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2012–13 Ekstraklasa

87th season of top-tier football league in Poland

Field	Value
competition	Ekstraklasa
season	2012–13
winners	Legia Warsaw
(9th title)
relegated	Polonia Warsaw
GKS Bełchatów
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Legia Warsaw
continentalcup2	Europa League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Lech Poznań
Śląsk Wrocław
Piast Gliwice
league topscorer	Robert Demjan
(14 goals)
biggest home win	Korona 5–0 Jagiellonia
Legia 5–0 Śląsk
biggest away win	GKS 0–5 Polonia
highest scoring	Lechia 4–4 Ruch
matches	240
total goals	598
longest wins	7 games
Lech Poznań
longest unbeaten	14 games
Legia Warsaw
longest winless	9 games
Podbeskidzie
longest losses	5 games
GKS Bełchatów
Jagiellonia
highest attendance	40,632
Lech 1–3 Legia
(18 November 2012)
lowest attendance	1,200
Bełchatów 1–3 Piast
(8 December 2012)
attendance	2,015,930
average attendance	8,409 5.0%
prevseason	2011–12
nextseason	2013–14

(9th title) GKS Bełchatów Śląsk Wrocław Piast Gliwice (14 goals) Legia 5–0 Śląsk Lech Poznań Legia Warsaw Podbeskidzie GKS Bełchatów Jagiellonia Lech 1–3 Legia (18 November 2012) Bełchatów 1–3 Piast (8 December 2012) The 2012–13 Ekstraklasa (also known as T-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by T-Mobile Polska) was the 79th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It began on 17 August 2012 and concluded on 2 June 2013. A total of 16 teams are participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2011–12 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.

Śląsk Wrocław were the defending champions, winning their 2nd title last season, first since the 1976–77 season.

Śląsk Wrocław as reigning champions entered the 2nd qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Śląsk defeated the Montenegrin champions Budućnost Podgorica 2–1 on aggregate, but got eliminated in the third qualifying round by the Swedish champions Helsingborg IF 1–6 on aggregate.

Ruch Chorzów, as the runner-up, entered the 2nd qualifying round of the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League, in which they defeated the Macedonian league runners-up Metalurg Skopje 6–1 on aggregate. Ruch got eliminated in the next round by the Czech side Viktoria Plzeň 0–7 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw whom won the 2011–12 Polish Cup, as well as finishing third last season also qualified for the 2nd qualifying of the Europa League. Legia defeated the Latvian league runner-up Liepājas Metalurgs 7–3 on aggregate. In the third round Legia defeated the Austrian side SV Ried 4–3 on aggregate. Legia were defeated in the Play-off round by the Norwegian side Rosenborg BK 2–3 on aggregate.

Lech Poznań as the fourth placed team earned a place in the 1st qualifying round of the Europa League, since Legia Warsaw won the Polish Cup. Lech first defeated the Kazakh side FC Zhetysu 3–1 on aggregate, in the next round they defeated the Azerbaijani side Khazar Lankaran 2–1 on aggregate. Lech got eliminated in the third round, losing to Swedish side AIK Fotboll 1–3 on aggregate.

On May 15, 2013, the Polish FA announced that Polonia Warsaw won't receive the Ekstraklasa license for 2013–14 season, citing financial issues. The club's appeal was rejected on May 28. As a result, Polonia was relegated to 2013–14 I Liga instead of the 15th placed Ekstraklasa team.

The Polish FA also deemed GKS, Widzew, Pogoń, Polonia and Ruch (financial issues) as well as Podbeskidzie and Jagiellonia (infrastructural reasons) ineligible to compete in UEFA competitions. Śląsk and Wisła, although initially denied the licence due to submitting incomplete financial forecasts, were able to fulfil the requirements during the appeal procedure and received the UEFA licence. Also, the FA's decision to exclude Górnik from the European competitions was cancelled, as the club, whose home stadium is undergoing renovative work, has made arrangements to use another venue as their home field in the event of their qualification to the 2013–14 Europa League. The three clubs were instead fined 100,000 zł (Śląsk), and 20,000 zł (both Wisła and Górnik).

Teams

Promotion and relegation as usual was determined by the position in the table from prior season. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to the I Liga, while the top two teams are promoted to the Ekstraklasa.

ŁKS Łódź and Cracovia finished in 15th and 16th place, respectively, and were directly relegated to the Polish First League as a result. ŁKS Łódź returned to the second tier after just being promoted from the season before. Cracovia spent 8 consecutive seasons in the Ekstraklasa, after returning to the top division for the 2004–05 season.

Promotion was won by 2011–12 I Liga champions Piast Gliwice, who returned to the top division after being relegated in the 2009–10 season. Pogoń Szczecin finished as runners-up in the I Liga and made their comeback to the top tier after 5 years in lower divisions.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
[[File:POL województwo łódzkie flag (of the voivodeship office).svg	border	20px]] GKS Bełchatów	Bełchatów	GIEKSA Arena	5,238
[[File:POL województwo śląskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	3,000
[[File:POL województwo podlaskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Jagiellonii	5,345
[[File:POL województwo świętokrzyskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Korona Kielce	Kielce	Arena Kielce	15,550
[[File:POL województwo wielkopolskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Lecha	43,269
[[File:POL województwo pomorskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	PGE Arena	43,615
[[File:POL województwo mazowieckie flag.svg	border	20px]] Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Pepsi Arena	31,103
[[File:POL województwo śląskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Arena Gliwice	10,037
[[File:POL województwo śląskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Stadion BBOSiR	4,279
[[File:POL województwo zachodniopomorskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygera	18,023
[[File:POL województwo mazowieckie flag.svg	border	20px]] Polonia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Polonii	7,150
[[File:POL województwo śląskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Ruch Chorzów	Chorzów	Stadion Ruchu Chorzów	10,000
[[File:POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg	border	20px]] Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Wrocław	43,308
[[File:POL województwo łódzkie flag (of the voivodeship office).svg	border	20px]] Widzew Łódź	Łódź	Stadion Widzewa	10,773
[[File:POL województwo małopolskie flag.svg	border	20px]] Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
[[File:POL woj dolnoslaskie FLAG 2009.svg	border	20px]] Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion Zagłębia	16,086

:1. Upgrading to 31,871. :2. Upgrading to 22,400. :3. Upgrading to 15,200.

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
GKS Bełchatów	POL Michał Probierz	POL Grzegorz Baran	adidas	PGE
Górnik Zabrze	POL Adam Nawałka	POL Adam Danch	Erima	Allianz, Kompania Węglowa S.A., Śląskie
Jagiellonia Białystok	POL Tomasz Hajto	POL Tomasz Frankowski	Under Armour	Eurocash, Wschodzący Białystok
Korona Kielce	POL Leszek Ojrzyński	POL Kamil Kuzera	adidas	Lewiatan, Targi Kielce
Lech Poznań	POL Mariusz Rumak	POL Rafał Murawski	Puma	Sokołów, STS
Lechia Gdańsk	POL Bogusław Kaczmarek	POL Łukasz Surma	adidas	LOTOS, Gdańsk, Energa SA
Legia Warsaw	POL Jan Urban	POL Michał Żewłakow	adidas	ActiveJet, Królewskie
Piast Gliwice	POL Marcin Brosz	POL Tomasz Podgórski	adidas	Miasto Gliwice
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	POL Marcin Sasal	POL Marek Sokołowski	adidas	Murapol, Aqua
Pogoń Szczecin	POL Artur Skowronek	POL Bartosz Ława	Nike	Bosman
Polonia Warsaw	POL Piotr Stokowiec	POL Łukasz Piątek	hummel	IDEON
Ruch Chorzów	POL Jacek Zieliński	POL Marcin Malinowski	adidas	Węglokoks
Śląsk Wrocław	CZE Stanislav Levý	POL Sebastian Mila	Puma	TAURON
Widzew Łódź	POL Radosław Mroczkowski	POL Maciej Mielcarz	Vigo	Harnaś
Wisła Kraków	POL Tomasz Kulawik	POL Radosław Sobolewski	adidas	Tele-Fonika Kable
Zagłębie Lubin	CZE Pavel Hapal	POL Adam Banaś	Nike	KGHM

:1. On the back of shirt. :2. Lech Poznań makes a donation to wygrajzycie.pl (it's a charity website) in order to display the charity's logo on the club's kit. :3 On the left sleeve. Puma is the official ball supplier for Ekstraklasa.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Polonia Warsaw	POL Czesław Michniewicz	Mutual consent	23 July	Pre-season	POL Piotr Stokowiec	Pre-season
Śląsk Wrocław	POL Orest Lenczyk	Mutual consent	31 August 2012	9th	POL Paweł Barylski (caretaker)	31 August 2012
Śląsk Wrocław	POL Paweł Barylski (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	3 September 2012	5th	CZE Stanislav Levý	3 September 2012
Ruch Chorzów	POL Tomasz Fornalik	Mutual consent	5 September 2012	15th	POL Jacek Zieliński	5 September 2012
GKS Bełchatów	POL Kamil Kiereś	Mutual consent	25 September 2012	16th	POL Jan Złomańczuk	25 September 2012
Wisła Kraków	POL Michał Probierz	Resignation	3 October 2012	11th	POL Tomasz Kulawik	3 October 2012
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	POL Robert Kasperczyk	Mutual consent	22 October 2012	16th	POL Andrzej Wyroba (caretaker)	22 October 2012
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	POL Andrzej Wyroba (caretaker)	Caretaking spell over	29 October 2012	16th	POL Marcin Sasal	29 October 2012
GKS Bełchatów	POL Jan Złomańczuk	Mutual consent	14 August 2012	16th	POL Michał Probierz	14 August 2012
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	POL Marcin Sasal	Sacked	3 January 2013	16th	POL Dariusz Kubicki	4 January 2013
GKS Bełchatów	POL Michał Probierz	Resignation	21 December 2012	15th	POL Kamil Kiereś	9 January 2013
Pogoń Szczecin	POL Artur Skowronek	Sacked	19 March 2013	13th	POL Dariusz Wdowczyk	20 March 2013
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	POL Dariusz Kubicki	Resigned	20 March 2013	15th	POL Czesław Michniewicz	22 March 2013

League table

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	SVK Róbert Demjan	Podbeskidzie	14
2	SRB Danijel Ljuboja	Legia Warsaw	12
GEO Vladimir Dvalishvili	Legia Warsaw
4	POL Bartosz Ślusarski	Lech Poznań	11
CZE Michal Papadopulos	Zagłębie Lubin
6	POL Marek Saganowski	Legia Warsaw	10
7	BFA Abdou Razack Traoré	Lechia Gdańsk	9
POL Maciej Korzym	Korona Kielce
POL Jakub Kosecki	Legia Warsaw
10	POL Szymon Pawłowski	Zagłębie Lubin	8
POL Piotr Ćwielong	Śląsk Wrocław
POL Łukasz Broź	Widzew Łódź

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	POL Sebastian Mila	Śląsk Wrocław	13
2	SRB Miroslav Radović	Legia Warsaw	11
3	POL Paweł Golański	Korona Kielce	8
4	POL Łukasz Teodorczyk	Lech Poznań	7
5	POL Dawid Plizga	Jagiellonia	6
SVK Róbert Demjan	Podbeskidzie	6
POL Marek Saganowski	Legia Warsaw	6
POL Szymon Pawłowski	Zagłębie Lubin	6
9	BFA Abdou Razack Traoré	Lechia Gdańsk	5
POL Mateusz Machaj	Lechia Gdańsk	5
POL Paweł Wszołek	Polonia Warsaw	5
SVK Róbert Jež	Zagłębie Lubin	5
POL Tomasz Brzyski	Legia Warsaw	5
POL Paweł Wszołek	Polonia Warsaw	5
POL Filip Starzyński	Lechia Gdańsk	5
POL Marek Zieńczuk	Ruch Chorzów	5
POL Waldemar Sobota	Śląsk Wrocław	5
POL Tomasz Frankowski	Jagiellonia	5

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	BIH Jasmin Burić	Lech Poznań	13
2	SVK Dušan Kuciak	Legia Warsaw	10
3	POL Łukasz Skorupski	Górnik Zabrze	8
POL Michał Gliwa	Zagłębie Lubin	8
LTU Emilijus Zubas	GKS Bełchatów	8
6	EST Sergei Pareiko	Wisła Kraków	7
POL Dariusz Trela	Piast Gliwice	7
8	POL Jakub Słowik	Jagiellonia	5
SVK Marián Kelemen	Śląsk Wrocław	5
POL Michał Buchalik	Lechia Gdańsk	5

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
title=MROCZKOWSKI I MILIK NAJLEPSI	url=http://ekstraklasa.org/news,500-mroczkowski-i-milik-najlepsi.html	publisher=Ekstraklasa	access-date=8 May 2024	archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920023218/http://ekstraklasa.org/news,500-mroczkowski-i-milik-najlepsi.html	archive-date=2012-09-20	language=pl	date=17 September 2012}}	POL Arkadiusz Milik	Górnik Zabrze
title=NAWAŁKA I SAGANOWSKI NAJLEPSI WE WRZEŚNIU	url=http://ekstraklasa.org/news,563-nawalka-i-saganowski-najlepsi-we-wrzesniu.html	publisher=Ekstraklasa	access-date=8 May 2024	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130503010956/http://ekstraklasa.org/news,563-nawalka-i-saganowski-najlepsi-we-wrzesniu.html	archive-date=3 May 2013	language=pl	date=19 October 2012}}	POL Marek Saganowski	Legia Warsaw
title=NAWAŁKA I TRAORE NAJLEPSI W PAŹDZIERNIKU!	url=http://ekstraklasa.org/news,621-nawalka-i-traore-najlepsi-w-pazdzierniku.html	publisher=Ekstraklasa	access-date=8 May 2024	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130503020620/http://ekstraklasa.org/news,621-nawalka-i-traore-najlepsi-w-pazdzierniku.html	archive-date=3 May 2013	language=pl	date=16 November 2012}}	BFA Abdou Razack Traoré	Lechia Gdańsk
title=Urban i Kosecki najlepsi w listopadzie	url=http://legia.com/news,33602-urban_i_kosecki_najlepsi_w_listopadzie.html	publisher=Legia Warsaw	access-date=8 May 2024	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416085510/http://legia.com/news,33602-urban_i_kosecki_najlepsi_w_listopadzie.html	archive-date=16 April 2013	language=pl	date=8 December 2012}}	POL Jakub Kosecki	Legia Warsaw
title=ZNAMY TRENERA I PIŁKARZA MARCA!	url=http://www.ekstraklasa.org/news%2C800-znamy-trenera-i-pilkarza-marca.html	publisher=Ekstraklasa	access-date=8 May 2024	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527083534/http://www.ekstraklasa.org/news,800-znamy-trenera-i-pilkarza-marca.html	archive-date=27 May 2013	language=pl	date=15 April 2013}}	LIT Emilijus Zubas	GKS Bełchatów
title=ZNAMY PIŁKARZA I TRENERA KWIETNIA!	url=http://www.ekstraklasa.org/news,855-znamy-pilkarza-i-trenera-kwietnia.html	publisher=Ekstraklasa	access-date=8 May 2024	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704002711/http://www.ekstraklasa.org/news,855-znamy-pilkarza-i-trenera-kwietnia.html	archive-date=4 July 2013	language=pl	date=13 May 2013}}	SVK Róbert Demjan	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

Coach of the Month

Month	Coach	Club
August 2012	POL Radosław Mroczkowski	Widzew Łódź
September 2012	POL Adam Nawałka	Górnik Zabrze
October 2012	POL Adam Nawałka	Górnik Zabrze
November 2012	POL Jan Urban	Legia Warsaw
March 2013	POL Kamil Kiereś	GKS Bełchatów
April 2013	POL Mariusz Rumak	Lech Poznań

Annual awards

Award	Player	Club
Player of the Season	SVK Róbert Demjan	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Goalkeeper of the Season	LIT Emilijus Zubas	GKS Bełchatów
Defender of the Season	POL Artur Jędrzejczyk	Legia Warsaw
Midfielder of the Season	POL Sebastian Mila	Śląsk Wrocław
Forward of the Season	SVK Róbert Demjan	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Coach of the Season	POL Jan Urban	Legia Warsaw
Goal of the Season	POL Przemysław Kaźmierczak	Śląsk Wrocław
Discovery of the Season	POL Bartosz Bereszyński	Lech Poznań & Legia Warsaw
Fair Play Award of the Season	Górnik Zabrze

Attendances

No.	Club	Average
1	Lech Poznań	22,640
2	Legia Warszawa	17,906
3	Śląsk Wrocław	15,137
4	Wisła Kraków	13,929
5	Lechia Gdansk	13,274
6	Zagłębie Lubin	7,133
7	Korona Kielce	6,913
8	Pogoń Szczecin	6,354
9	Piast	5,839
10	Widzew Łódź	5,170
11	Ruch Chorzów	4,934
12	Polonia Warszawa	4,116
13	Jagiellonia Białystok	3,377
14	Górnik Zabrze	3,000
15	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala	2,840
16	Bełchatów	1,985

Source:

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