The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa (also known as Orange Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Orange Polska) started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Ekstraklasa SA.
The Polish Champion will qualify for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runner-up and winner of the Polish Cup will qualify for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The third placed team will qualify for the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to Poland League Two for 2008-09 season, with the 3rd bottom team playing off against the 4th-placed team in Poland League Two to decide the final positions for next season (the winner will be either promoted or stay in the top league).
Clubs
The following teams played in the Ekstraklasa: Cracovia GKS Bełchatów Górnik Zabrze Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (2007 Polish Cup winner) Korona Kielce Lech Poznań Legia Warsaw ŁKS Łódź Odra Wodzisław Widzew Łódź Wisła Kraków Zagłębie Lubin (2007 Polish Champion) Ruch Chorzów (promoted from Polish Second League) Jagiellonia Białystok (promoted from Polish Second League) Polonia Bytom (promoted from Polish Second League) Zagłębie Sosnowiec (promoted from Polish Second League)
Relegated teams Zagłębie LubinThis team was relegated to lower division by taking part in corruption scandal. Korona KielceThis team was relegated to lower league by taking part in corruption scandal. Widzew Łódź Zagłębie SosnowiecThis team was relegated to second league by taking part in corruption scandal.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Paweł BrożekWisła Kraków232 Adrian SikoraDyskobolia Grodzisk16 Marek ZieńczukWisła Kraków164 Takesure ChinyamaLegia Warsaw155 Hernan RengifoLech Poznań126 Dawid JarkaGórnik Zabrze117 Edi AndradinaKorona Kielce10 Maciej IwańskiZagłębie Lubin10 Marcin RobakKorona Kielce10 Tomasz ZahorskiGórnik Zabrze10 Marcin ZającLech Poznań1012 Vuk SotirovićJagiellonia Białystok813 Wojciech GrzybRuch Chorzów7 Stefano NapoleoniWidzew Łódź7
Awards
Piłka Nożna Magazines Awards AwardRecipientTeamCoach of the year Maciej Skorża Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski/Wisła KrakówDiscovery of the year Radosław MajewskiDyskobolia Grodzisk WielkopolskiReturn of the year Jan UrbanLegia WarszawaForeign player the year Roger GuerreiroLegia Warszawa President of the year Robert PietryszynZagłębie LubinLeague player of the year Marek ZieńczukWisła Kraków
Piłka Nożna's All-Star team of fall 2007/08
PositionPLayerTeamGoalkeeper Ján MuchaLegia Warszawa Marcin BaszczyńskiWisła Kraków CléberWisła Kraków Manuel ArboledaZagłębie Lubin Dariusz DudkaWisła Kraków Marcin ZającLech Poznań RogerLegia Warszawa Maciej IwańskiZagłębie Lubin Marek ZieńczukWisła Kraków Paweł BrożekWisła Kraków Takesure ChinyamaLegia Warszawa
Runners Up: PositionPLayerTeamGoalkeeper Mariusz PawełekWisła Kraków Grzegorz BartczakZagłębie Lubin Dickson ChotoLegia Warszawa Inaki AstizLegia Warszawa Tomasz KiełbowiczLegia Warszawa Wojciech ŁobodzińskiZagłębie Lubin Radosław MajewskiGroclin Rafał MurawskiLech Poznań EdsonLegia Warszawa EdiKorona Kielce Adrian SikoraGroclin
Attendances
No. Club Average Highest 1 Lech Poznań 18,010 29,000 2 Wisła Kraków 14,967 21,000 3 Górnik Zabrze 13,059 18,000 4 Ruch Chorzów 9,546 41,000 5 Korona Kielce 9,302 13,947 6 Legia Warszawa 8,333 12,000 7 Jagiellonia Białystok 7,900 12,000 8 Widzew Łódź 6,280 9,500 9 Zagłębie Lubin 5,820 12,000 10 ŁKS 4,900 10,000 11 Bełchatów 3,633 5,700 12 Polonia Bytom 3,478 9,000 13 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 3,433 8,000 14 Odra Wodzisław Śląski 3,161 5,500 15 Cracovia 2,890 4,500 16 Dyskobolia 2,546 6,040Source:
References
External links Liga Site