1971–72 Ekstraklasa

The 1971–72 I liga was the 46th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 38th season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

I liga
Season1971–72
Dates7 August 1971 –
28 June 1972
ChampionsGórnik Zabrze
(10th title)
RelegatedStal Rzeszów
Szombierki Bytom
European CupGórnik Zabrze
Cup Winners' CupLegia Warsaw
UEFA CupZagłębie Sosnowiec
Ruch Chorzów
Matches played182
Goals scored402 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerRyszard Szymczak
(16 goals)
Biggest home winRuch 5–0 Pogoń
Stal Rz. 5–0 Szombierki
Biggest away winWisła 1–5 Górnik
Polonia 0–4 Górnik
Highest scoringOdra 4–5 Ruch
Highest attendance40,000[1]
Total attendance2,360,722[1]
Average attendance12,971 Increase 18.9%[1]

The defending champions were Górnik Zabrze, who won their 10th Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 7 August 1971 and concluded on 28 June 1972 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 14 teams participated, 12 of which competed in the league during the 1970–71 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1970–71 II liga. Each team played a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Górnik Zabrze (C) 26 14 9 3 45 23 +22 37 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 26 13 7 6 31 26 +5 33 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Legia Warsaw 26 12 8 6 36 20 +16 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Ruch Chorzów 26 13 4 9 46 33 +13 30 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Stal Mielec 26 12 6 8 29 19 +10 30
6 Gwardia Warsaw 26 11 6 9 28 21 +7 28
7 Odra Opole 26 9 9 8 25 27 −2 27
8 Zagłębie Wałbrzych 26 9 8 9 22 21 +1 26
9 Wisła Kraków 26 7 11 8 29 34 −5 25
10 Polonia Bytom 26 5 11 10 19 31 −12 21
11 Pogoń Szczecin 26 8 4 14 24 37 −13 20
12 ŁKS Łódź 26 3 13 10 24 39 −15 19
13 Stal Rzeszów (R) 26 4 10 12 20 32 −12 18 Relegated to II liga
14 Szombierki Bytom (R) 26 6 6 14 24 39 −15 18
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away GÓR GWA LEG ŁKS OOP POG PBY RUC STM STR SBY WIS ZSO ZWA
Górnik Zabrze 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–0
Gwardia Warszawa 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0
Legia Warsaw 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3
ŁKS Łódź 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–3
Odra Opole 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 4–5 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–4 1–0 0–0
Pogoń Szczecin 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0
Polonia Bytom 0–4 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Ruch Chorzów 1–4 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
Stal Mielec 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1
Stal Rzeszów 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Szombierki Bytom 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–3 3–0
Wisła Kraków 1–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Zagłębie Wałbrzych 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–2
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Poland Ryszard Szymczak Gwardia Warsaw 16
2 Poland Wlodzimierz Lubanski Górnik Zabrze 14
3 Poland Joachim Marx Ruch Chorzów 13
4 Poland Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Kraków 11
Poland Grzegorz Lato Stal Mielec 11
6 Poland Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw 10
7 Poland Józef Gałeczka Zagłębie Sosnowiec 9
Poland Jan Banaś Górnik Zabrze 9
9 Poland Jerzy Sadek ŁKS Łódź 8
Poland Edward Herman Ruch Chorzów 8
Poland Ernest Powieczko Odra Opole 8
Poland Jerzy Odsterczyl Zagłębie Wałbrzych 8

References
  1. "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

Bibliography
  • Gowarzewski, Andrzej (2000). Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Liga Polska. O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-02-9.
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