2012–13 I liga
The 2012–13 I liga was the 65th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 5th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).
Season | 2012–13 |
---|---|
Champions | Zawisza Bydgoszcz |
Promoted | Zawisza Bydgoszcz Cracovia |
Relegated | Warta Poznań Polonia Bytom ŁKS Łódź |
Matches played | 291 |
Goals scored | 730 (2.51 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Maciej Kowalczyk (22 goals) |
Biggest home win | Ząbki 5–0 Łęczna Tychy 5–0 Warta |
Biggest away win | ŁKS 1–7 Flota |
Highest scoring | ŁKS 1–7 Flota |
Longest winning run | 8 games Dolcan Flota |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Flota |
Longest winless run | 18 games Bytom |
Longest losing run | 6 games Bytom |
Highest attendance | 10,348[1] Cracovia 1–0 Sandecja (3 November 2012) |
Lowest attendance | 150[upper-alpha 1][1] Tychy 1–0 Miedź (19 September 2012) |
Average attendance | 2,026 |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2013–14 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up would receive promotion. The bottom four teams were automatically demoted to the II liga.
According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1992 or later and trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing, in which case he can't be substituted by a senior player).[3]
On 28 February 2013 the Disciplinary Commission of the Polish FA suspended the ŁKS's license to compete in the I liga, because of non-payment of salaries to former players.[4] Since the club's appeal was unsuccessful, on 5 April the Polish FA announced the cancellation of Warta–ŁKS game on the 22nd match day.[5] On 10 April the club announced its withdrawal from the I liga.[6] As ŁKS had already played over 50% of their games, according to the rules of I liga, they will be ranked in the final league table, with the cancelled games counted as lost 0–3.[3]
Changes from last season
From I liga
Promoted to 2011–12 Ekstraklasa
Relegated to II liga, Group East
Relegated to II liga, Group West
- KS Polkowice
Withdrew (see below)
To I liga
Relegated from 2011–12 Ekstraklasa
Promoted from II liga, Group East
Promoted from II liga, Group West
Additionalnotes
Before the start of the season Ruch Radzionków withdrew from 2012–13 I liga, citing financial problems.[7] The club also withdrew its reverve team from Bytom region Klasa A (7th level).[8] However, Ruch will be able to join the 2013–14 III liga, after a one-year suspension.[9]
Ruch's I liga spot was taken by another Silesian club, Polonia Bytom, the highest placed team of the previous season's I liga relegation zone.[10]
Team overview
Stadiums and locations
Team | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
Arka Gdynia | Stadion GOSiRu | 15,139 |
Cracovia | Stadion Cracovii | 15,016 |
Dolcan Ząbki | Stadion Dolcanu | 2,100 |
Flota Świnoujście | Stadion OSiR Wyspiarz | 4,500 |
GKS Bogdanka | Stadion GKS Bogdanki | 7,200 |
GKS Katowice | Stadion Miejski | 9,511 |
GKS Tychy | Stadion Miejski in Jaworzno[11] | 7,000 |
Kolejarz Stróże | Stadion Kolejarza Stróże | 2,000 |
ŁKS Łódź | Stadion MOSiRu | 7,000 |
Miedź Legnica | Stadion im. Orła Białego | 6,244 |
Okocimski KS Brzesko | Stadion Okocimskiego KS | 3,000 |
Olimpia Grudziądz | Stadion Centralny | 5,250 |
Polonia Bytom | Stadion im. E Szymkowiaka | 6,000 |
Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Stadion im. Ojca W. Augustynka | 5,000 |
Stomil Olsztyn | Stadion OSiR | 16,800 |
Nieciecza | Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet | 2,093 |
Warta Poznań | Stadion Miejski | 41,609 |
Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Stadion im. Z. Krzyszkowiaka | 20,247 |
Personnel and sponsoring
Team | Manager | Chairman | Team captain | Kit maker | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arka Gdynia | Adidas | Polnord, Gdynia | |||
Cracovia | Nike | Comarch | |||
Dolcan Ząbki | Maciej Tataj | Zina | Dolcan | ||
Flota Świnoujście | Jako | LZ | |||
GKS Bogdanka | Jako | Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka | |||
GKS Katowice | adidas | Ideon | |||
GKS Tychy | Nike | RPWiK Tychy, Tyski Sport | |||
Kolejarz Stróże | Nike | FPON1 | |||
ŁKS Łódź | Zina | Colorit | |||
Miedź Legnica | Givova | DSA SA | |||
Okocimski KS Brzesko | Select | Okocim, Imex | |||
Olimpia Grudziądz | Nike | Grudziądz | |||
Polonia Bytom | Mateusz Mika | Hummel | LKJ-Bud, Bytom | ||
Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Adidas | AW Wiśniowski | |||
Stomil Olsztyn | R-Gol | DBK | |||
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | Karol Piątek | Nike | Termalica | ||
Warta Poznań | Nike | Family House | |||
Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Jako | Solbet |
- ^ Kolejarz displays the charity's logo on their kit.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Termalica | Resigned | 28 May 2012 | Pre-season | 14 June 2011 | ||
ŁKS Łódź | 1 June 2012 | Pre-season | 1 June 2011 | |||
Cracovia | Mutual consent | 11 June 2012 | Pre-season | 11 June 2011 | ||
Sandecja | End of contract | 11 June 2012 | Pre-season | 11 June 2011 | ||
Olimpia | End of contract | 15 June 2012 | Pre-season | 15 June 2011 | ||
Polonia | End of contract | 30 June 2012 | Pre-season | 2 July 2012 | ||
Flota | Failed to renew his coaching licence | 26 July 2012 | Pre-season | 26 July 2012 | ||
Polonia | Sacked | 2 October 2012 | 18th | 2 October 2012 | ||
Sandecja | Sacked | 2 October 2012 | 11th | 2 October 2012 | ||
Polonia | 2 October 2012 | 18th | 2 October 2012 | |||
Arka | Sacked | 14 November 2012 | 10th | 14 November 2012 | ||
ŁKS | Mutual consent | 13 December 2012 | 16th | 15 January 2013 | ||
Warta | Mutual consent | 21 December 2012 | 10th | 15 January 2013 | ||
Sandecja | 18 January 2013 | 14th | 18 January 2013 | |||
Warta | Appointed goalkeeping coach | 2 April 2013 | 14th | 2 April 2013 | ||
Flota | Mutual consent | 10 April 2013 | 2nd | 11 April 2013 | ||
Okocimski KS | 11 April 2013 | 17th | 11 April 2013 | |||
Zawisza | Mutual consent | 26 April 2013 | 7th | 27 April 2013 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz (P) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 66 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
2 | Cracovia (P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 64 | |
3 | Nieciecza | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 63[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Flota Świnoujście | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 63[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | Arka Gdynia | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 57 | |
6 | GKS Tychy | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 55 | |
7 | Dolcan Ząbki | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 54 | |
8 | Miedź Legnica | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 53 | |
9 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 51 | |
10 | GKS Katowice | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 50[lower-alpha 2] | |
11 | Kolejarz Stróże | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 50[lower-alpha 2] | |
12 | GKS Bogdanka | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 46 | |
13 | Stomil Olsztyn | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 38 | |
14 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 37 | |
15 | Okocimski KS Brzesko[lower-alpha 3] | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 32 | |
16 | Warta Poznań (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to II liga |
17 | Polonia Bytom (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 22 | |
18 | ŁKS Łódź[lower-alpha 4] (R) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 82 | −65 | 14 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- NIE 4–0 FLO; FLO 4–1 NIE
- KAT 2–0 KOL; KOL 2–2 KAT
- Although Okocimski KS originally finished the season in the relegation zone, they stayed in I liga, since Polonia Warsaw (who were demoted from 2012–13 Ekstraklasa) failed to meet the financial requirements set by the Polish FA for 2013–14 I liga teams.
- ŁKS withdrew from the competition after 22nd round.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[12] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kolejarz Stróże | 22 | |
2 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 15 | |
Cracovia | |||
Arka Gdynia | |||
5 | Sandecja / Flota | 13 | |
Miedź Legnica | |||
Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | |||
Dolcan Ząbki | |||
GKS Katowice | |||
10 | Flota Świnoujście | 11 | |
GKS Katowice |
Clean sheets (player)
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Termalica | 16 | |
2 | GKS Tychy | 13 | |
3 | Flota | 11 | |
Cracovia | |||
Olimpia Grudziądz | |||
6 | GKS Katowice | 9 | |
Sandecja | |||
Dolcan | |||
9 | Zawisza | 8 | |
Stomil |
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Zbigniew Zakrzewski for Miedź against Bogdanka (4 August 2012)
- Largest winning margin: 6 goals
- ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
- ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
- Stomil 2–3 Kolejarz (13 April 2013)
- Kolejarz 2–3 Dolcan (21 April 2013)
Clean sheets (club)
- Most clean sheets: 16
- Termalica
- Fewest clean sheets: 2
- ŁKS
Discipline
- Most yellow cards (club): 97[13]
- Sandecja Nowy Sącz
- Most yellow cards (player): 11[13]
- Tomáš Pešír (Bogdanka)
- Most red cards (club): 10[13]
- Stomil Olsztyn
- Warta Poznań
- Most red cards (player): 2[13]
- Martin Baran (Polonia Bytom)
- Paweł Baranowski (Stomil)
- Michał Benkowski (Bogdanka)
- Grzegorz Fonfara (Katowice)
- Michał Masłowski (Zawisza)
- Michał Nalepa (Termalica)
- Marcin Pietroń (Katowice)
- Dawid Sołdecki (Bogdanka)
- Łukasz Skrzyński (Zawisza)
- Dawid Szufryn (Kolejarz)
- Maciej Wichtowski (Warta)
- Konrad Wieczorek (Okocimski KS)
Notes
- Match played in Jaworzno.
References
- "I liga 2012/2013". Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2012-2013, I. Liga". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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- "Mecz Warta - ŁKS odwołany". pzpn.pl. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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- "Ruch Radzionków wycofany z rozgrywek pierwszoligowych". 90minut.pl. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
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- Leśnikowski, Dariusz (19 July 2012). "Jak sobie wymyśliłeś I ligę, to ją prowadź..." (in Polish). Przegladsportowy.pl. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- "Polonia Bytom z licencją". PZPN. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- GKS's old stadium will be undergoing renovative work.
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- "Podsumowanie statystyczne I ligi". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 13 July 2013.