The 2015–16 I liga is the 8th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 68th season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season began on 1 August 2015, and concluded on 6 June 2016. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 6 December 2015 and 3 March 2016.[3]

I liga
Season2015–16
ChampionsArka Gdynia
PromotedArka Gdynia
Wisła Płock
RelegatedZawisza Bydgoszcz
Rozwój Katowice
GKS Bełchatów
Matches played291
Goals scored735 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerSzymon Lewicki
(16 goals)
Biggest home winDolcan 6–1 Pogoń
Zawisza 6–1 Zagłębie
Płock 5–0 Zawisza
Biggest away winChojnice 1–6 Bytovia
Highest scoringChojnice 1–6 Bytovia
Dolcan 6–1 Pogoń
Zawisza 6–1 Zagłębie
Dolcan 3–4 Miedź
Highest attendance11,503[1]
Arka 1–1 Chrobry
(5 June 2016)
Lowest attendance0[2][3]
Katowice 2–2 Stomil
Katowice 2–0 Dolcan
Katowice 1–0 Zawisza
Chrobry 0–1 Arka
Chrobry 1–1 Sandecja
Zawisza 0–3 Katowice
Total attendance494,077[4]
Average attendance1,697 Decrease 2.0%[5]

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1995 or later and Polish or trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing).[6]

Changes from last season

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The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

Team overview

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Stadiums and locations

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Team Stadium Capacity
Arka Gdynia Stadion GOSiR 15,139
Bytovia Bytów Stadion MOSiR 1,500
Chojniczanka Chojnice Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka 1930 3,000
Chrobry Głogów Stadion GOS 2,817
Dolcan Ząbki Dolcan Arena 2,100
GKS Bełchatów GIEKSA Arena 5,238
GKS Katowice Stadion GKS Katowice 6,710
Miedź Legnica Stadion Orła Białego 6,244
MKS Kluczbork Stadion Miejski 2,776
Olimpia Grudziądz Stadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego 5,000
Pogoń Siedlce Stadion ROSRRiT 1 2,901
Rozwój Katowice Stadion GKS Katowice 2 6,710
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka 2,850
Stomil Olsztyn OSiR Stadium 3,500
Wigry Suwałki Stadion OSiR 3,060
Wisła Płock Kazimierz Górski Stadium 10,978
Zagłębie Sosnowiec The People's Stadium 7,500
Zawisza Bydgoszcz Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium 20,247
  1. ^ Pogoń Siedlce played autumn round (8 home games) at Stadion Znicza (cap. 2,150) in Pruszków.
  2. ^ Rozwój Katowice played autumn round (11 home games) at their own Stadion Rozwoju (cap. 2,472).

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Arka Gdynia (C, P) 34 19 12 3 60 29 +31 69 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 Wisła Płock (P) 34 19 6 9 51 28 +23 63
3 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 34 16 4 14 53 53 0 52[a]
4 GKS Katowice 34 15 7 12 42 36 +6 52[a]
5 Zawisza Bydgoszcz[b] (R) 34 15 7 12 57 51 +6 52[a] Relegation to Klasa B
6 Chrobry Głogów 34 14 9 11 47 33 +14 51[c]
7 Miedź Legnica 34 13 12 9 41 34 +7 51[c]
8 Bytovia Bytów 34 11 15 8 46 44 +2 48
9 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 34 13 8 13 51 43 +8 47
10 Wigry Suwałki 34 12 9 13 41 35 +6 45
11 Stomil Olsztyn 34 11 11 12 34 42 −8 44
12 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 12 7 15 40 45 −5 43
13 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 11 9 14 39 43 −4 42
14 Pogoń Siedlce 34 11 8 15 31 46 −15 41[d]
15 MKS Kluczbork 34 11 8 15 40 55 −15 41[d]
16 GKS Bełchatów (R) 34 10 8 16 35 40 −5 38 Relegation to II liga
17 Rozwój Katowice (R) 34 11 2 21 35 56 −21 35
18 Dolcan Ząbki[e] 34 8 6 20 37 67 −30 30 Club withdrew from competition
Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. points in head-to-head matches; 3. goal difference in hth matches; 4. goals scored in hth matches; 5. away goals in hth matches (only if two teams are tied); 6. total goal difference; 7. total goals scored; 8. fairplay ranking.[9]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Zagłębie 9 points, GKS Katowice 6 points, Zawisza 3 points.
  2. ^ Zawisza Bydgoszcz did not receive a license for the 2016–17 season, thus relegation play-off between the 15th-placed team of I liga (MKS Kluczbork) and the 4th-placed team of II liga (Wisła Puławy) was not held and both will play in the 2016–17 I liga.[7]
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Chrobry - Miedź 2–1, Miedź - Chrobry 0–2
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Pogoń - Kluczbork 3–0, Kluczbork - Pogoń 3–2.
  5. ^ Dolcan Ząbki withdrew from a competition after 19th round.[8]

Results

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Home \ Away ARK BYT CCH GŁO DOL BEŁ KAT MLE KLU GRU PSI ROZ SNS STO WIG WPK ZSO ZAW
Arka Gdynia 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 4–2 2–2 1–1
Bytovia Bytów 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–4 2–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–2
Chojniczanka Chojnice 2–3 1–6 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2
Chrobry Głogów 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–0[a] 1–2 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–3 3–1
Dolcan Ząbki[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 1–1 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 3–4 1–1 0–3[a] 6–1 1–0 0–3[a] 1–0 0–3[a] 0–1 4–1 0–3[a]
GKS Bełchatów 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–1
GKS Katowice 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 5–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–4 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0
Miedź Legnica 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–1
MKS Kluczbork 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 3–0[a] 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–4 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1
Olimpia Grudziądz 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 2–3
Pogoń Siedlce 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–3
Rozwój Katowice 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–0[a] 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–3
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 3–3 4–0
Stomil Olsztyn 0–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0[a] 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–4 1–1
Wigry Suwałki 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1
Wisła Płock 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0[a] 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 5–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0[a] 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2–2 2–3 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 0–3 4–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–3 6–1
Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Dolcan withdrew from a competition after 19th round.[8]

I liga play-off

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The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played 11 and 19 June 2016. The winner will compete in the I liga.[9] Host of first match was decided on 6 June 2016.[10]

On 9 June 2016 Zawisza Bydgoszcz did not receive a license for the 2016–17 season, thus relegation play-off between the 15th-placed team of I liga (MKS Kluczbork) and the 4th-placed team of II liga (Wisła Puławy) was not held and both will play in the 2016–17 I liga.[7]

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[11]
1   Szymon Lewicki Zawisza Bydgoszcz 16
2   Arkadiusz Aleksander Sandecja Nowy Sącz 15
  Maciej Górski Chrobry Głogów 15
4   Janusz Surdykowski Bytovia Bytów 14
5   Kamil Drygas Zawisza Bydgoszcz 13
  Mikołaj Lebedyński Wisła Płock 13
7   Paweł Abbott Arka Gdynia 12
  Michał Fidziukiewicz Zagłębie Sosnowiec 12
  Grzegorz Goncerz GKS Katowice 12
  Arkadiusz Reca Wisła Płock 12
11   Kamil Adamek Wigry Suwałki 11

References

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  1. ^ "I liga 2015/2016 - Kolejka 34". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ^ Closed stadium's stands for spectators.
  3. ^ a b "I liga 2015/2016". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Podsumowanie statystyczne I ligi 2015/2016". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2015-2016, I. Liga". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Regulamin rozgrywek I ligi" (PDF). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Wisła Puławy w I lidze". 90 minut. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Dolcan wycofał się z rozgrywek I ligi". 90 minut. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b "I Liga: season rules". scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Pierwszy mecz barażowy o I ligę w Kluczborku". 90minut. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.