1997–98 Ekstraklasa - Misplaced Pages

71st season of top-tier football league in Poland Football league season

Liga
Season	1997–98
Champions	ŁKS Łódź (2nd title)
Relegated	Petrochemia Płock Groclin Grodzisk KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Raków Częstochowa
Matches played	306
Goals scored	729 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arkadiusz Bąk Sylwester Czereszewski Mariusz Śrutwa (14 goals)
Average attendance	4,352 14.0%
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Statistics of the Ekstraklasa for the 1997–98 season.

Overview

18 teams competed in the 1997–98 season. ŁKS Łódź won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ŁKS Łódź (C)	34	19	9	6	52	23	+29	66	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Polonia Warsaw	34	18	9	7	46	30	+16	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Wisła Kraków	34	18	7	9	50	30	+20	61	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Widzew Łódź	34	18	7	9	53	34	+19	61
5	Legia Warsaw	34	16	11	7	50	32	+18	59
6	Ruch Chorzów	34	15	10	9	48	39	+9	55	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
7	Amica Wronki	34	13	11	10	38	31	+7	50	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
8	Górnik Zabrze	34	12	12	10	48	42	+6	48
9	Odra Wodzisław	34	14	6	14	51	50	+1	48
10	Lech Poznań	34	12	10	12	41	37	+4	46
11	Stomil Olsztyn	34	12	9	13	38	45	−7	45
12	GKS Katowice	34	10	13	11	37	33	+4	43
13	Zagłębie Lubin	34	12	7	15	39	40	−1	43
14	Pogoń Szczecin	34	10	13	11	36	40	−4	43
15	Petrochemia Płock (R)	34	10	8	16	28	54	−26	38	Relegated to II liga
16	Groclin Grodzisk (R)	34	8	5	21	30	55	−25	29
17	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (R)	34	6	6	22	24	47	−23	24
18	Raków Częstochowa (R)	34	4	5	25	21	68	−47	17

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMC	KAT	GÓR	DSK	KSZ	LPO	LEG	ŁKS	ODR	PPŁ	POG	PWA	RAK	RUC	STO	WID	WIS	ZLU
Amica Wronki		1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0
GKS Katowice	0–0		1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–0
Górnik Zabrze	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	6–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–0
Dyskobolia	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–3	3–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–3
KSZO Ostrowiec	0–2	0–0	4–5	0–2		0–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–1
Lech Poznań	2–1	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–1		3–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1
Legia Warsaw	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	2–0
ŁKS Łódź	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	3–0		2–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–0
Odra Wodzisław	1–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–2		0–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	5–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Petrochemia Płock	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–6		1–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0
Pogoń Szczecin	2–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–4
Polonia Warsaw	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–0		3–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	4–1
Raków Częstochowa	1–2	0–1	0–4	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2		1–2	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1
Ruch Chorzów	2–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–1		2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1
Stomil Olsztyn	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–0		0–1	0–3	0–0
Widzew Łódź	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	3–1
Wisła Kraków	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	5–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	6–0		2–1
Zagłębie Lubin	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–4	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–2

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Arkadiusz Bąk	Polonia Warsaw	14
	Sylwester Czereszewski	Legia Warsaw	14
	Mariusz Śrutwa	Ruch Chorzów	14
4	Radosław Jasiński	Zagłębie Lubin	13
5	Marcin Kuźba	Górnik Zabrze	12
6	Mariusz Nosal	Odra Wodzisław	11
	Piotr Reiss	Lech Poznań	11
	Marek Saganowski	ŁKS Łódź	11
9	Paweł Kryszałowicz	Amica Wronki	10
	Tomasz Kulawik	Wisła Kraków	10
	Piotr Mandrysz	Pogoń Szczecin	10
	Paweł Miąszkiewicz	Petrochemia Płock	10
	Sławomir Wojciechowski	GKS Katowice	10

References

"Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
"Najlepsi strzelcy". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 September 2022.

External links

Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)

Ekstraklasa

List of Polish football champions

Seasons

Liga	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1948
I liga	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Ekstraklasa	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

2024–25 teams

Former teams

Winners

Non-League
seasons

v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1997–98 in Polish football

« 1996–97 1998–99 »

Domestic leagues

Men	I liga II liga
Women	I liga

Domestic cups

European competitions

Related to national team

1998 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group 2)

List of Polish football transfers 1997–98

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