1953 Ekstraklasa

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1953 season.

Liga

Season	1953
Champions	Ruch Chorzów (8th title)
Relegated	Odra Opole Lechia Gdańsk
Top goalscorer	Gerard Cieślik (24 goals)
← 1952 1954 →

Overview

12 teams competed in the 1953 season. Ruch Chorzów won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ruch Chorzów (C)	22	17	4	1	51	14	+37	38
2	Wawel Kraków	22	11	6	5	39	25	+14	28
3	Wisła Kraków	22	12	3	7	35	29	+6	27
4	Gwardia Warsaw	22	11	4	7	27	27	0	26
5	Legia Warsaw	22	8	7	7	37	31	+6	23
6	Polonia Bytom	22	10	3	9	33	29	+4	23
7	Lech Poznań	22	4	10	8	22	29	−7	18
8	Górnik Radlin	22	6	6	10	27	38	−11	18
9	AKS Chorzów	22	7	4	11	31	46	−15	18
10	KS Cracovia	22	7	3	12	23	30	−7	17
11	Odra Opole (R)	22	4	8	10	25	38	−13	16
12	Lechia Gdańsk (R)	22	2	8	12	21	35	−14	12

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

Results

Home \ Away	AKS	CRA	GRA	GWA	LGD	LPO	LEG	BYT	OOP	RUC	WAW	WIS
AKS Chorzów		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–3	2–4	0–3
Cracovia	4–0		1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–3	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	4–2
Górnik Radlin	3–3	2–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–2
Gwardia Warsaw	0–1	2–0	2–3		2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Lechia Gdańsk	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2		2–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0
Lech Poznań	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0
Legia Warsaw	3–1	3–2	4–2	4–0	3–3	1–1		3–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–0
Polonia Bytom	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0		1–2	0–2	0–1	4–0
Odra Opole	2–4	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–4	3–2	3–4		1–1	0–0	1–1
Ruch Chorzów	7–0	0–0	3–1	5–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0		1–0	4–0
Wawel Kraków	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	5–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	5–1	3–3		1–4
Wisła Kraków	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	0–2	1–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gerard Cieślik	Ruch Chorzów	24
2	Henryk Szymborski	Legia Warsaw	17
3	Eugeniusz Piechaczek	Wawel Kraków	15
4	Teodor Anioła	Lech Poznań	13
	Jan Wiśniewski	Polonia Bytom	13
6	Stanisław Hachorek	Gwardia Warszawa	10
	Józef Kohut	Wisła Kraków	10
	Ginter Powała	AKS Chorzów	10
	Ewald Wiśniowski	Górnik Radlin	10
10	Julian Radoń	Cracovia	9

References

• Poland – List of final tables at RSSSF (in English)