2018–19 Polish Cup

Polish Cup 2018–19
Region	Poland
Championship venue	PGE Narodowy, Warsaw
Dates	7 August 2018 – 2 May 2019
Number of teams	68
Defending champions	Legia Warsaw
Champions	Lechia Gdańsk (2nd title)
Runner-up	Jagiellonia Białystok
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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 the competition would qualify for the qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, however eventual winners Lechia Gdańsk had qualified for Europe through their league performance.

Format changes

Before the start of the 2018–19 season, the PZPN confirmed the reforming plan of the Polish Cup, introducing several changes:

• draws would be carried out separately before the start of each round,
• the rule where two of the best teams of the previous season could not be in the same draw before the semi-finals was abandoned,
• introduction of the four teams representing Poland in European competitions in the draw of the round of 64,
• the second leg matches in the quarter-finals and semi-finals had been canceled (the winner of the pair in each round met after a single match),
• Ekstraklasa teams started the game one round earlier than before (in the round of 64 instead of the round of 32),
• teams from places 13 to 18 in the I liga and teams from places 1 to 10 in the II liga as well as cup winners at the provincial level start the game one round later than before (in the round of 64 final instead of the preliminary round),
• the host of the match between teams from the same league level was randomly selected as the first in a given pair (previously an additional draw of the host of the first or only match), except for the round of 64 for teams playing in European competitions.

Participating teams

2017–18 Ekstraklasa 16 teams	2017–18 I liga 18 teams	2017–18 II liga 18 teams	Winners of 16 regional cup competitions
Arka Gdynia Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Cracovia Górnik Zabrze Jagiellonia Białystok Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk Legia Warsaw Korona Kielce Piast Gliwice Pogoń Szczecin Sandecja Nowy Sącz Śląsk Wrocław Wisła Kraków Wisła Płock Zagłębie Lubin	Bytovia Bytów Chojniczanka Chojnice Chrobry Głogów GKS Katowice GKS Tychy Górnik Łęczna Miedź Legnica Odra Opole Olimpia Grudziądz Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Pogoń Siedlce Puszcza Niepołomice Raków Częstochowa Ruch Chorzów Stal Mielec Stomil Olsztyn Wigry Suwałki Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Błękitni Stargard Garbarnia Kraków GKS Jastrzębie GKS Bełchatów Gryf Wejherowo Gwardia Koszalin Legionovia Legionowo ŁKS Łódź MKS Kluczbork Olimpia Elbląg Radomiak Radom ROW 1964 Rybnik Rozwój Katowice Siarka Tarnobrzeg Stal Stalowa Wola Warta Poznań Wisła Puławy Znicz Pruszków	Lechia Dzierżoniów (Lower Silesian, III liga) Elana Toruń (Kuyavian-Pomeranian, III liga) Unia Hrubieszów (Lublin, Klasa okręgowa) Falubaz Zielona Góra (Lubusz, III liga) KS Paradyż (Łódź, IV liga) GKS Drwinia (Lesser Poland, IV liga) Victoria Sulejówek (Masovian, III liga) Polonia Głubczyce (Opole, III liga) Resovia (Subcarpathian, III liga) Tur Bielsk Podlaski (Podlaskie, III liga) KP Starogard Gdański (Pomeranian, III liga) Śląsk Świętochłowice (Silesian, IV liga) Wisła Sandomierz (Holy Cross, III liga) Huragan Morąg (Warmian-Masurian, III liga) Polonia Środa Wielkopolska (Greater Poland, III liga) Bałtyk Koszalin (West Pomeranian, IV liga)

Prize Money

The PZPN Board of Directors determined the size of the prizes at its meeting on May 23, 2018.

Round reached	Amount
Preliminary round	5,000 PLN
Round of 64	regional cup winner: 10,000 PLN remainder teams: 5,000 PLN
Round of 32	30,000 PLN
Round of 16	60,000 PLN
Quarterfinal	125,000 PLN
Semifinal	250,000 PLN
Final	500,000 PLN
Winner	3,000,000 PLN

Round and draw dates

Round	Draw date	Number of teams	Date of matches	Number of teams entered competition
Preliminary round		68 → 64	7–8 August 2018	2017–18 II liga teams from positions 11–18
Round of 64	10 August 2018	64 → 32	25–27 September, 2–4 October 2018	2017–18 Ekstraklasa teams, 2017–18 I liga teams, 2017–18 II liga teams from positions 1–10, winners of the regional cups
Round of 32	28 September 2018	32 → 16	30–31 October, 6–8 November 2018	None
Round of 16	8 November 2018	16 → 8	4–6 December 2018	None
Quarter-finals	7 December 2018	8 → 4	26–28 February, 5–7 and 12–14 March 2019	None
Semi-finals	15 March 2019	4 → 2	9–10 and 16–17 April 2019	None
Final	None	2 → 1	2 May 2019	None

Preliminary round

Participating in this round were 8 teams from the 2017–18 II liga from positions 11 to 18. Teams from places 11 to 14 faced teams from places 15 to 18 in the following pairs: 11–18, 12–17, 13–16, 14–15. The matches were played on 7 and 8 August 2018. The number in brackets indicates what tier of Polish football each team competes in during the 2018–19 season.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 August 2018
Znicz Pruszków (3)	1–2	Wisła Puławy (4)
8 August 2018
Stal Stalowa Wola (3)	2–3	Legionovia Legionowo (4)
ROW 1964 Rybnik (3)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Gwardia Koszalin (4)
Błękitni Stargard (3)	1–2	MKS Kluczbork (4)

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)	Znicz Pruszków	1–2	Wisła Puławy	Pruszków
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Faliszewski  6'	http://www.90minut.pl/news/288/news2888250-PP-Znicz-1-2-Wisla-Pulawy.html	Stanisławski  33' (pen.) Popiołek  90'	Stadium: Stadion MZOS Attendance: 170 Referee: Dawid Wiśniewski (Olsztyn)

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)	Stal Stalowa Wola	2–3	Legionovia Legionowo	Boguchwała
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kitliński  3' Dziubiński  30'	http://www.90minut.pl/news/288/news2888484-PP-Stal-St-W-2-3-Legionovia.html	Krawczyk  57', 60', 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Izo Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Marek Śliwa (Kielce)

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)	Błękitni Stargard	1–2	MKS Kluczbork	Stargard
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baranowski  66'	http://www.90minut.pl/news/288/news2888492-PP-Blekitni-1-2-Kluczbork.html	Reisch  90' Makowski  90'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 300 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Szczecin)

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)	ROW 1964 Rybnik	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Gwardia Koszalin	Rybnik
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Janik  59' (pen.)	http://www.90minut.pl/news/288/news2888508-PP-ROW-1964-1-1-pd-k-5-4-Gwardia.html	Przyborowski  79'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 241 Referee: Kornel Paszkiewicz (Wrocław)
		Penalties

Round of 64

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 10 August 2018. The matches was played on 25 to 27 September and 2 to 3 October 2018. Participating in this round were the 4 winners from the previous round, 16 teams from the 2017–18 Ekstraklasa, 18 teams from the 2017–18 I liga, 10 highest ranked teams from 2017–18 II liga and 16 winners of the regional cup competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2018–19 season.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 September 2018
ŁKS Łódź (2)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Lech Poznań (1)
Chojniczanka Chojnice (2)	0–1	Legia Warsaw (1)
Ruch Chorzów (3)	1–5	Odra Opole (2)
Pogoń Siedlce (3)	2–1	Stal Mielec (2)
Polonia Głubczyce (5)	0–8	Chrobry Głogów (2)
Wisła Kraków (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
Siarka Tarnobrzeg (3)	1–4	Wisła Płock (1)
Śląsk Świętochłowice (5)	0–3	Arka Gdynia (1)
Gryf Wejherowo (3)	1–3	Stomil Olsztyn (2)
26 September 2018
Lechia Dzierżoniów (4)	0–1	Jagiellonia Białystok (1)
Olimpia Elbląg (3)	0–3	Śląsk Wrocław (1)
GKS Drwinia (5)	0–1	Wisła Puławy (4)
Polonia Środa Wielkopolska (4)	4–3	Radomiak Radom (3)
Tur Bielsk Podlaski (5)	1–4	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (2)
GKS Jastrzębie (2)	1–2	Piast Gliwice (1)
MKS Kluczbork (4)	0–2	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (2)
KS ROW 1964 Rybnik (3)	1–3	Cracovia (1)
GKS Katowice (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Pogoń Szczecin (1)
KS Paradyż (7)	0–7	Puszcza Niepołomice (2)
KP Starogard Gdański (4)	1–0	Górnik Łęczna (3)
Falubaz Zielona Góra (5)	0–1	Wigry Suwałki (2)
Resovia (3)	2–0	Warta Poznań (2)
Sandecja Nowy Sącz (2)	0–3	Miedź Legnica (1)
Bałtyk Koszalin (4)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Rozwój Katowice (3)
Huragan Morąg (4)	3–2	Zagłębie Lubin (1)
Legionovia Legionowo (4)	2–1	GKS Tychy (2)
GKS Bełchatów (3)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Garbarnia Kraków (2)
Elana Toruń (3)	1–3	Bytovia Bytów (2)
27 September 2018
Olimpia Grudziądz (3)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Zagłębie Sosnowiec (1)
2 October 2018
Unia Hrubieszów (6)	0–9	Górnik Zabrze (1)
3 October 2018
Victoria Sulejówek (4)	0–4	Raków Częstochowa (2)
Wisła Sandomierz (4)	3–2	Korona Kielce (1)

Round of 32

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 28 September 2018. The matches were played on 30–31 October and 7 November 2018. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2018–19 season.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 October 2018
Huragan Morąg (4)	0–1	Arka Gdynia (1)
Bytovia Bytów (2)	0–3	Śląsk Wrocław (1)
Raków Częstochowa (2)	1–0	Lech Poznań (1)
Pogoń Siedlce (3)	1–2	Chrobry Głogów (2)
Piast Gliwice (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Legia Warsaw (1)
31 October 2018
Wisła Sandomierz (4)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (2)
Legionovia Legionowo (4)	0–1	Górnik Zabrze (1)
Polonia Środa Wielkopolska (4)	0–1	Odra Opole (2)
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (2)	2–0	Cracovia (1)
Wisła Puławy (4)	0–1	Rozwój Katowice (3)
Olimpia Grudziądz (3)	2–7	Wisła Płock (1)
GKS Bełchatów (3)	0–1	Miedź Legnica (1)
GKS Katowice (2)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Jagiellonia Białystok (1)
7 November 2018
Resovia (3)	1–3	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
KP Starogard Gdański (4)	1–3	Puszcza Niepołomice (2)
Wigry Suwałki (2)	3–2	Stomil Olsztyn (2)

Round of 16

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 8 November 2018. The matches were played on 4 to 6 December 2018.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
4 December 2018
Puszcza Niepołomice (2)	3–1	Wisła Płock (1)
Śląsk Wrocław (1)	0–1	Miedź Legnica (1)
Arka Gdynia (1)	0–2	Jagiellonia Białystok (1)
5 December 2018
Chrobry Głogów (2)	0–3	Legia Warsaw (1)
Wisła Sandomierz (4)	0–1	Odra Opole (2)
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (2)	1–3	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
6 December 2018
Rozwój Katowice (3)	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Górnik Zabrze (1)
Wigry Suwałki (2)	0–3	Raków Częstochowa (2)

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from Round of 16 competed in this round. The matches were played on 27 February 2019, as well as 12 to 13 March. The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN, Warsaw on 7 December 2018.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Puszcza Niepołomice (2)	0–1	Miedź Legnica (1)
Górnik Zabrze (1)	1–2	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
Odra Opole (2)	0–2	Jagiellonia Białystok (1)
Raków Częstochowa (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Legia Warsaw (1)

Matches

14 March 2019	Puszcza Niepołomice	0–1	Miedź Legnica	Niepołomice
15:15			Petteri Forsell  2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin

27 February 2019	Górnik Zabrze	1–2	Lechia Gdańsk	Zabrze
20:30	Igor Angulo  90' (pen.)		Michał Mak  33' Tomasz Makowski  85'	Stadium: Ernest Pohl Stadium Attendance: 8,462 Referee: Tomasz Musiał

12 March 2019	Odra Opole	0–2	Jagiellonia Białystok	Opole
17:00		Report	Patryk Klimala  73', 90+2'	Stadium: Odra Stadium Attendance: 3,897 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik

13 March 2019	Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Legia Warsaw	Częstochowa
17:00	Radosław Majecki  4' (o.g.) Andrzej Niewulis  112'		Michał Kucharczyk  30'	Stadium: Municipal Football Stadium Raków Attendance: 3,990 Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Raków Częstochowa (2)	0–1	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
Jagiellonia Białystok (1)	2–1	Miedź Legnica (1)

Matches

10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Raków Częstochowa	0–1	Lechia Gdańsk	Municipal Football Stadium Raków Częstochowa Attendance: 4,820 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)
		Report	Sobiech  17'

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jagiellonia Białystok	2–1	Miedź Legnica	Białystok City Stadium, Białystok Attendance: 18,115 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)
	Romanczuk  61', 90+1'	Report	Forsell  78'

Final

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	Lechia Gdańsk	PGE Narodowy, Warsaw Attendance: 44,158 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)
			Sobiech  90+6'

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