2018–19 Ekstraklasa

The 2018–19 Ekstraklasa (also known as Lotto Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Totalizator Sportowy, Polish lottery)^[7] was the 93rd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 85th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 11th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.

Ekstraklasa

Season	2018–19
Dates	20 July 2018 – 19 May 2019
Champions	Piast Gliwice (1st title)
Relegated	Miedź Legnica Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Champions League	Piast Gliwice
Europa League	Legia Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Cracovia
Matches played	296
Goals scored	823 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Igor Angulo (24 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Lech 4–0 Zagłębie S. (12 August 2018) Zagłębie L. 4–0 Śląsk (14 September 2018) Pogoń 4–0 Wisła P. (6 October 2018) Legia 4–0 Górnik (3 November 2018) Lechia 4–0 Górnik (22 December 2018) Piast 4–0 Lech (15 February 2019) Wisła K. 4–0 Legia (31 March 2019)
Biggest away win	Zagłębie S. 0–6 Lech (16 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Wisła K. 4–5 Miedź (18 May 2019)
Longest winning run	7 matches Cracovia
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Lechia Gdańsk
Longest winless run	9 matches Górnik Zabrze Miedź Legnica Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Longest losing run	5 matches Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Highest attendance	33,000 Wisła K. 4–0 Legia (31 March 2019)[2]
Lowest attendance	0[a] Lech 2–0 Cracovia (29 July 2018)[3] Lech 4–0 Zagłębie S. (12 August 2018)[4]
Total attendance	2,607,154[5]
Average attendance	8,808 6.7%[6]
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The season started on 20 July 2018 and concluded on 19 May 2019.^[8] It is the second Ekstraklasa season to use VAR. After the 20th matchday the league went on a winter break between 23 December 2018 and 8 February 2019. The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2017–18 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 2017–18 I liga. The fixtures were announced on 22 March 2018.^[8]

Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 30th round (in the beginning of April 2019), the league was split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team played 7 more games (teams ranked 1 to 4 and 9 to 12 played four times at home). Therefore, each team played a total of 37 matches. The team at the top of the Championship round won the league title. The two teams at the bottom of the Relegation round were relegated to 2019–20 I liga. This was the sixth season to take place since the new playoff structure has been introduced.

The defending champions were Legia Warsaw, who won their 13th Polish title the previous season. Piast Gliwice succeeded Legia, winning its first ever Polish top league title.

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the I liga. Miedź Legnica were promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time.^[9] Zagłębie Sosnowiec will make a return to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since 2008.^[10]

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	Stadion GOSiR	15,139
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	15,016
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	24,4132
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Jagiellonii	22,432
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Suzuki Arena	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Lecha	43,269
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Stadion Energa Gdańsk	43,615
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Wojska Polskiego	31,800
Miedź Legnica	Legnica	Stadion im. Orła Białego	6,244
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Arena Gliwice	10,037
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	18,027
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Wrocław	42,771
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	12,800
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion Zagłębia	16,068
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Sosnowiec	Stadion Ludowy	7,500 (4,900 seats)

1. ^ Upgrading to 31,871.

Arka	Cracovia	Górnik Zabrze	Jagiellonia	Korona	Lech
Stadion GOSiR	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	Stadion Jagiellonii	Suzuki Arena	Stadion Lecha
Capacity: 15,139	Capacity: 15,016	Capacity: 24,413	Capacity: 22,432	Capacity: 15,550	Capacity: 43,269
Lechia	Arka Cracovia Górnik Jagiellonia Korona Lech Lechia Legia Miedź Piast Pogoń Śląsk Wisła K. Wisła P. Zagłębie L. Zagłębie S. Location of teams in 2018–19 Ekstraklasa				Legia
Stadion Energa Gdańsk					Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Capacity: 43,615					Capacity: 31,800
Miedź					Piast
Stadion im. Orła Białego					Arena Gliwice
Capacity: 6,244					Capacity: 10,037
Pogoń	Śląsk	Wisła Kraków	Wisła Płock	Zagłębie Lubin	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	Stadion Wrocław	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	Stadion Zagłębia	Stadion Ludowy
Capacity: 18,027	Capacity: 42,771	Capacity: 33,326	Capacity: 12,800	Capacity: 16,068	Capacity: 7,500 (4,900 seats)

Górnik

Piast

Zagłębie

Location of teams in the Katowice urban area

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Arka Gdynia	Wojciech Pertkiewicz	Jacek Zieliński	Adam Marciniak	Adidas	LV Bet, Gdynia
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Michał Probierz	Janusz Gol	Nike	Comarch
Górnik Zabrze	Bartosz Sarnowski	Marcin Brosz	Szymon Matuszek	Adidas	Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Ireneusz Mamrot	Taras Romanczuk	Erreà	STS, Wschodzący Białystok
Korona Kielce	Krzysztof Zając	Gino Lettieri	Bartosz Rymaniak	Puma	Suzuki
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak	Dariusz Żuraw	Pedro Tiba	Macron	Aforti
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Piotr Stokowiec	Flávio Paixão	New Balance	Energa, Paytren
Legia Warsaw	Dariusz Mioduski	Aleksandar Vuković	Miroslav Radović	Adidas	Fortuna
Miedź Legnica	Andrzej Dadełło	Dominik Nowak	Grzegorz Bartczak	Saller	DSA SA
Piast Gliwice	Paweł Żelem	Waldemar Fornalik	Gerard Badía	Adidas	Gliwice
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Kosta Runjaić	Adam Frączczak	Zina	Grupa Azoty
Śląsk Wrocław	Marcin Przychodny	Vítězslav Lavička	Marcin Robak	Adidas	forBET
Wisła Kraków	Rafał Wisłocki	Maciej Stolarczyk	Jakub Błaszczykowski	Adidas	LV Bet
Wisła Płock	Jacek Kruszewski	Leszek Ojrzyński	Bartłomiej Sielewski	Adidas	PKN Orlen, Budmat
Zagłębie Lubin	Mateusz Dróżdż	Ben van Dael	Ľubomír Guldan	Nike	KGHM
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Marcin Jaroszewski	Valdas Ivanauskas	Tomasz Nowak	Patrick	Banimex, Nelro Data

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Lech Poznań	Rafał Ulatowski[11]	Caretaking spell over	21 May 2018	Pre-season	Ivan Đurđević[11]	21 May 2018
Arka Gdynia	Leszek Ojrzyński[12]	End of contract	21 May 2018		Zbigniew Smółka[13]	8 June 2018
Wisła Kraków	Joan Carrillo[14]	Mutual consent	12 June 2018		Maciej Stolarczyk[15]	18 June 2018
Wisła Płock	Jerzy Brzęczek[16]	Resigned	12 July 2018		Dariusz Dźwigała[17]	14 July 2018
Legia Warsaw	Dean Klafurić[18]	Sacked	1 August 2018	9th	Aleksandar Vuković (interim)[18]	1 August 2018
	Aleksandar Vuković[19]	Caretaking spell over	13 August 2018	6th	Ricardo Sá Pinto[19]	13 August 2018
Wisła Płock	Dariusz Dźwigała[20]	Sacked	7 October 2018	13th	Kibu Vicuña[21]	10 October 2018
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Dariusz Dudek[22]	Resigned	8 October 2018	16th	Valdas Ivanauskas[23]	15 October 2018
Zagłębie Lubin	Mariusz Lewandowski[24]	Mutual consent	29 October 2018	6th	Ben van Dael[25]	29 October 2018
Lech Poznań	Ivan Đurđević[26]	Sacked	4 November 2018	7th	Dariusz Żuraw (interim)[26]	5 November 2018
	Dariusz Żuraw[27]	Caretaking spell over	25 November 2018	8th	Adam Nawałka[27]	25 November 2018
Śląsk Wrocław	Tadeusz Pawłowski[28]	Sacked	11 December 2018	14th	Paweł Barylski (interim)[28]	11 December 2018
	Paweł Barylski[29]	Caretaking spell over	3 January 2019	14th	Vítězslav Lavička[29]	3 January 2019
Lech Poznań	Adam Nawałka[30]	Sacked	31 March 2019	9th	Dariusz Żuraw[30]	1 April 2019
Legia Warsaw	Ricardo Sá Pinto[31]		1 April 2019	2nd	Aleksandar Vuković[32]	2 April 2019
Arka Gdynia	Zbigniew Smółka[33]		1 April 2019	14th	Jacek Zieliński[34]	12 April 2019
Wisła Płock	Kibu Vicuña[35]		3 April 2019	15th	Leszek Ojrzyński[36]	4 April 2019

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lechia Gdańsk	30	17	9	4	45	25	+20	60[b]	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Legia Warsaw	30	18	6	6	48	31	+17	60[b]
3	Piast Gliwice	30	15	8	7	47	31	+16	53
4	Cracovia	30	14	6	10	39	34	+5	48
5	Zagłębie Lubin	30	14	5	11	48	38	+10	47[c]
6	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	13	8	9	45	41	+4	47[c]
7	Pogoń Szczecin	30	12	7	11	44	42	+2	43[d]
8	Lech Poznań	30	13	4	13	41	40	+1	43[d]
9	Wisła Kraków	30	12	6	12	55	48	+7	42	Qualification for the Relegation round
10	Korona Kielce	30	10	10	10	35	44	−9	40
11	Miedź Legnica	30	8	8	14	30	52	−22	32
12	Górnik Zabrze	30	7	10	13	36	49	−13	31[e]
13	Śląsk Wrocław	30	8	7	15	35	37	−2	31[e]
14	Wisła Płock	30	7	9	14	40	49	−9	30
15	Arka Gdynia	30	6	11	13	39	44	−5	29
16	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	6	6	18	41	63	−22	24

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played.)
Notes:

1. Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
2. Head-to-head record: Legia Warsaw 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk, Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Legia Warsaw. Goal difference: Lechia Gdańsk (+20), Legia Warsaw (+17)
3. Head-to-head record: Zagłębie Lubin 0–2 Jagiellonia Białystok, Jagiellonia Białystok 0–4 Zagłębie Lubin.
4. Head-to-head record: Pogoń Szczecin 3–0 Lech Poznań, Lech Poznań 3–2 Pogoń Szczecin.
5. Head-to-head record: Górnik Zabrze 2–2 Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław 0–1 Górnik Zabrze.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Lechia	5	5	6	4	3	1	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Legia	15	9	10	5	4	8	8	6	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Piast	3	2	1	3	5	3	5	4	6	2	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Cracovia	15	16	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	12	13	13	13	12	10	11	9	8	8	7	7	6	7	4	4	4	4
Zagłębie L.	1	1	3	8	6	4	6	5	5	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	8	5	5	5
Jagiellonia	13	7	4	2	2	2	4	3	1	1	4	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	6	6	6	6
Pogoń	13	15	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	13	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	6	8	5	7	6	8	6	7	4	5	7	7	7
Lech	3	2	2	1	1	5	3	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	4	3	5	7	5	5	5	6	9	8	8	8
Wisła K.	9	5	9	9	7	6	2	1	3	6	3	4	4	5	4	6	6	8	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	7	9	9	9
Korona	7	11	8	5	8	7	7	8	7	5	6	7	7	6	6	4	5	5	6	7	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10
Miedź	5	8	12	13	12	9	9	9	9	11	12	12	15	14	15	15	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	12	12	11
Górnik Z.	7	10	5	7	9	11	11	10	12	14	14	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	14	14	12
Śląsk	1	4	7	10	11	12	13	14	11	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13
Wisła P.	11	11	14	14	16	13	12	11	13	12	13	13	13	12	10	10	11	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Arka	9	13	13	11	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	15
Zagłębie S.	11	14	11	12	13	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	CRA	GÓR	JAG	KOR	LPO	LGD	LEG	MLE	PIA	POG	ŚLĄ	WIS	WPŁ	ZAG	ZSO
Arka Gdynia	—	0–3	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	4–1	3–3	3–1	2–2
Cracovia	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–1	2–1
Górnik Zabrze	1–1	0–1	—	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Jagiellonia Białystok	3–1	3–1	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–4	2–1
Korona Kielce	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–6	2–2	0–2	3–1
Lech Poznań	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–2	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–5	2–1	1–2	4–0
Lechia Gdańsk	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	4–1
Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–3	1–4	1–3	2–1
Miedź Legnica	0–4	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–4	—	2–2	1–0	0–5	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2
Piast Gliwice	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	—	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Pogoń Szczecin	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	—	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–3	1–0
Śląsk Wrocław	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–3	2–0	2–0
Wisła Kraków	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	5–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	—	1–1	3–2	2–2
Wisła Płock	1–3	3–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	—	0–1	2–0
Zagłębie Lubin	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	3–3	—	2–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–1	0–6	0–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	3–0	3–3	4–3	1–3	1–2	—

Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Arka	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D
Cracovia	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W
Górnik	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W
Jagiellonia	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W
Korona	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L
Lech	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L
Lechia	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L
Legia	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Miedź	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D
Piast	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Pogoń	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L
Śląsk	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L
Wisła K.	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	L
Wisła P.	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W
Zagłębie L.	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W
Zagłębie S.	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Play-offs

Championship round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Piast Gliwice (C)	37	21	9	7	57	33	+24	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw	37	20	8	9	55	38	+17	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Lechia Gdańsk	37	19	10	8	54	38	+16	67	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4	Cracovia	37	17	6	14	45	43	+2	57[b]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Jagiellonia Białystok	37	16	9	12	55	52	+3	57[b]
6	Zagłębie Lubin	37	15	8	14	57	48	+9	53
7	Pogoń Szczecin	37	14	10	13	57	54	+3	52[c]
8	Lech Poznań	37	15	7	15	49	48	+1	52[c]

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[37]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Lechia Gdańsk qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Polish Cup.
2. Points in regular season: Cracovia 48 points, Jagiellonia Białystok 47 points.
3. Head-to-head in regular season record: Pogoń Szczecin 3–0 Lech Poznań, Lech Poznań 3–2 Pogoń Szczecin.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Piast	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Legia	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2
Lechia	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	3
Cracovia	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Jagiellonia	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Zagłębie L.	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Pogoń	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7
Lech	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	LGD	LEG	PIA	CRA	ZAG	JAG	POG	LPO
Lechia Gdańsk	—	1–3	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	—	—
Legia Warsaw	—	—	0–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–1	—
Piast Gliwice	—	—	—	3–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–0
Cracovia	2–0	—	—	—	—	0–1	0–3	1–0
Zagłębie Lubin	—	—	—	1–2	—	2–0	2–3	—
Jagiellonia Białystok	—	1–0	—	—	—	—	4–2	3–3
Pogoń Szczecin	3–4	—	0–0	—	—	—	—	1–1
Lech Poznań	2–1	1–0	—	—	1–1	—	—	—

Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation round

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Wisła Kraków	37	14	7	16	67	63	+4	49
10	Korona Kielce	37	12	11	14	42	54	−12	47
11	Górnik Zabrze	37	12	10	15	48	53	−5	46
12	Śląsk Wrocław	37	12	8	17	49	45	+4	44
13	Arka Gdynia	37	10	12	15	49	51	−2	42
14	Wisła Płock	37	10	11	16	50	58	−8	41
15	Miedź Legnica (R)	37	10	10	17	40	65	−25	40	Relegation to I liga
16	Zagłębie Sosnowiec (R)	37	7	8	22	49	80	−31	29

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[37]
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Wisła K.	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Korona	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Górnik	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Śląsk	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	12
Arka	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	13
Wisła P.	14	12	12	13	13	15	14	14
Miedź	11	13	13	12	12	14	15	15
Zagłębie S.	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	KOR	WIS	GÓR	WPŁ	MIE	ŚLĄ	ARK	ZSO
Korona Kielce	—	—	0–3	—	0–0	2–0	0–2	—
Wisła Kraków	1–0	—	—	2–3	4–5	1–1	—	—
Górnik Zabrze	—	1–2	—	0–1	—	—	1–0	4–0
Wisła Płock	2–1	—	—	—	—	—	1–1	0–0
Miedź Legnica	—	—	0–1	3–2	—	0–2	—	2–2
Śląsk Wrocław	—	—	1–2	2–1	—	—	4–0	—
Arka Gdynia	—	3–1	—	—	2–0	—	—	2–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2–4	2–1	—	—	—	2–4	—	—

Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[38] 1 Igor Angulo Górnik Zabrze 24 2 Marcin Robak Śląsk Wrocław 18 3 Carlitos Legia Warsaw 16 Jesús Imaz Jagiellonia Białystok 5 Flávio Paixão Lechia Gdańsk 15 6 Airam Cabrera Cracovia 14 Elia Soriano Korona Kielce 8 Petteri Forsell Miedź Legnica 13 Filip Starzyński Zagłębie Lubin 10 Christian Gytkjær Lech Poznań 12 Marko Kolar Wisła Kraków

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[38] 1 Žarko Udovičić Zagłębie Sosnowiec 11 2 Jesús Jiménez Górnik Zabrze 9 3 Martin Konczkowski Piast Gliwice 8 Zvonimir Kožulj Pogoń Szczecin Filip Mladenović Lechia Gdańsk 6 Dominik Furman Wisła Płock 7 Dominik Nagy Legia Warsaw Róbert Pich Śląsk Wrocław Guilherme Sityá Jagiellonia Białystok 10 Gerard Badía Piast Gliwice 6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Artur Sobiech	Lechia Gdańsk	Zagłębie Lubin	3–3 (H)	22 September 2018	[39]
Marcin Robak	Śląsk Wrocław	Jagiellonia Białystok	4–0 (A)	1 October 2018	[40]
Krzysztof Drzazga	Wisła Kraków	Korona Kielce	6–2 (A)	9 March 2019	[41]

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Legia Warsaw	334,662	23,403	11,232	17,614	+1.6%†
2	Wisła Kraków	303,420	33,000	8,229	15,969	+10.7%†
3	Lechia Gdańsk	280,169	25,066	8,769	14,746	+36.7%†
4	Górnik Zabrze	250,898	23,271	7,241	13,205	−30.2%†
5	Lech Poznań	191,252	24,164	7,112	11,953	−42.2%2
6	Jagiellonia Białystok	170,241	16,862	5,012	9,458	−13.9%†
7	Śląsk Wrocław	163,171	20,084	3,710	9,065	−15.7%†
8	Arka Gdynia	126,406	10,434	3,501	7,023	−13.7%†
9	Cracovia	132,199	12,768	3,217	6,958	+42.9%†
10	Korona Kielce	126,212	10,806	4,451	6,643	−11.7%†
11	Pogoń Szczecin	116,333	15,319	3,689	6,463	−1.0%†
12	Piast Gliwice	94,603	9,913	2,824	4,979	+12.7%†
13	Miedź Legnica	94,250	5,934	3,949	4,961	+73.2%1
14	Zagłębie Lubin	87,618	9,790	2,148	4,868	−21.0%†
15	Wisła Płock	78,008	8,184	1,951	4,334	−13.3%†
16	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	57,712	4,824	1,189	3,206	+45.0%1
	League total	2,607,154	33,000	1,189	8,808	−7.0%†

Source: 90minut (in Polish)
Notes:
1: Team played last season in I liga.
2: Lech Poznań stadium's stands were closed for spectators during two games. Those games were not included in the summary.

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month Month Player Club July 2018[42] Piotr Celeban Śląsk Wrocław August 2018[43] Zdeněk Ondrášek Wisła Kraków September 2018[44] Petteri Forsell Miedź Legnica October 2018[45] Jesús Imaz Wisła Kraków November 2018[46] Flávio Paixão Lechia Gdańsk December 2018[47] Michał Janota Arka Gdynia February 2019[46] Filip Mladenović Lechia Gdańsk March 2019[46] Jakub Błaszczykowski Wisła Kraków April 2019[48] Igor Angulo Górnik Zabrze May 2019[49] Zvonimir Kožulj Pogoń Szczecin

Young Player of the Month Month Player Club September 2018[50] Patryk Dziczek Piast Gliwice October 2018[51] Sebastian Kowalczyk Pogoń Szczecin November 2018[52] Karol Świderski Jagiellonia Białystok December 2018[53] Radosław Majecki Legia Warsaw February 2019[54] Filip Jagiełło Zagłębie Lubin March 2019[55] Tomasz Makowski Lechia Gdańsk April 2019[56] Sebastian Szymański Legia Warsaw May 2019[56] Patryk Dziczek Piast Gliwice

Coach of the Month Month Coach Club July 2018[57] Waldemar Fornalik Piast Gliwice August 2018[58] Piotr Stokowiec Lechia Gdańsk September 2018[59] Waldemar Fornalik Piast Gliwice October 2018[58] Kosta Runjaić Pogoń Szczecin November 2018[58] Kosta Runjaić Pogoń Szczecin December 2018[60] Michał Probierz Cracovia February 2019[61] Michał Probierz Cracovia March 2019[59] Waldemar Fornalik Piast Gliwice April 2019[59] Waldemar Fornalik Piast Gliwice May 2019[62] Waldemar Fornalik Piast Gliwice

Annual awards

Award[63][64]	Player	Club
Player of the Season	Joel Valencia	Piast Gliwice
Goalkeeper of the Season	František Plach	Piast Gliwice
Defender of the Season	Aleksandar Sedlar	Piast Gliwice
Midfielder of the Season	Joel Valencia	Piast Gliwice
Forward of the Season	Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze
Coach of the Season	Waldemar Fornalik	Piast Gliwice
Top Scorer of the Season	Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze
Young Player of the Season	Patryk Dziczek	Piast Gliwice

Notes

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External links

• Official website (in Polish)
• Ekstraklasa at uefa.com