2020–21 Ekstraklasa

Ekstraklasa 2020–21
Season information
Dates	21 August 2020 – 16 May 2021
Winners	Legia Warsaw (15th title)
Relegated	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
Season statistics
Matches played	240
Goals scored	589
Top goalscorer	Tomáš Pekhart (22 goals)
← 2019–20	2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Ekstraklasa (also known as PKO Ekstraklasa due to sponsorship reasons) was the 95th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 87th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 13th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.

The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 13 of which competed in the league during the previous season, while the remaining three were promoted from the 2019–20 I liga. On 24 July 2020 Ekstraklasa SA and Polish Football Association announced the 2020–21 season calendar. The season started on 21 August 2020 and concluded on 16 May 2021. Due to the season start being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was shortened to 30 matchdays without a split into Championship and Relegation groups. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 14th matchday the league went on a winter break between 21 December 2020 and 28 January 2021. 2020–21 was a transition season (only the team which took 16th position after the season was relegated to I liga) to extend Ekstraklasa from 16 to 18 teams starting with the 2021–22 season. During 2020–21 season a substitution limit increased from three to five. It was the fourth Ekstraklasa season to use VAR. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 51 matches have been played with a limited number of spectators. The rest of the matches (between 17 October 2020 and 15 May 2021) were played behind closed doors without any spectators.

The two clubs promoted from I liga were Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, returning to Ekstraklasa after 4 years, as well as Stal Mielec, who made a return to Ekstraklasa after 24 years. After winning the I liga promotion play-offs, Warta Poznań also returned to Ekstraklasa after 25 years.

Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, and won their 15th title overall on 28 April after Raków Częstochowa drew 0–0 away to Jagiellonia Białystok with three games remaining. The season's runner-up was Raków Częstochowa, and the third-placed team was Pogoń Szczecin. The only relegated team this season was Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.

Teams

A total of 16 teams participate in the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa season.

Changes from last season

Promoted from 2019–20 I liga	Relegated from 2019–20 Ekstraklasa
Stal Mielec Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Warta Poznań	Arka Gdynia Korona Kielce ŁKS Łódź

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion Cracovii	15,114
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	24,563
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Miejski	22,432
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Miejski	43,269
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Stadion Energa Gdańsk	43,615
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego	31,800
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Stadion Miejski	10,037
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bielsko-Biała	Stadion Miejski	15,076
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	4,200
Raków Częstochowa	Bełchatów	Stadion GKS	5,264
Stal Mielec	Mielec	Stadion Stali	6,864
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Miejski	45,105
Warta Poznań	Grodzisk Wielkopolski	Stadion Dyskobolii	5,383
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	12,800
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion Zagłębia	16,068

1. ^Upgrading to 31,871.
2. ^Due to the renovation of the Municipal Football Stadium "Raków" in Częstochowa, Raków will play home matches at the Stadion GKS in Bełchatów.
3. ^Upgrading to 20,500.
4. ^Due to the renovation of Dębińska Road Stadium in Poznań, Warta will play home matches at the Dyskobolia Stadium in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.

Cracovia	Górnik Zabrze	Jagiellonia	Lech	Lechia	Legia
Stadion Cracovii	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	Stadion Miejski	Stadion Miejski	Stadion Energa Gdańsk	Stadion im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego
Capacity: 15,114	Capacity: 24,563	Capacity: 22,432	Capacity: 43,269	Capacity: 43,615	Capacity: 31,800
Piast					Podbeskidzie
Stadion Miejski					Stadion Miejski
Capacity: 10,037					Capacity: 15,076
Pogoń					Raków
Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera					Stadion GKS
Capacity: 4,200					Capacity: 5,264
Stal Mielec	Śląsk	Warta	Wisła Kraków	Wisła Płock	Zagłębie
Stadion Stali Mielec	Stadion Miejski	Stadion Dyskobolii	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	Stadion Zagłębia
Capacity: 6,864	Capacity: 45,105	Capacity: 5,383	Capacity: 33,326	Capacity: 12,800	Capacity: 16,068

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Strategic sponsor
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Michał Probierz	Sergiu Hanca	Puma	Comarch
Górnik Zabrze	Bartosz Sarnowski	Marcin Brosz	Paweł Bochniewicz	Hummel	Węglokoks
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Bogdan Zając	Taras Romanczuk	Kappa	STS
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak	Dariusz Żuraw	Thomas Rogne	Macron	STS
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Piotr Stokowiec	Flávio Paixão	New Balance	Energa, Paytren
Legia Warsaw	Dariusz Mioduski	Aleksandar Vuković	Artur Jędrzejczyk	Adidas	Plus500
Piast Gliwice	Paweł Żelem	Waldemar Fornalik	Gerard Badía	Adidas	Betclic, Kar-Tel
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Bogdan Kłys	Krzysztof Brede	Łukasz Sierpina	Masita	Łukosz, Bielsko-Biała
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Kosta Runjaić	Adam Frączczak	Capelli Sport
Raków Częstochowa	Wojciech Cygan	Template:Ill	Tomáš Petrášek	Macron	x-kom
Stal Mielec	Bartłomiej Jaskot	Dariusz Skrzypczak	Krystian Getinger	Adidas	PGE
Śląsk Wrocław	Piotr Waśniewski	Vítězslav Lavička	Krzysztof Mączyński	Adidas	Noblebet
Warta Poznań	Michał Wieczorek	Piotr Tworek	Bartosz Kieliba	Nike	Totalbet
Wisła Kraków	Dawid Błaszczykowski	Artur Skowronek	Jakub Błaszczykowski	Macron	LV BET, Socios Wisła
Wisła Płock	Jacek Kruszewski	Radosław Sobolewski	Bartłomiej Sielewski	Adidas	PKN Orlen
Zagłębie Lubin	Marcin Lewiński	Martin Ševela	Ľubomír Guldan	Nike	KGHM

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Jagiellonia Białystok	Ivaylo Petev	Mutual consent	31 July 2020	Pre-season	Bogdan Zając	31 July 2020
Stal Mielec	Dariusz Marzec		31 July 2020		Dariusz Skrzypczak	31 July 2020
Legia Warsaw	Aleksandar Vuković	Sacked	21 September 2020	7th	Czesław Michniewicz	21 September 2020
Stal Mielec	Dariusz Skrzypczak		10 November 2020	15th	Leszek Ojrzyński	11 November 2020
Wisła Kraków	Artur Skowronek		28 November 2020	12th	Peter Hyballa Kazimierz Kmiecik Grzegorz Mokry	2 December 2020 30 November 2020 30 November 2020
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Krzysztof Brede		15 December 2020	16th	Robert Kasperczyk	22 December 2020
Jagiellonia Białystok	Bogdan Zając		17 March 2021	12th	Rafał Grzyb	17 March 2021
Śląsk Wrocław	Vítězslav Lavička		21 March 2021	7th	Jacek Magiera	22 March 2021
Lech Poznań	Dariusz Żuraw		6 April 2021	9th	Maciej Skorża	12 April 2021 11 April 2021
Stal Mielec	Leszek Ojrzyński		12 April 2021	16th	Włodzimierz Gąsior	12 April 2021
Wisła Płock	Radosław Sobolewski		12 April 2021	13th	Maciej Bartoszek	13 April 2021
Wisła Kraków	Peter Hyballa	Mutual consent	14 May 2021	14th	Kazimierz Kmiecik	14 May 2021

• Italics for interim managers.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Legia Warsaw (C)	30	19	7	4	48	24	+24	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Raków Częstochowa	30	17	8	5	46	25	+21	59	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Pogoń Szczecin	30	15	7	8	36	23	+13	52
4	Śląsk Wrocław	30	11	10	9	36	32	+4	43	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
5	Warta Poznań	30	13	4	13	33	32	+1	43
6	Piast Gliwice	30	11	9	10	39	32	+7	42
7	Lechia Gdańsk	30	12	6	12	40	37	+3	42
8	Zagłębie Lubin	30	11	8	11	38	40	−2	41
9	Jagiellonia Białystok	30	10	7	13	39	48	−9	37
10	Górnik Zabrze	30	10	7	13	31	33	−2	37
11	Lech Poznań	30	9	10	11	39	38	+1	37
12	Wisła Płock	30	8	9	13	37	44	−7	33
13	Wisła Kraków	30	8	9	13	39	42	−3	33
14	Cracovia	30	8	13	9	28	32	−4	32
15	Stal Mielec	30	6	11	13	31	47	−16	29
16	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (R)	30	6	7	17	29	60	−31	25	Relegation to I liga

Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Tomáš Pekhart Legia Warsaw 22 2 Jakub Świerczok Piast Gliwice 15 3 Mikael Ishak Lech Poznań 12 Jesús Jiménez Górnik Zabrze Flávio Paixão Lechia Gdańsk 6 Kamil Biliński Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 11 Jesús Imaz Jagiellonia Białystok Jakov Puljić Jagiellonia Białystok 9 Ivi Raków Częstochowa 9 Erik Expósito Śląsk Wrocław

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Mateusz Szwoch Wisła Płock 10 2 Josip Juranović Legia Warsaw 8 Filip Starzyński Zagłębie Lubin 4 Marcin Cebula Raków Częstochowa 7 Tomáš Přikryl Jagiellonia Białystok Łukasz Trałka Warta Poznań 7 Maciej Domański Stal Mielec 6 Jesús Imaz Jagiellonia Białystok Rafał Pietrzak Lechia Gdańsk Martin Pospíšil Jagiellonia Białystok Pedro Tiba Lech Poznań

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jesús Jiménez	Górnik Zabrze	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	4–2 (H)	02020-08-23-23 August 2020
Jakov Puljić	Jagiellonia Białystok	Wisła Płock	5–2 (H)	02020-11-23-23 November 2020
	Jagiellonia Białystok	Warta Poznań	4–3 (H)	02020-12-05-5 December 2020
Tomáš Pekhart 4	Legia Warsaw	Zagłębie Lubin	0–4 (A)	02021-03-21-21 March 2021

• ⁴ Player scored four goals.

Kits

Cracovia home

Cracovia away

Górnik Zabrze home

Górnik Zabrze away

Jagiellonia Białystok home

Jagiellonia Białystok away

Jagiellonia Białystok third

Lech Poznań home

Lech Poznań away

Lech Poznań third

Lechia Gdańsk home

Lechia Gdańsk away

Legia Warsaw home

Legia Warsaw away

Legia Warsaw third

Piast Gliwice home

Piast Gliwice away

Piast Gliwice third

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała home

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała away

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała third

Pogoń Szczecin home

Pogoń Szczecin away

Pogoń Szczecin third

Raków Częstochowa home

Raków Częstochowa away

Śląsk Wrocław home

Śląsk Wrocław away

Stal Mielec home

Stal Mielec away

Warta Poznań home

Warta Poznań away

Wisła Kraków home

Wisła Kraków away

Wisła Kraków third

Wisła Płock home

Wisła Płock away

Wisła Płock third

Zagłębie Lubin home

Zagłębie Lubin away

Zagłębie Lubin third

See also

• 2020–21 I liga
• 2020–21 II liga
• 2020–21 III liga
• 2020–21 Polish Cup
• 2020 Polish SuperCup

External links

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