2011–12 I liga

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

Season	2011–12
Champions	Piast Gliwice
Promoted	Piast Gliwice Pogoń Szczecin
Relegated	Wisła Płock Polonia Bytom KS Polkowice[1] Olimpia Elbląg[2]
Matches played	306
Goals scored	786 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wojciech Kędziora (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Katowice 5–0 Polkowice Wisła 6–1 Sandecja
Biggest away win	Flota 0–4 Sandecja
Highest scoring	Ruch 4–4 Polkowice
Longest winning run	5 games[3] Pogoń Szczecin
Longest unbeaten run	12 games[3] Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Longest winless run	15 games[3] Flota Świnoujście
Longest losing run	5 games[3] Sandecja Nowy Sącz Olimpia Elbląg
Highest attendance	9,432[4] Piast 2–1 Wisła (5 November 2011)
Total attendance	688,410[5]
Average attendance	2,248 9.1%[6]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

From I liga

Promoted to 2010–11 Ekstraklasa

• ŁKS Łódź
• Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Relegated

• MKS Kluczbork (to II liga, Group West)
• KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (to II liga, Group East)
• Odra Wodzisław Śląski (disbanded)
• GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski (disbanded)

To I liga

Relegated from 2010–11 Ekstraklasa

• Arka Gdynia
• Polonia Bytom

Promoted from II liga, Group East

• Olimpia Elbląg
• Wisła Płock

Promoted from II liga, Group West

• Olimpia Grudziądz
• Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Arka

Bogdanka

Dolcan

Flota

Katowice

Kolejarz

Polkowice

Olimpia E.

Olimpia G.

Piast

Pogoń

Polonia

Ruch

Sandecja

Termalica

Warta

Wisła

Zawisza

Location of teams and stadiums in 2011–12 I liga

Piast

Katowice

Ruch

Polonia

Location of teams in the Katowice urban area

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

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

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

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. Ruch Radzionków withdrew from all professional competition after season, so previously relegated Polonia Bytom took their place in the 2012–13 II liga.
2. DOL 0–0 GKS; GKS 3–1 DOL

Results

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

Top goalscorers

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

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

• First goal of the season: Dariusz Pawlusiński for Termalica against GKS Katowice (22 July 2011)^[8]
• Fastest goal of the season: 24 seconds – Wojciech 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

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]

• Most yellow cards (player): 12 – Arkadiusz Baran (Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza), Błażej Jankowski (Zawisza Bydgoszcz)^[10]
• Most red cards (player): 2 – Radosław Bartoszewicz (GKS Bogdanka), Jan Buryán (Piast Gliwice), Janusz Dziedzic (Olimpia Grudziądz), Cheikh Niane (Kolejarz Stróże), Marcin Nowak (KS Polkowice), Grzegorz Piesio (Dolcan Ząbki), Michał Renusz (GKS Bogdanka), Dawid Szufryn (Kolejarz Stróże), Wojciech Wilczyński (Arka Gdynia, Polonia Bytom)^[10]

Clean sheets

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