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2012–13 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa
Season 2012–13
Champions Legia Warsaw
(9th title)
Relegated Polonia Warsaw
GKS Bełchatów
Champions League Legia Warsaw
Europa League Lech Poznań
Śląsk Wrocław
Piast Gliwice
Matches played 240
Goals scored 598 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer Robert Demjan
(14 goals)
Biggest home win Korona 5–0 Jagiellonia
Legia 5–0 Śląsk
Biggest away win GKS 0–5 Polonia
Highest scoring Lechia 4–4 Ruch
Longest winning run 7 games
Lech
Longest unbeaten run 14 games
Legia
Longest winless run 9 games
Podbeskidzie
Longest losing run 5 games
GKS Bełchatów
Jagiellonia
Highest attendance 40,632
Lech 1–3 Legia
(18 November 2012)
Lowest attendance 1,200
Bełchatów 1–3 Piast
(8 December 2012)
Total attendance 2,015,930
Average attendance 8,409 Decrease5.0%

The 2012–13 Ekstraklasa or T-Mobile Ekstraklasa for sponsorship reasons, was the 79th season of the highest level of football leagues in Poland since its establishment in 1927. It began on 17 August 2012 and concluded on 2 June 2013. A total of 16 teams are participating, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2011–12 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I Liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away.

Śląsk Wrocław were the defending champions, winning their 2nd title last season, first since the 1976–77 season.

Śląsk Wrocław as reigning champions entered the 2nd qualifying round of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League. Śląsk defeated the Montenegrin champions Budućnost Podgorica 2–1 on aggregate, but got eliminated in the third qualifying round by the Swedish champions Helsingborg IF 1–6 on aggregate.

Ruch Chorzów, as the runner-up, entered the 2nd qualifying round of the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League, in which they defeated the Macedonian league runners-up Metalurg Skopje 6–1 on aggregate. Ruch got eliminated in the next round by the Czech side Viktoria Plzeň 0–7 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw whom won the 2011–12 Polish Cup, as well as finishing third last season also qualified for the 2nd qualifying of the Europa League. Legia defeated the Latvian league runner-up Liepājas Metalurgs 7–3 on aggregate. In the third round Legia defeated the Austrian side SV Ried 4–3 on aggregate. Legia were defeated in the Play-off round by the Norwegian side Rosenborg BK 2–3 on aggregate.


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