Polish First League 2008-09
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The Polish First League
Polish First League
I Liga is the second level of the Polish association football league, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II Liga. Run by the Polish Football Association since its inception in 1948, all teams from 2002 onwards must have professional status and a licence, issued by the Association...

 2008–09 season sees 18 teams competing for promotion to the Ekstraklasa. This is the first season under its new name. Formerly, the league was known as the Polish Second League (while the current Second League was known as the Third). The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the third-placed team will compete in playoffs. At the other end, the bottom four teams face automatic demotion to the Second League
Polish Second League
II Liga is a Polish football league that sits at the 3rd tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season II Liga referred to a league at the 2nd tier, although this changed with the formation of the Ekstraklasa as the top level league in Poland...

, while the fate of the 13th and 14th place finishers will be decided by playoffs.

Ekstraklasa & First League

Relegated from Ekstraklasa to Polish First League
Polish First League
I Liga is the second level of the Polish association football league, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II Liga. Run by the Polish Football Association since its inception in 1948, all teams from 2002 onwards must have professional status and a licence, issued by the Association...

(former Polish Second League)
  • Zagłębie Lubin
  • Korona Kielce
    Korona Kielce
    Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

  • Widzew Łódź

First & Second Leagues

Promoted from Polish Second League
Polish Second League
II Liga is a Polish football league that sits at the 3rd tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season II Liga referred to a league at the 2nd tier, although this changed with the formation of the Ekstraklasa as the top level league in Poland...

(former Polish Third League) to First League
Polish First League
I Liga is the second level of the Polish association football league, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II Liga. Run by the Polish Football Association since its inception in 1948, all teams from 2002 onwards must have professional status and a licence, issued by the Association...

(former Polish Second League)
  • Górnik Łęczna
  • GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
    GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
    GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, is a Polish football club based in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.-History:The club emerged in 1961, a year after decrease with from II league ZKS Stilon. It expected nobody in July 1996, that it will resign from section of football club Stilon...

  • Dolcan Ząbki
    Dolcan Zabki
    Dolcan Ząbki is a Polish professional football club, based in Ząbki, Masovian Voivodeship. It currently competes in the Polish I Liga, one level below the Polish Ekstraklasa.-History:...

  • Flota Świnoujście
    Flota Swinoujscie
    Flota Świnoujście is a football club based in Świnoujście, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Currently, they play in the Polish First League....


League table

EWLINE
P Team Pld Pts W D L GF GA ±
1. Widzew Łódź ** 34 72 21 9 4 55 23
32
2. Zagłębie Lubin  34 69 21 6 7 68 33
35
3. Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

 
34 61 18 7 9 51 37
14
4. Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała  34 59 17 8 9 60 29
31
5. Znicz Pruszków
Znicz Pruszków
Miejski Klub Sportowy Znicz Pruszków is a football club based in Pruszków, Poland.Znicz Pruszków achieved its best performance in the Polish First League with fifth place finishes in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.-Current squad:As of February 2009....

 
34 58 17 7 10 44 27
17
6. Górnik Łęczna  34 57 16 9 9 49 36
13
7. Flota Świnoujście
Flota Swinoujscie
Flota Świnoujście is a football club based in Świnoujście, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Currently, they play in the Polish First League....

 
34 53 16 5 13 43 37
6
8. Dolcan Ząbki
Dolcan Zabki
Dolcan Ząbki is a Polish professional football club, based in Ząbki, Masovian Voivodeship. It currently competes in the Polish I Liga, one level below the Polish Ekstraklasa.-History:...

 
34 49 14 7 13 35 31
4
9. Warta Poznań
Warta Poznan
Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...

 
34 46 13 7 14 44 45
10. Wisła Płock  34 44 12 8 14 43 45
11. GKS Katowice
GKS Katowice
GKS Katowice is a Polish football club based in Katowice, Poland. The club currently plays in the Polish First League.-History:In 1963 in Katowice a special organizational committee was called with the purpose of uniting all the clubs and sporting organizations of city into one large club which...

 
34 44 11 11 12 37 42
12. Stal Stalowa Wola
Stal Stalowa Wola
Stal Stalowa Wola is a football club based in Stalowa Wola, Poland. In the communist era of Poland, the club was linked with the Heavy Equipment Plant which built heavy trucks and loaders for the coal industry and the construction sites....

 
34 43 11 10 13 33 34
13. GKS Jastrzębie
GKS Jastrzebie
GKS Jastrzębie-Zdrój is a football club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. Currently they play in Division 4 . In season 1988/89 they played in top-flight.- Current squad :Accurate as of March 4, 2011...

 
34 41 11 8 15 37 48
14. GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, is a Polish football club based in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.-History:The club emerged in 1961, a year after decrease with from II league ZKS Stilon. It expected nobody in July 1996, that it will resign from section of football club Stilon...

 
34 36 9 9 16 39 54
15. Motor Lublin
Motor Lublin
Motor Lublin is a Polish professional football team based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950 with their nickname The Yellow, White and Blues reflecting their official colours...

 
34 32 6 14 14 21 36
16. Tur Turek
Tur Turek
- Current squad :...

 
34 30 6 12 16 29 56
17. Odra Opole
Odra Opole
Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish First League...

 
34 25 6 7 21 22 51
18. Kmita Zabierzów
Kmita Zabierzów
Tiger Kmita Zabierzów is a football club based in Zabierzów, Poland. The club belongs to the union of Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe.In 2007 club signed a contract with Gellwe, a producer of energetic drink Tiger. Kmita has been called Tiger Kmita since signing of this contract.-Current squad:-...

 *
34 21 3 12 19 11 57
EWLINE
Colour code:
Promotion to Ekstraklasa
Playoffs
for Ekstraklasa
Playoffs
for Polish First League
Relegation to Polish Second League

* Kmita Zabierzów
Kmita Zabierzów
Tiger Kmita Zabierzów is a football club based in Zabierzów, Poland. The club belongs to the union of Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe.In 2007 club signed a contract with Gellwe, a producer of energetic drink Tiger. Kmita has been called Tiger Kmita since signing of this contract.-Current squad:-...

 withdrew from the league in February 2009 as a result of financial difficulties.


** Widzew Łódź relegation to First League.

Last updated: June 9, 2009

Source: 90minut.pl

Top scorers

25 goals Ilijan Micanski
Ilijan Micanski
Iliyan Mitsanski is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the Fußball-Bundesliga.-In Bulgaria:...

 (Zagłębie Lubin)

20 goals Marcin Robak
Marcin Robak
Marcin Robak is a Polish footballer playing currently for Konyaspor.-Club career:On January 2011, he joined Turkish club Konyaspor on three and a half year contract.- International Goals :-External links:...

 (Widzew Łódź)

18 goals Krzysztof Chrapek (Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)

12 goals Łukasz Cichos (Tur Turek
Tur Turek
- Current squad :...

, Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

)
Szymon Pawłowski (Zagłębie Lubin)

11 goals Michał Goliński (Zagłębie Lubin)

10 goals Adrian Paluchowski
Adrian Paluchowski
Adrian Paluchowski is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Górnik Łęczna.-Club:In March 2008 he went on loan to Znicz Pruszków in the Polish second division. He returned to Legia in January 2009. In January 2010, he was loaned to on one year deal. He returned to Legia half year later and...

 (Znicz Pruszków
Znicz Pruszków
Miejski Klub Sportowy Znicz Pruszków is a football club based in Pruszków, Poland.Znicz Pruszków achieved its best performance in the Polish First League with fifth place finishes in the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.-Current squad:As of February 2009....

)
Przemysław Oziębała (Widzew Łódź)

9 goals Andradina (Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce
Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

)
Piotr Dziuba (Flota Świnoujście
Flota Swinoujscie
Flota Świnoujście is a football club based in Świnoujście, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. Currently, they play in the Polish First League....

)


Last updated: May 29, 2009

Source: 90minut.pl

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