2009–10 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season	2009–10
Champions	Lech Poznań; (6th title)
Relegated	Piast Gliwice; Odra Wodzisław
UEFA Champions League	Lech Poznań
UEFA Europa League	Wisła Kraków; Ruch Chorzów
Matches played	240
Goals scored	532 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Korona 4–0 P. Warsaw; Legia 4–0 Zagłębie; P. Bytom 4–0 Piast; Śląsk 4–0 Odra
Biggest away win	Korona 0–5 Lech
Highest scoring	Cracovia 2–6 Lechia
Highest attendance	15,500[1]; Korona 0–5 Lech; (9 August 2009)
Total attendance	1,259,280
Average attendance	5,247 28.6%[2]
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Ekstraklasa was the 76th season since its establishment as the highest football league of Poland. It began on 31 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010. The champions were Lech Poznań.

Teams

Due to several non-competitive events between last and this season, the team exchange among the two highest football divisions of Poland was only partially determined by the 2008–09 league tables.

ŁKS Łódź were denied a license by the Polish FA because of financial issues.^[3] ŁKS filed several appeals against this decision, but were eventually left without any success.

First League 2008–09 champions Widzew Łódź were not permitted to advance by the Polish FA after their involvement in the Polish corruption scandal.^[4] The club had its initial appeals rejected, however, an Arbitration Tribunal later returned a verdict in the club's favor which led the club to file a request for immediate reinstatement to the Ekstraklasa.^[5]

The decisions had a significant influence on the relegation and promotion of teams. As a consequence of their revoked license, ŁKS were put in last place of the 2008–09 Ekstraklasa standings and directly relegated to the First League. They were joined by Górnik Zabrze as 15th-placed team. Both teams were replaced with First League 2008–09 runners-up Zagłębie Lubin and third-placed Korona Kielce.

Because of the controversy surrounding both teams from Łódź, the Polish FA was forced to postpone the originally planned relegation/promotion play-off in June 2009 and eventually decided to cancel it completely.

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in Ekstraklasa 2009-10

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity^[6]
Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	GOSiR Stadium	12,000 (upgrading 15,500)
Cracovia	Kraków	Cracovia Stadium	12,000 (upgrading 15,100)
GKS Bełchatów	Bełchatów	GKS Stadium	5,238
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Municipal Stadium	7,500 (upgrading 22,500)
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Arena Kielce	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Municipal Stadium	17,000 (upgrading 45,830)
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Lechia Stadium	11,524 (upgrading 44,630)
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Polish Army Stadium	25,976 (upgrading 33,200)
Odra Wodzisław Śląski	Wodzisław Śląski	MOSiR Stadium	7,400
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Piast Stadium	5,000
Polonia Bytom	Bytom	Edward Szymkowiak Stadium	6,000
Polonia Warsaw	Warsaw	Polonia Stadium	7,000
Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Ruch Stadium	10,000
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Oporowska Stadium	8,273 (upgrading 42,770)
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Henryk Reyman Stadium	20,346 (upgrading 33,680)
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Dialog Arena	16,300

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Lech Poznań (C)	30	19	8	3	51	20	+31	65	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Wisła Kraków	30	19	5	6	48	20	+28	62	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Ruch Chorzów	30	16	5	9	40	30	+10	53	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Legia Warsaw	30	15	7	8	36	22	+14	52
5	GKS Bełchatów	30	13	9	8	37	27	+10	48
6	Korona Kielce	30	9	10	11	35	41	−6	37		KOR: 7 pts, 3–2 PBY: 5 pts, 2–2 LGD: 3 pts, 2–3
7	Polonia Bytom	30	9	10	11	29	31	−2	37
8	Lechia Gdańsk	30	9	10	11	30	32	−2	37
9	Śląsk Wrocław	30	8	12	10	32	33	−1	36
10	Zagłębie Lubin	30	8	11	11	30	38	−8	35
11	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	11	11	8	29	27	+2	034¹	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ¹	JAG 0–0 CRA CRA 0–1 JAG
12	Cracovia	30	9	7	14	25	39	−14	34		JAG 0–0 CRA CRA 0–1 JAG
13	Polonia Warsaw	30	9	6	15	25	38	−13	33
14	Arka Gdynia	30	7	7	16	28	39	−11	28
15	Odra Wodzisław (R)	30	7	6	17	27	45	−18	27	Relegation to First League 2010-11	ODR 2–0 PIA PIA 2–1 ODR
16	Piast Gliwice (R)	30	7	6	17	30	50	−20	27	Relegation to First League 2010-11	ODR 2–0 PIA PIA 2–1 ODR

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
¹Jagiellonia Białystok were docked ten points at the start of the 2009–10 season as a consequence of the club's involvement in a corruption scandal. They will qualify to the Europa League as 2009-10 Polish Cup winners.^[7]
(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	KOR	JAG	LPO	LGD	LEG	ODR	PIA	PBY	PWA	RUC	ŚLĄ	WIS	ZLU
Arka Gdynia		2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–2
Cracovia	1–1		0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–6	1–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–1
GKS Bełchatów	1–0	3–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–3
Korona Kielce	1–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–5	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–3	3–3
Jagiellonia Białystok	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		2–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Lech Poznań	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–4	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0
Lechia Gdańsk	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–0		2–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Legia Warsaw	1–0	0–0	2–2	5–2	2–1	2–0	2–0		0–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	4–0
Odra Wodzisław	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0		2–0	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–4	1–3	1–2
Piast Gliwice	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–4	4–1
Polonia Bytom	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–1
Polonia Warsaw	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0		1–1	3–2	0–1	0–1
Ruch Chorzów	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	5–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–0		0–0	1–3	0–2
Śląsk Wrocław	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–3	2–0
Wisła Kraków	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		1–0
Zagłębie Lubin	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–4

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

Player statistics

onet.pl

Top goalscorers

18 goals

Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznań)

14 goals

Iliyan Mitsanski (Zagłębie Lubin)

11 goals

Tomasz Frankowski (Jagiellonia Białystok)

10 goals

Artur Sobiech (Ruch Chorzów)
Paweł Brożek (Wisła Kraków)

9 goals

Dawid Nowak (GKS Bełchatów)
Vuk Sotirović (Śląsk Wrocław)

8 goals

Season statistics

Including matches played on 9 April 2010; Source: 90minut.pl

Scoring

First goal of the season: Arkadiusz Głowacki (Wisła Kraków) Match: 2-0 Ruch Chorzów, 20th minute (1 August 2009)
Fastest goal in a match: Marcelo (Wisła Kraków) Match: 4-1 Zagłębie Lubin, 1st minute (7 August 2009)
First hat-trick of the season: Adrian Paluchowski (Legia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Zagłębie Lubin, 32', 48', 62'.(2 August 2009);
Fastest hat-trick of the season: Adrian Paluchowski (Legia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Zagłębie Lubin, 32', 48', 62', 30 minutes. (2 August 2009)
Most goals scored by a player in one game: Adrian Paluchowski (Legia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Zagłębie Lubin, 32', 48', 62', 3 goals.(2 August 2009);
Widest winning margin: Lech Poznań Match: 5-0 Korona Kielce, 5 goals. (9 August 2009)
Most goals in a match: Lechia Gdańsk Match: 6-2 Cracovia, 8 goals.(7 August 2009)

Awards

Player of the month

Month	Player	Club	Matches	Goals / Goals Conceded	Assists / Clean Sheets
August	Sławomir Peszko	Lech Poznań	5	3	2
September	Kamil Grosicki	Jagiellonia Białystok	3	1	0
October	Grzegorz Sandomierski	Jagiellonia Białystok	4	/0	/4
November	Ján Mucha	Legia Warsaw	3	/-1	/2
December	Marcelo	Wisła Kraków	2	2	0
March	Iliyan Mitsanski	Zagłębie Lubin	4	6	0
April	Łukasz Janoszka	Ruch Chorzów	4	4	0

References

↑ "Ekstraklasa 2009/2010 - Kolejka 2". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
↑ "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2009-2010, Ekstraklasa". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
↑ "Łódzki KS nadal bez licencji" (in Polish). www.90minut.pl. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
↑ "Widzew znów klubem zdegradowanym" (in Polish). Gazeta.pl. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
↑ "Widzew złożył wnioski o przywrócenie do Ekstraklasy" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
↑ Stadiony.net
↑ "Jagiellonia nie zostanie zdegradowana" (in Polish). www.90minut.pl. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

External links

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[1] "Ekstraklasa 2009/2010 - Kolejka 2". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 9 August 2009.

[efs-2] "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2009-2010, Ekstraklasa". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2010.

[3] "Łódzki KS nadal bez licencji" (in Polish). www.90minut.pl. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.

[4] "Widzew znów klubem zdegradowanym" (in Polish). Gazeta.pl. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

[5] "Widzew złożył wnioski o przywrócenie do Ekstraklasy" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.

[6] Stadiony.net

[7] "Jagiellonia nie zostanie zdegradowana" (in Polish). www.90minut.pl. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

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