1956 Ekstraklasa

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Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1956 season.

Liga
Season1956
ChampionsLegia Warsaw (2nd title)
RelegatedPolonia Bydgoszcz
Garbarnia Kraków
Top goalscorerHenryk Kempny
(21 goals)
1955
1957

Overview

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12 teams competed in the league and the championship was won by Legia Warsaw.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CWKS Warsaw (C) 22 15 4 3 65 17 +48 34 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2 Ruch Chorzów 22 11 7 4 35 23 +12 29
3 Lechia Gdańsk 22 10 7 5 25 21 +4 27
4 ŁKS Łódź 22 10 6 6 38 26 +12 26
5 Wisła Kraków 22 9 5 8 38 34 +4 23
6 Górnik Zabrze 22 9 5 8 32 33 −1 23
7 Odra Opole 22 8 4 10 34 41 −7 20
8 Lech Poznań 22 7 6 9 25 38 −13 20
9 Gwardia Warsaw 22 5 8 9 23 36 −13 18
10 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 22 6 5 11 35 43 −8 17
11 Polonia Bydgoszcz (R) 22 5 5 12 20 36 −16 15 Relegated to II liga
12 Garbarnia Kraków (R) 22 5 2 15 27 46 −19 12
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away GAR GÓR GWA LPO LGD LEG ŁKS OOP BYG RUC WIS ZSO
Garbarnia Kraków 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2
Górnik Zabrze 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2
Gwardia Warsaw 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Lech Poznań 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–2 0–6 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Lechia Gdańsk 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
Legia Warsaw 1–0 3–1 5–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 5–1 5–1 0–0 12–0 1–0
ŁKS Łódź 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Odra Opole 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–5 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 5–1
Polonia Bydgoszcz 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–2
Ruch Chorzów 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 3–0 1–1 3–1
Wisła Kraków 8–3 7–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 6–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 5–2 0–1 7–2 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–4 1–2
Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Henryk Kempny Legia Warsaw 21
2   Ernest Pol Legia Warsaw 18
3   Lucjan Brychczy Legia Warsaw 16
4   Teodor Anioła Lech Poznań 13
5   Gerard Cieślik Ruch Chorzów 11
  Edward Jankowski Górnik Zabrze 11
7   Paweł Krężel Stal Sosnowiec 10
  Marian Machowski Wisła Kraków 10
9   Antoni Ciszek Stal Sosnowiec 9
  Engelbert Jarek Odra Opole 9
  Marian Norkowski Polonia Bydgoszcz 9
  Władysław Soporek ŁKS Łódź 9

References

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