The 2018–19 I liga (currently named Fortuna I liga due to sponsorship reasons)[6] was the 11th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 71st season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league was operated by the PZPN. The league was contested by 18 teams. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 20 July 2018 and will conclude on 19 May 2019.[7][8]

I liga
Season2018–19
Dates20 July 2018 – 19 May 2019
ChampionsRaków Częstochowa
PromotedRaków Częstochowa
ŁKS Łódź
RelegatedBytovia Bytów
GKS Katowice
Garbarnia Kraków
Matches played306
Goals scored765 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerValērijs Šabala
(12 goals)[1]
Biggest home winTychy 5–0 Garbarnia
(22 August 2018)
Stal 6–1 Garbarnia
(10 November 2018)
Tychy 5–0 Wigry
(28 April 2019)
Jastrzębie 5–0 Sandecja
(18 May 2019)
Biggest away winWigry 0–5 Podbeskidzie
(30 September 2018)
Highest scoringStal 5–4 Termalica
(11 May 2019)
Longest winning run9 matches
Raków
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Raków
Longest winless run21 matches
Bytovia
Longest losing run6 matches
Chrobry
Highest attendance6,099
Tychy 4–0 Katowice
(24 November 2018)[2]
Lowest attendance99[a]
Warta 2–2 Bytovia
(5 September 2018)[3]
Total attendance578,278[4]
Average attendance1,890 Decrease 17.0%[5]

Changes from last season edit

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

Team overview edit

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Nieciecza Stadion Bruk-Bet 4,653
Bytovia Bytów Bytów Stadion MOSiR 1,500
Chojniczanka Chojnice Chojnice Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka 1930 3,000
Chrobry Głogów Głogów Stadion GOS 2,817
Garbarnia Kraków Kraków Stadion im. Henryka Reymana 33,3261
GKS Jastrzębie Jastrzębie-Zdrój Stadion Miejski 6,800
GKS Katowice Katowice Stadion GKS Katowice 6,710
GKS Tychy Tychy Stadion Tychy 15,300
ŁKS Łódź Łódź Stadion ŁKS 5,700
Odra Opole Opole Stadion Odry 4,250
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Stadion BBOSiR 15,316
Puszcza Niepołomice Niepołomice Stadion Puszczy 1,000
Raków Częstochowa Częstochowa Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków 8,000
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka 2,850
Stal Mielec Mielec Stadion MOSiR 6,800
Stomil Olsztyn Olsztyn Stadion OSiR 3,500
Warta Poznań Poznań Stadion przy Drodze Dębińskiej 4,694
Wigry Suwałki Suwałki Stadion OSiR 3,060
  1. ^ Garbarnia Kraków played their home games in Stadion im. Henryka Reymana until their home ground (Stadion Garbarni) fulfills license requirements.[9]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Raków Częstochowa (C, P) 34 20 10 4 54 22 +32 70 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 ŁKS Łódź (P) 34 20 9 5 58 23 +35 69
3 Stal Mielec 34 18 10 6 59 28 +31 64
4 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 34 14 13 7 35 29 +6 55
5 GKS Jastrzębie 34 12 12 10 43 38 +5 48[b]
6 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 34 13 9 12 52 46 +6 48[b]
7 GKS Tychy 34 12 11 11 48 41 +7 47
8 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 34 12 10 12 45 46 −1 46
9 Puszcza Niepołomice 34 12 8 14 37 45 −8 44
10 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 10 12 12 49 49 0 42
11 Stomil Olsztyn[c] 34 11 10 13 38 43 −5 40[d]
12 Odra Opole 34 10 10 14 47 58 −11 40[d]
13 Warta Poznań 34 10 9 15 31 43 −12 39[e]
14 Chrobry Głogów 34 10 9 15 29 39 −10 39[e]
15 Wigry Suwałki 34 9 10 15 40 56 −16 37[f]
16 Bytovia Bytów (R) 34 7 16 11 45 50 −5 37[f] Relegation to 2019–20 II liga
17 GKS Katowice (R) 34 9 10 15 34 45 −11 37[f]
18 Garbarnia Kraków (R) 34 5 6 23 21 64 −43 21
Source: 1 liga, 90minut
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.[11]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to the renovation of the Dębińska Road Stadium match played at the Dyskobolia Stadium in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: GKS Jastrzębie 2–1 Podbeskidzie, Podbeskidzie 2–2 GKS Jastrzębie.
  3. ^ Stomil Olszytn were deducted 3 points for financial arrears.[10]
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Stomil 2–1 Odra, Odra 2–2 Stomil.
  5. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Warta 2–1 Chrobry, Chrobry 1–1 Warta.
  6. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Wigry - 7 points, Bytovia - 5 points, GKS Katowice - 4 points.

Positions by round edit

Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Raków 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ŁKS 6 10 8 4 5 11 8 12 12 7 5 5 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stal 2 9 12 8 12 5 6 11 11 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 6 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Sandecja 8 17 15 11 11 6 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
GKS Jastrzębie 12 17 17 17 18 16 11 7 6 9 7 10 6 7 5 5 8 5 6 8 7 5 5 8 6 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 5
Podbeskidzie 6 7 13 15 6 4 4 10 10 11 12 11 10 11 10 7 5 7 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6
GKS Tychy 12 13 15 10 14 7 10 6 7 8 11 12 13 13 14 14 15 12 10 11 12 11 10 10 11 9 10 10 10 9 7 7 6 7
Bruk-Bet Termalica 12 5 7 14 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 14 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 12 9 9 9 9 10 11 8 7 7 8 9 8 8 8
Puszcza 18 6 3 6 9 14 12 8 8 12 9 7 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 5 6 8 8 6 9 6 6 9 9 7 8 9 9 9
Chojniczanka 9 11 4 7 8 3 7 5 5 4 4 4 5 4 9 11 7 9 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 8 10 11 12 13 10
Stomil 10 16 10 13 2 13 14 14 15 16 14 15 17 17 18 16 16 16 14 16 16 16 16 15 15 13 14 14 16 16 15 14 10 11
Odra 3 1 2 5 10 12 13 9 9 6 8 6 9 9 6 6 10 10 11 10 11 12 11 11 8 10 11 11 11 11 12 11 12 12
Warta 10 12 11 3 3 9 16 16 14 15 15 16 14 14 13 12 12 14 15 14 13 14 13 14 14 14 12 12 13 13 10 10 11 13
Chrobry 15 14 14 9 13 15 9 13 13 10 10 8 4 3 7 9 11 11 12 13 14 15 14 12 12 12 13 13 12 12 13 13 14 14
Wigry 3 3 5 12 15 8 5 4 4 5 6 9 11 10 12 13 13 15 16 15 15 13 15 16 16 16 17 15 14 15 17 17 16 15
Bytovia 3 4 1 2 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 7 5 8 8 9 8 9 9 10 10 12 13 13 15 15 17 17 17 16 16 17 16
GKS Katowice 15 8 6 16 4 9 15 15 16 17 17 17 16 16 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 15 15 17
Garbarnia 17 15 18 18 16 18 18 18 17 14 16 18 18 18 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

Results edit

Home \ Away BBT BYT CCH GŁO GAR JAS KAT TYC ŁKS ODR POD PNI RAK SNS STA STO WAR WIG
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Bytovia Bytów 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1
Chojniczanka Chojnice 1–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–1
Chrobry Głogów 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2
Garbarnia Kraków 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
GKS Jastrzębie 4–2 4–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–5 5–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2
GKS Katowice 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0
GKS Tychy 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 4–0 0–2 4–2 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 5–0
ŁKS Łódź 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1
Odra Opole 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–4 2–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 4–1 3–3
Puszcza Niepołomice 1–0 1–3 0–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1
Raków Częstochowa 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–2
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Stal Mielec 5–4 2–1 4–2 5–1 6–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 0–0
Stomil Olsztyn 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–5 0–1 2–1
Warta Poznań 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 4–3 2–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–0
Wigry Suwałki 3–2 4–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–5 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1
Source: 1 liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round edit

Team / Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Bruk-Bet Termalica L W D L D L L L L W L W D W D L W D D W W D W L D D W W D L L W L W
Bytovia W D W L W D W D W D D L L D D D D D L D L D D L L L D L D L W L D W
Chojniczanka D D W D D W L W W L W D D D L L W L L W D W L L D D D W L L L D L W
Chrobry L D D W L D W L W L W W W D L D L L L L L L W W L L D L W W L D D D
Garbarnia L D L D W L L L D W L L L L W L L L W D L L L W D L W L D L L L L L
GKS Jastrzębie L D L D W D W W L W D D W L W D D W L L D W L L D D W W D W D L L W
GKS Katowice L W D L W L L L L D D L W L L L D W L D D L L W W D D W D D W L W L
GKS Tychy L D D W L W D W L D D L L D D D L W W W L L W D D W L L W W W W D L
ŁKS W L D W L L W L W W D D W W D W W W D D D W W W W W L W W D W W W D
Odra W W D L L L D W W D W W D D W L L L L L W W L D L W L D D D L W L D
Podbeskidzie W L L D W W D L D L D W D W L W W L W L W L L W L W W L D L D D W D
Puszcza L W W L D L D W L W D W D D W D W L W L L L D D W L W L L W L L L W
Raków W D L W W W W W D D W W D D D W W W W W W W W W D W L W D W L D D L
Sandecja D L D W D W W W W D D D W W L L D W W W D D D L W D D W L L W W D L
Stal W L L W L W D L D D D D D D W W W W W W W W L D W D W L W D W W W W
Stomil D W L W L L L L L W L L L D D W L W W L D W D W D D D D L D W W W L
Warta D W W L L L D L D L D W D W L W L L L L W D W L D L W L D W W D L L
Wigry W D D L L W W W D D D L L D L D L L L W L W L L D L L W D D L L W W

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1   Valērijs Šabala Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 12
2   Grzegorz Lech Stomil Olsztyn 11
3   Adrian Błąd GKS Katowice 10
  Łukasz Grzeszczyk GKS Tychy
  Rafał Kujawa ŁKS Łódź
  Bartosz Nowak Stal Mielec
7   Kamil Adamek GKS Jastrzębie 9
  Krzysztof Danielewicz Chojniczanka Chojnice
  Vladislavs Gutkovskis Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza
  Dani Ramírez ŁKS Łódź
  Szymon Skrzypczak Odra Opole
  Jakub Wróbel Garbarnia Kraków (5)
GKS Jastrzębie (4)

Attendances edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 ŁKS Łódź 77,481 5,271 3,614 4,558 n/a2
2 GKS Tychy 70,322 6,099 2,794 4,137 n/a
3 Stal Mielec 53,756 4,815 2,285 3,162 n/a
4 Raków Częstochowa 48,452 4,011 1,921 2,850 n/a
5 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 36,981 3,790 1,282 2,175 n/a
6 GKS Katowice 36,830 4,000 1,050 2,166 n/a
7 GKS Jastrzębie 34,933 3,644 1,465 2,055 n/a2
8 Stomil Olsztyn 33,927 2,573 1,005 1,996 n/a
9 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 32,618 2,994 557 1,919 +13.0%1
10 Odra Opole 26,279 2,595 561 1,546 n/a
11 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 24,419 2,168 1,084 1,436 −48.3%1
12 Chojniczanka Chojnice 23,915 2,168 453 1,407 n/a
13 Wigry Suwałki 19,172 1,884 775 1,128 n/a
14 Warta Poznań[a] 13,342 1,484 99 791 n/a2
15 Puszcza Niepołomice 13,170 1,550 522 775 n/a
16 Chrobry Głogów 12,303 1,496 283 724 n/a
17 Bytovia Bytów 11,244 982 360 661 n/a
18 Garbarnia Kraków 9,034 1,586 200 531 n/a2
League total 578,278 6,099 99 1,890 −17.0%

Source: 90minut (in Polish)
Notes:
1. Team played last season in Ekstraklasa.
2. Team played last season in II liga.

Awards edit

Team of the season edit

Pos. Player Club Ref.
GK   Michał Kołba ŁKS Łódź [12]
DF   Dawid Gojny GKS Jastrzębie
  Tomáš Petrášek Raków Częstochowa
  Kamil Szymura GKS Jastrzębie
  Jan Grzesik ŁKS Łódź
MF   Patryk Bryła ŁKS Łódź
  Marcin Listkowski Raków Częstochowa
  Grzegorz Lech Stomil Olsztyn
  Dani Ramírez ŁKS Łódź
FW   Kamil Adamek GKS Jastrzębie
  Rafał Kujawa ŁKS Łódź

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to the renovation of the Dębińska Road Stadium match played at the Dyskobolia Stadium in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.

References edit

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  6. ^ "Fortuna sponsorem tytularnym 1 Ligi". I liga. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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  9. ^ "Kraków. Garbarnia porozumiała się z miastem w sprawie wynajmu stadionu Wisły. Klub z Ludwinowa skorzysta z trybuny na 4 tysiące widzów". Dziennik Polski. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Komunikat Komisji ds. Licencji Klubowych PZPN". 1liga.org. I liga. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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  12. ^ "Kibice wybrali jedenastkę sezonu" (in Polish). I liga. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

External links edit