The 2018–19 I liga (currently named Fortuna I liga due to sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Polish
I liga under its current title, and the 71st season of
the second highest division in the
Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949. The league was operated by the
PZPN
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. The league was contested by 18 teams. The season was played in a
round-robin tournament
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Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
. The season started on 20 July 2018 and will conclude on 19 May 2019.
Changes from last season
The following teams have changed division since the
2017–18 season.
To I liga
Relegated from
Ekstraklasa
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Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Klub Sportowy Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, is a professional Polish football club based in Nieciecza, Poland.
The team was established in 1922. The club was founded after Wo ...
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Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Sandecja Nowy Sącz is a Polish football club formed in 1910.
In the 2016–17 season, Sandecja won I liga, which promoted the club to the Polish Ekstraklasa, Poland's highest professional football league, for the first time in the club's histor ...
Promoted from
II liga
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GKS Jastrzębie
Klub Sportowy GKS Jastrzębie Spółka Akcyjna ( en, Sports Club GKS Jastrzębie Joint Stock Company), commonly known as GKS Jastrzębie (), is a football club based in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland. As of the 2022–23 season, they will compete i ...
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ŁKS Łódź
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Warta Poznań
Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located.
Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...
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Garbarnia Kraków
From I liga
Promoted to
Ekstraklasa
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Miedź Legnica
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Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Relegated to
II liga
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Pogoń Siedlce
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Górnik Łęczna Gornik may refer to one of the following.
* Gornik, Pleven Province, a village in Chechen Republic
* April Gornik, an American painter
*Górnik (means "Miner" in Polish) is a common name of Polish sports teams:
**Górnik Konin
**Górnik Łęczna
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Olimpia Grudziądz
Olimpia Grudziądz is a Polish football club from Grudziądz. The club was formed on 30 June 1923. Currently, Olimpia plays in the III liga, following their relegation from the II liga in the 2020–21 season.
On 1 March 2022, thanks to defea ...
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Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...
Team overview
Stadiums and locations
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Garbarnia Kraków played their home games in Stadion im. Henryka Reymana until their home ground (Stadion Garbarni) fulfills license requirements.
League table
Positions by round
Results
Results by round
Top goalscorers
Attendances
See also
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2018–19 Ekstraklasa
The 2018–19 Ekstraklasa was the 93rd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 85th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 11th season of the Ekstraklasa ...
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2018–19 Polish Cup
The 2018–19 Polish Cup was the sixty-fifth season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 7 August 2018 with the first matches of the preliminary round and ended on 2 May 2019 with the final at PGE Narodowy. Winners of t ...
Notes
References
External links
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2018–19 in Polish football
Poland
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I liga seasons