1973–74 Ekstraklasa

I liga

Season	1973–74
Dates	25 August 1973 – 7 August 1974
Champions	Ruch Chorzów (11th title)
Relegated	Odra Opole Zagłębie Wałbrzych
European Cup	Ruch Chorzów
Cup Winners' Cup	Gwardia Warsaw
UEFA Cup	Górnik Zabrze Legia Warsaw
Matches played	240
Goals scored	476 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zdzisław Kapka (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Stal 7–0 ŁKS
Biggest away win	Zagłębie S. 0–6 Ruch
Highest scoring	Stal 7–0 ŁKS
Highest attendance	50,000
Total attendance	3,345,360
Average attendance	13,939 5.7%
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 I liga was the 48th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 40th 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 champions were Ruch Chorzów, who won their 11th Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 25 August 1973 and concluded on 7 August 1974 (autumn-spring league). It was interrupted between the 27th matchday (12 May) and the 28th matchday (31 July) due to the 1974 FIFA World Cup. 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 1972–73 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1972–73 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	14	13	3	53	23	+30	41	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Górnik Zabrze	30	16	6	8	43	27	+16	38	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Stal Mielec	30	13	11	6	41	24	+17	37
4	Legia Warsaw	30	12	10	8	38	28	+10	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Wisła Kraków	30	11	12	7	35	27	+8	34
6	ŁKS Łódź	30	9	11	10	24	28	−4	29
7	ROW Rybnik	30	9	11	10	24	28	−4	29
8	Pogoń Szczecin	30	8	13	9	28	38	−10	29
9	Gwardia Warsaw	30	7	14	9	26	27	−1	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Lech Poznań	30	8	12	10	25	26	−1	28
11	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	30	10	7	13	22	31	−9	27
12	Polonia Bytom	30	7	13	10	23	34	−11	27
13	Śląsk Wrocław	30	9	9	12	21	34	−13	27
14	Szombierki Bytom	30	8	10	12	26	31	−5	26
15	Odra Opole (R)	30	6	12	12	25	37	−12	24	Relegated to II liga
16	Zagłębie Wałbrzych (R)	30	7	8	15	22	33	−11	22

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

Results

Home \ Away	GÓR	GWA	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	OOP	POG	BYT	RYB	RUC	STA	SZB	ŚLĄ	WIS	ZSO	ZWA
Górnik Zabrze		3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–0
Gwardia Warsaw	1–2		0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–1	1–1		1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–0
Legia Warsaw	3–1	1–0	0–2		1–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–2	3–2	1–1
ŁKS Łódź	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0		2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Odra Opole	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–2	0–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0
Pogoń Szczecin	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0
Polonia Bytom	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
ROW Rybnik	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1		0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–0
Ruch Chorzów	3–0	3–2	2–1	3–3	2–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	4–0		0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0
Stal Mielec	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–1	7–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0
Szombierki Bytom	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2		1–1	1–3	0–0	2–1
Śląsk Wrocław	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–5	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–0
Wisła Kraków	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–6	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		0–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Zdzisław Kapka	Wisła Kraków	15
2	Grzegorz Lato	Stal Mielec	13
	Joachim Marx	Ruch Chorzów	13
4	Andrzej Szarmach	Stal Mielec	10
	Robert Gadocha	Legia Warsaw	10
	Bronisław Bula	Ruch Chorzów	10
	Władysław Dąbrowski	Legia Warsaw	10
8	Roman Ogaza	Szombierki Bytom	9
	Jan Banaś	Górnik Zabrze	9
	Jan Benigier	Ruch Chorzów	9

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)