2011–12 Ekstraklasa

The 2011–12 Ekstraklasa (also known as T-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by T-Mobile Polska) was the 78th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It started on 29 July 2011 and concluded on 6 May 2012. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2010–11 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 2010–11 season of the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.

Ekstraklasa

Season	2011–12
Champions	Śląsk Wrocław (2nd title)
Relegated	ŁKS Łódź Cracovia
Champions League	Śląsk Wrocław
Europa League	Ruch Chorzów Legia Warsaw Lech Poznań
Matches played	240
Goals scored	527 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Artjoms Rudņevs (22 goals)
Biggest home win	GKS 6–0 Podbeskidzie
Biggest away win	ŁKS 0–5 Lech
Highest scoring	GKS 6–0 Podbeskidzie Widzew 4–2 Jagiellonia Zagłębie 1–5 Śląsk
Longest winning run	5 games Zagłębie Lubin[1]
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Korona Kielce, Lech Poznań, Ruch Chorzów[1]
Longest winless run	11 games ŁKS Łódź[1]
Longest losing run	4 games Zagłębie Lubin[1]
Highest attendance	42,771[2] Śląsk 1–0 Lechia (28 October 2011)
Lowest attendance	199[3] Ruch 2–2 ŁKS Łódź (28 April 2012)[4]
Total attendance	2,127,600[5]
Average attendance	8,865 4.4%[6]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Śląsk Wrocław won the title, which marked their 2nd title in Ekstraklasa history.

The defending champions were Wisła Kraków, who won their 13th Polish championship in the previous season.

Teams

Arka Gdynia and Polonia Bytom were relegated to the I Liga after finishing last season in the 2 bottom places and were replaced by ŁKS Łódź, winners of the 2010–11 I Liga season and runners-up Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.

Therefore, ŁKS Łódź returned to the Ekstraklasa after a 2-season break, while Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała made their first Ekstraklasa appearance in the club's history.

Stadiums and locations

Bełchatów

Górnik

Jagiellonia

Lech

Lechia

Korona

Legia
Polonia

ŁKS
Widzew

Podbeskidzie

Ruch

Śląsk

Cracovia
Wisła

Zagłębie

Location of teams and stadiums in Ekstraklasa 2011–12

Górnik

Ruch

Location of teams in the Katowice urban area

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity[7]	Notes
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	15,016
GKS Bełchatów	Bełchatów	GIEKSA Arena	5,238
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	3,500	Upgrading to 31,643
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Jagiellonii	6,000	Upgrading to 22,400
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Arena Kielce	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Lecha	43,098
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	PGE Arena	44,636
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Pepsi Arena	31,800
Łódzki KS	Łódź	Stadion ŁKS	12,160	Upgrading to 30,000
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Stadion BBOSiR	4,286	Upgrading to 15,292
Polonia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Polonii	7,150
Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Stadion Ruchu	10,000
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Wrocław	44,416
Widzew Łódź	Łódź	Stadion Widzewa	10,500
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,680
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Dialog Arena	16,300

Sponsoring and personnel

Club	Manager	2010-11 Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Cracovia	Tomasz Kafarski	14th	Nike	Comarch
GKS Bełchatów	Kamil Kiereś	10th	adidas	Polska Grupa Energetyczna
Górnik Zabrze	Adam Nawałka	6th	Erima	Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok	Tomasz Hajto	4th	Joma	Eurocash
Korona Kielce	Leszek Ojrzyński	13th	Hummel	Lewiatan
Lech Poznań	Mariusz Rumak	5th	Puma	s.Oliver
Lechia Gdańsk	Paweł Janas	8th	adidas	LOTOS
Legia Warsaw	Maciej Skorża	3rd	adidas	ActiveJet
ŁKS Łódź	Andrzej Pyrdoł	Promoted	Zina	Colorit
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Robert Kasperczyk	Promoted	adidas	Murapol
Polonia Warsaw	Czesław Michniewicz	7th	Hummel	pl:J.W. Construction
Ruch Chorzów	Waldemar Fornalik	12th	Lotto	WOŚP
Śląsk Wrocław	Orest Lenczyk	2nd	Puma	TAURON
Widzew Łódź	Radosław Mroczkowski	9th	Vigo	Harnaś
Wisła Kraków	Michał Probierz	Champions	adidas	Tele-Fonika Kable
Zagłębie Lubin	Pavel Hapal	11th	Nike	KGHM Polska Miedź

Managerial changes

Club	Outgoing Manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Manager	Date of appointment
GKS Bełchatów	Maciej Bartoszek	1 June 2011	Sacked	Paweł Janas	17 June 2011
Korona Kielce	Włodzimierz Gąsior	9 June 2011	Temporary Manager	Leszek Ojrzyński	9 June 2011
Widzew Łódź	Czesław Michniewicz	22 June 2011	Resigned	Radosław Mroczkowski	24 June 2011
Jagiellonia Białystok	Michał Probierz	22 July 2011	Resigned	Czesław Michniewicz	22 July 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Andrzej Pyrdoł	1 August 2011	Resigned	Dariusz Bratkowski	1 August 2011
GKS Bełchatów	Paweł Janas	31 August 2011	Resigned	Kamil Kiereś	1 September 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Dariusz Bratkowski	4 September 2011	Sacked	Michał Probierz	5 September 2011
Cracovia	Yuriy Shatalov	22 September 2011	Resigned	Dariusz Pasieka	23 September 2011
Zagłębie Lubin	Jan Urban	31 October 2011	Sacked	Pavel Hapal	31 October 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Michał Probierz	3 November 2011	Resigned	Tomasz Wieszczycki (temporary)	4 November 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Tomasz Wieszczycki	7 November 2011	Temporary Manager	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	7 November 2011
Wisła Kraków	Robert Maaskant	7 November 2011	Sacked	Kazimierz Moskal	8 November 2011
Lechia Gdańsk	Tomasz Kafarski	8 November 2011	Sacked	Rafał Ulatowski	9 November 2011
Lechia Gdańsk	Rafał Ulatowski	14 December 2011	Sacked	Paweł Janas	19 December 2011
Jagiellonia Białystok	Czesław Michniewicz	22 December 2011	Sacked	Tomasz Hajto	10 February 2012
ŁKS Łódź	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	1 February 2012	Resigned	Andrzej Pyrdoł	8 February 2012
Lech Poznań	José Mari Bakero	25 February 2012	Sacked	Mariusz Rumak	27 February 2012
Wisła Kraków	Kazimierz Moskal	1 March 2012	Sacked	Michał Probierz	1 March 2012
Cracovia	Dariusz Pasieka	6 March 2012	Sacked	Tomasz Kafarski	7 March 2012
Polonia Warsaw	Jacek Zieliński	27 March 2012	Sacked	Czesław Michniewicz	28 March 2012

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Śląsk Wrocław (C)	30	17	5	8	47	31	+16	56	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Ruch Chorzów	30	16	7	7	44	28	+16	55	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Legia Warsaw	30	15	8	7	42	17	+25	53	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4	Lech Poznań	30	15	7	8	42	22	+20	52	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5	Korona Kielce	30	13	9	8	34	29	+5	48
6	Polonia Warsaw	30	13	6	11	33	32	+1	45
7	Wisła Kraków	30	12	7	11	29	26	+3	43
8	Górnik Zabrze	30	11	9	10	36	30	+6	42
9	Zagłębie Lubin	30	11	7	12	36	42	−6	40
10	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	11	6	13	35	45	−10	39[b]
11	Widzew Łódź	30	9	12	9	25	26	−1	39[b]
12	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	30	9	8	13	26	39	−13	35
13	Lechia Gdańsk	30	7	10	13	21	30	−9	31[c]
14	GKS Bełchatów	30	7	10	13	34	36	−2	31[c]
15	ŁKS Łódź (R)	30	5	9	16	23	53	−30	24	Relegation to I liga
16	Cracovia (R)	30	4	10	16	20	41	−21	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; 7) Fair Play table. Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played^[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. As the winners of the 2011–12 Polish Cup, Legia qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third in the league, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
2. WID 3–1 JAG; JAG 4–1 WID
3. LGD 0–0 GKS; GKS 1–3 LGD

Results

Home \ Away	CRA	BEŁ	GÓR	JAG	KOR	LPO	LGD	LEG	ŁKS	PBB	PWA	RUC	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZLU
Cracovia		2–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2
GKS Bełchatów	2–2		1–1	2–0	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	3–0	6–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Górnik Zabrze	0–1	1–0		2–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Jagiellonia Białystok	2–1	1–0	2–1		1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	3–1
Korona Kielce	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–0		2–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–2
Lech Poznań	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0		2–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–2
Lechia Gdańsk	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	2–3	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1
Legia Warsaw	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0		2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–0
ŁKS Łódź	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–5	0–0	1–3		2–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–0
Polonia Warsaw	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–2		0–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–4
Ruch Chorzów	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1		0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1
Śląsk Wrocław	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–4	4–0	1–0	4–0	1–1		1–2	0–1	2–1
Widzew Łódź	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2		1–1	0–0
Wisła Kraków	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–0		1–0
Zagłębie Lubin	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–4	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–5	1–0	2–2

Source: (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[9] 1 Artjoms Rudņevs Lech Poznań 22 2 Tomasz Frankowski Jagiellonia Białystok 15 3 Arkadiusz Piech Ruch Chorzów 12 4 Dudu Biton Wisła Kraków 11 Edgar Çani Polonia Warsaw 11 Danijel Ljuboja Legia Warsaw 11 7 Prejuce Nakoulma Górnik Zabrze 9 8 Maciej Jankowski Ruch Chorzów 8 Szymon Pawłowski Zagłębie Lubin 8 10 Tsvetan Genkov Wisła Kraków 7

Top assistants Rank Player Club Assists[10] 1 Sebastian Mila Śląsk Wrocław 12 2 Kamil Kosowski GKS Bełchatów 9 Mariusz Magiera Górnik Zabrze 9 4 Tomasz Kupisz Jagiellonia Białystok 7 Sylwester Patejuk Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 7 6 Semir Štilić Lech Poznań 6 Maciej Rybus Legia Warsaw 6 Marek Zieńczuk Ruch Chorzów 6 9 Dawid Plizga Jagiellonia Białystok 5 Mateusz Możdżeń Lech Poznań 5 Gábor Straka Ruch Chorzów 5

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month Month Player Club August 2011[11] Danijel Ljuboja Legia Warsaw September 2011[12] Artjoms Rudņevs Lech Poznań October 2011[13] Piotr Celeban Śląsk Wrocław November 2011[14] Prejuce Nakoulma Górnik Zabrze March 2012[15] Arkadiusz Piech Ruch Chorzów April 2012[16] Adam Banaś Zagłębie Lubin

Coach of the Month Month Coach Club August 2011[11] Radosław Mroczkowski Widzew Łódź September 2011[12] Orest Lenczyk Śląsk Wrocław October 2011[13] Maciej Skorża Legia Warsaw November 2011[14] Waldemar Fornalik Ruch Chorzów March 2012[15] Waldemar Fornalik Ruch Chorzów April 2012[16] Mariusz Rumak Lech Poznań

Annual awards

Award[17]	Player	Club
Player of the Season	Arkadiusz Piech	Ruch Chorzów
Coach of the Season	Waldemar Fornalik	Ruch Chorzów
Discovery of the Season	Rafał Wolski	Legia Warsaw

See also

• 2011–12 Polish Cup