The 2009–10 Ekstraklasa was the 84th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 76th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 2nd season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league is operated by the Ekstraklasa S.A.
The season was played as a round-robin tournament. It began on 31 July 2009 and concluded on 15 May 2010. The champions were Lech Poznań.
Teams Due to several non-competitive events between last and this season, the team exchange among the two highest football divisions of Poland was only partially determined by the 2008–09 league tables.
ŁKS Łódź were denied a license by the Polish FA because of financial issues. ŁKS filed several appeals against this decision, but were eventually left without any success.
First League 2008–09 champions Widzew Łódź were not permitted to advance by the Polish FA after their involvement in the Polish corruption scandal. The club had its initial appeals rejected, however, an Arbitration Tribunal later returned a verdict in the club's favor which led the club to file a request for immediate reinstatement to the .
The decisions had a significant influence on the relegation and promotion of teams. As a consequence of their revoked license, ŁKS were put in last place of the 2008–09 Ekstraklasa standings and directly relegated to the First League. They were joined by Górnik Zabrze as 15th-placed team. Both teams were replaced with First League 2008–09 runners-up Zagłębie Lubin and third-placed Korona Kielce.
Because of the controversy surrounding both teams from Łódź, the Polish FA was forced to postpone the originally planned relegation/promotion play-off in June 2009 and eventually decided to cancel it completely.
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationVenueCapacityArka GdyniaGdyniaStadion Miejski12,000 (upgrading 15,500)CracoviaKrakówStadion Cracovii12,000 (upgrading 15,100)GKS BełchatówBełchatówStadion GKS5,264Jagiellonia BiałystokBiałystokStadion Miejski7,500 (upgrading 22,500)Korona KielceKielceStadion Miejski15,550Lech PoznańPoznańStadion Lecha24,166 (upgrading 45,830)Lechia GdańskGdańskStadion Lechii11,811Legia WarsawWarsawStadion Wojska Polskiego25,976 (upgrading 33,200)Odra Wodzisław ŚląskiWodzisław ŚląskiStadion Miejski 7,400Piast GliwiceGliwiceStadion Piasta5,000Polonia BytomBytomStadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka6,000Polonia WarsawWarsawStadion Polonii7,150Ruch ChorzówChorzówStadion Ruchu9,300Śląsk WrocławWrocławStadion Oporowska8,273Wisła KrakówKrakówStadion Henryka Reymana20,346 (upgrading 33,680)Zagłębie LubinLubinStadion Miejski16,300
League table
Results
Player statistics
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Robert LewandowskiLech Poznań182 Iliyan MitsanskiZagłębie Lubin143 Tomasz FrankowskiJagiellonia Białystok114 Artur SobiechRuch Chorzów10 Paweł BrożekWisła Kraków106 Dawid NowakGKS Bełchatów9 Vuk SotirovićŚląsk Wrocław98 Łukasz JanoszkaRuch Chorzów8 Sławomir PeszkoLech Poznań8 Patryk MałeckiWisła Kraków8
Season statistics Including matches played on 9 April 2010; Source: 90minut.pl
Scoring First goal of the season: Arkadiusz Głowacki (Wisła Kraków) Match: 2-0 Ruch Chorzów, 20th minute (1 August 2009) Fastest goal in a match: Marcelo (Wisła Kraków) Match: 4-1 Zagłębie Lubin, 1st minute (7 August 2009) First hat-trick of the season: Adrian Paluchowski (Legia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Zagłębie Lubin, 32', 48', 62'.(2 August 2009); Fastest hat-trick of the season: Adrian Paluchowski (Legia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Zagłębie Lubin, 32', 48', 62', 30 minutes. (2 August 2009) Most goals scored by a player in one game: Adrian Paluchowski (Legia Warsaw) Match: 4-0 Zagłębie Lubin, 32', 48', 62', 3 goals.(2 August 2009); Widest winning margin: Lech Poznań Match: 5-0 Korona Kielce, 5 goals. (9 August 2009) Most goals in a match: Lechia Gdańsk Match: 6-2 Cracovia, 8 goals.(7 August 2009)
Awards Monthly awards Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubAugust 2009 Sławomir PeszkoLech PoznańSeptember 2009 Kamil GrosickiJagiellonia BiałystokOctober 2009 Grzegorz SandomierskiJagiellonia BiałystokNovember 2009 Ján MuchaLegia WarsawDecember 2009 MarceloWisła KrakówMarch 2010 Iliyan MitsanskiZagłębie LubinApril 2010 Łukasz JanoszkaRuch Chorzów
Annual awards AwardPlayerClubPlayer of the Season Robert LewandowskiLech PoznańDiscovery of the Season Artur SobiechRuch ChorzówFair Play AwardPolonia Bytom
Attendances
No. Club Average Highest 1 Korona Kielce 10,182 15,500 2 Lechia Gdańsk 8,748 12,500 3 Ruch Chorzów 8,153 10,500 4 Zagłębie Lubin 7,962 10,215 5 Lech Poznań 7,727 13,500 6 Śląsk Wrocław 6,107 8,500 7 Jagiellonia Białystok 5,148 6,000 8 Polonia Bytom 5,047 8,000 9 Arka Gdynia 3,947 7,500 10 Odra Wodzisław Śląski 3,871 6,000 11 Legia Warszawa 3,233 5,000 12 Bełchatów 3,187 5,500 13 Polonia Warszawa 2,993 5,500 14 Piast Gliwice 2,967 4,500 15 Wisła Kraków 2,940 6,000 16 Cracovia 1,743 5,000 Source:
See also 2009–10 Polish Cup
References
External links
Official site