# 2001–02 I liga

The 2001–02 I liga (then known as the II liga) is the 54th season of the I liga, the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 20 teams who competing for promotion to the 2002–03 Ekstraklasa.
The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. Each team played a total of 38 matches, half at home and half away. The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the 3rd- and 4th-placed teams will compete in Ekstraklasa's qualification play-offs. At the other end, the bottom six teams face automatic demotion to the II liga.
The season began on 21 July 2001, and concluded on 5 May 2002. After the 23rd matchday the league will be on winter break between 3 December 2001 and 1 March 2002.

## Teams

The following teams competed in the I liga 2001–02:
* Lech Poznań
* Orlen Płock
* Szczakowianka Jaworzno
* Górnik Łęczna
* GKS Bełchatów
* Ceramika Opoczno
* Hetman Zamość
* Ruch Radzionków
* Polar Wrocław
* Tłoki Gorzyce
* Arka Gdynia
* Górnik Polkowice
* Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
* ŁKS Łódź
* Jagiellonia Białystok
* Hutnik Kraków
* Zagłębie Sosnowiec
* Odra Opole
* Włókniarz Kietrz
* KS Myszków

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lech Poznań (P) | 38 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 88 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 2 | Orlen Płock (P) | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 73 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 3 | Szczakowianka Jaworzno (P) | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 66 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 4 | Górnik Łęczna | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 62 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 5 | GKS Bełchatów | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 58 | |
| 6 | Ceramika Opoczno | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 54 | |
| 7 | Hetman Zamość | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 51 | |
| 8 | Ruch Radzionków | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 50 | |
| 9 | Polar Wrocław | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 50 | |
| 10 | Tłoki Gorzyce | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 49 | |
| 11 | Arka Gdynia | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 48 | |
| 12 | Górnik Polkowice | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 48 | |
| 13 | Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 47 | |
| 14 | ŁKS Łódź | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 47 | |
| 15 | Jagiellonia Białystok (R) | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 45 | Relegation to III liga |
| 16 | Hutnik Kraków (R) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 44 | Relegation to III liga |
| 17 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec (R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 43 | Relegation to III liga |
| 18 | Odra Opole (R) | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 41 | Relegation to III liga |
| 19 | Włókniarz Kietrz (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 41 | Relegation to III liga |
| 20 | KS Myszków (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 33 | Relegation to III liga |
* 1 2 RRA: 6 pts,2-0-0, 3–0; PLR: 0 pts, 0-0-2, 0–3
* 1 2 ARK: 2 pts,0-2-0, 2–2; GPK: 2 pts, 0-2-0, 2–2
* 1 2 ŚWI: 2 pts,0-2-0, 3–3; ŁKS: 2 pts, 0-2-0, 2–2
* 1 2 ZSO: 4 pts,1-1-0, 3–1; OOP: 1 pt, 0-1-1, 1–3

## Results

| Home \ Away | LPO | ORL | SZJ | GKŁ | BEŁ | CER | HET | RRA | PLR | TŁK | ARK | GPK | ŚWI | ŁKS | JAG | HUT | ZSO | OOP | WŁK | MYS |
| Lech Poznań | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Orlen Płock | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Szczakowianka Jaworzno | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Górnik Łęczna | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| GKS Bełchatów | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Ceramika Opoczno | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Hetman Zamość | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Ruch Radzionków | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Polar Wrocław | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Tłoki Gorzyce | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Arka Gdynia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Górnik Polkowice | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| ŁKS Łódź | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Hutnik Kraków | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2–4 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Odra Opole | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Włókniarz Kietrz | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 |
| KS Myszków | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jacek Ziarkowski | Hetman Zamość | 21 |
| 2 | Piotr Żaba | Ruch Radzionków | 19 |
| 3 | Adam Grad | ŁKS Łódź / Jagiellonia Białystok | 17 |

## Ekstraklasa qualification play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Szczakowianka Jaworzno | 2–1 | RKS Radomsko (14E) | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Górnik Łęczna | 1–3 | KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (13E) | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Source: 90minut.pl – Baraże o udział w I lidze (in Polish)