2009–10 Ekstraklasa

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.

Ekstraklasa
Season2009–10
ChampionsLech Poznań
(6th title)
RelegatedPiast Gliwice
Odra Wodzisław
Champions LeagueLech Poznań
Europa LeagueWisła Kraków
Ruch Chorzów
Matches played240
Goals scored532 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski (18 goals)
Biggest home winKorona 4–0 P. Warsaw
Legia 4–0 Zagłębie
P. Bytom 4–0 Piast
Śląsk 4–0 Odra
Biggest away winKorona 0–5 Lech
Highest scoringCracovia 2–6 Lechia
Highest attendance15,500[1]
Korona 0–5 Lech
(9 August 2009)
Total attendance1,259,280
Average attendance5,247 28.6%[2]

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
1 Lech Poznań (C) 30 19 8 3 51 20 +31 65 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Wisła Kraków 30 19 5 6 48 20 +28 62 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Ruch Chorzów 30 16 5 9 40 30 +10 53 Qualification to 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[lower-alpha 1]
7 Polonia Bytom 30 9 10 11 29 31 −2 37[lower-alpha 1]
8 Lechia Gdańsk 30 9 10 11 30 32 −2 37[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 30 11 11 8 29 27 +2 34[lower-alpha 3] Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 4]
12 Cracovia 30 9 7 14 25 39 −14 34[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to I liga
16 Piast Gliwice (R) 30 7 6 17 30 50 −20 27[lower-alpha 5]
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
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. KOR: 7 pts, 3–2; PBY: 5 pts, 2–2; LGD: 3 pts, 2–3
  2. Jagiellonia 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.
  3. JAG 0–0 CRA; CRA 0–1 JAG
  4. Jagiellonia Białystok qualify to the Europa League as 2009-10 Polish Cup winners.[7]
  5. ODR 2–0 PIA; PIA 2–1 ODR

Results
Home \ Away 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)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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