1959 Ekstraklasa

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1959 season.

Liga

Season	1959
Champions	Górnik Zabrze (2nd title)
Relegated	KS Cracovia Górnik Radlin
Top goalscorer	Ernst Pohl Jan Liberda (21 goals)
← 1958 1960 →

Overview

It was contested by 12 teams, and Górnik Zabrze won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Górnik Zabrze (C)	22	16	4	2	55	23	+32	36
2	Polonia Bytom	22	12	6	4	52	27	+25	30
3	Gwardia Warsaw	22	10	5	7	36	26	+10	25
4	Legia Warsaw	22	8	9	5	31	29	+2	25	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
5	Ruch Chorzów	22	8	8	6	32	30	+2	24
6	Lechia Gdańsk	22	8	5	9	19	24	−5	21
7	Wisła Kraków	22	8	4	10	35	34	+1	20
8	ŁKS Łódź	22	6	8	8	35	35	0	20
9	Polonia Bydgoszcz	22	6	8	8	33	42	−9	20
10	Pogoń Szczecin	22	6	6	10	28	40	−12	18
11	KS Cracovia (R)	22	6	5	11	29	42	−13	17	Relegated to II liga
12	Górnik Radlin (R)	22	2	4	16	15	48	−33	8

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

Results

Home \ Away	CRA	GRA	GÓR	GWA	LGD	LEG	ŁKS	POG	BYG	BYT	RUC	WIS
Cracovia		2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–5	3–1	1–2	5–1	0–1
Górnik Radlin	0–0		2–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–6	0–1	1–3
Górnik Zabrze	3–0	6–0		2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	6–2	2–0	2–2	4–0
Gwardia Warsaw	6–1	4–2	2–3		1–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	1–1
Lechia Gdańsk	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–2	1–3	1–0
Legia Warsaw	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0		5–3	0–4	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3
ŁKS Łódź	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–0		3–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–0
Pogoń Szczecin	0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–1		3–0	1–1	1–1	0–3
Polonia Bydgoszcz	6–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2		1–3	3–1	1–0
Polonia Bytom	4–2	7–0	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–3	4–2	3–0	5–0		0–4	4–0
Ruch Chorzów	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–1		2–1
Wisła Kraków	2–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	4–1	4–0	4–0	0–3	2–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Liberda	Polonia Bytom	21
	Ernest Pol	Górnik Zabrze	21
3	Marian Norkowski	Polonia Bydgoszcz	16
4	Władysław Soporek	ŁKS Łódź	11
5	Lucjan Brychczy	Legia Warsaw	9
	Henryk Kalinowski	Pogoń Szczecin	9
	Henryk Kempny	Polonia Bytom	9
	Marian Kielec	Pogoń Szczecin	9
	Norbert Pogrzeba	Polonia Bytom	9

References

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