Polish football season
Football league season
The 2019–20 I liga (currently named Fortuna I liga due to sponsorship reasons)[ 2] was the 72nd season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 12th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the PZPN . The league was contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament . The season started on 26 July 2019 and concluded on 26 July 2020 (regular season).[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] On 13 March 2020, the PZPN suspended the league due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] After consultation with the Polish government , the league resumed behind closed doors without any spectators on 2 June 2020.
Changes from last season
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season .
Team overview
Location of teams and stadiums in 2019–20 I liga.
Stadiums and locations
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza
Nieciecza
Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica
4,666
Chojniczanka Chojnice
Chojnice
Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka 1930
3,000
Chrobry Głogów
Głogów
Stadion GOS
2,817
GKS Bełchatów
Bełchatów
GIEKSA Arena
5,264
GKS Jastrzębie
Jastrzębie-Zdrój
Stadion Miejski
5,650
GKS Tychy
Tychy
Stadion Tychy
15,150
Miedź Legnica
Legnica
Stadion Orła Białego
6,864
Odra Opole
Opole
Stadion Odry
4,560
Olimpia Grudziądz
Grudziądz
Stadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego
5,500
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Bielsko-Biała
Stadion BBOSiR
15,076
Puszcza Niepołomice
Niepołomice
Stadion Puszczy
2,118
Radomiak Radom
Radom
Stadion im. Braci Czachorów
4,066
Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz
Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka
2,988
Stal Mielec
Mielec
Stadion MOSiR
6,864
Stomil Olsztyn
Olsztyn
Stadion OSiR
4,200
Warta Poznań
Grodzisk Wlkp.
Dyskobolia Stadium
5,383
Wigry Suwałki
Suwałki
Stadion OSiR
3,060
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec
Stadion Ludowy
7,500
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
I liga schedule changes[ 5]
Round
Original dates
Revised dates
23
14–15 March
3 June (midweek)
24
21–22 March
6–7 June
25
28–29 March
13–14 June
26
4–5 April
17–18 June
27
11 April
20–21 June
28
18–19 April
27–28 June
29
25–26 April
1 July (midweek)
30
2–3 May
4–5 July
31
9–10 May
11–12 July
32
16–17 May
16 July (midweek)
33
23–24 May
19 July
34
30–31 May
25–26 July
League table
Source:
1 liga ,
90minut Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Games won; 8) Away games won; 9)
PZPN draw.
[ 10] (C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head record: Zagłębie 3-1 Sandecja, Sandecja 1-1 Zagłębie
^ a b Head-to-head record: Bełchatów 1-0 Olimpia, Olimpia 1-2 Bełchatów
Positions by round
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 31 32 33 34 Stal 4 6 11 8 4 1 1 1 6 3 4 3 4 3 5 6 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 Podbeskidzie 6 7 2 3 9 5 6 11 2 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 Warta 14 9 5 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Radomiak 4 3 7 9 10 12 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Miedź 10 7 3 5 3 6 2 3 7 7 8 6 9 5 6 4 5 7 8 6 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Bruk-Bet Termalica 2 2 1 1 5 9 10 12 12 12 10 8 10 8 9 9 10 10 9 10 11 10 8 9 10 7 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 Chrobry 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 14 12 14 14 16 16 12 8 8 9 7 7 Puszcza 10 5 9 6 12 7 13 5 10 9 13 14 15 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 13 13 11 11 13 10 14 9 7 7 8 8 GKS Tychy 14 15 12 16 16 11 11 14 4 8 9 10 7 10 10 8 7 6 6 8 6 8 10 11 13 10 11 7 6 6 9 8 9 9 Stomil 16 16 13 12 6 8 12 6 5 5 3 7 5 9 7 10 11 12 13 11 10 12 12 14 12 13 12 13 8 11 12 12 11 10 Zagłębie 6 12 16 15 8 14 7 9 15 15 15 11 12 11 11 12 9 11 12 9 9 9 11 8 9 12 9 11 11 14 16 10 13 11 Sandecja 16 16 13 11 14 10 15 13 14 14 12 12 14 16 12 13 12 13 10 12 12 11 9 10 7 8 10 12 13 15 10 11 10 12 Odra 10 14 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 13 16 12 13 GKS Jastrzębie 10 4 8 13 13 13 8 10 8 6 7 9 8 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 13 15 14 GKS Bełchatów 2 10 4 4 2 4 9 8 16 16 14 15 11 12 13 11 13 9 11 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 15 10 11 14 14 15 Olimpia 1 1 6 10 15 16 14 15 9 10 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 8 7 5 7 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 10 13 15 15 16 16 Chojniczanka 6 12 10 7 11 15 16 16 11 13 11 13 13 14 16 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 Wigry 6 11 15 13 7 3 4 7 13 11 16 16 16 15 17 17 17 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18
Results
Source:
1 liga Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Results by round
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 31 32 33 34 Bruk-Bet Termalica W W W L L L D D L L W W D W L D L D W L L W W L D W W L L W W D D W Chojniczanka D L W W L L D L W L W L D L D L L L L L W L L W L D L W D W L L L L Chrobry L L L L L D W L L W L D W W W D D L D L W W D W L D L W W W W L W W GKS Bełchatów W L W D W L L D L L W L W L D W L W L L D L L L W D W W D W L L D L GKS Jastrzębie D W L D D D W D W W L L W W W D D D D L D W L W L D L L L L L D D D GKS Tychy L L W L W W D W W D L L L W D W W D D D D L D L L W D W W D L D L W Miedź D W W L W L W D L W L W W L D W D L L W L W L D D W L D W D W W L D Odra D L L L L D L D L L D W L W L L W W W D L W D L W D W W D D W L W L Olimpia W W L L L L W D W D W W L D L W L W D W L W L L D L W L L L L D L D Podbeskidzie D W W L L W D W W D L W W L W W D W W L W W W W D D D W D W W W L L Puszcza D W L W L W L W L D L L W L D L D L D W L W W D W D L W L W W D D W Radomiak W W L L D D W W W W W W L D W L D D D W L L D W W D W L W L W D W L Sandecja L L W W L W L D D L W L D L W L W D W L D W W L W D L L D L W L W D Stal W D L W W W W L L W L W W L L D W W W W W L W D W W L W W D L W W W Stomil L L W W W D L W W D W L D L D L L L D W W L D L W L W L W L L D W W Warta L W W W W D L D W W W D L W D W W L W W W L W W L L W D L L W D W L Wigry D D L W W W L L L D L L W L L D L W L L L L L D L L L L L W L W L L Zagłębie D L L W W L W D L L D W W L D D W L L W W L D W L D W L D L L W L W
Source:
1 liga W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
I liga play-offs for the 2019–20 season will be played in July 2020. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place are set to compete. I liga play-offs will be held for the first time in this format. The fixtures are determined by final league position – 3rd team of regular season vs 6th team of regular season and 4th team of regular season vs 5th team of regular season. The winner of final match will be promoted to Ekstraklasa for next season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in regular season.[ 11]
Top goalscorers
Attendances
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
57,297
5,344
0
3,800
+74.7% †
2
GKS Tychy
44,479
5,236
0
3,200
−22.6% †
3
Radomiak Radom
44,474
4,072
0
3,200
+15.5% 2
4
Stal Mielec
44,334
4,558
0
3,000
−5.1% †
5
Miedź Legnica
40,394
4,447
0
2,700
−45.6% 1
6
Stomil Olsztyn
26,952
2,579
0
1,800
−9.8% †
7
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza
24,434
4,024
0
1,600
+11.4% †
8
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
23,252
3,103
0
1,600
−50.1% 1
9
GKS Bełchatów
20,776
2,610
0
1,500
+1.1% 2
10
GKS Jastrzębie
22,059
2,541
0
1,500
−27.0% †
11
Wigry Suwałki
16,774
2,096
0
1,100
−2.5% †
12
Odra Opole
15,370
1,548
0
1,000
−35.3% †
13
Sandecja Nowy Sącz
15,357
2,380
0
1,000
−47.9% †
14
Chojniczanka Chojnice
15,698
1,735
0
900
−36.0% †
15
Olimpia Grudziądz
13,366
2,200
0
900
−32.4% 2
16
Warta Poznań [ H]
10,622
1,352
0
700
−11.5% †
17
Chrobry Głogów
10,485
1,398
0
700
−3.3% †
18
Puszcza Niepołomice
10,127
1,380
0
700
−9.7% †
League total
456,250
5,344
0
1,491
−21.1% †
Updated to games played on 25 July 2020. Source: 90minut (in Polish) Notes: 1. Team played last season in Ekstraklasa . 2. Team played last season in II liga .
See also
Notes
^ Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
^ All matches of 23–26 round and one match of 27 round have been played behind closed doors without any spectators (until 19 June 2020).
^ Selected matches of 27–34 round have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public".
^ The average league attendance was 2,003 after 198 matches prior to fixtures being played behind closed doors without any spectators.
^ Match have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public" due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ Match have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public" due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ Match have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public" due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
^ Due to the renovation of the Dębińska Road Stadium match played at the Dyskobolia Stadium in Grodzisk Wielkopolski .
References
External links
II liga (1949–2008) I liga (2008–present)
Domestic leagues Domestic cups International club competitions
Transfers