1975–76 Ekstraklasa

I liga

Season	1975–76
Dates	2 August 1975 – 2 June 1976
Champions	Stal Mielec (2nd title)
Relegated	Stal Rzeszów Polonia Bytom
European Cup	Stal Mielec
Cup Winners' Cup	Śląsk Wrocław
UEFA Cup	GKS Tychy Wisła Kraków
Matches played	240
Goals scored	560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kazimierz Kmiecik (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Wisła 8–0 Lech
Biggest away win	Lech 0–4 Pogoń
Highest scoring	Wisła 8–0 Lech
Highest attendance	40,000
Total attendance	3,319,920
Average attendance	13,833 0.1%
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 I liga was the 50th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 42nd 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).

The champions were Stal Mielec, who won their 2nd Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 2 August 1975 and concluded on 2 June 1976 (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 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 1974–75 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1974–75 II liga. Each team played a total of 30 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	Stal Mielec (C)	30	13	12	5	45	23	+22	38	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	GKS Tychy	30	15	8	7	38	34	+4	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Wisła Kraków	30	15	7	8	39	19	+20	37
4	Ruch Chorzów	30	12	13	5	35	24	+11	37
5	Widzew Łódź	30	10	12	8	33	33	0	32
6	Pogoń Szczecin	30	13	5	12	46	42	+4	31
7	Śląsk Wrocław	30	11	9	10	36	33	+3	31	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Legia Warsaw	30	12	5	13	44	46	−2	29
9	Górnik Zabrze	30	10	8	12	38	39	−1	28
10	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	12	4	14	37	38	−1	28
11	ROW Rybnik	30	11	6	13	30	40	−10	28
12	Lech Poznań	30	9	9	12	33	46	−13	27
13	ŁKS Łódź	30	8	10	12	27	33	−6	26
14	Szombierki Bytom	30	10	5	15	37	42	−5	25
15	Stal Rzeszów (R)	30	8	8	14	23	35	−12	24	Relegated to II liga
16	Polonia Bytom (R)	30	6	9	15	19	33	−14	21

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	TYC	GÓR	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	POG	BYT	RYB	RUC	STA	SRZ	SZB	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZSO
GKS Tychy		1–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–2
Górnik Zabrze	0–0		4–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1
Lech Poznań	0–1	1–2		2–3	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1
Legia Warsaw	0–1	1–3	2–0		1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	3–0
ŁKS Łódź	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4		4–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0
Pogoń Szczecin	4–0	4–2	4–2	3–0	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–1
Polonia Bytom	0–1	4–3	0–3	2–0	1–1	1–0		0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	3–0
ROW Rybnik	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–0	2–5	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0
Ruch Chorzów	3–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Stal Mielec	0–0	2–1	3–1	6–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0
Stal Rzeszów	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1		0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0
Szombierki Bytom	0–2	3–1	0–0	6–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	2–1		1–3	3–1	0–0	1–1
Śląsk Wrocław	3–1	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	2–1		1–2	1–0	4–2
Widzew Łódź	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–1	3–0
Wisła Kraków	5–0	1–0	8–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–0

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	20
2	Andrzej Szarmach	Górnik Zabrze	16
3	Roman Ogaza	GKS Tychy	15
4	Grzegorz Lato	Stal Mielec	14
5	Bronisław Bula	Ruch Chorzów	11
	Kazimierz Deyna	Legia Warsaw	11
	Tadeusz Pawłowski	Śląsk Wrocław	11
	Zenon Kasztelan	Pogoń Szczecin	11
	Leszek Wolski	Pogoń Szczecin	11

Bibliography

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

External links

• Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)
• List of Polish football championships (in English)
• History of the Polish League (in English)
• List of Polish football championships (in Polish)