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61st season of top-tier football league in Poland Football league season

Liga
Season	1987–88
Champions	Górnik Zabrze (14th title)
Relegated	Zagłębie Lubin Lechia Gdańsk Bałtyk Gdynia Stal Stalowa Wola
Matches played	240
Goals scored	515 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dariusz Dziekanowski (20 goals)
Average attendance	9,840 3.3%
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Statistics of the Ekstraklasa for the 1987–88 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Górnik Zabrze won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	3W	D	3L	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Górnik Zabrze (C)	30	13	6	7	0	4	65	30	+35	51	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	GKS Katowice	30	11	3	9	0	7	40	23	+17	40	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Legia Warsaw	30	13	2	8	1	6	39	27	+12	39	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	ŁKS Łódź	30	13	3	5	1	8	40	29	+11	39
5	Widzew Łódź	30	7	1	15	1	6	28	24	+4	31
6	Śląsk Wrocław	30	7	2	11	2	8	32	30	+2	29
7	Szombierki Bytom	30	10	0	10	1	9	28	29	−1	29
8	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	11	0	7	0	12	24	25	−1	29
9	Lech Poznań	30	9	1	9	2	9	29	30	−1	28	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10	Pogoń Szczecin	30	11	1	5	2	11	32	36	−4	28
11	Zagłębie Lubin (R)	30	8	0	10	0	12	23	25	−2	26	Qualification to Relegation playoffs
12	Lechia Gdańsk (R)	30	6	0	14	0	10	18	26	−8	26
13	Olimpia Poznań	30	5	2	11	3	9	36	46	−10	24
14	Górnik Wałbrzych	30	5	1	11	0	13	24	36	−12	24
15	Bałtyk Gdynia (R)	30	8	1	6	4	11	27	41	−14	21	Relegated to II liga
16	Stal Stalowa Wola (R)	30	5	1	9	6	9	31	56	−25	16	Relegated to II liga

Source: 90minut.pl (in Polish)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored. 1 extra point for each win with a goal difference of 3 or more, and 1 point deducted for each loss with a goal difference of 3 or more.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BGD	KAT	GWŁ	GÓR	JAG	LPO	LGD	LEG	ŁKS	OLP	POG	SSW	SZB	ŚLĄ	WID	ZLU
Bałtyk Gdynia		0–0	2–0	1–5	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
GKS Katowice	4–0		2–0	3–3	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Górnik Wałbrzych	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–3	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Górnik Zabrze	3–2	1–1	3–1		2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	3–0
Jagiellonia Białystok	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–3		1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Lech Poznań	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–2
Lechia Gdańsk	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Legia Warsaw	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1		0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
ŁKS Łódź	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	4–1		3–2	4–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Olimpia Poznań	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Pogoń Szczecin	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0		3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
Stal Stalowa Wola	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	4–1	2–0		1–1	0–0	1–3	0–1
Szombierki Bytom	0–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–2	0–1		1–1	0–0	2–1
Śląsk Wrocław	4–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	5–1	1–1		1–1	0–2
Widzew Łódź	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0		1–1
Zagłębie Lubin	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0

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

Relegation playoffs

The matches were played on 25 and 28 June 1988.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia Poznań	3–2	Lechia Gdańsk	1–0	2–2
Górnik Wałbrzych	4–3	Zagłębie Lubin	2–1	2–2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dariusz Dziekanowski	Legia Warsaw	20
2	Jan Furtok	GKS Katowice	18
3	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	17
4	Ryszard Cyroń	Górnik Zabrze	14
4	Ryszard Robakiewicz	LKS Łódź	14
6	Marek Leśniak	Pogoń Szczecin	12
7	Krzysztof Baran	Górnik Zabrze	11
7	Jacek Bayer	Jagiellonia Białystok	11
9	Jerzy Kruszczyński	Lech Poznań	10
9	Bogusław Pachelski	Lech Poznań	10

References

"Attendances – Archive Poland". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

External links

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

Ekstraklasa

List of Polish football champions

Seasons

Liga	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1948
I liga	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Ekstraklasa	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

2024–25 teams

Former teams

Winners

Non-League
seasons

v t e 1987–88 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88
Supercups	West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup

1987–88 in Polish football

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Domestic leagues

Men	I liga II liga
Women	I liga

Domestic cups

European competitions

Related to national team

UEFA Euro 1988 (Qualification: Group 5)

List of Polish football transfers 1987–88

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