1961 Ekstraklasa

Liga

Season	1961
Champions	Górnik Zabrze (3rd title)
Relegated	Polonia Bydgoszcz Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Top goalscorer	Ernst Pohl (24 goals)
← 1960 1962 →

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1961 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 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)	26	19	5	2	73	18	+55	43	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2	Polonia Bytom	26	14	7	5	53	29	+24	35
3	Legia Warsaw	26	13	6	7	51	35	+16	32
4	Wisła Kraków	26	12	8	6	42	35	+7	32
5	Ruch Chorzów	26	12	7	7	48	42	+6	31
6	Odra Opole	26	9	10	7	51	35	+16	28
7	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	26	6	12	8	35	38	−3	24	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
8	Lechia Gdańsk	26	9	6	11	27	35	−8	24
9	ŁKS Łódź	26	8	6	12	32	39	−7	22
10	Lech Poznań	26	8	6	12	27	40	−13	22
11	KS Cracovia	26	9	3	14	41	44	−3	21
12	Stal Mielec	26	8	5	13	34	45	−11	21
13	Polonia Bydgoszcz (R)	26	8	3	15	36	69	−33	19	Relegated to II liga
14	Zawisza Bydgoszcz (R)	26	3	4	19	18	64	−46	10

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

Results

Home \ Away	CRA	GÓR	LPO	LGD	LEG	ŁKS	OOP	BYG	BYT	RUC	STA	WIS	ZSO	ZAW
Cracovia		2–3	6–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–1
Górnik Zabrze	2–1		3–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	4–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	7–1	3–0	4–1	6–1
Lech Poznań	1–1	0–2		2–0	2–4	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Lechia Gdańsk	4–0	0–1	2–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	6–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–2
Legia Warsaw	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–1		5–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	6–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–1
ŁKS Łódź	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–1		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	3–1	3–0
Odra Opole	2–1	1–1	1–0	9–2	2–1	5–1		1–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	4–2	2–2	6–1
Polonia Bydgoszcz	2–0	0–5	1–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	4–3		1–7	0–1	3–3	3–1	3–1	3–0
Polonia Bytom	1–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–0		3–3	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–1
Ruch Chorzów	4–1	0–2	3–1	2–1	4–1	1–3	3–3	4–2	0–4		2–1	4–0	1–1	4–1
Stal Mielec	1–5	1–6	1–0	6–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–3	1–2		1–2	0–1	2–0
Wisła Kraków	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–5	3–1	3–1		1–1	5–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–0	0–2	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	6–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0		1–0
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	0–1	0–6	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–1

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ernest Pol	Górnik Zabrze	24
2	Marian Norkowski	Polonia Bydgoszcz	21
3	Norbert Gajda	Odra Opole	17
4	Edward Jankowski	Górnik Zabrze	16
	Engelbert Jarek	Odra Opole	16
6	Jan Liberda	Polonia Bytom	15
	Edward Pietrasiński	Cracovia	15
8	Tadeusz Błażejewski	Legia Warsaw	14
	Łucjan Gojny	Lech Poznań	14
	Eugeniusz Lerch	Ruch Chorzów	14

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Cracovia	18,923
2	ŁKS	17,769
3	Lech Poznań	16,615
4	Ruch Chorzów	16,462
5	Wisła Kraków	16,231
6	Górnik Zabrze	14,615
7	Lechia Gdańsk	13,538
8	Polonia Bytom	13,385
9	Polonia Bydgoszcz	11,462
10	Stal Mielec	9,615
11	Legia Warszawa	9,385
12	Odra Opole	9,231
13	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	9,077
14	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	7,308

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References

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