1962 Ekstraklasa

Liga

Season	1962
Champions	Polonia Bytom (2nd title)
European Cup	Polonia Bytom
Top goalscorer	Jan Liberda (16 goals)
← 1961 1962–63 →

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1962 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Polonia Bytom won the championship.

Regular season

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Górnik Zabrze	12	8	2	2	37	14	+23	18	Qualification to 1st place playoff
2	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	12	7	1	4	22	15	+7	15
3	Legia Warsaw	12	5	4	3	15	13	+2	14
4	Ruch Chorzów	12	5	3	4	21	19	+2	13
5	ŁKS Łódź	12	3	3	6	14	23	−9	9
6	Gwardia Warsaw	12	2	4	6	12	20	−8	8
7	KS Cracovia (R)	12	2	3	7	11	28	−17	7	Relegated to II liga

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CRA	GÓR	GWA	LEG	ŁKS	RUC	ZSO
Cracovia		1–4	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3
Górnik Zabrze	9–0		3–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	5–2
Gwardia Warsaw	0–4	0–0		1–1	1–0	5–1	0–1
Legia Warsaw	3–2	0–0	1–0		4–2	0–0	1–0
ŁKS Łódź	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–0		0–3	3–3
Ruch Chorzów	3–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	3–0		0–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–0	0–2	3–1

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Polonia Bytom	12	8	3	1	28	7	+21	19	Qualification to 1st place playoff
2	Odra Opole	12	6	2	4	17	11	+6	14
3	Wisła Kraków	12	5	4	3	9	7	+2	14
4	Arkonia Szczecin	12	4	3	5	18	20	−2	11
5	Lechia Gdańsk	12	4	3	5	11	18	−7	11
6	Lech Poznań	12	3	3	6	6	14	−8	9
7	Stal Mielec (R)	12	1	4	7	9	21	−12	6	Relegated to II liga

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AKN	LPO	LGD	OOP	BYT	STA	WIS
Arkonia Szczecin		2–0	3–1	0–1	1–4	7–1	0–2
Lech Poznań	1–1		0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1
Lechia Gdańsk	5–0	0–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1
Odra Opole	2–0	1–0	6–0		1–3	1–0	1–1
Polonia Bytom	2–2	5–1	4–0	2–0		4–1	2–0
Stal Mielec	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	0–2		0–1
Wisła Kraków	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1

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

Playoff stage

1st place playoff

• Górnik Zabrze 1-4 ; 2-2 Polonia Bytom

3rd place playoff

• Odra Opole 1-0 ; 0-1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec

5th place playoff

• Wisła Kraków 1-1 ; 1-4 Legia Warsaw

7th place playoff

• Arkonia Szczecin 2-0 ; 1-2 Ruch Chorzów

9th place playoff

• Lechia Gdańsk 2-0 ; 1-3 ŁKS Łódź

11th place playoff

• Gwardia Warszawa 2-6 ; 1-2 Lech Poznań

13th place playoff

• Stal Mielec 3-0 ; 1-0 KS Cracovia

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Liberda	Polonia Bytom	16
2	Ernest Pol	Górnik Zabrze	12
3	Zygfryd Szołtysik	Górnik Zabrze	11
4	Lucjan Brychczy	Legia Warsaw	9
5	Eugeniusz Lerch	Ruch Chorzów	8
6	Jerzy Jóźwiak	Polonia Bytom	7
7	Norbert Gajda	Odra Opole	6
	Janusz Gogolewski	Lech Poznań	6
	Kazimierz Kowalec	ŁKS Łódź	6

References

• Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)