2008–09 I liga

I liga

Season	2008–09
Champions	Widzew Łódź
Promoted	Widzew Łódź Zagłębie Lubin Korona Kielce
Relegated	Kmita Zabierzów Odra Opole Tur Turek
Matches played	306
Goals scored	691 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Iliyan Mitsanski (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Podbeskidzie 9–0 Tur (23 May 2009)
Biggest away win	GKP 0–5 Wisła Płock (8 October 2008)
Highest scoring	Podbeskidzie 9–0 Tur (23 May 2009)
Highest attendance	14,998 Korona 2–2 Widzew (14 March 2009)
Total attendance	822,834
Average attendance	2,689 15.1%
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 I liga is the 1st season of the Polish I liga under its current title (new name), and the 61st season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. Formerly, the league was known as the II liga (while the current II liga was known as the III liga). The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa.

The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion. At the other end, the bottom four teams face automatic demotion to the II liga, while the fate of the 13th and 14th-place finishers will be decided by playoffs.

The season began on 26 July 2008, and concluded on 5 June 2009. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 16 November 2008 and 13 March 2009.

Dolcan Ząbki

Flota Świnoujście

GKS Jastrzębie

GKP Gorzów Wlkp.

GKS Katowice

Górnik Łęczna

Kmita Zabierzów

Korona Kielce

Motor Lublin

Odra Opole

Podbeskidzie B-B

Stal Stalowa Wola

Tur Turek

Warta Poznań

Widzew Łódź

Wisła Płock

Zagłębie Lubin

Znicz Pruszków

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Location of teams in I liga 2008–09

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08

Ekstraklasa & I liga

Relegated from Ekstraklasa (former I liga) to I liga (former II liga)

• Zagłębie Lubin
• Korona Kielce
• Widzew Łódź

I liga & II liga

Promoted from third tier (former III liga) to I liga (former II liga)

• Górnik Łęczna
• GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Dolcan Ząbki
• Flota Świnoujście

League table

P Team Pld Pts W D L GF GA ± 1. Widzew Łódź ** 34 72 21 9 4 55 23 +32 2. Zagłębie Lubin 34 69 21 6 7 68 33 +35 3. Korona Kielce 34 61 18 7 9 51 37 +14 4. Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 34 59 17 8 9 60 29 +31 5. Znicz Pruszków 34 58 17 7 10 44 27 +17 6. Górnik Łęczna 34 57 16 9 9 49 36 +13 7. Flota Świnoujście 34 53 16 5 13 43 37 +6 8. Dolcan Ząbki 34 49 14 7 13 35 31 +4 9. Warta Poznań 34 46 13 7 14 44 45 -1 10. Wisła Płock 34 44 12 8 14 43 45 -2 11. GKS Katowice 34 44 11 11 12 37 42 -5 12. Stal Stalowa Wola 34 43 11 10 13 33 34 -1 13. GKS Jastrzębie 34 41 11 8 15 37 48 -11 14. GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski 34 36 9 9 16 39 54 -15 15. Motor Lublin 34 32 6 14 14 21 36 -15 16. Tur Turek 34 30 6 12 16 29 56 -27 17. Odra Opole 34 25 6 7 21 22 51 -29 18. Kmita Zabierzów * 34 21 3 12 19 11 57 -46

Colour code: Promotion to Ekstraklasa Playoffs for Ekstraklasa Playoffs for I liga Relegation to II liga

* Kmita Zabierzów withdrew from the league in February 2009 as a result of financial difficulties.
** Widzew Łódź relegation to I liga.
Source: 90minut.pl – I liga 2008/2009 Template:Pl icon

I liga qualification play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gawin/Ślęza Wrocław (II)	0–6	GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski	0–5	0–1
Start Otwock (II)	1–2	GKS Jastrzębie	1–1	0–1

Source: 90minut.pl – Baraże o udział w I lidze Template:Pl icon

Top scorers

26 goals

• Ilijan Micanski (Zagłębie Lubin)

20 goals

• Marcin Robak (Widzew Łódź)

18 goals

• Krzysztof Chrapek (Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)

12 goals

• Łukasz Cichos (Tur Turek, Korona Kielce)
• Szymon Pawłowski (Zagłębie Lubin)

11 goals

• Michał Goliński (Zagłębie Lubin)

10 goals

• Adrian Paluchowski (Znicz Pruszków)
• Przemysław Oziębała (Widzew Łódź)

9 goals

• Andradina (Korona Kielce)
• Piotr Dziuba (Flota Świnoujście)

Source: 90minut.pl – Strzelcy Template:Pl icon

External links

• Official website Template:Pl icon