2007–08 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season	2007–08
Champions	Wisła Kraków; 12th Ekstraklasa title; 11th Polish title
Relegated	Widzew Łódź; Zagłębie Sosnowiec; Zagłębie Lubin; Korona Kielce
Champions League	Wisła Kraków; (2nd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Legia Warsaw; (1st qualifying round); Lech Poznań; (1st qualifying round)
Intertoto Cup	Cracovia (1st round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	577 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paweł Brożek (23 goals)
Highest attendance	41,000; Ruch 3–2 Górnik; (2 March 2008)
Total attendance	1,758,960
Average attendance	7,329 9.3%
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa (also known as Orange Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Orange Polska) started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Ekstraklasa SA.

The Polish Champion will qualify for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runner-up and winner of the Polish Cup will qualify for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The third placed team will qualify for the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to Poland League Two for 2008-09 season, with the 3rd bottom team playing off against the 4th-placed team in Poland League Two to decide the final positions for next season (the winner will be either promoted or stay in the top league).

Clubs edit

Location of teams in Ekstraklasa 2007–08

Location of teams in the Silesian Voivodeship

The following teams played in the Ekstraklasa:

Cracovia
GKS Bełchatów
Górnik Zabrze
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (2007 Polish Cup winner)
Korona Kielce
Lech Poznań
Legia Warsaw
ŁKS Łódź
Odra Wodzisław
Widzew Łódź
Wisła Kraków
Zagłębie Lubin (2007 Polish Champion)
Ruch Chorzów (promoted from Polish Second League)
Jagiellonia Białystok (promoted from Polish Second League)
Polonia Bytom (promoted from Polish Second League)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec (promoted from Polish Second League)

Relegated teams edit

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wisła Kraków (C)	30	24	5	1	68	18	+50	77	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw^[a]	30	20	3	7	48	17	+31	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Dyskobolia^[b]	30	18	6	6	52	24	+28	60
4	Lech Poznań^[c]	30	17	6	7	55	32	+23	57	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	Zagłębie Lubin^[d] (R)	30	15	7	8	43	30	+13	52	Relegation to I liga
6	Korona Kielce^[d] (R)	30	15	6	9	38	32	+6	51	Relegation to I liga
7	Cracovia	30	11	6	13	30	32	−2	39^[e]	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
8	Górnik Zabrze	30	11	6	13	34	39	−5	39^[e]
9	GKS Bełchatów	30	9	11	10	26	32	−6	38
10	Ruch Chorzów	30	8	10	12	35	41	−6	34
11	ŁKS Łódź	30	7	9	14	25	31	−6	30
12	Odra Wodzisław	30	8	5	17	28	47	−19	29
13	Polonia Bytom	30	7	7	16	22	45	−23	28
14	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	7	6	17	27	57	−30	27
15	Widzew Łódź (R)	30	5	11	14	27	42	−15	26	Relegation to I liga
16	Zagłębie Sosnowiec^[f] (R)	30	4	4	22	19	58	−39	16	Relegation to II liga

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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Legia Warsaw automatically qualify for the UEFA Cup as they reached the Puchar Polski final.
^ Dyskobolia merged with Polonia Warsaw and lost own qualification for UEFA Cup
^ Lech Poznań took Dyskobolia place due to their resignation of playing in the UEFA Cup
^ ^a ^b Automatically relegated at end of season due to involvement in corruption scandal.^[6]
^ ^a ^b CRA 3 pts, 1-0-1, 3-1; GÓR 3 pts, 1-0-1, 1-3
^ Automatically relegated at end of season to third league due to involvement in corruption scandal and also taking one of two last standings

Results edit

Home \ Away	CRA	DSK	BEŁ	GÓR	JAG	KOR	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	PBY	RUC	ODR	WID	WIS	ZLU	ZSO
Cracovia		3–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0
Dyskobolia	0–0		0–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–4	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0
GKS Bełchatów	0–4	1–1		0–0	2–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–0
Górnik Zabrze	1–0	0–0	2–0		3–0	0–3	0–1	0–3	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	4–2
Jagiellonia Białystok	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1		0–0	4–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–1
Korona Kielce	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	2–0
Lech Poznań	3–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	6–1	1–0		1–0	1–2	1–0	6–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–2
Legia Warsaw	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1		2–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	5–0
ŁKS Łódź	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0
Polonia Bytom	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–4	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0
Ruch Chorzów	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	4–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0		3–2	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–0
Odra Wodzisław	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	2–0		1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0
Widzew Łódź	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	2–2	4–3		1–3	1–1	0–1
Wisła Kraków	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	4–2	1–0	5–2	5–0	2–0	0–0	1–0		2–1	4–0
Zagłębie Lubin	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1		2–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–0	0–3

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

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[7]
1	Paweł Brożek	Wisła Kraków	23
2	Adrian Sikora	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	16
2	Marek Zieńczuk	Wisła Kraków	16
4	Takesure Chinyama	Legia Warsaw	15
5	Hernan Rengifo	Lech Poznań	12
6	Dawid Jarka	Górnik Zabrze	11
7	Edi Andradina	Korona Kielce	10
	Maciej Iwański	Zagłębie Lubin	10
	Marcin Robak	Korona Kielce	10
	Tomasz Zahorski	Górnik Zabrze	10
	Marcin Zając	Lech Poznań	10
12	Vuk Sotirović	Jagiellonia Białystok	8
13	Wojciech Grzyb	Ruch Chorzów	7
13	Stefano Napoleoni	Widzew Łódź	7

Awards edit

Piłka Nożna Magazines Awards edit

Award	Recipient	Team
Coach of the year	Maciej Skorża	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski/Wisła Kraków
Discovery of the year	Radosław Majewski	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Return of the year	Jan Urban	Legia Warszawa
Foreign player the year	Roger Guerreiro	Legia Warszawa
President of the year	Robert Pietryszyn	Zagłębie Lubin
League player of the year	Marek Zieńczuk	Wisła Kraków

Piłka Nożna's All-Star team of fall 2007/08 edit

Position	PLayer	Team
Goalkeeper	Ján Mucha	Legia Warszawa
Defender	Marcin Baszczyński	Wisła Kraków
	Cléber	Wisła Kraków
	Manuel Arboleda	Zagłębie Lubin
	Dariusz Dudka	Wisła Kraków
Midfield	Marcin Zając	Lech Poznań
	Roger	Legia Warszawa
	Maciej Iwański	Zagłębie Lubin
	Marek Zieńczuk	Wisła Kraków
Forward	Paweł Brożek	Wisła Kraków
Forward	Takesure Chinyama	Legia Warszawa

Runners Up:

Position	PLayer	Team
Goalkeeper	Mariusz Pawełek	Wisła Kraków
Defender	Grzegorz Bartczak	Zagłębie Lubin
	Dickson Choto	Legia Warszawa
	Inaki Astiz	Legia Warszawa
	Tomasz Kiełbowicz	Legia Warszawa
Midfield	Wojciech Łobodziński	Zagłębie Lubin
	Radosław Majewski	Groclin
	Rafał Murawski	Lech Poznań
	Edson	Legia Warszawa
Forward	Edi	Korona Kielce
Forward	Adrian Sikora	Groclin

References edit

^ "Orange Ekstraklasa 2007/2008 - Kolejka 19". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
^ This team was relegated to lower division by taking part in corruption scandal.
^ This team was relegated to lower league by taking part in corruption scandal.
^ This team was relegated to second league by taking part in corruption scandal.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2022.