Liga Polska 04/05

[Prewitt]

The Polish Ekstraklasa starts in ten days' time. Its level may be far from excellence, but it usually produces some excitement for Polish fans

Interesting fact is that not all decisions regarding its formula has been made up to the moment. Initially, the PZPN supported the idea of having only one team of fourteen demoted after the season ends. However, stronger clubs are pointing out (and they are right!) that it doesn't make much sense because there will be too many irrelevant games in spring. The federation has also been critcized by the media. Eventually, there will be one more debate next week and a final decision is to be made then.

This season we have:

Amica Wronki. A lot of changes in this club. Some key players (Dawidowski, Zienczuk, Djokovic) left and younger generation will have their chance now. Should be very close to top, although I don't think they'll be as good as last season. To watch: Bieniuk, Dudka, Burkhardt, Kryszalowicz - and... coach Skorza.

Cracovia Krakow. A newly promoted team, but they have money and ambition. I see them somewhere in the middle.

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Last season was eventually a flop, but it may have some beneficial effect now (they'll focus on league solely). A lot of good players, they're willing to fight for championship. To watch: Liberda, Mila, Radzewicz, Slusarski, Sikora.

Gks Katowice. Miraculously saved last season. May not be that lucky this time.

Gornik Leczna. The spring round was a hard landing for them. Hired a few experienced players and coach Kaczmarek now, which means they want to be a hard nut to crack.

Gornik Zabrze. Kozminski is consistently trying out his idea of promoting talented (?!) youngsters from Poland and abroad in a team playing in top division. They don't have ambition to compete for Eurocups, but should stay far from relegation zone. To watch: Kuzera, Piotr Brozek, Bukowiec.

Lech Poznan. One of the most unpredictable teams in Ekstraklasa. Bunch of decent players, and a very talented coach. To watch: Mowlik, Golinski, Madej, Reiss, Nawrocik.

Legia Warszawa. The new owner doesn't promise deposing Wisla at once, but fans hope for a successful championship bid. Or a good fight at least. To watch: Boruc, Jarzebowski, Karwan, Saganowski, Wlodarczyk, Korzym.

Odra Wodzislaw. Lost a lot of blood, but most likely there still will be teams weaker than them. To watch: Zganiacz, Maslowski.

Pogon Szczecin. Seems to be the strongest of the teams promoted from the 2nd division. To watch: Batata, Terlecki, Kazmierczak.

Polonia Warszawa. Have been fighting desperately to avoid relegation for a few seasons. Now they hope that with Engel on board the worst is over. To watch: Kus, Olszar.

Wisla Krakow. Their owners invested a lot of money not in order to win one championship after another in Poland (which they see as a must), but to achieve something in Europe. The starting eleven speaks for itslef: Majdan - Mijajlovic (Stolarczyk), Glowacki, Klos, Baszczynski - Zienczuk, Kukielka, Szymkowiak, Uche (Dawidowski) - Zurawski, Frankowski (Kuzba).

Wisla Plock. The team has been improving for some time and a further progress is expected now. Uefa Cup spot is their aim. To watch: Gevorgyan, Rachwal, Jelen, Klimek.

Zaglebie Lubin. The third of the promoted teams. A puzzle to be solved after first few games. To watch: Bartczak, Zytko, Lobodzinski.

[Prewitt]

Wisla Krakow - Gornik Leczna 5-1 (2-1)

Wisla didn't look good in the first thirty minutes, but then the goal scoring machine started to work.

Gks Katowice - Lech Poznan 0-3 (0-1)

Wisla Plock - Gornik Zabrze 0-0

Pogon Szczecin - Legia Warszawa 1-2 (1-1)

Legia's poor defending could have resulted in a loss in Szczecin, but Pogon players managed to miss unbeliavable chances

Odra Wodzislaw - Amica Wronki 1-2 (1-2)

Zaglebie Lubin - Cracovia Krakow 2-5 (0-4)

The ease with which Cracovia won this game was amazing. Are they going to be a suprising team of this season?...

Polonia Warszawa - Groclin Grodzisk Wlkp. postponed

Code:

1. Wisla Kraków 	3 	5-1 						
2. Cracovia 	 	3 	5-2 						
3. Lech Poznań 	 	3 	3-0 						
4. Amica Wronki 	3 	2-1 	 						
   Legia Warszawa 	3 	2-1 	 						
6. Wisla Plock 	 	1 	0-0
   Górnik Zabrze 	1 	0-0 	
8. Polonia Warszawa 	0 	0-0 				
   Groclin Grodzisk 	0 	0-0 						
10. Pogoń Szczecin 	0 	1-2 	 						
    Odra Wodzislaw 	0 	1-2 	 						
12. Zaglebie Lubin 	0 	2-5 	 						
13. GKS Katowice 	0 	0-3 	 						
14. Górnik Łęczna 	0 	1-5

[HajdukSplit]

is Drazen Besek the manager of Zaglebie Lubin?

[Prewitt]

Yes, he is

Another Croat in their roster is goalkeeper Madaric.

[HajdukSplit]

Madaric played with Varteks where Besek managed last season before gettin sacked. I read somewhere on a Croatian sports website that he was going to bring in many Croatian players but he failed to do so.
Also, has Udarevic signed for a Polish club? He played for Osijek and some Croatian second division clubs but he went to a club in Poland for trial and I haven;t heard of him since then!

[kicker]

Good start by our "export" teams. Good in terms of achieved results because overal performance can't be satisfying yet. Especially Legia disappointed me greatly. Kubicki's conservativeness would annoy me if I was Legia fan. He is so confident in e.g. Jozwiak. It's he who provokes most of the lost goals and "Kuba" seems not to see "Beret's" obvious mistakes (ok, today's penalty was soft but I would have got rid of him a long time ago for the ensemble). By the way, I can't believe Terlecki has found another employer in the premier league

Cracovia is my candidate for the black horse. They have some really interesting players, in general somewhat anonymous, but presumably of high abilities.

As a result of the departure of 7 players for the international game, Lech aren't optimally prepared to the season. It didn't prevent us from winning in Katowice. Golinski scored an excellent free kick goal. He denies having led the negotiations with Legia but in spite of this he won't be so respected in Poznan anymore. In my opinion, GKS will most probably get relagated.

False start in Plock. Scoreless draw with Gornik isn't a good result for the local team which, according to its chairman, will fight for the ultimate win.

Amica won 3 points in Wodzislaw and it's a nice debut from Maciej Skorza, Ekstraklasa's youngest coach. Odra will struggle this season but there are still a few teams that are worse.

What about Wisla Krakow - I'm waiting for the moment when they will learn at last how to defend properly

Quote:

Originally Posted by HajdukSplit

Also, has Udarevic signed for a Polish club?

If you're talking about Ivan Udarevic, he's in Polonia Warsaw squad for this season

[HajdukSplit]

yes, Ivan Udarevic, thanks for the information.

[Prewitt]

Matchday 2

Gornik Leczna - Cracovia Kraków 3-1 (1-0)

A cold shower for Cracovia.

Odra Wodzislaw - Zaglebie Lubin 1-2 (0-0)

Rather a surprising result. Zaglebie managed to recover very quickly.

Amica Wronki - Legia Warszawa 1-1 (0-1)

Very lucky Legia to escape with that draw...

Gornik Zabrze - Pogon Szczecin 4-0 (0-0)

Four goals within last fifteen minutes

Lech Poznan - Wisla Plock 4-2 (2-0)

A very disappoining start of the season for Wisla. Their strikers (Jelen, Klimek, Sobczak - all names well respected in Polish football) have huge problems due to not receiving good passes from midfield.

Groclin Grodzisk - GKS Katowice 3-2 (1-2)

Wisla Krakow - Polonia Warszawa 4-0 (0-0)

A red card for Udarevic.


Matchday 3

Polonia Warszawa - Gornik Leczna 1-0 (0-0)

GKS Katowice - Wisla Krakow 0-3 (0-2)

Zurawski scores his 100th goal in the Ektraklasa.

Wisla Płock - Groclin Grodzisk 0-1 (0-0)

Pogon Szczecin - Lech Poznan 3-1 (1-1)

A strange game. It seemed as if Lech underestimated Pogon. Having been a better team in the first half, and with the hosts down to ten men, Lech should've won it easily.

Amica Wronki - Gornik Zabrze 1-1 (1-0)

Legia Warszawa - Zagłębie Lubin 0-0

Cracovia Krakow - Odra Wodzislaw 2-3 (1-1)

Cracovia created pretty lot of scoring chances, but paid for their vulnerability in defence...

Code:

1 Wisla Krakow		9 12-1  
2 Lech Poznan		6 8-5  
3 Groclin Grodzisk		6 4-2  
4 Gornik Zabrze		5 5-1  
5 Legia Warszawa		5 3-2  
6 Amica Wronki		5 4-3  
7 Zaglebie Lubin		4 4-6  
8 Cracovia Krakow		3 8-8  
9 Odra Wodzislaw		3 5-6  
10 Gornik Leczna		3 4-7  
11 Pogon Szczecin		3 4-7  
12 Polonia Warszawa	3 1-4  
13 Wisla Plock		1 2-5  
14 GKS Katowice		0 2-9

[Prewitt]

Gornik Leczna - Odra Wodzislaw 1:2

Both teams are actually on a similar level. Odra were more lucky that evening, or just smarter.

Legia Warszawa - Cracovia Krakow 2:1

Cracovia plays really entertaining, open football. They lack experience though, that’s why they lost third game in a row. The presence of Citko and Swierczewski in their rostermay help them avoid losing points in an infantile way.

Gornik Zabrze - Zaglebie Lubin 1:1

Gornik should’ve won it, but they wasted too many chances.

Lech Poznan - Amica Wronki 0:4

Lech outclassed. What’s happening with this team? Two spectacular goals from Marcin Kikut – Amica’s right midfielder. A new talent in Polish football?

Groclin Grodzisk - Pogon Szczecin 2:0

Tough game, but Groclin’s victory well deserved.

Wisla Krakow - Wisla Płock 4:0

Half an hour was enough to demolish Plock. Wisla breakes one record of unbeaten games on the home ground after the other…

Polonia Warszawa - GKS Katowice 2:0

Gks are really poor. Unless they start winning league games soon (highly unlikely), they will find themselves in the second division long before the end of season.

Code:

1.Wisla Krakow		12	16-1       
2.Groclin Grodzisk		9	6-2       
3.Legia Warszawa		8 	5-3 
4.Amica Wronki		8 	8-3 
5.Gornik Zabrze		6 	6-2       
6.Odra Wodzislaw		6 	7-7       
7.Lech Poznan		6 	8-9       
8.Polonia Warszawa		6 	3-4       
9.Zaglebie Lubin		5 	5-7       
10.Gornik Leczna		3 	5-9 
11.Pogon Szczecin		3 	4-9       
12.Cracovia Krakow		3 	9-10 
13.Wisla Plock		1 	2-9       
14.GKS Katowice		0 	2-11

[Prewitt]

Matchday 5

Cracovia Krakow - Gornik Zabrze 0:0

A boring game. The only interesting part of it was Marek Citko playing final thirty minutes for Cracovia. Still pleasure to watch some of his tricks.

Wisla Plock - Polonia Warszawa 4:1

An excellent display by Jelen, who scored thrice for Plock. The score doesn't tell the whole truth, for it was a really tough game. Too bad the ref spolit it (unfair penalty against Polonia, and Polonia's goal disallowed for no apparent reason).

Gks Katowice - Gornik Leczna 4:0

A shocker in some way. Leczna have a very disappointing start.

Zaglebie Lubin - Lech Poznan 2:0

Lech are in serious trouble. Problems both in defence and attack. Golinski's magnificent form has vanished.

Odra Wodzislaw - Legia Warszawa 0:1

A game full of scoring chances. It could go the other way round, luckily didn't

Amica Wronki - Groclin Grodzisk Wlkp. 1:3

Groclin still on 100% record. A very convincing victory.

Pogon Szczecin - Wisla Krakow 0:5

Incredible. only five games of the season have gone and Frankowski scored ten goals already Wisla seem to be a team from another dimension, although frankly speaking they haven't been seriously tested so far.

Code:

1. Wisla Krakow		15	21-1
2. Groclin Grodzisk		12	9-3
3. Legia Warszawa		11	6-3
4. Amica Wronki		8	9-6
5. Zaglebie Lubin		8	7-7
6. Gornik Zabrze		7	6-2
7. Odra Wodzislaw		6	7-8
8. Lech Poznan		6	8-11
9. Polonia Warszawa		6	4-8
10. Cracovia Krakow		4	9-10
11. Wisla Plock		4	6-10
12. Gks Katowice		3	6-11
13. Gornik Leczna		3	5-13
14. Pogon Szczecin		3	4-14

[Gora7]

Wisla To Jest Potega!!!!!!!

[Prewitt]

Matchday 6

Gornik Leczna - Legia Warszawa 1-2
Gornik Zabrze - Odra Wodzisław 2-0
Lech Poznan - Cracovia Krakow 0-2
Groclin-Dyskobolia - Zaglebie Lubin 3-1
Wisla Krakow - Amica Wronki 1-1
Polonia Warszawa - Pogon Szczecin 3-3
GKS Katowice - Wisla Płock 0-0

Matchday 7

Wisla Plock - Gornik Leczna 3-0
Pogon Szczecin - GKS Katowice 4-2
Amica Wronki - Polonia Warszawa 1-0
Zaglebie Lubin - Wisla Krakow 1-7
Cracovia Krakow - Groclin-Dyskobolia 2-0
Odra Wodzisław - Lech Poznan 3-1
Legia Warszawa - Gornik Zabrze 2-1

Matchday 8

Gornik Leczna - Gornik Zabrze 2-0
Lech Poznan - Legia Warszawa 1-1
Groclin-Dyskobolia - Odra Wodzislaw 1-0
Wisła Krakow - Cracovia Krakow 0-0
Polonia Warszawa - Zaglebie Lubin 1-1
GKS Katowice - Amica Wronki 1-4
Wisla Plock - Pogon Szczecin 3-2

Matchday 9

Pogon Szczecin - Gornik Leczna 2-1
Amica Wronki - Wisła Plock 2-1
Zaglebie Lubin - GKS Katowice 7-0
Cracovia Krakow - Polonia Warszawa 2-1
Odra Wodzislaw - Wisla Krakow 1-2
Legia Warszawa - Groclin-Dyskobolia 0-1
Gornik Zabrze - Lech Poznan 1-2

Matchday 10

Gornik Leczna - Lech Poznan 2-0
Groclin-Dyskobolia - Gornik Zabrze 3-1
Wisla Krakow - Legia Warszawa 2-0
Polonia Warszawa - Odra Wodzisław 1-0
GKS Katowice - Cracovia Krakow 1-0
Wisla Plock - Zaglebie Lubin 2-0
Pogon Szczecin - Amica Wronki 1-0

Matchday 11

Amica Wronki - Gornik Leczna 1-0
Zaglebie Lubin - Pogon Szczecin 2-2
Cracovia Krakow - Wisla Plock 4-0
Odra Wodzisław - GKS Katowice 2-2
Legia Warszawa - Polonia Warszawa 4-1
Gornik Zabrze - Wisla Krakow 1-3
Lech Poznan - Groclin-Dyskobolia 2-2


Kolejka: pierwszej ligi:
Amica Wronki - Górnik Łęczna 1-0 (1-0)
Zagłębie Lubin - MKS Pogoń Szczecin 2-2 (2-0)
Cracovia Kraków - Wisła Płock 4-0 (1-0)
Odra Wodzisław Śląski - GKS Katowice 2-2 (0-0)
Legia Warszawa - Polonia Warszawa 4-1 (3-0)
Górnik Zabrze - Wisła Kraków 1-3 (0-3)
Lech Poznań - Groclin-Dyskobolia 2-2 (2-1)


1 Wisla Krakow 29 36-5
2 Groclin-Dyskobolia 25 19-10
3 Legia Warszawa 21 15-10
4 Amica Wronki 21 18-10
5 Cracovia Krakiw 17 19-12
6 Wisla Plock 14 15-18
7 Pogon Szczecin 14 18-25
8 Polonia Warszawa 14 12-19
9 Zaglebie Lubin 13 19-22
10 Lech Poznan 11 14-22
11 Gornik Zabrze 10 12-14
12 Odra Wodzisław 10 13-17
13 Gornik Leczna 9 11-21
14 GKS Katowice 8 12-28

[Prewitt]

Matchday 12

Gornik Leczna - Groclin Grodzisk Wlkp. 2-1 (1-1)
Wisła Krakow - Lech Poznan 4-1 (1-0)
GKS Katowice - Legia Warszawa 0-3 (0-1)
Amica Wronki - Zaglebie Lubin 0-2 (0-1)
Pogon Szczecin - Cracovia Krakow 1-1 (0-0)
Wisla Plock - Odra Wodzislaw 1-0 (1-0)
Polonia Warszawa - Gornik Zabrze 2-1 (1-0)

Matchday 13

Zaglebie Lubin - Gornik Leczna 1-0 (0-0)
Cracovia Krakow - Amica Wronki 0-1 (0-0)
Wodzisław Slaski - Pogon Szczecin 1-0 (1-0)
Legia Warszawa - Wisla Plock 2-1 (2-1)
Gornik Zabrze - GKS Katowice 4-1 (3-1)
Lech Poznan - Polonia Warszawa 1-1 (0-0)
Groclin Grodzisk Wlkp. - Wisla Krakow 2-4 (1-1)


1 Wisla Krakow 35 44-8
2 Legia Warszawa 27 20-11
3 Groclin Grodzisk Wlkp. 25 22-16
4 Amica Wronki 24 19-12
5 Zaglebie Lubin 19 22-22
6 Cracovia Krakow 18 20-14
7 Polonia Warszawa 18 15-21
8 Wisla Plock 17 17-20
9 Pogon Szczecin 15 19-27
10 Gornik Zabrze 13 17-17
11 Odra Wodzislaw 13 14-18
12 Gornik Leczna 12 13-23
13 Lech Poznan 12 16-27
14 GKS Katowice 8 13-35

[Prewitt]

Legia Warszawa - Pogon Szczecin 3:0
An easy victory for Legia.

Wisla Krakow - Gks Katowice 1:0
Wisla weren't really troubled, but it's surprising that they managed to score only once.

Groclin Grodzisk - Polonia Warszawa 5:0
Terrible defending by Polonia. When you mark strikers like that, you can't expect anything but such defeat.

1. Wisla Krakow 14 38 45-8
2. Legia 14 30 23-11
3. Groclin 14 28 27-16
4. Amica 13 24 19-12
5. Zaglebie 13 19 22-22
6. Cracovia 13 18 20-14
7. Polonia 14 18 15-26
8. Wisla Plock 13 17 17-20
9. Pogon 14 15 19-30
10. Gornik Zabrze 13 13 17-17
11. Odra 13 13 14-18
12. Gornik Leczna 13 12 13-23
13. Lech 13 12 16-27
14. GKS 14 8 13-36

[Poland-Cement]

Wisła had many chances in the match with GKS.
GKS was very lucky they they lost only 0:1

[Poland-Cement]

Cracovia - Legia 1:0
Bojarski 90+3'

Bojarski scored in additional time after ridiculous mistake by Boruc.

[Magic]

I've got to download the goal from Wisla-Multi, I heard it was terrible...

[Prewitt]

Matchday 15

Legia Warszawa - Amica Wronki 1-1
Cracovia Krakow - Gornik Leczna 0-0
Zaglebie Lubin - Odra Wodzislaw 1-1
Pogon Szczecin - Gornik Zabrze 0-2
Wisla Plock - Lech Poznan 2-1
GKS Katowice - Groclin Grodzisk 1-3
Polonia Warszawa - Wisla Krakow 1-3

Matchday 16
(these game shouldn't have been played...)

Zagłębie Lubin - Legia Warszawa 0-0
Groclin Grodzisk - Wisla Plock 1-2
Lech Poznan - Pogon Szczecin - more in Lech Poznan thread

Matchday 17

Odra Wodzislaw - Gornik Leczna 0-5
It should've been more. Kubica, Kucharski and Nazaruk killed poor Wodzislaw's defence. Leczna are having a very good round so far.

Cracovia Krakow - Legia Warszawa 1-0
No comment guys

Zaglebie Lubin - Gornik Zabrze 1-1

Amica Wronki - Lech Poznan 1-0
Lech unlucky again

Pogon Szczecin - Groclin Grodzisk 1-0
Second consecutive loss by Grodzisk.

Wisła Plock - Wisla Krakow 1-1
Controversial decisions made by the referee, but Zurawski said a word too much when he called his performance 'banditism'

GKS Katowice - Polonia Warszawa 2-3


1 Wisła Krakow 42 49-10
2 Legia Warszawa 32 24-13
3 Groclin Dyskobolia 31 31-20
4 Amica Wronki 28 21-13
5 Cracovia Krakow 25 22-14
6 Wisla Plock 24 22-23
7 Zaglebie Lubin 22 24-24
8 Polonia Warszawa 22 20-32
9 Pogon Szczecin 18 20-32
10 Gornik Leczna 17 19-24
11 Gornik Zabrze 17 20-18
12 Odra Wodzislaw 14 15-25
13 Lech Poznan 12 17-30
14 GKS Katowice 8 16-42

[Poland-Cement]

Groclin - Amica 4:0
Ślusarski 39' 42' Sikora 76' Sokołowski 82'
Big derby of Wielkopolska and giant win by Groclin. I expected thet Groclin will win this match, but 4-0 is a beating. This match can solve the matter who will play in UEFA Cup.

Górnik Łęczna - GKS 4:2
Szałachowski 49' Kubica 72' Wędzyński 83' Bronowicki 88' - Kmiecik 77' Markowski 87'
Bogusław Kaczmarek build good team in Łęczna and he's gonna to escape relegation without doubt. GKS playd with big ambition, but they'r relegation is sure.

Górnik Zabrze - Cracovia 1:0
Chałbiński 55'
2 teams with great and rich history playd in this match. Górnik lucky won and has still 1 match less then rivals. Dissapointment for Cracovia, as they could beat Groclin, Odra in away match and draw with Wisła. CHałbiński showed once again his great talent, wich he showed also in Odra some years ago.

Lech Poznań - Zagłębie Lubin 2:0
Scherfchen 41' Reiss 51'
At least won of Lech, hovever on the 20.000 stadium wich is usually full, was only 9.000 crowd. It shows that Lech fans are dissapinted, as Lech before the season was favorite to highest positions.

Polonia - Wisła Płock 1:4
Jakosz 74' - Jeleń 29' 76' Peković 57' Gevorgyan 87'
Polonia, wich has big financial problems, lost to one of the richest clubs in Idea Ekstraklasa. Jeleń showed that he is one of the best strikers in our league.

[Poland-Cement]

Wisła Kraków - Pogoń Szczecin 1:1
Frankowski 89' - Claudio Milar 26'
Big upset for Wisła, espacially because they beat Pogoń in away match 5-0, and now they hardly made draw. Milar showed his genius another time. Hovever wisła has still 8 points advantage over Groclin.

Legia - Odra Wodzisław 0:1
Woś 54'
Giantic suck for Legia. Odra, who lost 0-5 and 0-1 in last matches made a sensation on Łazienkowska. With this match Legia totally lost chances for championschip.