The 2013–14 Ekstraklasa (also known as T-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by T-Mobile Polska) was the 88th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 80th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 6th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.

Ekstraklasa
Season2013–14
ChampionsLegia Warsaw
(10th title)
RelegatedZagłębie Lubin
Widzew Łódź
Champions LeagueLegia Warsaw
Europa LeagueZawisza Bydgoszcz
Lech Poznań
Ruch Chorzow
Matches played296
Goals scored786 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcin Robak
(22 goals)
Biggest home winJagiellonia 6–0 Ruch
Zawisza 6–0 Piast
Biggest away winCracovia 1–6 Lech
Highest scoringKorona 3–5 Legia
Jagiellonia 4–4 Korona
Longest winning run8 games
Legia Warsaw
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Wisła Kraków
Longest winless run13 games
Widzew Łódź
Longest losing run5 games
Wisła Kraków
Highest attendance38,458[1]
Lech 1–1 Legia
(27 October 2013)
Total attendance2,487,003 Increase[2]
Average attendance8,403 Decrease 0.1%[3]

A total of 16 teams were participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2012–13 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After 30th round, league was split into 'champion' (top eight teams) and 'relegation' (bottom eight teams) groups. Each team played seven more games (1-4 and 9-12 teams played four times at home), starting with half the points achieved during the first phase of 30 matches. The changes extended the season to total of 296 matches played.[4]

Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, winning their 9th title the previous season. Legia successfully defended their title.

Teams edit

Promotion and relegation as usual was determined by the position in the table from prior season. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to the I Liga, while the top two teams are promoted to the Ekstraklasa.

Polonia Warsaw dissolved after the previous season. GKS Bełchatów finished 16th and were relegated to the Polish First League as a result. Zawisza Bydgoszcz and Cracovia finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the I Liga gained promotion. Cracovia returned to the top level at the first attempt, but Zawisza returned to it after 19 years.

Stadiums and locations edit

Club Location Venue Capacity Av. Att.[5]
Cracovia Kraków Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 15,016 7,756
Górnik Zabrze Zabrze Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla 3,000 2,999
Jagiellonia Białystok Białystok Stadion Jagiellonii 7,000 4,964
Korona Kielce Kielce Kolporter Arena 15,500 6,870
Lech Poznań Poznań INEA Stadion 43,269 19,256
Lechia Gdańsk Gdańsk PGE Arena Gdańsk 43,615 13,000
Legia Warsaw Warszawa Pepsi Arena 31,103 15,029
Piast Gliwice Gliwice Arena Gliwice 10,037 5,104
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Stadion BBOSiR 4,279 3,036
Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera 18,027 7,157
Ruch Chorzów Chorzów Stadion Ruchu Chorzów 10,000 6,223
Widzew Łódź Łódź Stadion im. Ludwika Sobolewskiego 10,000 5,492
Wisła Kraków Kraków Stadion im. Henryka Reymana 33,268 14,636
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin Stadion Zagłębia 16,068 6,217
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka 20,247 5,082
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Stadion Wrocław 42,771 10,655
Cracovia Górnik Jagiellonia Korona Lech Lechia
Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla Stadion Jagiellonii Kolporter Arena INEA Stadion PGE Arena Gdańsk
Capacity: 15,016 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 43,269 Capacity: 43,615
           
Legia Piast Podbeskidzie Pogoń Ruch Widzew
Pepsi Arena Arena Gliwice Stadion BBOSiR Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera Stadion Ruchu Chorzów Stadion im. Ludwika Sobolewskiego
Capacity: 31,103 Capacity: 10,037 Capacity: 4,279 Capacity: 18,027 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000
           
Wisła Zagłębie Zawisza Śląsk
Stadion im. Henryka Reymana Stadion Zagłębia Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka Stadion Wrocław
Capacity: 33,268 Capacity: 16,068 Capacity: 20,247 Capacity: 42,771
       

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Cracovia   Mirosław Hajdo   Sławomir Szeliga Nike Comarch
Górnik Zabrze   Robert Warzycha   Adam Danch adidas Kompania Węglowa, Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok   Michał Probierz   Rafał Grzyb Under Armour Eurocash, Wschodzący Białystok
Korona Kielce   José Rojo Martín   Maciej Korzym adidas Lewiatan
Lech Poznań   Mariusz Rumak   Hubert Wołąkiewicz Puma STS
Lechia Gdańsk   Ricardo Moniz   Jarosław Bieniuk adidas LOTOS
Legia Warsaw   Henning Berg   Ivica Vrdoljak adidas Fortuna
Piast Gliwice   Ángel Pérez García   Tomasz Podgórski adidas Miasto Gliwice, Kar-Tel
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała   Leszek Ojrzyński   Marek Sokołowski Masita Murapol, KREDYTY-Chwilówki
Pogoń Szczecin   Dariusz Wdowczyk   Bartosz Ława Nike Grupa Azoty, Szczecin
Ruch Chorzów   Ján Kocian   Marcin Malinowski adidas Węglokoks, WOŚP
Śląsk Wrocław   Tadeusz Pawłowski   Marco Paixão Puma TAURON Polska Energia
Widzew Łódź   Artur Skowronek   Mateusz Cetnarski Vigo
Wisła Kraków   Franciszek Smuda   Arkadiusz Głowacki adidas TELE-FONIKA
Zagłębie Lubin   Piotr Stokowiec   Adam Banaś Nike KGHM
Zawisza Bydgoszcz   Ryszard Tarasiewicz   Łukasz Skrzyński Masita SOLBET

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Legia Warsaw 30 20 3 7 60 30 +30 63 Qualification to Championship round
2 Lech Poznań 30 15 8 7 56 34 +22 53
3 Ruch Chorzów 30 14 8 8 40 38 +2 50
4 Pogoń Szczecin 30 11 14 5 47 38 +9 47
5 Wisła Kraków 30 12 9 9 38 30 +8 45
6 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 30 11 9 10 43 37 +6 42[a]
7 Górnik Zabrze 30 11 9 10 42 46 −4 42[a]
8 Lechia Gdańsk 30 10 10 10 38 37 +1 40
9 Cracovia 30 11 6 13 37 43 −6 39[b] Qualification to Relegation round
10 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 10 9 11 46 43 +3 39[b]
11 Korona Kielce 30 9 10 11 36 41 −5 37
12 Śląsk Wrocław 30 7 13 10 38 40 −2 34[c]
13 Piast Gliwice 30 8 10 12 29 47 −18 34[c]
14 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 30 6 13 11 27 39 −12 31
15 Zagłębie Lubin 30 7 8 15 31 40 −9 29
16 Widzew Łódź 30 5 7 18 26 51 −25 22
Source: Ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) Fair Play table. Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b ZAW 3-1 GÓR; GÓR 3-2 ZAW
  2. ^ a b CRA 1-0 JAG; JAG 1-2 CRA
  3. ^ a b ŚLĄ 0-0 PIA; PIA 1-1 ŚLĄ

Results edit

Home \ Away CRA GÓR JAG KOR LGD LPO LEG PIA PBB POG RUC ŚLĄ WID WIS ZLU ZAW
Cracovia 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–6 0–1 2–3 4–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2
Górnik Zabrze 0–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 3–2
Jagiellonia Białystok 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 2–3 6–0 3–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 1–1
Korona Kielce 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–5 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–4 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1
Lechia Gdańsk 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Lech Poznań 1–1 3–1 6–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2
Legia Warsaw 4–1 2–1 0–3[a] 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 2–0 3–0
Piast Gliwice 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Pogoń Szczecin 0–0 1–4 1–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 0–3 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Ruch Chorzów 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0
Śląsk Wrocław 0–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–2
Widzew Łódź 1–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1
Wisła Kraków 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–1
Zagłębie Lubin 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 3–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–1 3–1 3–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 6–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0
Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was registered with a score of 0–3 because of Legia's fans.[7]

Play-offs edit

Championship round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Legia Warsaw (C) 37 26 3 8 75 34 +41 50 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Lech Poznań 37 19 9 9 68 40 +28 40 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Ruch Chorzów 37 16 11 10 47 48 −1 34
4 Lechia Gdańsk 37 13 13 11 46 41 +5 32
5 Wisła Kraków 37 14 11 12 51 46 +5 31
6 Górnik Zabrze 37 14 10 13 53 57 −4 31
7 Pogoń Szczecin 37 11 17 9 50 50 0 27
8 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 37 12 10 15 48 48 0 25 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
Source: Ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in regular season; 3) head-to-head points in regular season; 4) head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored; 8) Fair Play table. Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Zawisza Bydgoszcz have qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League for winning the 2013–14 Polish Cup.

Results edit

Home \ Away LEG LPO RUC POG WIS ZAW GÓR LGD
Legia Warsaw 2–0 1–2 5–0 2–0
Lech Poznań 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
Ruch Chorzów 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–0
Pogoń Szczecin 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2
Wisła Kraków 5–0 2–1 2–3
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 1–2 0–1 0–0
Górnik Zabrze 2–3 2–0 0–2
Lechia Gdańsk 0–1 2–1 2–2
Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
9 Śląsk Wrocław 37 12 15 10 49 41 +8 34
10 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 37 10 15 12 39 45 −6 30
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 37 12 12 13 59 58 +1 29
12 Piast Gliwice 37 11 12 14 43 56 −13 28
13 Korona Kielce 37 10 14 13 47 56 −9 26
14 Cracovia 37 12 8 17 43 56 −13 25
15 Widzew Łódź (R) 37 8 9 20 36 59 −23 22 Relegation to I liga
16 Zagłębie Lubin (R) 37 7 9 21 32 51 −19 16
Source: Ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in regular season; 3) head-to-head points in regular season; 4) head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 6) goal difference; 7) number of goals scored; 8) Fair Play table[6]
(R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away CRA JAG KOR ŚLĄ PIA PBB ZLU WID
Cracovia 2–2 1–1 1–5 0–1
Jagiellonia Białystok 4–4 0–3 4–3 1–0
Korona Kielce 1–5 0–1 3–2 2–2
Śląsk Wrocław 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Piast Gliwice 0–0 2–2 2–0
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 2–1 2–0 3–0
Zagłębie Lubin 1–2 0–0 0–3[a]
Widzew Łódź 2–0 1–1 2–1
Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match was registered with a score of 0–3 because of Zagłębie's fans.[8]

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of games played 1 June 2014.
Rank Player Club Goals[9]
1   Marcin Robak Piast Gliwice / Pogoń Szczecin 22
2   Marco Paixão Śląsk Wrocław 21
3   Łukasz Teodorczyk Lech Poznań 20
4   Paweł Brożek Wisła Kraków 17
5   Dani Quintana Jagiellonia Białystok 15
6   Rubén Jurado Piast Gliwice 14
  Miroslav Radovic Legia Warsaw 14
8   Grzegorz Kuświk Ruch Chorzów 12
  Eduards Višņakovs Widzew Łódź 12
10   Mateusz Zachara Górnik Zabrze 11
11   Vladimir Dvalishvili Legia Warsaw 10
  Łukasz Garguła Wisła Kraków 10
  Prejuce Nakoulma Górnik Zabrze 10
  Filip Starzyński Ruch Chorzów 10

Number of teams by Voivodeship edit

Voivodeship or country Number of teams Teams
1   Silesian Voivodeship 4 Górnik Zabrze, Piast Gliwice, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała and Ruch Chorzów
2   Lesser Poland Voivodeship 2 Cracovia and Wisła Kraków
  Lower Silesian Voivodeship 2 Śląsk Wrocław and Zagłębie Lubin
4   Greater Poland Voivodeship 1 Lech Poznań
  Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship 1 Zawisza Bydgoszcz
  Łódź Voivodeship 1 Widzew Łódź
  Masovian Voivodeship 1 Legia Warsaw
  Podlaskie Voivodeship 1 Jagiellonia Białystok
  Pomeranian Voivodeship 1 Lechia Gdańsk
  Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship 1 Korona Kielce
  West Pomeranian Voivodeship 1 Pogoń Szczecin

References edit

  1. ^ "Match report". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Analiza statystyczna Ekstraklasy 2013/2014". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. ^ Rewolucyjne zmiany w T-Mobile Ekstraklasie. Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine onet.pl
  5. ^ "Ekstraklasa attendance statistics". ekstraklasa.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Zmiany w zasadach ustalania kolejności w tabeli Ekstraklasy od sezonu 2011/2012". 8 July 2011 (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. – official site. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Decyzje KL z 5 marca 2014 r." ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Wynik Zagłębie - Widzew zweryfikowany". ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Najlepsi strzelcy". ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

External links edit