2017–18 I liga

The 2017–18 I liga (currently named Nice I liga due to sponsorship reasons)^[7] was the 10th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 70th season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season will be played in a round-robin tournament.

I liga

Season	2017–18
Dates	29 July 2017 – 3 June 2018[1]
Promoted	Miedź Zagłębie
Relegated	Pogoń Siedlce Górnik Olimpia Ruch
Matches played	306
Goals scored	736 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mateusz Machaj (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Wigry 6–0 Ruch (3 June 2018)
Biggest away win	Ruch 0–6 Pogoń (20 April 2018)
Highest scoring	Chrobry 3–5 Stal (13 May 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches Zagłębie
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Podbeskidzie
Longest winless run	16 matches Górnik
Longest losing run	7 matches Olimpia
Highest attendance	11,621[2] Podbeskidzie 1–2 Katowice (14 October 2017)
Lowest attendance	0[3] Ruch 0–1 Chrobry (4 August 2017)[4] Ruch 3–1 Stomil (18 August 2017)[5]
Total attendance	696,773[6]
Average attendance	2,277 11,8%
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To I liga Relegated from Ekstraklasa Górnik Łęczna Ruch Chorzów Promoted from II liga Raków Częstochowa Odra Opole Puszcza Niepołomice

From I liga Promoted to Ekstraklasa Sandecja Nowy Sącz Górnik Zabrze Relegated to II liga Wisła Puławy Znicz Pruszków MKS Kluczbork

Team overview

Bytów

Chojniczanka

Chrobry

GKS Katowice

GKS Tychy

Górnik Ł.

Miedź

Odra O.

Olimpia G.

Podbeskidzie

Pogoń S.

Puszcza

Raków

Ruch Chorzów

Stal M.

Stomil

Wigry

Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Location of teams and stadiums in 2017–18 I liga.

GKS Tychy

Zagłębie Sosnowiec

Ruch

GKS Katowice

Location of teams in the Katowice urban area in 2017–18 I liga.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bytovia Bytów	Bytów	Stadion MOSiR	1,500
Chojniczanka Chojnice	Chojnice	Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka 1930	3,000
Chrobry Głogów	Głogów	Stadion GOS	2,817
GKS Katowice	Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	6,710
GKS Tychy	Tychy	Stadion Tychy	15,300
Górnik Łęczna	Łęczna	Stadion Górnika	7,200
Miedź Legnica	Legnica	Stadion Orła Białego	6,244
Odra Opole	Opole	Stadion Odry	4,250
Olimpia Grudziądz	Grudziądz	Stadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego	5,000
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Stadion BBOSiR	15,316
Pogoń Siedlce	Siedlce	Stadion ROSRRiT	2,901
Puszcza Niepołomice	Niepołomice	Stadion Puszczy	1,000
Raków Częstochowa	Częstochowa	Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków	8,000
Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Stadion Ruchu Chorzów	9,300
Stal Mielec	Mielec	Stadion MOSiR	6,800
Stomil Olsztyn	Olsztyn	Stadion OSiR	3,5001
Wigry Suwałki	Suwałki	Stadion OSiR	3,060
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Sosnowiec	Stadion Ludowy	7,500

1. ^ Stomil Olsztyn intended to play their home games in Ostróda because their home ground (OSiR Stadium) did not fulfill license requirements.^[8] On 4 August the club announced that they had received permission to play home games in Olsztyn.^[9]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Miedź Legnica (C, P)	34	17	12	5	53	27	+26	63	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Zagłębie Sosnowiec (P)	34	17	7	10	46	32	+14	58
3	Chojniczanka Chojnice	34	16	8	10	48	33	+15	56
4	GKS Tychy	34	16	7	11	41	40	+1	55
5	GKS Katowice	34	16	6	12	44	34	+10	54
6	Wigry Suwałki	34	15	7	12	40	37	+3	52
7	Raków Częstochowa	34	14	9	11	50	40	+10	51[a]
8	Stal Mielec	34	14	9	11	51	46	+5	51[a]
9	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	34	11	13	10	37	37	0	46[b]
10	Chrobry Głogów	34	12	10	12	46	47	−1	46[b]
11	Odra Opole	34	12	9	13	37	43	−6	45
12	Puszcza Niepołomice	34	11	11	12	38	38	0	44
13	Bytovia Bytów	34	10	10	14	36	45	−9	40
14	Stomil Olsztyn[c]	34	12	4	18	39	50	−11	39
15	Pogoń Siedlce (R)	34	9	11	14	42	50	−8	38	Qualification to play-off
16	Górnik Łęczna (R)	34	8	11	15	29	42	−13	35	Relegation to II liga
17	Olimpia Grudziądz (R)	34	7	10	17	24	37	−13	31
18	Ruch Chorzów[d] (R)	34	9	6	19	35	58	−23	27

Source: 1 liga, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. points in head-to-head matches; 3. goal difference in hth matches; 4. goals scored in hth matches; 5. away goals in hth matches (only if two teams are tied); 6. total goal difference; 7. total goals scored; 8. fairplay ranking.^[12]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Raków 1–2 Stal, Stal 2–3 Raków.
2. Head-to-head record: Chrobry 1–1 Podbeskidzie, Podbeskidzie 1–0 Chrobry.
3. Stomil was punished with a deduction of one point for infringement of the licensing regulations.^[10]
4. Ruch Chorzów was punished with a deduction of six points for infringement of the licensing regulations (five points before start of the league and six points during the season. The second punishment was reduced to one point).^[8][10][11]

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	31	32	33	34
Miedź	10	12	9	6	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Zagłębie	14	15	13	14	13	13	11	11	15	16	17	16	17	11	12	8	10	7	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	5	4	2	2	2	2
Chojniczanka	16	8	5	2	7	3	5	4	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	5	5	5	3	6	4	3	4	3	5	3	3	3
Tychy	4	4	7	5	4	5	6	10	7	9	13	14	15	16	9	14	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	10	9	8	8	8	8	4	4
Katowice	12	13	15	10	11	11	12	13	17	17	15	13	7	12	14	11	8	10	8	10	8	7	4	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	4	5	6	5
Wigry	12	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	15	16	17	11	7	9	9	7	5	4	6	3	2	4	5	3	4	6	6	7	7	8	6
Raków	10	5	10	12	14	14	15	16	10	10	7	7	9	8	7	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	7	6	6	7	7
Stal	6	10	8	4	6	7	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	10	7	5	5	6	6	2	2	4	5	2	5	5	2	5	3	4	5	8
Podbeskidzie	8	14	17	17	16	16	14	15	11	8	6	6	6	7	8	13	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	12	10	9
Chrobry	8	6	2	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	7	8	8	6	6	3	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	10
Odra	1	1	3	7	3	4	2	2	3	1	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	4	3	3	7	7	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	12	11
Puszcza	3	7	4	8	9	8	7	8	13	11	12	9	8	5	4	6	6	8	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Bytovia	2	2	1	3	8	9	4	7	6	6	9	10	11	13	10	12	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Stomil	15	17	14	15	12	12	10	12	8	13	14	17	13	15	17	15	15	15	16	16	15	17	17	17	17	18	16	17	17	16	16	15	15	14
Pogoń	4	9	12	11	10	10	13	9	14	14	11	11	12	9	13	9	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Górnik	17	11	11	13	15	15	16	14	12	7	10	12	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Olimpia	6	3	6	9	5	6	9	6	9	12	8	8	10	10	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Ruch	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Results

Home \ Away	BYT	CCH	GŁO	KAT	TYC	GKL	MLE	OOP	GRU	PBB	PSI	PNI	RAK	RUC	STA	STO	WIG	ZSO
Bytovia Bytów	—	0–3	3–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–2
Chojniczanka Chojnice	4–0	—	3–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–2
Chrobry Głogów	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–3	1–0	3–5	0–1	3–3	1–2
GKS Katowice	0–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–1	1–0
GKS Tychy	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–3	2–3	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1
Górnik Łęczna	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	—	1–1	0–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–4	1–1	0–1	2–1
Miedź Legnica	2–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	—	3–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	6–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1
Odra Opole	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–4	—	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–0
Olimpia Grudziądz	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	—	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	—	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–0
Pogoń Siedlce	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1
Puszcza Niepołomice	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	—	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1
Raków Częstochowa	3–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2
Ruch Chorzów	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	0–6	0–2	1–0	—	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1
Stal Mielec	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	2–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	—	1–3	3–0	1–1
Stomil Olsztyn	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	—	1–2	0–2
Wigry Suwałki	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	6–0	2–0	1–2	—	1–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2–1	1–3	2–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–01	3–1	5–1	0–1	—

Source: 90minut
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

¹ Match declared forfeited due to Ruch Chorzów fielding an ineligible player. The game ended in a 2–1 win for Zagłębie Sosnowiec.^[13]

I liga play-off

The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga.^[14] Matches will be played on 9 and 13 June 2018.^[15] The winner will compete in the 2018–19 I liga season.^[12]

Garbarnia Kraków	1–1	Pogoń Siedlce
Kiebzak 20'	Report	Paluchowski 78'

9 June 2018

17:00

Stadion Garbarni, Kraków

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Mariusz Złotek (Stalowa Wola)

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Pogoń Siedlce	1–2	Garbarnia Kraków
Świerblewski 87'	Report	Wójcik 45' Kalemba 80'

13 June 2018

17:00

Stadion ROSRRiT, Siedlce

Attendance: 1,957

Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

Garbarnia won 3–2 on aggregate and will play in I liga next season.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[16][17]
1	Mateusz Machaj	Chrobry Głogów	16
2	Szymon Lewicki	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	14
3	Patryk Klimala	Odra Opole	13
4	Adrian Paluchowski	Pogoń Siedlce	11
	Artur Siemaszko	Stomil Olsztyn
	Paweł Tomczyk	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
7	Wojciech Kędziora	Wigry Suwałki	10
	Janusz Surdykowski	Bytovia Bytów
	Patryk Szysz	Górnik Łęczna
10	Maciej Domański	Puszcza Niepołomice	9
	Fabian Piasecki	Miedź Legnica
	Valērijs Šabala	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
	Szymon Skrzypczak	Odra Opole
	Marcin Wodecki	Odra Opole

See also

• 2017–18 Ekstraklasa
• 2017–18 Polish Cup