2007–08 Ekstraklasa
Season | 2007–08 |
---|---|
Champions | Wisła Kraków 12th Ekstraklasa title 11th Polish title |
Relegated | Widzew Łódź Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Lubin Korona Kielce |
Champions League | Wisła Kraków (2nd qualifying round) |
UEFA Cup | Legia Warsaw (1st qualifying round) Lech Poznań (1st qualifying round) |
Intertoto Cup | Cracovia (1st round) |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 577 (2.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Paweł Brożek (23 goals) |
Highest attendance | 41,000[1] Ruch 3–2 Górnik (2 March 2008) |
Total attendance | 1,758,960 |
Average attendance | 7,329 9.3%[2] |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → |
The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa (also known as Orange Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Orange Polska) started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Ekstraklasa SA.
The Polish Champion will qualify for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runner-up and winner of the Polish Cup will qualify for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The third placed team will qualify for the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to Poland League Two for 2008-09 season, with the 3rd bottom team playing off against the 4th-placed team in Poland League Two to decide the final positions for next season (the winner will be either promoted or stay in the top league).
Clubs
[edit]The following teams played in the Ekstraklasa:
- Cracovia
- GKS Bełchatów
- Górnik Zabrze
- Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (2007 Polish Cup winner)
- Korona Kielce
- Lech Poznań
- Legia Warsaw
- ŁKS Łódź
- Odra Wodzisław
- Widzew Łódź
- Wisła Kraków
- Zagłębie Lubin (2007 Polish Champion)
- Ruch Chorzów (promoted from Polish Second League)
- Jagiellonia Białystok (promoted from Polish Second League)
- Polonia Bytom (promoted from Polish Second League)
- Zagłębie Sosnowiec (promoted from Polish Second League)
Relegated teams
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wisła Kraków (C) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 18 | +50 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Legia Warsaw[a] | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
3 | Dyskobolia[b] | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 60 | |
4 | Lech Poznań[c] | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
5 | Zagłębie Lubin[d] (R) | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 52 | Relegation to I liga |
6 | Korona Kielce[d] (R) | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 51 | |
7 | Cracovia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 39[e] | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
8 | Górnik Zabrze | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 39[e] | |
9 | GKS Bełchatów | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 38 | |
10 | Ruch Chorzów | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 34 | |
11 | ŁKS Łódź | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 30 | |
12 | Odra Wodzisław | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 29 | |
13 | Polonia Bytom | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 28 | |
14 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 27 | |
15 | Widzew Łódź (R) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 26 | Relegation to I liga |
16 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec[f] (R) | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 58 | −39 | 16 | Relegation to II liga |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Legia Warsaw automatically qualify for the UEFA Cup as they reached the Puchar Polski final.
- ^ Dyskobolia merged with Polonia Warsaw and lost own qualification for UEFA Cup
- ^ Lech Poznań took Dyskobolia place due to their resignation of playing in the UEFA Cup
- ^ a b Automatically relegated at end of season due to involvement in corruption scandal.[6]
- ^ a b CRA 3 pts, 1-0-1, 3-1; GÓR 3 pts, 1-0-1, 1-3
- ^ Automatically relegated at end of season to third league due to involvement in corruption scandal and also taking one of two last standings
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[7] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Paweł Brożek | Wisła Kraków | 23 |
2 | Adrian Sikora | Dyskobolia Grodzisk | 16 |
Marek Zieńczuk | Wisła Kraków | 16 | |
4 | Takesure Chinyama | Legia Warsaw | 15 |
5 | Hernan Rengifo | Lech Poznań | 12 |
6 | Dawid Jarka | Górnik Zabrze | 11 |
7 | Edi Andradina | Korona Kielce | 10 |
Maciej Iwański | Zagłębie Lubin | 10 | |
Marcin Robak | Korona Kielce | 10 | |
Tomasz Zahorski | Górnik Zabrze | 10 | |
Marcin Zając | Lech Poznań | 10 | |
12 | Vuk Sotirović | Jagiellonia Białystok | 8 |
13 | Wojciech Grzyb | Ruch Chorzów | 7 |
Stefano Napoleoni | Widzew Łódź | 7 |
Awards
[edit]Piłka Nożna Magazines Awards
[edit]Award | Recipient | Team |
---|---|---|
Coach of the year | Maciej Skorża | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski/Wisła Kraków |
Discovery of the year | Radosław Majewski | Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski |
Return of the year | Jan Urban | Legia Warszawa |
Foreign player the year | Roger Guerreiro | Legia Warszawa |
President of the year | Robert Pietryszyn | Zagłębie Lubin |
League player of the year | Marek Zieńczuk | Wisła Kraków |
Piłka Nożna's All-Star team of fall 2007/08
[edit]Position | PLayer | Team |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | Ján Mucha | Legia Warszawa |
Defender
|
Marcin Baszczyński | Wisła Kraków |
Cléber | Wisła Kraków | |
Manuel Arboleda | Zagłębie Lubin | |
Dariusz Dudka | Wisła Kraków | |
Midfield
|
Marcin Zając | Lech Poznań |
Roger | Legia Warszawa | |
Maciej Iwański | Zagłębie Lubin | |
Marek Zieńczuk | Wisła Kraków | |
Forward
|
Paweł Brożek | Wisła Kraków |
Takesure Chinyama | Legia Warszawa |
Runners Up:
Position | PLayer | Team |
---|---|---|
Goalkeeper | Mariusz Pawełek | Wisła Kraków |
Defender
|
Grzegorz Bartczak | Zagłębie Lubin |
Dickson Choto | Legia Warszawa | |
Inaki Astiz | Legia Warszawa | |
Tomasz Kiełbowicz | Legia Warszawa | |
Midfield
|
Wojciech Łobodziński | Zagłębie Lubin |
Radosław Majewski | Groclin | |
Rafał Murawski | Lech Poznań | |
Edson | Legia Warszawa | |
Forward
|
Edi | Korona Kielce |
Adrian Sikora | Groclin |
References
[edit]- ^ "Orange Ekstraklasa 2007/2008 - Kolejka 19". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
- ^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ This team was relegated to lower division by taking part in corruption scandal.
- ^ This team was relegated to lower league by taking part in corruption scandal.
- ^ This team was relegated to second league by taking part in corruption scandal.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2022.