2012–13 I liga
# 2012–13 I liga

The 2012–13 I liga was the 65th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 5th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

The league is contested by 18 teams who competing for promotion to the 2013–14 Ekstraklasa. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The champions and runners-up would receive promotion. The bottom four teams were automatically demoted to the II liga.

According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born on 1992 or later and trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing, in which case he can't be substituted by a senior player).

On 28 February 2013 the Disciplinary Commission of the Polish FA suspended the ŁKS's license to compete in the I liga, because of non-payment of salaries to former players. Since the club's appeal was unsuccessful, on 5 April the Polish FA announced the cancellation of Warta–ŁKS game on the 22nd match day. On 10 April the club announced its withdrawal from the I liga. As ŁKS had already played over 50% of their games, according to the rules of I liga, they will be ranked in the final league table, with the cancelled games counted as lost 0–3.

## Changes from last season

### From I liga

Promoted to 2011–12 Ekstraklasa

* Piast Gliwice
* Pogoń Szczecin

Relegated to II liga, Group East

* Wisła Płock
* Olimpia Elbląg

Relegated to II liga, Group West

* KS Polkowice

Withdrew (see below)

* Ruch Radzionków

### To I liga

Relegated from 2011–12 Ekstraklasa

* ŁKS Łódź
* Cracovia

Promoted from II liga, Group East

* Okocimski KS Brzesko
* Stomil Olsztyn

Promoted from II liga, Group West

* Miedź Legnica
* GKS Tychy

### Additionalnotes

Before the start of the season Ruch Radzionków withdrew from 2012–13 I liga, citing financial problems. The club also withdrew its reserve team from Bytom region Klasa A (7th level). However, Ruch will be able to join the 2013–14 III liga, after a one-year suspension.

Ruch's I liga spot was taken by another Silesian club, Polonia Bytom, the highest placed team of the previous season's I liga relegation zone.

## Team overview

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - |
| Arka Gdynia | Stadion Miejski | 15,139 |
| Cracovia | Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego | 15,016 |
| Dolcan Ząbki | Stadion Miejski | 2,100 |
| Flota Świnoujście | Stadion Miejski | 4,500 |
| GKS Bogdanka | Stadion Górnika | 7,200 |
| GKS Katowice | Stadion GKS Katowice | 9,511 |
| GKS Tychy | Stadion Miejski w Jaworznie | 7,000 |
| Kolejarz Stróże | Stadion Kolejarza | 2,000 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Stadion ŁKS | 7,000 |
| Miedź Legnica | Stadion im. Orła Białego | 6,244 |
| Okocimski KS Brzesko | Stadion Miejski | 3,000 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | Stadion Centralny | 5,250 |
| Polonia Bytom | Stadion im. Edwarda Szymkowiaka | 6,000 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka | 5,000 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | Stadion Miejski | 16,800 |
| Nieciecza | Stadion Nieciecza | 2,093 |
| Warta Poznań | Stadion Lecha | 41,609 |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Stadion Miejski im. Zdzisława Krzyszkowiaka | 20,247 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Chairman | Team captain | Kit maker | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arka Gdynia | Paweł Sikora | Wojciech Petrkiewicz | Tomasz Jarzębowski | Adidas | Polnord, Gdynia |
| Cracovia | Wojciech Stawowy | Janusz Filipiak | Arkadiusz Radomski | Nike | Comarch |
| Dolcan Ząbki | Robert Podoliński | Jerzy Szczęsny | Maciej Tataj | Zina | Dolcan |
| Flota Świnoujście | Dominik Nowak | Edward Rozwałka | Marek Niewiada | Jako | LZ |
| GKS Bogdanka | Piotr Rzepka | Artur Kapelko | Veljko Nikitović | Jako | Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka |
| GKS Katowice | Rafał Górak | Jacek Krysiak | Adrian Napierała | adidas | Ideon |
| GKS Tychy | Piotr Mandrysz | Alina Sowa | Łuczak Kopczyk | Nike | RPWiK Tychy, Tyski Sport |
| Kolejarz Stróże | Przemysław Cecherz | Bolesław Dywan | Dariusz Walęciak | Nike | FPON |
| ŁKS Łódź | Marek Chojnacki | Maciej Janicki | Bogusław Wyparło | Zina | Colorit |
| Miedź Legnica | Bogusław Baniak | Martyna Pajączek | Kamil Hempel | Givova | DSA SA |
| Okocimski KS Brzesko | Krzysztof Łętocha | Czesław Kwaśniak | Mateusz Pawłowicz | Select | Okocim, Imex |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | Tomasz Asensky | Jacek Bojarowski | Bartłomiej Kowalski | Nike | Grudziądz |
| Polonia Bytom | Jacek Trzeciak | Radosław Nowakowski | Mateusz Mika | Hummel | LKJ-Bud, Bytom |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | Janusz Świerad | Andrzej Danek | Ján Fröhlich | Adidas | AW Wiśniowski |
| Stomil Olsztyn | Zbigniew Kaczmarek | Jacek Czałpiński | Janusz Bucholc | R-Gol | DBK |
| Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | Kazimierz Moskal | Danuta Witkowska | Karol Piątek | Nike | Termalica |
| Warta Poznań | Czesław Owczarek | Marek Łbik | Tomasz Magdziarz | Nike | Family House |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Yuriy Shatalov | Anita Osuch | Łukasz Skrzyński | Jako | Solbet |

* ^ Kolejarz displays the charity's logo on their kit.

**Managerial changes**

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Termalica | Dušan Radolský | Resigned | 28 May 2012 | Pre-season | Kazimierz Moskal | 14 June 2011 |
| ŁKS Łódź | Andrzej Pyrdoł | | 1 June 2012 | Pre-season | Marek Chojnacki | 1 June 2011 |
| Cracovia | Tomasz Kafarski | Mutual consent | 11 June 2012 | Pre-season | Wojciech Stawowy | 11 June 2011 |
| Sandecja | Robert Moskal | End of contract | 11 June 2012 | Pre-season | Jarosław Araszkiewicz | 11 June 2011 |
| Olimpia | Marcin Kaczmarek | End of contract | 15 June 2012 | Pre-season | Tomasz Asensky | 15 June 2011 |
| Polonia | Dariusz Fornalak | End of contract | 30 June 2012 | Pre-season | Piotr Pierścionek | 2 July 2012 |
| Flota | Ryszard Kłusek | Failed to renew his coaching licence | 26 July 2012 | Pre-season | Dominik Nowak | 26 July 2012 |
| Polonia | Piotr Pierścionek | Sacked | 2 October 2012 | 18th | Dominik Nowak | 2 October 2012 |
| Sandecja | Jarosław Araszkiewicz | Sacked | 2 October 2012 | 11th | Janusz Świerad | 2 October 2012 |
| Polonia | Piotr Pierścionek | | 2 October 2012 | 18th | Jacek Trzeciak | 2 October 2012 |
| Arka | Petr Němec | Sacked | 14 November 2012 | 10th | Paweł Sikora | 14 November 2012 |
| ŁKS | Marek Chojnacki | Mutual consent | 13 December 2012 | 16th | Piotr Zajączkowski | 15 January 2013 |
| Warta | Czesław Owczarek | Mutual consent | 21 December 2012 | 10th | Maciej Borowski | 15 January 2013 |
| Sandecja | Janusz Świerad | | 18 January 2013 | 14th | Mirosław Hajdo | 18 January 2013 |
| Warta | Maciej Borowski | Appointed goalkeeping coach | 2 April 2013 | 14th | Krzysztof Pawlak | 2 April 2013 |
| Flota | Dominik Nowak | Mutual consent | 10 April 2013 | 2nd | Tomasz Kafarski | 11 April 2013 |
| Okocimski KS | Krzysztof Łętocha | | 11 April 2013 | 17th | Czesław Palik | 11 April 2013 |
| Zawisza | Yuri Shatalov | Mutual consent | 26 April 2013 | 7th | Ryszard Tarasiewicz | 27 April 2013 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz (P) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 66 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 2 | Cracovia (P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 64 | Promotion to Ekstraklasa |
| 3 | Nieciecza | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 63 | |
| 4 | Flota Świnoujście | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 63 | |
| 5 | Arka Gdynia | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 57 | |
| 6 | GKS Tychy | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 55 | |
| 7 | Dolcan Ząbki | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 54 | |
| 8 | Miedź Legnica | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 53 | |
| 9 | Olimpia Grudziądz | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 51 | |
| 10 | GKS Katowice | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 50 | |
| 11 | Kolejarz Stróże | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 50 | |
| 12 | GKS Bogdanka | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 46 | |
| 13 | Stomil Olsztyn | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 38 | |
| 14 | Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 37 | |
| 15 | Okocimski KS Brzesko | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 32 | |
| 16 | Warta Poznań (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to II liga |
| 17 | Polonia Bytom (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 64 | −35 | 22 | Relegation to II liga |
| 18 | ŁKS Łódź (R) | 34 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 82 | −65 | 14 | Relegation to II liga |

* 1 2 NIE 4–0 FLO; FLO 4–1 NIE
* 1 2 KAT 2–0 KOL; KOL 2–2 KAT
* ↑ Although Okocimski KS originally finished the season in the relegation zone, they stayed in I liga, since Polonia Warsaw (who were demoted from 2012–13 Ekstraklasa) failed to meet the financial requirements set by the Polish FA for 2013–14 I liga teams.
* ↑ ŁKS withdrew from the competition after 22nd round.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARK | CRA | DOL | FLO | BOG | KAT | TYC | KOL | ŁKS | MLE | OKO | GRU | PBY | SNS | STO | NIE | WAP | ZAW |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arka Gdynia | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Cracovia | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Dolcan Ząbki | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Flota Świnoujście | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| GKS Bogdanka | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| GKS Katowice | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| GKS Tychy | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Kolejarz Stróże | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| ŁKS Łódź | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Miedź Legnica | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 |
| Okocimski KS Brzesko | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Olimpia Grudziądz | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Polonia Bytom | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Stomil Olsztyn | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Nieciecza | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Warta Poznań | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Match cancelled due to ŁKS withdrawing from the competition.
* ↑ Match declared forfeited due to Warta fielding an ilegible player. The game ended in a 2–2 tie.

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maciej Kowalczyk | Kolejarz Stróże | 22 |
| 2 | Paweł Abbott | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 15 |
| 2 | Vladimir Boljević | Cracovia | 15 |
| 2 | Marcus Vinicius | Arka Gdynia | 15 |
| 5 | Arkadiusz Aleksander | Sandecja / Flota | 13 |
| 5 | Jakub Grzegorzewski | Miedź Legnica | 13 |
| 5 | Dariusz Pawlusiński | Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza | 13 |
| 5 | Mateusz Piątkowski | Dolcan Ząbki | 13 |
| 5 | Przemysław Pitry | GKS Katowice | 13 |
| 10 | Sebastian Olszar | Flota Świnoujście | 11 |
| 10 | Deniss Rakels | GKS Katowice | 11 |

### Clean sheets (player)

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sebastian Nowak | Termalica | 16 |
| 2 | Piotr Misztal | GKS Tychy | 13 |
| 3 | Grzegorz Kasprzik | Flota | 11 |
| 3 | Krzysztof Pilarz | Cracovia | 11 |
| 3 | Michał Wróbel | Olimpia Grudziądz | 11 |
| 6 | Łukasz Budziłek | GKS Katowice | 9 |
| 6 | Marcin Cabaj | Sandecja | 9 |
| 6 | Rafał Leszczyński | Dolcan | 9 |
| 9 | Wojciech Kaczmarek | Zawisza | 8 |
| 9 | Piotr Skiba | Stomil | 8 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Zbigniew Zakrzewski for Miedź against Bogdanka (4 August 2012)
* Largest winning margin: 6 goals
   * ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
* Highest scoring game: 8 goals
   * ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
   * ŁKS 1–7 Flota (6 October 2012)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
   * Stomil 2–3 Kolejarz (13 April 2013)
   * Kolejarz 2–3 Dolcan (21 April 2013)

### Clean sheets (club)

* Most clean sheets: 16
   * Termalica
* Fewest clean sheets: 2
   * ŁKS

### Discipline

* Most yellow cards (club): 97
   * Sandecja Nowy Sącz
* Most yellow cards (player): 11
   * Tomáš Pešír (Bogdanka)
* Most red cards (club): 10
   * Stomil Olsztyn
   * Warta Poznań
* Most red cards (player): 2
   * Martin Baran (Polonia Bytom)
   * Paweł Baranowski (Stomil)
   * Michał Benkowski (Bogdanka)
   * Grzegorz Fonfara (Katowice)
   * Michał Masłowski (Zawisza)
   * Michał Nalepa (Termalica)
   * Marcin Pietroń (Katowice)
   * Dawid Sołdecki (Bogdanka)
   * Łukasz Skrzyński (Zawisza)
   * Dawid Szufryn (Kolejarz)
   * Maciej Wichtowski (Warta)
   * Konrad Wieczorek (Okocimski KS)
