1996–97 Ekstraklasa

Liga
Season	1996–97
Champions	Widzew Łódź (4th title)
Relegated	GKS Bełchatów ; Hutnik Kraków ; Śląsk Wrocław ; Sokół Tychy
Matches played	295
Goals scored	764 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mirosław Trzeciak; (18 goals)
Average attendance	3,818 10.5%
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1996–97 season.

Overview edit

18 teams and played in the league and the title was won by Widzew Łódź.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Widzew Łódź (C)	34	25	6	3	74	21	+53	81	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw	34	24	5	5	66	27	+39	77	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Odra Wodzisław	34	16	7	11	51	44	+7	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round and Intertoto Cup group stage
4	GKS Katowice	34	14	11	9	47	40	+7	53
5	Amica Wronki	34	14	10	10	41	40	+1	52
6	ŁKS Łódź	34	13	10	11	55	45	+10	49
7	Zagłębie Lubin	34	13	10	11	44	38	+6	49
8	Polonia Warsaw	34	13	9	12	40	44	−4	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9	Stomil Olsztyn	34	12	8	14	45	46	−1	44
10	Raków Częstochowa	34	11	11	12	35	39	−4	44
11	Lech Poznań	34	11	11	12	40	40	0	44
12	Wisła Kraków	34	11	9	14	33	42	−9	42
13	Górnik Zabrze	34	11	8	15	40	45	−5	41
14	Ruch Chorzów	34	9	13	12	41	41	0	40
15	GKS Bełchatów (R)	34	11	7	16	36	43	−7	40	Relegated to II liga
16	Hutnik Kraków (R)	34	8	11	15	34	46	−12	35
17	Śląsk Wrocław (R)	34	6	6	22	24	56	−32	24
18	Sokół Tychy (R)	34	5	6	23	18	67	−49	21

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away	AMC	BEŁ	KAT	GÓR	HUT	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	ODR	PWA	RAK	RUC	TYC	STO	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZLU
Amica Wronki		1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–2
GKS Bełchatów	3–1		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–0
GKS Katowice	4–1	0–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–1	3–4	2–0	0–2
Górnik Zabrze	1–1	2–1	3–1		2–0	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–2
Hutnik Kraków	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–5	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1		0–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2
Legia Warsaw	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1		3–0	5–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1
ŁKS Łódź	1–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	5–2	1–1	5–0	2–1
Odra Wodzisław	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–0		3–1	0–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Polonia Warsaw	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–1
Raków Częstochowa	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	1–4	3–0^[b]	0–4	1–1	1–0
Ruch Chorzów	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0
Sokół Tychy	0–3^[a]	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	5–3	0–1	0–3^[a]	0–3^[c]	1–2	0–3^[a]	2–1		2–1	1–0	0–3^[a]	0–1	0–0
Stomil Olsztyn	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Śląsk Wrocław	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3^[b]	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–0^[a]	0–1		0–2	1–3	0–3^[b]
Widzew Łódź	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–0		1–0	0–0
Wisła Kraków	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–2		2–0
Zagłębie Lubin	3–1	3–2	4–4	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0^[a]	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sokół Tychy withdrew during the season (after 26 matches).
^ ^a ^b ^c Śląsk Wrocław withdrew during the season (after 31 matches).
^ The match between Sokół and Odra didn't take place. Sokół due to a strike fielded only 5 players.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Mirosław Trzeciak	ŁKS Łódź	18
2	Jacek Dembiński	Widzew Łódź	17
2	Cezary Kucharski	Legia Warsaw	17
4	Sławomir Wojciechowski	GKS Katowice	15
5	Mariusz Śrutwa	Ruch Chorzów	14
6	Sławomir Majak	Widzew Łódź	12
6	Piotr Reiss	Lech Poznań	12
8	Marcin Kuźba	Górnik Zabrze	11
	Bogdan Prusek	Sokół Tychy / Amica Wronki	11
	Sławomir Suchomski	GKS Bełchatów	11
	Krzysztof Zagórski	Odra Wodzisław	11
12	Waldemar Adamczyk	Hutnik Kraków	10

References edit

^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
^ "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2022.

External links edit

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

[table_note_1_LEG_TYC0.7786623629642-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sokół Tychy withdrew during the season (after 26 matches).

[table_note_1_RAK_ŚLĄ0.7786623629642-3] Śląsk Wrocław withdrew during the season (after 31 matches).

[table_note_1_TYC_ODR0.7786623629642-4] The match between Sokół and Odra didn't take place. Sokół due to a strike fielded only 5 players.

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

[5] "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2022.

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