- 2007–08 Ekstraklasa
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Ekstraklasa Season 2007–08 Champions Wisła Kraków
11th Ekstraklasa titleRelegated Widzew Łódź
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Zagłębie Lubin
Korona KielceChampions League Wisła Kraków (2nd qualifying round) UEFA Cup Legia Warsaw (1st qualifying round)
Lech Poznań (1st qualifying round)Intertoto Cup Cracovia (1st round) Top goalscorer Paweł Brożek (23) ← 2006–072008–09 →The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Polish Football Association.
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).
Contents
2007/2008 teams
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
League standing
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Head-to-head 1 Wisła Kraków (C) 30 24 5 1 68 18 +50 77 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round 2 Legia Warsaw (Q) 30 20 3 7 48 17 +31 631 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 3 Dyskobolia 30 18 6 6 52 24 +28 602 4 Lech Poznań (Q) 30 17 6 7 55 32 +23 573 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round 5 Zagłębie Lubin (R) 30 15 7 8 43 30 +13 524 Relegation to the First League 2008-09 6 Korona Kielce (R) 30 15 6 9 38 32 +6 514 7 Cracovia (Q) 30 11 6 13 30 32 −2 39 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 CRA 3 pts, 1-0-1, 3-1;
GÓR 3 pts, 1-0-1, 1-38 Górnik Zabrze 30 11 6 13 34 39 −5 39 9 GKS Bełchatów 30 9 11 10 26 32 −6 38 10 Ruch Chorzów 30 8 10 12 35 41 −6 34 11 ŁKS Łódź 30 7 9 14 25 31 −6 30 12 Odra Wodzisław 30 8 5 17 28 47 −19 29 13 Polonia Bytom 30 7 7 16 22 45 −23 28 14 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 7 6 17 27 57 −30 27 15 Widzew Łódź (R) 30 5 11 14 27 42 −15 26 Relegation to the First League 2008-09 16 Zagłębie Sosnowiec (R) 30 4 4 22 19 58 −39 165 Relegation to the Polish Third League Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored.
1Legia Warsaw automatically qualify for the UEFA Cup as they reached the Puchar Polski final. 2 Dyskobolia merged with Polonia Warsaw and lost own qualification for UEFA Cup3 Lech Poznań took Dyskobolia place due to their resignation of playing in the UEFA Cup 4 automatically relegated at end of season due to involvement in corruption scandal. See here 5 automatically relegated at end of season to third league due to involvement in corruption scandal and also taking one of two last standings.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.Results
Home \ Away1 CRA DSK GKS GÓR JAG KOR LPO LEG ŁKS PBY RUC ODR WID WIS ZLU ZSO Cracovia 3–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 Dyskobolia 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–4 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 GKS Bełchatów 0–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 Górnik Zabrze 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 4–2 Jagiellonia Białystok 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 Korona Kielce 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–0 Lech Poznań 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 6–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 6–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 Legia Warsaw 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 ŁKS Łódź 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 Polonia Bytom 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–4 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 Ruch Chorzów 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 4–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 Odra Wodzisław 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 Widzew Łódź 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–2 4–3 1–3 1–1 0–1 Wisła Kraków 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 4–0 4–2 1–0 5–2 5–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 Zagłębie Lubin 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–3 Source: 90minut.pl
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.Top goalscorers
- 23 goals
- 16 goals
Adrian Sikora (Dyskobolia Grodzisk)
Marek Zieńczuk (Wisła Kraków)
- 15 goals
- 12 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
Edi Andradina (Korona Kielce)
Maciej Iwański (Zagłębie Lubin)
Marcin Robak (Korona Kielce)
Tomasz Zahorski (Górnik Zabrze)
Marcin Zając (Lech Poznań)
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
Last updated: May 10, 2008; Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
Awards
Piłka Nożna Magazines Awards
Award Recipient Team Player of the year Euzebiusz Smolarek
Borussia Dortmund/Racing Santander Coach of the year Maciej Skorża
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski/Wisła Kraków Discovery of the year Radosław Majewski
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Return of the year Jan Urban
Legia Warszawa Foreign player the year Roger Guerreiro
Legia Warszawa President of the year Robert Pietryszyn
Zagłębie Lubin League player of the year Marek Zieńczuk
Wisła Kraków Team of the year Poland
Person of the year Leo Beenhakker
Poland Piłka Nożna's All-Star team of fall 2007/08
Position PLayer Team Goalkeeper Ján Mucha
Legia Warszawa Defender Marcin Baszczyński
Wisła Kraków Cléber
Wisła Kraków Manuel Arboleda
Zagłębie Lubin Dariusz Dudka
Wisła Kraków Midfield Marcin Zając
Lech Poznań Roger
Legia Warszawa Maciej Iwański
Zagłębie Lubin Marek Zieńczuk
Wisła Kraków Forward Paweł Brożek
Wisła Kraków Takesure Chinyama
Legia Warszawa Runners Up:
Position PLayer Team Goalkeeper Mariusz Pawełek
Wisła Kraków Defender Grzegorz Bartczak
Zagłębie Lubin Dickson Choto
Legia Warszawa Inaki Astiz
Legia Warszawa Tomasz Kiełbowicz
Legia Warszawa Midfield Wojciech Łobodziński
Zagłębie Lubin Radosław Majewski
Groclin Rafał Murawski
Lech Poznań Edson
Legia Warszawa Forward Edi
Korona Kielce Adrian Sikora
Groclin References
See also
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