1988–89 Ekstraklasa

Liga
Season	1988–89
Champions	Ruch Chorzów (14th title)
Relegated	Pogoń Szczecin ; GKS Jastrzębie ; Górnik Wałbrzych ; Szombierki Bytom
Matches played	240
Goals scored	566 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Krzysztof Warzycha; (24 goals)
Average attendance	8,407 14.6%
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1988–89 season.

Overview edit

It was contested by 16 teams, and Ruch Chorzów won the championship.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	3W	D	3L	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ruch Chorzów (C)	30	13	6	8	0	3	48	18	+30	52	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	GKS Katowice	30	11	6	8	1	4	50	24	+26	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Górnik Zabrze	30	11	6	5	0	8	55	29	+26	45	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Legia Warsaw	30	8	6	9	0	7	41	19	+22	43	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Stal Mielec	30	12	1	7	1	9	35	27	+8	33
6	Lech Poznań	30	8	3	10	2	7	39	32	+7	33
7	Śląsk Wrocław	30	5	2	15	2	6	34	35	−1	29
8	Widzew Łódź	30	9	0	12	1	8	27	27	0	29
9	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	9	0	12	1	8	22	27	−5	29
10	ŁKS Łódź	30	7	1	11	2	9	34	45	−11	26
11	Olimpia Poznań	30	8	1	9	3	9	33	41	−8	25
12	Wisła Kraków	30	7	3	6	6	8	35	48	−13	23
13	Pogoń Szczecin (R)	30	5	1	10	4	10	34	50	−16	19	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
14	GKS Jastrzębie (R)	30	8	0	8	5	9	24	43	−19	19	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
15	Górnik Wałbrzych (R)	30	7	0	5	4	14	22	44	−22	15	Relegated to II liga
16	Szombierki Bytom (R)	30	4	0	9	4	13	33	57	−24	13	Relegated to II liga

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. 1 extra point for each win with a goal difference of 3 or more, and 1 point deducted for each loss with a goal difference of 3 or more.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away	JAS	KAT	GWŁ	GÓR	JAG	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	OLP	POG	RUC	STA	SZB	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS
GKS Jastrzębie		1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–2
GKS Katowice	3–0		1–0	3–2	0–1	4–1	1–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0
Górnik Wałbrzych	2–1	0–1		0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Górnik Zabrze	2–0	3–0	1–0		2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	8–3	1–1	1–0	4–0
Jagiellonia Białystok	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1		1–4	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0
Lech Poznań	3–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0		0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Legia Warsaw	1–0	0–2	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–0		2–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–0
ŁKS Łódź	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Olimpia Poznań	1–0	0–3	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0		2–2	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–0
Pogoń Szczecin	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–2		0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Ruch Chorzów	5–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1		0–2	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–0
Stal Mielec	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	3–0	2–2	3–2
Szombierki Bytom	2–2	0–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	2–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	2–3		3–3	3–3	0–3
Śląsk Wrocław	6–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1		0–2	0–0
Widzew Łódź	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2		1–2
Wisła Kraków	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–2	1–4	1–0	3–0	0–5	2–1

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs edit

After the end of the season, play-offs played for two places in the first league in the 1989–90 season between teams from places 13-14 in the first league and runners-up in the 2nd league groups:^[2]

13th team of the I league and 2nd team of the II league of group II - Pogoń Szczecin and Motor Lublin,
14th team of the I league and 2nd team of the II league of group I - GKS Jastrzębie and Zawisza Bydgoszcz.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pogoń Szczecin	3–4	Motor Lublin	3–2	0–2
GKS Jastrzębie	0–2	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	0–0	0–2

Pogoń Szczecin and GKS Jastrzębie did not hold places at the highest league level.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Krzysztof Warzycha	Ruch Chorzów	24
2	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	13
2	Ryszard Cyroń	Górnik Zabrze	13
4	Bogusław Cygan	Szombierki Bytom	12
5	Maciej Śliwowski	Stal Mielec	11
	Mirosław Kubisztal	GKS Katowice	11
	Bogusław Pachelski	Lech Poznań	11
8	Jacek Cyzio	Pogoń Szczecin	10
	Jarosław Araszkiewicz	Lech Poznań	10
	Jerzy Kaziów	Olimpia Poznań	10
	Marek Filipczak	Olimpia Poznań	10

References edit

^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
^ "Ekstraklasa (1st division). History". Paweł Mogielnicki's Page. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

External links edit

Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)

[efs-1] "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

[2] "Ekstraklasa (1st division). History". Paweł Mogielnicki's Page. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

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