2025–26 II liga

II liga
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 – 9 June 2026
Matches170
Goals512 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerKamil Sabiłło
(14 goals)
Biggest home winUnia 5–1 Rekord
(29 August 2025)
Biggest away winRekord 0–5 Chojniczanka
(16 November 2025)
Longest winning run7 matches
Unia Skierniewice
Warta Poznań
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Podhale Nowy Targ
Warta Poznań
Longest winless run19 matches
GKS Jastrzębie
Longest losing run6 matches
GKS Jastrzębie
Highest attendance8,111
Sandecja 1–1 Chojniczanka
(31 August 2025)[1]
Lowest attendance0[A]
2 matches
Total attendance202,603
Average attendance1,192 23.5%
All statistics correct as of 4 December 2025.

The 2025–26 II liga (also known as Betclic II liga for sponsorship reasons)[2] is the 78th season of the third tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1948 and the 18th season of the Polish II liga under its current title. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association.

The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season is played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 25 July 2025 and will conclude on 30 May 2026 (regular season), with play-offs being held in June 2026.[3]

Teams

A total of 18 teams participates in the 2025–26 II liga season.

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Chojniczanka Chojnice Chojnice Chojniczanka 1930 Municipal Stadium 2,923
GKS Jastrzębie Jastrzębie-Zdrój Jastrzębie-Zdrój Municipal Stadium 5,650
Hutnik Kraków Kraków Suche Stawy Stadium 6,000
KKS 1925 Kalisz Kalisz OSRiR Stadium 8,166
ŁKS Łódź II Łódź Władysław Król Municipal Stadium 18,029
Olimpia Grudziądz Grudziądz Bronisław Malinowski Stadium 5,323
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała BBOSiR Stadium 15,316
Podhale Nowy Targ Nowy Targ Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium 900
Rekord Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Centrum Sportu REKORD 593
Resovia Rzeszów Rzeszów Stal Stadium1 11,547
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz Sandecja Stadium 8,1112
Sokół Kleczew Kleczew OSiR Stadium 800
Stal Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola Subcarpathian Football Center 3,764
Śląsk Wrocław II Wrocław Oporowska Stadium 8,346
Świt Szczecin Szczecin Obiekt Sportowy Skolwin 974
Unia Skierniewice Skierniewice Municipal Stadium 3,000
Warta Poznań Poznań Ogródek by TedGifted.com 720
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Sosnowiec ArcelorMittal Park 11,600
  1. ^ Due to the renovation of the Resovia Stadium in Rzeszów, Resovia play their home games at the Stal Stadium.
  2. ^ The stadium was opened at full capacity on 31 August 2025.[4]

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Warta Poznań Ryszard Tarasiewicz[5] Mutual consent 10 June 2025 Pre-season Maciej Tokarczyk[6] 25 June 2025
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Bartłomiej Bobla[7] End of contract 30 June 2025 Marek Gołębiewski[7] 1 July 2025
GKS Jastrzębie Peter Struhár[8] Maciej Tarnogrodzki[9] 5 July 2025
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Marek Gołębiewski[10] Mutual consent 7 September 2025 15th Wojciech Łobodziński[11] 8 September 2025
Chojniczanka Chojnice Damian Nowak[12] Sacked 17 September 2025 16th Marek Brzozowski[13] 19 September 2025
GKS Jastrzębie Maciej Tarnogrodzki[14] Mutual consent 22 September 2025 18th Marcin Radzewicz[14] 22 September 2025
Marcin Radzewicz[15] End of caretaker spell 25 September 2025 Krzysztof Górecko[15] 25 September 2025
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Krzysztof Brede[16] Sacked 5 October 2025 10th Tomasz Pawliczak[17] 6 October 2025
KKS 1925 Kalisz Michał Gościniak[18] 6 October 2025 14th Bartosz Sieroń[19] 10 October 2025
Bartosz Sieroń End of caretaker spell 14 October 2025 11th Damian Nowak[20] 14 October 2025
Stal Stalowa Wola Marcin Płuska[21] Sacked 9th Maciej Musiał[22] 15 October 2025
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Łukasz Mierzejewski[23] 22 October 2025 7th Ján Fröhlich[23] 22 October 2025
Ján Fröhlich End of caretaker spell 28 October 2025 9th Rafał Smalec[24] 28 October 2025
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Tomasz Pawliczak[25] 5 November 2025 14th Marcin Włodarski[25] 5 November 2025
Resovia Piotr Kołc[26] Sacked 24 November 2025 12th Paweł Młynarczyk[a] 24 November 2025
Rekord Bielsko-Biała Dariusz Rucki[28] 20 December 2025 15th To be announced
  • Italics for interim managers.
  1. ^ Młynarczyk was initially appointed as interim coach, but the move was made permanent on 11 December 2025.[27]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Unia Skierniewice 19 13 2 4 38 20 +18 41 Promotion to I liga
2 Warta Poznań 19 11 5 3 32 21 +11 38
3 Podhale Nowy Targ 19 9 8 2 24 15 +9 35 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 Olimpia Grudziądz 19 9 7 3 37 26 +11 34
5 Świt Szczecin 19 9 5 5 37 32 +5 32
6 Stal Stalowa Wola 19 6 8 5 38 31 +7 26
7 Resovia Rzeszów 19 6 7 6 25 24 +1 25
8 Podbeskidzie BB 19 7 4 8 28 31 −3 25
9 Śląsk Wrocław II 19 6 6 7 33 29 +4 24
10 Sokół Kleczew 19 6 6 7 35 32 +3 24
11 Chojniczanka Chojnice 19 6 6 7 30 29 +1 24
12 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 18 6 6 6 24 27 −3 24
13 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 18 6 5 7 21 27 −6 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 Hutnik Kraków 19 5 6 8 27 30 −3 21
15 Rekord Bielsko-Biała 19 5 6 8 27 35 −8 21 Relegation to III liga
16 KKS 1925 Kalisz 19 4 7 8 21 27 −6 19
17 ŁKS Łódź II 19 2 7 10 19 35 −16 13
18 GKS Jastrzębie 19 0 7 12 16 41 −25 7
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2025. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Number of wins; 8) Number of away wins.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[29]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Unia Skierniewice51047968383322111111
Warta Poznań121716171617131196533333222
Podhale Nowy Targ2434551242244444443
Olimpia Grudziądz8798689511111222334
Świt Szczecin17141510826913151078765555
Stal Stalowa Wola8223472124896886666
Resovia Rzeszów8112347475455651010127
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała151818141010111061011131112141112138
Śląsk Wrocław II1212141616121012101213141511129779
Chojniczanka Chojnice87121313141415171616161616131411810
Sandecja Nowy Sącz464123475866791078911
Sokół Kleczew1212812121516161411121513131113141112
Zagłębie Sosnowiec511131515131513129781057891013
Hutnik Kraków137511363791014141515151514
Rekord Bielsko-Biała5796610121415141512910912131415
KKS 1925 Kalisz24611119581113141112151616161616
ŁKS Łódź II1614119141617171617171717171717171717
GKS Jastrzębie17161718181818181818181818181818181818
Promotion to I liga
Qualification for promotion play-offs
Qualification for relegation play-offs
Relegation to II liga
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2025. Source: 90minut.pl

Results

Home \ Away CHO JAS HUT KAL ŁKS OLI PBB PNT REK RES SAN SOK STA ŚLĄ ŚWI UNI WAR ZAG
Chojniczanka Chojnice 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–4 2–4 1–2 2–1
GKS Jastrzębie 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 2–3 1–5 1–1
Hutnik Kraków 3–0 4–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0
KKS 1925 Kalisz 1–3 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–4 1–1
ŁKS Łódź II 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–4 0–0 1–3
Olimpia Grudziądz 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 3–3 1–0 2–3 3–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–3
Podhale Nowy Targ 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Rekord Bielsko-Biała 0–5 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2
Resovia Rzeszów 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 3–0
Sandecja Nowy Sącz 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 0–4 2–2 1–3 1–1
Sokół Kleczew 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 5–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–2
Stal Stalowa Wola 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 5–2 2–2 2–0
Śląsk Wrocław II 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–4 3–2 2–2 0–1 1–1
Świt Szczecin 2–2 3–1 0–3 3–1 3–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1
Unia Skierniewice 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 5–1 2–1 1–2 2–1
Warta Poznań 1–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–2 1–0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0–2 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–5 1–2 3–0 0–3
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2025. Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Chojniczanka ChojniceDWLLDDDLLDWLWDWLWWL
GKS JastrzębieLDLLLDDLLLLLLDDLDLD
Hutnik KrakówWDLWWDLWDLLLLDLDDLW
KKS 1925 KaliszWDLLDWWLDLLWDLLDDLD
ŁKS Łódź IILDWDLLLDDLLDLLLLWDD
Olimpia GrudziądzDWLDWDWWWWWLWDWDDDL
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaLLDWWDWLWLLWLDLWLDW
Podhale Nowy TargWDWDDDWDDWWLDDWLWWW
Rekord Bielsko-BiałaWDLWDLLLDWLWWDDLLDL
Resovia RzeszówDWWDDDLWLWWDDLDLLLW
Sandecja Nowy SączWDWWLDLDWLWDLDLWDL
Sokół KleczewLDWLDLDWLWLLWDWLWDD
Stal Stalowa WolaDWWDDLWWDLLLWDDWDDL
Śląsk Wrocław IILDDDLWWLWLLLWWDWDDL
Świt SzczecinLDDWWWLLLDWWLWDWDWW
Unia SkierniewiceWLWLDWLWLWWWWWWWDWW
Warta PoznańLLDDDDWWWWWWWDWWWLW
Zagłębie SosnowiecWLLDDDLWWWWLWDLDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2025. Source: 90minut.pl
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion play-offs

The promotion play-offs will be played on 3 and 6 June 2026. The teams finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place are set to compete. The fixtures will be determined by final league position – 3rd team of the regular season will play against 6th team of the regular season and 4th team of the regular season will play against 5th team of the regular season. The winner of the final match will be promoted to the I liga for the 2026–27 season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in the regular season.[29][3]

Semi-finals
3 June 2026
Final
6 June 2026
      
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Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will be played on 3, 6 and 9 June 2026. The semi-finals will be played over a single leg between runners-up of each III liga group. The winner of each semi-final advances to the final, played over two legs against a 13th or a 14th-placed II liga team. The winner of the final match will play in the II liga the following season. The final matches will be hosted by the winners of the semi-finals.[29][3]

Semi-finals
3 June 2026
Final
6 & 9 June 2026
Winner SF1
III liga, group I runner-up13
III liga, group III runner-up
Winner SF2
III liga, group II runner-up14
III liga, group IV runner-up

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 30 November 2025[30]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kamil Sabiłło Unia Skierniewice 14
2 Oskar Kubiak Sokół Kleczew 13
3 Valērijs Šabala Chojniczanka Chojnice 10
4 Dominik Frelek Olimpia Grudziądz 8
Maciej Mas Olimpia Grudziądz
Wiktor Niewiarowski Śląsk Wrocław II
Kacper Prusiński Hutnik Kraków
Dawid Wolny Stal Stalowa Wola
9 Bartosz Kurzeja Podhale Nowy Targ 7
Krzysztof Ropski Świt Szczecin

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Maksymilian Hebel Stal Stalowa Wola Świt Szczecin 5–2 (H) 7 September 2025 [31]
Wiktor Niewiarowski Śląsk Wrocław II Sandecja Nowy Sącz 4–0 (A) 21 October 2025 [32]
Oskar Kubiak Sokół Kleczew Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 5–2 (H) 31 October 2025 [33]

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 47,651 8,111 0 5,295 n/a2
2 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 26,595 4,928 2,048 3,324 −36.2%
3 Stal Stalowa Wola 25,776 3,764 1,640 2,578 −5.6%1
4 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 20,116 5,500 908 2,012 −3.3%
5 Unia Skierniewice 15,549 2,322 1,485 1,728 n/a2
6 Chojniczanka Chojnice 7,449 1,095 644 828 −13.2%
7 Warta Poznań 6,351 922 722 794 −1.6%1
8 Hutnik Kraków 6,809 990 595 757 −0.9%
9 Resovia Rzeszów 6,712 1,309 343 746 −4.1%
10 Podhale Nowy Targ 6,924 829 359 692 n/a2
11 GKS Jastrzębie 6,137 893 385 682 −22.7%
12 KKS 1925 Kalisz 5,230 1,200 222 523 −23.4%
13 Sokół Kleczew 5,136 800 198 514 n/a2
14 Olimpia Grudziądz 5,024 700 345 502 +20.1%
15 Rekord Bielsko-Biała 4,067 585 181 407 −48.0%
16 Świt Szczecin 3,221 493 141 322 −38.2%
17 Śląsk Wrocław II 2,086 334 103 232 n/a2
18 ŁKS Łódź II 1,770 274 108 197 −37.1%
League total 202,603 8,111 0 1,192 +23.1%

Updated to games played on 4 December 2025.
Source: 90minut.pl
Notes:
1. Team played last season in I liga.
2. Team played last season in III liga.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ First two games hosted by Sandecja Nowy Sącz were played behind closed doors without any spectators.

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