The 2011–12 I liga was the 64th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 4th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

I liga
Season2011–12
ChampionsPiast Gliwice
PromotedPiast Gliwice
Pogoń Szczecin
RelegatedWisła Płock
Polonia Bytom
KS Polkowice[1]
Olimpia Elbląg[2]
Matches played306
Goals scored786 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerWojciech Kędziora
(18 goals)
Biggest home winKatowice 5–0 Polkowice
Wisła 6–1 Sandecja
Biggest away winFlota 0–4 Sandecja
Highest scoringRuch 4–4 Polkowice
Longest winning run5 games[3]
Pogoń Szczecin
Longest unbeaten run12 games[3]
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Longest winless run15 games[3]
Flota Świnoujście
Longest losing run5 games[3]
Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Olimpia Elbląg
Highest attendance9,432[4]
Piast 2–1 Wisła
(5 November 2011)
Total attendance688,410[5]
Average attendance2,248 Increase 9.1%[6]

The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2012–13 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up would receive promotion. The bottom four teams were automatically demoted to the II liga.

Changes from last season edit

From I liga edit

Promoted to 2010–11 Ekstraklasa

Relegated

To I liga edit

Relegated from 2010–11 Ekstraklasa

Promoted from II liga, Group East

Promoted from II liga, Group West

Team overview edit

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Stadium Capacity
Arka Gdynia Stadion Miejski 15,139
GKS Bogdanka Stadion Górnika 7,200
Dolcan Ząbki Stadion Dolcanu 2,100
Flota Świnoujście Stadion Miejski 4,500
GKS Katowice Stadion GKS Katowice 9,511
Kolejarz Stróże Stadion Kolejarza 2,000
KS Polkowice Stadion Miejski 4,365
Olimpia Elbląg Stadion Miejski 7,000
Olimpia Grudziądz Stadion Centralny 5,250
Piast Gliwice Arena Gliwice1 10,037
Pogoń Szczecin Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera 18,027
Polonia Bytom Stadion im. Edwarda Szymkowiaka 6,000
Ruch Radzionków Stadion Ruchu (in Bytom) 3,000
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka 5,000
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza Stadion Nieciecza 2,093
Warta Poznań Stadion Lecha2 41,609
Wisła Płock Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego 12,800
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka 20,247
  1. ^ Piast played 2 home games at Stadion Miejski in Wodzisław Śląski (cap. 7,000
  2. ^ Warta played 3 home games at Stadion im. Edmunda Szyca (cap. 4,000)

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Manager Chairman Team captain Kit maker Shirt sponsor
Arka Gdynia   Petr Němec   Witold Nowak   Sławomir Mazurkiewicz Adidas Polnord, Gdynia
GKS Bogdanka   Piotr Rzepka   Artur Kapelko   Veljko Nikitović Jako Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka
Dolcan Ząbki   Robert Podoliński   Jerzy Szczęsny   Piotr Kosiorowski Zina Dolcan
Flota Świnoujście   Ryszard Kłusek   Edward Rozwałka   Marek Niewiada Jako LZ
GKS Katowice   Rafał Górak   Jacek Krysiak   Jacek Kowalczyk adidas Ideon
Kolejarz Stróże   Przemysław Cecherz   Bolesław Dywan   Dariusz Walęciak Nike FPON1
KS Polkowice   Janusz Kudyba   Grzegorz Długosz   Tomasz Salamoński Jako
Olimpia Elbląg   Oleg Radushko   Łukasz Konończuk   Marcin Pacan Adidas CH Rapsodia
Olimpia Grudziądz   Marcin Kaczmarek   Jacek Bojarowski   Bartłomiej Kowalski Nike Grudziądz
Piast Gliwice   Marcin Brosz   Józef Drabicki   Tomasz Podgórski Adidas Gliwice
Pogoń Szczecin   Ryszard Tarasiewicz   Jarosław Mroczek   Bartosz Ława Nike Bosman
Polonia Bytom   Dariusz Fornalak   Radosław Nowakowski   Lukaš Killar Hummel LKJ-Bud, Bytom
Ruch Radzionków   Artur Skowronek   Tomasz Baran   Piotr Rocki Colo Radzionków, O&S Computer-Soft
Sandecja Nowy Sącz   Robert Moskal   Andrzej Danek   Ján Fröhlich Adidas AW Wiśniowski
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza   Dušan Radolský   Danuta Witkowska   Jan Cios Nike Termalica
Warta Poznań   Czesław Owczarek   Marek Łbik   Tomasz Magdziarz Nike Family House
Wisła Płock   Libor Pala   Krzysztof Dmoszyński   Ariel Jakubowski Zina Płock
Zawisza Bydgoszcz   Yuriy Shatalov   Anita Osuch Jako Solbet
  1. ^ Kolejarz displays the charity's logo on their kit.

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Arka   František Straka End of contract 30 June 2011 Pre-season   Petr Němec 12 June 2011
Flota   Petr Němec Signed by Arka 12 June 2011 Pre-season   Krzysztof Pawlak 12 June 2011
Olimpia E.   Jarosław Araszkiewicz Resigned 12 June 2011 Pre-season   Grzegorz Wesołowski 22 June 2011
Pogoń   Jerzy Rot Temporary manager 12 June 2011 Pre-season   Marcin Sasal 12 June 2011
Termalica   Piotr Wrześniak Appointed as goalkeeping coach 14 June 2011 Pre-season   Dušan Radolský 14 June 2011
Warta   Bogusław Baniak Signed by Miedź Legnica 15 June 2011 Pre-season   Czesław Jakołcewicz 22 June 2011
Katowice   Wojciech Stawowy Mutual consent 17 June 2011 Pre-season   Rafał Górak 21 June 2011
Bogdanka   Mirosław Jabłoński End of contract 21 June 2011 Pre-season   Piotr Rzepka 25 June 2011
Zawisza   Adam Topolski End of contract 22 June 2011 Pre-season   Janusz Kubot 22 June 2011
Kolejarz   Janusz Kubot Signed by Zawisza 22 June 2011 Pre-season   Przemysław Cecherz 23 June 2011
Warta   Czesław Jakołcewicz Resigned 22 August 2011 10th   Piotr Tworek 22 August 2011
Warta   Piotr Tworek Temporary manager 24 August 2011 10th   Artur Płatek 24 August 2011
Wisła   Mieczysław Broniszewski Temporary manager 5 September 2011 11th   Marek Końko 5 September 2011
Wisła   Marek Końko Temporary manager 8 September 2011 11th   Libor Pala 8 September 2011
Polkowice   Dominik Nowak Sacked 14 September 2011 18th   Bartłomiej Majewski 14 September 2011
Polkowice   Bartłomiej Majewski Sacked 28 September 2011 18th   Janusz Kudyba 28 September 2011
Olimpia E.   Grzegorz Wesołowski Sacked 15 October 2011 18th   Anatoliy Piskovets 17 October 2011
Warta   Artur Płatek Joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern staff 1 November 2011 10th   Jarosław Araszkiewicz 1 November 2011
Sandecja   Mariusz Kuras Sacked 15 November 2011 9th   Robert Moskal 15 November 2011
Olimpia E.   Anatoliy Piskovets Sacked 9 January 2012 18th   Szymon Szałachowski 9 January 2012
Olimpia E.   Szymon Szałachowski Sacked 16 January 2012 18th   Oleg Radushko 16 January 2012
Pogoń   Marcin Sasal Sacked 10 April 2012 1st   Ryszard Tarasiewicz 10 April 2012
Zawisza   Janusz Kubot Resigned 18 April 2012 5th   Yuriy Shatalov 19 April 2012
Warta   Jarosław Araszkiewicz Sacked 25 April 2012 9th   Czesław Owczarek 25 April 2012
Flota   Krzysztof Pawlak Sacked 10 May 2012 9th   Ryszard Kłusek 10 May 2012

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Piast Gliwice (C, P) 34 19 7 8 57 40 +17 64 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 Pogoń Szczecin (P) 34 18 7 9 54 30 +24 61
3 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 34 16 11 7 47 39 +8 59
4 Kolejarz Stróże 34 16 9 9 40 34 +6 57
5 Nieciecza 34 15 11 8 42 26 +16 56
6 GKS Bogdanka 34 15 9 10 50 37 +13 54
7 Arka Gdynia 34 13 12 9 50 41 +9 51
8 Flota Świnoujście 34 12 13 9 46 43 +3 49
9 Ruch Radzionków[a] (R) 34 13 9 12 46 51 −5 48
10 Warta Poznań 34 12 10 12 44 36 +8 46
11 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 10 13 11 46 41 +5 43
12 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 34 10 10 14 42 46 −4 40
13 GKS Katowice 34 9 12 13 33 38 −5 39[b]
14 Dolcan Ząbki 34 10 9 15 40 53 −13 39[b]
15 Polonia Bytom[a] 34 9 9 16 37 51 −14 36
16 Wisła Płock (R) 34 9 8 17 39 50 −11 35 Relegation to II liga
17 KS Polkowice (R) 34 7 9 18 40 64 −24 30
18 Olimpia Elbląg (R) 34 4 10 20 33 66 −33 22
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ruch Radzionków withdrew from all professional competition after season, so previously relegated Polonia Bytom took their place in the 2012–13 II liga.
  2. ^ a b DOL 0–0 GKS; GKS 3–1 DOL

Results edit

Home \ Away ARK GKŁ DOL FLO KAT KOL GPK ELB GRU PIA POG PBY RRA SNS NIE WAP WPK ZAW
Arka Gdynia 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 4–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 5–2
Górnik Łęczna 2–1 1–1 5–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–2
Dolcan Ząbki 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0
Flota Świnoujście 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–2
GKS Katowice 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–1
Kolejarz Stróże 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 0–0
Górnik Polkowice 0–1 1–4 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1
Olimpia Elbląg 1–4 1–0 4–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–4 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–3
Olimpia Grudziądz 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–1
Piast Gliwice 2–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Pogoń Szczecin 3–1 4–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 5–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–0
Polonia Bytom 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 4–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Ruch Radzionków 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 4–4 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 3–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–3 0–1
Nieciecza 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0
Warta Poznań 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1
Wisła Płock 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 6–1 1–3 3–3 0–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 3–0 3–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1
Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 27 May 2012.
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1   Wojciech Kędziora Piast Gliwice 18
2   Arkadiusz Aleksander Sandecja Nowy Sącz 16
3   Adrian Błąd Zawisza Bydgoszcz 14
  Maciej Tataj Dolcan Ząbki
5   Rubén Jurado Piast Gliwice 12
  Nildo França Júnior GKS Bogdanka
  Ricardinho Wisła Płock
  Jakub Świerczok Polonia Bytom
7   Andradina Pogoń Szczecin 11
  Wojciech Łuczak Wisła Płock

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Arkadiusz Aleksander Sandecja Nowy Sącz Arka Gdynia 3–0 7 August 2011
  Jakub Świerczok Polonia Bytom Olimpia Grudziądz 4–1 2 September 2011
  Nildo França Júnior GKS Bogdanka KS Polkowice 3–0 3 September 2011
  Jakub Świerczok Polonia Bytom GKS Katowice 4–2 7 October 2011
  Dawid Wacławczyk KS Polkowice Dolcan Ząbki 3–2 19 November 2011
  Tomasz Chałas Olimpia Elbląg Dolcan Ząbki 4–1 20 May 2012
  Ricardinho Wisła Płock Warta Poznań 3–3 27 May 2012

Scoring edit

  • First goal of the season: Dariusz Pawlusiński for Termalica against GKS Katowice (22 July 2011)[8]
  • Fastest goal of the season: 24 secondsWojciech Kędziora for Piast Gliwice against Termalica (13 April 2012)[9]
  • Most goals in a game: 8 goals[10]
    • Radzionków 4–4 Polkowice (20 May 2012)
  • Most goals scored in a game by one team: 6 goals[10]
    • Wisła 6–1 Sandecja (12 November 2011)
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals[10]
    • Zawisza 4–3 Olimpia G. (18 March 2012)
    • Elbląg 3–4 Polkowice (4 May 2012)
  • Largest winning margin: 5 goals[10]
    • Katowice 5–0 Polkowice (14 September 2011)
    • Wisła 6–1 Sandecja (12 November 2011)
  • Widest away winning margin: 4 goals[10]
    • Flota 0–4 Sandecja (9 May 2012)
  • Highest scoring draw: 8 goals[10]
    • Radzionków 4–4 Polkowice
  • Most games failed to score in: 17
    • GKS Katowice
  • Fewest games failed to score in: 5
    • Pogoń Szczecin

Disciplinary record by team edit

As of 27 May 2012
Rank Team    
1 Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza 64 3
2 Polonia Bytom 69 4
3 Ruch Radzionków 71 4
4 Arka Gdynia 75 3
5 KS Polkowice 74 5
6 Wisła Płock 78 4
7 Warta Poznań 75 7
8 Pogoń Szczecin 82 4
9 GKS Katowice 85 5
10 Olimpia Grudziądz 77 9
11 Piast Gliwice 81 7
12 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 83 6
13 Flota Świnoujście 89 5
14 Dolcan Ząbki 87 7
15 Kolejarz Stróże 81 10
16 Olimpia Elbląg 84 9
17 GKS Bogdanka 97 7
18 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 103 5

Source:[10]

Clean sheets edit

  • Most clean sheets: 17
    • Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
  • Fewest clean sheets: 3
    • KS Polkowice

References edit

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  2. ^ "Spadek Olimpii Elbląg z I ligi". 90minut.pl. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "1. Division Summary". WhoScored.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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  5. ^ "Podsumowanie statystyczne I ligi 2011/2012". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2011-2012, I. Liga". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. ^ "I liga 2011/2012 – strzelcy" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  8. ^ "I liga 2011/2012" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  9. ^ Kordek, Sebastian (13 April 2012). "Remis na szczycie - relacja z meczu Piast Gliwice - Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza". SportoweFakty.pl. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Analiza statystyczna I ligi". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 7 June 2012.