The 2001–02 I liga (then known as the II liga) is the 54th season of the I liga, the second highest division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The league is contested by 20 teams who competing for promotion to the 2002–03 Ekstraklasa.

I liga
Season2001–02
Dates21 July 2001 – 5 May 2002
ChampionsLech Poznań
PromotedLech Poznań
Orlen Płock
Szczakowianka
RelegatedHutnik Kraków
Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Odra Opole
Włókniarz Kietrz
KS Myszków
Matches played380
Goals scored906 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerJacek Ziarkowski
(22 goals)
Biggest away winWłókniarz 0–5 Polar
(5 May 2002)
Highest scoringPolar 6–2 Hutnik
(24 April 2002)
Highest attendance20,000[1]
Lech 1–0 Orlen
(13 April 2002)
Lowest attendance0[A]
Zagłębie 3–1 Tłoki
(5 May 2002)
Total attendance796,100
Average attendance2,095 Increase0.5%[2]

The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. Each team played a total of 38 matches, half at home and half away. The champions and runners-up will receive automatic promotion while the 3rd- and 4th-placed teams will compete in Ekstraklasa's qualification play-offs. At the other end, the bottom six teams face automatic demotion to the II liga.

The season began on 21 July 2001, and concluded on 5 May 2002. After the 23rd matchday the league will be on winter break between 3 December 2001 and 1 March 2002.[1]

Teams

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The following teams competed in the I liga 2001–02:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lech Poznań (P) 38 26 10 2 64 18 +46 88 Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2 Orlen Płock (P) 38 20 13 5 50 24 +26 73
3 Szczakowianka Jaworzno (P) 38 20 6 12 61 50 +11 66 Qualification to play-offs
4 Górnik Łęczna 38 18 8 12 49 35 +14 62
5 GKS Bełchatów 38 16 10 12 55 46 +9 58
6 Ceramika Opoczno 38 15 9 14 53 50 +3 54
7 Hetman Zamość 38 12 15 11 47 43 +4 51
8 Ruch Radzionków 38 14 8 16 52 51 +1 50[a]
9 Polar Wrocław 38 14 8 16 49 50 −1 50[a]
10 Tłoki Gorzyce 38 13 10 15 42 56 −14 49
11 Arka Gdynia 38 10 18 10 39 41 −2 48[b]
12 Górnik Polkowice 38 11 15 12 34 35 −1 48[b]
13 Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 38 13 8 17 36 50 −14 47[c]
14 ŁKS Łódź 38 12 11 15 36 38 −2 47[c]
15 Jagiellonia Białystok (R) 38 11 12 15 41 41 0 45 Relegation to III liga
16 Hutnik Kraków (R) 38 12 8 18 48 61 −13 44
17 Zagłębie Sosnowiec (R) 38 10 13 15 41 47 −6 43[d]
18 Odra Opole (R) 38 12 5 21 40 61 −21 41[d]
19 Włókniarz Kietrz (R) 38 11 8 19 34 53 −19 41
20 KS Myszków (R) 38 8 9 21 35 56 −21 33
Source: 90minut.pl – II liga 2001/2002
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th head-to-head away goals scored; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b RRA: 6 pts,2-0-0, 3–0; PLR: 0 pts, 0-0-2, 0–3
  2. ^ a b ARK: 2 pts,0-2-0, 2–2; GPK: 2 pts, 0-2-0, 2–2
  3. ^ a b ŚWI: 2 pts,0-2-0, 3–3; ŁKS: 2 pts, 0-2-0, 2–2
  4. ^ a b ZSO: 4 pts,1-1-0, 3–1; OOP: 1 pt, 0-1-1, 1–3

Results

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Home \ Away LPO ORL SZJ GKŁ BEŁ CER HET RRA PLR TŁK ARK GPK ŚWI ŁKS JAG HUT ZSO OOP WŁK MYS
Lech Poznań 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 5–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0
Orlen Płock 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Szczakowianka Jaworzno 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1
Górnik Łęczna 0–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–0
GKS Bełchatów 0–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0
Ceramika Opoczno 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 5–2 1–1 5–2 3–0 2–1
Hetman Zamość 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 2–0
Ruch Radzionków 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–2
Polar Wrocław 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 6–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0
Tłoki Gorzyce 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–4 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–4 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1
Arka Gdynia 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1
Górnik Polkowice 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 1–3 0–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
ŁKS Łódź 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–3
Jagiellonia Białystok 1–1 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0
Hutnik Kraków 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 0–0 1–1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2–4 0–0 5–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Odra Opole 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1
Włókniarz Kietrz 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 0–5 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–1
KS Myszków 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
Source: 90minut.pl – II liga 2001/2002
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Jacek Ziarkowski Hetman Zamość 21
2   Piotr Żaba Ruch Radzionków 19
3   Adam Grad ŁKS Łódź / Jagiellonia Białystok 17

Ekstraklasa qualification play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Szczakowianka Jaworzno 2–1 RKS Radomsko (14E) 2–0 0–1
Górnik Łęczna 1–3 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (13E) 0–1 1–2

Source: 90minut.pl – Baraże o udział w I lidze (in Polish)

Notes

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  1. ^ Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

References

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  1. ^ a b "II liga 2001/2002". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Attendances – Archive Poland, 2001-2002, II. Liga". EFS.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "II liga 2001/2002 : strzelcy". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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