Ekstraklasa

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Ekstraklasa
Country	Poland
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	4 December 1926
Number of teams	18
Relegation to	I Liga
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Polish Cup Polish SuperCup
UEFA cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	Jagiellonia Białystok (1st title) (2023–24)
Most successful club	Legia Warsaw (16 titles)
TV	Canal+ Sport Eurosport 2
Website	Official website
2024-25 Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa (since July 2016 currently named Lotto Ekstraklasa due to sponsorship reasons) is the top Polish professional league for men's association football clubs (it is the country's primary football competition). Contested by 18 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the I liga. Seasons starts in July, and ends in May or June the following year. Teams play a total of 34 games each, totalling 306 matches in the season. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The winner of the Ekstraklasa qualifies for the Polish SuperCup. The Ekstraklasa is now operated by the Ekstraklasa SA (English: Ekstraklasa Joint-stock company).

The Ekstraklasa (former I liga) was officially formed as Liga Polska on 4-5 December 1926 in Warsaw, since 1 March 1927 as Liga Piłki Nożnej, but the Polish Football Association (Polish: Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN) had been in existence since 20 December 1919, a year after the independence of Poland in 1918. The first games of the freshly created league took place on 3 April 1927, while first national non-league football championship took place in 1920.

A total of 86 clubs have played in the top division of Polish football since the founding of the league, of which 20 clubs have won the title. The current champions are Jagiellonia Białystok, who won their first title in 2023–24.

2020–21 Ekstraklasa Clubs

There are 16 clubs in the Ekstraklasa. During the course of the season each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games (240 games in the season). From the 2013–14 season onward after 30th round league will be split into 'champion' (top eight teams) and 'relegation' (bottom eight teams) groups. Each team plays seven more games (teams ranked 1–4 and 9–12 play four times at home). The 2016–17 season was last when teams started an extra round with half the points (rounded up) achieved during the first phase of 30 matches. The changes extend the season to total of 296 matches played.

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	Poznań	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

Champions

A total of 80 clubs have played in the top division of Polish football since the founding of the league, of which 16 clubs have won the title.

Titles	Team	Year(s)
14	Górnik Zabrze	1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
	Wisła Kraków	1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
13	Ruch Chorzów	1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989
11	Legia Warsaw	1955, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2016
7	Lech Poznań	1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2010, 2015
4	Cracovia	1930, 1932, 1937, 1948
	Widzew Łódź	1981, 1982, 1996, 1997
2	Polonia Bytom	1954, 1962
	Stal Mielec	1973, 1976
	ŁKS Łódź	1958, 1998
	Zagłębie Lubin	1991, 2007
	Śląsk Wrocław	1977, 2012
1	Warta Poznań	1929
	Garbarnia Kraków	1931
	Szombierki Bytom	1980
	Polonia Warsaw	2000

External links

• Ekstraklasa S.A.
• Ekstraklasa goals and highlights
• Ekstraklasa online
• Polish Ekstraklasa news in English (English)
• PSN Futbol - Live Ekstraklasa league table and news (English)
• Orange Ekstraklasa Table, Fixtures and Results (English)
• Football scores for Polish Football Leagues