2014–15 Ekstraklasa

The 2014–15 Ekstraklasa (also known as T-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by T-Mobile Polska) was the 81st season of the highest level of football leagues in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927. It began on 18 July 2014. A total of 16 teams are participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2013–14 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.

Ekstraklasa

Season	2014–15
Champions	Lech Poznań (7th title)
Relegated	Zawisza Bydgoszcz GKS Bełchatów
Champions League	Lech Poznań
Europa League	Legia Warsaw Jagiellonia Białystok Śląsk Wrocław
Matches played	296
Goals scored	790 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kamil Wilczek (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Legia 5–0 Górnik Ł. Lech 5–0 Bełchatów Jagiellonia 5–0 Pogoń
Biggest away win	Górnik Z. 0–5 Wisła Górnik Z. 1–6 Lech
Highest scoring	Piast 6–3 Bełchatów
Longest winning run	6 matches Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Cracovia
Longest winless run	11 matches GKS Bełchatów
Longest losing run	8 matches Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Highest attendance	41,556[1] Lech 0–0 Wisła (7 June 2015)
Lowest attendance	0[2][3] Lech 4–0 Piast (20 July 2014)[4]
Total attendance	2,464,255[5]
Average attendance	8,325 0.2% [5][6]
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, having won their 10th title last season, but Lech Poznań won their 7th title.

Teams

Promotion and relegation as usual was determined by the position in the table from prior season. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to the I Liga, while the top two teams are promoted to the Ekstraklasa.

Widzew Łódź and Zagłębie Lubin finished in 15th and 16th place, respectively, and were relegated to the Polish First League as a result. GKS Bełchatów and Górnik Łęczna finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the I Liga gained promotion.

Stadium and locations

Bełchatów

Cracovia

Górnik Z.

Jagiellonia

Korona

Lech

Lechia

Górnik Ł.

Legia

Piast

Podbeskidzie

Pogoń

Ruch

Wisła

Zawisza

Śląsk

Location of teams in 2014–15 Ekstraklasa

Górnik Z.

Piast

Ruch

Location of teams in the Katowice urban area

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	14,572
GKS Bełchatów	Bełchatów	GIEKSA Arena	5,238
Górnik Łęczna	Łęczna	Stadion Górnika Łęczna	7,500
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	3,041
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Jagiellonii	22,386
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Kolporter Arena	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	INEA Stadion	41,609
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	PGE Arena Gdańsk	43,165
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Pepsi Arena	31,103
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Arena Gliwice	10,037
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Stadion BBOSiR	6,962
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	15,717
Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Stadion Ruchu Chorzów	10,000
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Bydgoszcz	Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka	20,247
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Wrocław	42,771

Cracovia	GKS Bełchatów	Górnik Łęczna	Górnik Zabrze	Jagiellonia	Korona
Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego	GIEKSA Arena	Stadion Górnika Łęczna	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	Stadion Jagiellonii	Kolporter Arena
Capacity: 14,572	Capacity: 5,238	Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 3,041	Capacity: 22,386	Capacity: 15,500
Lech	Lechia	Legia	Piast	Podbeskidzie	Pogoń
INEA Stadion	PGE Arena Gdańsk	Pepsi Arena	Arena Gliwice	Stadion BBOSiR	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera
Capacity: 43,269	Capacity: 43,615	Capacity: 31,103	Capacity: 10,037	Capacity: 6,962	Capacity: 18,027
	Ruch	Śląsk	Wisła	Zawisza
	Stadion Ruchu Chorzów	Stadion Wrocław	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	Stadion im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka
	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 42,771	Capacity: 33,268	Capacity: 20,247

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Jacek Zieliński	Krzysztof Pilarz	Legea	Comarch
GKS Bełchatów	Marcin Szymczyk	Kamil Kiereś	Paweł Baranowski	adidas	PGE
Górnik Łęczna	Artur Kapelko	Yuriy Shatalov	Veljko Nikitović	Jako	Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka
Górnik Zabrze	Zbigniew Waśkiewicz	Józef Dankowski	Adam Danch	adidas	Kompania Węglowa, Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Michał Probierz	Rafał Grzyb	Errea	Wschodzący Białystok
Korona Kielce	Marek Paprocki	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	Paweł Golański	hummel	Lewiatan
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak	Maciej Skorża	Łukasz Trałka	Nike	STS
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Jerzy Brzęczek	Sebastian Mila	Saller	Lotos
Legia Warsaw	Bogusław Leśnodorski	Henning Berg	Ivica Vrdoljak	adidas	Fortuna
Piast Gliwice	Adam Sarkowicz	Radoslav Látal	Tomasz Podgórski	adidas	Miasto Gliwice
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Wojciech Borecki	Dariusz Kubicki	Marek Sokołowski	Masita	murapol.pl, Kredyty Chwilówki
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Czesław Michniewicz	Rafał Murawski	Nike	Grupa Azoty, Miasto Szczecin
Ruch Chorzów	Dariusz Smagorowicz	Waldemar Fornalik	Marcin Malinowski	adidas	Węglokoks
Śląsk Wrocław	Paweł Żelem	Tadeusz Pawłowski	Mariusz Pawełek	adidas
Wisła Kraków	Robert Gaszyński	Kazimierz Moskal	Arkadiusz Głowacki	adidas	TeleFonika
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Anita Osuch	Mariusz Rumak	Jakub Wójcicki	Masita	Solbet

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Legia Warsaw	30	17	5	8	57	30	+27	56	Qualification to Championship round
2	Lech Poznań	30	14	12	4	52	27	+25	54
3	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	14	7	9	43	35	+8	49
4	Śląsk Wrocław	30	12	10	8	43	36	+7	46
5	Wisła Kraków	30	11	10	9	47	39	+8	43[a]
6	Górnik Zabrze	30	11	10	9	43	43	0	43[a]
7	Pogoń Szczecin	30	11	8	11	40	38	+2	41[b]
8	Lechia Gdańsk	30	11	8	11	36	37	−1	41[b]
9	Korona Kielce	30	10	9	11	34	42	−8	39[c]	Qualification to Relegation round
10	Piast Gliwice	30	11	6	13	38	43	−5	39[c]
11	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	30	10	9	11	40	48	−8	39[c]
12	Cracovia	30	10	7	13	35	41	−6	37
13	Górnik Łęczna	30	8	10	12	31	37	−6	34
14	Ruch Chorzów	30	8	9	13	33	38	−5	33
15	GKS Bełchatów	30	8	7	15	24	42	−18	31
16	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	30	8	5	17	32	52	−20	29

Source: Ekstraklasa
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.^[7]
Notes:

1. Wisła Kraków ahead on head-to-head record; Górnik Zabrze – Wisła Kraków 0–5, Wisła Kraków – Górnik Zabrze 1–1
2. Tied on head-to-head record, Pogoń Szczecin ahead on goal difference; Lechia Gdańsk – Pogoń Szczecin 0–1, Pogoń Szczecin – Lechia Gdańsk 0–1
3. Head-to-head record; Korona Kielce 10 pts, Piast Gliwice 6 pts, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 1 pt

Positions by round

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
Legia	12	8	10	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lech	1	3	9	5	6	8	9	10	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Jagiellonia	7	4	2	7	11	11	10	7	6	6	3	2	2	3	3	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Śląsk	2	10	5	10	10	7	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wisła	9	11	7	9	5	3	1	1	2	5	6	4	4	5	5	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5
Górnik Z.	2	5	6	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	1	5	7	7	6	4	4	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	8	7	8	6	8	6
Pogoń	5	1	1	3	4	9	11	9	9	10	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	12	12	10	11	9	8	6	7
Lechia	7	6	3	6	9	6	7	8	10	8	8	9	10	10	12	11	13	11	13	12	11	12	11	8	7	8	6	9	7	8
Korona	13	16	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	11	9	10	10	10	9
Piast	16	12	14	14	15	15	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	12	13	12	12	11	10
Podbeskidzie	11	13	11	8	8	5	4	4	8	9	12	8	9	11	10	10	9	9	8	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	9	11
Cracovia	13	15	15	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	14	14	12	13	13	14	14	13	14	12	14	14	13	12
Górnik Ł.	9	6	8	11	7	10	8	9	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	14	12	12	11	11	12	11	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13
Ruch	13	14	16	16	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	14
GKS Bełchatów	6	2	4	1	2	4	6	5	4	2	5	6	5	4	4	6	7	8	9	9	10	8	10	11	13	14	15	15	15	15
Zawisza	2	9	12	12	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	CRA	BEŁ	GKŁ	GÓR	JAG	KOR	LGD	LPO	LEG	PIA	PBB	POG	RUC	ŚLĄ	WIS	ZAW
Cracovia		3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
GKS Bełchatów	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–4
Górnik Łęczna	2–1	1–1		0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	5–2
Górnik Zabrze	2–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–4	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–2	3–3	0–5	2–1
Jagiellonia Białystok	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0		1–2	2–2	1–0	0–3	2–1	4–2	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–0
Korona Kielce	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–3		3–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–2
Lechia Gdańsk	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–2		1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–4	1–0	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0		2–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	6–2
Legia Warsaw	2–0	0–1	5–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–2		2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–2	2–0
Piast Gliwice	4–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	3–2	3–1		3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–0
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–4		2–3	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–1
Pogoń Szczecin	2–1	3–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2		1–1	4–1	0–3	3–0
Ruch Chorzów	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	5–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–2
Śląsk Wrocław	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0		1–0	2–1
Wisła Kraków	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1		0–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–4

Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lech Poznań (C)	37	19	13	5	67	33	+34	43	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw	37	21	7	9	64	33	+31	42	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3	Jagiellonia Białystok	37	19	8	10	59	44	+15	41	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
4	Śląsk Wrocław	37	15	13	9	50	43	+7	35
5	Lechia Gdańsk	37	13	10	14	45	47	−2	29
6	Wisła Kraków	37	12	13	12	56	48	+8	28
7	Górnik Zabrze	37	12	11	14	50	60	−10	26
8	Pogoń Szczecin	37	11	9	17	45	52	−7	22

Source: Ekstraklasa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in regular season; 3) head-to-head points in regular season; 4) head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 6) head-to-head goals scored in regular season (if more than two teams); 7) goal difference; 8) number of goals scored; 9) Fair Play table.^[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Legia Warsaw qualifies for Europa League second qualifying round as winners of the 2014–15 Polish Cup and the spot for the runners-up (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the fourth placed team.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Lech	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Legia	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Jagiellonia	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Śląsk	4	5	5	6	6	4	4	4
Lechia	8	6	7	4	4	5	5	5
Wisła	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6
Górnik Z.	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7
Pogoń	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	LEG	LPO	JAG	ŚLĄ	WIS	GÓR	POG	LGD
Legia Warsaw		1–2	1–0		1–0	2–0
Lech Poznań			1–3	3–0	0–0		1–0
Jagiellonia Białystok				1–1	2–1	3–2		4–2
Śląsk Wrocław	1–1					1–1	2–1	1–0
Wisła Kraków				0–1		4–1	2–2
Górnik Zabrze		1–6					2–0	0–1
Pogoń Szczecin	0–1		1–3					1–3
Lechia Gdańsk	0–0	1–2			2–2

Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
9	Cracovia	37	15	9	13	50	44	+6	36
10	Ruch Chorzów	37	12	10	15	44	46	−2	30
11	Korona Kielce	37	12	11	14	44	55	−11	28
12	Piast Gliwice	37	13	8	16	50	56	−6	28
13	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	37	12	10	15	47	60	−13	27
14	Górnik Łęczna	37	11	11	15	39	46	−7	27
15	Zawisza Bydgoszcz (R)	37	10	8	19	45	63	−18	24	Relegation to I liga
16	GKS Bełchatów (R)	37	9	9	19	35	60	−25	21

Source: Ekstraklasa
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in regular season; 3) head-to-head points in regular season; 4) head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 6) head-to-head goals scored in regular season (if more than two teams); 7) goal difference; 8) number of goals scored; 9) Fair Play table.^[9]
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Cracovia	12	12	10	9	10	9	9	9
Ruch	14	14	12	12	13	11	12	10
Korona	9	10	13	14	14	12	13	11
Piast	10	11	11	10	9	10	10	12
Podbeskidzie	11	9	9	11	11	13	11	13
Górnik Ł.	13	13	14	13	12	14	14	14
Zawisza	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15
GKS Bełchatów	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	KOR	PIA	PBB	CRA	GKŁ	RUC	BEŁ	ZAW
Korona Kielce		2–1	3–1		1–3	0–2
Piast Gliwice			2–1	0–3	2–3		6–3
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała				0–3	1–0	0–2		2–2
Cracovia	1–1					1–0	1–1	3–1
Górnik Łęczna				0–3		0–1	1–0
Ruch Chorzów		1–1					2–4	3–2
GKS Bełchatów	2–2		0–2					1–4
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	3–1	0–0			1–1

Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 7 June 2015.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[10]
1	Kamil Wilczek	Piast Gliwice	20
2	Flávio Paixão	Śląsk Wrocław	18
3	Paweł Brożek	Wisła Kraków	15
	Patryk Tuszyński	Jagiellonia Białystok	15
5	Grzegorz Kuświk	Ruch Chorzów	14
	Mateusz Piątkowski	Jagiellonia Białystok	14
7	Kasper Hämäläinen	Lech Poznań	13
	Orlando Sá	Legia Warsaw	13
9	Łukasz Zwoliński	Pogoń Szczecin	12
10	Fiodor Černych	Górnik Łęczna	11
	Arkadiusz Piech	GKS Bełchatów	11
	Deniss Rakels	Cracovia	11
	Marcin Robak	Pogoń Szczecin	11

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
August 2014[11]	Semir Štilić	Wisła Kraków
September 2014[12]	Mateusz Piątkowski	Jagiellonia Białystok
October 2014[13]	Flávio Paixão	Śląsk Wrocław
November 2014[14]	Kamil Wilczek	Piast Gliwice
March 2015[15]	Grzegorz Sandomierski	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
April 2015[16]	Łukasz Zwoliński	Pogoń Szczecin
May 2015[17]	Kamil Wilczek	Piast Gliwice

Annual awards

Award[18]	Player	Club
Player of the Season	Kamil Wilczek	Piast Gliwice
Goalkeeper of the Season	Bartłomiej Drągowski	Jagiellonia Białystok
Defender of the Season	Michał Pazdan	Jagiellonia Białystok
Midfielder of the Season	Semir Štilić	Wisła Kraków
Forward of the Season	Kamil Wilczek	Piast Gliwice
Coach of the Season	Michał Probierz	Jagiellonia Białystok
Discovery of the Season	Bartłomiej Drągowski	Jagiellonia Białystok
Plus of the Season	Szymon Pawłowski	Lech Poznań