pogoń
(20 April 2018)
Highest scoringChrobry 3–5 Stal
(13 May 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches
Zagłębie
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Podbeskidzie
Longest winless run16 matches
Górnik
Longest losing run7 matches
Olimpia
Highest attendance11,621[2]
Podbeskidzie 1–2 Katowice
(14 October 2017)
Lowest attendance0[3]
Ruch 0–1 Chrobry
(4 August 2017)[4]
Ruch 3–1 Stomil
(18 August 2017)[5]
Total attendance696,773[6]
Average attendance2,277 Decrease 11,8%

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

Team overview
Location of teams and stadiums in 2017–18 I liga.
Location of teams in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region in 2017–18 I liga.

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bytovia BytówBytówStadion MOSiR1,500
Chojniczanka ChojniceChojniceStadion Miejski Chojniczanka 19303,000
Chrobry GłogówGłogówStadion GOS2,817
GKS KatowiceKatowiceStadion GKS Katowice6,710
GKS TychyTychyStadion Tychy15,300
Górnik ŁęcznaŁęcznaStadion Górnika7,200
Miedź LegnicaLegnicaStadion Orła Białego6,244
Odra OpoleOpoleStadion Odry4,250
Olimpia GrudziądzGrudziądzStadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego5,000
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaBielsko-BiałaStadion BBOSiR15,316
Pogoń SiedlceSiedlceStadion ROSRRiT2,901
Puszcza NiepołomiceNiepołomiceStadion Puszczy1,000
Raków CzęstochowaCzęstochowaMiejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków8,000
Ruch ChorzówChorzówStadion Ruchu Chorzów9,300
Stal MielecMielecStadion MOSiR6,800
Stomil OlsztynOlsztynStadion OSiR3,5001
Wigry SuwałkiSuwałkiStadion OSiR3,060
Zagłębie SosnowiecSosnowiecStadion Ludowy7,500
  1. ^ Stomil Olsztyn intended to play their home games in Ostróda because their home ground (OSiR Stadium) did not fulfill license requirements.[8] On 4 August the club announced that they had received permission to play home games in Olsztyn.[9]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Miedź Legnica (C, P) 34 17 12 5 53 27 +26 63 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 Zagłębie Sosnowiec (P) 34 17 7 10 46 32 +14 58
3 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 16 8 10 48 33 +15 56
4 GKS Tychy 34 16 7 11 41 40 +1 55
5 GKS Katowice 34 16 6 12 44 34 +10 54
6 Wigry Suwałki 34 15 7 12 40 37 +3 52
7 Raków Częstochowa 34 14 9 11 50 40 +10 51[lower-alpha 1]
8 Stal Mielec 34 14 9 11 51 46 +5 51[lower-alpha 1]
9 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 34 11 13 10 37 37 0 46[lower-alpha 2]
10 Chrobry Głogów 34 12 10 12 46 47 −1 46[lower-alpha 2]
11 Odra Opole 34 12 9 13 37 43 −6 45
12 Puszcza Niepołomice 34 11 11 12 38 38 0 44
13 Bytovia Bytów 34 10 10 14 36 45 −9 40
14 Stomil Olsztyn[lower-alpha 3] 34 12 4 18 39 50 −11 39
15 Pogoń Siedlce (R) 34 9 11 14 42 50 −8 38 Qualification to play-off
16 Górnik Łęczna (R) 34 8 11 15 29 42 −13 35 Relegation to II liga
17 Olimpia Grudziądz (R) 34 7 10 17 24 37 −13 31
18 Ruch Chorzów[lower-alpha 4] (R) 34 9 6 19 35 58 −23 27
Source: 1 liga, 90minut
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.[12]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Raków 1–2 Stal, Stal 2–3 Raków.
  2. Head-to-head record: Chrobry 1–1 Podbeskidzie, Podbeskidzie 1–0 Chrobry.
  3. Stomil was punished with a deduction of one point for infringement of the licensing regulations.[10]
  4. Ruch Chorzów was punished with a deduction of six points for infringement of the licensing regulations (five points before start of the league and six points during the season. The second punishment was reduced to one point).[8][10][11]

Positions by round
Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Miedź 10 12 9 6 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Zagłębie 14 15 13 14 13 13 11 11 15 16 17 16 17 11 12 8 10 7 9 7 9 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 5 4 2 2 2 2
Chojniczanka 16 8 5 2 7 3 5 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 5 5 5 3 6 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 3
Tychy 4 4 7 5 4 5 6 10 7 9 13 14 15 16 9 14 12 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 4 4
Katowice 12 13 15 10 11 11 12 13 17 17 15 13 7 12 14 11 8 10 8 10 8 7 4 3 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 5 6 5
Wigry 12 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 16 15 16 15 16 17 11 7 9 9 7 5 4 6 3 2 4 5 3 4 6 6 7 7 8 6
Raków 10 5 10 12 14 14 15 16 10 10 7 7 9 8 7 4 4 4 3 2 5 4 6 8 7 8 8 8 9 7 6 6 7 7
Stal 6 10 8 4 6 7 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 10 7 5 5 6 6 2 2 4 5 2 5 5 2 5 3 4 5 8
Podbeskidzie 8 14 17 17 16 16 14 15 11 8 6 6 6 7 8 13 14 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 11 12 10 9
Chrobry 8 6 2 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 8 7 8 8 6 6 3 6 6 7 9 9 9 9 10
Odra 1 1 3 7 3 4 2 2 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 4 3 3 7 7 9 9 9 11 11 11 10 10 12 11
Puszcza 3 7 4 8 9 8 7 8 13 11 12 9 8 5 4 6 6 8 10 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 12
Bytovia 2 2 1 3 8 9 4 7 6 6 9 10 11 13 10 12 13 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Stomil 15 17 14 15 12 12 10 12 8 13 14 17 13 15 17 15 15 15 16 16 15 17 17 17 17 18 16 17 17 16 16 15 15 14
Pogoń 4 9 12 11 10 10 13 9 14 14 11 11 12 9 13 9 11 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15
Górnik 17 11 11 13 15 15 16 14 12 7 10 12 14 14 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 17 15 15 15 15 16 16 16
Olimpia 6 3 6 9 5 6 9 6 9 12 8 8 10 10 15 16 16 16 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 17
Ruch 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Results
Home \ Away BYT CCH GŁO KAT TYC GKL MLE OOP GRU PBB PSI PNI RAK RUC STA STO WIG ZSO
Bytovia Bytów — 0–3 3–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–2
Chojniczanka Chojnice 4–0 — 3–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 4–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–2
Chrobry Głogów 0–0 0–0 — 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–5 0–1 3–3 1–2
GKS Katowice 0–0 1–0 2–2 — 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–0
GKS Tychy 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1
Górnik Łęczna 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 — 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 0–1 2–1
Miedź Legnica 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 — 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 6–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1
Odra Opole 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–4 — 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–4 0–0 1–0
Olimpia Grudziądz 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 — 0–0 4–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 — 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–0
Pogoń Siedlce 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1
Puszcza Niepołomice 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–3 — 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1
Raków Częstochowa 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 — 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2
Ruch Chorzów 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–6 0–2 1–0 — 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–1
Stal Mielec 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–4 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 — 1–3 3–0 1–1
Stomil Olsztyn 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 — 1–2 0–2
Wigry Suwałki 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 6–0 2–0 1–2 — 1–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–01 3–1 5–1 0–1 —
Source: 90minut
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

1 Match declared forfeited due to Ruch Chorzów fielding an ineligible player. The game ended in a 2–1 win for Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[13]

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.[14] Matches will be played on 9 and 13 June 2018.[15] The winner will compete in the 2018–19 I liga season.[12]

Garbarnia Kraków1–1Pogoń Siedlce
Kiebzak 20' Report Paluchowski 78'
Stadion Garbarni, Kraków
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mariusz Złotek (Stalowa Wola)
Pogoń Siedlce1–2Garbarnia Kraków
Świerblewski 87' Report
  • Wójcik 45'
  • Kalemba 80'
Stadion ROSRRiT, Siedlce
Attendance: 1,957
Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

Garbarnia won 3–2 on aggregate and will play in I liga next season.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[16][17]
1 Poland Mateusz Machaj Chrobry Głogów 16
2 Poland Szymon Lewicki Zagłębie Sosnowiec 14
3 Poland Patryk Klimala Odra Opole 13
4 Poland Adrian Paluchowski Pogoń Siedlce 11
Poland Artur Siemaszko Stomil Olsztyn
Poland Paweł Tomczyk Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
7 Poland Wojciech Kędziora Wigry Suwałki 10
Poland Janusz Surdykowski Bytovia Bytów
Poland Patryk Szysz Górnik Łęczna
10 Poland Maciej Domański Puszcza Niepołomice 9
Poland Fabian Piasecki Miedź Legnica
Latvia Valērijs Šabala Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Poland Szymon Skrzypczak Odra Opole
Poland Marcin Wodecki Odra Opole

See also

References
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  2. "Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1–2 GKS Katowice". 90minut. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  3. Closed stadium's stands for spectators.
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  5. "Ruch Chorzów 3–1 Stomil Olsztyn". 90minut. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
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  8. "Ruch i Stomil z licencjami na grę w Nice I lidze". 90minut.pl. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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  11. "Komisja ds. Licencji Klubowych zmniejszyła karę Ruchu". 90minut.pl. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. "I Liga: season rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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