2025–26 in Polish football

2025–26 in Polish football
	Teams in Europe
	Lech Poznań; Legia Warsaw; Raków Częstochowa; Jagiellonia Białystok
	Poland national team
	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

The 2025–26 season is the 101st season of competitive football in Poland.

Men's football

League competitions

Ekstraklasa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wisła Płock	18	7	9	2	21	12	+9	30	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Górnik Zabrze	18	9	3	6	29	24	+5	30
3	Jagiellonia Białystok	17	8	5	4	29	21	+8	29	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
4	Raków Częstochowa	18	9	2	7	26	23	+3	29
5	Zagłębie Lubin	18	7	7	4	31	24	+7	28
6	Cracovia	18	7	6	5	25	21	+4	27
7	Radomiak Radom	18	7	5	6	35	30	+5	26
8	Lech Poznań	17	6	8	3	29	26	+3	26
9	Korona Kielce	18	6	6	6	21	19	+2	24
10	Pogoń Szczecin	18	6	3	9	28	32	−4	21
11	Motor Lublin	18	4	9	5	23	28	−5	21
12	Arka Gdynia	18	6	3	9	15	32	−17	21
13	Lechia Gdańsk^[a]	18	7	4	7	37	37	0	20
14	Piast Gliwice	17	5	5	7	19	19	0	20
15	Widzew Łódź	18	6	2	10	26	28	−2	20
16	GKS Katowice	17	6	2	9	23	28	−5	20	Relegation to I liga
17	Legia Warsaw	18	4	7	7	19	21	−2	19
18	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	18	5	4	9	24	35	−11	19

Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: ekstraklasa.org 90minut.pl
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)^[2]
Notes:

^ Lechia Gdańsk were deducted 5 points due to financial arrears.^[1]

I liga

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Wisła Kraków	19	13	4	2	48	15	+33	43	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
2	Polonia Bytom	19	10	4	5	33	21	+12	34	Promotion to Ekstraklasa
3	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki	19	9	6	4	37	27	+10	33	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Chrobry Głogów	19	9	4	6	26	18	+8	31
5	Stal Rzeszów	19	9	4	6	30	29	+1	31
6	Wieczysta Kraków	19	8	6	5	40	29	+11	30
7	Śląsk Wrocław	19	8	6	5	34	31	+3	30
8	Ruch Chorzów	19	8	6	5	29	26	+3	30
9	Polonia Warsaw	19	8	6	5	29	27	+2	30
10	Miedź Legnica	19	9	3	7	35	36	−1	30
11	ŁKS Łódź	19	7	5	7	28	29	−1	26
12	Pogoń Siedlce	19	5	7	7	21	21	0	22
13	Odra Opole	19	5	7	7	19	23	−4	22
14	Puszcza Niepołomice	19	3	10	6	20	24	−4	19
15	Znicz Pruszków	19	5	2	12	21	41	−20	17
16	GKS Tychy	19	3	4	12	25	43	−18	13	Relegation to II liga
17	Stal Mielec	19	3	4	12	21	40	−19	13
18	Górnik Łęczna	19	1	8	10	22	38	−16	11

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2025. Source: 1liga.org, 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)^[3]

II liga

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	Promotion to I liga
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	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
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)^[4]

III liga

Cup competitions

Polish Cup

2 May 2026

16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

	Match 69

PGE Narodowy, Warsaw

Polish Super Cup

13 July 2025

18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Lech Poznań	1–2	Legia Warsaw
Szymczak 81'	90minut.pl PZPN	Wszołek 33' Shkurin 43'

Enea Stadion, Poznań

Attendance: 40,368

Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Białystok)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	8–1	Breiðablik	7–1	1–0

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–3	1–1

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Legia Warsaw	2–0	Aktobe	1–0	1–0

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Baník Ostrava	3–4	Legia Warsaw	2–2	1–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AEK Larnaca	5–3	Legia Warsaw	4–1	1–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lech Poznań	3–6	Genk	1–5	2–1

UEFA Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Raków Częstochowa	6–1	Žilina	3–0	3–1
Novi Pazar	2–5	Jagiellonia Białystok	1–2	1–3

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Raków Częstochowa	2–1	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	2–0
Silkeborg	2–3	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–1	2–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jagiellonia Białystok	4–1	Dinamo City	3–0	1–1
Raków Częstochowa	3–1	Arda	1–0	2–1
Hibernian	4–5	Legia Warsaw	1–2	3–3 (a.e.t.)

League phase

Jagiellonia Białystok

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
15	Fiorentina	6	3	0	3	8	5	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
16	Rijeka	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
17	Jagiellonia Białystok	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded)
18	Omonia	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	8
19	Noah	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8

Source: UEFA^[5]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–0	Hamrun Spartans
Strasbourg	1–1	Jagiellonia Białystok
Shkëndija	1–1	Jagiellonia Białystok
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–0	KuPS
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–2	Rayo Vallecano
AZ	0–0	Jagiellonia Białystok

Lech Poznań

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
9	Lausanne-Sport	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase play-offs (seeded)
10	Crystal Palace	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
11	Lech Poznań	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
12	Samsunspor	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
13	Celje	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10

Source: UEFA^[6]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Lech Poznań	4–1	Rapid Wien
Lincoln Red Imps	2–1	Lech Poznań
Rayo Vallecano	3–2	Lech Poznań
Lech Poznań	2–0	Lausanne-Sport
Lech Poznań	1–1	Mainz 05
Sigma Olomouc	1–2	Lech Poznań

Legia Warsaw

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
26	Lincoln Red Imps	6	2	1	3	7	15	−8	7
27	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6
28	Legia Warsaw	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6
29	Slovan Bratislava	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6
30	Breiðablik	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5

Source: UEFA^[7]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Legia Warsaw	0–1	Samsunspor
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	Legia Warsaw
Celje	2–1	Legia Warsaw
Legia Warsaw	0–1	Sparta Prague
Noah	2–1	Legia Warsaw
Legia Warsaw	4–1	Lincoln Red Imps

Raków Częstochowa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Strasbourg	6	5	1	0	11	5	+6	16	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Raków Częstochowa	6	4	2	0	9	2	+7	14
3	AEK Athens	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13
4	Sparta Prague	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13
5	Rayo Vallecano	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13

Source: UEFA^[8]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Raków Częstochowa	2–0	Universitatea Craiova
Sigma Olomouc	1–1	Raków Częstochowa
Sparta Prague	0–0	Raków Częstochowa
Raków Częstochowa	4–1	Rapid Wien
Raków Częstochowa	1–0	Zrinjski Mostar
Omonia	0–1	Raków Częstochowa

Knockout phase

Knockout phase play-offs

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jagiellonia Białystok			19 Feb	26 Feb
		Lech Poznań	19 Feb	26 Feb

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
		Raków Częstochowa	12 Mar	19 Mar

National teams

Poland national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09) Friendly	Poland	1–0	New Zealand	Chorzów, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Zieliński 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Silesian Stadium Attendance: 30,412 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	6	2	0	27	4	+23	20	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	4–0	8–0	4–0
2	Poland	8	5	2	1	14	7	+7	17	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	3–1	2–0	1–0
3	Finland	8	3	1	4	8	14	−6	10		0–2	2–1	—	0–1	2–1
4	Malta	8	1	2	5	4	19	−15	5		0–4	2–3	0–1	—	0–0
5	Lithuania	8	0	3	5	6	15	−9	3		2–3	0–2	2–2	1–1	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA

4 September 2025 (2025-09-04) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Netherlands	1–1	Poland	Rotterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Dumfries 28'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Cash 80'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 40,904 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

7 September 2025 (2025-09-07) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Poland	3–1	Finland	Chorzów, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cash 27' Lewandowski 45+2' Kamiński 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Källman 88'	Stadium: Silesian Stadium Attendance: 50,897 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

12 October 2025 (2025-10-12) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Lithuania	0–2	Poland	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Szymański 15' Lewandowski 64'	Stadium: Darius and Girėnas Stadium Attendance: 11,741 Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

14 November 2025 (2025-11-14) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Poland	1–1	Netherlands	Warsaw, Poland
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kamiński 43'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Depay 47'	Stadium: Stadion Narodowy Attendance: 56,278 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

17 November 2025 (2025-11-17) 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Malta	2–3	Poland	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cardona 36' Teuma 68' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Lewandowski 32' Wszołek 59' Zieliński 85'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 10,326 Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

References

^ "OFICJALNIE: Jest decyzja w sprawie Lechii Gdańsk. Ujemne punkty". transfery.info (in Polish). 16 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2024/2025" [Ekstraklasa rulebook for the 2024/2025 season] (PDF). amazonaws.com (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "Uchwała nr III/39 z dnia 31 marca 2025 roku Zarządu Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej w sprawie przyjęcia Regulaminu Rozgrywek o Mistrzostwo 1. Ligi, 2. Ligi i 3. ligi na sezon 2025/2026" (PDF). pzpn.pl (in Polish). Polish Football Association. p. 17. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
^ "Uchwała nr VI/86 z dnia 7 czerwca 2024 roku Zarządu Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej w sprawie przyjęcia Regulaminu Rozgrywek o Mistrzostwo 1. Ligi, 2. Ligi i 3. ligi na sezon 2024/2025" (PDF). pzpn.pl (in Polish). Polish Football Association. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[table_note_LGD0.58394086015594-2] Lechia Gdańsk were deducted 5 points due to financial arrears.^[1]

[1] "OFICJALNIE: Jest decyzja w sprawie Lechii Gdańsk. Ujemne punkty". transfery.info (in Polish). 16 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

[3] "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2024/2025" [Ekstraklasa rulebook for the 2024/2025 season] (PDF). amazonaws.com (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 3 December 2024.

[LeagueRules25-26-4] "Uchwała nr III/39 z dnia 31 marca 2025 roku Zarządu Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej w sprawie przyjęcia Regulaminu Rozgrywek o Mistrzostwo 1. Ligi, 2. Ligi i 3. ligi na sezon 2025/2026" (PDF). pzpn.pl (in Polish). Polish Football Association. p. 17. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

[LeagueRules-5] "Uchwała nr VI/86 z dnia 7 czerwca 2024 roku Zarządu Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej w sprawie przyjęcia Regulaminu Rozgrywek o Mistrzostwo 1. Ligi, 2. Ligi i 3. ligi na sezon 2024/2025" (PDF). pzpn.pl (in Polish). Polish Football Association. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

[6] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[7] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[8] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[9] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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2025–26 in Polish football
Teams in Europe
Lech Poznań Legia Warsaw Raków Częstochowa Jagiellonia Białystok
Poland national team
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

2025–26 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '25 '26 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '25 '26 Faroe Islands '25 '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '25 '26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '25 '26 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '25 (Final) '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 (Final) '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Liechtenstein Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '25 Final '25–'26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia '25 '26 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Europa League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Conference League qualifying 1st and 2nd rounds 3rd and play-off rounds league phase knockout phase final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 2026 Finalissima 2027 Euro Under-21 qualification 2026 Euro Under-19 qualification 2026 Euro Under-17 qualification

Football in Poland
Season	2025–26