2006–07 Ekstraklasa Explained

Competition:Ekstraklasa
Season:2006–07
Winners:Zagłębie Lubin
(2nd title)
Runners-Up:GKS Bełchatów
Relegated:Wisła Płock
Pogoń Szczecin
Arka Gdynia
Górnik Łęczna
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Zagłębie Lubin
(2nd qualifying round)
Continentalcup2:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:GKS Bełchatów
(1st qualifying round)
Dyskobolia
(1st qualifying round)
Continentalcup3:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Legia Warsaw (1st round)
League Topscorer:Piotr Reiss (15 goals)
Matches:240
Total Goals:621
Highest Attendance:26,000[1]

(19 May 2007)
Attendance:1,609,680
Average Attendance:6,707 21.5%[2]
Prevseason:2005–06
Nextseason:2007–08

The 2006–07 Ekstraklasa (also known as Orange Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Orange Polska) started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions.

For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange Polska and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006–07.

Corruption

On 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of Górnik Łęczna (two class degradation and 270,000 PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000 PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.[3]

Clubs

16 clubs competed in the 2006–07 season:

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[4]
1 Piotr ReissLech Poznań15
2 Michał ChałbińskiZagłębie Lubin12
Adrian SikoraDyskobolia Grodzisk12
4 Łukasz PiszczekZagłębie Lubin11
5 Tomasz MoskałaCracovia10
Piotr WłodarczykLegia Warsaw10
Zbigniew ZakrzewskiLech Poznań10
8 Janusz Dziedzic9
Radosław Matusiak9
Mariusz UjekGKS Bełchatów9

Annual awards

These were given out by the weekly magazine Piłka Nożna

Coach of the Year

Orest Lenczyk (GKS Bełchatów)

Discovery of the Year

Radosław Matusiak (GKS Bełchatów)

League player of the year

Piotr Reiss (Lech Poznań)

Best Foreign Players

Goalkeeper

Emilian Dolha (Wisła Kraków)

Defender (football)

Edson (Legia Warszawa), Cléber (Wisła Kraków), Dickson Choto (Legia Warszawa), Veselin Đoković (Korona Kielce)

Midfielder

Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa), Henry Quinteros (Lech Poznań), Hermes (Korona Kielce), Miroslav Radović (Legia Warszawa)

Striker

Ensar Arifović (ŁKS), Edi Andradina (Pogoń).

Piłka Nożna's Ekstraklasa All star team

Goalkeeper

Emilian Dolha(Wisła Kraków), Micahl Vaclavik (Zagłębie Lubin)

Right Defender: Paweł Golański(Korona Kielce), Grzegorz Bartczak(Zagłębie Lubin)

Center Defender: Dickson Choto(Legia Warszawa), Dariusz Pietrasiak(GKS Bełchatów), Cléber Guedes de Lima (Wisła Kraków), Michał Stasiak(Zagłębie Lubin)

Left Defender: Manuel Arboleda(Zagłębie Lubin), Grzegorz Bronowicki(Legia Warszawa)

Right Midfield: Jakub Błaszczykowski(Wisła Kraków), Miroslav Radović(Legia Warszawa)

CenterMidfield: Maciej Iwański(Zagłębie Lubin), Tomasz Jarzębowski(GKS Bełchatów), Rafał Murawski(Lech Poznań), Dariusz Dudka(Wisła Kraków)

Left Midfield: Łukasz Garguła(GKS Bełchatów), Roger Guerreiro(Legia Warszawa)

Striker

Piotr Reiss(Lech Poznań), Adrian Sikora(Dyskobolia Grodzisk), Michał Chałbiński(Zagłębie Lubin), Łukasz Piszczek(Zagłębie Lubin).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orange Ekstraklasa 2006/2007 - Kolejka 28 . 90minut.pl . 19 May 2007.
  2. Web site: Attendances – Archive Poland . EFS.co.uk . 30 June 2009.
  3. Web site: Corruption scandal . 2009-05-06 . 2011-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525222517/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=421081&cc=5739 . dead .
  4. Web site: Najlepsi strzelcy . 90minut.pl . 10 September 2022 . pl.