1987–88 Ekstraklasa

Statistics of the Ekstraklasa for the 1987–88 season.

Liga

Season	1987–88
Champions	Górnik Zabrze (14th title)
Relegated	Zagłębie Lubin Lechia Gdańsk Bałtyk Gdynia Stal Stalowa Wola
Matches played	240
Goals scored	515 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dariusz Dziekanowski (20 goals)
Average attendance	9,840 3.3%
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Górnik Zabrze won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	3W	D	3L	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Górnik Zabrze (C)	30	13	6	7	0	4	65	30	+35	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	GKS Katowice	30	11	3	9	0	7	40	23	+17	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Legia Warsaw	30	13	2	8	1	6	39	27	+12	39
4	ŁKS Łódź	30	13	3	5	1	8	40	29	+11	39
5	Widzew Łódź	30	7	1	15	1	6	28	24	+4	31
6	Śląsk Wrocław	30	7	2	11	2	8	32	30	+2	29
7	Szombierki Bytom	30	10	0	10	1	9	28	29	−1	29
8	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	11	0	7	0	12	24	25	−1	29
9	Lech Poznań	30	9	1	9	2	9	29	30	−1	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Pogoń Szczecin	30	11	1	5	2	11	32	36	−4	28
11	Zagłębie Lubin (R)	30	8	0	10	0	12	23	25	−2	26	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12	Lechia Gdańsk (R)	30	6	0	14	0	10	18	26	−8	26
13	Olimpia Poznań	30	5	2	11	3	9	36	46	−10	24
14	Górnik Wałbrzych	30	5	1	11	0	13	24	36	−12	24
15	Bałtyk Gdynia (R)	30	8	1	6	4	11	27	41	−14	21	Relegated to II liga
16	Stal Stalowa Wola (R)	30	5	1	9	6	9	31	56	−25	16

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. 1 extra point for each win with a goal difference of 3 or more, and 1 point deducted for each loss with a goal difference of 3 or more.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BGD	KAT	GWŁ	GÓR	JAG	LPO	LGD	LEG	ŁKS	OLP	POG	SSW	SZB	ŚLĄ	WID	ZLU
Bałtyk Gdynia		0–0	2–0	1–5	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
GKS Katowice	4–0		2–0	3–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Górnik Wałbrzych	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Górnik Zabrze	3–2	1–1	3–1		2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	3–0
Jagiellonia Białystok	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–3		1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2
Lechia Gdańsk	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Legia Warsaw	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1		0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
ŁKS Łódź	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	4–1		3–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Olimpia Poznań	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Pogoń Szczecin	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0		3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
Stal Stalowa Wola	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1
Szombierki Bytom	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–2	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–1
Śląsk Wrocław	4–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–1		1–1	0–2
Widzew Łódź	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0		1–1
Zagłębie Lubin	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0

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

Relegation playoffs

The matches were played on 25 and 28 June 1988.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia Poznań	3–2	Lechia Gdańsk	1–0	2–2
Górnik Wałbrzych	4–3	Zagłębie Lubin	2–1	2–2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dariusz Dziekanowski	Legia Warsaw	20
2	Jan Furtok	GKS Katowice	18
3	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	17
4	Ryszard Cyroń	Górnik Zabrze	14
	Ryszard Robakiewicz	LKS Łódź	14
6	Marek Leśniak	Pogoń Szczecin	12
7	Krzysztof Baran	Górnik Zabrze	11
	Jacek Bayer	Jagiellonia Białystok	11
9	Jerzy Kruszczyński	Lech Poznań	10
	Bogusław Pachelski	Lech Poznań	10

External links

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