# 1975–76 Ekstraklasa

The 1975–76 I liga was the 50th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 42nd season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).
The champions were Stal Mielec, who won their 2nd Polish title.

## Competition modus

The season started on 2 August 1975 and concluded on 2 June 1976 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 1974–75 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1974–75 II liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stal Mielec (C) | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 38 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | GKS Tychy | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Wisła Kraków | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Ruch Chorzów | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 37 | |
| 5 | Widzew Łódź | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | Pogoń Szczecin | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 31 | |
| 7 | Śląsk Wrocław | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 31 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Legia Warsaw | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | Górnik Zabrze | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 28 | |
| 10 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | ROW Rybnik | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 28 | |
| 12 | Lech Poznań | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 27 | |
| 13 | ŁKS Łódź | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 26 | |
| 14 | Szombierki Bytom | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 25 | |
| 15 | Stal Rzeszów (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 24 | Relegated to II liga |
| 16 | Polonia Bytom (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 21 | Relegated to II liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | TYC | GÓR | LPO | LEG | ŁKS | POG | BYT | RYB | RUC | STA | SRZ | SZB | ŚLĄ | WID | WIS | ZSO |
| GKS Tychy | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Lech Poznań | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Legia Warsaw | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| ŁKS Łódź | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Polonia Bytom | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| ROW Rybnik | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Stal Mielec | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Stal Rzeszów | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Szombierki Bytom | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Widzew Łódź | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Wisła Kraków | 5–0 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kazimierz Kmiecik | Wisła Kraków | 20 |
| 2 | Andrzej Szarmach | Górnik Zabrze | 16 |
| 3 | Roman Ogaza | GKS Tychy | 15 |
| 4 | Grzegorz Lato | Stal Mielec | 14 |
| 5 | Bronisław Bula | Ruch Chorzów | 11 |
| 5 | Kazimierz Deyna | Legia Warsaw | 11 |
| 5 | Tadeusz Pawłowski | Śląsk Wrocław | 11 |
| 5 | Zenon Kasztelan | Pogoń Szczecin | 11 |
| 5 | Leszek Wolski | Pogoń Szczecin | 11 |