# 1970–71 Ekstraklasa

The 1970–71 I liga was the 45th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 37th 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 Górnik Zabrze, who won their 9th Polish title.

## Competition modus

The season started on 8 August 1970 and concluded on 23 June 1971 (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 14 teams participated, 12 of which competed in the league during the 1969–70 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1969–70 II liga. Each team played a total of 26 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 | Górnik Zabrze (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Legia Warsaw | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 34 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Zagłębie Wałbrzych | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 27 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Pogoń Szczecin | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 27 | |
| 5 | Ruch Chorzów | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 25 | |
| 6 | Szombierki Bytom | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 25 | |
| 7 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 25 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Wisła Kraków | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 25 | |
| 9 | Stal Rzeszów | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 24 | |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 24 | |
| 11 | Gwardia Warsaw | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 23 | |
| 12 | Polonia Bytom | 26 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 23 | |
| 13 | ROW Rybnik (R) | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 22 | Relegated to II liga |
| 14 | GKS Katowice (R) | 26 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 21 | Relegated to II liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | KAT | GÓR | GWA | LEG | POG | BYT | RYB | RUC | STA | SRZ | SZB | WIS | ZSO | ZWA |
| GKS Katowice | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Gwardia Warsaw | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Legia Warsaw | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Polonia Bytom | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| ROW Rybnik | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Stal Mielec | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Stal Rzeszów | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Szombierki Bytom | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Wisła Kraków | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Zagłębie Wałbrzych | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrzej Jarosik | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 13 |
| 2 | Grzegorz Lato | Stal Mielec | 11 |
| 2 | Edward Herman | Ruch Chorzów | 11 |
| 4 | Włodzimierz Lubański | Górnik Zabrze | 10 |
| 5 | Robert Gadocha | Legia Warsaw | 9 |
| 5 | Joachim Marx | Ruch Chorzów | 9 |
| 5 | Ryszard Duda | Stal Rzeszów | 9 |
| 5 | Jan Małkiewicz | Legia Warsaw | 9 |
| 9 | Bronisław Bula | Ruch Chorzów | 8 |
| 9 | Waldemar Tandecki | Stal Rzeszów | 8 |
| 9 | Roman Jakóbczak | Pogoń Szczecin | 8 |