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44th season of top-tier football league in Poland Football league season

I liga
Season	1969–70
Dates	9 August 1969 – 21 June 1970
Champions	Legia Warsaw (4th title)
Relegated	Odra Opole Cracovia
European Cup	Legia Warsaw
Cup Winners' Cup	Górnik Zabrze
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Ruch Chorzów GKS Katowice
Matches played	182
Goals scored	382 (2.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrzej Jarosik (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Zagłębie S. 6–1 Pogoń Stal 6–1 Odra Ruch 5–0 Wisła
Biggest away win	Zagłębie W. 0–4 GKS Odra 0–4 Legia
Highest scoring	Szombierki 3–5 Zagłębie S.
Highest attendance	40,000 Ruch 1–1 Górnik (11 March 1970)
Total attendance	1,854,944
Average attendance	10,192
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 I liga was the 44th season of the Polish Football Championship and the 36th season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

The defending champions were Legia Warsaw, who won their 4th Polish title.

Competition modus

The season started on 9 August 1969 and concluded on 21 June 1970 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 14 teams participated, 12 of which competed in the league during the 1968–69 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1968–69 II liga. Each team played a total of 26 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Legia Warsaw (C)	26	17	6	3	43	17	+26	40	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Ruch Chorzów	26	12	11	3	42	20	+22	35	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Górnik Zabrze	26	13	9	4	35	20	+15	35	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Polonia Bytom	26	11	9	6	27	22	+5	31
5	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	26	11	5	10	36	32	+4	27
6	Gwardia Warsaw	26	9	8	9	26	23	+3	26
7	GKS Katowice	26	8	10	8	19	18	+1	26	Invitation for Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8	Wisła Kraków	26	7	10	9	20	28	−8	24
9	Stal Rzeszów	26	9	5	12	30	36	−6	23
10	Szombierki Bytom	26	7	8	11	25	33	−8	22
11	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	26	6	10	10	20	28	−8	22
12	Pogoń Szczecin	26	6	9	11	21	31	−10	21
13	Odra Opole (R)	26	6	9	11	22	36	−14	21	Relegated to II liga
14	Cracovia (R)	26	2	7	17	16	38	−22	11	Relegated to II liga

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

Results

Home \ Away	CRA	KAT	GÓR	GWA	LEG	OOP	POG	BYT	RUC	SRZ	SZB	WIS	ZSO	ZWA
Cracovia		1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–4	0–3	1–1	2–3	0–1	2–1
GKS Katowice	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Górnik Zabrze	2–0	4–1		0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Gwardia Warsaw	2–2	0–0	2–3		4–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–0
Legia Warsaw	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1		1–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–1
Odra Opole	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–4		0–0	1–1	0–3	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0
Pogoń Szczecin	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0		4–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–1
Polonia Bytom	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–1		1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1
Ruch Chorzów	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0		2–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	1–1
Stal Rzeszów	1–0	2–1	2–4	2–0	2–1	6–1	1–2	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–3	2–0	0–1
Szombierki Bytom	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	5–2		2–0	3–5	1–0
Wisła Kraków	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	6–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1		4–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2–0	0–4	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andrzej Jarosik	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	18
2	Robert Gadocha	Legia Warsaw	12
	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze	12
	Jan Pieszko	Legia Warsaw	12
5	Ryszard Szymczak	Gwardia Warsaw	11
6	Jerzy Wilim	Szombierki Bytom	10
	Jan Domarski	Stal Rzeszów	10
	Edward Herman	Ruch Chorzów	10
9	Bronisław Bula	Ruch Chorzów	9
10	Joachim Marx	Ruch Chorzów	8
10	Eugeniusz Faber	Ruch Chorzów	8

References

^ "Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
"Match report". wikiliga.pl. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

Bibliography

Gowarzewski, Andrzej (2000). Encyklopedia Piłkarska Fuji. Liga Polska. O tytuł mistrza Polski 1920–2000 (in Polish). GiA, Katowice. ISBN 83-88232-02-9.

External links

Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)
List of Polish football championships (in English)
History of the Polish League (in English)
List of Polish football championships (in Polish)

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

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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70 Mitropa Cup

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Domestic leagues	I liga II liga
Domestic cups	Polish Cup
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	1970 FIFA World Cup (Qualification: Group 8)
List of Polish football transfers 1969–70

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