2001–02 I liga

The 2001–02 I liga (then known as the II liga) is the 54th season of the I liga, the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 20 teams who competing for promotion to the 2002–03 Ekstraklasa.

I liga

Season	2001–02
Dates	21 July 2001 – 5 May 2002
Champions	Lech Poznań
Promoted	Lech Poznań Orlen Płock Szczakowianka
Relegated	Hutnik Kraków Zagłębie Sosnowiec Odra Opole Włókniarz Kietrz KS Myszków
Matches played	380
Goals scored	906 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jacek Ziarkowski (22 goals)
Biggest away win	Włókniarz 0–5 Polar (5 May 2002)
Highest scoring	Polar 6–2 Hutnik (24 April 2002)
Highest attendance	20,000 Lech 1–0 Orlen (13 April 2002)
Lowest attendance	0 Zagłębie 3–1 Tłoki (5 May 2002)
Total attendance	796,100
Average attendance	2,095 0.5%
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. Each team played a total of 38 matches, half at home and half away. The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the 3rd- and 4th-placed teams will compete in Ekstraklasa's qualification play-offs. At the other end, the bottom six teams face automatic demotion to the II liga.

The season began on 21 July 2001, and concluded on 5 May 2002. After the 23rd matchday the league will be on winter break between 3 December 2001 and 1 March 2002.

Teams

The following teams competed in the I liga 2001–02:

• Lech Poznań
• Orlen Płock
• Szczakowianka Jaworzno
• Górnik Łęczna
• GKS Bełchatów
• Ceramika Opoczno
• Hetman Zamość
• Ruch Radzionków
• Polar Wrocław
• Tłoki Gorzyce
• Arka Gdynia
• Górnik Polkowice
• Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
• ŁKS Łódź
• Jagiellonia Białystok
• Hutnik Kraków
• Zagłębie Sosnowiec
• Odra Opole
• Włókniarz Kietrz
• KS Myszków

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lech Poznań (P)	38	26	10	2	64	18	+46	88	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Orlen Płock (P)	38	20	13	5	50	24	+26	73
3	Szczakowianka Jaworzno (P)	38	20	6	12	61	50	+11	66	Qualification to play-offs
4	Górnik Łęczna	38	18	8	12	49	35	+14	62
5	GKS Bełchatów	38	16	10	12	55	46	+9	58
6	Ceramika Opoczno	38	15	9	14	53	50	+3	54
7	Hetman Zamość	38	12	15	11	47	43	+4	51
8	Ruch Radzionków	38	14	8	16	52	51	+1	50
9	Polar Wrocław	38	14	8	16	49	50	−1	50
10	Tłoki Gorzyce	38	13	10	15	42	56	−14	49
11	Arka Gdynia	38	10	18	10	39	41	−2	48
12	Górnik Polkowice	38	11	15	12	34	35	−1	48
13	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	38	13	8	17	36	50	−14	47
14	ŁKS Łódź	38	12	11	15	36	38	−2	47
15	Jagiellonia Białystok (R)	38	11	12	15	41	41	0	45	Relegation to III liga
16	Hutnik Kraków (R)	38	12	8	18	48	61	−13	44
17	Zagłębie Sosnowiec (R)	38	10	13	15	41	47	−6	43
18	Odra Opole (R)	38	12	5	21	40	61	−21	41
19	Włókniarz Kietrz (R)	38	11	8	19	34	53	−19	41
20	KS Myszków (R)	38	8	9	21	35	56	−21	33

Source: 90minut.pl – II liga 2001/2002
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	LPO	ORL	SZJ	GKŁ	BEŁ	CER	HET	RRA	PLR	TŁK	ARK	GPK	ŚWI	ŁKS	JAG	HUT	ZSO	OOP	WŁK	MYS
Lech Poznań		1–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	5–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
Orlen Płock	0–0		2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Szczakowianka Jaworzno	0–0	0–0		4–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1
Górnik Łęczna	0–1	3–0	2–3		2–2	1–0	0–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	4–0
GKS Bełchatów	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–1		1–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0
Ceramika Opoczno	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1		2–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–2	0–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	5–2	1–1	5–2	3–0	2–1
Hetman Zamość	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1		3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–0
Ruch Radzionków	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1		1–0	2–3	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–2
Polar Wrocław	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	6–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–0
Tłoki Gorzyce	0–4	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–4	0–3		2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–1
Arka Gdynia	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1
Górnik Polkowice	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2		2–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	1–3	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1		1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
ŁKS Łódź	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–3
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–2	2–0		2–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0
Hutnik Kraków	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1		3–1	4–3	0–0	1–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2–4	0–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–1	2–1
Odra Opole	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–4	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2		1–1	2–1
Włókniarz Kietrz	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	0–5	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–4	1–0	0–2		2–1
KS Myszków	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0

Source: 90minut.pl – II liga 2001/2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jacek Ziarkowski	Hetman Zamość	21
2	Piotr Żaba	Ruch Radzionków	19
3	Adam Grad	ŁKS Łódź / Jagiellonia Białystok	17

Ekstraklasa qualification play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Szczakowianka Jaworzno	2–1	RKS Radomsko (14E)	2–0	0–1
Górnik Łęczna	1–3	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (13E)	0–1	1–2

Source: 90minut.pl – Baraże o udział w I lidze (in Polish)

External links

• Poland - List of final tables (RSSSF)