Pixels: | 300 |
Competition: | Ekstraklasa |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Winners: | Piast Gliwice (1st title) |
Relegated: | Miedź Legnica Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Piast Gliwice |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Legia Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Cracovia |
Matches: | 296 |
Total Goals: | 823 |
League Topscorer: | 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 Wins: | 7 matches Cracovia |
Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches Lechia Gdańsk |
Longest Winless: | 9 matches Górnik Zabrze Miedź Legnica Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
Longest Losses: | 5 matches Zagłębie Sosnowiec |
Highest Attendance: | 33,000 (31 March 2019)[2] |
Lowest Attendance: | 0 (29 July 2018)[3] (12 August 2018)[4] |
Attendance: | 2,607,154[5] |
Average Attendance: | 8,808 6.7%[6] |
Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
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.
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.
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]
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
15,139 | ||||
15,016 | ||||
24,413 | ||||
22,432 | ||||
15,550 | ||||
43,269 | ||||
43,615 | ||||
31,800 | ||||
6,244 | ||||
10,037 | ||||
18,027 | ||||
42,771 | ||||
33,326 | ||||
12,800 | ||||
16,068 | ||||
7,500 (4,900 seats) |
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 | 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) | |
Team | Chairman | Head coach | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | LV Bet, Gdynia | |||||
![]() | Comarch | |||||
![]() | ![]() | Allianz | ||||
![]() | ![]() | STS, Wschodzący Białystok | ||||
![]() | Suzuki | |||||
![]() | Aforti | |||||
![]() | Energa, Paytren | |||||
![]() | Fortuna | |||||
![]() | DSA SA | |||||
![]() | Gliwice | |||||
![]() | Zina | Grupa Azoty | ||||
![]() | ![]() | forBET | ||||
![]() | LV Bet | |||||
![]() | PKN Orlen, Budmat | |||||
![]() | KGHM | |||||
![]() | Banimex, Nelro Data |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Lech Poznań | ![]() | Caretaking spell over | 21 May 2018 | Pre-season | ![]() | 21 May 2018 |
Arka Gdynia | ![]() | End of contract | 21 May 2018 | ![]() | 8 June 2018 | |
Wisła Kraków | ![]() | Mutual consent | 12 June 2018 | ![]() | 18 June 2018 | |
Wisła Płock | ![]() | Resigned | 12 July 2018 | ![]() | 14 July 2018 | |
Legia Warsaw | ![]() | Sacked | 1 August 2018 | 9th | ![]() | 1 August 2018 |
![]() | Caretaking spell over | 13 August 2018 | 6th | ![]() | 13 August 2018 | |
Wisła Płock | ![]() | Sacked | 7 October 2018 | 13th | ![]() | 10 October 2018 |
Zagłębie Sosnowiec | ![]() | Resigned | 8 October 2018 | 16th | ![]() | 15 October 2018 |
Zagłębie Lubin | ![]() | Mutual consent | 29 October 2018 | 6th | Ben van Dael[25] | 29 October 2018 |
Lech Poznań | ![]() | Sacked | 4 November 2018 | 7th | ![]() | 5 November 2018 |
![]() | Caretaking spell over | 25 November 2018 | 8th | ![]() | 25 November 2018 | |
Śląsk Wrocław | ![]() | Sacked | 11 December 2018 | 14th | ![]() | 11 December 2018 |
![]() | Caretaking spell over | 3 January 2019 | 14th | ![]() | 3 January 2019 | |
Lech Poznań | ![]() | Sacked | 31 March 2019 | 9th | ![]() | 1 April 2019 |
Legia Warsaw | ![]() | 1 April 2019 | 2nd | ![]() | 2 April 2019 | |
Arka Gdynia | ![]() | 1 April 2019 | 14th | ![]() | 12 April 2019 | |
Wisła Płock | ![]() | 3 April 2019 | 15th | ![]() | 4 April 2019 |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lechia Gdańsk | Zagłębie Lubin | 3–3 (H) | [38] | ||
![]() | Śląsk Wrocław | Jagiellonia Białystok | 4–0 (A) | [39] | ||
![]() | Wisła Kraków | Korona Kielce | 6–2 (A) | [40] |
Month | Player | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
July 2018[41] | ![]() | Śląsk Wrocław | |
August 2018[42] | ![]() | Wisła Kraków | |
September 2018[43] | ![]() | Miedź Legnica | |
October 2018[44] | ![]() | Wisła Kraków | |
November 2018[45] | Flávio Paixão | Lechia Gdańsk | |
December 2018[46] | ![]() | Arka Gdynia | |
February 2019 | ![]() | Lechia Gdańsk | |
March 2019 | ![]() | Wisła Kraków | |
April 2019[47] | ![]() | Górnik Zabrze | |
May 2019[48] | ![]() | Pogoń Szczecin |
Month | Player | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
September 2018[49] | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
October 2018[50] | ![]() | Pogoń Szczecin | |
November 2018[51] | ![]() | Jagiellonia Białystok | |
December 2018[52] | ![]() | Legia Warsaw | |
February 2019[53] | ![]() | Zagłębie Lubin | |
March 2019[54] | ![]() | Lechia Gdańsk | |
April 2019[55] | ![]() | Legia Warsaw | |
May 2019 | ![]() | Piast Gliwice |
Month | Coach | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
July 2018[56] | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
August 2018[57] | ![]() | Lechia Gdańsk | |
September 2018[58] | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
October 2018 | Kosta Runjaić | Pogoń Szczecin | |
November 2018 | Kosta Runjaić | Pogoń Szczecin | |
December 2018[59] | ![]() | Cracovia | |
February 2019[60] | ![]() | Cracovia | |
March 2019 | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
April 2019 | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
May 2019[61] | ![]() | Piast Gliwice |
Award[62] [63] | Player | Club | |
---|---|---|---|
Player of the Season | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
Goalkeeper of the Season | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
Defender of the Season | Aleksandar Sedlar | Piast Gliwice | |
Midfielder of the Season | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
Forward of the Season | ![]() | Górnik Zabrze | |
Coach of the Season | ![]() | Piast Gliwice | |
Top Scorer of the Season | ![]() | Górnik Zabrze | |
Young Player of the Season | ![]() | Piast Gliwice |