2019–20 Superliga (men's handball)

The 2019–20 Superliga was the 64th season of the Superliga, Polish's top-tier handball league. A total of fourteen teams contested this season's league.[1]

Superliga
Season2019–20
ChampionsPGE Vive Kielce
Matches played169
Goals scored9,284 (54.93 per match)
Top goalscorerArkadiusz Moryto
(127 goals)
Attendance177,759 (1,052 per match)
2020–21 →

PGE Vive Kielce were the defending champions.

The league was finished on 23 March 2020, due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak.[2]

Format

During the licensing process, work was underway to only change the formula of the relegation round. The team placed 9th during the regular season carries six points to the relegation round, 10th carries five points etc. However, the team placed 14th doesn't carry points to the relegation round.

Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak, the relegation round and the play-offs were cancelled.

Teams
Energa MKS Kalisz
Gwardia Opole
KS Azoty-Puławy
MMTS Kwidzyn
NMC Górnik Zabrze
PGE Vive Kielce
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski
Pogoń Szczecin
SPR Chrobry Głogów
SPR Tarnów
Stal Mielec
Orlen Wisła Płock
Wybrzeże Gdańsk
Zagłębie Lubin
2019–20 Superliga teams

The following 14 clubs compete in the Superliga during the 2019–20 season.

Team City Arena Capacity
Energa MKS Kalisz Kalisz Arena Kalisz 3,164
Gwardia Opole Opole Stegu Arena 3,378
KS Azoty-Puławy Puławy Globus Hall 4,119
MMTS Kwidzyn Kwidzyn KWS KCSiR 1,504
NMC Górnik Zabrze Zabrze HWS Pogoń 1,777
Orlen Wisła Płock Płock Orlen Arena 5,492
PGE Vive Kielce Kielce Hala Legionów 4,200
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrków T. Hala Relax 1,800
Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Arena Szczecin 5,403
SPR Chrobry Głogów Głogów HWS im. Ryszarda Matuszaka 2,500
SPR Stal Mielec Mielec Hala SW MOSiR 2,200
SPR Tarnów Tarnów Arena Jaskółka Tarnów 4,317
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Gdańsk HWS Gdańsk 1,700
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin Hala RCS 3,714

Head coaches
TeamHead coach
Energa MKS Kalisz Patrik Liljestrand
KS Azoty-Puławy Michał Skórski
Gwardia Opole Rafał Kuptel
MMTS Kwidzyn Dmytro Zinchuk
NMC Górnik Zabrze Marcin Lijewski
Orlen Wisła Płock Xavi Sabaté
PGE Vive Kielce Talant Duyshebaev
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Bartosz Jurecki
Pogoń Szczecin Rafał Biały
SPR Chrobry Głogów Vitaliy Nat
SPR Stal Mielec Dawid Nilsson
SPR Tarnów Marcin Markuszewski
Wybrzeże Gdańsk Krzysztof Kisiel
Zagłębie Lubin Bartłomiej Jaszka

Regular season

A victory over a team in full-time added three points and after regulation time added two. A loss after regulation time also add a bonus point.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PGE Vive Kielce 25 24 0 0 1 916 608 +308 72 Qualification to EHF Champions League group stage
2 Orlen Wisła Płock 24 23 0 0 1 715 516 +199 69 Qualification to EHF European League group stage
3 NMC Górnik Zabrze 24 18 1 1 4 699 614 +85 57
4 KS Azoty-Puławy 25 16 0 2 7 761 673 +88 50 Qualification to EHF European League qualification round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Gwardia Opole 24 11 2 0 11 647 675 −28 37
6 Energa MKS Kalisz 24 10 1 1 12 611 658 −47 33
7 Zagłębie Lubin 24 10 1 0 13 633 683 −50 32
8 Pogoń Szczecin 24 10 0 1 13 634 677 −43 31
9 SPR Chrobry Głogów 24 8 1 3 12 659 702 −43 29
10 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 24 7 1 0 16 646 687 −41 23
11 MMTS Kwidzyn 24 7 0 0 17 609 694 −85 21
12 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 24 6 1 0 17 589 684 −95 20
13 SPR Stal Mielec 24 6 1 0 17 592 697 −105 20
14 SPR Tarnów 24 3 1 2 18 573 716 −143 13
Source: PGNiG Superliga, Poland Handball Federation, EHF Champions League, EHF European League
Notes:
  1. KS Azoty-Puławy qualified in place of NMC Górnik Zabrze, because it did not meet the tournament financial requirements.[3]

Results
Home \ Away KAL OPO PUL KWI ZAB PLO KIE PIO SZC GLO MIE TAR GDA LUB
Energa MKS Kalisz 25–27 27–23 17–28 23–26 22–42 27–26 26–29 31–26 26–20 33–28 26–23 27–30
Gwardia Opole 26–26 24–33 29–25 19–20 23–28 18–29 29–26 33–24 27–23 29–22 28–22 36–31
KS Azoty-Puławy 37–27 34–34 35–27 29–29 20–24 32–39 39–35 37–23 33–29 36–28 28–18 32–24 27–23
MMTS Kwidzyn 29–27 21–24 22–28 19–25 19–25 22–40 28–26 35–28 25–26 30–24 33–29 28–23
NMC Górnik Zabrze 28–23 37–31 32–25 32–36 23–24 27–34 33–33 35–29 30–22 23–22 29–20 38–27
Orlen Wisła Płock 30–23 26–20 25–17 37–21 25–20 27–26 35–22 26–25 42–23 38–22 33–14 34–20 28–22
PGE Vive Kielce 38–16 38–21 34–31 45–32 34–24 29–20 45–28 47–26 33–20 52–30 38–24 36–24
Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski 23–26 25–35 32–20 24–28 24–33 35–42 29–27 27–23 29–25 22–21 32–29 28–21
Pogoń Szczecin 22–19 26–23 25–34 27–24 26–31 23–28 21–30 33–29 27–19 27–29 29–28 28–18
SPR Chrobry Głogów 41–29 27–25 24–27 31–32 27–34 28–26 25–25 26–23 34–27 29–29 26–26
SPR Stal Mielec 29–30 34–26 25–27 28–27 22–36 20–36 24–22 27–31 24–31 26–26 23–27 27–25
SPR Tarnów 21–21 31–26 21–35 23–33 16–33 19–33 23–22 22–28 27–27 27–23 31–34 27–35
Wybrzeże Gdańsk 20–27 26–34 25–26 26–22 27–32 19–32 17–27 29–23 31–27 26–33 19–24 25–22
Zagłębie Lubin 27–36 27–31 28–26 27–24 24–30 25–35 29–26 29–25 28–26 32–23 28–26 24–19
Source: PGNiG Superliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month
Player Position Club
September Kamil Adamczyk RB Wybrzeże Gdańsk
October Niko Mindegía CB Orlen Wisła Płock
November Maciej Pilitowski CB Energa MKS Kalisz
December Maciej Tokaj CB Zagłębie Lubin
February Michał Daszek RW Orlen Wisła Płock

References
  1. "PGNiG Superliga". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  2. "Komunikat o zakończeniu rozgrywek PGNiG Superligi". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. "Górnik Zabrze nie zagra w Lidze Europy. Zdecydowały kwestie finansowe". PGNiG Superliga (in Polish). 2020-07-13. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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