1988–89 Ekstraklasa Explained

Competition:	Liga
Season:	1988–89
Winners:	Ruch Chorzów (14th title)
Relegated:	Pogoń Szczecin GKS Jastrzębie Górnik Wałbrzych Szombierki Bytom
League Topscorer:	Krzysztof Warzycha (24 goals)
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	566
Average Attendance:	8,407 14.6%^[1]
Prevseason:	1987–88
Nextseason:	1989–90

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1988–89 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Ruch Chorzów won the championship.

Relegation playoffs

After the end of the season, play-offs played for two places in the first league in the 1989–90 season between teams from places 13-14 in the first league and runners-up in the 2nd league groups:^[2]

• 13th team of the I league and 2nd team of the II league of group II - Pogoń Szczecin and Motor Lublin,
• 14th team of the I league and 2nd team of the II league of group I - GKS Jastrzębie and Zawisza Bydgoszcz.

Pogoń Szczecin and GKS Jastrzębie did not hold places at the highest league level.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Krzysztof Warzycha	Ruch Chorzów	24
2	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	13
	Ryszard Cyroń	Górnik Zabrze	13
4	Bogusław Cygan	Szombierki Bytom	12
5	Maciej Śliwowski	Stal Mielec	11
	Mirosław Kubisztal	GKS Katowice	11
	Bogusław Pachelski	Lech Poznań	11
8	Jacek Cyzio	Pogoń Szczecin	10
	Jarosław Araszkiewicz	Lech Poznań	10
	Jerzy Kaziów	Olimpia Poznań	10
	Marek Filipczak	Olimpia Poznań	10

Notes and References

1. Web site: Attendances – Archive Poland . EFS.co.uk . 30 June 2009.
2. Web site: Ekstraklasa (1st division). History. Paweł Mogielnicki's Page. 2020-05-09.