1979–80 Ekstraklasa
# 1979–80 Ekstraklasa

Statistics for the 1979–80 season of the Ekstraklasa (the top tier of association football in Poland).

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Szombierki Bytom won the championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Szombierki Bytom (C) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Widzew Łódź | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Śląsk Wrocław | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 36 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Legia Warsaw | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Wisła Kraków | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 34 | |
| 6 | Górnik Zabrze | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 32 | |
| 7 | ŁKS Łódź | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 32 | |
| 8 | Arka Gdynia | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Odra Opole | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 31 | |
| 10 | Lech Poznań | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 30 | |
| 11 | Ruch Chorzów | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 29 | |
| 12 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 27 | |
| 13 | Stal Mielec | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 26 | |
| 14 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 24 | |
| 15 | GKS Katowice (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 21 | Relegated to II liga |
| 16 | Polonia Bytom (R) | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 16 | Relegated to II liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARK | KAT | GÓR | LPO | LEG | ŁKS | OOP | BYT | RUC | STA | SZB | ŚLĄ | WID | WIS | ZSO | ZAW |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arka Gdynia | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| GKS Katowice | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| Górnik Zabrze | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Lech Poznań | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| ŁKS Łódź | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Odra Opole | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Polonia Bytom | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Stal Mielec | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Szombierki Bytom | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Śląsk Wrocław | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Widzew Łódź | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Wisła Kraków | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6–3 | | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kazimierz Kmiecik | Wisła Kraków | 24 |
| 2 | Tadeusz Pawłowski | Śląsk Wrocław | 16 |
| 3 | Zbigniew Mikolajow | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 12 |
| 3 | Roman Ogaza | Szombierki Bytom | 12 |
| 5 | Tomasz Korynt | Arka Gdynia | 11 |
| 5 | Albin Mikulski | Ruch Chorzów | 11 |
| 5 | Bogdan Kwapisz | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 11 |
| 8 | Zbigniew Boniek | Widzew Łódź | 10 |
| 8 | Eugeniusz Nagiel | Szombierki Bytom | 10 |
| 8 | Marek Kusto | Legia Warsaw | 10 |
| 8 | Tadeusz Małnowicz | Ruch Chorzów | 10 |
| 8 | Romuald Chojnacki | Lech Poznań | 10 |
| 8 | Andrzej Iwan | Wisła Kraków | 10 |
| 8 | Pawel Janduda | Polonia Bytom | 10 |
