# 1996–97 Ekstraklasa

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1996–97 season.

## Overview

18 teams and played in the league and the title was won by Widzew Łódź.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Widzew Łódź (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 74 | 21 | +53 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Legia Warsaw | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 77 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Odra Wodzisław | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round and Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 4 | GKS Katowice | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 53 | |
| 5 | Amica Wronki | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 52 | |
| 6 | ŁKS Łódź | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 49 | |
| 7 | Zagłębie Lubin | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 49 | |
| 8 | Polonia Warsaw | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 48 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 9 | Stomil Olsztyn | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 44 | |
| 10 | Raków Częstochowa | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 44 | |
| 11 | Lech Poznań | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 44 | |
| 12 | Wisła Kraków | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 42 | |
| 13 | Górnik Zabrze | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 41 | |
| 14 | Ruch Chorzów | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 40 | |
| 15 | GKS Bełchatów (R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 | Relegated to II liga |
| 16 | Hutnik Kraków (R) | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 35 | Relegated to II liga |
| 17 | Śląsk Wrocław (R) | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 24 | Relegated to II liga |
| 18 | Sokół Tychy (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 67 | −49 | 21 | Relegated to II liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AMC | BEŁ | KAT | GÓR | HUT | LPO | LEG | ŁKS | ODR | PWA | RAK | RUC | TYC | STO | ŚLĄ | WID | WIS | ZLU |
| Amica Wronki | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| GKS Bełchatów | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| GKS Katowice | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Hutnik Kraków | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Lech Poznań | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| ŁKS Łódź | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| Odra Wodzisław | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sokół Tychy | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| Widzew Łódź | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Wisła Kraków | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sokół Tychy withdrew during the season (after 26 matches).
* 1 2 3 Śląsk Wrocław withdrew during the season (after 31 matches).
* ↑ The match between Sokół and Odra didn't take place. Sokół due to a strike fielded only 5 players.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mirosław Trzeciak | ŁKS Łódź | 18 |
| 2 | Jacek Dembiński | Widzew Łódź | 17 |
| 2 | Cezary Kucharski | Legia Warsaw | 17 |
| 4 | Sławomir Wojciechowski | GKS Katowice | 15 |
| 5 | Mariusz Śrutwa | Ruch Chorzów | 14 |
| 6 | Sławomir Majak | Widzew Łódź | 12 |
| 6 | Piotr Reiss | Lech Poznań | 12 |
| 8 | Marcin Kuźba | Górnik Zabrze | 11 |
| 8 | Bogdan Prusek | Sokół Tychy / Amica Wronki | 11 |
| 8 | Sławomir Suchomski | GKS Bełchatów | 11 |
| 8 | Krzysztof Zagórski | Odra Wodzisław | 11 |
| 12 | Waldemar Adamczyk | Hutnik Kraków | 10 |