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2006–07 Ekstraklasa

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Season
  
2006–07

Dates
  
28 Jul 2006 – 26 May 2007

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Top goalscorer
  
Piotr Reiss (15)

Champion
  
Zagłębie Lubin

2006–07 Ekstraklasa

Champions
  
Zagłębie Lubin 2nd Ekstraklasa title

Champions League
  
Zagłębie Lubin (2nd qualifying round)

UEFA Cup
  
GKS Bełchatów(1st qualifying round) Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (1st qualifying round)

Intertoto Cup
  
Legia Warsaw (1st round)

Relegated
  
Wisła Płock, Pogoń Szczecin, Arka Gdynia, Górnik Łęczna

The 2006-07 Ekstraklasa season started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions with 62 points.

Contents

For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006/2007.

Corruption

On 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of Górnik Łęczna (two class degradation and 270,000PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.

Clubs

16 clubs competed in the 2006-07 season:

  • Teams that finished 1-13 in 2005, 2006 Orange Ekstraklasa. IN alphabetical order:
  • Cracovia
  • Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
  • GKS Bełchatów
  • Górnik Łęczna
  • Górnik Zabrze
  • Korona Kielce
  • Lech Poznań
  • Legia Warszawa
  • Odra Wodzisław Śląski
  • Pogoń Szczecin
  • Wisła Kraków
  • Wisła Płock
  • Zagłębie Lubin
  • Two teams Promoted from Polish Second League. In alphabetical order:
  • Arka Gdynia (Won 3rd place playoffs)
  • ŁKS Łódź
  • Widzew Łódź
  • Final league table

    Source: 90minut.pl (Polish)
    Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
    1Dyskobolia Grodzisk won Puchar Polski, therefore giving them the second UEFA Cup spot. 2 Arka Gdynia was relegated to 2nd division due to a corruption scandal3 Górnik Łęczna was relegated to 3rd division due to a corruption scandal
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
    Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

    Results

    Source: www.90minut.pl
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top goal scorers

    As of May 26, 2007

    Annual awards

    These were given out by the weekly magazine Piłka Nożna

    Coach of the Year

    Orest Lenczyk (GKS Bełchatów)

    Discovery of the Year

    Radosław Matusiak (GKS Bełchatów)

    League player of the year

    Piotr Reiss (Lech Poznań)

    Best Foreign Players

  • 2006:
  • Goalkeeper: Emilian Dolha (Wisła Kraków) Defender (football): Edson (Legia Warszawa), Cléber (Wisła Kraków), Dickson Choto (Legia Warszawa), Veselin Đoković (Korona Kielce) Midfielder: Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa), Henry Quinteros (Lech Poznań), Hermes (Korona Kielce), Miroslav Radović (Legia Warszawa) Striker: Ensar Arifović (ŁKS), Edi Andradina (Pogoń).

    Piłka Nożna's Ekstraklasa All star team

    Goalkeeper: Emilian Dolha(Wisła Kraków), Micahl Vaclavik (Zagłębie Lubin) Right Defender: Paweł Golański(Korona Kielce), Grzegorz Bartczak(Zagłębie Lubin) Center Defender: Dickson Choto(Legia Warszawa), Dariusz Pietrasiak(GKS Bełchatów), Cléber Guedes de Lima (Wisła Kraków), Michał Stasiak(Zagłębie Lubin) Left Defender: Manuel Arboleda(Zagłębie Lubin), Grzegorz Bronowicki(Legia Warszawa) Right Midfield: Jakub Błaszczykowski(Wisła Kraków), Miroslav Radović(Legia Warszawa) CenterMidfield: Maciej Iwański(Zagłębie Lubin), Tomasz Jarzębowski(GKS Bełchatów), Rafał Murawski(Lech Poznań), Dariusz Dudka(Wisła Kraków) Left Midfield: Łukasz Garguła(GKS Bełchatów), Roger Guerreiro(Legia Warszawa) Striker: Piotr Reiss(Lech Poznań), Adrian Sikora(Dyskobolia Grodzisk), Michał Chałbiński(Zagłębie Lubin), Łukasz Piszczek(Zagłębie Lubin).

    References

    2006–07 Ekstraklasa Wikipedia