2008–09 I liga

I liga

Season	2008–09
Champions	Widzew Łódź
Promoted	Widzew Łódź Zagłębie Lubin Korona Kielce
Relegated	Kmita Zabierzów Odra Opole Tur Turek
Matches played	306
Goals scored	691 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	Iliyan Mitsanski (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Podbeskidzie 9–0 Tur (23 May 2009)
Biggest away win	GKP 0–5 Wisła Płock (8 October 2008)
Highest scoring	Podbeskidzie 9–0 Tur (23 May 2009)
Highest attendance	14,998 Korona 2–2 Widzew (14 March 2009)
Total attendance	822,834
Average attendance	2,689 15.1%
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 I liga was the 61st season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 1st season of the Polish I liga under its current title (new name). Formerly, the league was known as the II liga (while the current II liga was known as the III liga). The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

The league was contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion. At the other end, the bottom four teams face automatic demotion to the II liga, while the fate of the 13th and 14th-place finishers will be decided by playoffs.

The season began on 26 July 2008, and concluded on 5 June 2009. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 16 November 2008 and 13 March 2009.

Dolcan

Flota

Jastrzębie

Gorzów Wlkp.

Katowice

Górnik

Kmita

Korona

Motor

Odra

Podbeskidzie

Stal

Tur

Warta

Widzew

Wisła

Zagłębie

Znicz

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Location of teams in 2008–09 I liga

Changes from last season

Promotion and relegation from 2007–08 season.

Ekstraklasa & I liga

Relegated from 2007–08 Ekstraklasa (former I liga) to I liga (former II liga)

• Zagłębie Lubin
• Korona Kielce
• Widzew Łódź

I liga & II liga

Promoted from 2007–08 third tier (former III liga) to I liga (former II liga)

• Górnik Łęczna
• GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski
• Dolcan Ząbki
• Flota Świnoujście

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Widzew Łódź	34	21	9	4	55	23	+32	72
2	Zagłębie Lubin (P)	34	21	6	7	68	33	+35	69	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
3	Korona Kielce (P)	34	18	7	9	51	37	+14	61
4	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	34	17	8	9	60	29	+31	59
5	Znicz Pruszków	34	17	7	10	44	27	+17	58
6	Górnik Łęczna	34	16	9	9	49	36	+13	57
7	Flota Świnoujście	34	16	5	13	43	37	+6	53
8	Dolcan Ząbki	34	14	7	13	35	31	+4	49
9	Warta Poznań	34	13	7	14	44	45	−1	46
10	Wisła Płock	34	12	8	14	43	45	−2	44
11	GKS Katowice	34	11	11	12	37	42	−5	44
12	Stal Stalowa Wola	34	11	10	13	33	34	−1	43
13	GKS Jastrzębie (O)	34	11	8	15	37	48	−11	41	Qualification to play-off
14	GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski (O)	34	9	9	16	39	54	−15	36
15	Motor Lublin (R)	34	6	14	14	21	36	−15	32	Relegation to II liga
16	Tur Turek (R)	34	6	12	16	29	56	−27	30
17	Odra Opole (R)	34	6	7	21	22	51	−29	25
18	Kmita Zabierzów (R)	34	3	12	19	11	57	−46	21

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

I liga qualification play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gawin/Ślęza Wrocław (II)	0–6	GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski	0–5	0–1
Start Otwock (II)	1–2	GKS Jastrzębie	1–1	0–1

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Iliyan Mitsanski	Zagłębie Lubin	26
2	Marcin Robak	Widzew Łódź	20
3	Krzysztof Chrapek	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	18
4	Łukasz Cichos	Tur Turek / Korona Kielce	12
	Szymon Pawłowski	Zagłębie Lubin
6	Michał Goliński	Zagłębie Lubin	11
7	Adrian Paluchowski	Znicz Pruszków	10
	Przemysław Oziębała	Widzew Łódź
9	Andradina	Korona Kielce	9
	Piotr Dziuba	Flota Świnoujście

External links

• Official website (in Polish)