2012–13 Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa 2012/13 was the 79th season of the top Polish football league of gentlemen since its founding in 1927. The season began on 18 August 2012 and ended on 1 June 2013. Altogether sixteen clubs participated in the season 2012 / 13 part. Place one qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2013/14, second place and third place for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2013 / 14th The last two clubs were relegated in the first league. Titleholder is Slask Wrocław, which was able to win his second Polish Champion title after 1977 in the previous year. Promoted from the second Polish league are Piast Gliwice and Pogoń Szczecin.

Course of the season

As early as March 2013 Zagłębie Lubin was occupied by the Polish Football Association with a points deduction of three points. This was due to the match fixing of the club on the final day of the 2005/06 season in the game against Cracovia Krakow ( 0-0). The draw secured the club a place in the UEFA Cup in 2006/07. In mid-July the traditional club Polonia Warsaw was sold to the entrepreneur Ireneusz Król. For the equivalent of about 1.25 million euros this bought the club from former owner Józef Wojciechowski. However, the club retained the rights to the logo and the name, so a new start in the 4th league should be possible. The new first division club should be called KP Katowice. A planned merger with the second division club GKS Katowice failed. Finally, the new owner decided to continue with the club as Polonia Warsaw to compete in the Ekstraklasa. On 14 Round Legia Warsaw was after a 3-0 victory against Ruch Chorzów fixed as autumn champions. With 33 points Legia led the table with four points clear before Lech Poznan. In the relegation places were GKS Belchatow and Podbeskidzie Bielsko with just six points from 15 games already reached nine points away from safety shore. On May 25, 2013 Legia Warsaw was after a 1-1 draw against Widzew Łódź two games remaining as champions of the season 2012/13 fixed. The runner- Lech Poznań lost Matchday 0-2 against Podbeskidzie Bielsko- Biała, so Legia Warsaw won six points and also the direct comparison. Three days later, then got the financially troubled club Polonia Warsaw by the Polish Football Association no license for next season, so the club was established as the first relegated. Thus had seen athletic dismount only the last of the Ekstraklasa. The decision was not made until the relegated on the final day, after the first round after GKS Belchatow severed far and Podbeskidzie Bielsko- Biała in the second half started a furious comeback. Before the last game was GKS Belchatow last with 28 points, Podbeskidzie Bielsko- Biała second last with 29 points and Ruch Chorzów third from bottom with 31 points. While GKS Belchatow and Podbeskidzie Bielsko won their last game, lost Ruch Chorzów on the final day. Thus Podbeskidzie Bielsko- Biała was rescued with 32 points and GKS Belchatow and Ruch Chorzów, each with 31 points at end of table. Because of a tie, the direct comparison of counts, thus Ruch Chorzów was second to last and GKS Belchatow dismounted, as Ruch Chorzów won the games 2-1 and 3-0 for itself. While Master Legia Warsaw is qualified for the Champions League qualification, the Second Lech Poznan and the third Slask Wroclaw for the Europa League qualification qualified. Since the Cup Winners' Cup Legia Warsaw and the finalist Slask Wrocław both had qualified via the league for an international competition, the fourth- and Movers Piast Gliwice moved more than participants in the Europa League qualification after.

Stadiums and venues

A total of 16 teams participated in the championship, 14 of which already last season played in the Ekstraklasa.

Statistics

Table

Case of a tie decided the results of the direct encounter between the teams.

Cross Table

The cross table presents the results of all games this season represents the home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team on the top line.

Leader

Top scorers

With the same number of hits, the players are listed alphabetically by last name or artist name.

Awards

• Player of the Season: Róbert Demyan ( Podbeskidzie Bielsko -Biała)
• Coach of the season: Jan Urban (Legia Warsaw)
• Young Professional of the season: Bartosz Bereszyński (Lech Poznan and Legia Warsaw)
• Fair Play Award: Gornik Zabrze
• Goalkeeper of the season: Emilijus Zubas ( GKS Belchatow )
• Defender of the season: Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw)
• Midfielder of the season: Sebastian Mila ( Slask Wroclaw )
• Forward of the season: Róbert Demyan ( Podbeskidzie Bielsko -Biała)