The 2006–07 Ekstraklasa (also known as Orange Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Orange Polska) started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions.
For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange Polska and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006–07.
Corruption On 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of Górnik Łęczna (two class degradation and 270,000 PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000 PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.
Clubs
16 clubs competed in the 2006–07 season:
Teams that finished 1–13 in 2005–06 Ekstraklasa. In alphabetical order: Cracovia Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski GKS Bełchatów Górnik Łęczna Górnik Zabrze Korona Kielce Lech Poznań Legia Warszawa Odra Wodzisław Śląski Pogoń Szczecin Wisła Kraków Wisła Płock Zagłębie Lubin Three teams promoted from Polish Second League. In alphabetical order: Arka Gdynia (3rd place, won playoffs) ŁKS Łódź Widzew Łódź
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Piotr ReissLech Poznań152 Michał ChałbińskiZagłębie Lubin12 Adrian SikoraDyskobolia Grodzisk124 Łukasz PiszczekZagłębie Lubin115 Tomasz MoskałaCracovia10 Piotr WłodarczykLegia Warsaw10 Zbigniew ZakrzewskiLech Poznań108 Janusz DziedzicArka Gdynia 9 Radosław MatusiakGKS Bełchatów 9 Mariusz UjekGKS Bełchatów9
Annual awards These were given out by the weekly magazine Piłka Nożna
Coach of the Year Orest Lenczyk (GKS Bełchatów)
Discovery of the Year Radosław Matusiak (GKS Bełchatów)
League player of the year Piotr Reiss (Lech Poznań)
Best Foreign Players 2006: Goalkeeper: Emilian Dolha (Wisła Kraków) Defender (football): Edson (Legia Warszawa), Cléber (Wisła Kraków), Dickson Choto (Legia Warszawa), Veselin Đoković (Korona Kielce) Midfielder: Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa), Henry Quinteros (Lech Poznań), Hermes (Korona Kielce), Miroslav Radović (Legia Warszawa) Striker: Ensar Arifović (ŁKS), Edi Andradina (Pogoń).
Piłka Nożna's Ekstraklasa All star team Goalkeeper: Emilian Dolha(Wisła Kraków), Micahl Vaclavik (Zagłębie Lubin) Right Defender: Paweł Golański(Korona Kielce), Grzegorz Bartczak(Zagłębie Lubin) Center Defender: Dickson Choto(Legia Warszawa), Dariusz Pietrasiak(GKS Bełchatów), Cléber Guedes de Lima (Wisła Kraków), Michał Stasiak(Zagłębie Lubin) Left Defender: Manuel Arboleda(Zagłębie Lubin), Grzegorz Bronowicki(Legia Warszawa) Right Midfield: Jakub Błaszczykowski(Wisła Kraków), Miroslav Radović(Legia Warszawa) CenterMidfield: Maciej Iwański(Zagłębie Lubin), Tomasz Jarzębowski(GKS Bełchatów), Rafał Murawski(Lech Poznań), Dariusz Dudka(Wisła Kraków) Left Midfield: Łukasz Garguła(GKS Bełchatów), Roger Guerreiro(Legia Warszawa) Striker: Piotr Reiss(Lech Poznań), Adrian Sikora(Dyskobolia Grodzisk), Michał Chałbiński(Zagłębie Lubin), Łukasz Piszczek(Zagłębie Lubin).
Attendances
No. Club Average Highest 1 Lech Poznań 15,068 26,000 2 Legia Warszawa 10,093 13,000 3 Korona Kielce 10,003 15,500 4 Wisła Kraków 9,967 15,000 5 Górnik Zabrze 8,298 14,000 6 Widzew Łódź 7,695 10,000 7 Arka Gdynia 7,536 11,000 8 Zagłębie Lubin 6,213 10,500 9 Bełchatów 5,513 7,500 10 Pogoń Szczecin 5,467 14,000 11 ŁKS 5,467 9,000 12 Cracovia 4,023 6,500 13 Górnik Łęczna 3,387 6,000 14 Odra Wodzisław Śląski 3,207 5,500 15 Wisła Płock 3,142 7,000 16 Dyskobolia 2,289 5,500Source:
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