2021–22 Ekstraklasa

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Ekstraklasa 2021–22
Season information
Dates	23 July 2021 – 21 May 2022
Winners	Lech Poznań
Relegated	Górnik Łęczna Wisła Kraków BB Termalica Nieciecza
Season statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	818
Top goalscorer	Ivi López (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Lech 5–0 Wisła K. (17 September 2021) Raków 5–0 Jagiellonia (18 December 2021) Lech 5–0 Termalica (12 February 2022)
Biggest away win	Wisła K. 0–5 Śląsk (23 October 2021) Radomiak 1–6 Zagłębie (6 May 2022)
Highest scoring	Legia 5–3 Górnik (6 May 2022)
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Ekstraklasa (also known as PKO Ekstraklasa due to sponsorship reasons) is the 96th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 88th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 14th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league will be operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.

The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 18 teams participated, 15 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous season, while the remaining three will be promoted from the 2020–21 I liga. The season will start on 23 July 2021 and will conclude on 23 May 2022. Each team will play a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away. It was the first season in the formula with 18 teams, instead of 16. It was the fifth Ekstraklasa season to use VAR.

Legia Warsaw are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 18 teams will participate in the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa season.

Changes from last season

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała had been relegated to 2021–22 I liga, ending their one-year stay in the top flight. The 2021-22 season is Radomiak Radom’s first season in the top flight since the 1984-85 season, and their first season after the league’s name change in 2008. Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza returned to the top flight after 3 years, having last played in the 2017-18 season. The third, and last team, to be promoted was Górnik Łęczna, returning after a four-year absence.

Promoted from 2020–21 I liga	Relegated from 2020–21 Ekstraklasa
Radomiak Radom (1st) Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (2nd) Górnik Łęczna (PO)	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (16th)

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Nieciecza	Stadion Sportowy Bruk-Bet Termalica	4,666
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	15,114
Górnik Łęczna	Łęczna	Stadion Górnika Łęczna	7,200
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	24,563
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Jagiellonii	22,432
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Poznań	43,269
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk	43,615
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Wojska Polskiego	31,800
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Stadion im. Piotra Wieczorka	10,037
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	8,990
Radomiak Radom	Radom	Stadion Lekkoatletyczno-Piłkarski	4,072
Raków Częstochowa	Częstochowa	Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków	5,500
Stal Mielec	Mielec	Stadion Stali Mielec	6,864
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Wrocław	45,105
Warta Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wielkopolski	5,383
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	3,500
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion Zagłębia Lubin	16,068

Cracovia	Górnik Zabrze	Jagiellonia	Lech	Lechia	Legia
Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	Stadion Jagiellonii Białystok	Stadion Poznań	Arena Gdańsk	Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Capacity: 15,114	Capacity: 24,563	Capacity: 22,432	Capacity: 43,269	Capacity: 43,615	Capacity: 31,800
Piast
Stadion im. Piotra Wieczorka
Capacity: 10,037
Pogoń					Raków
Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera
Capacity: 4,200
Stal Mielec	Śląsk	Warta	Wisła Kraków	Wisła Płock	Zagłębie
Stadion Stali Mielec	Stadion Wrocław	Stadion Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wielkopolski	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	Stadion Zagłębia Lubin
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	Appointment Date	Captain	Manufacturer	Strategic sponsor
Cracovia	Janusz Filipiak	Michał Probierz	02017-06-20-20 June 2017	Sergiu Hanca	Puma	Comarch
Górnik Zabrze	Bartosz Sarnowski	Jan Urban	02021-05-27-27 May 2021	Michał Koj	Hummel	Węglokoks
Jagiellonia Białystok	Cezary Kulesza	Ireneusz Mamrot	02021-06-04-4 June 2021	Taras Romanczuk	Kappa	STS
Lech Poznań	Karol Klimczak Piotr Rutkowski	Maciej Skorża	02021-04-12-12 April 2021	Thomas Rogne	Macron	STS
Lechia Gdańsk	Adam Mandziara	Piotr Stokowiec	02018-03-05-5 March 2018	Flávio Paixão	New Balance	Energa, Paytren
Legia Warsaw	Dariusz Mioduski	Czesław Michniewicz	02020-09-21-21 September 2020	Artur Jędrzejczyk	Adidas	Plus500
Piast Gliwice	Grzegorz Bednarski	Waldemar Fornalik	02017-09-19-19 September 2017	Gerard Badía	Adidas	Betclic, Kar-Tel
Pogoń Szczecin	Jarosław Mroczek	Kosta Runjaić	02017-11-06-6 November 2017	Adam Frączczak	Capelli Sport
Raków Częstochowa	Wojciech Cygan	Marek Papszun	02016-04-18-18 April 2016	Tomáš Petrášek	Macron	x-kom
Stal Mielec	Bartłomiej Jaskot	Włodzimierz Gąsior	02021-04-12-12 April 2021	Krystian Getinger	Adidas	PGE
Śląsk Wrocław	Piotr Waśniewski	Jacek Magiera	02021-03-22-22 March 2021	Krzysztof Mączyński	Adidas	Noblebet
Warta Poznań	Michał Wieczorek	Piotr Tworek	02019-07-01-1 July 2019	Bartosz Kieliba	Nike	Totalbet
Wisła Kraków	Dawid Błaszczykowski	Adrián Guľa	02021-06-07-7 June 2021	Jakub Błaszczykowski	Macron	LV BET, Socios Wisła
Wisła Płock	Jacek Kruszewski	Maciej Bartoszek	02021-04-13-13 April 2021	Alan Uryga	Adidas	PKN Orlen
Zagłębie Lubin	Marcin Lewiński	Martin Ševela	02019-09-16-16 September 2019	Saša Balić	Nike	KGHM

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Górnik Zabrze	Marcin Brosz	End of contract	27 May 2021	Pre-season	Jan Urban	27 May 2021
Jagiellonia Białystok	Rafał Grzyb	End of caretaker spell	4 June 2021		Ireneusz Mamrot	4 June 2021
Wisła Kraków	Kazimierz Kmiecik		7 June 2021		Adrián Guľa	7 June 2021
Zagłębie Lubin	Martin Ševela	Signed for Abha Club	1 July 2021		Dariusz Żuraw	16 July 2021
Stal Mielec	Włodzimierz Gąsior	Resigned	8 July 2021		Adam Majewski	9 July 2021
Lechia Gdańsk	Piotr Stokowiec	Mutual consent	28 August 2021	6th	Tomasz Kaczmarek	1 September 2021
Legia Warsaw	Czesław Michniewicz	Sacked	25 October 2021	15th	Marek Gołębiewski	25 October 2021
Warta Poznań	Piotr Tworek	Sacked	2 November 2021	17th	Dawid Szulczek	8 November 2021
Cracovia	Michał Probierz	Mutual consent	9 November 2021	11th	Jacek Zieliński	10 November 2021
Legia Warsaw	Marek Gołębiewski	Resigned	13 December 2021	18th	Aleksandar Vuković	13 December 2021
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Mariusz Lewandowski	Sacked	13 December 2021	17th	Waldemar Piątek	13 December 2021
Zagłębie Lubin	Dariusz Żuraw	Sacked	16 December 2021	13th	Paweł Karmelita	16 December 2021

• Italics for interim managers.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lech Poznań (C)	34	22	8	4	67	24	+43	74	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Raków Częstochowa	34	20	9	5	60	30	+30	69	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Pogoń Szczecin	34	18	11	5	63	31	+32	65	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4	Lechia Gdańsk	34	16	9	9	52	39	+13	57
5	Piast Gliwice	34	15	9	10	45	37	+8	54
6	Wisła Płock	34	15	3	16	48	51	−3	48
7	Radomiak Radom	34	11	15	8	42	40	+2	48
8	Górnik Zabrze	34	13	8	13	55	55	0	47
9	Cracovia	34	12	10	12	40	42	−2	46
10	Legia Warsaw	34	13	4	17	46	48	−2	43
11	Warta Poznań	34	11	9	14	35	38	−3	42
12	Jagiellonia Białystok	34	9	13	12	39	50	−11	40
13	Zagłębie Lubin	34	11	5	18	43	59	−16	38
14	Stal Mielec	34	9	10	15	39	52	−13	37
15	Śląsk Wrocław	34	7	14	13	42	52	−10	35
16	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (R)	34	7	11	16	36	56	−20	32	Relegation to I liga
17	Wisła Kraków (R)	34	7	10	17	37	54	−17	31
18	Górnik Łęczna (R)	34	6	10	18	29	60	−31	28

Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Number of away wins; 8) Lower number of points based on yellow and red cards (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, sending-off = 3 points - including 1 point for first yellow card); 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 19 December 2021. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Mikael Ishak Lech Poznań 10 Ivi Raków Częstochowa 3 Karol Angielski Radomiak Radom 9 Erik Expósito Śląsk Wrocław Bartosz Śpiączka Górnik Łęczna 6 João Amaral Lech Poznań 8 Jesús Jiménez Górnik Zabrze Pelle van Amersfoort Cracovia 9 Jesús Imaz Jagiellonia Białystok 7 Mateusz Mak Stal Mielec Piotr Wlazło Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Łukasz Zwoliński Lechia Gdańsk

Top assists As of 19 December 2021. Rank Player Club Assists 1 Damian Kądzior Piast Gliwice 7 2 Ivi Raków Częstochowa 6 Flávio Paixão Lechia Gdańsk 4 João Amaral Lech Poznań 5 Krystian Getinger Stal Mielec Josué Legia Warsaw Fran Tudor Raków Częstochowa 8 13 players 4

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Pelle van Amersfoort	Cracovia	Piast Gliwice	4–2 (A)	02021-09-27-27 September 2021
Erik Expósito	Śląsk Wrocław	Wisła Kraków	0–5 (A)	02021-10-23-23 October 2021
Alberto Toril	Piast Gliwice	Legia Warsaw	4–1 (H)	02021-10-24-24 October 2021

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month Month Player Club July 2021 Róbert Pich Śląsk Wrocław August 2021 Yaw Yeboah Wisła Kraków September 2021 Ivi Raków Częstochowa October 2021 Jakub Kamiński Lech Poznań November 2021 Luka Zahović Pogoń Szczecin December 2021 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022

Young Player of the Month Month Player Club July 2021 Jakub Kamiński Lech Poznań August 2021 Krzysztof Kubica Górnik Zabrze September 2021 Mateusz Praszelik Śląsk Wrocław October 2021 Jakub Kamiński Lech Poznań November 2021 Filip Majchrowicz Radomiak Radom December 2021 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022

Coach of the Month Month Player Club July 2021 Jacek Magiera Śląsk Wrocław August 2021 Maciej Skorża Lech Poznań September 2021 Tomasz Kaczmarek Lechia Gdańsk October 2021 Maciej Skorża Lech Poznań November 2021 Dariusz Banasik Radomiak Radom December 2021 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022

See also

• 2021–22 I liga
• 2021–22 II liga
• 2021–22 III liga
• 2021–22 Polish Cup
• 2021 Polish SuperCup

External links

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