# 2011–12 Ekstraklasa

The 2011–12 Ekstraklasa (also known as T-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by T-Mobile Polska) was the 78th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It started on 29 July 2011 and concluded on 6 May 2012. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2010–11 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 2010–11 season of the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.
Śląsk Wrocław won the title, which marked their 2nd title in Ekstraklasa history.
The defending champions were Wisła Kraków, who won their 13th Polish championship in the previous season.

## Teams

Arka Gdynia and Polonia Bytom were relegated to the I Liga after finishing last season in the 2 bottom places and were replaced by ŁKS Łódź, winners of the 2010–11 I Liga season and runners-up Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.
Therefore, ŁKS Łódź returned to the Ekstraklasa after a 2-season break, while Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała made their first Ekstraklasa appearance in the club's history.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Notes |
| Cracovia | Kraków | Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego | 15,016 |
| GKS Bełchatów | Bełchatów | GIEKSA Arena | 5,238 |
| Górnik Zabrze | Zabrze | Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla | 3,500 | Upgrading to 31,643 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | Białystok | Stadion Jagiellonii | 6,000 | Upgrading to 22,400 |
| Korona Kielce | Kielce | Arena Kielce | 15,550 |
| Lech Poznań | Poznań | Stadion Lecha | 43,098 |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Gdańsk | PGE Arena | 44,636 |
| Legia Warsaw | Warsaw | Pepsi Arena | 31,800 |
| Łódzki KS | Łódź | Stadion ŁKS | 12,160 | Upgrading to 30,000 |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Bielsko-Biała | Stadion BBOSiR | 4,286 | Upgrading to 15,292 |
| Polonia Warsaw | Warsaw | Stadion Polonii | 7,150 |
| Ruch Chorzów | Chorzów | Stadion Ruchu | 10,000 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | Wrocław | Stadion Wrocław | 44,416 |
| Widzew Łódź | Łódź | Stadion Widzewa | 10,500 |
| Wisła Kraków | Kraków | Stadion im. Henryka Reymana | 33,680 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | Lubin | Dialog Arena | 16,300 |

### Sponsoring and personnel

| Club | Manager | 2010-11 Season | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Cracovia | Tomasz Kafarski | 14th | Nike | Comarch |
| GKS Bełchatów | Kamil Kiereś | 10th | adidas | Polska Grupa Energetyczna |
| Górnik Zabrze | Adam Nawałka | 6th | Erima | Allianz |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | Tomasz Hajto | 4th | Joma | Eurocash |
| Korona Kielce | Leszek Ojrzyński | 13th | Hummel | Lewiatan |
| Lech Poznań | Mariusz Rumak | 5th | Puma | s.Oliver |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Paweł Janas | 8th | adidas | LOTOS |
| Legia Warsaw | Maciej Skorża | 3rd | adidas | ActiveJet |
| ŁKS Łódź | Andrzej Pyrdoł | Promoted | Zina | Colorit |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Robert Kasperczyk | Promoted | adidas | Murapol |
| Polonia Warsaw | Czesław Michniewicz | 7th | Hummel | pl:J.W. Construction |
| Ruch Chorzów | Waldemar Fornalik | 12th | Lotto | WOŚP |
| Śląsk Wrocław | Orest Lenczyk | 2nd | Puma | TAURON |
| Widzew Łódź | Radosław Mroczkowski | 9th | Vigo | Harnaś |
| Wisła Kraków | Michał Probierz | Champions | adidas | Tele-Fonika Kable |
| Zagłębie Lubin | Pavel Hapal | 11th | Nike | KGHM Polska Miedź |

### Managerial changes

| Club | Outgoing Manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming Manager | Date of appointment |
| GKS Bełchatów | Maciej Bartoszek | 1 June 2011 | Sacked | Paweł Janas | 17 June 2011 |
| Korona Kielce | Włodzimierz Gąsior | 9 June 2011 | Temporary Manager | Leszek Ojrzyński | 9 June 2011 |
| Widzew Łódź | Czesław Michniewicz | 22 June 2011 | Resigned | Radosław Mroczkowski | 24 June 2011 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | Michał Probierz | 22 July 2011 | Resigned | Czesław Michniewicz | 22 July 2011 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Andrzej Pyrdoł | 1 August 2011 | Resigned | Dariusz Bratkowski | 1 August 2011 |
| GKS Bełchatów | Paweł Janas | 31 August 2011 | Resigned | Kamil Kiereś | 1 September 2011 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Dariusz Bratkowski | 4 September 2011 | Sacked | Michał Probierz | 5 September 2011 |
| Cracovia | Yuriy Shatalov | 22 September 2011 | Resigned | Dariusz Pasieka | 23 September 2011 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | Jan Urban | 31 October 2011 | Sacked | Pavel Hapal | 31 October 2011 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Michał Probierz | 3 November 2011 | Resigned | Tomasz Wieszczycki (temporary) | 4 November 2011 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Tomasz Wieszczycki | 7 November 2011 | Temporary Manager | Ryszard Tarasiewicz | 7 November 2011 |
| Wisła Kraków | Robert Maaskant | 7 November 2011 | Sacked | Kazimierz Moskal | 8 November 2011 |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Tomasz Kafarski | 8 November 2011 | Sacked | Rafał Ulatowski | 9 November 2011 |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Rafał Ulatowski | 14 December 2011 | Sacked | Paweł Janas | 19 December 2011 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | Czesław Michniewicz | 22 December 2011 | Sacked | Tomasz Hajto | 10 February 2012 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Ryszard Tarasiewicz | 1 February 2012 | Resigned | Andrzej Pyrdoł | 8 February 2012 |
| Lech Poznań | José Mari Bakero | 25 February 2012 | Sacked | Mariusz Rumak | 27 February 2012 |
| Wisła Kraków | Kazimierz Moskal | 1 March 2012 | Sacked | Michał Probierz | 1 March 2012 |
| Cracovia | Dariusz Pasieka | 6 March 2012 | Sacked | Tomasz Kafarski | 7 March 2012 |
| Polonia Warsaw | Jacek Zieliński | 27 March 2012 | Sacked | Czesław Michniewicz | 28 March 2012 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Śląsk Wrocław (C) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Ruch Chorzów | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Legia Warsaw | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 53 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Lech Poznań | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Korona Kielce | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 48 | |
| 6 | Polonia Warsaw | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 45 | |
| 7 | Wisła Kraków | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Górnik Zabrze | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 42 | |
| 9 | Zagłębie Lubin | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 40 | |
| 10 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 39 | |
| 11 | Widzew Łódź | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 39 | |
| 12 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 35 | |
| 13 | Lechia Gdańsk | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 31 | |
| 14 | GKS Bełchatów | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 31 | |
| 15 | ŁKS Łódź (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 24 | Relegation to I liga |
| 16 | Cracovia (R) | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 22 | Relegation to I liga |
* 1 2 As the winners of the 2011–12 Polish Cup, Legia qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Since they finished third in the league, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
* 1 2 WID 3–1 JAG; JAG 4–1 WID
* 1 2 LGD 0–0 GKS; GKS 1–3 LGD

## Results

| Home \ Away | CRA | BEŁ | GÓR | JAG | KOR | LPO | LGD | LEG | ŁKS | PBB | PWA | RUC | ŚLĄ | WID | WIS | ZLU |
| Cracovia | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| GKS Bełchatów | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Korona Kielce | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Lech Poznań | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Lechia Gdańsk | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Legia Warsaw | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| ŁKS Łódź | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Widzew Łódź | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Wisła Kraków | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

## Awards
### Monthly awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Player of the Season | Arkadiusz Piech | Ruch Chorzów |
| Coach of the Season | Waldemar Fornalik | Ruch Chorzów |
| Discovery of the Season | Rafał Wolski | Legia Warsaw |