1996–97 Ekstraklasa

70th season of top-tier football league in Poland

Football league season

Liga
Season	1996–97
Champions	Widzew Łódź (4th title)
Relegated	GKS Bełchatów Hutnik Kraków Śląsk Wrocław Sokół Tychy
Matches played	295
Goals scored	764 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mirosław Trzeciak (18 goals)
Average attendance	3,818 10.5%^[1]
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1996–97 season.

Overview

18 teams and played in the league and the title was won by Widzew Łódź.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Widzew Łódź (C)	34	25	6	3	74	21	+53	81	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw	34	24	5	5	66	27	+39	77	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Odra Wodzisław	34	16	7	11	51	44	+7	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round and Intertoto Cup group stage
4	GKS Katowice	34	14	11	9	47	40	+7	53
5	Amica Wronki	34	14	10	10	41	40	+1	52
6	ŁKS Łódź	34	13	10	11	55	45	+10	49
7	Zagłębie Lubin	34	13	10	11	44	38	+6	49
8	Polonia Warsaw	34	13	9	12	40	44	−4	48	Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage
9	Stomil Olsztyn	34	12	8	14	45	46	−1	44
10	Raków Częstochowa	34	11	11	12	35	39	−4	44
11	Lech Poznań	34	11	11	12	40	40	0	44
12	Wisła Kraków	34	11	9	14	33	42	−9	42
13	Górnik Zabrze	34	11	8	15	40	45	−5	41
14	Ruch Chorzów	34	9	13	12	41	41	0	40
15	GKS Bełchatów (R)	34	11	7	16	36	43	−7	40	Relegated to II liga
16	Hutnik Kraków (R)	34	8	11	15	34	46	−12	35
17	Śląsk Wrocław (R)	34	6	6	22	24	56	−32	24
18	Sokół Tychy (R)	34	5	6	23	18	67	−49	21

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

Results

Home \ Away	AMC	BEŁ	KAT	GÓR	HUT	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	ODR	PWA	RAK	RUC	TYC	STO	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZLU
Amica Wronki		1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–2
GKS Bełchatów	3–1		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–0
GKS Katowice	4–1	0–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–1	3–4	2–0	0–2
Górnik Zabrze	1–1	2–1	3–1		2–0	0–2	2–3	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	6–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–2
Hutnik Kraków	0–0	1–1	2–3	2–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–5	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1		0–2	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2
Legia Warsaw	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1		3–0	5–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–0^[a]	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	2–1
ŁKS Łódź	1–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–2	5–2	1–1	5–0	2–1
Odra Wodzisław	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–3	0–0		3–1	0–0	2–1	5–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Polonia Warsaw	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–1
Raków Częstochowa	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	1–4	3–0^[b]	0–4	1–1	1–0
Ruch Chorzów	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0
Sokół Tychy	0–3^[a]	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	5–3	0–1	0–3^[a]	0–3^[c]	1–2	0–3^[a]	2–1		2–1	1–0	0–3^[a]	0–1	0–0
Stomil Olsztyn	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0
Śląsk Wrocław	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3^[b]	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–0^[a]	0–1		0–2	1–3	0–3^[b]
Widzew Łódź	4–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	4–0		1–0	0–0
Wisła Kraków	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–2		2–0
Zagłębie Lubin	3–1	3–2	4–4	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0^[a]	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Sokół Tychy withdrew during the season (after 26 matches).
^ ^a ^b ^c Śląsk Wrocław withdrew during the season (after 31 matches).
^ The match between Sokół and Odra didn't take place. Sokół due to a strike fielded only 5 players.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Mirosław Trzeciak	ŁKS Łódź	18
2	Jacek Dembiński	Widzew Łódź	17
2	Cezary Kucharski	Legia Warsaw	17
4	Sławomir Wojciechowski	GKS Katowice	15
5	Mariusz Śrutwa	Ruch Chorzów	14
6	Sławomir Majak	Widzew Łódź	12
6	Piotr Reiss	Lech Poznań	12
8	Marcin Kuźba	Górnik Zabrze	11
	Bogdan Prusek	Sokół Tychy / Amica Wronki	11
	Sławomir Suchomski	GKS Bełchatów	11
	Krzysztof Zagórski	Odra Wodzisław	11
12	Waldemar Adamczyk	Hutnik Kraków	10

References

^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
^ "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2022.

External links

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

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

v t e 1996–97 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '96 '97 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '96 '97 Latvia '96 '97 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '96 '97 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '96 '97 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Supercups	England Germany
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup