2017–18 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season	2017–18
Dates	14 July 2017 –; 20 May 2018
Champions	Legia Warsaw; (13th title)
Relegated	Termalica; Sandecja
Champions League	Legia Warsaw
Europa League	Jagiellonia Białystok; Lech Poznań; Górnik Zabrze
Matches	296
Goals	776 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carlitos; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Arka 5–0 Sandecja; (25 November 2017)
Biggest away win	Lechia 0–5 Korona; (30 October 2017)
Highest scoring	18 games Lech 5–1 Piast; (30 July 2017) ; Korona 4–2 Cracovia; (31 July 2017) ; Cracovia 3–3 Górnik; (18 August 2017) ; Lechia 3–3 Jagiellonia; (18 September 2017) ; Górnik 3–3 Korona; (20 October 2017) ; Lechia 3–3 Lech; (21 October 2017) ; Zagłebie 4–2 Termalica; (2 December 2017) ; Pogoń 3–3 Zagłebie; (10 December 2017) ; Jagiellonia 5–1 Korona; (12 December 2017) ; Wisła P. 4–2 Górnik; (9 February 2018) ; Sandecja 3–3 Korona; (16 February 2018) ; Lech 5–1 Jagiellonia; (11 March 2018) ; Termalica 2–4 Pogoń; (17 March 2018) ; Lechia 4–2 Arka; (7 April 2018) ; Arka 1–5 Piast; (27 April 2018) ; Lech 2–4 Górnik; (28 April 2018) ; Cracovia 4–2 Termalica; (29 April 2018) ; Cracovia 3–3 Śląsk Wrocław; (4 May 2018) ;
Longest winning run	5 matches; Legia Warsaw; Jagiellonia Białystok
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches; Górnik Zabrze; Śląsk Wrocław; Korona Kielce
Longest winless run	22 matches; Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Longest losing run	5 matches; Pogoń Szczecin; Arka Gdynia
Highest attendance	36,941; Lech 3–1 Górnik; (7 April 2018)
Lowest attendance	312; Sandecja 0–1 Zagłębie; (27 February 2018)
Total attendance	2,802,483
Average attendance	9,468 1.5%
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Ekstraklasa (also known as Lotto Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Totalizator Sportowy, Polish lottery)^[4] was the 92nd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 84th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 10th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.

Season2017–18

Dates14 July 2017 –
20 May 2018

ChampionsLegia Warsaw
(13th title)

RelegatedTermalica
Sandecja

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The season started on 14 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.^[5] It is the first Ekstraklasa season to use VAR. After the 21st matchday the league went on a winter break between 18 December 2017 and 9 February 2018. The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2016–17 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I liga after the 2016–17 season. The fixtures were announced on 8 June 2017.^[5]

Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 30th round (in the beginning of April 2018), the league split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team played 7 more games (teams ranked 1-4 and 9-12 played four times at home). So, finally each team played a total of 37 matches. The team at the top of the Championship round wins the league title. The two teams at the bottom of the Relegation round are demoted to I liga for the 2018–19 season. This was the fifth season to take place since the new playoff structure has been introduced.

The defending champions were Legia Warsaw, who won their 12th Polish title the previous season.

Legia successfully defended their title, sealing the league trophy for a 13th time in dramatic circumstances as their deciding game against Lech Poznan was abandoned due to flares and pitch invasions by Lech fans (after Legia went 2-0 ahead).^[6] Legia were awarded the tie 3-0 and three points secured 1st place.

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Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	Stadion Miejski	15,139
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Nieciecza	Stadion Termaliki	4,653
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	15,016
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	24,413²
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Miejski	22,432
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Kolporter Arena	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	INEA Stadion	43,269
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Stadion Energa Gdańsk	43,615
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Wojska Polskiego	31,800
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Arena Gliwice	10,037
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	18,027
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Nieciecza	Stadion Termaliki	4,653¹
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Wrocław	42,771
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	12,800
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion Zagłębia	16,068

Arka	Termalica	Cracovia	Górnik Zabrze	Jagiellonia	Korona
Stadion GOSiR	Stadion Bruk-Bet	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	Stadion Jagiellonii	Kolporter Arena
Capacity: 15,139	Capacity: 4,666	Capacity: 15,016	Capacity: 24,413	Capacity: 22,432	Capacity: 15,550

Lech	Arka Termalica Cracovia Górnik Jagiellonia Korona Lech Lechia Legia Piast Pogoń Sandecja Śląsk Wisła K. Wisła P. Zagłębie Location of teams in 2017–18 Ekstraklasa				Lechia
INEA Stadion					Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Capacity: 43,269					Capacity: 43,615

Legia					Piast
Stadion Wojska Polskiego					Arena Gliwice
Capacity: 31,800					Capacity: 10,037

Pogoń	Sandecja	Śląsk	Wisła Kraków	Wisła Płock	Zagłębie
Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	Stadion Bruk-Bet	Stadion Wrocław	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	Stadion Zagłębia
Capacity: 18,027	Capacity: 4,666	Capacity: 42,771	Capacity: 33,326	Capacity: 12,800	Capacity: 16,068

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Arka Gdynia	Wojciech Pertkiewicz	Leszek Ojrzyński	Krzysztof Sobieraj	Adidas	Gdynia
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Danuta Witkowska	Jacek Zieliński	Łukasz Piątek	Adidas	Bruk-Bet
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Michał Probierz	Miroslav Čovilo	Puma	Comarch
Górnik Zabrze	Bartosz Sarnowski	Marcin Brosz	Szymon Matuszek	Adidas	Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Ireneusz Mamrot	Rafał Grzyb	Erreà	STS
Korona Kielce	Krzysztof Zając	Gino Lettieri	Radek Dejmek	Puma	Lewiatan
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak	Rafał Ulatowski	Maciej Gajos	Nike	Aforti
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Piotr Stokowiec	Sebastian Mila	New Balance	Energa
Legia Warsaw	Dariusz Mioduski	Dean Klafurić	Miroslav Radović	Adidas	Fortuna
Piast Gliwice	Paweł Żelem	Waldemar Fornalik	Gerard Badía	Joma	Gliwice
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Kosta Runjaić	Adam Frączczak	Zina	Grupa Azoty
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Grzegorz Haslik	Kazimierz Moskal	Dawid Szufryn	Saller	Zakłady Mięsne Szubryt
Śląsk Wrocław	Michał Bobowiec	Tadeusz Pawłowski	Piotr Celeban	Adidas	forBET
Wisła Kraków	Marzena Sarapata	Joan Carrillo	Arkadiusz Głowacki	Adidas	LV Bet
Wisła Płock	Jacek Kruszewski	Jerzy Brzęczek	Bartłomiej Sielewski	Adidas	PKN Orlen, Budmat
Zagłębie Lubin	Robert Sadowski	Mariusz Lewandowski	Konrad Forenc	Nike	KGHM

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Korona Kielce	Maciej Bartoszek^[10]	Mutual consent	4 June 2017	Pre-season	Gino Lettieri^[11]	1 July 2017
Pogoń Szczecin	Kazimierz Moskal^[12]	End of contract	30 June 2017		Maciej Skorża^[13]	1 July 2017
Jagiellonia Białystok	Michał Probierz^[14]	Mutual consent	4 June 2017		Ireneusz Mamrot^[15]	12 June 2017
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Marcin Węglewski^[16]	Became assistant	13 June 2017		Mariusz Rumak^[16]	13 June 2017
Cracovia	Jacek Zieliński^[17]	Mutual consent	19 June 2017		Michał Probierz^[18]	21 June 2017
Wisła Płock	Marcin Kaczmarek^[19]	Mutual consent	5 July 2017		Jerzy Brzęczek^[20]	11 July 2017
Legia Warsaw	Jacek Magiera^[21]	Sacked	13 September 2017	5th	Romeo Jozak^[22]	13 September 2017
Piast Gliwice	Dariusz Wdowczyk^[23]	Sacked	19 September 2017	14th	Waldemar Fornalik^[23]	19 September 2017
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Mariusz Rumak^[24]	Sacked	19 September 2017	16th	Maciej Bartoszek^[25]	20 September 2017
Lechia Gdańsk	Piotr Nowak^[26]	Taking over as sports director	27 September 2017	12th	Adam Owen^[26]	27 September 2017
Pogoń Szczecin	Maciej Skorża^[27]	Sacked	30 October 2017	16th	Rafał Janas (interim)^[27]	30 October 2017
Pogoń Szczecin	Rafał Janas^[28]	Caretaking spell over	6 November 2017	16th	Kosta Runjaić^[28]	6 November 2017
Zagłębie Lubin	Piotr Stokowiec^[29]	Sacked	27 November 2017	8th	Mariusz Lewandowski^[30]	28 November 2017
Wisła Kraków	Kiko Ramírez^[31]	Sacked	10 December 2017	8th	Joan Carrillo^[32]	1 January 2018
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Radosław Mroczkowski^[33]	Sacked	10 December 2017	14th	Kazimierz Moskal^[34]	19 December 2017
Śląsk Wrocław	Jan Urban^[35]	Sacked	19 February 2018	10th	Tadeusz Pawłowski^[35]	19 February 2018
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Maciej Bartoszek^[36]	Sacked	20 February 2018	15th	Jacek Zieliński^[37]	20 February 2018
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Owen^[38]	Sacked	3 March 2018	12th	Piotr Stokowiec^[39]	5 March 2018
Legia Warsaw	Romeo Jozak^[40]	Sacked	14 April 2018	3rd	Dean Klafurić^[40]	14 April 2018
Lech Poznań	Nenad Bjelica^[41]	Sacked	10 May 2018	3rd	Rafał Ulatowski (interim)^[41]	10 May 2018

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lech Poznań	30	15	10	5	49	23	+26	55	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	16	6	8	45	36	+9	54^[a]
3	Legia Warsaw	30	17	3	10	43	31	+12	54^[a]
4	Wisła Płock	30	15	4	11	42	35	+7	49
5	Górnik Zabrze^[b]	30	12	11	7	56	46	+10	47
6	Korona Kielce	30	11	12	7	44	37	+7	45
7	Wisła Kraków	30	12	8	10	41	36	+5	44
8	Zagłębie Lubin	30	10	13	7	39	33	+6	43
9	Arka Gdynia	30	10	10	10	38	32	+6	40	Qualification for the Relegation round
10	Cracovia	30	10	9	11	40	40	0	39
11	Śląsk Wrocław	30	7	10	13	35	48	−13	31^[c]
12	Pogoń Szczecin	30	8	7	15	34	48	−14	31^[c]
13	Piast Gliwice	30	6	12	12	28	38	−10	30^[d]
14	Lechia Gdańsk^[e]	30	7	10	13	39	51	−12	30^[d]
15	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	30	7	8	15	32	52	−20	29
16	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	30	4	13	13	27	46	−19	25

2017–18 Ekstraklasa

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

Positions by round

Results

Relegation round

League table

Positions by round

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Attendances

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

Annual awards

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Lech	9	13	6	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	3	5	6	4	5	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1
Jagiellonia	5	1	1	3	2	2	4	4	6	4	4	4	7	5	3	4	6	4	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Legia	14	14	8	10	7	5	3	5	4	6	8	6	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wisła P.	15	9	10	13	8	10	13	14	11	11	7	9	5	9	8	11	11	10	9	9	9	6	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4
Górnik	1	6	3	5	5	6	6	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Korona	12	12	7	7	9	13	9	8	9	8	9	7	8	6	4	5	3	3	5	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	7	6	6
Wisła K.	4	1	4	2	1	3	5	6	5	7	6	5	6	7	6	3	5	6	8	6	8	9	7	6	6	8	7	6	7	7
Zagłębie	5	3	2	1	3	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	7	7	8	7	6	8	5	7	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Arka	2	4	5	6	6	9	12	10	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	8	7	8	7	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Cracovia	7	5	9	14	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	13	14	15	14	15	12	12	12	15	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10
Śląsk	15	16	13	12	13	11	8	7	8	5	5	8	11	8	9	10	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11
Pogoń	11	8	12	15	15	8	11	12	13	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	13	14	13	11	12
Piast	7	11	16	16	16	16	10	13	14	15	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	15	13	14	15	16	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	13
Lechia	2	7	11	9	10	12	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	14
Nieciecza	12	15	15	11	11	14	15	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	12	13	13	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15
Sandecja	9	10	14	8	11	7	7	9	7	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Home \ Away	ARK	BBT	CRA	GÓR	JAG	KOR	LPO	LGD	LEG	PIA	POG	SAN	ŚLĄ	WIS	WPŁ	ZAG
Arka Gdynia	—	4–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	5–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1
Nieciecza	1–1	—	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	3–3	1–2	1–1
Cracovia	2–1	1–1	—	3–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–3	2–2
Górnik Zabrze	1–1	3–0	0–4	—	3–1	3–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2
Jagiellonia Białystok	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	—	5–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–1
Korona Kielce	0–3	2–1	4–2	2–2	2–3	—	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–1
Lech Poznań	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	1–0	—	3–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Lechia Gdańsk	4–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–5	3–3	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	2–3	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Legia Warsaw	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	—	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	0–2	0–2	2–1
Piast Gliwice	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	—	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0
Pogoń Szczecin	1–0	2–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–2	—	4–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–3
Sandecja Nowy Sącz	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1
Śląsk Wrocław	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–1	1–0
Wisła Kraków	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	—	0–1	1–2
Wisła Płock	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–1	—	2–0
Zagłębie Lubin	0–0	4–2	1–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Legia Warsaw (C)	37	22	4	11	55	35	+20	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Jagiellonia Białystok	37	20	7	10	55	41	+14	67	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Lech Poznań	37	16	12	9	53	34	+19	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Górnik Zabrze	37	16	12	9	68	54	+14	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Wisła Płock	37	17	6	14	53	45	+8	57
6	Wisła Kraków	37	15	10	12	51	42	+9	55
7	Zagłębie Lubin	37	13	13	11	45	42	+3	52
8	Korona Kielce	37	12	13	12	49	54	−5	49

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Cracovia	37	13	11	13	51	52	−1	50
10	Śląsk Wrocław	37	13	11	13	50	54	−4	50
11	Pogoń Szczecin	37	12	9	16	46	54	−8	45
12	Arka Gdynia	37	11	10	16	46	48	−2	43
13	Lechia Gdańsk	37	9	13	15	46	58	−12	39
14	Piast Gliwice	37	8	13	16	40	48	−8	37
15	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (R)	37	9	9	19	39	66	−27	36	Relegation to I liga
16	Sandecja Nowy Sącz (R)	37	6	15	16	34	54	−20	33	Relegation to I liga

Player	Club	Match	Result	Date	Matchday
Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze	Górnik Zabrze - Wisła Kraków	3–2	29 July 2017	3.
Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze	Górnik Zabrze - Wisła Płock	4–0	25 August 2017	7.
Jakub Świerczok	Zagłębie Lubin	Zagłębie Lubin - Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	4–2	2 December 2017	18.
Jakub Świerczok	Zagłębie Lubin	Pogoń Szczecin - Zagłębie Lubin	3–3	10 December 2017	19.
Christian Gytkjær	Lech Poznań	Lech Poznań - Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	3–1	17 December 2017	21.
Kasper Hämäläinen	Legia Warsaw	Legia Warsaw - Śląsk Wrocław	4–1	16 February 2018	23.
Carlitos	Wisła Kraków	Wisła Kraków - Śląsk Wrocław	3–1	9 March 2018	27.
Christian Gytkjær	Lech Poznań	Wisła Kraków - Lech Poznań	1–3	2 April 2018	29.
Krzysztof Piątek	Cracovia	Cracovia - Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	4–2	29 April 2018	33.
Adam Frączczak	Pogoń Szczecin	Cracovia - Pogoń Szczecin	1–4	19 May 2018	37.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Lech Poznań	393,241	36,941	4,376	20,697	+5.4%^†
2	Górnik Zabrze	340,551	24,563	6,254	18,920	+77.9%¹
3	Legia Warsaw	329,354	25,980	11,388	17,334	−15.3%^†
4	Wisła Kraków	259,580	33,000	4,022	14,421	+3.2%^†
5	Jagiellonia Białystok	208,821	20,086	4,111	10,991	−18.5%^†
6	Lechia Gdańsk	194,228	22,871	2,235	10,790	−37.8%^†
7	Śląsk Wrocław	204,211	24,086	4,207	10,748	+18.3%^†
8	Arka Gdynia	154,589	14,113	3,074	8,136	+5.4%^†
9	Korona Kielce	135,364	15,200	4,812	7,520	+4.3%^†
10	Pogoń Szczecin	124,030	15,288	1,611	6,528	+12.4%^†
11	Zagłębie Lubin	110,908	12,721	1,821	6,162	−2.2%^†
12	Wisła Płock	95,013	10,021	899	5,001	−6.5%^†
13	Cracovia	92,535	14,000	450	4,870	−36.9%^†
14	Piast Gliwice	79,512	6,249	3,174	4,417	−12.7%^†
15	Nieciecza	49,989	4,561	919	2,777	−24.8%^†
16	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	30,557	2,983	312	1,698	+14.7%¹
	League total	2,802,483	36,941	312	9,468	−1.6%^†

Award^[65]	Player	Club
Player of the Season	Carlitos	Wisła Kraków
Goalkeeper of the Season	Arkadiusz Malarz	Legia Warsaw
Defender of the Season	Michał Helik	Cracovia
Midfielder of the Season	Rafał Kurzawa	Górnik Zabrze
Forward of the Season	Carlitos	Wisła Kraków
Coach of the Season	Marcin Brosz	Górnik Zabrze
Top Scorer of the season	Carlitos	Wisła Kraków
Discovery of the season	Szymon Żurkowski	Górnik Zabrze
Turbokozak	Sebastian Mila	Lechia Gdańsk