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.

Ekstraklasa
Season2007–08
ChampionsWisła Kraków
12th Ekstraklasa title
11th Polish title
RelegatedWidzew Łódź
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Zagłębie Lubin
Korona Kielce
Champions LeagueWisła Kraków
(2nd qualifying round)
UEFA CupLegia Warsaw
(1st qualifying round)
Lech Poznań
(1st qualifying round)
Intertoto CupCracovia (1st round)
Matches played240
Goals scored577 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerPaweł Brożek (23 goals)
Highest attendance41,000[1]
Ruch 3–2 Górnik
(2 March 2008)
Total attendance1,758,960
Average attendance7,329 Increase 9.3%[2]

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

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The following teams played in the Ekstraklasa:

Relegated teams

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League table

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

Results

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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

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Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1   Paweł Brożek Wisła Kraków 23
2   Adrian Sikora Dyskobolia Grodzisk 16
  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
  Stefano Napoleoni Widzew Łódź 7

Awards

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Piłka Nożna Magazines Awards

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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

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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
  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
  Adrian Sikora Groclin

References

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

See also

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