1959 Ekstraklasa

33rd season of top-tier football league in Poland
Football league season
Liga
Season1959
ChampionsGórnik Zabrze (2nd title)
RelegatedKS Cracovia
Górnik Radlin
Top goalscorerErnst Pohl
Jan Liberda
(21 goals)
← 1958
1960 →

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1959 season.

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Górnik Zabrze won the championship.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Górnik Zabrze (C) 22 16 4 2 55 23 +32 36
2 Polonia Bytom 22 12 6 4 52 27 +25 30
3 Gwardia Warsaw 22 10 5 7 36 26 +10 25
4 Legia Warsaw 22 8 9 5 31 29 +2 25 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
5 Ruch Chorzów 22 8 8 6 32 30 +2 24
6 Lechia Gdańsk 22 8 5 9 19 24 −5 21
7 Wisła Kraków 22 8 4 10 35 34 +1 20
8 ŁKS Łódź 22 6 8 8 35 35 0 20
9 Polonia Bydgoszcz 22 6 8 8 33 42 −9 20
10 Pogoń Szczecin 22 6 6 10 28 40 −12 18
11 KS Cracovia (R) 22 6 5 11 29 42 −13 17 Relegated to II liga
12 Górnik Radlin (R) 22 2 4 16 15 48 −33 8
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CRA GRA GÓR GWA LGD LEG ŁKS POG BYG BYT RUC WIS
Cracovia 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–5 3–1 1–2 5–1 0–1
Górnik Radlin 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–6 0–1 1–3
Górnik Zabrze 3–0 6–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 6–2 2–0 2–2 4–0
Gwardia Warsaw 6–1 4–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1
Lechia Gdańsk 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–3 1–0
Legia Warsaw 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 5–3 0–4 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–3
ŁKS Łódź 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
Pogoń Szczecin 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–3
Polonia Bydgoszcz 6–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–0
Polonia Bytom 4–2 7–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–3 4–2 3–0 5–0 0–4 4–0
Ruch Chorzów 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1
Wisła Kraków 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 4–1 4–0 4–0 0–3 2–2
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Poland Jan Liberda Polonia Bytom 21
Poland Ernest Pol Górnik Zabrze 21
3 Poland Marian Norkowski Polonia Bydgoszcz 16
4 Poland Władysław Soporek ŁKS Łódź 11
5 Poland Lucjan Brychczy Legia Warsaw 9
Poland Henryk Kalinowski Pogoń Szczecin 9
Poland Henryk Kempny Polonia Bytom 9
Poland Marian Kielec Pogoń Szczecin 9
Poland Norbert Pogrzeba Polonia Bytom 9

References

  • Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)
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