2017–18 Ekstraliga (women's football)

Ekstraliga
Season	2017–18
Dates	5 August 2017 –; 27 May 2018
Champions	Górnik Łęczna
Relegated	Unifreeze Górzno; Sportowa Czwórka Radom
Champions League	Górnik Łęczna
Matches played	162
Top goalscorer	Ewelina Kamczyk; (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Czarni 10–0 Unifreeze; (9 September 2017); Górnik 10–0 Olimpia; (18 November 2017)
Biggest away win	Unifreeze 1–10 Górnik; (24 September 2017); Unifreeze 0–9 AZS Wałbrzych; (19 August 2017)
Highest scoring	AZS Kraków 4–8 Górnik; (11 March 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Ekstraliga season was the 43rd edition of the competition since its establishment. The Ekstraliga Kobiet is the top level women's football league of Poland.

Medyk Konin were the defending champions, having won their fourth title in the previous season.^[1] Sportowa Czwórka Radom were promoted from the southern group of the I liga having won the 2016–17 campaign.^[2] Unifreeze Górzno were promoted from the northern group after finishing second behind Medyk II Konin,^[3] a reserve team which cannot be promoted to the top tier.

The campaign began on 5 August 2017. The winter break started after the 14th matchday (18 November). The first match of the spring was held on March 10. The campaign was concluded on 27 May 2018.^[4]

During the regular season, each team played 22 matches. After the 22nd round, based on their performance in the regular season, the clubs were split into two groups – the championship group (places 1–6) and the relegation group (places 7–12). Afterwards, each team played 5 more matches bringing the total to 27. The points scored during both stages were added up. At the end of the season, the bottom two clubs were demoted to the I liga.

League tables

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Górnik Łęczna	22	20	1	1	103	19	+84	61	Qualification to the championship group
2	Medyk Konin	22	17	1	4	92	21	+71	52
3	Czarni Sosnowiec	22	15	4	3	52	15	+37	49
4	AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych	22	12	7	3	56	26	+30	43
5	UKS SMS Łódź	22	10	4	8	39	28	+11	34
6	Olimpia Szczecin	22	7	6	9	35	59	−24	27
7	Mitech Żywiec	22	6	6	10	26	41	−15	24	Qualification to the relegation group
8	AZS UJ Kraków	22	5	8	9	30	46	−16	23
9	AZS PSW Biała Podlaska	22	5	5	12	32	52	−20	20
10	Unifreeze Górzno	22	3	4	15	18	90	−72	13
11	Sportowa Czwórka Radom	22	3	4	15	16	68	−52	13
12	AZS Wrocław	22	3	2	17	21	55	−34	11

Updated to match(es) played on 25 April 2018. Source: 90minut.pl

Final tables

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Górnik Łęczna	27	23	2	2	112	26	+86	71	Qualification to 2018–19 Champions League
2	Czarni Sosnowiec	27	19	5	3	60	15	+45	62
3	Medyk Konin	27	20	1	6	102	28	+74	61
4	AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych	27	13	9	5	64	34	+30	48
5	UKS SMS Łódź	27	11	4	12	46	39	+7	37
6	Olimpia Szczecin	27	7	8	12	39	72	−33	29

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: 90minut.pl

Relegation group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Mitech Żywiec	27	8	8	11	35	48	−13	32
8	AZS UJ Kraków	27	8	8	11	36	56	−20	32
9	AZS PSW Biała Podlaska	27	7	5	15	44	63	−19	26
10	AZS Wrocław	27	7	3	17	41	60	−19	24
11	Unifreeze Górzno	27	4	5	18	27	105	−78	17	Relegation to 2018–19 I liga
12	Sportowa Czwórka Radom	27	3	6	18	21	81	−60	15	Relegation to 2018–19 I liga

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2018. Source: 90minut.pl

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Ewelina Kamczyk	Górnik Łęczna	35
2	Anna Gawrońska	Medyk Konin	19
3	Emilia Zdunek	Górnik Łęczna	16
4	Marta Cichosz	Czarni Sosnowiec	15
	Nikola Karczewska	UKS SMS Łódź
	Małgorzata Mesjasz	AZS PWSZ Wałbrzych
7	Patrycja Balcerzak	Medyk Konin	13
	Ewa Cieśla	AZS PSW Biała Podlaska
	Patrícia Hmírová	Czarni Sosnowiec
	Dżesika Jaszek	Górnik Łęczna