1979–80 Ekstraklasa

Liga

Season	1979–80
Champions	Szombierki Bytom (1st title)
Relegated	GKS Katowice Polonia Bytom
Matches played	240
Goals scored	587 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kazimierz Kmiecik (24 goals)
Average attendance	11,082 2.3%
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Statistics for the 1979–80 season of the Ekstraklasa (the top tier of association football in Poland).

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Szombierki Bytom won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Szombierki Bytom (C)	30	16	7	7	42	26	+16	39	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Widzew Łódź	30	13	10	7	47	39	+8	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Legia Warsaw	30	14	8	8	38	31	+7	36	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Śląsk Wrocław	30	15	6	9	40	34	+6	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Wisła Kraków	30	15	4	11	58	37	+21	34
6	Górnik Zabrze	30	10	12	8	36	38	−2	32
7	ŁKS Łódź	30	11	10	9	38	40	−2	32
8	Arka Gdynia	30	13	5	12	35	32	+3	31
9	Odra Opole	30	10	11	9	21	26	−5	31
10	Lech Poznań	30	12	6	12	34	32	+2	30
11	Ruch Chorzów	30	11	7	12	44	42	+2	29
12	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	10	7	13	36	33	+3	27
13	Stal Mielec	30	7	12	11	28	34	−6	26
14	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	30	8	8	14	35	52	−17	24
15	GKS Katowice (R)	30	7	7	16	32	44	−12	21	Relegated to II liga
16	Polonia Bytom (R)	30	3	10	17	23	47	−24	16

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	KAT	GÓR	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	OOP	BYT	RUC	STA	SZB	ŚLĄ	WID	WIS	ZSO	ZAW
Arka Gdynia		2–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–1
GKS Katowice	4–0		2–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1
Górnik Zabrze	2–1	2–2		0–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1
Lech Poznań	0–1	1–0	0–1		1–4	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–0
Legia Warsaw	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0		0–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
ŁKS Łódź	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0
Odra Opole	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	0–4	2–0	1–1
Polonia Bytom	0–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	4–0		3–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–2
Ruch Chorzów	1–0	2–0	1–3	5–0	3–2	0–3	0–0	4–0		4–0	0–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	5–1
Stal Mielec	1–4	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–0
Szombierki Bytom	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	5–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1		1–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0
Śląsk Wrocław	3–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	4–0		4–4	1–0	1–1	1–0
Widzew Łódź	1–1	3–2	6–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2		0–2	1–0	3–1
Wisła Kraków	2–1	3–0	4–0	5–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	6–3		2–1	3–2
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2–0	3–0	2–2	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1		4–1
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–2	3–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	5–2	0–3	3–2	2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	24
2	Tadeusz Pawłowski	Śląsk Wrocław	16
3	Zbigniew Mikolajow	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	12
	Roman Ogaza	Szombierki Bytom	12
5	Tomasz Korynt	Arka Gdynia	11
	Albin Mikulski	Ruch Chorzów	11
	Bogdan Kwapisz	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	11
8	Zbigniew Boniek	Widzew Łódź	10
	Eugeniusz Nagiel	Szombierki Bytom	10
	Marek Kusto	Legia Warsaw	10
	Tadeusz Małnowicz	Ruch Chorzów	10
	Romuald Chojnacki	Lech Poznań	10
	Andrzej Iwan	Wisła Kraków	10
	Pawel Janduda	Polonia Bytom	10

External links

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