2016–17 Ekstraklasa

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Ekstraklasa 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Legia Warsaw (12th title)
Relegated	Górnik Łęczna Ruch Chorzów
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League	Arka Gdynia Jagiellonia Białystok Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk
Season statistics
Matches played	296
Goals scored	815
Top goalscorer	Marco Paixão Marcin Robak (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Cracovia 6–0 Korona (2 October 2016) Śląsk 6–0 Ruch (13 May 2017) Legia 6–0 Termalica (14 May 2017)
Biggest away win	Ruch 0–5 Lech (4 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Pogoń 6–2 Wisła K. (19 November 2016)
Previous season	Next season
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The 2016–17 Ekstraklasa (currently named Lotto Ekstraklasa due to sponsorship reasons) is the 83rd season of the Ekstraklasa, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league is operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.

The season started on 16 July 2016, running to 4 June 2017. After the 20th matchday the league will be on winter break between 20 December 2016 and 9 February 2017. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams will be participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2015–16 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I liga. The fixtures were announced on 1 June 2016.

Each team plays a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After 30th round (at the end of April 2017), league will be split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team will play 7 more games (1-4 and 9-12 teams will play four times at home), starting with half the points achieved during the first phase of 30 matches. So, finally each team played a total of 37 matches. This is the fourth season to take place since the new playoff/playout rule has been introduced.

The defending champions are Legia Warsaw, who won their 11th Polish title the previous season.

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the I liga. Arka Gdynia became the first team to be promoted. They return to the league after a five-season absence. Wisła Płock returns to the top level nine years after their relegation. Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza changed its name to Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza.

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	Stadion Miejski	15,139
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Nieciecza	Stadion Bruk-Bet Termaliki	4,666
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion Cracovii	15,016
Górnik Łęczna	Lublin	Arena Lublin	15,500
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 im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego	31,800
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Stadion Miejski	10,037
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	18,027
Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Stadion Miejski	9,300
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Miejski	42,771
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	12,800
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion KGHM Zagłębia	16,068

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Arka Gdynia	Wojciech Pertkiewicz	Leszek Ojrzyński	Miroslav Božok	Adidas	Gdynia
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Danuta Witkowska	Marcin Węglewski	Bartłomiej Babiarz	Nike	Bruk-Bet
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Jacek Zieliński	Piotr Polczak	Legea	Comarch
Górnik Łęczna	Artur Kapelko	Franciszek Smuda	Sergiusz Prusak	Jako	Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Michał Probierz	Rafał Grzyb	Errea	STAG SA, Wschodzący Białystok
Korona Kielce	Krzysztof Zając	Maciej Bartoszek	Radek Dejmek	Hummel	Lewiatan
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak	Nenad Bjelica	Łukasz Trałka	Nike	STS
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Piotr Nowak	Sebastian Mila	New Balance	Energa
Legia Warsaw	Dariusz Mioduski	Jacek Magiera	Jakub Rzeźniczak	Adidas	Fortuna
Piast Gliwice	Marek Kwiatek	Dariusz Wdowczyk	Radosław Murawski	Joma	E-Toto
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Kazimierz Moskal	Rafał Murawski	Zina	Grupa Azoty, Miasto Szczecin
Ruch Chorzów	Janusz Paterman	Krzysztof Warzycha	Rafał Grodzicki	Adidas
Śląsk Wrocław	Michał Bobowiec	Jan Urban	Piotr Celeban	Adidas
Wisła Kraków	Marzena Sarapata	Kiko Ramírez	Arkadiusz Głowacki	Adidas	LV Bet
Wisła Płock	Jacek Kruszewski	Marcin Kaczmarek	Maksymilian Rogalski	Adidas	PKN Orlen, Budmat
Zagłębie Lubin	Tomasz Dębicki	Piotr Stokowiec	Konrad Forenc	Nike	KGHM

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Pogoń Szczecin	Czesław Michniewicz	End of contract	30 June 2016	Pre-season	Kazimierz Moskal	30 June 2016
Korona Kielce	Marcin Brosz		30 June 2016		Tomasz Wilman	30 June 2016
Legia Warsaw	Stanislav Cherchesov	Resigned	1 June 2016		Besnik Hasi	3 June 2016
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Piotr Mandrysz	End of contract	6 June 2016		Czesław Michniewicz	6 June 2016
Piast Gliwice	Radoslav Látal	Resigned	15 July 2016		Jiří Neček (interim)	15 July 2016
Lech Poznań	Jan Urban	Sacked	29 August 2016	12th	Nenad Bjelica	30 August 2016
Piast Gliwice	Jiří Neček	Caretaking spell over	30 August 2016	14th	Radoslav Látal	1 September 2016
Legia Warsaw	Besnik Hasi	Sacked	18 September 2016	14th	Aleksandar Vuković (interim)	19 September 2016
Legia Warsaw	Aleksandar Vuković	Caretaking spell over	24 September 2016	11th	Jacek Magiera	24 September 2016
Korona Kielce	Tomasz Wilman	Sacked	25 October 2016	16th	Sławomir Grzesik (interim)	25 October 2016
Wisła Kraków	Dariusz Wdowczyk	Resigned	10 November 2016	10th	Kazimierz Kmiecik (interim)	10 November 2016
Korona Kielce	Sławomir Grzesik	Caretaking spell over	10 November 2016	13th	Maciej Bartoszek	10 November 2016
Górnik Łęczna	Andrzej Rybarski	Resigned	1 December 2016	16th	Sławomir Nazaruk (interim)	3 December 2016
Górnik Łęczna	Sławomir Nazaruk (interim)	Caretaking spell over	15 December 2016	15th	Franciszek Smuda	15 December 2016
Śląsk Wrocław	Mariusz Rumak	Resigned	19 December 2016	12th	Jan Urban	5 January 2017
Wisła Kraków	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Caretaking spell over	3 January 2017	10th	Kiko Ramírez	3 January 2017
Piast Gliwice	Radoslav Látal	Sacked	2 March 2017	15th	Dariusz Wdowczyk	3 March 2017
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Czesław Michniewicz	Resigned	22 March 2017	7th	Marcin Węglewski (interim)	27 March 2017
Arka Gdynia	Grzegorz Niciński	Resigned	10 April 2017	13th	Leszek Ojrzyński	10 April 2017
Ruch Chorzów	Waldemar Fornalik	Resigned	22 April 2017	14th	Krzysztof Warzycha	24 April 2017

Regular season

League table

2016–17 Ekstraklasa Regular Season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	18	5	7	56	31	+25	59	Qualification to the Championship round
2	Legia Warsaw	30	17	7	6	58	30	+28	58
3	Lech Poznań	30	16	7	7	50	22	+28	55
4	Template:Fb team Lechia Gdańsk	30	16	5	9	46	37	+9	53
5	Template:Fb team Wisła Kraków	30	13	5	12	45	46	−1	44
6	Template:Fb team Pogoń Szczecin	30	10	12	8	47	40	+7	42
7	Template:Fb team Nieciecza	30	12	6	12	31	38	−7	42
8	Template:Fb team Korona Kielce	30	12	3	15	39	55	−16	39
9	Template:Fb team Wisła Płock	30	10	9	11	42	44	−2	39	Qualification to the Relegation round
10	Zagłębie Lubin	30	10	9	11	37	36	+1	39
11	Śląsk Wrocław	30	8	10	12	34	45	−11	34
12	Template:Fb team Arka Gdynia	30	8	7	15	37	50	−13	31
13	Template:Fb team Cracovia	30	6	13	11	38	43	−5	31
14	Template:Fb team Ruch Chorzów	30	10	4	16	37	46	−9	34
15	Piast Gliwice	30	7	9	14	31	49	−18	30
16	Template:Fb team Górnik Łęczna	30	7	9	14	36	52	−16	30

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Positions by round

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
Jagiellonia	7	3	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Legia	7	11	7	8	9	12	10	13	14	14	10	13	8	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Lech	9	14	16	16	15	15	12	8	8	8	7	7	9	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3
Lechia	11	6	4	5	3	1	4	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wisła K.	4	9	11	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	10	13	10	8	8	10	8	9	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5
Pogoń	11	13	15	14	12	6	8	11	12	12	11	9	7	5	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	9	10	9	6	6
Nieciecza	3	2	5	3	5	5	5	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	10	7	7
Korona	16	15	13	9	13	9	6	4	7	7	8	12	16	16	13	10	8	10	10	9	10	8	10	8	8	8	8	6	8	8
Wisła P.	4	6	10	11	7	8	11	7	6	6	6	8	10	12	14	15	14	14	13	11	11	13	11	11	9	10	9	7	9	9
Zagłębie	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	10	10
Śląsk	9	12	6	6	10	11	7	10	10	9	12	10	11	9	8	8	9	11	11	12	13	11	12	13	14	13	11	11	11	11
Arka	14	5	3	7	4	3	3	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	11	9	9	8	9	10	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	12
Cracovia	1	4	8	4	6	7	9	11	11	11	9	6	6	10	11	11	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	15	15	14	12	13
Ruch	4	8	12	12	8	10	13	9	9	10	14	15	13	15	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	13	15	15	14
Piast	15	10	9	10	11	13	14	14	15	15	13	11	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	12	13	15
Górnik	11	16	14	15	14	14	15	15	13	13	15	14	12	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

2016–17 Ekstraklasa Championship Round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Legia Warsaw	37	21	10	6	70	31	+39	44	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Jagiellonia Białystok	37	21	8	8	64	39	+25	42	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Lech Poznań	37	20	9	8	62	29	+33	42
4	Template:Fb team Lechia Gdańsk	37	20	8	9	57	37	+20	42
5	Template:Fb team Korona Kielce	37	14	5	18	47	65	−18	28
6	Template:Fb team Wisła Kraków	37	14	6	17	54	57	−3	26
7	Template:Fb team Pogoń Szczecin	37	11	13	13	51	54	−3	25
8	Template:Fb team Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	37	13	7	17	35	55	−20	25

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Positions by round

Team/ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Legia	2	3	3	3	1	1	1
Jagiellonia	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Lech	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
Lechia	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Korona	8	8	8	6	5	5	5
Wisła K.	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
Pogoń	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Nieciecza	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

Relegation round

League table

2016–17 Ekstraklasa Relegation Round table table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Zagłębie Lubin	37	14	11	12	51	45	+6	53
10	Piast Gliwice	37	12	10	15	45	54	−9	46
11	Śląsk Wrocław	37	12	10	15	49	52	−3	46
12	Template:Fb team Wisła Płock	37	12	11	14	49	57	−8	47
13	Template:Fb team Arka Gdynia	37	10	9	18	44	60	−16	39	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
14	Template:Fb team Cracovia	37	8	15	14	45	52	−7	39
15	Template:Fb team Górnik Łęczna (R)	37	9	10	18	47	63	−16	37	Relegation to I liga Europa League third qualifying round
16	Template:Fb team Ruch Chorzów (R)	37	10	8	19	42	62	−20	38	Relegation to I liga

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Positions by round

Team/ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Zagłębie	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wisła P.	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Piast	15	15	12	14	11	11	11
Śląsk	11	12	14	12	14	13	12
Cracovia	13	14	11	11	12	12	13
Arka	12	13	15	13	15	15	14
Górnik	16	11	13	15	13	14	15
Ruch	14	16	16	16	16	16	16

External links

• Official website (Polish)
• Ekstraklasa at uefa.com