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[[Image:PZPN.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Polish Football Association]]
{{for|American football|Polish American Football League}}
[[Football]] or [[Football_(soccer)|soccer]] is probably the most popular [[Sports in Poland|sport]] in [[Poland]]. Over 400.000 of Poles play football regularly, millions more play football sometimes. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s and the [[Polish national football team]] played its first international match in [[1922]].
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There are hundreds of professional and amateur football teams in Poland. The football teams are organized into the national 1st league and 2nd league, 4 regional 3rd leagues, 19 regional 4th leagues, 49 regional 5th leagues and many more lower level leagues. There are also Polish Cup and Polish Supercup competitions.
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* [[Polish national football team]]
* [[Polish Championship in Football]]
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* [[Polish Cup]]
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* [[Polish SuperCup]]
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* [[Polish Cup (women)]]
| caption = The [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium]] in [[Warsaw]].
* [[Polish women's national football team]]
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* [[FIFA World Cup]]
* [[UEFA European Championship]]
* [[UEFA Nations League]]
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* '''League:'''<br />[[Ekstraklasa]]<br />[[I liga]]<br />[[II liga]]<br />[[III liga]]<br />[[IV liga]]<br />[[V liga]]<br />[[Liga okręgowa]]<br />[[Klasa A]]<br />[[Klasa B]]
* '''Cups''':<br />[[Polish Cup]]<br />[[Polish SuperCup]]
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* [[FIFA Club World Cup]]
* [[UEFA Champions League]]
* [[UEFA Europa League]]
* [[UEFA Europa Conference League]]
* [[UEFA Super Cup]]
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| match = [[Górnik Zabrze|Górnik Z.]] vs. [[FK Austria Wien|Austria W.]]<br />18 September 1963<br />[[Stadion Śląski, Chorzów|Stadion Śląski]]<br />120,000 spectators
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[[Image:PGE Arena outside.jpg|thumb|260px|The [[Stadion Miejski (Gdańsk)|Stadion Miejski]] in [[Gdańsk]].]]
[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular [[Sports in Poland|sport in Poland]]. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly and 27%, with millions more playing occasionally and 27% being very interested in it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TGM Research |title=TGM Global Euro Survey 2024 {{!}} Insights in Poland |url=https://tgmresearch.com/euro-2024-insights-in-poland.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=TGM Research |language=en-gb}}</ref> The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the [[Poland national football team]] played its first international match in [[1921 Hungary v Poland football match|1921]].


There are hundreds of professional and amateur football teams in Poland; which are under the auspices of the [[Ekstraklasa|national 1st league]], [[I liga|2nd level]], [[II liga|3rd level]], 4 parallel divisions of [[III liga|4th level]], 20 regional parallel divisions of [[IV liga|5th level]] and a variety of other lower-level leagues. Additionally, there are the Polish Cup and Polish Supercup competitions.


== History ==
== History ==
{{Original research|date=January 2012}}
The first Polish professional [[football club]]s were [[Czarni Lwów]] founded in [[1903]], [[Cracovia Kraków]] ([[1906]]), [[Wisla Krakow|Wis&#322;a Kraków]] ([[1906]]), [[Widzew Lodz|Widzew &#321;ód&#378;]] ([[1910]]), [[Polonia Warszawa]] ([[1911]]) and [[Lech Poznan|Lech Pozna&#324;]] ([[1922]]). The Polish national federation called [[Polish Football Union]] (Polski Zwi&#261;zek Pi&#322;ki No&#380;nej, PZPN) was founded on [[December 21]], [[1919]], in [[Cracow]]. 31 delegates elected [[Edward Cetnarowski]] as the first president. PZPN joined [[FIFA]] in [[1923]] and [[UEFA]] in [[1954]].
[[File:Polish football (soccer) fans - FIFA World Cup 2006 (03).jpg|right|thumb|260px|Polish fans during the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].]]
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 [[Partitions of Poland|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.


The first Polish [[football club (association football)|football clubs]] were [[Lechia Lwów]] (1903), [[Czarni Lwów]] (1903), [[Pogoń Lwów]] (1904), [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]] (1906) and [[Wisła Kraków]] (1906). The Polish national federation, called the [[Polish Football Union]] (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN), was founded on 20 December 1919, in [[Kraków]] when 31 delegates elected [[Edward Cetnarowski]] as the first president. The PZPN joined [[FIFA]] in 1923 and [[UEFA]] in 1955.
The first league games were played in [[1920]], yet the season was not finished due to [[Polish-Bolshevik War]]. The first Polish Champions were [[Cracovia Kraków]] in [[1921]] and
[[Pogon Lwów|Pogo&#324; Lwów]] in [[1922]]. The first international match was held on [[May 28]], [[1922]] in [[Budapest]]. [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]-Poland 1:0. In the third international match in [[Stockholm]] on [[28 May]] [[1922]] Poland defeated [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] 2:1.


In a similar fashion to other European states, [[Association football|football]] appeared in Poland in the late 19th century. In 1888 Prof. [[Henryk Jordan]], a court physician of the [[Habsburg]]s and the pioneer of sports in Poland, opened a sports park in [[Kraków]]'s ''[[Błonia]]'', a large open space surrounding the demolished city walls of that town. The park, along with the [[Polish Sokół movement|''Sokół'' society]] founded in 1867, became the main centres to promote sports and healthy living in Poland. It was Jordan who began promoting football as a healthy sport in the open air; some sources also credit him with bringing the first football to Poland from his travels to [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] in 1890.<ref name="Buffalo_Bill">{{cite journal | author=Leszek Mazan | title= Buffalo Bill na Błoniach | journal=[[Polityka]] | year=2006 | volume=2544 | issue=9 | pages= 82–84 | url=http://www.polityka.pl/polityka/index.jsp?place=Lead10&news_cat_id=17&news_id=172346&layout=1&forum_id=3270&fpage=Threads&page=text |language=pl}}</ref> Other sources<ref name="Czarni_Pogoń">{{cite journal | author=Zbigniew Chmielewski | title= Obok Czarnych znak Pogoni | journal=[[Polityka]] | year=2003 | volume=2414 | issue=33 | url=http://www.lwow.home.pl/sport/sport.html |language=pl}}</ref> mention Dr. [[Edmund Cenar]] as the one to bring the first ball and the one to translate [[The Cambridge Rules]] and parts of the [[International Football Association Board]] regulations to [[Polish language]].
== Polish Football First league (1.liga or Ekstraklasa) ==


On 14 July 1894 during the Second Sokół Jamboree in Lwów a short football match was played between the Sokół members of Lwów and those from Kraków. It lasted only six minutes and was seen as a curiosity rather than a potentially popular sport. Nevertheless, it was the first recorded football match in Polish history.{{efn|In fact there was a previous meeting mentioned by the press in Kraków in 1892, though no details are known}} It was won by the Lwów team after [[Włodzimierz Chomicki]] scored the only goal - the first known goal in Polish history.
=== First league in season 2005/2006 ===


This match precipitated the popularity of the new sport in Poland. Initially the rules and regulations were very simplified, with the size of the field and the ball varying greatly. Despite being discouraged by many educational societies and the state authorities, the new sport gained extreme popularity among pupils of various [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]]s in Galicia. The first football teams were formed and in 1903–1904, four Lwów-based gymnasiums formed their own sport clubs: the IV Gymnasium for Boys formed a club later renamed to [[Pogoń Lwów]], while the pupils of the I and II State Schools formed the ''Sława Lwów'' club, later renamed to [[Czarni Lwów]]. In the same season the [[Lechia Lwów]] was also formed. It is uncertain which of the clubs was created first as they were initially poorly organized; however, the Czarni Lwów are usually credited as being the first Polish professional football team. The following year, the popularity of the sport spread to nearby [[Rzeszów]] where [[CWKS Resovia (football)|Resovia Rzeszów]] was formed, while in the [[Germany|German]]-held part of Poland, the [[1. FC Katowice]] and [[Warta Poznań]] were formed.
The number of teams will be increased from 14 to 16.


On 6 June 1906 a representation of Lwów youth came to Kraków for a repeat match, this time composed of two already organized teams, the Czarni and the team of the IV Gymnasium. Kraków's representation was badly beaten in both meetings (4-0 and 2-0 respectively). The same summer the [[Buffalo Bill|Buffalo Bill Wild West Show]] set up camp at Kraków's Błonia, right outside of the traditional playground area and Jordan's garden. On 5 August 1906 the team of the Kraków-based Jan Sobieski Gymnasium played a match against the British and American members of Buffalo Bill's troupe, winning 1–0. The only goal scored by [[Stanisław Szeligowski]] was also the first goal scored by a Polish team in an international meeting. The success led to the popularisation of football in Kraków and to creation of the first Kraków-based professional football team, [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]] - initially composed primarily of students of the Jan Sobieski Gymnasium.<ref name="Buffalo_Bill" /> By the autumn of that year there were already 16 teams in Kraków, including [[Wisła Kraków]] (It is said that actually Wisła Kraków was the first professional football team and not Cracovia). In 1911, a Kraków-based [[Union of Polish Football for Galicia]] was formed and entered the [[Austrian Football Association]]. The union inspired the creation of a number of teams.
=== First league in season 2004/2005 (teams in alphabethic order) ===


After the outbreak of [[World War I]], most of the Galician football players, many of them members of either [[Strzelec]] or [[Polish Sokół movement|Sokół]], joined [[Józef Piłsudski|Piłsudski's]] [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legions]]. The unit, fighting alongside the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]], fought mostly in various parts of Russian-held Poland, which led to popularisation of the new sport in other parts of Poland. After Poland regained her independence, on 21 December 1919 the [[Polish Football Association]] (PZPN) was formed. Headed by [[Edward Centrarowski]], it united most of the then-existent Polish football clubs. The league could not be formed due to the [[Polish-Bolshevik War]], but in 1922 the PZPN published the rules of football<ref name="Addington">{{cite book | author =Francis Percy Addington | author-link =Francis Percy Addington |author2=Rudolf Wacek | title =Teorja piłki nożnej (football); praktyczny i teoretyczny przewodnik gry wraz z prawidłami Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej | year =1922 | pages =96 | publisher =M. Bodek | location =Lwów |language=pl}}</ref> and the following year it joined [[FIFA]]. In 1921 the league was resumed and the first [[list of Polish football champions|champions of Poland]] were [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]], followed by [[Pogoń Lwów]] in 1922, 1923, 1925 and 1926. As Poland was then a fully independent state, in 1921 the [[Poland national football team]] was formed. On 18 December 1921 it played its first international match in [[Budapest]] against the [[Hungary national football team|Hungarian team]] and was defeated 1–0. In the third international match in [[Stockholm]] on 28 May 1922 Poland defeated [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] 2–1, scoring its first international victory.
There are 14 teams this season. The first 12 teams will continue to play in the 1st league, the 13th enter into a playoff, the last one is dropped; 3-4 teams are promoted from the 2nd league.


During World War II, football in [[occupied Poland]] was subject to significant restrictions (see [[Football in occupied Poland (1939–1945)]]) for more.
* [[Amica Wronki]], [[Wronki]]
* [[Cracovia Krakow|Cracovia Kraków]], [[Kraków]]
* [[Dospel GKS Katowice]], [[Katowice]]
* [[Gornik Leczna|Górnik &#321;&#281;czna]], [[Leczna|&#321;&#281;czna]]
* [[Gornik Zabrze|Górnik Zabrze]], [[Zabrze]]
* [[Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski|Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk]], [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]]
* [[Lech Poznan|Lech Pozna&#324;]], [[Poznan|Pozna&#324;]]
* [[Legia Warszawa]], [[Warsaw]]
* [[Odra Wodzislaw|Odra Wodzis&#322;aw]], [[Wodzislaw Slaski|Wodzis&#322;aw &#346;l&#261;ski]]
* [[Pogon Szczecin|Pogo&#324; Szczecin]], [[Szczecin]]
* [[Polonia Warszawa]], [[Warszawa]]
* [[Wisla Krakow|Wis&#322;a Kraków]], [[Krakow|Kraków]]
* [[Wisla Plock|Wis&#322;a P&#322;ock]], [[Plock|P&#322;ock]]
* [[Zaglebie Lubin|Zeg&#322;&#281;bie Lubin]], [[Lubin]]


In 1955 the PZPN became one of the founding members of [[UEFA]].
=== First league 2004/2005 (final results) ===


== Women's football ==
* 1. [[Wisla Krakow|Wis&#322;a Kraków]], [[Krakow|Kraków]] - 65 73:30
{{main|Poland women's national football team}}
* 2. [[Legia Warszawa]], [[Warsaw]] - 60, 56:19
* 3. [[Amica Wronki]], [[Wronki]] - 48, 47:25
* 4. [[Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski|Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk]], [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]] - 43, 56:31
* 5. [[Lech Poznan|Lech Pozna&#324;]], [[Poznan|Pozna&#324;]] - 37, 43:34
* 6. [[Wisla Plock|Wis&#322;a P&#322;ock]], [[Plock|P&#322;ock]] - 35, 39:38
* 7. [[Gornik Zabrze|Górnik Zabrze]], [[Zabrze]] - 33, 26:33
* 8. [[Gornik Leczna|Górnik &#321;&#281;czna]], [[Leczna|&#321;&#281;czna]] - 33, 22:38
* 9. [[Odra Wodzislaw|Odra Wodzis&#322;aw]], [[Wodzislaw Slaski|Wodzis&#322;aw &#346;l&#261;ski]] - 28, 26:38
* 10 [[Dospel GKS Katowice]], [[Katowice]] - 26, 20:42
* 11. [[Polonia Warszawa]], [[Warszawa]] - 25, 25:40
* 12. [[Górnik Polkowice]], [[Polkowice]] - 23, 17:37
* 13. [[Lukullus &#346;wit Nowy Dwór]], [[Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki|Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]] - 22, 21:42
* 14. [[Widzew Lodz|Widzew &#321;ód&#378;]], [[Lodz|&#321;ód&#378;]] - 19, 25:49


In 1979, a Polish women's football league, [[Ekstraliga (women's football)|Ekstraliga]], was established.
== Polish Football Second league (2.liga) ==


Poland women's national football team, unlike the men's, has never qualified for a major tournament, though the team has come close in qualifying for a major tournament since 2010s.
=== 2nd league 2004/2005 (in alphabetic order) ===


== Corruption in Polish football ==
* [[Arka Gdynia]], [[Gdynia]]
In 2005, Polish authorities began an investigation into widespread corruption within Polish football.
* [[GKS Belchatow|GKS Be&#322;chatów]], [[Belchatow|Be&#322;chatow]]
* [[Górnik Polkowice]], [[Polkowice]] - dropped from 1st league
* [[Jagiellonia Bialystok|Jagiellonia Bia&#322;ystok]], [[Bialystok|Bia&#322;ystok]]
* [[LKS Lodz|&#321;KS &#321;ód&#378;]], [[Lodz|&#321;ód&#378;]]
* [[Lukullus &#346;wit Nowy Dwór]], [[Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki|Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki]] - dropped from 1st league
* [[Korona Kielce|Kolporter Korona Kielce]], [[Kielce]] - promoted from 3rd league
* [[Kujawiak Wloclawek|Kujawiak W&#322;oc&#322;awek]], [[Wloclawek|W&#322;oc&#322;awek]] - promoted from 3rd league
* [[MKS Mlawa|MKS M&#322;awa]], [[Mlawa|M&#322;awa]] - promoted from 3rd league
* [[Piast Gliwice]], [[Gliwice]]
* [[Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala|Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Bia&#322;a]], [[Bielsko-Biala|Bielsko-Bia&#322;a]]]
* [[RKS Radomsko]], [[Radomsko]]
* [[Szczakowianka Jaworzno]], [[Jaworzno]]
* [[Radomiak Radom]], [[Radom]] - promoted from 3rd league
* [[Ruch Chorzow|Ruch Chorzów]], [[Chorzow]]
* [[Stasiak KSZO Ostrowiec]], [[Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski|Ostrowiec &#346;wi&#281;tokrzyski]]
* [[Widzew Lodz|Widzew &#321;ód&#378;]], [[Lodz|&#321;ód&#378;]] - dropped from 1st league
* [[Zaglebie Sosnowiec|Zag&#322;&#281;bie Sosnowiec]], [[Sosnowiec]] - promoted from 3rd league


In July 2006, the Polish sports minister criticized the [[Polish Football Association|PZPN (Polish Football Association)]] for failing to take adequate steps to fight corruption, and announced an audit of the organization. In January 2007, PZPN board member Wit Żelazko was arrested by Wrocław police. Shortly thereafter, the entire PZPN board was suspended by the sports ministry. This move displeased [[FIFA]] which announced that the principle of autonomy of football associations was of utmost importance. The Polish sports ministry, Prime Minister [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], and most fans felt that the battle against corruption was more important,<ref name="higherimportance">{{cite news | last = Sparre | first = Kirsten | url = http://www.playthegame.org/news/detailed/poland-sets-fighting-corruption-higher-than-football-interests.html | title = Poland sets fighting corruption higher than football interests | date = 2007-01-31 | work = Playthegame.org | access-date = 2009-04-15 | archive-date = 2018-06-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184804/http://www.playthegame.org/news/detailed/poland-sets-fighting-corruption-higher-than-football-interests.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> but when FIFA threatened sanctions, the sports ministry backed down and agreed to re-instate the PZPN board.
=== 2nd league 2004/2005 (final results) ===


In September 2008, the Polish Olympic Committee made a request to the Polish Arbitration Tribunal to suspend the management of the PZPN a second time, stating that the PZPN was guilty of "[violating] its statutes in a continuous and flagrant fashion."<ref name=afp>{{cite news | url = http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggrPp0E2zb6X5sCZmfze_hAwFQuA | title = Administrator taking over scandal-hit Polish federation | date = 2008-09-29 | work = [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] | access-date = 2008-09-30 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110520174001/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggrPp0E2zb6X5sCZmfze_hAwFQuA | archive-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref> This request was granted and Robert Zawłocki was named as temporary administrator. However, FIFA again threatened to suspend Polish teams from international competition.
* 1. [[Pogon Szczecin|Pogo&#324; Szczecin]], [[Szczecin]]
* 2. [[Zaglebie Lubin|Zag&#322;&#281;bie Lubin]], [[Lublin]]
* 3. [[Cracovia Krakow|Cracovia Kraków]], [[Kraków]]
* 4. [[GKS Belchatow|GKS Be&#322;chatów]], [[Belchatow|Be&#322;chatow]]
* 5. [[Szczakowianka Jaworzno]], [[Jaworzno]]
* 6. [[RKS Radomsko]], [[Radomsko]]
* 7. [[Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala|Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Bia&#322;a]], [[Bielsko-Biala|Bielsko-Bia&#322;a]]]
* 8. [[LKS Lodz|&#321;KS &#321;ód&#378;]], [[Lodz|&#321;ód&#378;]]
* 9. [[Jagiellonia Bialystok|Jagiellonia Bia&#322;ystok]], [[Bialystok|Bia&#322;ystok]]
* 10. [[Piast Gliwice]], [[Gliwice]]
* 11. [[Ruch Chorzow|Ruch Chorzów]], [[Chorzow]]
* 12. [[Stasiak KSZO Celsa Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski|Ceramika Opoczno/Stasiak KSZO]], [[Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski|Ostrowiec &#346;wi&#281;tokrzyski]]
* 13. [[Arka Gdynia]], [[Gdynia]]
* 14. [[Tloki Gorzyce|T&#322;oki Gorzyce]], [[Gorzyce]]
* 15. [[Polar Wroclaw|Polar Wroc&#322;aw]], [[Wroclaw|Wroc&#322;aw]]
* 16. [[Aluminium Konin]], [[Konin, Poland|Konin]]
* [[Blekitni Stargard Szczecinski|B&#322;&#281;kitni Stargard Szczeci&#324;ski]] and [[KSZO Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski|KSZO Ostrowiec &#346;wi&#281;tokrzyski]] were withdrawn from tournament.


On 15 April 2009, the total number of arrests reached 200, including referees, observers, coaches, players as well as some high-ranking officials of the PZPN.<ref name="200arrests">{{cite news | url = http://www2.90minut.pl/news/89/news892259.html | title = Dwie osoby zatrzymane w sprawie korupcji | date = 2009-04-15 | work = 90minut.pl | access-date = 2009-04-15 | language = pl}}</ref><ref name="redcard">{{cite news | last = Pakulniewicz | first = Michał | url = http://www.wbj.pl/article-35659-red-card-for-pzpn.html | title = Red card for PZPN | date = 2007-01-22 | work = Warsaw Business Journal | access-date = 2009-04-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605122332/http://www.wbj.pl/article-35659-red-card-for-pzpn.html | archive-date = 2011-06-05 | url-status = dead }}</ref> By the end of April 2009, only 15 referees remained who were allowed to preside over top-flight matches.<ref name="morearrests">{{cite news|author=Patryk Wasilewski and Gabriela Baczynska |url=http://football.uk.reuters.com/european/news/LO1356.php |title=More arrests likely in Polish corruption probe |date=2009-04-27 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2009-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619160447/http://football.uk.reuters.com/european/news/LO1356.php |archive-date=June 19, 2009 }}</ref>
== Polish Football Third league (3.liga) ==


== World Cup ==
=== Group I (Mazovia, Warmia i Mazury, Podlasie, &#321;ódzkie) ===
{{Main|Poland at the FIFA World Cup}}
'''(in alphabetic order)'''
[[Poland national football team]] have qualified for the finals on eight occasions, the last time in for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].


===Table===
*[[Ceramika Paradyz|Ceramika Parady&#380;]]
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
*[[Drweca Nowe Miasto Lubawskie|Drw&#281;ca Nowe Miasto Lubawskie]]
|-
*[[Gwardia Warszawa]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|Year
*[[Legia II Warszawa]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|Result
*[[Legionovia Legionowo]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|Position
*[[LKS Lomza|&#321;KS &#321;om&#380;a]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|GP
*[[Mazowsze Grojec|Mazowsze Grójec]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|W
*[[MG MZKS Kozienice]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|D*
*[[Okecie Warszawa|Ok&#281;cie Warszawa]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|L
*[[OKS 1945 Olsztyn]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|GS
*[[Pelikan Lowicz|Pelikan &#321;owicz]]
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|GA
*[[Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie]]
|-
*[[Stal Glowno|Stal G&#322;owno]]
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]
*[[Unia Skierniewice]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8|''did not enter''
*[[Warmia Grajewo]]
|-
*[[Znicz Pruszkow|Znicz Pruszków]]
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||Round 1||11th||1||0||0||1||5||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|rowspan=4 colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''|||'''7'''||'''6'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''16'''||'''5'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Second group stage||5th||6||3||1||2||6||6
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''||'''7'''||'''3'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''11'''||'''5'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Round of 16||14th||4||1||1||2||1||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
|rowspan=3 colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Group stage||25th||3||1||0||2||3||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Group stage||21st||3||1||0||2||2||4
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]||Group stage||25th||3||1||0||2||2||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]||Round of 16||15th||4||1||1||2||3||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]]
|-
|style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''Total'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''Third place'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''8/21'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''38'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''17'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''6'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''15'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''49'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''50'''
|}


{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
=== Group II (Greater Poland, Pomerania, West-Pomerania, Kujawy) ===
|-
'''(in alphabetic order)'''
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D" colspan="2"|'''Poland's World Cup record'''
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|First Match
| {{flagicon|Poland|1928}} Poland 5–6 {{fb-rt|Brazil|1889}}<br> (5 June 1938; [[Strasbourg]], France)
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Biggest Win
|{{fb|Poland|1928}} 7–0 {{fb-rt|Haiti|1964}}<br> (19 June 1974; [[Munich]], West Germany)
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Biggest Defeat
|{{fb|Brazil|1968}} 4–0 {{fb-rt|Poland}}<br> (16 June 1986; [[Guadalajara]], Mexico)<br>{{fb|Poland}} 0-4 {{fb-rt|Portugal}}<br> (10 June 2002; [[Jeonju]], South Korea)
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Best Result
|Third place in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Worst Result
|Group stage in [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
|}


==European Competitions==
*[[Amica II Wronki]]
===UEFA Champions League===
*[[Chemik Bydgoszcz]]
*[[Flota Swinoujscie|Flota &#346;winouj&#347;cie]]
*[[Kaszubia Koscierzyna|Kaszubia Ko&#347;cierzyna]]
*[[Kotwica Kolobrzeg|Kotwica Ko&#322;obrzeg]]
*[[Lech II Poznan|Lech II Pozna&#324;]]
*[[Lechia Gdansk|Lechia Gda&#324;sk]]
*[[Mieszko Gniezno]]
*[[Odra Chojna]]
*[[Obra Koscian|Obra Ko&#347;cian]]
*[[Pogon II Szczecin|Pogo&#324; II Szczecin]]
*[[Torunski KP|Toru&#324;ski KP]]
*[[Tur Turek]]
*[[Unia Janikowo]]
*[[Unia Tczew]]
*[[Warta Poznan|Warta Pozna&#324;]]


The following teams have qualified at least to 1/2 finals in old '''European Champion Clubs' Cup''' format and, since 1992/93 season, at least group stage in the [[UEFA Champions League]]:
=== Group III (Lubus, Silesia, Upper Silesia, Opolskie) ===
* [[Legia Warsaw]]
'''(in alphabetic order)'''
** [[1969–70 European Cup|1970]] - 1/2
** [[1970–71 European Cup|1971]] - 1/4
** [[UEFA Champions League 1995-96|1995-96]] - 1/4
** [[UEFA Champions League 2016-17|2016-17]] - Group Stage
* [[Widzew Łódź]]
** [[1982–83 European Cup|1983]] - 1/2
** [[UEFA Champions League 1996-97|1996-97]] - Group Stage


===UEFA Europa League===
*[[Arka Nowa Sol|Arka Nowa Sól]]
*[[Chrobry Glogow|Chrobry G&#322;ogów]]
*[[Gornik Jastrzebie Zdroj|Górnik Jastrz&#281;bie Zdrój]]
*[[Lech Zielona Gora|Lech Zielona Góra]]
*[[Miedz Legnica|Mied&#378; Legnica]]
*[[Motobi Katy Wroclawskie|Motobi K&#261;ty Wroc&#322;awskie]]
*[[Odra Opole]]
*[[Polar Wroclaw|Polar Wroc&#322;aw]]
*[[Polonia Bytom]]
*[[Polonia Slubice|Polonia S&#322;ubice]]
*[[Promien Zary|Promie&#324; &#379;ary]]
*[[Rozwoj Katowice|Rozwój Katowice]]
*[[Ruch Radzinkow|Ruch Radzionków]]
*[[Slask Wroclaw|&#346;l&#261;sk Wroc&#322;aw]]
*[[TOR Dobrzen Wielki|TOR Dobrze&#324; Wielki]]
*[[Walka Makoszowy (Zabrze)|Walka Makoszowy]]


The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds in the [[UEFA Europa League]].
=== Group IV (&#346;wi&#281;tokrzyskie, Ma&#322;opolska, Lubelskie, Podkarpacie) ===
* [[Amica Wronki]]
'''(in alphabetic order)'''
** [[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2004-05]] - Group Stage
* [[Lech Poznań]]
** [[2008–09 UEFA Cup|2008-09]] - 1/16
** [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|2010-11]] - 1/16
** [[UEFA Europa League 2015-16|2015-16]] - Group Stage
** [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League|2020-21]] - Group Stage
* [[Legia Warsaw]]
** [[UEFA Europa League 2011-12|2011-12]] - 1/16
** [[UEFA Europa League 2013-14|2013-14]] - Group Stage
** [[UEFA Europa League 2014-15|2014-15]] - 1/16
** [[UEFA Europa League 2015-16|2015-16]] - Group Stage
** [[UEFA Europa League 2016-17|2016-17]] - 1/16 ''(transferred from [[UEFA Champions League 2016-17|UCL]])''
** [[2021-22 UEFA Europa League|2021-22]] - Group Stage
* [[Wisła Kraków]]
** [[2002–03 UEFA Cup|2002-03]] - 1/8
** [[2006–07 UEFA Cup|2006-07]] - Group Stage
** [[UEFA Europa League 2011-12|2011-12]] - 1/16


===UEFA Euro===
*[[Gornik Wieliczka|Górnik Wieliczka]]
{{Main|Poland at the UEFA European Championship}}
*[[Heko Czermno]]
[[Poland national football team|Poland]] have participated in four [[UEFA European Championship]]s so far: [[Euro 2008]], [[Euro 2012]], [[Euro 2016]] and [[Euro 2020]].
*[[Hetman Zamosc|Hetman Zamo&#347;&#263;]]
*[[Hutnik Krakow|Hutnik Kraków]]
*[[Kmita Zabierzow|Kmita Zabierzów]]
*[[Lewart Lubartow|Lewart Lubartów]]
*[[Motor Lublin|Motor Lublin]]
*[[Pogon Lezajsk|Pogo&#324; Le&#380;ajsk]]
*[[Pogon Staszow|Pogo&#324; Staszów]]
*[[Polonia Przemysl|Polonia Przemy&#347;l]]
*[[Sandecja Nowy Sacz|Sandecja Nowy S&#261;cz]]
*[[Stal Rzeszow|Stal Rzeszów]]
*[[Stal Stalowa Wola]]
*[[Tloki Gorzyce|T&#322;oki Gorzyce]]
*[[Wierna Malogoszcz|Wierna Ma&#322;ogoszcz]]
*[[Wisla II Krakow|Wis&#322;a II Kraków]]


On 18 April 2007 the President of UEFA, [[Michel Platini]], announced that the hosts of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship would be Poland and Ukraine. Both countries automatically qualified for the event.
== Polish Football Fourth league (4.liga)==


=== Group: [[Mazovia]] ===
=== Table ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[UEFA European Football Championship|UEFA European Championship record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]
|rowspan=12 colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
|Group Stage
|14th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|1
|4
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]
|Group Stage
|14th
|3
|0
|2
|1
|2
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]]
|Quarter-finals
|5th
|5
|2
|3
|0
|4
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|European Union}} [[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]]
|Group Stage
|14th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|4
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
|'''Total'''
| -
| -
|'''14'''
|'''2'''
|'''7'''
|'''5'''
|'''11'''
|'''15'''
|}


== Largest football stadiums in Poland ==
Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


{| class="wikitable sortable"
* 1. [[Dolcan Z&#261;bki]] 17 40 12 4 1 44-8
!#!!Image!!Stadium!!Capacity!!Location!!Region!!Home Team!!Opened
* 2. [[Delta Warszawa]] 17 34 11 1 5 46-20
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
* 3. [[GLKS Nadarzyn]] 17 33 10 3 4 35-20
|1||[[File:Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie 20120422.jpg|150px]]||[[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium]]||58,580||[[Warsaw]]||{{flag|Masovian}}||[[Poland national football team|Poland]]||2012<ref>{{cite web| url = https://mojafirma.infor.pl/nieruchomosci/wiadomosci/302344,Stadion-Narodowy-w-koncu-otwarty.html |language = pl |title=Stadion Narodowy w końcu otwarty | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
* 4. [[KS Piaseczno]] 17 31 8 7 2 36-26
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
* 5. [[KS Warka]] 17 30 9 3 5 22-17
|2||[[File:Widok bramka.jpg|150px]]||[[Stadion Śląski]]||55,211||[[Chorzów]]||{{flag|Silesian}}||[[Poland national football team|Poland]]||1956<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.eska.pl/slaskie/dokladnie-64-lata-temu-zostal-otwarty-stadion-slaski-w-chorzowie-co-wiecie-o-kotle-czarownic-quiz-galeria-aa-CzhV-yQm3-Wnyv.html |language = pl |title=Dokładnie 64 lata temu został otwarty Stadion Śląski w Chorzowie. Co wiecie o Kotle Czarownic? | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
* 6. [[Polonia II Warszawa]] 17 30 9 3 5 31-18
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
* 7. [[Nadnarwianka Pu&#322;tusk]] 17 29 9 2 6 29-22
|3||[[File:Wrocław, Stadion Miejski - fotopolska.eu (265184).jpg|150px]]||[[Stadion Miejski (Wrocław)|Tarczyński Arena Wrocław]]||45,105||[[Wrocław]]||{{flag|Lower Silesian}}||[[Śląsk Wrocław]]||2011<ref>{{cite web| url =http://boiskaistadiony.pl/stadion-we-wroclawiu/ |language = pl |title=Stadion we Wrocławiu | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
* 8. [[Mazur Karczew]] 17 28 8 4 5 31-23
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
* 9. [[&#379;bik Nasielsk]] 17 25 6 7 4 25-34
|4||[[File:Stadion Lecha Poznan. 2010-11-03 (2).JPG|150px]]||[[Stadion Miejski (Poznań)|Stadion Lecha]]||42,837||[[Poznań]]||{{flag|Greater Poland}}||[[Lech Poznań]]||1980<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.stadionpoznan.pl/historia-stadionu |language = pl |title=Historia stadionu | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
* 10. [[Narew Ostro&#322;&#281;ka]] 17 25 7 4 6 25-22
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
* 11. [[Pogo&#324; Siedlce]] 17 25 7 4 6 34-28
|5||[[File:PGE Arena outside.jpg|150px]]||[[Stadion Miejski (Gdańsk)|Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk]]||41,620||[[Gdańsk]]||{{flag|Pomeranian}}||[[Lechia Gdańsk]]||2011<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gdansk.pl/wiadomosci/polsat-plus-arena-gdansk-nowy-sponsor-tytularny-stadionu-pilkarskiego-w-gdansku,a,196137 |language = pl |title=Teraz już Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk. Nowy sponsor tytularny gdańskiego stadionu | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
* 12. [[Wis&#322;a II P&#322;ock]] 17 22 6 4 7 32-37
|}
* 13. [[Szyd&#322;owianka Szyd&#322;owiec]] 17 19 4 7 6 22-24
* 14. [[Olimpia Warszawa]] 17 19 5 4 8 25-34
* 15. [[Kasztelan Sierpc]] 17 11 3 2 12 18-40
* 16. [[KS &#321;omianki]] 17 10 2 4 11 20-42
* 17. [[Pilica Bia&#322;obrzegi]] 17 9 2 3 12 18-35
* 18. [[Korona Góra Kalwaria]] 17 5 1 2 14 14-57


==See also==
=== Group: [[Podlasie]] ===
* [[Football hooliganism in Poland]]
* [[Sports in Poland]]
* [[Poland national football team]]
* [[Ekstraklasa]]
* [[Młoda Ekstraklasa]]
* [[Polish Championship in Football]]
* [[List of derbies in Poland]]
* [[List of football stadiums in Poland]]
* [[Polish Cup]]
* [[Polish SuperCup]]
* [[Polish Cup (women)]]
* [[Polish women's national football team]]
* [[The first game: December 18, 1921. Hungary - Poland 1-0|The first game 18 December 1921. Hungary - Poland 1-0]]
* [[Polish Roster in World Cup Soccer France 1938|Polish Squad in Football World Cup France 1938]]
* [[The last game: August 27, 1939. Poland - Hungary 4-2|The last game: 27 August 1939. Poland - Hungary 4-2]]
* [[Polish football in interwar period]]
* [[Football Junior Championships of Poland]]
* [[Polish Football League 1927-1939]]
* [[Sunday of Miracles]]


==Notes==
Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).
{{noteslist}}

* 1. [[Jagiellonia II Bia&#322;ystok]] 16 37 11 4 1 43-15
* 2. [[Wigry Suwa&#322;ki]] 16 37 12 1 3 39-13
* 3. [[Tur Bielsk Podlaski]] 16 34 10 4 2 36-13
* 4. [[Sokó&#322; Sokó&#322;ka]] 16 30 9 3 4 23-12
* 5. [[Supra&#347;lanka Supra&#347;l]] 16 30 9 3 4 37-22
* 6. [[Olimpia Zambrów]] 16 27 8 3 5 31-23
* 7. [[Hetman Bia&#322;ystok]] 16 26 8 2 6 27-16
* 8. [[Sparta Augustów]] 16 25 8 1 7 39-23
* 9. [[Piast Bia&#322;ystok]] 16 23 7 2 7 23-28
* 10. [[Pomorzanka Sejny]] 16 21 6 3 7 34-28
* 11. [[Krypnianka Krypno]] 16 18 5 3 8 26-42
* 12. [[Cresovia Siemiatycze]] 16 16 4 4 8 25-42
* 13. [[Pogo&#324; &#321;apy]] 16 10 2 4 10 10-33
* 14. [[MKS Mielnik]] 16 9 2 3 11 15-35
* 15. [[Kolejarz Czeremcha]] 16 9 2 3 11 15-53
* 16. [[Victoria &#321;yski]] 16 9 2 3 11 16-41

Trak Victoria &#321;yski Klepacze returned to the name of Victoria &#321;yski.

=== Group: [[Warmia-Mazuria]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).

* 1. [[Jeziorak I&#322;awa]] 17 45 14 3 0 62-13
* 2. [[Olimpia Elbl&#261;g]] 17 39 12 3 2 43-14
* 3. [[Granica K&#281;trzyn]] 17 36 11 3 3 43-25
* 4. [[Huragan Mor&#261;g]] 17 30 9 3 5 30-20
* 5. [[Mazur E&#322;k]] 17 30 9 3 5 34-24
* 6. [[Mr&#261;gowia Mr&#261;gowo]] 17 30 9 3 5 23-14
* 7. [[Victoria Bartoszyce]] 17 27 8 3 6 32-28
* 8. [[Polonia Pas&#322;&#281;k]] 17 24 7 3 7 31-29
* 9. [[Motor Lubawa]] 17 23 7 2 8 24-27
* 10. [[Sokó&#322; Ostróda]] 17 22 7 1 9 30-21
* 11. [[Zamek Kurz&#281;tnik]] 17 22 6 4 7 22-24
* 12. [[Start Dzia&#322;dowo]] 17 21 6 3 8 18-21
* 13. [[T&#281;cza Biskupiec]] 17 19 5 4 8 21-41
* 14. [[Rominta Go&#322;dap]] 17 19 5 4 8 24-33
* 15. [[MKS Korsze]] 17 17 5 2 10 15-38
* 16. [[Orl&#281;ta Reszel]] 17 17 5 2 10 31-44
* 17. [[Warmiak &#321;ukta]] 17 13 3 4 10 20-48
* 18. [[Ewingi Zalewo]] 17 0 0 0 17 8-47

=== Group: [[Lodz Land]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).

* 1. [[Górnik &#321;&#281;czyca]] 17 37 12 1 4 29-9
* 2. [[Ekolog Wojs&#322;awice]] 17 32 10 2 5 21-13
* 3. [[Bzura Ozorków]] 17 32 10 2 5 33-22
* 4. [[Sokó&#322; Aleksandrów &#321;ódzki]] 17 29 8 5 4 44-25
* 5. [[W&#322;ókniarz Pabianice]] 17 29 8 5 4 33-21
* 6. [[&#321;ódzki KS II]] 17 29 9 2 6 20-19
* 7. [[Omega Kleszczów]] 17 28 8 4 5 26-18
* 8. [[Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski]] 17 27 8 3 6 40-24
* 9. [[WKS Wielu&#324;]] 17 26 7 5 5 32-25 5 3 0 23-9 2 2 5 9-16
* 10.[[W&#322;ókniarz Konstantynów &#321;ódzki]] 17 26 7 5 5 25-17
* 11.[[Widzew II &#321;ód&#378;]] 17 23 6 5 6 27-23
* 12.[[Unia II Skierniewice]] 17 22 6 4 7 27-33
* 13.[[MKP Zgierz]] 17 20 5 5 7 23-30
* 14.[[WOY Opoczno]] 17 20 5 5 7 13-18
* 15.[[Warta Sieradz]] 17 19 5 4 8 30-26
* 16.[[LKS Gomunice]] 17 15 4 3 10 17-29
* 17.[[Warta Dzia&#322;oszyn]] 17 6 1 3 13 12-44
* 18.[[Pogo&#324; Zdu&#324;ska Wola]] 17 4 1 3 13 9-65

Ceramika Opoczno change its nameto WOY Opoczno.
Pogo&#324; Zdu&#324;ska Wola got 2p penalty

=== Group: North [[Greater Poland]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).

* 1. [[Sparta Oborniki]] 16 38 12 2 2 55-15
* 2. [[Nielba Wagrowiec|Nielba W&#261;growiec]] 16 35 11 2 3 50-15
* 3. [[Huragan Pobiedziska]] 16 32 10 2 4 36-21
* 4. [[Polonia Chodziez|Polonia Chodzie&#380;]] 16 32 10 2 4 25-22
* 5. [[Sokol Pniewy|Sokó&#322; Pniewy]] 16 29 9 2 5 31-21
* 6. [[MKP 1999 Pila|MKP 1999 Pi&#322;a]] 16 28 8 4 4 25-21
* 7. [[Polonia Nowy Tomysl|Polonia Nowy Tomy&#347;l]] 16 27 8 3 5 45-27
* 8. [[Lubonski KS|Lubo&#324;ski KS]] 16 26 8 2 6 29-14
* 9. [[Warta Srem|Warta &#346;rem]] 16 23 6 5 5 21-22
* 10. [[1920 Mosina]] 16 21 6 3 7 24-28
* 11. [[Welna Rogozno|We&#322;na Rogo&#378;no]] 16 17 5 2 9 23-27
* 12. [[Sokol Rakoniewice|Sokó&#322; Rakoniewice]] 16 16 4 4 8 24-34
* 13. [[TPS Winogrady Poznan|TPS Winogrady Pozna&#324;]] 16 16 5 1 10 26-41
* 14. [[Polonia Sroda Wielkopolska|Polonia &#346;roda Wielkopolska]] 16 14 3 5 8 19-32
* 15. [[Sokol Damaslawek|Sokó&#322; Damas&#322;awek]] 16 10 3 1 12 25-50
* 16. [[Patria Buk]] 16 0 0 0 16 7-75

=== Group: South [[Greater Poland]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 16 matches).

* 1. [[Kania Gostyn|Kania Gosty&#324;]] 16 43 14 1 1 44-7
* 2. [[Jarota Jarocin]] 16 34 11 1 4 39-14
* 3. [[Korona Piaski]] 16 32 10 2 4 22-10
* 4. [[Victoria Wrzesnia|Victoria Wrze&#347;nia]] 16 29 9 2 5 35-18
* 5. [[Sparta Miejska Górka]] 16 26 7 5 4 28-20
* 6. [[Piast Kobylin]] 16 23 6 5 5 22-21
* 7. [[Sokol Kleczew|Sokó&#322; Kleczew]] 16 22 6 4 6 27-28
* 8. [[Astra Krotoszyn]] 16 22 6 4 6 17-20
* 9. [[LKS Goluchow|LKS Go&#322;uchów]] 16 21 6 3 7 21-19
* 10. [[Zjednoczeni Rychwal|Zjednoczeni Rychwa&#322;]] 16 20 5 5 6 16-21
* 11. [[Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski]] 16 19 5 4 7 19-25
* 12. [[Dab-Derby Czarnylas|D&#261;b-Derby Czarnylas]] 16 16 4 4 8 19-36
* 13. [[Olimpia Kolo|Olimpia Ko&#322;o]] 16 15 3 6 7 13-25
* 14. [[Wis&#322;a Borek Wielkopolski]] 16 12 3 3 10 16-38
* 15. [[Dabroczanka Pepowo|D&#261;broczanka P&#281;powo]] 16 11 1 8 7 15-27
* 16. [[KKS Prosna Kalisz]] 16 10 3 1 12 19-43

=== Group: [[West Pomerania]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 18 matches).

* 1. [[KP Police]] 18 44 14 2 2 48-16
* 2. [[Osadnik Mysliborz|Osadnik My&#347;libórz]] 18 32 8 8 2 25-15
* 3. [[Pogo&#324; Barlinek|Pogo&#324; Barlinek]] 18 31 9 4 5 39-22
* 4. [[Ina Goleniów]] 18 31 8 7 3 30-20
* 5. [[Blekitni Stargard Szczecinski|B&#322;&#281;kitni Stargard Szczeci&#324;ski]] 17 29 9 2 6 36-27
* 6. [[Darzbór Szczecinek]] 18 28 8 4 6 33-24
* 7. [[Victoria 95 Przeclaw|Victoria 95 Przec&#322;aw]] 18 27 7 6 5 29-27
* 8. [[Astra Ustronie Morskie]] 18 27 7 6 5 26-22
* 9. [[Arkonia Szczecin]] 18 27 8 3 7 35-24
* 10. [[Wybrzeze Rewalskie Rewal|Wybrze&#380;e Rewalskie Rewal]] 18 26 8 2 8 34-26
* 11. [[Energetyk Gryfino]] 18 26 7 5 6 27-28
* 12. [[Stal Szczecin]] 18 24 7 3 8 25-23
* 13. [[Sokol Pyrzyce|Sokó&#322; Pyrzyce]] 18 20 5 5 8 20-37
* 14. [[Drawa Drawsko Pomorskie]] 17 20 6 2 9 25-24
* 15. [[Lesnik Manowo|Le&#347;nik Manowo]] 18 19 4 7 7 31-35
* 16. [[Dab Debno|D&#261;b D&#281;bno]] 18 17 5 2 11 25-46
* 17. [[Rega-Merida Trzebiatów]] 18 17 4 5 9 18-33
* 18. [[Mirstal Miroslawiec|Mirstal Miros&#322;awiec]] 18 1 0 1 17 11-68

=== Group: [[Pomeranian Voivodship|Pomerania]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).

* 1. [[Cartusia Kartuzy]] 17 49 16 1 0 61-17
* 2. [[Kaszuby Polchowo|Kaszuby Po&#322;chowo]] 17 36 11 3 3 35-20
* 3. [[Baltyk Gdynia|Ba&#322;tyk Gdynia]] 17 34 10 4 3 30-20
* 4. [[Powisle Dzierzgon|Powi&#347;le Dzierzgo&#324;]] 17 33 10 3 4 30-18
* 5. [[Arka II Gdynia]] 17 32 9 5 3 31-18
* 6. [[Wisla Tczew|Wis&#322;a Tczew]] 17 31 9 4 4 32-23
* 7. [[Orleta Reda|Orl&#281;ta Reda]] 17 27 8 3 6 29-21
* 8. [[Olimpia Sztum]] 17 26 7 5 5 24-17
* 9. [[Orkan Rumia]] 17 25 6 7 4 27-22
* 10. [[Jantar Ustka]] 17 21 5 6 6 19-22
* 11. [[Gryf 95 Slupsk|Gryf 95 S&#322;upsk]] 17 21 6 3 8 34-33
* 12. [[KP Sopot]] 17 18 5 3 9 26-35
* 13. [[Rodlo Kwidzyn|Rod&#322;o Kwidzyn]] 17 17 5 2 10 29-37
* 14. [[Wierzyca Starogard Gdanski|Wierzyca Starogard Gda&#324;ski]] 17 16 3 7 7 22-36
* 15. [[Pomezania Malbork]] 17 13 3 4 10 28-42
* 16. [[Chojniczanka Chojnice]] 17 12 4 0 13 11-29
* 17. [[Gryf Wejherowo]] 17 11 3 2 12 11-35
* 18. [[Gedania Gdansk|Gedania Gda&#324;sk]] 17 5 1 2 14 13-47

* [[Radunia Stezyca|Radunia St&#281;&#380;yca]] was withdrawn from competition and seuperseded by [[Arka II Gdynia]].

=== Group: [[Kuyavia-Pomerania]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 15 matches).

* 1. [[Cuiavia Inowroclaw|Cuiavia Inowroc&#322;aw]] 15 35 11 2 2 32-14
* 2. [[Victoria Koronowo]] 15 30 9 3 3 31-11
* 3. [[Sparta Brodnica]] 15 30 9 3 3 28-9
* 4. [[Zdrój Ciechocinek]] 15 29 8 5 2 25-14
* 5. [[Mien Lipno|Mie&#324; Lipno]] 15 25 7 4 4 25-23
* 6. [[Lech Rypin]] 15 21 6 3 6 30-28
* 7. [[Olimpia Grudziadz|Olimpia Grudzi&#261;dz]] 15 21 6 3 6 29-31
* 8. [[Legia Chelmza|Legia Che&#322;m&#380;a]] 15 20 6 2 7 18-25
* 9. [[Goplania Inowroclaw|Goplania Inowroc&#322;aw]] 15 20 5 5 5 22-22
* 10. [[Wloclavia Wloclawek|W&#322;oc&#322;avia W&#322;oc&#322;awek]] 15 20 6 2 7 29-32
* 11. [[Sadownik Waganiec]] 15 19 5 4 6 31-30
* 12. [[Wda Swiecie|Wda &#346;wiecie]] 15 16 4 4 7 16-23
* 13. [[Wisla Nowe|Wis&#322;a Nowe]] 15 14 3 5 7 9-17
* 14. [[Zawisza Bydgoszcz]] 15 13 4 1 10 16-32
* 15. [[Paluczanka Znin|Pa&#322;uczanka &#379;nin]] 15 12 4 0 11 20-34
* 16. [[Pomorzanin Torun|Pomorzanin Toru&#324;]] 15 10 2 4 9 12-28

=== Group: [[Silesia]] I ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).



=== Group: [[Silesia]] II ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Opole Silesia]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Lower Silesia]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Lubusz Land]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Little Poland]] I ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).

=== Group: [[Little Poland]] II ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Subcarpathia]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Swietokrzyskie]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).


=== Group: [[Lublin Land]] ===

Season 2004/2005: Autumn 2004 results (after 17 matches).

== See also:==

* [[Sports in Poland]]


==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Polish sport]]
* [http://www.pzpn.pl/ Official website]
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* [http://www.insidefootball.info/ Polish Ekstraklasa news in English] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409072838/http://www.insidefootball.info/ |date=2010-04-09 }}
* [http://www.psnfutbol.com/ PSN Futbol – Live Ekstraklasa league table and Polish football news] {{in lang|en}}
* [http://www.90minut.pl/ 90minut.pl - RSSSF Poland]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100324220135/http://www.euroinpoland2012.com/ Euro in Poland 2012 News, Comments, Photos ] {{in lang|en|de|pl}}
* [http://www.pilka.pl/ Pilka.pl - Polish football news center]
* [http://www.scorepage.com/football/poland/ Football scores for Polish Football Leagues]
* [http://culture.pl/en/article/its-a-funny-old-game-explaining-curiosities-from-polands-football-culture] It's a Funny Old Game: Explaining Curiosities from Poland's Football Culture
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For American football, see Polish American Football League.

Football in Poland
The Kazimierz Górski National Stadium in Warsaw.
CountryPoland
Governing bodyPZPN
National team(s)Poland Men
Poland Women
First played1921; 103 years ago (1921)
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions
Audience records
Single matchGórnik Z. vs. Austria W.
18 September 1963
Stadion Śląski
120,000 spectators
The Stadion Miejski in Gdańsk.

Football is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly and 27%, with millions more playing occasionally and 27% being very interested in it.[1] The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Poland national football team played its first international match in 1921.

There are hundreds of professional and amateur football teams in Poland; which are under the auspices of the national 1st league, 2nd level, 3rd level, 4 parallel divisions of 4th level, 20 regional parallel divisions of 5th level and a variety of other lower-level leagues. Additionally, there are the Polish Cup and Polish Supercup competitions.

History

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Polish fans during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

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.

The first Polish football clubs were Lechia Lwów (1903), Czarni Lwów (1903), Pogoń Lwów (1904), KS Cracovia (1906) and Wisła Kraków (1906). The Polish national federation, called the Polish Football Union (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN), was founded on 20 December 1919, in Kraków when 31 delegates elected Edward Cetnarowski as the first president. The PZPN joined FIFA in 1923 and UEFA in 1955.

In a similar fashion to other European states, football appeared in Poland in the late 19th century. In 1888 Prof. Henryk Jordan, a court physician of the Habsburgs and the pioneer of sports in Poland, opened a sports park in Kraków's Błonia, a large open space surrounding the demolished city walls of that town. The park, along with the Sokół society founded in 1867, became the main centres to promote sports and healthy living in Poland. It was Jordan who began promoting football as a healthy sport in the open air; some sources also credit him with bringing the first football to Poland from his travels to Brunswick in 1890.[2] Other sources[3] mention Dr. Edmund Cenar as the one to bring the first ball and the one to translate The Cambridge Rules and parts of the International Football Association Board regulations to Polish language.

On 14 July 1894 during the Second Sokół Jamboree in Lwów a short football match was played between the Sokół members of Lwów and those from Kraków. It lasted only six minutes and was seen as a curiosity rather than a potentially popular sport. Nevertheless, it was the first recorded football match in Polish history.[a] It was won by the Lwów team after Włodzimierz Chomicki scored the only goal - the first known goal in Polish history.

This match precipitated the popularity of the new sport in Poland. Initially the rules and regulations were very simplified, with the size of the field and the ball varying greatly. Despite being discouraged by many educational societies and the state authorities, the new sport gained extreme popularity among pupils of various gymnasiums in Galicia. The first football teams were formed and in 1903–1904, four Lwów-based gymnasiums formed their own sport clubs: the IV Gymnasium for Boys formed a club later renamed to Pogoń Lwów, while the pupils of the I and II State Schools formed the Sława Lwów club, later renamed to Czarni Lwów. In the same season the Lechia Lwów was also formed. It is uncertain which of the clubs was created first as they were initially poorly organized; however, the Czarni Lwów are usually credited as being the first Polish professional football team. The following year, the popularity of the sport spread to nearby Rzeszów where Resovia Rzeszów was formed, while in the German-held part of Poland, the 1. FC Katowice and Warta Poznań were formed.

On 6 June 1906 a representation of Lwów youth came to Kraków for a repeat match, this time composed of two already organized teams, the Czarni and the team of the IV Gymnasium. Kraków's representation was badly beaten in both meetings (4-0 and 2-0 respectively). The same summer the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show set up camp at Kraków's Błonia, right outside of the traditional playground area and Jordan's garden. On 5 August 1906 the team of the Kraków-based Jan Sobieski Gymnasium played a match against the British and American members of Buffalo Bill's troupe, winning 1–0. The only goal scored by Stanisław Szeligowski was also the first goal scored by a Polish team in an international meeting. The success led to the popularisation of football in Kraków and to creation of the first Kraków-based professional football team, KS Cracovia - initially composed primarily of students of the Jan Sobieski Gymnasium.[2] By the autumn of that year there were already 16 teams in Kraków, including Wisła Kraków (It is said that actually Wisła Kraków was the first professional football team and not Cracovia). In 1911, a Kraków-based Union of Polish Football for Galicia was formed and entered the Austrian Football Association. The union inspired the creation of a number of teams.

After the outbreak of World War I, most of the Galician football players, many of them members of either Strzelec or Sokół, joined Piłsudski's Polish Legions. The unit, fighting alongside the Austro-Hungarian Army, fought mostly in various parts of Russian-held Poland, which led to popularisation of the new sport in other parts of Poland. After Poland regained her independence, on 21 December 1919 the Polish Football Association (PZPN) was formed. Headed by Edward Centrarowski, it united most of the then-existent Polish football clubs. The league could not be formed due to the Polish-Bolshevik War, but in 1922 the PZPN published the rules of football[4] and the following year it joined FIFA. In 1921 the league was resumed and the first champions of Poland were KS Cracovia, followed by Pogoń Lwów in 1922, 1923, 1925 and 1926. As Poland was then a fully independent state, in 1921 the Poland national football team was formed. On 18 December 1921 it played its first international match in Budapest against the Hungarian team and was defeated 1–0. In the third international match in Stockholm on 28 May 1922 Poland defeated Sweden 2–1, scoring its first international victory.

During World War II, football in occupied Poland was subject to significant restrictions (see Football in occupied Poland (1939–1945)) for more.

In 1955 the PZPN became one of the founding members of UEFA.

Women's football

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Main article: Poland women's national football team

In 1979, a Polish women's football league, Ekstraliga, was established.

Poland women's national football team, unlike the men's, has never qualified for a major tournament, though the team has come close in qualifying for a major tournament since 2010s.

Corruption in Polish football

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In 2005, Polish authorities began an investigation into widespread corruption within Polish football.

In July 2006, the Polish sports minister criticized the PZPN (Polish Football Association) for failing to take adequate steps to fight corruption, and announced an audit of the organization. In January 2007, PZPN board member Wit Żelazko was arrested by Wrocław police. Shortly thereafter, the entire PZPN board was suspended by the sports ministry. This move displeased FIFA which announced that the principle of autonomy of football associations was of utmost importance. The Polish sports ministry, Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, and most fans felt that the battle against corruption was more important,[5] but when FIFA threatened sanctions, the sports ministry backed down and agreed to re-instate the PZPN board.

In September 2008, the Polish Olympic Committee made a request to the Polish Arbitration Tribunal to suspend the management of the PZPN a second time, stating that the PZPN was guilty of "[violating] its statutes in a continuous and flagrant fashion."[6] This request was granted and Robert Zawłocki was named as temporary administrator. However, FIFA again threatened to suspend Polish teams from international competition.

On 15 April 2009, the total number of arrests reached 200, including referees, observers, coaches, players as well as some high-ranking officials of the PZPN.[7][8] By the end of April 2009, only 15 referees remained who were allowed to preside over top-flight matches.[9]

World Cup

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Main article: Poland at the FIFA World Cup

Poland national football team have qualified for the finals on eight occasions, the last time in for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Table

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Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938 Round 1 11th 1 0 0 1 5 6
Brazil 1950 did not enter
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 did not qualify
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974 Third place 3rd 7 6 0 1 16 5
Argentina 1978 Second group stage 5th 6 3 1 2 6 6
Spain 1982 Third place 3rd 7 3 3 1 11 5
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 1 7
Italy 1990 did not qualify
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 Group stage 25th 3 1 0 2 3 7
Germany 2006 Group stage 21st 3 1 0 2 2 4
South Africa 2010 did not qualify
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 Group stage 25th 3 1 0 2 2 5
Qatar 2022 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 3 5
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total Third place 8/21 38 17 6 15 49 50

European Competitions

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UEFA Champions League

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The following teams have qualified at least to 1/2 finals in old European Champion Clubs' Cup format and, since 1992/93 season, at least group stage in the UEFA Champions League:

UEFA Europa League

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The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds in the UEFA Europa League.

UEFA Euro

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Main article: Poland at the UEFA European Championship

Poland have participated in four UEFA European Championships so far: Euro 2008, Euro 2012, Euro 2016 and Euro 2020.

On 18 April 2007 the President of UEFA, Michel Platini, announced that the hosts of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship would be Poland and Ukraine. Both countries automatically qualified for the event.

Table

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UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did not qualify
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 4
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group Stage 14th 3 0 2 1 2 3
France 2016 Quarter-finals 5th 5 2 3 0 4 2
European Union 2020 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 6
Germany 2024 - - - - - - - -
Total - - 14 2 7 5 11 15

Largest football stadiums in Poland

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# Image Stadium Capacity Location Region Home Team Opened
1 Kazimierz Górski National Stadium 58,580 Warsaw  Masovian Poland 2012[10]
2 Stadion Śląski 55,211 Chorzów  Silesian Poland 1956[11]
3 Tarczyński Arena Wrocław 45,105 Wrocław  Lower Silesian Śląsk Wrocław 2011[12]
4 Stadion Lecha 42,837 Poznań  Greater Poland Lech Poznań 1980[13]
5 Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk 41,620 Gdańsk  Pomeranian Lechia Gdańsk 2011[14]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In fact there was a previous meeting mentioned by the press in Kraków in 1892, though no details are known

References

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  1. ^ TGM Research. "TGM Global Euro Survey 2024 | Insights in Poland". TGM Research. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  2. ^ a b Leszek Mazan (2006). "Buffalo Bill na Błoniach". Polityka (in Polish). 2544 (9): 82–84.
  3. ^ Zbigniew Chmielewski (2003). "Obok Czarnych znak Pogoni". Polityka (in Polish). 2414 (33).
  4. ^ Francis Percy Addington; Rudolf Wacek (1922). Teorja piłki nożnej (football); praktyczny i teoretyczny przewodnik gry wraz z prawidłami Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej (in Polish). Lwów: M. Bodek. p. 96.
  5. ^ Sparre, Kirsten (2007-01-31). "Poland sets fighting corruption higher than football interests". Playthegame.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  6. ^ "Administrator taking over scandal-hit Polish federation". AFP. 2008-09-29. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  7. ^ "Dwie osoby zatrzymane w sprawie korupcji". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  8. ^ Pakulniewicz, Michał (2007-01-22). "Red card for PZPN". Warsaw Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  9. ^ Patryk Wasilewski and Gabriela Baczynska (2009-04-27). "More arrests likely in Polish corruption probe". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  10. ^ "Stadion Narodowy w końcu otwarty" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Dokładnie 64 lata temu został otwarty Stadion Śląski w Chorzowie. Co wiecie o Kotle Czarownic?" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Stadion we Wrocławiu" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Historia stadionu" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Teraz już Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk. Nowy sponsor tytularny gdańskiego stadionu" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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