# 2016–17 I liga

The 2016–17 I liga (currently named Nice I liga due to sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of the Polish I liga under its current title, and the 69th season of 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 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season began on 29 July 2016, and concluded on 4 June 2017. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 28 November 2016 and 2 March 2017.
According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born in 1996 or later and Polish or trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing).

## Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

## Team overview
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bytovia Bytów | Stadion MOSiR | 1,500 |
| Chojniczanka Chojnice | Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka 1930 | 3,000 |
| Chrobry Głogów | Stadion GOS | 2,817 |
| GKS Katowice | Stadion GKS Katowice | 6,710 |
| GKS Tychy | Stadion Tychy | 15,300 |
| Górnik Zabrze | Ernest Pohl Stadium | 24,413 |
| Miedź Legnica | Stadion Orła Białego | 6,244 |
| MKS Kluczbork | Stadion Miejski | 2,776 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | Stadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego | 5,000 |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Stadion BBOSiR | 15,316 |
| Pogoń Siedlce | Stadion ROSRRiT | 2,901 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka | 2,850 |
| Stal Mielec | Stadion MOSiR | 6,800 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | OSiR Stadium | 3,500 |
| Wigry Suwałki | Stadion OSiR | 3,060 |
| Wisła Puławy | Stadion MOSiR | 4,418 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Stadium Ludowy | 7,500 |
| Znicz Pruszków | Stadion MZOS Znicz | 1,977 |
* ^ Upgrading to 31,871.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz (C, P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 61 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 2 | Górnik Zabrze (P) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 58 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 3 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 57 | |
| 4 | Miedź Legnica | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 57 | |
| 5 | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 34 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 56 | |
| 6 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 56 | |
| 7 | GKS Katowice | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 54 | |
| 8 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 53 | |
| 9 | Wigry Suwałki | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 52 | |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 45 | |
| 11 | Pogoń Siedlce | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 44 | |
| 12 | Chrobry Głogów | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | |
| 13 | Stomil Olsztyn | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 37 | |
| 14 | GKS Tychy | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 37 | |
| 15 | Bytovia Bytów (O) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 35 | Qualification to play-off |
| 16 | Wisła Puławy (R) | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 33 | Relegation to II liga |
| 17 | Znicz Pruszków (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 30 | Relegation to II liga |
| 18 | MKS Kluczbork (R) | 34 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 25 | Relegation to II liga |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Zagłębie 1–0 Miedź, Miedź 2–1 Zagłębie.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Chojniczanka 3–1 Olimpia, Olimpia 0–1 Chojniczanka .
* ↑ Stomil Olsztyn were punished with a deduction of three points for failing with licensing requirements.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Stomil 4–0 Tychy. Tychy 2–2 Stomil.

## Positions by round

| Team / Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Sandecja | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Górnik | 14 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Zagłębie | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Miedź | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Chojniczanka | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Olimpia | 17 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Katowice | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Podbeskidzie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Wigry | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Stal | 8 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Pogoń | 3 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Chrobry | 18 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Stomil | 12 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Tychy | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Bytovia | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Wisła | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Znicz | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Kluczbork | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BYT | CCH | GŁO | KAT | TYC | GÓR | MLE | KLU | GRU | PBB | PSI | SNS | STA | STO | WIG | WPU | ZSO | ZNI |
| Bytovia Bytów | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Chojniczanka Chojnice | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Chrobry Głogów | 3–3 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| GKS Katowice | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| GKS Tychy | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Miedź Legnica | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| MKS Kluczbork | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 2–0 |
| Pogoń Siedlce | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| Stal Mielec | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Wigry Suwałki | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Wisła Puławy | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 0–3 |
| Znicz Pruszków | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–5 | 0–3 | 1–4 | |

## I liga play-off

The 15th place team from the regular season will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from II liga. Matches will be played on 11 and 18 June 2017. The winner will compete in the 2017–18 I liga season.
Bytovia won 6–0 on aggregate and stayed in I liga for next season.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Igor Angulo | Górnik Zabrze | 17 |
| 2 | Jakub Świerczok | GKS Tychy | 16 |
| 3 | Karol Angielski | Olimpia Grudziądz | 14 |
| 3 | Damian Kądzior | Wigry Suwałki | 14 |
| 5 | Petteri Forsell | Miedź Legnica | 13 |
| 6 | Kamil Zapolnik | Wigry Suwałki | 12 |
| 7 | Sylwester Patejuk | Wisła Puławy | 11 |
| 7 | Martin Pribula | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 11 |
| 9 | Adrian Paluchowski | Znicz Pruszków | 10 |
| 9 | Paweł Zawistowski | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 10 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Tomasz Loska | Górnik Zabrze |
| Left-back of the Season | Jarosław Ratajczak | Stomil Olsztyn |
| Centre-back of the Season | Lukas Klemenz | Olimpia Grudziądz |
| Right-back of the Season | Jacek Podgórski | Chojniczanka Chojnice |
| Left Midfielder of the Season | Sylwester Patejuk | Wisła Puławy |
| Central Midfielder of the Season | Szymon Matuszek | Górnik Zabrze |
| Right Midfielder of the Season | Łukasz Wolsztyński | Górnik Zabrze |
| Forward of the Season | Andrzej Rybski | Chojniczanka Chojnice |
| Player of the Season | Lukas Klemenz | Olimpia Grudziądz |

#### Team of the season

| Pos. | Player | Club |
| GK | Tomasz Loska | Górnik Zabrze |
| DF | Jarosław Ratajczak | Stomil Olsztyn |
| DF | Mateusz Wieteska | Chrobry Głogów |
| DF | Lukas Klemenz | Olimpia Grudziądz |
| DF | Jacek Podgórski | Chojniczanka Chojnice |
| MF | Sylwester Patejuk | Wisła Puławy |
| MF | Wojciech Trochim | Sandecja Nowy Sącz |
| MF | Szymon Matuszek | Górnik Zabrze |
| MF | Łukasz Wolsztyński | Górnik Zabrze |
| FW | Igor Angulo | Górnik Zabrze |
| FW | Andrzej Rybski | Chojniczanka Chojnice |