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- W hat started out in 1927 as “Polska Liga Piłki Nożnej” (Polish Football League), has evolved to today's “Ekstraklasa”, Poland's top category, where the country's best teams have been competing for almost a century now.
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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 83 teams have played in the top division of Polish football since the founding of the league, 20 of which have won the title.
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The Polish Championship's first year in 1927 was full of drama, first because it was boycotted by Cracovia, one of that era's best teams in the country, and then because it was decided between another Cracow club, Wisła Kraków, and 1. FC Kattowitz, a team supported by the German minority living in and around Katowice (which is the Polish name of th...
Ekstraklasa is the top level of the Polish football league system. The second division is since 2008 known as I Liga (or with alternative spelling 1. Liga), or Pierwsza liga. An overview of the current national league system is presented in table 1. Below the sixth tier the league is played on district level. When Ekstraklasa was inaugurated for th...
Teams with most titles
Statistics of all Polish clubs that have won the top league more than once, concerning the period 1927-2020. In addition, Warta Poznań, Garbarnia Kraków, Szombierki Bytom, Polonia Warsaw and Piast Gliwice, have all been Polish champions once. No title was rewarded in the 1938-1939 season due to the World War II.
Capacity of Ekstraklasa stadiums
Table 3 the capacity of all Ekstraklasa club stadiums (based on the teams that participated in the league season 2019–2020). Lechia Gdańsk's Stadion Energa Gdańsk is the biggest in the league with capacity over 40,000 people. However, the biggest stadium in Poland is National Stadium, which was constructe to stand ready for Euro 2012 and has since been used for national football matches and other events. * Also known as Stadion Miejski w Białymstoku. † Also known as Stadion Miejski Legii Wars...
Records
The name “Legia” shows up again while presenting the league's top scorer. Legendary Polish (despite the German name and origins) striker Ernst Pohl, scored 43 goals in 55 matches for Legia in the mid fifties, before moving to Górnik Zabrze, whom he served for a whole decade, scoring another 143 goals in 209 league games. His total of 186 goals is slightly bigger than Lucjan Brychczy's, who finished his career having scored 182 goals, wearing only Legia's (again) jersey, from 1954 to 1972. The...
Famous players
Some of the most famous players that have participated in the Polish Ekstraklasa are: 1. Gerard Cieślik (Ruch Chorzów) 2. Ernst Pohl (Legia Warsawa, Górnik Zabrze) 3. Kazimierz Deyna (ŁKS Łódź, Legia Warsawa) 4. Lucjan Brychczy (Legia Warsawa) 5. Zbigniew Boniek (Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Widzew Łódź) 6. Jerzy Dudek (Sokół Tychy) 7. Jakub Błaszczykowski (Wisła Kraków) 8. Robert Lewandowski (Znicz Pruszków, Lech Poznań) Ernst Pohl who played in Legia Warsawa and Górnik Zabrze 1953–1967 is the top goa...
The history of football in Poland started in the late 19th century with the rising popularity of the new sport. At the time, the Polish state was partitioned . The first decades of Polish football are therefore connected with the history of Football in Austria and the Austrian Football Association , which was founded in 1904.
Sep 5, 2023 · 5 września, 2023. Football, the most popular sport in Poland, has a rich and vibrant history that dates back to the late 19th century. The sport’s popularity began to rise during a time when the Polish state was partitioned.
The Polish football league system is a series of leagues for club football in Poland . The men's system. As of 2023/24. The Ekstraklasa lies at the top of the Polish football system, followed by I liga, II liga and III liga. From 5th tier there is regional level. The women's system. References. ^ "Sezon 2021/22". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
Polish football league system explained. The Polish football league system is a series of leagues for club football in Poland. The men's system. As of 2023/24.The Ekstraklasa lies at the top of the Polish football system, followed by I liga, II liga and III liga. From 5th tier there is regional level.
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 ( Polish pronunciation: [ ˈlʲiɡa ˈpiwki ˈnɔʐnɛj] ), but the Polish Football Association (Polish: Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN) had been in existence since 20 December 1919, a year after the independenc...
