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PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2026-2027

Location

Poland

Abbreviation

POL1

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Summary

The Ekstraklasa (POL1), or PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland's football system. At the end of the 2026-2027 POL1 season, the POL1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027-2028 UEFA Champions League - Playoff Round:
- 1st place 2026-2027 POL1 team
2027-2028 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd place 2026-2027 POL1 team
2027-2028 UEFA Europa League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 3rd place 2026-2027 POL1 team
2027-2028 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 3rd and 4th place 2026-2027 POL1 teams

The winner of the 2026-2027 Puchar Polski (Polish Cup), typically a POL1 team, also receives a berth in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the 2027-2028 UEFA Europa League.

Leagues Pyramid - Poland

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
POL1	Ekstraklasa	18
POL2	Betclic 1 liga (I liga polska)	18
POL3	Betclic 2 liga (II liga)	18
POL4	Betclic 3 (III liga)	72

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 25 Jul 2026 - 22 May 2027			18: POL1 (15), POL2 (3)

Season Format

In the 2026-2027 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 2026-2027 POL1 season, the 16th, 17th, and 18th place POL1 teams will be relegated directly to the POL2.

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		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	Śląsk Wroclaw	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
2	GKS Katowice	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
3	GKS Piast Gilwice	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
4	Jagiellonia Bialystok	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
5	KGHM Zagłębie Lubin	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
6	Korona Kielce	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
7	KS Cracovia	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
8	KS Górnik Zabrze	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
9	Lech Poznań	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
10	Legia Warszawa	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
11	MKS Pogón Szczecin	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
12	Motor Lublin SA	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
13	Raków Częstochowa	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
14	RKS Radomiak Radom	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
15	RTS Widzew łódź	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
16	Wieczysta Kraków	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
17	Wisła Kraków	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
18	Wisła Płock SA	0	0 -0-0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0 -0-0	0	0	0	0
2027-2028 UEFACL 2027-2028 UEFAEL 2027-2028 UEFAECL Relegation to POL2