| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Legia Warsaw (9th title) |
| Relegated | Polonia Warsaw GKS Bełchatów |
| Champions League | Legia Warsaw |
| Europa League | Lech Poznań Śląsk Wrocław Piast Gliwice |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 598 (2.49 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Robert Demjan (14 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Korona 5–0Jagiellonia Legia 5–0Śląsk |
| Biggest away win | GKS 0–5Polonia |
| Highest scoring | Lechia 4–4Ruch |
| Longest winning run | 7 games Lech Poznań |
| Longest unbeaten run | 14 games Legia Warsaw |
| Longest winless run | 9 games Podbeskidzie |
| Longest losing run | 5 games GKS Bełchatów Jagiellonia |
| Highest attendance | 40,632[1] Lech 1–3Legia (18 November 2012) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,200[2] Bełchatów 1–3Piast (8 December 2012) |
| Total attendance | 2,015,930[3] |
| Average attendance | 8,409 5.0%[4] |
2013–14 → | |
The2012–13 Ekstraklasa (also known asT-Mobile Ekstraklasa due to itssponsorship byT-Mobile Polska) was the 79th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in1927. It began on 17 August 2012 and concluded on 2 June 2013. A total of 16 teams are participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2011–12 season, while the remaining two were promoted from theI Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.
Śląsk Wrocław were the defending champions, winning their 2nd title last season, first since the1976–77 season.
Śląsk Wrocław as reigning champions entered the 2nd qualifying round of the2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Śląsk defeated the Montenegrin championsBudućnost Podgorica 2–1 on aggregate, but got eliminated in the third qualifying round by the Swedish championsHelsingborg IF 1–6 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów, as the runner-up, entered the 2nd qualifying round of the2012-13 UEFA Europa League, in which they defeated the Macedonian league runners-upMetalurg Skopje 6–1 on aggregate. Ruch got eliminated in the next round by the Czech sideViktoria Plzeň 0–7 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw whom won the2011–12 Polish Cup, as well as finishing third last season also qualified for the 2nd qualifying of the Europa League. Legia defeated the Latvian league runner-upLiepājas Metalurgs 7–3 on aggregate. In the third round Legia defeated the Austrian sideSV Ried 4–3 on aggregate. Legia were defeated in the Play-off round by the Norwegian sideRosenborg BK 2–3 on aggregate.
Lech Poznań as the fourth placed team earned a place in the 1st qualifying round of the Europa League, since Legia Warsaw won the Polish Cup. Lech first defeated the Kazakh sideFC Zhetysu 3–1 on aggregate, in the next round they defeated the Azerbaijani sideKhazar Lankaran 2–1 on aggregate. Lech got eliminated in the third round, losing to Swedish sideAIK Fotboll 1–3 on aggregate.
On May 15, 2013, the Polish FA announced that Polonia Warsaw won't receive the Ekstraklasa license for 2013–14 season, citing financial issues.[5] The club's appeal was rejected on May 28.[6] As a result, Polonia was relegated to 2013–14 I Liga instead of the 15th placed Ekstraklasa team.
The Polish FA also deemed GKS, Widzew, Pogoń, Polonia and Ruch (financial issues) as well as Podbeskidzie and Jagiellonia (infrastructural reasons) ineligible to compete in UEFA competitions.[5] Śląsk and Wisła, although initially denied the licence due to submitting incomplete financial forecasts, were able to fulfil the requirements during the appeal procedure and received the UEFA licence.[6] Also, the FA's decision to exclude Górnik from the European competitions was cancelled, as the club, whose home stadium is undergoing renovative work, has made arrangements to use another venue as their home field in the event of their qualification to the 2013–14 Europa League. The three clubs were instead fined 100,000zł (Śląsk), and 20,000 zł (both Wisła and Górnik).[6]
Promotion and relegation as usual was determined by the position in the table from prior season. The bottom two teams were directly relegated to theI Liga, while the top two teams are promoted to the Ekstraklasa.
ŁKS Łódź andCracovia finished in 15th and 16th place, respectively, and were directly relegated to the Polish First League as a result.ŁKS Łódź returned to the second tier after just being promoted from the season before.Cracovia spent 8 consecutive seasons in theEkstraklasa, after returning to the top division for the 2004–05 season.
Promotion was won by2011–12 I Liga championsPiast Gliwice, who returned to the top division after being relegated in the2009–10 season.Pogoń Szczecin finished as runners-up in the I Liga and made their comeback to the top tier after 5 years in lower divisions.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Puma is the official ball supplier forEkstraklasa.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polonia Warsaw |  Czesław Michniewicz[8] | Mutual consent | 23 July | Pre-season | Piotr Stokowiec | Pre-season |
| Śląsk Wrocław | Orest Lenczyk[9] | Mutual consent | 31 August 2012 | 9th | Paweł Barylski(caretaker) | 31 August 2012[10] |
| Śląsk Wrocław | Paweł Barylski(caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 3 September 2012 | 5th |  Stanislav Levý | 3 September 2012[11] |
| Ruch Chorzów | Tomasz Fornalik | Mutual consent | 5 September 2012 | 15th | Jacek Zieliński | 5 September 2012[12] |
| GKS Bełchatów | Kamil Kiereś | Mutual consent | 25 September 2012 | 16th | Jan Złomańczuk | 25 September 2012[13] |
| Wisła Kraków | Michał Probierz | Resignation | 3 October 2012 | 11th | Tomasz Kulawik | 3 October 2012[14] |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Robert Kasperczyk | Mutual consent | 22 October 2012 | 16th | Andrzej Wyroba(caretaker) | 22 October 2012[15] |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Andrzej Wyroba(caretaker) | Caretaking spell over | 29 October 2012 | 16th | Marcin Sasal | 29 October 2012[16] |
| GKS Bełchatów | Jan Złomańczuk | Mutual consent | 14 August 2012 | 16th | Michał Probierz | 14 August 2012[17] |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Marcin Sasal | Sacked | 3 January 2013[18] | 16th | Dariusz Kubicki | 4 January 2013[19] |
| GKS Bełchatów | Michał Probierz | Resignation | 21 December 2012[20] | 15th | Kamil Kiereś | 9 January 2013[21] |
| Pogoń Szczecin | Artur Skowronek | Sacked | 19 March 2013[22] | 13th | Dariusz Wdowczyk | 20 March 2013[23] |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | Dariusz Kubicki | Resigned | 20 March 2013[24] | 15th | Czesław Michniewicz | 22 March 2013[25] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legia Warsaw(C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 67 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Lech Poznań | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 61 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Śląsk Wrocław | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 47 | |
| 4 | Piast Gliwice[a] | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 46 | |
| 5 | Górnik Zabrze | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 43 | |
| 6 | Polonia Warsaw[b](D, R) | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 42 | Club dissolved after season |
| 7 | Wisła Kraków | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 38[c] | |
| 8 | Lechia Gdańsk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 38[c] | |
| 9 | Zagłębie Lubin[d] | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 37[e] | |
| 10 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 37[e] | |
| 11 | Korona Kielce | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | Pogoń Szczecin | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 35 | |
| 13 | Widzew Łódź | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 33 | |
| 14 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 32 | |
| 15 | Ruch Chorzów[b] | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 31[f] | |
| 16 | GKS Bełchatów(R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 31[f] | Relegation toI liga |
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legia Warsaw | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lech Poznań | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 11 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Piast Gliwice | 12 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Polonia Warsaw | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Wisła Kraków | 8 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Lechia Gdańsk | 13 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Korona Kielce | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Widzew Łódź | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| GKS Bełchatów | 9 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | BEŁ | GÓR | JAG | KOR | LPO | LGD | LEG | PIA | PBB | POG | PWA | RUC | ŚLĄ | WID | WIS | ZLU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GKS Bełchatów | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Górnik Zabrze | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Korona Kielce | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Lech Poznań | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Lechia Gdańsk | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Legia Warsaw | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Piast Gliwice | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Pogoń Szczecin | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| Polonia Warsaw | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Ruch Chorzów | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | |
| Widzew Łódź | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Wisła Kraków | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Zagłębie Lubin | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
Player of the Month[edit]
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| Award[35] | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Season |  Róbert Demjan | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała |
| Goalkeeper of the Season |  Emilijus Zubas | GKS Bełchatów |
| Defender of the Season | Artur Jędrzejczyk | Legia Warsaw |
| Midfielder of the Season | Sebastian Mila | Śląsk Wrocław |
| Forward of the Season | Róbert Demjan | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała |
| Coach of the Season | Jan Urban | Legia Warsaw |
| Goal of the Season | Przemysław Kaźmierczak | Śląsk Wrocław |
| Discovery of the Season | Bartosz Bereszyński | Lech Poznań &Legia Warsaw |
| Fair Play Award of the Season | Górnik Zabrze | |
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