1970–71 Ekstraklasa

45th season of top-tier football league in Poland

Football league season

I liga
Season	1970–71
Dates	8 August 1970 – 23 June 1971
Champions	Górnik Zabrze (9th title)
Relegated	ROW Rybnik GKS Katowice
European Cup	Górnik Zabrze
Cup Winners' Cup	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
UEFA Cup	Legia Warsaw Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Matches played	182
Goals scored	395 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrzej Jarosik (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Ruch 6–0 Pogoń Stal Rz. 6–0 Wisła
Biggest away win	Pogoń 0–4 Legia
Highest scoring	Górnik 4–3 Szombierki Stal M. 5–2 Wisła
Highest attendance	60,000^[1]
Total attendance	1,984,710^[1]
Average attendance	10,905 7.0%^[1]
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 I liga was the 45th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 37th season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

The champions were Górnik Zabrze, who won their 9th Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 8 August 1970 and concluded on 23 June 1971 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 14 teams participated, 12 of which competed in the league during the 1969–70 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1969–70 II liga. Each team played a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Górnik Zabrze (C)	26	17	5	4	43	21	+22	39	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Legia Warsaw	26	14	6	6	39	20	+19	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	26	10	7	9	24	24	0	27	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Pogoń Szczecin	26	9	9	8	23	32	−9	27
5	Ruch Chorzów	26	8	9	9	43	32	+11	25
6	Szombierki Bytom	26	9	7	10	30	32	−2	25
7	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	26	8	9	9	32	37	−5	25	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Wisła Kraków	26	8	9	9	26	36	−10	25
9	Stal Rzeszów	26	6	12	8	34	26	+8	24
10	Stal Mielec	26	8	8	10	27	33	−6	24
11	Gwardia Warsaw	26	8	7	11	24	28	−4	23
12	Polonia Bytom	26	5	13	8	15	22	−7	23
13	ROW Rybnik (R)	26	7	8	11	15	22	−7	22	Relegated to II liga
14	GKS Katowice (R)	26	4	13	9	20	30	−10	21	Relegated to II liga

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	KAT	GÓR	GWA	LEG	POG	BYT	RYB	RUC	STA	SRZ	SZB	WIS	ZSO	ZWA
GKS Katowice		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	1–1	0–0
Górnik Zabrze	2–0		1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–3	2–2	5–0	1–0
Gwardia Warsaw	0–0	0–1		1–0	0–2	2–0	3–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–1
Legia Warsaw	3–2	0–2	1–0		0–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	3–0
Pogoń Szczecin	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–4		0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Polonia Bytom	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0
ROW Rybnik	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–0
Ruch Chorzów	2–2	3–2	4–2	2–4	6–0	0–1	1–1		1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	4–1	4–0
Stal Mielec	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2		1–0	0–0	5–2	2–0	1–4
Stal Rzeszów	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0		3–2	6–0	1–2	1–1
Szombierki Bytom	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0		2–2	3–3	1–0
Wisła Kraków	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0		0–3	2–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	1–0		2–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andrzej Jarosik	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	13
2	Grzegorz Lato	Stal Mielec	11
2	Edward Herman	Ruch Chorzów	11
4	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze	10
5	Robert Gadocha	Legia Warsaw	9
	Joachim Marx	Ruch Chorzów	9
	Ryszard Duda	Stal Rzeszów	9
	Jan Małkiewicz	Legia Warsaw	9
9	Bronisław Bula	Ruch Chorzów	8
	Waldemar Tandecki	Stal Rzeszów	8
	Roman Jakóbczak	Pogoń Szczecin	8

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

Bibliography

Gowarzewski, Andrzej (2000). Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Liga Polska. O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-02-9.

External links

Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)
List of Polish football championships (in English)
History of the Polish League (in English)
List of Polish football championships (in Polish)

Ekstraklasa

List of Polish football champions

Seasons

Liga	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1948
I liga	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Ekstraklasa	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

2023–24 teams

Former teams

Winners

Non-League
seasons

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '70 '71 Mitropa Cup

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Domestic leagues	I liga II liga
Domestic cups	Polish Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	UEFA Euro 1972 (Qualification: Group 8)
List of Polish football transfers 1970–71