The 2025–26 Ekstraklasa (also known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to sponsorship reasons) was the 100th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 92nd season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 18th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa S.A.
Lech Poznań, the defending champions, won their second consecutive title after a 3–1 win over Radomiak Radom on 16 May 2026. The season's runner-ups were Górnik Zabrze, with Jagiellonia Białystok finishing third.
Season overview The season started on 18 July 2025 with a match between Jagiellonia Białystok and Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza and concluded on 23 May 2026.
The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 18 teams participated, 15 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous season, while the remaining three were promoted from the I liga. Each team played a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away. It was the ninth Ekstraklasa season to use VAR.
Teams A total of 18 teams participated in the 2025–26 edition of the Ekstraklasa.
The first team to win promotion from 2024–25 I liga was Arka Gdynia after a win over Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza on 4 May 2025, returning to the top flight after five years of absence. The second promoted team was Bruk-Bet Termalica, following Wisła Płock's draw with Górnik Łęczna on 17 May 2025. Bruk-Bet Termalica returned to the top flight after a three-year absence. Wisła Płock became the third and final promoted team after the victory in play-off against Miedź Legnica on 1 June 2025, returning to the top flight after two years of absence.
On 11 May 2025, the first two relegated teams to 2025–26 I liga, at the same time, were Śląsk Wrocław and Stal Mielec. Following Lechia Gdańsk's win over Korona Kielce, both Śląsk and Stal's relegations were confirmed, after respective spells of seventeen and five years in the top flight. The last team to be relegated, after losing to Stal Mielec on 12 May 2025, was Puszcza Niepołomice, ending their top flight run after two seasons.
Promoted from2024–25 I liga Relegated from2024–25 Ekstraklasa Arka Gdynia Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Wisła Płock Stal Mielec Śląsk Wrocław Puszcza Niepołomice
Stadiums and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity Arka Gdynia Gdynia GOSiR Stadium 15,139 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Nieciecza Bruk-Bet Stadium 4,666 Cracovia Kraków Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium 15,016 GKS Katowice Katowice Arena Katowice 15,048 Górnik Zabrze Zabrze Ernest Pohl Stadium 28,236 Jagiellonia Białystok Białystok Chorten Arena 22,372 Korona Kielce Kielce Exbud Arena 15,700 Lech Poznań Poznań Enea Stadium 42,837 Lechia Gdańsk Gdańsk Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk 41,620 Legia Warsaw Warsaw Polish Army Stadium 31,006 Motor Lublin Lublin Motor Lublin Arena 15,247 Piast Gliwice Gliwice Piotr Wieczorek Stadium 9,913 Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin Florian Krygier Stadium 21,163 Radomiak Radom Radom Czachor Brothers Stadium 14,440 Raków Częstochowa Częstochowa Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków 5,500 Widzew Łódź Łódź Widzew Łódź Stadium 18,018 Wisła Płock Płock 15,004 Zagłębie Lubin Lubin KGHM Zagłębie Arena 16,086 Upgrading to 31,871.
Arka Bruk-Bet Cracovia GKS Katowice Górnik Jagiellonia GOSiR Stadium Bruk-Bet Stadium Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium Arena Katowice Ernest Pohl Stadium Chorten Arena Capacity: 15,139 Capacity: 4,666 Capacity: 15,016 Capacity: 15,048 Capacity: 28,236 Capacity: 22,372 Korona Lech Lechia Legia Motor Piast Exbud Arena Enea Stadium Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk Polish Army Stadium Motor Lublin Arena Piotr Wieczorek Stadium Capacity: 15,700 Capacity: 42,837 Capacity: 41,620 Capacity: 31,006 Capacity: 15,247 Capacity: 9,913 Pogoń Radomiak Raków Widzew Wisła Zagłębie Florian Krygier Stadium Czachor Brothers Stadium Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków Widzew Łódź Stadium Kazimierz Górski Orlen Stadium KGHM Zagłębie Arena Capacity: 21,163 Capacity: 14,440 Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 18,018 Capacity: 15,004 Capacity: 16,086
Personnel and kits All teams have Lotto (brand of Totalizator Sportowy) placed on the center of the chest.
Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsorsMainOther(s) Arka Gdynia Wojciech Pertkiewicz Dariusz Banasik Dawid Gojny Macron Gdynia, Energa Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Danuta Witkowska Marcin Brosz Artem Putivtsev Adidas Bruk-Bet Cracovia Bartosz Grzelak Otar Kakabadze Puma Comarch GKS Katowice Sławomir Witek Rafał Górak Arkadiusz Jędrych Macron Superbet Górnik Zabrze Michal Gašparík Erik Janža Capelli Sport Superbet, Madej Wróbel Jagiellonia Białystok Adrian Siemieniec Taras Romanczuk Kappa Superbet, Kuchnia Wikinga Korona Kielce Leszek Czarny Jacek Zieliński Nono 4F Imperium Truck Matysek, EXBUD Lech Poznań Karol Klimczak Piotr Rutkowski Niels Frederiksen Mikael Ishak Macron Superbet Lechia Gdańsk Paolo Urfer John Carver Rifet Kapić Adidas zondacrypto Legia Warsaw Dariusz Mioduski Marek Papszun Artur Jędrzejczyk Adidas Plus500 Motor Lublin Zbigniew Jakubas Mateusz Stolarski Bartosz Wolski Hummel Lublin, Maspo Piast Gliwice Łukasz Lewiński Daniel Myśliwiec Jakub Czerwiński 4F Lebull, Betters Pogoń Szczecin Alexander Haditaghi Thomas Thomasberg Kamil Grosicki Capelli Sport Port Szczecin-Świnoujście, zondacrypto Radomiak Radom Sławomir Stempniewski Bruno Baltazar Leândro Adidas Enea Raków Częstochowa Wojciech Cygan Dawid Kroczek Zoran Arsenić Adidas Hisense, Exact x Forestall Widzew Łódź Michał Rydz Aleksandar Vuković Bartłomiej Pawłowski Macron Newport by Panattoni, TERMOton Wisła Płock Piotr Sadczuk Mariusz Misiura Łukasz Sekulski Adidas Orlen Zagłębie Lubin Paweł Jeż Leszek Ojrzyński Damian Dąbrowski Nike KGHM
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Piast Gliwice Aleksandar VukovićEnd of contract30 June 2025Pre-season 1 July 2025 Cracovia Dawid Kroczek Luka Elsner Legia Warsaw Gonçalo Feio Górnik Zabrze Piotr Gierczak Michal Gašparík Widzew Łódź Željko SopićSacked 25 August 2025 9th Patryk Czubak 26 August 2025 Pogoń Szczecin Robert Kolendowicz 16 September 2025 9th Tomasz Grzegorczyk 17 September 2025 Tomasz Grzegorczyk End of caretaker spell 30 September 2025 13th Thomas Thomasberg 30 September 2025 Widzew Łódź Patryk CzubakSacked 15 October 2025 11th Igor Jovićević 15 October 2025 Piast Gliwice Max Mölder 23 October 2025 18th Daniel Myśliwiec 23 October 2025 Radomiak Radom João HenriquesMutual consent 30 October 2025 11th Gonçalo Feio 30 October 2025 Legia Warsaw 31 October 2025 10th Iñaki Astiz 31 October 2025 Iñaki Astiz End of caretaker spell 19 December 2025 17th Marek Papszun 19 December 2025 Raków Częstochowa Marek Papszun Signed by Legia Warsaw 4th Łukasz Tomczyk 22 December 2025 Widzew Łódź Igor Jovićević Sacked 5 March 2026 17th Aleksandar Vuković 5 March 2026 Radomiak Radom Gonçalo Feio Resigned 10 March 2026 10th Kiko Ramírez 10 March 2026 Arka Gdynia Dawid Szwarga Mutual consent 25 March 2026 16th Dariusz Banasik 1 April 2026 Radomiak Radom Kiko Ramírez Sacked 27 March 2026 14th Bruno Baltazar 27 March 2026 Cracovia Luka Elsner Mutual consent 20 April 2026 13th Bartosz Grzelak 20 April 2026 Raków Częstochowa Łukasz Tomczyk Sacked 3 May 2026 5th Dawid Kroczek 4 May 2026 Italics for interim managers.
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Tomáš BobčekLechia Gdańsk202 Karol CzubakMotor Lublin183 Jonatan Braut BrunesRaków Częstochowa16 Mikael IshakLech Poznań5 Afimico PululuJagiellonia Białystok156 Sebastian BergierWidzew Łódź147 Jesús ImazJagiellonia Białystok138 Luis PalmaLech Poznań109 Dawid BłanikKorona Kielce9 Bartosz NowakGKS Katowice Leonardo RochaZagłębie Lubin (7)Raków Częstochowa (2)
Clean sheets RankPlayerTeamClean sheets1 Sebastian MadejskiCracovia132 Jasmin BurićZagłębie Lubin10 Marcel ŁubikGórnik Zabrze Bartosz MrozekLech Poznań5 Sławomir AbramowiczJagiellonia Białystok9 Xavier DziekońskiKorona Kielce Rafał StrączekGKS Katowice8 Valentin CojocaruPogoń Szczecin7 Rafał LeszczyńskiWisła Płock František PlachPiast Gliwice
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Tomáš Bobček Lechia Gdańsk Lech Poznań 3–4 (H) 26 July 2025 Fran Álvarez Widzew Łódź Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza 2–4 (A) 4 October 2025 Edu Espiau Arka Gdynia Lech Poznań 3–1 (H) 9 November 2025 Abdoul Tapsoba Radomiak Radom Lechia Gdańsk 3–1 (H) 4 May 2026
Attendances
Awards Monthly awards
Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamJuly 2025 Ajdin HasićCracoviaAugust 2025 Jesús ImazJagiellonia BiałystokSeptember 2025 Jesús ImazJagiellonia BiałystokOctober 2025 Kamil GrosickiPogoń SzczecinNovember 2025 Tomáš BobčekLechia GdańskFebruary 2026 Bartosz NowakGKS KatowiceMarch 2026 Mikael IshakLech PoznańApril 2026 Ali GholizadehLech PoznańMay 2026 Maksym KhlanGórnik Zabrze
Young Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamJuly 2025 Marcel RegułaZagłębie LubinAugust 2025 Oskar PietuszewskiJagiellonia BiałystokSeptember 2025 Oskar PietuszewskiJagiellonia BiałystokOctober 2025 Marcel RegułaZagłębie LubinNovember 2025 Miłosz PiekutowskiJagiellonia BiałystokFebruary 2026 Wojciech MońkaLech PoznańMarch 2026 Filip LubereckiMotor LublinApril 2026 Michał GurgulLech PoznańMay 2026 Wojciech MońkaLech Poznań
Coach of the Month MonthCoachTeamJuly 2025 Mariusz MisiuraWisła PłockAugust 2025 Adrian SiemieniecJagiellonia BiałystokSeptember 2025 Jacek ZielińskiKorona KielceOctober 2025 Michal GašparíkGórnik ZabrzeNovember 2025 Marek PapszunRaków CzęstochowaFebruary 2026 Leszek OjrzyńskiZagłębie LubinMarch 2026 Mateusz StolarskiMotor LublinApril 2026 Michal GašparíkGórnik ZabrzeMay 2026 Marek PapszunLegia Warsaw
Annual awards AwardPlayerClubPlayer of the Season Bartosz NowakGKS KatowiceYoung Player of the Season Marcel RegułaZagłębie LubinGoalkeeper of the Season Xavier DziekońskiKorona KielceDefender of the Season Wojciech MońkaLech PoznańMidfielder of the Season Bartosz NowakGKS KatowiceForward of the Season Karol CzubakMotor LublinCoach of the Season Niels FrederiksenLech Poznań Team of the Season The Polish Footballers' Association (PZP) announced the results of the "Piłkarze Wybierają 2025/2026" players' poll for the PKO BP Ekstraklasa. Team of the Season Goalkeeper Bartosz Mrozek(Lech Poznań) Defenders Erik Janža(Górnik Zabrze) Wojciech Mońka(Lech Poznań) Rafał Janicki(Górnik Zabrze) Joel Pereira(Lech Poznań) Midfielders Bartosz Nowak(GKS Katowice) Patrik Hellebrand(Górnik Zabrze) Ali Gholizadeh(Lech Poznań) Forwards Tomáš Bobček(Lechia Gdańsk) Karol Czubak(Motor Lublin) Mikael Ishak(Lech Poznań)
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)4GKS Katowice, Górnik Zabrze, Piast Gliwice, Raków Częstochowa3Legia Warsaw, Radomiak Radom, Wisła Płock2Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza, CracoviaArka Gdynia, Lechia Gdańsk1Lech PoznańZagłębie LubinMotor LublinWidzew ŁódźJagiellonia BiałystokKorona KielcePogoń Szczecin
See also 2025–26 I liga 2025–26 II liga 2025–26 III liga 2025–26 Polish Cup 2025 Polish Super Cup
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