# 2011–12 I liga

The 2011–12 I liga was the 64th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 4th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).
The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2012–13 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up would receive promotion. The bottom four teams were automatically demoted to the II liga.

## Changes from last season
### From I liga

Promoted to 2010–11 Ekstraklasa
* ŁKS Łódź
* Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Relegated
* MKS Kluczbork (to II liga, Group West)
* KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (to II liga, Group East)
* Odra Wodzisław Śląski (disbanded)
* GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski (disbanded)

### To I liga

Relegated from 2010–11 Ekstraklasa
* Arka Gdynia
* Polonia Bytom
Promoted from II liga, Group East
* Olimpia Elbląg
* Wisła Płock
Promoted from II liga, Group West
* Olimpia Grudziądz
* Zawisza Bydgoszcz

## Team overview
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Arka Gdynia | Stadion Miejski | 15,139 |
| GKS Bogdanka | Stadion Górnika | 7,200 |
| Dolcan Ząbki | Stadion Dolcanu | 2,100 |
| Flota Świnoujście | Stadion Miejski | 4,500 |
| GKS Katowice | Stadion GKS Katowice | 9,511 |
| Kolejarz Stróże | Stadion Kolejarza | 2,000 |
| KS Polkowice | Stadion Miejski | 4,365 |
| Olimpia Elbląg | Stadion Miejski | 7,000 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | Stadion Centralny | 5,250 |
| Piast Gliwice | Arena Gliwice | 10,037 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera | 18,027 |
| Polonia Bytom | Stadion im. Edwarda Szymkowiaka | 6,000 |
| Ruch Radzionków | Stadion Ruchu (in Bytom) | 3,000 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka | 5,000 |
| Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | Stadion Nieciecza | 2,093 |
| Warta Poznań | Stadion Lecha | 41,609 |
| Wisła Płock | Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego | 12,800 |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka | 20,247 |
* ^ Piast played 2 home games at Stadion Miejski in Wodzisław Śląski (cap. 7,000
* ^ Warta played 3 home games at Stadion im. Edmunda Szyca (cap. 4,000)

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Chairman | Team captain | Kit maker | Shirt sponsor |
| Arka Gdynia | Petr Němec | Witold Nowak | Sławomir Mazurkiewicz | Adidas | Polnord, Gdynia |
| GKS Bogdanka | Piotr Rzepka | Artur Kapelko | Veljko Nikitović | Jako | Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka |
| Dolcan Ząbki | Robert Podoliński | Jerzy Szczęsny | Piotr Kosiorowski | Zina | Dolcan |
| Flota Świnoujście | Ryszard Kłusek | Edward Rozwałka | Marek Niewiada | Jako | LZ |
| GKS Katowice | Rafał Górak | Jacek Krysiak | Jacek Kowalczyk | adidas | Ideon |
| Kolejarz Stróże | Przemysław Cecherz | Bolesław Dywan | Dariusz Walęciak | Nike | FPON |
| KS Polkowice | Janusz Kudyba | Grzegorz Długosz | Tomasz Salamoński | Jako | — |
| Olimpia Elbląg | Oleg Radushko | Łukasz Konończuk | Marcin Pacan | Adidas | CH Rapsodia |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | Marcin Kaczmarek | Jacek Bojarowski | Bartłomiej Kowalski | Nike | Grudziądz |
| Piast Gliwice | Marcin Brosz | Józef Drabicki | Tomasz Podgórski | Adidas | Gliwice |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Ryszard Tarasiewicz | Jarosław Mroczek | Bartosz Ława | Nike | Bosman |
| Polonia Bytom | Dariusz Fornalak | Radosław Nowakowski | Lukaš Killar | Hummel | LKJ-Bud, Bytom |
| Ruch Radzionków | Artur Skowronek | Tomasz Baran | Piotr Rocki | Colo | Radzionków, O&S Computer-Soft |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Robert Moskal | Andrzej Danek | Ján Fröhlich | Adidas | AW Wiśniowski |
| Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | Dušan Radolský | Danuta Witkowska | Jan Cios | Nike | Termalica |
| Warta Poznań | Czesław Owczarek | Marek Łbik | Tomasz Magdziarz | Nike | Family House |
| Wisła Płock | Libor Pala | Krzysztof Dmoszyński | Ariel Jakubowski | Zina | Płock |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Yuriy Shatalov | Anita Osuch | — | Jako | Solbet |
* ^ Kolejarz displays the charity's logo on their kit.

#### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Arka | František Straka | End of contract | 30 June 2011 | Pre-season | Petr Němec | 12 June 2011 |
| Flota | Petr Němec | Signed by Arka | 12 June 2011 | Pre-season | Krzysztof Pawlak | 12 June 2011 |
| Olimpia E. | Jarosław Araszkiewicz | Resigned | 12 June 2011 | Pre-season | Grzegorz Wesołowski | 22 June 2011 |
| Pogoń | Jerzy Rot | Temporary manager | 12 June 2011 | Pre-season | Marcin Sasal | 12 June 2011 |
| Termalica | Piotr Wrześniak | Appointed as goalkeeping coach | 14 June 2011 | Pre-season | Dušan Radolský | 14 June 2011 |
| Warta | Bogusław Baniak | Signed by Miedź Legnica | 15 June 2011 | Pre-season | Czesław Jakołcewicz | 22 June 2011 |
| Katowice | Wojciech Stawowy | Mutual consent | 17 June 2011 | Pre-season | Rafał Górak | 21 June 2011 |
| Bogdanka | Mirosław Jabłoński | End of contract | 21 June 2011 | Pre-season | Piotr Rzepka | 25 June 2011 |
| Zawisza | Adam Topolski | End of contract | 22 June 2011 | Pre-season | Janusz Kubot | 22 June 2011 |
| Kolejarz | Janusz Kubot | Signed by Zawisza | 22 June 2011 | Pre-season | Przemysław Cecherz | 23 June 2011 |
| Warta | Czesław Jakołcewicz | Resigned | 22 August 2011 | 10th | Piotr Tworek | 22 August 2011 |
| Warta | Piotr Tworek | Temporary manager | 24 August 2011 | 10th | Artur Płatek | 24 August 2011 |
| Wisła | Mieczysław Broniszewski | Temporary manager | 5 September 2011 | 11th | Marek Końko | 5 September 2011 |
| Wisła | Marek Końko | Temporary manager | 8 September 2011 | 11th | Libor Pala | 8 September 2011 |
| Polkowice | Dominik Nowak | Sacked | 14 September 2011 | 18th | Bartłomiej Majewski | 14 September 2011 |
| Polkowice | Bartłomiej Majewski | Sacked | 28 September 2011 | 18th | Janusz Kudyba | 28 September 2011 |
| Olimpia E. | Grzegorz Wesołowski | Sacked | 15 October 2011 | 18th | Anatoliy Piskovets | 17 October 2011 |
| Warta | Artur Płatek | Joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern staff | 1 November 2011 | 10th | Jarosław Araszkiewicz | 1 November 2011 |
| Sandecja | Mariusz Kuras | Sacked | 15 November 2011 | 9th | Robert Moskal | 15 November 2011 |
| Olimpia E. | Anatoliy Piskovets | Sacked | 9 January 2012 | 18th | Szymon Szałachowski | 9 January 2012 |
| Olimpia E. | Szymon Szałachowski | Sacked | 16 January 2012 | 18th | Oleg Radushko | 16 January 2012 |
| Pogoń | Marcin Sasal | Sacked | 10 April 2012 | 1st | Ryszard Tarasiewicz | 10 April 2012 |
| Zawisza | Janusz Kubot | Resigned | 18 April 2012 | 5th | Yuriy Shatalov | 19 April 2012 |
| Warta | Jarosław Araszkiewicz | Sacked | 25 April 2012 | 9th | Czesław Owczarek | 25 April 2012 |
| Flota | Krzysztof Pawlak | Sacked | 10 May 2012 | 9th | Ryszard Kłusek | 10 May 2012 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Piast Gliwice (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 64 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 2 | Pogoń Szczecin (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 61 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 3 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 59 | |
| 4 | Kolejarz Stróże | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 57 | |
| 5 | Nieciecza | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 56 | |
| 6 | GKS Bogdanka | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 54 | |
| 7 | Arka Gdynia | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 51 | |
| 8 | Flota Świnoujście | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 49 | |
| 9 | Ruch Radzionków (R) | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 48 | |
| 10 | Warta Poznań | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 46 | |
| 11 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 43 | |
| 12 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 40 | |
| 13 | GKS Katowice | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 39 | |
| 14 | Dolcan Ząbki | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 39 | |
| 15 | Polonia Bytom | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 36 | |
| 16 | Wisła Płock (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 35 | Relegation to II liga |
| 17 | KS Polkowice (R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to II liga |
| 18 | Olimpia Elbląg (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 22 | Relegation to II liga |
* 1 2 Ruch Radzionków withdrew from all professional competition after season, so previously relegated Polonia Bytom took their place in the 2012–13 II liga.
* 1 2 DOL 0–0 GKS; GKS 3–1 DOL

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARK | GKŁ | DOL | FLO | KAT | KOL | GPK | ELB | GRU | PIA | POG | PBY | RRA | SNS | NIE | WAP | WPK | ZAW |
| Arka Gdynia | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
| Górnik Łęczna | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Dolcan Ząbki | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Flota Świnoujście | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| GKS Katowice | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Kolejarz Stróże | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Górnik Polkowice | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Olimpia Elbląg | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| Piast Gliwice | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Polonia Bytom | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ruch Radzionków | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Nieciecza | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Warta Poznań | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Wisła Płock | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | | 0–1 |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 27 May 2012.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Wojciech Kędziora | Piast Gliwice | 18 |
| 2 | Arkadiusz Aleksander | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 16 |
| 3 | Adrian Błąd | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 14 |
| 3 | Maciej Tataj | Dolcan Ząbki | 14 |
| 5 | Rubén Jurado | Piast Gliwice | 12 |
| 5 | Nildo França Júnior | GKS Bogdanka | 12 |
| 5 | Ricardinho | Wisła Płock | 12 |
| 5 | Jakub Świerczok | Polonia Bytom | 12 |
| 7 | Andradina | Pogoń Szczecin | 11 |
| 7 | Wojciech Łuczak | Wisła Płock | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Arkadiusz Aleksander | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Arka Gdynia | 3–0 | 7 August 2011 |
| Jakub Świerczok | Polonia Bytom | Olimpia Grudziądz | 4–1 | 2 September 2011 |
| Nildo França Júnior | GKS Bogdanka | KS Polkowice | 3–0 | 3 September 2011 |
| Jakub Świerczok | Polonia Bytom | GKS Katowice | 4–2 | 7 October 2011 |
| Dawid Wacławczyk | KS Polkowice | Dolcan Ząbki | 3–2 | 19 November 2011 |
| Tomasz Chałas | Olimpia Elbląg | Dolcan Ząbki | 4–1 | 20 May 2012 |
| Ricardinho | Wisła Płock | Warta Poznań | 3–3 | 27 May 2012 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Dariusz Pawlusiński for Termalica against GKS Katowice (22 July 2011)
* Fastest goal of the season: 24 seconds – Wojciech Kędziora for Piast Gliwice against Termalica (13 April 2012)
* Most goals in a game: 8 goals
** Radzionków 4–4 Polkowice (20 May 2012)
* Most goals scored in a game by one team: 6 goals
** Wisła 6–1 Sandecja (12 November 2011)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** Zawisza 4–3 Olimpia G. (18 March 2012)
** Elbląg 3–4 Polkowice (4 May 2012)
* Largest winning margin: 5 goals
** Katowice 5–0 Polkowice (14 September 2011)
** Wisła 6–1 Sandecja (12 November 2011)
* Widest away winning margin: 4 goals
** Flota 0–4 Sandecja (9 May 2012)
* Highest scoring draw: 8 goals
** Radzionków 4–4 Polkowice
* Most games failed to score in: 17
** GKS Katowice
* Fewest games failed to score in: 5
** Pogoń Szczecin

### Disciplinary record by team

    As of 27 May 2012
| Rank | Team | | |
| 1 | Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | 64 | 3 |
| 2 | Polonia Bytom | 69 | 4 |
| 3 | Ruch Radzionków | 71 | 4 |
| 4 | Arka Gdynia | 75 | 3 |
| 5 | KS Polkowice | 74 | 5 |
| 6 | Wisła Płock | 78 | 4 |
| 7 | Warta Poznań | 75 | 7 |
| 8 | Pogoń Szczecin | 82 | 4 |
| 9 | GKS Katowice | 85 | 5 |
| 10 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 77 | 9 |
| 11 | Piast Gliwice | 81 | 7 |
| 12 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 83 | 6 |
| 13 | Flota Świnoujście | 89 | 5 |
| 14 | Dolcan Ząbki | 87 | 7 |
| 15 | Kolejarz Stróże | 81 | 10 |
| 16 | Olimpia Elbląg | 84 | 9 |
| 17 | GKS Bogdanka | 97 | 7 |
| 18 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 103 | 5 |
Source:
* Most yellow cards (player): 12 – Arkadiusz Baran (Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza), Błażej Jankowski (Zawisza Bydgoszcz)
* Most red cards (player): 2 – Radosław Bartoszewicz (GKS Bogdanka), Jan Buryán (Piast Gliwice), Janusz Dziedzic (Olimpia Grudziądz), Cheikh Niane (Kolejarz Stróże), Marcin Nowak (KS Polkowice), Grzegorz Piesio (Dolcan Ząbki), Michał Renusz (GKS Bogdanka), Dawid Szufryn (Kolejarz Stróże), Wojciech Wilczyński (Arka Gdynia, Polonia Bytom)

### Clean sheets

* Most clean sheets: 17
** Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza
* Fewest clean sheets: 3
** KS Polkowice