1956 Ekstraklasa

Statistics of Ekstraklasa for the 1956 season.

Liga

Season	1956
Champions	Legia Warsaw (2nd title)
Relegated	Polonia Bydgoszcz Garbarnia Kraków
Top goalscorer	Henryk Kempny (21 goals)
← 1955 1957 →

Overview

12 teams competed in the league and the championship was won by Legia Warsaw.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Legia Warsaw (C)	22	15	4	3	65	17	+48	34
2	Ruch Chorzów	22	11	7	4	35	23	+12	29
3	Lechia Gdańsk	22	10	7	5	25	21	+4	27
4	ŁKS Łódź	22	10	6	6	38	26	+12	26
5	Wisła Kraków	22	9	5	8	38	34	+4	23
6	Górnik Zabrze	22	9	5	8	32	33	−1	23
7	Odra Opole	22	8	4	10	34	41	−7	20
8	Lech Poznań	22	7	6	9	25	38	−13	20
9	Gwardia Warsaw	22	5	8	9	23	36	−13	18	Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
10	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	22	6	5	11	35	43	−8	17
11	Polonia Bydgoszcz (R)	22	5	5	12	20	36	−16	15	Relegated to II liga
12	Garbarnia Kraków (R)	22	5	2	15	27	46	−19	12

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

Results

Home \ Away	GAR	GÓR	GWA	LPO	LGD	LEG	ŁKS	OOP	BYG	RUC	WIS	ZSO
Garbarnia Kraków		3–1	3–0	4–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–2
Górnik Zabrze	4–0		0–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–2
Gwardia Warsaw	2–0	0–1		4–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0
Lech Poznań	1–0	3–3	2–2		0–2	0–6	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–0
Lechia Gdańsk	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–0		1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1
Legia Warsaw	1–0	3–1	5–1	3–0	4–0		2–2	5–1	5–1	0–0	12–0	1–0
ŁKS Łódź	3–1	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		5–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0
Odra Opole	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–5	0–3		2–1	0–3	1–0	5–1
Polonia Bydgoszcz	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–2		0–1	2–0	2–2
Ruch Chorzów	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–2	3–0		1–1	3–1
Wisła Kraków	8–3	7–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–2		6–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	5–2	0–1	7–2	1–0	0–0	0–4	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–4	1–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henryk Kempny	Legia Warsaw	21
2	Ernest Pol	Legia Warsaw	18
3	Lucjan Brychczy	Legia Warsaw	16
4	Teodor Anioła	Lech Poznań	13
5	Gerard Cieślik	Ruch Chorzów	11
	Edward Jankowski	Górnik Zabrze	11
7	Paweł Krężel	Stal Sosnowiec	10
	Marian Machowski	Wisła Kraków	10
9	Antoni Ciszek	Stal Sosnowiec	9
	Engelbert Jarek	Odra Opole	9
	Marian Norkowski	Polonia Bydgoszcz	9
	Władysław Soporek	ŁKS Łódź	9

References

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