1956 Ekstraklasa

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Liga
Season1956
ChampionsLegia Warsaw (2nd title)
RelegatedPolonia Bydgoszcz
Garbarnia Kraków
Top goalscorerHenryk Kempny
(21 goals)
1955
1957

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1956 season.

Overview[edit]

12 teams competed in the league and the championship was won by Legia Warsaw.

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Legia Warsaw (C) 22 15 4 3 65 17 +48 34
2 Ruch Chorzów 22 11 7 4 35 23 +12 29
3 Lechia Gdańsk 22 10 7 5 25 21 +4 27
4 ŁKS Łódź 22 10 6 6 38 26 +12 26
5 Wisła Kraków 22 9 5 8 38 34 +4 23
6 Górnik Zabrze 22 9 5 8 32 33 −1 23
7 Odra Opole 22 8 4 10 34 41 −7 20
8 Lech Poznań 22 7 6 9 25 38 −13 20
9 Gwardia Warsaw 22 5 8 9 23 36 −13 18 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
10 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 22 6 5 11 35 43 −8 17
11 Polonia Bydgoszcz (R) 22 5 5 12 20 36 −16 15 Relegated to II liga
12 Garbarnia Kraków (R) 22 5 2 15 27 46 −19 12
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away GAR GÓR GWA LPO LGD LEG ŁKS OOP BYG RUC WIS ZSO
Garbarnia Kraków 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2
Górnik Zabrze 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2
Gwardia Warsaw 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Lech Poznań 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–2 0–6 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Lechia Gdańsk 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
Legia Warsaw 1–0 3–1 5–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 5–1 5–1 0–0 12–0 1–0
ŁKS Łódź 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Odra Opole 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–5 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 5–1
Polonia Bydgoszcz 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–2
Ruch Chorzów 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 3–1
Wisła Kraków 8–3 7–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 6–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 5–2 0–1 7–2 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–4 1–2
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Poland Henryk Kempny Legia Warsaw 21
2 Poland Ernest Pol Legia Warsaw 18
3 Poland Lucjan Brychczy Legia Warsaw 16
4 Poland Teodor Anioła Lech Poznań 13
5 Poland Gerard Cieślik Ruch Chorzów 11
Poland Edward Jankowski Górnik Zabrze 11
7 Poland Paweł Krężel Stal Sosnowiec 10
Poland Marian Machowski Wisła Kraków 10
9 Poland Antoni Ciszek Stal Sosnowiec 9
Poland Engelbert Jarek Odra Opole 9
Poland Marian Norkowski Polonia Bydgoszcz 9
Poland Władysław Soporek ŁKS Łódź 9

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