'Autumn champion' is the traditional term in Poland for denoting the team
who finishes the first autumn half of the season in the leading seat.
It doesn't carry any special honours, but at least harbours a hopeful
winter for its bearers.
Note that in 1977 the first four rounds of spring matches were also
played in autumn (in 1985 - first three rounds). This wasn't included
in the summary below.
From 1962 to 1999 autumn champions managed to repeat their success
at the end of the season 14 times, and finished outside of the top three
11 times. The lowest place they fell during spring was the 7th (in 1977).
Season Team pl pts gf ga fpos
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1962/63 Górnik Zabrze 13 21 41-17 1
1963/64 Legia Warszawa 13 19 30-14 4
1964/65 Górnik Zabrze 13 19 34-20 1
1965/66 Górnik Zabrze 13 20 33-12 1
1966/67 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 13 19 29-13 2
1967/68 Legia Warszawa 13 20 33-12 2
1968/69 Górnik Zabrze 13 21 24- 6 2
1969/70 Legia Warszawa 13 20 27-12 1
1970/71 Legia Warszawa 13 22 28- 9 2
1971/72 Ruch Chorzów 13 19 34-19 4
1972/73 Górnik Zabrze 13 18 15- 5 4
1973/74 Ruch Chorzów 15 24 33-11 1
1974/75 Ruch Chorzów 15 27 39- 8 1
1975/76 Ruch Chorzów 15 21 22-12 4
1976/77 ŁKS Łódź 15 22 26-12 7
1977/78 Wisła Kraków 15 23 18- 9 1
1978/79 Odra Opole 15 22 29-13 5
1979/80 Szombierki Bytom 15 21 25-15 1
1980/81 Widzew Łódź 15 24 24- 8 1
1981/82 Pogoń Szczecin 15 20 27-25 6
1982/83 Śląsk Wrocław 15 19 20-10 6
1983/84 Górnik Wałbrzych 15 22 29-12 6
1984/85 Legia Warszawa 15 22 22- 9 2
1985/86 Widzew Łódź 15 23 22-12 3
1986/87 Górnik Zabrze 15 27 32-13 1
1987/88 Górnik Zabrze 15 29 38-15 1
1988/89 Górnik Zabrze 15 27 31-12 3
1989/90 GKS Katowice 15 24 19- 6 3
1990/91 GKS Katowice 15 23 19- 8 4
1991/92 Lech Poznań 17 24 33-21 1
1992/93 Lech Poznań 17 27 42- 9 1
1993/94 Górnik Zabrze 17 25 26-16 3
1994/95 Widzew Łódź 17 25 30-17 2
1995/96 Legia Warszawa 17 42 44-15 2 [3pt for win]
1996/97 Widzew Łódź 17 40 36- 8 1
1997/98 Widzew Łódź 17 32 30-14 4
1998/99 Wisła Kraków 15 40 36-11 1
1999/00 Ruch Chorzów 15 30 28-14 3
2000/01 Pogoń Szczecin 15 35 22-10 2
Palmares (in parentheses number of successful spring title runs)
9 - Górnik Zabrze (5)
5 - Ruch Chorzów (2)
6 - Legia Warszawa (1)
4 - Widzew Łódź (1)
2 - Lech Poznań (2), Wisła Kraków (2), Pogoń Szczecin (0),
GKS Katowice (0)
1 - Szombierki Bytom (1), Zagłębie Sosnowiec (0), Odra Opole (0), ŁKS
Łódź (0), Górnik Wałbrzych (0), Śląsk Wrocław (0)
Source: http://republika.pl/piastu/km183.htm
Contributed by Gwidon Naskrent (naskrent@artemida.amu.edu.pl) for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Last updated: 19 Jun 2001
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