2018–19 Ekstraklasa

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Ekstraklasa 2018–19
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The 2017–18 Ekstraklasa is the 93rd season of the Polish Football Championship and the 85th season of the Ekstraklasa, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league is operated by the Ekstraklasa S.A.

The season will start on 20 July 2018 and will conclude on 19 May 2019. After the 20th matchday the league will go on a winter break between 23 December 2018 and 8 February 2019. The regular season will be played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2017–18 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the I liga after the 2017-18 season. The fixtures were announced on 22 March 2018.

Each team will play a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 30th round (in the beginning of April 2018), the league will split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team will play 7 more games (teams ranked 1-4 and 9-12 played four times at home). So, finally each team will play a total of 37 matches. The team at the top of the Championship round wins the league title. The two teams at the bottom of the Relegation round are demoted to I liga for the 2019-10 season. This was the sixth season to take place since the new playoff structure has been introduced.

The defending champions are Legia Warsaw, who won their 13th Polish title the previous season.

Teams

Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top fourteen teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the I liga. Miedź Legnica were promoted to the Ekstraklasa for the first time. Zagłębie Sosnowiec will make a return to the Ekstraklasa for the first time since 2008.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Arka Gdynia	Gdynia	Stadion Miejski	15,139
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion Cracovii	15,016
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	24,413
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Miejski	22,432
Korona Kielce	Kielce	Kolporter Arena	15,550
Lech Poznań	Poznań	INEA Stadion	43,269
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Stadion Energa Gdańsk	43,615
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego	31,800
Miedź Legnica	Legnica	Stadion Miejski	6,244
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Stadion Miejski	10,037
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	18,027
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Miejski	42,771
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	12,800
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion KGHM Zagłębia	16,068
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Sosnowiec	Stadion Ludowy	7,500 (4,900 seats)

1. ^Upgrading to 31,871.

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Sponsors
Arka Gdynia	Wojciech Pertkiewicz	Leszek Ojrzyński	Krzysztof Sobieraj	Adidas	Gdynia
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Michał Probierz	Miroslav Čovilo	Puma	Comarch
Górnik Zabrze	Bartosz Sarnowski	Marcin Brosz	Szymon Matuszek	Adidas	Allianz
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Ireneusz Mamrot	Rafał Grzyb	Erreà	STS
Korona Kielce	Krzysztof Zając	Gino Lettieri	Radek Dejmek	Puma	Lewiatan
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak	Rafał Ulatowski	Maciej Gajos	Nike	Aforti
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Piotr Stokowiec	Sebastian Mila	New Balance	Energa
Legia Warsaw	Dariusz Mioduski	Dean Klafurić	Miroslav Radović	Adidas	Fortuna
Miedź Legnica	Martyna Pajączek	Dominik Nowak	Wojciech Łobodziński	Saller	DSA SA
Piast Gliwice	Paweł Żelem	Waldemar Fornalik	Gerard Badía	Joma	Gliwice
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Kosta Runjaić	Adam Frączczak	Zina	Grupa Azoty
Śląsk Wrocław	Michał Bobowiec	Tadeusz Pawłowski	Piotr Celeban	Adidas	forBET
Wisła Kraków	Marzena Sarapata	Joan Carrillo	Arkadiusz Głowacki	Adidas	LV Bet
Wisła Płock	Jacek Kruszewski	Jerzy Brzęczek	Bartłomiej Sielewski	Adidas	PKN Orlen, Budmat
Zagłębie Lubin	Robert Sadowski	Mariusz Lewandowski	Konrad Forenc	Nike	KGHM
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Marcin Jaroszewski	Dariusz Dudek	Tomasz Nowak	Patrick

External links

• Official website (Polish)
• Ekstraklasa at uefa.com

2018–19 in Polish football
Domestic leagues
Ekstraklasa · I liga
Domestic cups
Polish Cup · Polish SuperCup
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
2017-18                                                        2019-20