2012–13 I liga

The 2012–13 I liga was the 65th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 5th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

I liga

Season	2012–13
Champions	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Promoted	Zawisza Bydgoszcz Cracovia
Relegated	Warta Poznań Polonia Bytom ŁKS Łódź
Matches played	291
Goals scored	730 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Maciej Kowalczyk (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Ząbki 5–0 Łęczna Tychy 5–0 Warta
Biggest away win	ŁKS 1–7 Flota
Highest scoring	ŁKS 1–7 Flota
Longest winning run	8 games Dolcan Flota
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Flota
Longest winless run	18 games Bytom
Longest losing run	6 games Bytom
Highest attendance	10,348[1] Cracovia 1–0 Sandecja (3 November 2012)
Lowest attendance	150[A][1] Tychy 1–0 Miedź (19 September 2012)
Average attendance	2,026 9.9%[2]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2013–14 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.

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1992 or later and 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, in which case he can't be substituted by a senior player).^[3]

On 28 February 2013 the Disciplinary Commission of the Polish FA suspended the ŁKS's license to compete in the I liga, because of non-payment of salaries to former players.^[4] Since the club's appeal was unsuccessful, on 5 April the Polish FA announced the cancellation of Warta–ŁKS game on the 22nd match day.^[5] On 10 April the club announced its withdrawal from the I liga.^[6] As ŁKS had already played over 50% of their games, according to the rules of I liga, they will be ranked in the final league table, with the cancelled games counted as lost 0–3.^[3]

Changes from last season

From I liga

Promoted to 2011–12 Ekstraklasa

• Piast Gliwice
• Pogoń Szczecin

Relegated to II liga, Group East

• Wisła Płock
• Olimpia Elbląg

Relegated to II liga, Group West

• KS Polkowice

Withdrew (see below)

• Ruch Radzionków

To I liga

Relegated from 2011–12 Ekstraklasa

• ŁKS Łódź
• Cracovia

Promoted from II liga, Group East

• Okocimski KS Brzesko
• Stomil Olsztyn

Promoted from II liga, Group West

• Miedź Legnica
• GKS Tychy

Additionalnotes

Before the start of the season Ruch Radzionków withdrew from 2012–13 I liga, citing financial problems.^[7] The club also withdrew its reserve team from Bytom region Klasa A (7th level).^[8] However, Ruch will be able to join the 2013–14 III liga, after a one-year suspension.^[9]

Ruch's I liga spot was taken by another Silesian club, Polonia Bytom, the highest placed team of the previous season's I liga relegation zone.^[10]

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Arka

Cracovia

Łęczna

Dolcan

Flota

Katowice

Tychy

Kolejarz

ŁKS

Miedź

Okocimski

Olimpia

Polonia

Sandecja

Stomil

Nieciecza

Warta

Zawisza

Location of teams and stadiums in 2012–13 I liga

Tychy

Katowice

Polonia

Location of teams in the Katowice urban area

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Arka Gdynia	Stadion Miejski	15,139
Cracovia	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	15,016
Dolcan Ząbki	Stadion Miejski	2,100
Flota Świnoujście	Stadion Miejski	4,500
GKS Bogdanka	Stadion Górnika	7,200
GKS Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	9,511
GKS Tychy	Stadion Miejski w Jaworznie[11]	7,000
Kolejarz Stróże	Stadion Kolejarza	2,000
ŁKS Łódź	Stadion ŁKS	7,000
Miedź Legnica	Stadion im. Orła Białego	6,244
Okocimski KS Brzesko	Stadion Miejski	3,000
Olimpia Grudziądz	Stadion Centralny	5,250
Polonia Bytom	Stadion im. Edwarda Szymkowiaka	6,000
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka	5,000
Stomil Olsztyn	Stadion Miejski	16,800
Nieciecza	Stadion Nieciecza	2,093
Warta Poznań	Stadion Lecha	41,609
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka	20,247

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Chairman	Team captain	Kit maker	Shirt sponsor
Arka Gdynia	Paweł Sikora	Wojciech Petrkiewicz	Tomasz Jarzębowski	Adidas	Polnord, Gdynia
Cracovia	Wojciech Stawowy	Janusz Filipiak	Arkadiusz Radomski	Nike	Comarch
Dolcan Ząbki	Robert Podoliński	Jerzy Szczęsny	Maciej Tataj	Zina	Dolcan
Flota Świnoujście	Dominik Nowak	Edward Rozwałka	Marek Niewiada	Jako	LZ
GKS Bogdanka	Piotr Rzepka	Artur Kapelko	Veljko Nikitović	Jako	Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka
GKS Katowice	Rafał Górak	Jacek Krysiak	Adrian Napierała	adidas	Ideon
GKS Tychy	Piotr Mandrysz	Alina Sowa	Łuczak Kopczyk	Nike	RPWiK Tychy, Tyski Sport
Kolejarz Stróże	Przemysław Cecherz	Bolesław Dywan	Dariusz Walęciak	Nike	FPON1
ŁKS Łódź	Marek Chojnacki	Maciej Janicki	Bogusław Wyparło	Zina	Colorit
Miedź Legnica	Bogusław Baniak	Martyna Pajączek	Kamil Hempel	Givova	DSA SA
Okocimski KS Brzesko	Krzysztof Łętocha	Czesław Kwaśniak	Mateusz Pawłowicz	Select	Okocim, Imex
Olimpia Grudziądz	Tomasz Asensky	Jacek Bojarowski	Bartłomiej Kowalski	Nike	Grudziądz
Polonia Bytom	Jacek Trzeciak	Radosław Nowakowski	Mateusz Mika	Hummel	LKJ-Bud, Bytom
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Janusz Świerad	Andrzej Danek	Ján Fröhlich	Adidas	AW Wiśniowski
Stomil Olsztyn	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	Jacek Czałpiński	Janusz Bucholc	R-Gol	DBK
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza	Kazimierz Moskal	Danuta Witkowska	Karol Piątek	Nike	Termalica
Warta Poznań	Czesław Owczarek	Marek Łbik	Tomasz Magdziarz	Nike	Family House
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Yuriy Shatalov	Anita Osuch	Łukasz Skrzyński	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
Termalica	Dušan Radolský	Resigned	28 May 2012	Pre-season	Kazimierz Moskal	14 June 2011
ŁKS Łódź	Andrzej Pyrdoł		1 June 2012	Pre-season	Marek Chojnacki	1 June 2011
Cracovia	Tomasz Kafarski	Mutual consent	11 June 2012	Pre-season	Wojciech Stawowy	11 June 2011
Sandecja	Robert Moskal	End of contract	11 June 2012	Pre-season	Jarosław Araszkiewicz	11 June 2011
Olimpia	Marcin Kaczmarek	End of contract	15 June 2012	Pre-season	Tomasz Asensky	15 June 2011
Polonia	Dariusz Fornalak	End of contract	30 June 2012	Pre-season	Piotr Pierścionek	2 July 2012
Flota	Ryszard Kłusek	Failed to renew his coaching licence	26 July 2012	Pre-season	Dominik Nowak	26 July 2012
Polonia	Piotr Pierścionek	Sacked	2 October 2012	18th	Dominik Nowak	2 October 2012
Sandecja	Jarosław Araszkiewicz	Sacked	2 October 2012	11th	Janusz Świerad	2 October 2012
Polonia	Piotr Pierścionek		2 October 2012	18th	Jacek Trzeciak	2 October 2012
Arka	Petr Němec	Sacked	14 November 2012	10th	Paweł Sikora	14 November 2012
ŁKS	Marek Chojnacki	Mutual consent	13 December 2012	16th	Piotr Zajączkowski	15 January 2013
Warta	Czesław Owczarek	Mutual consent	21 December 2012	10th	Maciej Borowski	15 January 2013
Sandecja	Janusz Świerad		18 January 2013	14th	Mirosław Hajdo	18 January 2013
Warta	Maciej Borowski	Appointed goalkeeping coach	2 April 2013	14th	Krzysztof Pawlak	2 April 2013
Flota	Dominik Nowak	Mutual consent	10 April 2013	2nd	Tomasz Kafarski	11 April 2013
Okocimski KS	Krzysztof Łętocha		11 April 2013	17th	Czesław Palik	11 April 2013
Zawisza	Yuri Shatalov	Mutual consent	26 April 2013	7th	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	27 April 2013

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Zawisza Bydgoszcz (P)	34	19	9	6	69	26	+43	66	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Cracovia (P)	34	19	7	8	48	35	+13	64
3	Nieciecza	34	19	6	9	54	28	+26	63[a]
4	Flota Świnoujście	34	19	6	9	57	33	+24	63[a]
5	Arka Gdynia	34	17	6	11	46	29	+17	57
6	GKS Tychy	34	15	10	9	44	28	+16	55
7	Dolcan Ząbki	34	16	6	12	52	41	+11	54
8	Miedź Legnica	34	15	8	11	49	42	+7	53
9	Olimpia Grudziądz	34	13	12	9	39	34	+5	51
10	GKS Katowice	34	14	8	12	43	36	+7	50[b]
11	Kolejarz Stróże	34	14	8	12	47	45	+2	50[b]
12	GKS Bogdanka	34	11	13	10	37	42	−5	46
13	Stomil Olsztyn	34	8	14	12	37	45	−8	38
14	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	34	10	7	17	35	54	−19	37
15	Okocimski KS Brzesko[c]	34	7	11	16	38	54	−16	32
16	Warta Poznań (R)	34	7	7	20	34	57	−23	28	Relegation to II liga
17	Polonia Bytom (R)	34	5	7	22	29	64	−35	22
18	ŁKS Łódź[d] (R)	34	3	5	26	17	82	−65	14

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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. NIE 4–0 FLO; FLO 4–1 NIE
2. KAT 2–0 KOL; KOL 2–2 KAT
3. Although Okocimski KS originally finished the season in the relegation zone, they stayed in I liga, since Polonia Warsaw (who were demoted from 2012–13 Ekstraklasa) failed to meet the financial requirements set by the Polish FA for 2013–14 I liga teams.
4. ŁKS withdrew from the competition after 22nd round.

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	CRA	DOL	FLO	BOG	KAT	TYC	KOL	ŁKS	MLE	OKO	GRU	PBY	SNS	STO	NIE	WAP	ZAW
Arka Gdynia		1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–0[a]	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1
Cracovia	1–0		0–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1
Dolcan Ząbki	1–4	3–1		0–1	5–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0
Flota Świnoujście	3–0	1–2	2–0		3–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0[a]	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	0–3
GKS Bogdanka	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	3–0[a]	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
GKS Katowice	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	0–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–0
GKS Tychy	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	5–0	2–2
Kolejarz Stróże	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1
ŁKS Łódź	0–2	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	1–7	1–1	0–1	0–3[a]	0–3[a]		0–1	0–3[a]	0–3	0–3[a]	3–2	0–2	0–3[a]	0–2	1–1
Miedź Legnica	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–0[a]		0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	5–2	1–2
Okocimski KS Brzesko	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–2		0–0	1–1	0–1	3–3	1–2	2–0	1–4
Olimpia Grudziądz	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–0		2–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–0
Polonia Bytom	0–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–2		0–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–4
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–0[a]	1–0	4–3	2–0	3–0		0–2	0–0	0–1	0–5
Stomil Olsztyn	0–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–2	0–4	1–1	0–0	4–0		0–0	0–2	0–5
Nieciecza	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	4–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	1–0		3–0	0–1
Warta Poznań	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	4–0	3–0[a]	0–3[b]	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0		0–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0[a]	5–1	4–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	2–0

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Match cancelled due to ŁKS withdrawing from the competition.
2. Match declared forfeited due to Warta fielding an ilegible player. The game ended in a 2–2 tie.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[12]
1	Maciej Kowalczyk	Kolejarz Stróże	22
2	Paweł Abbott	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	15
	Vladimir Boljević	Cracovia
	Marcus Vinicius	Arka Gdynia
5	Arkadiusz Aleksander	Sandecja / Flota	13
	Jakub Grzegorzewski	Miedź Legnica
	Dariusz Pawlusiński	Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
	Mateusz Piątkowski	Dolcan Ząbki
	Przemysław Pitry	GKS Katowice
10	Sebastian Olszar	Flota Świnoujście	11
	Deniss Rakels	GKS Katowice

Clean sheets (player)

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Sebastian Nowak	Termalica	16
2	Piotr Misztal	GKS Tychy	13
3	Grzegorz Kasprzik	Flota	11
	Krzysztof Pilarz	Cracovia
	Michał Wróbel	Olimpia Grudziądz
6	Łukasz Budziłek	GKS Katowice	9
	Marcin Cabaj	Sandecja
	Rafał Leszczyński	Dolcan
9	Wojciech Kaczmarek	Zawisza	8
	Piotr Skiba	Stomil

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Zbigniew Zakrzewski for Miedź against Bogdanka (4 August 2012)
• Largest winning margin: 6 goals
  • ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
• Highest scoring game: 8 goals
  • ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
  • ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
  • Stomil 2–3 Kolejarz (13 April 2013)
  • Kolejarz 2–3 Dolcan (21 April 2013)

Clean sheets (club)

• Most clean sheets: 16
  • Termalica
• Fewest clean sheets: 2
  • ŁKS

Discipline

• Most yellow cards (club): 97^[13]
  • Sandecja Nowy Sącz
• Most yellow cards (player): 11^[13]
  • Tomáš Pešír (Bogdanka)
• Most red cards (club): 10^[13]
  • Stomil Olsztyn
  • Warta Poznań
• Most red cards (player): 2^[13]
  • Martin Baran (Polonia Bytom)
  • Paweł Baranowski (Stomil)
  • Michał Benkowski (Bogdanka)
  • Grzegorz Fonfara (Katowice)
  • Michał Masłowski (Zawisza)
  • Michał Nalepa (Termalica)
  • Marcin Pietroń (Katowice)
  • Dawid Sołdecki (Bogdanka)
  • Łukasz Skrzyński (Zawisza)
  • Dawid Szufryn (Kolejarz)
  • Maciej Wichtowski (Warta)
  • Konrad Wieczorek (Okocimski KS)

Notes

1. Match played in Jaworzno.