2019–20 I liga

The 2019–20 I liga (currently named Fortuna I liga due to sponsorship reasons)[2] is the 72nd season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949, and the 12th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league is operated by the PZPN. The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season is played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 26 July 2019 and will conclude on 26 July 2020 (regular season).[3][4][5] On 13 March 2020, the PZPN suspended the league due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][8][9] After consultation with the Polish government, the league resumed behind closed doors without any spectators on 2 June 2020.

I liga
Season2019–20
Dates26 July 2019 – 31 July 2020
Matches played243
Goals scored652 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerFabian Piasecki
(15 goals)
Biggest home winOlimpia 5–0 Chrobry
(26 July 2019)
Biggest away winOlimpia 0–5 Stal
(1 March 2020)
Highest scoringOlimpia 3–5 Chojniczanka
(9 August 2019)
Sandecja 4–4 Chojniczanka
(11 October 2019)
Zagłębie 3–5 Puszcza
(7 March 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Radomiak
Longest unbeaten run8 matches
Radomiak
Longest winless run12 matches
Odra
Longest losing run5 matches
Chrobry
Chojniczanka
Highest attendance5,344
Podbeskidzie 4–1 Zagłębie
(16 November 2019)[1]
Lowest attendance0[upper-alpha 1]
(37 matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic)[upper-alpha 2]
Total attendance402,189[upper-alpha 3]
Average attendance2,003 / 1,655[upper-alpha 4]
2020–21
All statistics correct as of 22 June 2020.

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bruk-Bet Termalica NiecieczaNiecieczaStadion Bruk-Bet Termaliki4,666
Chojniczanka ChojniceChojniceStadion Miejski3,000
Chrobry GłogówGłogówStadion Miejski2,817
GKS BełchatówBełchatówGIEKSA Arena5,264
GKS JastrzębieJastrzębie-ZdrójStadion Miejski5,650
GKS TychyTychyStadion Miejski15,150
Miedź LegnicaLegnicaStadion Miejski6,864
Odra OpoleOpoleStadion Miejski4,560
Olimpia GrudziądzGrudziądzStadion Miejski5,500
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaBielsko-BiałaStadion Miejski15,076
Puszcza NiepołomiceNiepołomiceStadion Miejski2,118
Radomiak RadomRadomStadion Miejski4,066
Sandecja Nowy SączNowy SączStadion Miejski2,988
Stal MielecMielecStadion Stali6,864
Stomil OlsztynOlsztynStadion Miejski4,200
Warta PoznańGrodzisk Wlkp.Dyskobolia Stadium5,383
Wigry SuwałkiSuwałkiStadion Miejski3,060
Zagłębie SosnowiecSosnowiecStadion Ludowy7,500

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

I liga schedule changes[5]
Round Original dates Revised dates
23 14–15 March 3 June (midweek)
24 21–22 March 6–7 June
25 28–29 March 13–14 June
26 4–5 April 17–18 June
27 11 April 20–21 June
28 18–19 April 27–28 June
29 25–26 April 1 July (midweek)
30 2–3 May 4–5 July
31 9–10 May 11–12 July
32 16–17 May 16 July (midweek)
33 23–24 May 19 July
34 30–31 May 25–26 July

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 28 16 7 5 52 27 +25 55 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 Stal Mielec 28 17 3 8 45 26 +19 54
3 Warta Poznań 28 16 5 7 43 26 +17 53 Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4 Radomiak Radom 28 13 8 7 41 35 +6 47
5 Miedź Legnica 28 11 7 10 40 37 +3 40
6 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 28 11 6 11 41 32 +9 39[lower-alpha 1]
7 GKS Tychy 28 10 9 9 53 46 +7 39[lower-alpha 1]
8 GKS Jastrzębie 28 9 11 8 39 38 +1 38[lower-alpha 2]
9 Olimpia Grudziądz 28 11 5 12 44 49 5 38[lower-alpha 2]
10 Puszcza Niepołomice 28 10 7 11 29 35 6 37[lower-alpha 3]
11 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 28 10 7 11 43 46 3 37[lower-alpha 3]
12 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 28 10 6 12 40 44 4 36[lower-alpha 4]
13 Stomil Olsztyn 28 10 6 12 23 32 9 36[lower-alpha 4]
14 GKS Bełchatów 28 10 5 13 33 37 4 35
15 Odra Opole 28 9 7 12 27 33 6 34[lower-alpha 5]
16 Chrobry Głogów 28 9 7 12 28 38 10 34[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to II liga
17 Chojniczanka Chojnice 28 7 5 16 38 53 15 26
18 Wigry Suwałki 28 5 5 18 22 47 25 20
Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: 1 liga, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Games won; 8) Away games won; 9) PZPN draw.[10]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 3, GKS Tychy 0.
  2. Head-to-head points: GKS Jastrzębie 3, Olimpia Grudziądz 0.
  3. Head-to-head away goals scored: Puszcza Niepołomice 5, Zagłębie Sosnowiece 2.
  4. Head-to-head goal difference: Sandecja Nowy Sącz +2, Stomil Olsztyn -2.
  5. Head-to-head away goals scored: Odra Opole 2, Chrobry Głogów 0.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Warta1495212341112112111111222232
Stal4611841116343435644322333323
Podbeskidzie6723956112454343222233111111
Radomiak43791012523221221333444444444
Olimpia116101516141591065678788757777898
Miedź1073536237786956457868666656
GKS Jastrzębie10481313138108679854455575555567
GKS Tychy1415121616111114489107101087668681011131011
Zagłębie6121615814791515151112111112911129991189129
Bruk-Bet Termalica221159101212121081089910109101110891075
Stomil16161312681265537597101112131110121214121312
Sandecja161613111410151314141212141612131213101212119107810
GKS Bełchatów2104424981616141511121311139111313151515151514
Puszcza105961271351091314151314141414141415141313111113
Chrobry181818181818171717171717171715151515151514131412141416
Odra101417171717181818181818181818181817171616161616161615
Wigry6111513734713111616161517171716161717171718181818
Chojniczanka6121071115161611131113131416161618181818181817171717
Source:

Results

Home \ Away BBT CCH GŁO BEŁ JAS TYC MLE ODR GRU POD PNI RAD SNS STA STO WAR WIG ZSO
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 4–3 0–1 3–3 2–2 1–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
Chojniczanka Chojnice 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–3 1–3
Chrobry Głogów 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
GKS Bełchatów 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1
GKS Jastrzębie 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3
GKS Tychy 1–2 5–1 2–2 4–1 4–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Miedź Legnica 0–1 5–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–1 0–2
Odra Opole 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Olimpia Grudziądz 1–0 3–5 5–0 2–4 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–5 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 4–0 4–1
Puszcza Niepołomice 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–4 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2
Radomiak Radom 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 2–2 4–4 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0
Stal Mielec 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1
Stomil Olsztyn 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–3
Warta Poznań 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–3
Wigry Suwałki 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–2
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0 3–3 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–5 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: 1 liga
Colours: 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.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Bruk-Bet TermalicaWWWLLLDDLLWWDWLDLDWLLWWLDWW
ChojniczankaDLWWLLDLWLWLDLDLLLLLWLLWLDL
ChrobryLLLLLDWLLWLDWWWDDLDLWWDWLDL
GKS BełchatówWLWDWLLDLLWLWLDWLWLLDLLLWDW
GKS JastrzębieDWLDDDWDWWLLWWWDDDDLDWLWLDL
GKS TychyLLWLWWDWWDLLLWDWWDDDDLDLLWD
MiedźDWWLWLWDLWLWWLDWDLLWLWLDDWL
OdraDLLLLDLDLLDWLWLLWWWDLWDLWDW
OlimpiaWWLLLLWDWDWWLDLWLWDWLWLLDLW
PodbeskidzieDWWLLWDWWDLWWLWWDWWLWWWWDDD
PuszczaDWLWLWLWLDLLWLDLDLDWLWWDWDL
RadomiakWWLLDDWWWWWWLDWLDDDWLLDWWDW
SandecjaLLWWLWLDDLWLDLWLWDWLDWWLWDL
StalWDLWWWWLLWLWWLLDWWWWWLWDWWL
StomilLLWWWDLWWDWLDLDLLLDWWLDLWLW
WartaLWWWWDLDWWWDLWDWWLWWWLWWLLW
WigryDDLWWWLLLDLLWLLDLWLLLLLDLLL
ZagłębieDLLWWLWDLLDWWLDDWLLWWLDWLDW
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion play-offs

I liga play-offs for the 2019–20 season will be played in July 2020. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place are set to compete. I liga play-offs will be held for the first time in this format. The fixtures are determined by final league position – 3rd team of regular season vs 6th team of regular season and 4th team of regular season vs 5th team of regular season. The winner of final match will be promoted to Ekstraklasa for next season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in regular season.[11]

Semi-finals
28 July
Final
31 July
      
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Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 2 December 2019.
Rank Player Club Goals[12]
1 Fabian Piasecki Zagłębie Sosnowiec 15
2 Vladislavs Gutkovskis Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 12
Omran Haydary Olimpia Grudziądz
Mateusz Kuzimski Chojniczanka Chojnice
Patryk Mikita Radomiak Radom
6 Karol Danielak Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 11
Mateusz Marzec GKS Bełchatów
8 Mateusz Kupczak Warta Poznań 10
Bartosz Nowak Stal Mielec
10 4 players 9

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 35,694 5,344 2,241 3,966 +82.3%
2 Radomiak Radom 42,005 4,072 3,452 3,818 +37.8%2
3 GKS Tychy 34,091 5,236 2,435 3,787 −8.5%
4 Miedź Legnica 28,920 4,447 3,180 3,615 −27.1%1
5 Stal Mielec 34,295 4,558 2,491 3,429 +8.4%
6 Stomil Olsztyn 21,702 2,579 1,551 2,170 +8.7%
7 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 19,365 4,024 1,241 1,936 +34.8%
8 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 19,314 3,103 647 1,931 −39.8%1
9 GKS Bełchatów 17,150 2,610 1,250 1,905 +28.5%2
10 GKS Jastrzębie 16,419 2,541 1,354 1,824 −11.2%
11 Wigry Suwałki 14,789 2,096 1,025 1,478 +31.0%
12 Olimpia Grudziądz 11,912 2,200 402 1,191 −10.6%2
13 Odra Opole 11,180 1,548 652 1,118 −27.7%
14 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 12,147 2,380 602 1,104 −42.5%
15 Chojniczanka Chojnice 13,503 1,735 511 1,038 −26.2%
16 Warta Poznań[upper-alpha 5] 8,171 1,352 385 907 +14.7%
17 Puszcza Niepołomice 8,105 1,380 404 810 +4.5%
18 Chrobry Głogów 9,063 1,398 385 755 +4.3%
League total 357,825 5,344 385 2,043 +8.1%

Updated to games played on 2 December 2019.
Source: 90minut (in Polish)
Notes:
1. Team played last season in Ekstraklasa.
2. Team played last season in II liga.

See also

Notes

  1. Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
  2. All matches of 23–26 round and one match of 27 round have been played behind closed doors without any spectators (until 19 June 2020).
  3. Selected matches of 27–34 round have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public".
  4. The average league attendance was 2,003 after 198 matches prior to fixtures being played behind closed doors without any spectators.
  5. Due to the renovation of the Dębińska Road Stadium match played at the Dyskobolia Stadium in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.

References

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  9. "Rozgrywki Fortuna I ligi i II ligi zostaną wznowione między 30 maja a 6 czerwca" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. "Uchwała nr IV/49 z dnia 24 kwietnia 2019 roku Zarządu Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnejw sprawie przyjęcia Regulaminu Rozgrywek Piłkarskich o Mistrzostwo I ligi na sezon 2019/2020" (PDF). 1 liga. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  11. "KOMUNIKAT ZARZĄDU PZPN IV/2019Z DNIA 24 KWIETNIA 2019 ROKU" (PDF). PZPN. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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