1974–75 Ekstraklasa

I liga

Season	1974–75
Dates	17 August 1974 – 18 June 1975
Champions	Ruch Chorzów (12th title)
Relegated	Gwardia Warsaw Arka Gdynia
European Cup	Ruch Chorzów
Cup Winners' Cup	Stal Rzeszów (II liga)
UEFA Cup	Stal Mielec Śląsk Wrocław
Matches played	240
Goals scored	469 (1.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Grzegorz Lato (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Ruch 6–0 Arka
Biggest away win	Gwardia 0–6 Legia
Highest scoring	Szombierki 5–2 ŁKS Pogoń 5–2 Szombierki
Highest attendance	60,000
Total attendance	3,315,360
Average attendance	13,814 0.9%
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 I liga was the 49th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 41st 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 defending champions were Ruch Chorzów, who won their 12th Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 17 August 1974 and concluded on 18 June 1975 (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 1973–74 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1973–74 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	Ruch Chorzów (C)	30	20	4	6	61	27	+34	44	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Stal Mielec	30	15	8	7	40	24	+16	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Śląsk Wrocław	30	13	10	7	40	31	+9	36
4	Wisła Kraków	30	12	10	8	40	31	+9	34
5	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	11	9	10	31	31	0	31
6	Legia Warsaw	30	9	11	10	45	35	+10	29
7	Górnik Zabrze	30	7	15	8	48	46	+2	29
8	Polonia Bytom	30	6	16	8	25	31	−6	28
9	Lech Poznań	30	10	8	12	31	43	−12	28
10	GKS Tychy	30	8	11	11	34	38	−4	27
11	Szombierki Bytom	30	7	12	11	43	45	−2	26
12	Pogoń Szczecin	30	9	8	13	30	35	−5	26
13	ŁKS Łódź	30	7	12	11	26	34	−8	26
14	ROW Rybnik	30	7	12	11	24	35	−11	26
15	Gwardia Warsaw (R)	30	8	10	12	25	38	−13	26	Relegated to II liga
16	Arka Gdynia (R)	30	8	10	12	26	45	−19	26

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	TYC	GÓR	GWA	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	POG	BYT	RYB	RUC	STA	SZB	ŚLĄ	WIS	ZSO
Arka Gdynia		1–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0
GKS Tychy	1–1		1–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–1
Górnik Zabrze	3–0	4–1		1–1	3–0	0–5	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–2
Gwardia Warsaw	2–2	0–2	2–1		1–0	0–6	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–1
Lech Poznań	3–1	2–1	2–2	0–0		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–1
Legia Warsaw	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–2		2–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
ŁKS Łódź	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1
Pogoń Szczecin	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1		0–1	5–0	0–1	0–2	5–2	0–1	1–1	2–0
Polonia Bytom	4–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0
ROW Rybnik	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–2
Ruch Chorzów	6–0	4–0	3–1	1–4	5–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	3–1		2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0
Stal Mielec	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0
Szombierki Bytom	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–0	3–3	5–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3		4–1	0–1	1–2
Śląsk Wrocław	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0		2–0	2–1
Wisła Kraków	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–0		0–2
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–2	2–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Grzegorz Lato	Stal Mielec	19
2	Kazimierz Kmiecik	Wisła Kraków	15
	Joachim Marx	Ruch Chorzów	15
4	Leszek Wolski	Pogoń Szczecin	14
5	Jan Domarski	Stal Mielec	13
	Jerzy Radecki	Polonia Bytom	13
	Andrzej Szarmach	Górnik Zabrze	13
	Bronisław Bula	Ruch Chorzów	13
9	Roman Jakóbczak	Lech Poznań	12
10	Zdzisław Kapka	Wisła Kraków	11
	Eugeniusz Nagiel	Szombierki Bytom	11
	Władysław Dąbrowski	Legia Warsaw	11

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)