2006–07 Ekstraklasa
| Season | 2006–07 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Zagłębie Lubin (2nd 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 (1st qualifying round) |
| Intertoto Cup | Legia Warsaw (1st round) |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 621 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Piotr Reiss (15 goals) |
| Highest attendance |
26,000[1] Lech 3–1 Legia (19 May 2007) |
| Total attendance | 1,609,680 |
| Average attendance |
6,707  |
|
← 2005–06 2007–08 → | |
The 2006–07 Ekstraklasa started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions.
For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange Polska and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006–07.
Corruption
On 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of Górnik Łęczna (two class degradation and 270,000 PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000 PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.[3]
Clubs
16 clubs competed in the 2006-07 season:
- Teams that finished 1-13 in 2005, 2006 Orange Ekstraklasa. IN alphabetical order:
- Two teams Promoted from Polish Second League. In alphabetical order:
- Arka Gdynia (Won 3rd place playoffs)
- ŁKS Łódź
- Widzew Łódź
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 | Dyskobolia1 (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 | 36 | −7 | 40 | ||
| 11 | Arka Gdynia2 (R) | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 40 | Relegation to Second League 2007-08 | |
| 12 | Widzew Łódź | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 28 | ||
| 13 | Górnik Łęczna3 (R) | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to Polish Third League | |
| 14 | Górnik Zabrze | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 25 | ||
| 15 | Wisła Płock (R) | 30 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 47 | −27 | 23 | Relegation to Second League 2007-08 | |
| 16 | Pogoń Szczecin (R) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 16 |
Source: 90minut.pl (in 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[1] | ARK | CRA | BEŁ | GKŁ | GÓR | DSK | KOR | LPO | LEG | ŁKS | ODR | POG | WID | WIS | WPK | ZLU |
| Arka Gdynia | 4–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Cracovia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | |
| GKS Bełchatów | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Górnik Łęczna | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Górnik Zabrze | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | |
| Dyskobolia | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Korona Kielce | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Lech Poznań | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Legia Warsaw | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | |
| ŁKS Łódź | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Odra Wodzisław | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| Widzew Łódź | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Wisła Kraków | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Wisła Płock | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 6–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
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
Annual awards
These were given out by the weekly magazine Piłka Nożna
Coach of the Year
Discovery of the Year
League player of the year
Best Foreign Players
- 2006:
- 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
- ↑ "Orange Ekstraklasa 2006/2007 - Kolejka 28". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ↑ "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2006-2007, Ekstraklasa". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
- ↑ Corruption scandal