2016–17 I liga

I liga
Season	2016–17
Matches played	167
Goals scored	416 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	6 players (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Wigry 6–0 Stal (28 August 2016)
Biggest away win	Pogoń 0–4 Miedź (5 November 2016)
Highest scoring	Chojniczanka 5–4 Stomil (6 August 2016) Podbeskidzie 4–5 Zagłębie (16 September 2016) Znicz 4–5 Wigry (25 November 2016)
Longest winning run	4 matches Chojniczanka Zagłębie
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Chojniczanka
Longest winless run	10 matches Stal Wigry
Longest losing run	6 matches Tychy
Highest attendance	11,489^[1] Tychy 1–0 Katowice (1 October 2016)
Lowest attendance	250^[1] Znicz 1–3 Sandecja (21 October 2016)
← 2015–16 All statistics correct as of 28 November 2016.

The 2016–17 I liga is the ninth season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the sixty-ninth season of the second highest division in the Polish football league system. The season will begin on 30 July 2016 and will end on 4 June 2017.^[2]

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1996 or later and Polish or trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing).^[3]

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

To I liga

Relegated from Ekstraklasa

Promoted from II liga

From I liga

Promoted to Ekstraklasa

Relegated to II liga

Dissolved

Zawisza Bydgoszcz

Withdrew

Dolcan Ząbki

Team overview

Location of teams and stadiums in 2016–17 I liga

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Bytovia Bytów !Bytovia Bytów	Stadion MOSiR	1,500
Chojniczanka Chojnice !Chojniczanka Chojnice	Stadion Miejski	3,000
Chrobry Głogów !Chrobry Głogów	Stadion Chrobego Głogów	2,817
GKS Katowice !GKS Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	6,710
GKS Tychy !GKS Tychy	Stadion Miejski	15,300
Górnik Zabrze !Górnik Zabrze	Ernest Pohl Stadium	24,413¹
Miedź Legnica !Miedź Legnica	Stadion Miejski	6,244
MKS Kluczbork !MKS Kluczbork	Stadion Miejski	2,776
Olimpia Grudziądz !Olimpia Grudziądz	Stadion Miejski	5,000
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała !Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Stadion Miejski	15,316
Pogoń Siedlce !Pogoń Siedlce	Stadion ROSRRiT	2,901
Sandecja Nowy Sącz !Sandecja Nowy Sącz	Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka	2,850
Stal Mielec !Stal Mielec	Stadion Stali Mielec	6,800
Stomil Olsztyn !Stomil Olsztyn	OSiR Stadium	3,500
Wigry Suwałki !Wigry Suwałki	Stadion Miejski	3,060
Wisła Puławy !Wisła Puławy	Stadion MOSiR	4,418
Zagłębie Sosnowiec !Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Stadium Ludowy	7,500
Znicz Pruszków !Znicz Pruszków	Stadion Znicza Pruszków	1,977

^ Upgrading to 31,871.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Chojniczanka Chojnice	19	9	9	1	34	23	+11	36	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	GKS Katowice	19	10	5	4	23	13	+10	35	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
3	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	19	9	6	4	33	25	+8	33
4	Pogoń Siedlce	19	9	2	8	16	19	−3	29^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Wigry Suwałki	19	8	5	6	32	29	+3	29^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	17	7	6	4	19	13	+6	27^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Miedź Legnica	18	7	6	5	23	12	+11	27^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Górnik Zabrze	19	7	6	6	26	21	+5	27^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	19	6	7	6	20	20	0	25
10	Bytovia Bytów	19	6	6	7	24	25	−1	24^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	Olimpia Grudziądz	18	7	3	8	25	24	+1	24^{[lower-alpha 3]}
12	Chrobry Głogów	19	6	5	8	30	31	−1	23
13	Stomil Olsztyn^{[lower-alpha 4]}	19	6	7	6	23	18	+5	22
14	Stal Mielec	18	5	5	8	17	27	−10	20
15	Wisła Puławy	19	4	7	8	22	32	−10	19	Qualification to play-off
16	Znicz Pruszków	18	5	3	10	17	28	−11	18	Relegation to II liga
17	GKS Tychy	18	4	5	9	17	26	−9	17
18	MKS Kluczbork	18	1	9	8	15	30	−15	12

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. points won; 2. points in head-to-head matches; 3. goal difference in hth matches; 4. goals scored in hth matches; 5. away goals in hth matches (only if two teams are tied); 6. total goal difference; 7. total goals scored; 8. fairplay ranking.^[5]
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head record: Wigry 1–4 Pogoń.
1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Sandecja 6 points (3–0), Miedź 6 points (3–1), Górnik 0 points (0–5).
1 2 Head-to-head record: Olimpia 2–3 Bytovia.
↑ Stomil Olsztyn were punished with a deduction of three points for failing with licensing requirements.^[4]

Positions by round

Team / Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Team / Round
Katowice	14	7	8	9	8	6	4	3	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Chojniczanka	6	3	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	2
Zagłębie	6	4	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Miedź	3	5	7	10	10	12	10	7	7	8	8	7	10	10	7	4
Sandecja	8	10	6	7	5	3	3	4	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	5
Pogoń	3	8	13	15	17	17	15	11	8	10	7	9	7	7	5	6
Stomil	12	15	14	16	13	8	8	12	12	9	12	12	13	12	11	7
Górnik	14	13	17	11	14	15	14	10	11	11	10	8	6	6	9	8
Podbeskidzie	1	1	1	2	2	5	7	6	6	7	9	10	9	9	10	9
Bytovia	2	9	12	6	7	10	11	9	9	6	4	4	4	5	6	10
Wigry	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	5	6	6	8	8	8	11
Chrobry	18	18	16	18	16	14	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	14	13	12
Stal	8	10	11	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	13
Wisła	8	6	3	4	6	7	9	14	14	15	14	15	14	11	14	14
Olimpia	17	17	18	13	12	9	12	15	16	13	15	13	11	13	12	15
Znicz	13	16	15	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16
Tychy	14	13	9	8	9	11	6	8	10	14	11	14	15	15	16	17
Kluczbork	8	12	10	11	11	13	16	16	15	16	16	18	17	17	18	18

Results

Home ╲ Away	Bytovia Bytów !BYT	Chojniczanka Chojnice !CCH	Chrobry Głogów !GŁO	GKS Katowice !KAT	GKS Tychy !TYC	Górnik Zabrze !GÓR	Miedź Legnica !MLE	MKS Kluczbork !KLU	Olimpia Grudziądz !GRU	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała !PBB	Pogoń Siedlce !PSI	Sandecja Nowy Sącz !SNS	Stal Mielec !STA	Stomil Olsztyn !STO	Wigry Suwałki !WIG	Wisła Puławy !WPU	Zagłębie Sosnowiec !ZSO	Znicz Pruszków !ZNI
Bytovia Bytów !Bytovia Bytów		0–1		1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0		0–2		2–0			1–1			0–1
Chojniczanka Chojnice !Chojniczanka Chojnice						1–1			3–1		2–1		2–0	5–4	3–2	3–3	2–2	1–1
Chrobry Głogów !Chrobry Głogów	3–3	1–3		0–2	2–2		1–1	3–0		0–2		2–1		3–0
GKS Katowice !GKS Katowice		1–1	2–1			1–1			1–0		1–0		1–0		0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
GKS Tychy !GKS Tychy		0–2		1–0		2–1	0–2		1–1	0–1	0–1				2–1		3–0
Górnik Zabrze !Górnik Zabrze	0–0		2–1				0–2	4–2			2–0		1–1	2–0		4–0		0–1
Miedź Legnica !Miedź Legnica		2–0		2–2		1–0			0–0	1–1					0–1
MKS Kluczbork !MKS Kluczbork		1–1		0–2	1–1		2–2		3–2	1–1		1–2			0–0	2–2
Olimpia Grudziądz !Olimpia Grudziądz	2–3		2–1			1–2				0–2	1–0		3–1	0–0		0–1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała !Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	2–1	0–1		0–2		3–3			0–3		0–0		0–1		1–1	0–0	4–5
Pogoń Siedlce !Pogoń Siedlce	1–0		2–0		1–0		0–4	1–1				0–3	1–0	1–0		2–1	0–2	1–0
Sandecja Nowy Sącz !Sandecja Nowy Sącz		1–1		0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0		3–1	0–0					2–1
Stal Mielec !Stal Mielec	2–2		1–4		3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1				0–0		0–0		0–1	2–0	3–1
Stomil Olsztyn !Stomil Olsztyn	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–0		0–1	1–0		1–0		0–0					0–0
Wigry Suwałki !Wigry Suwałki			2–2	3–2		0–0			0–2		1–4		6–0	2–1		3–2		2–1
Wisła Puławy !Wisła Puławy	2–1		3–4		2–1		1–5	0–0	0–1			0–0		1–1			1–1	1–2
Zagłębie Sosnowiec !Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–3	1–1	0–2			2–1	1–0	4–0	3–5		1–0	2–0			2–0
Znicz Pruszków !Znicz Pruszków	1–2		0–0		2–0		0–0	1–0		0–1		1–3		0–3	4–5		1–4

Updated to games played on 27 November 2016.
Source: 90minut.pl
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

I liga play-off

The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played on June 2017. The winner will compete in the I liga.^[5]

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 27 November 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Kamil Adamek	Wigry Suwałki	8
	Karol Angielski	Olimpia Grudziądz	8
	Igor Angulo	Górnik Zabrze	8
	Petteri Forsell	Miedź Legnica	8
	Damian Kądzior	Wigry Suwałki	8
	Sylwester Patejuk	Wisła Puławy	8
7	Jakub Biskup	Chojniczanka Chojnice	6
	Marcin Kaczmarek	Olimpia Grudziądz	6
	Tomasz Podgórski	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	6
	Martin Pribula	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	6

References

1 2 "I liga". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
↑ "Terminarz I ligi 2016/2017". 90minut.pl. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Regulamin rozgrywek I ligi" (PDF). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Stomil ukarany odjęciem trzech punktów". 90 minut. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
1 2 "I Liga: season rules". scoresway.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
↑ "Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 August 2016.

I liga · 2016–17 clubs

Bytovia Bytów Chojniczanka Chojnice Chrobry Głogów GKS Katowice GKS Tychy Górnik Zabrze Miedź Legnica MKS Kluczbork Olimpia Grudziądz Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Pogoń Siedlce Sandecja Nowy Sącz Stal Mielec Stomil Olsztyn Wigry Suwałki Wisła Puławy Zagłębie Sosnowiec Znicz Pruszków

Second level football seasons in Poland

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2016–17 in Polish football

Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League

Youth	Youth League

Club seasons

2016–17 Ekstraklasa	Arka Gdynia Cracovia Górnik Łęczna Jagiellonia Białystok Korona Kielce Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk Legia Warsaw Piast Gilwice Pogoń Szczecin Ruch Chorzów Śląsk Wrocław LKS Nieciecza Wisła Kraków Wisła Płock Zagłębie Lubin

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