| Pixels: | 300 |
| Competition: | Ekstraklasa |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Dates: | 14 July 2017 – 20 May 2018 |
| Winners: | Legia Warsaw (13th title) |
| Relegated: | Termalica Sandecja |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Legia Warsaw |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Jagiellonia Białystok Lech Poznań Górnik Zabrze |
| Matches: | 296 |
| Total Goals: | 776 |
| League Topscorer: | Carlitos (24 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Arka 5–0 Sandecja (25 November 2017) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Lechia 0–5 Korona (30 October 2017) |
| Longest Wins: | 5 matches Legia Warsaw Jagiellonia Białystok |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 9 matches Górnik Zabrze Śląsk Wrocław Korona Kielce |
| Longest Winless: | 22 matches Sandecja Nowy Sącz |
| Longest Losses: | 5 matches Pogoń Szczecin Arka Gdynia |
| Highest Attendance: | 36,941[1] Lech 3–1 Górnik (7 April 2018) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 312[2] (27 February 2018) |
| Attendance: | 2,802,483 |
| Average Attendance: | 9,468 1.5%[3] |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Ekstraklasa (also known as Lotto Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by Totalizator Sportowy, Polish lottery)[4] was the 92nd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 84th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 10th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.
The season started on 14 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.[5] It is the first Ekstraklasa season to use VAR. After the 21st matchday the league went on a winter break between 18 December 2017 and 9 February 2018. 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 2016–17 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I liga after the 2016–17 season. The fixtures were announced on 8 June 2017.[5]
Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 30th round (in the beginning of April 2018), the league split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team played 7 more games (teams ranked 1-4 and 9-12 played four times at home). So, finally each team played a total of 37 matches. The team at the top of the Championship round wins the league title. The two teams at the bottom of the Relegation round are demoted to I liga for the 2018–19 season. This was the fifth season to take place since the new playoff structure has been introduced.
The defending champions were Legia Warsaw, who won their 12th Polish title the previous season.
Legia successfully defended their title, sealing the league trophy for a 13th time in dramatic circumstances as their deciding game against Lech Poznan was abandoned due to flares and pitch invasions by Lech fans (after Legia went 2-0 ahead).[6] Legia were awarded the tie 3-0 and three points secured 1st place.
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. Sandecja Nowy Sącz were promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time.[7] Górnik Zabrze returned to Ekstraklasa after a one-year absence.[8]
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,139 | ||||
| 4,653 | ||||
| 15,016 | ||||
| 24,413 | ||||
| 22,432 | ||||
| 15,550 | ||||
| 43,269 | ||||
| 43,615 | ||||
| 31,800 | ||||
| 10,037 | ||||
| 18,027 | ||||
| 4,653 | ||||
| 42,771 | ||||
| 33,326 | ||||
| 12,800 | ||||
| 16,068 |
| Arka | Nieciecza | Cracovia | Górnik Zabrze | Jagiellonia | Korona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stadion GOSiR | Stadion Bruk-Bet | Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego | Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla | Stadion Jagiellonii | Kolporter Arena | |
| Capacity: 15,139 | Capacity: 4,666 | Capacity: 15,016 | Capacity: 24,413 | Capacity: 22,432 | Capacity: 15,550 | |
| Lech | Lechia | |||||
| INEA Stadion | Stadion Energa Gdańsk | |||||
| Capacity: 43,269 | Capacity: 43,615 | |||||
| Legia | Piast | |||||
| Stadion Wojska Polskiego | Arena Gliwice | |||||
| Capacity: 31,800 | Capacity: 10,037 | |||||
| Pogoń | Sandecja | Śląsk | Wisła Kraków | Wisła Płock | Zagłębie | |
| Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera | Stadion Bruk-Bet | Stadion Wrocław | Stadion im. Henryka Reymana | Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego | Stadion Zagłębia | |
| Capacity: 18,027 | Capacity: 4,666 | Capacity: 42,771 | Capacity: 33,326 | Capacity: 12,800 | Capacity: 16,068 | |
| Team | Chairman | Head coach | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wojciech Pertkiewicz | Gdynia | |||||
| Danuta Witkowska | Bruk-Bet | |||||
| Janusz Filipiak | Comarch | |||||
| Bartosz Sarnowski | Szymon Matuszek | Allianz | ||||
| Cezary Kulesza | Rafał Grzyb | STS | ||||
| Krzysztof Zając | Lewiatan | |||||
| Karol Klimczak | Aforti | |||||
| Adam Mandziara | Energa | |||||
| Dariusz Mioduski | Fortuna | |||||
| Paweł Żelem | Gliwice | |||||
| Jarosław Mroczek | Zina | Grupa Azoty | ||||
| Grzegorz Haslik | Saller | Zakłady Mięsne Szubryt | ||||
| Michał Bobowiec | forBET | |||||
| Marzena Sarapata | LV Bet | |||||
| Jacek Kruszewski | PKN Orlen, Budmat | |||||
| Robert Sadowski | KGHM |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korona Kielce | Maciej Bartoszek[10] | Mutual consent | 4 June 2017 | Pre-season |  Gino Lettieri[11] | 1 July 2017 | |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Kazimierz Moskal[12] | End of contract | 30 June 2017 | Maciej Skorża[13] | 1 July 2017 | ||
| Jagiellonia Białystok | Michał Probierz[14] | Mutual consent | 4 June 2017 | Ireneusz Mamrot[15] | 12 June 2017 | ||
| Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | Marcin Węglewski[16] | Became assistant | 13 June 2017 | Mariusz Rumak | 13 June 2017 | ||
| Cracovia | Jacek Zieliński[17] | Mutual consent | 19 June 2017 | Michał Probierz[18] | 21 June 2017 | ||
| Wisła Płock | Marcin Kaczmarek[19] | Mutual consent | 5 July 2017 | Jerzy Brzęczek[20] | 11 July 2017 | ||
| Legia Warsaw | Jacek Magiera[21] | Sacked | 13 September 2017 | 5th |  Romeo Jozak[22] | 13 September 2017 | |
| Piast Gliwice | Dariusz Wdowczyk[23] | Sacked | 19 September 2017 | 14th | Waldemar Fornalik | 19 September 2017 | |
| Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | Mariusz Rumak[24] | Sacked | 19 September 2017 | 16th | Maciej Bartoszek[25] | 20 September 2017 | |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Piotr Nowak[26] | Taking over as sports director | 27 September 2017 | 12th | Adam Owen | 27 September 2017 | |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Maciej Skorża[27] | Sacked | 30 October 2017 | 16th | Rafał Janas (interim) | 30 October 2017 | |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Rafał Janas[28] | Caretaking spell over | 6 November 2017 | 16th | Kosta Runjaić | 6 November 2017 | |
| Zagłębie Lubin | Piotr Stokowiec[29] | Sacked | 27 November 2017 | 8th | Mariusz Lewandowski[30] | 28 November 2017 | |
| Wisła Kraków |  Kiko Ramírez[31] | Sacked | 10 December 2017 | 8th | Joan Carrillo[32] | 1 January 2018 | |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Radosław Mroczkowski[33] | Sacked | 10 December 2017 | 14th | Kazimierz Moskal[34] | 19 December 2017 | |
| Śląsk Wrocław | Jan Urban[35] | Sacked | 19 February 2018 | 10th | Tadeusz Pawłowski | 19 February 2018 | |
| Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | Maciej Bartoszek[36] | Sacked | 20 February 2018 | 15th | Jacek Zieliński[37] | 20 February 2018 | |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Adam Owen[38] | Sacked | 3 March 2018 | 12th | Piotr Stokowiec[39] | 5 March 2018 | |
| Legia Warsaw | Romeo Jozak[40] | Sacked | 14 April 2018 | 3rd | Dean Klafurić | 14 April 2018 | |
| Lech Poznań | Nenad Bjelica[41] | Sacked | 10 May 2018 | 3rd | Rafał Ulatowski (interim) | 10 May 2018 |
| Month | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017[45] | Igor Angulo | Górnik Zabrze | |
| August 2017 | Igor Angulo | Górnik Zabrze | |
| September 2017 | Marcin Robak | Śląsk Wrocław | |
| October 2017 | Carlitos | Wisła Kraków | |
| November 2017 | Igor Angulo | Górnik Zabrze | |
| December 2017[46] | Jakub Świerczok | Zagłębie Lubin | |
| February 2018[47] |  Martin Pospíšil | Jagiellonia Białystok | |
| March 2018[48] | Christian Gytkjær | Lech Poznań | |
| April 2018[49] | Krzysztof Piątek | Cracovia | |
| May 2018[50] | Adam Frączczak | Pogoń Szczecin |
| Month | Coach | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017[51] | Marcin Brosz | Górnik Zabrze | |
| August 2017[52] | Piotr Stokowiec | Zagłębie Lubin | |
| September 2017[53] | Jerzy Brzęczek | Wisła Płock | |
| October 2017[54] | Gino Lettieri | Korona Kielce | |
| November 2017 | Gino Lettieri | Korona Kielce | |
| December 2017 | Jerzy Brzęczek | Wisła Płock | |
| February 2018[55] | Ireneusz Mamrot | Jagiellonia Białystok | |
| March 2018[56] | Nenad Bjelica | Lech Poznań | |
| April 2018[57] | Jerzy Brzęczek | Wisła Płock | |
| May 2018[58] | Dean Klafurić | Legia Warsaw |
| Award[59] | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season | Carlitos | Wisła Kraków | |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Arkadiusz Malarz | Legia Warsaw | |
| Defender of the Season | Michał Helik | Cracovia | |
| Midfielder of the Season | Rafał Kurzawa | Górnik Zabrze | |
| Forward of the Season | Carlitos | Wisła Kraków | |
| Coach of the Season | Marcin Brosz | Górnik Zabrze | |
| Top Scorer of the season | Carlitos | Wisła Kraków | |
| Discovery of the season | Szymon Żurkowski | Górnik Zabrze | |
| Turbokozak | Sebastian Mila | Lechia Gdańsk |
