1976–77 Ekstraklasa

I liga

Season	1976–77
Dates	21 August 1976 – 25 May 1977
Champions	Śląsk Wrocław (1st title)
Relegated	GKS Tychy ROW Rybnik
European Cup	Śląsk Wrocław
Cup Winners' Cup	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
UEFA Cup	Widzew Łódź Górnik Zabrze Odra Opole (EC'77)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	578 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Włodzimierz Mazur (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Odra 7–1 Lech
Biggest away win	Pogoń 1–5 Zagłębie
Highest scoring	Odra 7–1 Lech Widzew 4–4 Pogoń
Highest attendance	40,000
Total attendance	3,445,920
Average attendance	14,358 3.8%
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 I liga was the 51st season of the Polish Football Championship and the 43rd 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 Śląsk Wrocław, who won their 1st Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 21 August 1976 and concluded on 25 May 1977 (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 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 1975–76 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1975–76 II liga. Each team played a total of 30 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	Śląsk Wrocław (C)	30	17	7	6	38	32	+6	41	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Widzew Łódź	30	14	10	6	46	31	+15	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Górnik Zabrze	30	15	7	8	41	32	+9	37
4	Stal Mielec	30	14	8	8	42	30	+12	36
5	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	12	11	7	40	28	+12	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Pogoń Szczecin	30	14	7	9	38	44	−6	35
7	ŁKS Łódź	30	12	9	9	35	29	+6	33
8	Legia Warsaw	30	12	6	12	40	38	+2	30
9	Wisła Kraków	30	9	9	12	32	33	−1	27
10	Szombierki Bytom	30	11	5	14	34	35	−1	27
11	Arka Gdynia	30	10	7	13	27	32	−5	27
12	Odra Opole	30	8	10	12	36	39	−3	26	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
13	Ruch Chorzów	30	8	10	12	30	40	−10	26
14	Lech Poznań	30	9	5	16	37	48	−11	23
15	GKS Tychy (R)	30	5	11	14	33	41	−8	21	Relegated to II liga
16	ROW Rybnik (R)	30	5	8	17	29	46	−17	18

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	TYC	GÓR	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	OOP	POG	RYB	RUC	STA	SZO	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZSO
Arka Gdynia		2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1
GKS Tychy	0–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	1–0
Górnik Zabrze	2–0	1–1		4–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–0
Lech Poznań	0–2	3–1	4–0		1–2	0–0	0–0	5–0	4–0	1–1	1–5	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0
Legia Warsaw	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0		3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	3–0
ŁKS Łódź	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–2		3–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	4–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	2–1
Odra Opole	3–0	1–1	0–2	7–1	4–1	2–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	3–3
Pogoń Szczecin	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		3–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–5
ROW Rybnik	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1		4–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–3	0–1
Ruch Chorzów	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–5	0–0	2–0	0–0		0–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–3
Stal Mielec	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
Szombierki Bytom	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–0		0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
Śląsk Wrocław	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	2–0	2–0
Widzew Łódź	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	4–4	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–0		1–0	1–0
Wisła Kraków	1–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	5–0	0–1		1–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	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	Włodzimierz Mazur	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	17
2	Leszek Wolski	Pogoń Szczecin	14
3	Władysław Dąbrowski	Legia Warsaw	13
4	Zygmunt Garłowski	Śląsk Wrocław	12
	Wojciech Tyc	Odra Opole	12
6	Andrzej Milczarski	ŁKS Łódź	11
	Andrzej Szarmach	Stal Mielec	11
	Eugeniusz Nagiel	Szombierki Bytom	11
9	Zenon Kasztelan	Pogoń Szczecin	10
	Roman Ogaza	GKS Tychy	10
	Stanisław Gzil	Górnik Zabrze	10
	Tadeusz Nowak	Legia Warsaw	10
	Janusz Sybis	Śląsk Wrocław	10

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)