1977–78_Ekstraklasa

I liga
Season	1977–78
Dates	20 July 1977 –; 2 May 1978
Champions	Wisła Kraków; 6th league title; 5th Polish title
Relegated	Zawisza Bydgoszcz; Górnik Zabrze
European Cup	Wisła Kraków
Cup Winners' Cup	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
UEFA Cup	Śląsk Wrocław; Lech Poznań
Matches played	240
Goals scored	510 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kazimierz Kmiecik; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Górnik 5–0 Pogoń
Biggest away win	Pogoń 0–4 Zagłębie
Highest scoring	Legia 6–3 Śląsk
Highest attendance	45,000
Total attendance	3,201,360
Average attendance	13,339 7.1%
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1977–78 Ekstraklasa

52nd season of top-tier football league in Poland

The 1977–78 I liga was the 52nd season of the Polish Football Championship and the 44th 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).

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The champions were Wisła Kraków, who won their 5th Polish title and 6th Polish league title (in the 1951 season Wisła Kraków finished in the first position and became the league champion, but in that season, the I liga was not a competition for the title of the Polish Champion. Before the season Polish Football Association decided that Champion of Poland title will be awarded to the winner of the Polish Cup, which was later Ruch Chorzów).^[1]

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In 1951, the Polish Football Association decided to give the Champion of Poland title to the winner of the Polish Cup, in order to increase the importance of the re-activated cup competition. Ruch Chorzów was 6th in the league, but won the cup, beating 2-0 Wisła Kraków in the final game.^[2] However, in the league, Wisła Kraków was first, Górnik Radlin second and Legia Warsaw third.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wisła Kraków (C)	30	13	13	4	35	23	+12	39	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Śląsk Wrocław	30	16	6	8	36	30	+6	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Lech Poznań	30	12	13	5	29	25	+4	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	ŁKS Łódź	30	10	11	9	29	29	0	31
5	Legia Warsaw	30	12	7	11	44	34	+10	31
6	Odra Opole	30	13	4	13	35	31	+4	30
7	Arka Gdynia	30	11	8	11	30	35	−5	30
8	Stal Mielec	30	11	7	12	31	29	+2	29
9	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	10	8	12	33	33	0	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Widzew Łódź	30	9	10	11	34	40	−6	28
11	Pogoń Szczecin	30	11	6	13	36	42	−6	28
12	Szombierki Bytom	30	8	11	11	25	35	−10	27
13	Polonia Bytom	30	7	13	10	26	26	0	27
14	Ruch Chorzów	30	9	9	12	33	36	−3	27
15	Zawisza Bydgoszcz (R)	30	11	5	14	29	32	−3	27	Relegated to II liga
16	Górnik Zabrze (R)	30	6	11	13	25	30	−5	23	Relegated to II liga

Home \ Away	ARK	GÓR	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	OOP	POG	BYT	RUC	STA	SZB	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZSO	ZAW
Arka Gdynia		3–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Górnik Zabrze	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	0–0
Lech Poznań	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1
Legia Warsaw	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–1	6–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1
ŁKS Łódź	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
Odra Opole	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–0		2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–2
Pogoń Szczecin	3–1	4–1	2–3	1–4	0–0	2–0		1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	4–3	0–1	0–4	3–1
Polonia Bytom	5–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1		3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Ruch Chorzów	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–0		0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–0
Stal Mielec	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1		3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Szombierki Bytom	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0
Śląsk Wrocław	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1		3–1	3–1	0–3	1–0
Widzew Łódź	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–4	2–2	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–3	3–2
Wisła Kraków	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1		1–0	2–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0		0–0
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	15
2	Andrzej Szarmach	Stal Mielec	13
3	Zbigniew Boniek	Widzew Łódź	11
4	Marek Kusto	Legia Warsaw	10
4	Jan Benigier	Ruch Chorzów	10
6	Kazimierz Deyna	Legia Warsaw	9
	Leszek Wolski	Pogoń Szczecin	9
	Stanisław Gzil	Górnik Zabrze	9
9	Wojciech Tyc	Odra Opole	8
	Wlodzimierz Mazur	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	8
	Jerzy Dworczyk	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	8
	Tomasz Korynt	Arka Gdynia	8

1977–78_Ekstraklasa

1977–78 Ekstraklasa

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