
Summary
The Ekstraklasa (POL1), or PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland's football system. At the end of the 2024-2025 POL1 season, the POL1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2024-2025 POL1 team
- 2025-2026 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2024-2025 POL1 teams
The winner of the 2024-2025 Puchar Polski (Polish Cup), typically a POL1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2025-2026 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Leagues Pyramid - Poland
Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
---|---|---|
POL1 | Ekstraklasa | 18 |
POL2 | Fortuna liga (I liga polska) | 18 |
POL3 | Druga liga (II liga) | 18 |
POL4 | Trzecia liga (III liga) | 72 |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
Regular 19 Jul 2024 - 23 May 2025 | 16: POL1 (15), POL2 (3) |
Season Format
In the 2024-2025 POL1 season, each team plays Home-Away matches with the other 17 POL1 teams for a total of 34 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head-to-head goal difference, (3) goal difference, (4) total goals scored, (5) number of wins, (6) number of away wins, (7) lower number of points based on yellow (1 pt for first yellow) and red cards (3 pts), (8) Fairplay ranking, then (9) a drawing.
Playoffs
Not applicable.
Relegation
At the end of the 2024-2025 POL1 season, the 16th, 17th, and 18th place POL1 teams will be relegated directly to the POL2.
More Info...
League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | Lech Poznań | 21 | 13 -2-6 | 41 | - | 37 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 9 -0-2 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
2 | Raków Częstochowa | 21 | 11 -7-3 | 40 | - | 27 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 -4-0 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
3 | Jagiellonia Bialystok | 20 | 11 -5-4 | 38 | - | 38 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 5 -2-3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
4 | Legia Warszawa | 21 | 10 -6-5 | 36 | - | 39 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 7 -2-2 | 23 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
5 | KS Cracovia | 21 | 9 -7-5 | 34 | - | 38 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 3 -5-3 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 6 -2-2 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
6 | KS Górnik Zabrze | 21 | 10 -4-7 | 34 | - | 30 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 6 -2-3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | -1 |
7 | MKS Pogón Szczecin | 20 | 10 -3-7 | 33 | - | 29 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 9 -1-1 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 -2-6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
8 | GKS Katowice | 20 | 8 -5-7 | 29 | - | 30 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
9 | Motor Lublin SA | 20 | 8 -5-7 | 29 | - | 28 | 32 | -4 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 15 | 19 | -4 |
10 | GlKS Piast Gilwice | 20 | 7 -7-6 | 28 | - | 22 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 3 -5-2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
11 | RTS Widzew łódź | 21 | 7 -5-9 | 26 | - | 26 | 33 | -7 | 10 | 5 -2-3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 -3-6 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -9 |
12 | Korona Kielce | 21 | 5 -8-8 | 23 | - | 18 | 29 | -11 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 11 | 2 -6-3 | 12 | 9 | 16 | -7 |
13 | FKS Stal Mielec | 20 | 6 -4-10 | 22 | - | 21 | 26 | -5 | 10 | 5 -3-2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 -1-8 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -9 |
14 | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin | 20 | 6 -4-10 | 22 | - | 18 | 29 | -11 | 9 | 4 -1-4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 | 2 -3-6 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -10 |
15 | RKS Radomiak Radom | 21 | 6 -3-12 | 21 | - | 26 | 35 | -9 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 3 -0-8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -11 |
16 | MKS Puszcza Niepoŀomice | 21 | 4 -7-10 | 19 | - | 19 | 31 | -12 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 11 | 1 -3-7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -11 |
17 | Lechia Gdańsk | 20 | 4 -6-10 | 18 | - | 20 | 34 | -14 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 10 | 1 -4-5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -8 |
18 | Śląsk Wroclaw | 21 | 2 -8-11 | 14 | - | 19 | 32 | -13 | 11 | 2 -4-5 | 10 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 10 | 0 -4-6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -10 |
2025-2026 UEFACL 2025-2026 UEFAECL Relegation to POL2 |
Fixtures
![]() | FT | MKS Pogón Szczecin![]() | Stadion Miejski im Grzegorza Lato |
![]() | GlKS Piast Gilwice![]() | Stadion ul Bukowa |
![]() | Motor Lublin SA![]() | Chorten Arena |
![]() | Lechia Gdańsk![]() | Stadion Zagłębia Lubin |
![]() | FKS Stal Mielec![]() | Stadion Miejski w Gliwicach |
![]() | KS Górnik Zabrze![]() | Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków |
![]() | Śląsk Wroclaw![]() | Stadion Miejski (Kielce) |
![]() | MKS Pogón Szczecin![]() | Stadion Miejski Widzewa ijódź |
![]() | Legia Warszawa![]() | Stadion Radomiaka |
![]() | MKS Puszcza Niepoŀomice![]() | Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk |
![]() | Jagiellonia Bialystok![]() | Stadion Miejski Widzewa ijódź |
![]() | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin![]() | Enea Stadion |
![]() | GKS Katowice![]() | Arena Lublin |
![]() | KS Cracovia![]() | Arena Zabrze |
![]() | RTS Widzew łódź![]() | Stadion Radomiaka |
![]() | Korona Kielce![]() | Stadion Miejski im Grzegorza Lato |
![]() | Lech Poznań![]() | Stadion Miejski im Floriana Krygiera |
![]() | GlKS Piast Gilwice![]() | Stadion Zagłębia Lubin |
![]() | Motor Lublin SA![]() | Stadion Marshall Józef Płlsudski |
![]() | Śląsk Wroclaw![]() | Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskieg |
Results
![]() | 20 | MKS Puszcza Niepoŀomice![]() | Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskieg |
![]() | 32 | RKS Radomiak Radom![]() | Arena Zabrze |
![]() | 30 | RTS Widzew łódź![]() | Tarczyński Arena |
![]() | 01 | Raków Częstochowa![]() | Enea Stadion |
![]() | 11 | Korona Kielce![]() | Stadion Miejski Widzewa ijódź |
![]() | 12 | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin![]() | Stadion Marshall Józef Płlsudski |
![]() | 10 | Lech Poznań![]() | Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk |
![]() | 11 | KS Cracovia![]() | Stadion Miejski Widzewa ijódź |
![]() | 10 | Motor Lublin SA![]() | Stadion Miejski (Kielce) |
![]() | 10 | Legia Warszawa![]() | Stadion Miejski w Gliwicach |
![]() | 12 | GKS Katowice![]() | Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków |
![]() | 11 | Śląsk Wroclaw![]() | Stadion Radomiaka |
![]() | 30 | KS Górnik Zabrze![]() | Stadion Miejski im Floriana Krygiera |
![]() | 21 | Jagiellonia Bialystok![]() | Stadion Miejski im Grzegorza Lato |
![]() | 13 | GlKS Piast Gilwice![]() | Tarczyński Arena |
![]() | 11 | Korona Kielce![]() | Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskieg |
![]() | 50 | RKS Radomiak Radom![]() | Chorten Arena |
![]() | 11 | MKS Puszcza Niepoŀomice![]() | Arena Zabrze |
![]() | 10 | KGHM Zagłębie Lubin![]() | Stadion Miejski im Floriana Krygiera |
![]() | 00 | Raków Częstochowa![]() | Stadion Miejski Widzewa ijódź |