List of Polish football champions

The Polish football champions are the annual winners of Poland's premier annual football competition. The title has been contested since 1920 in varying forms of competition. From 1921 to 1926 the championship was decided in a series of tournaments until the league was formed in 1927. Since then the title was awarded the winners of the highest league in Polish football. In 1951 the title was awarded to the winner of the Polish Cup.[1]

Pre-independence era (1913–1914)

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Before Poland regained its independence in 1918, Polish clubs had held their own championships in Austrian and Prussian partitions.

Galicia (Austrian partition)

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Competitions were organized by the original Polish Football Association, which was part of the Austrian Football Association.

Season Champions Runners-up Third Place Top scorer(s)
1913 Cracovia Wisła Kraków Pogoń Lwów
1914 Abandoned due to World War I, as of June 21, 1914, Cracovia was 1st, Czarni Lwów 2nd, and Pogoń Lwów 3rd.

Province of Posen (Prussian partition)

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Competitions were organized by Association of Polish Sports Societies for the German Reich (now Greater Poland Football Association, a part of Polish Football Association).

Not to be confused with Posen Football Championship, the regional competition organized by South Eastern German Association, a part of German Football Association in 1908–1914.

Season Champions
(number of titles)
Runners-up Third Place
1913 Warta Poznań Posnania Ostrovia
1914 Warta Poznań (2) Posnania Ostrovia[a]
1919 Unia Poznań Warta Poznań Posnania
  1. ^ Did not play any matches despite being in the competition.

Under German occupation (1940–1944)

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Warsaw Championship

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Season Champions Runners-up Third Place
1942 Polonia Warsaw Okęcie Warsaw Olimpia Warsaw
1943 Polonia Warsaw (2) Piaseczno Marymont Warsaw
1944 Abandoned due to Warsaw Uprising, as of the last played matchday, KS Grochów was 1st, Korona Warsaw 2nd, and Wawel Warsaw 3rd.

Kraków Championship

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Season Champions Runners-up Third Place
1940 Wisła Kraków Zwierzyniecki Kraków Garbarnia Kraków
1941 Wisła Kraków (2) Cracovia AKS Kraków
1943 Cracovia Wisła Kraków Garbarnia Kraków
1944 Abandoned due to Warsaw Uprising, as of July 30, 1944, Nadwiślan Kraków was 1st, Wisła Kraków 2nd, and Garbarnia Kraków 3rd.

List of champions

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Cracovia, 1921 champions
 
Pogoń Lwów, 1926 champions
 
Wisła Kraków, 1927 champions
 
Wisła Kraków, 1928 champions
 
Ruch Chorzów, 1938 champions
 
Ruch Chorzów, 1967–68 champions
 
Lech Poznań, 2014–15 champions

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:[2] [3][4][5][6][7][8] [9][10][11] [12][13][14][15]

Season Champions[1][16]
(number of titles)
Runners-up[1][16] Third Place[1][16] Top scorer(s)
1920 Final tournament not played due to the Polish–Soviet War.
1921 Cracovia Polonia Warsaw Warta Poznań Józef Kałuża (Cracovia): 9
1922 Pogoń Lwów Warta Poznań Cracovia and ŁKS Łódź Wacław Kuchar (Pogoń Lwów): 21
1923 Pogoń Lwów (2) Wisła Kraków Polonia Warsaw and Warta Poznań Mieczysław Batsch (Pogoń Lwów): 17
1924 Not played due to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
1925 Pogoń Lwów (3) Warta Poznań Wisła Kraków Henryk Reyman (Wisła Kraków): 11
1926 Pogoń Lwów (4) Polonia Warsaw Warta Poznań
1927 Wisła Kraków 1. FC Katowice Warta Poznań Henryk Reyman (Wisła Kraków): 37
1928 Wisła Kraków (2) Warta Poznań Legia Warsaw Ludwik Gintel (Cracovia): 28
1929 Warta Poznań Garbarnia Kraków Wisła Kraków Rochus Nastula (Czarni Lwów): 25
1930 Cracovia (2) Wisła Kraków Legia Warsaw Karol Kossok (Cracovia): 24
1931 Garbarnia Kraków Wisła Kraków Legia Warsaw Walerian Kisieliński (Wisła Kraków): 24
1932 Cracovia (3) Pogoń Lwów Warta Poznań Kajetan Kryszkiewicz (Warta Poznań): 16
1933 Ruch Wielkie Hajduki Pogoń Lwów Wisła Kraków Artur Woźniak (Wisła Kraków): 19
1934 Ruch Wielkie Hajduki (2) Cracovia Wisła Kraków Ernest Wilimowski (Ruch Wielkie Hajduki): 33
1935 Ruch Wielkie Hajduki (3) Pogoń Lwów Warta Poznań Michał Matyas (Pogoń Lwów): 22
1936 Ruch Wielkie Hajduki (4) Wisła Kraków Warta Poznań
1937 Cracovia (4) AKS Chorzów Ruch Wielkie Hajduki Artur Woźniak (Wisła Kraków): 12
1938 Ruch Wielkie Hajduki (5) Warta Poznań Wisła Kraków Teodor Peterek (Ruch Wielkie Hajduki): 21
1939 Abandoned due to World War II, as of August 31, 1939, Ruch Wielkie Hajduki was 1st, Wisła Kraków 2nd, and Pogoń Lwów 3rd. Ernest Wilimowski (Ruch Wielkie Hajduki): 26
1940–45 Not played due to World War II.
1946 Polonia Warsaw Warta Poznań AKS Chorzów Henryk Spodzieja (AKS Chorzów): 8
1947 Warta Poznań (2) Wisła Kraków AKS Chorzów Mieczysław Gracz (Wisła Kraków): 4
1948 Cracovia (5) Wisła Kraków Ruch Chorzów Józef Kohut (Wisła Kraków): 31
1949 Gwardia Kraków (3) Ogniwo Kraków Kolejarz Poznań Teodor Anioła (Kolejarz Poznań): 21
1950 Gwardia Kraków (4) Unia Chorzów Kolejarz Poznań Teodor Anioła (Kolejarz Poznań): 20
1951[nb 1] Unia Chorzów (6) Gwardia Kraków Budowlani Chorzów and Kolejarz Warsaw Henryk Spodzieja (Budowlani Chorzów): 7
1952 Unia Chorzów (7) Ogniwo Bytom Ogniwo Kraków Gerard Cieślik (Unia Chorzów): 11
1953 Unia Chorzów (8) OWKS Kraków Wisła Kraków Gerard Cieślik (Unia Chorzów): 24
1954 Ogniwo Bytom ŁKS-Włókniarz Łódź Unia Chorzów Ernest Pol (CWKS Warsaw): 24
1955 CWKS Warsaw Stal Sosnowiec Unia-Ruch Chorzów Stanisław Hachorek (Gwardia Warsaw): 16
1956 CWKS Warsaw (2) Ruch Chorzów Lechia Gdańsk Henryk Kempny (CWKS Warsaw): 21
1957 Górnik Zabrze Gwardia Warszawa ŁKS Łódź Lucjan Brychczy (Legia Warsaw): 19
1958 ŁKS Łódź Polonia Bytom Górnik Zabrze Władysław Soporek (ŁKS Łódź): 19
1959 Górnik Zabrze (2) Polonia Bytom Gwardia Warszawa
1960 Ruch Chorzów (9) Legia Warsaw Górnik Zabrze Marian Norkowski (Polonia Bydgoszcz): 17
1961 Górnik Zabrze (3) Polonia Bytom Legia Warsaw Ernest Pol (Górnik Zabrze): 24
1962 Polonia Bytom (2) Górnik Zabrze Zagłębie Sosnowiec Jan Liberda (Polonia Bytom): 16
1962–63 Górnik Zabrze (4) Ruch Chorzów Zagłębie Sosnowiec Marian Kielec (Pogoń Szczecin): 18
1963–64 Górnik Zabrze (5) Zagłębie Sosnowiec Odra Opole
1964–65 Górnik Zabrze (6) Szombierki Bytom Zagłębie Sosnowiec Lucjan Brychczy (Legia Warsaw): 20
1965–66 Górnik Zabrze (7) Wisła Kraków Polonia Bytom Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze): 23
1966–67 Górnik Zabrze (8) Zagłębie Sosnowiec Ruch Chorzów Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze): 18
1967–68 Ruch Chorzów (10) Legia Warsaw Górnik Zabrze Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze): 24
1968–69 Legia Warsaw (3) Górnik Zabrze Polonia Bytom Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze): 22
1969–70 Legia Warsaw (4) Ruch Chorzów Górnik Zabrze Andrzej Jarosik (Zagłębie Sosnowiec): 18
1970–71 Górnik Zabrze (9) Legia Warsaw Zagłębie Wałbrzych Andrzej Jarosik (Zagłębie Sosnowiec): 13
1971–72 Górnik Zabrze (10) Zagłębie Sosnowiec Legia Warsaw Ryszard Szymczak (Gwardia Warsaw): 16
1972–73 Stal Mielec Ruch Chorzów Gwardia Warszawa Grzegorz Lato (Stal Mielec): 13
1973–74 Ruch Chorzów (11) Górnik Zabrze Stal Mielec Zdzisław Kapka (Wisła Kraków): 15
1974–75 Ruch Chorzów (12) Stal Mielec Śląsk Wrocław Grzegorz Lato (Stal Mielec): 19
1975–76 Stal Mielec (2) GKS Tychy Wisła Kraków Kazimierz Kmiecik (Wisła Kraków): 20
1976–77 Śląsk Wrocław Widzew Łódź Górnik Zabrze Włodzimierz Mazur (Zagłębie Sosnowiec): 17
1977–78 Wisła Kraków (5) Śląsk Wrocław Lech Poznań Kazimierz Kmiecik (Wisła Kraków): 15
1978–79 Ruch Chorzów (13) Widzew Łódź Stal Mielec Kazimierz Kmiecik (Wisła Kraków): 17
1979–80 Szombierki Bytom Widzew Łódź Legia Warsaw Kazimierz Kmiecik (Wisła Kraków): 24
1980–81 Widzew Łódź Wisła Kraków Szombierki Bytom Krzysztof Adamczyk (Legia Warsaw): 18
1981–82 Widzew Łódź (2) Śląsk Wrocław Stal Mielec Grzegorz Kapica (Szombierki Bytom): 15
1982–83 Lech Poznań Widzew Łódź Ruch Chorzów
1983–84 Lech Poznań (2) Widzew Łódź Pogoń Szczecin Włodzimierz Ciołek (Górnik Wałbrzych): 14
1984–85 Górnik Zabrze (11) Legia Warsaw Widzew Łódź Leszek Iwanicki (Motor Lublin): 14
1985–86 Górnik Zabrze (12) Legia Warsaw Widzew Łódź Andrzej Zgutczyński (Górnik Zabrze): 20
1986–87 Górnik Zabrze (13) Pogoń Szczecin GKS Katowice Marek Leśniak (Pogoń Szczecin): 24
1987–88 Górnik Zabrze (14) GKS Katowice Legia Warsaw Dariusz Dziekanowski (Legia Warsaw): 20
1988–89 Ruch Chorzów (14) GKS Katowice Górnik Zabrze Krzysztof Warzycha (Ruch Chorzów): 24
1989–90 Lech Poznań (3) Zagłębie Lubin GKS Katowice Andrzej Juskowiak (Lech Poznań): 18
1990–91 Zagłębie Lubin Górnik Zabrze Wisła Kraków Tomasz Dziubiński (Wisła Kraków): 21
1991–92 Lech Poznań (4) GKS Katowice Widzew Łódź
1992–93 Lech Poznań[nb 2] (5) Legia Warsaw ŁKS Łódź Jerzy Podbrożny (Lech Poznań): 25
1993–94 Legia Warsaw (5) GKS Katowice Górnik Zabrze Zenon Burzawa (Miliarder Pniewy): 21
1994–95 Legia Warsaw (6) Widzew Łódź GKS Katowice Bogusław Cygan (Stal Mielec): 16
1995–96 Widzew Łódź (3) Legia Warsaw Hutnik Kraków Marek Koniarek (Widzew Łódź): 29
1996–97 Widzew Łódź (4) Legia Warsaw Odra Wodzisław Śląski Mirosław Trzeciak (ŁKS Łódź): 18
1997–98 ŁKS Łódź (2) Polonia Warsaw Wisła Kraków
1998–99 Wisła Kraków (6) Widzew Łódź Legia Warsaw Tomasz Frankowski (Wisła Kraków): 21
1999–2000 Polonia Warsaw (2) Wisła Kraków Ruch Chorzów Adam Kompała (Górnik Zabrze): 19
2000–01 Wisła Kraków (7) Pogoń Szczecin Legia Warsaw Tomasz Frankowski (Wisła Kraków): 18
2001–02 Legia Warsaw (7) Wisła Kraków Amica Wronki Maciej Żurawski (Wisła Kraków): 21
2002–03 Wisła Kraków (8) Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski GKS Katowice   Stanko Svitlica (Legia Warsaw): 24
2003–04 Wisła Kraków (9) Legia Warsaw Amica Wronki Maciej Żurawski (Wisła Kraków): 20
2004–05 Wisła Kraków (10) Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Legia Warsaw Tomasz Frankowski (Wisła Kraków): 25
2005–06 Legia Warsaw (8) Wisła Kraków Zagłębie Lubin Grzegorz Piechna (Korona Kielce): 21
2006–07 Zagłębie Lubin (2) GKS Bełchatów Legia Warsaw Piotr Reiss (Lech Poznań): 15
2007–08 Wisła Kraków (11) Legia Warsaw Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Paweł Brożek (Wisła Kraków): 23
2008–09 Wisła Kraków (12) Legia Warsaw Lech Poznań
2009–10 Lech Poznań (6) Wisła Kraków Ruch Chorzów Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznań): 18
2010–11 Wisła Kraków (13) Śląsk Wrocław Legia Warsaw Tomasz Frankowski (Jagiellonia Białystok): 14
2011–12 Śląsk Wrocław (2) Ruch Chorzów Legia Warsaw   Artjoms Rudņevs (Lech Poznań): 22
2012–13 Legia Warsaw (9) Lech Poznań Śląsk Wrocław   Róbert Demjan (Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała): 14
2013–14 Legia Warsaw (10) Lech Poznań Ruch Chorzów Marcin Robak (Piast Gliwice, Pogoń Szczecin): 22
2014–15 Lech Poznań (7) Legia Warsaw Jagiellonia Białystok Kamil Wilczek (Piast Gliwice): 20
2015–16 Legia Warsaw (11) Piast Gliwice Zagłębie Lubin   Nemanja Nikolić (Legia Warsaw): 28
2016–17 Legia Warsaw (12) Jagiellonia Białystok Lech Poznań
2017–18 Legia Warsaw (13) Jagiellonia Białystok Lech Poznań   Carlitos (Wisła Kraków): 24
2018–19 Piast Gliwice Legia Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk   Igor Angulo (Górnik Zabrze): 24
2019–20 Legia Warsaw (14) Lech Poznań Piast Gliwice   Christian Gytkjær (Lech Poznań): 24
2020–21 Legia Warsaw (15) Raków Częstochowa Pogoń Szczecin   Tomáš Pekhart (Legia Warsaw): 22
2021–22 Lech Poznań (8) Raków Częstochowa Pogoń Szczecin   Ivi (Raków Częstochowa): 20
2022–23 Raków Częstochowa Legia Warsaw Lech Poznań   Marc Gual (Jagiellonia Białystok): 16
2023–24 Jagiellonia Białystok Śląsk Wrocław Legia Warsaw   Erik Expósito (Śląsk Wrocław): 19

Winning clubs

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By number of championships

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Titles won by club (%)

  Legia Warsaw – 15 (15.63%)
  Górnik Zabrze – 14 (14.58%)
  Ruch Chorzów – 14 (14.58%)
  Wisła Kraków – 13 (13.54%)
  Lech Poznań – 8 (8.33%)
  Cracovia – 5 (5.21%)
  Pogoń Lwów – 4 (4.17%)
  Widzew Łódź – 4 (4.17%)
  ŁKS Łódź – 2 (2.08%)
  Polonia Bytom – 2 (2.08%)
  Stal Mielec – 2 (2.08%)
  Śląsk Wrocław – 2 (2.08%)
  Zagłębie Lubin – 2 (2.08%)
  Polonia Warsaw – 2 (2.08%)
  Warta Poznań – 2 (2.08%)
  Garbarnia Kraków – 1 (1.04%)
  Szombierki Bytom – 1 (1.04%)
  Piast Gliwice – 1 (1.04%)
  Raków Częstochowa – 1 (1.04%)
  Jagiellonia Białystok – 1 (1.04%)
Titles Team Season(s)
15 Legia Warsaw 1955, 1956, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21
14 Górnik Zabrze 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
Ruch Chorzów 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1988–89
13 Wisła Kraków 1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1977–78, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
8 Lech Poznań 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2021–22
5 Cracovia 1921, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1948
4 Pogoń Lwów 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926
Widzew Łódź 1980–81, 1981–82, 1995–96, 1996–97
2 ŁKS Łódź 1958, 1997–98
Polonia Bytom 1954, 1962
Stal Mielec 1972–73, 1975–76
Śląsk Wrocław 1976–77, 2011–12
Zagłębie Lubin 1990–91, 2006–07
Polonia Warsaw 1946, 1999–2000
Warta Poznań 1929, 1947
1 Garbarnia Kraków 1931
Szombierki Bytom 1979–80
Piast Gliwice 2018–19
Raków Częstochowa 2022–23
Jagiellonia Białystok 2023–24

Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division.
Italics indicates clubs not existing anymore.

By voivodeship

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Voivodeship Championships Clubs
Silesian 33 Ruch Chorzów (14), Górnik Zabrze (14), Polonia Bytom (2), Piast Gliwice (1), Raków Częstochowa (1), Szombierki Bytom (1)
Lesser Poland 19 Wisła Kraków (13), Cracovia (5), Garbarnia Kraków (1)
Masovian 17 Legia Warsaw (15), Polonia Warsaw (2)
Greater Poland 10 Lech Poznań (8), Warta Poznań (2)
Łódź 6 Widzew Łódź (4), ŁKS Łódź (2)
Lower Silesian 4 Śląsk Wrocław (2), Zagłębie Lubin (2)
Lwów 4 Pogoń Lwów (4)
Subcarpathian 2 Stal Mielec (2)
Podlachian 1 Jagiellonia Białystok (1)

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City Championships Clubs
Kraków 19 Wisła Kraków (13), Cracovia (5), Garbarnia Kraków (1)
Warsaw 17 Legia Warsaw (15), Polonia Warsaw (2)
Chorzów 14 Ruch Chorzów (14)
Zabrze 14 Górnik Zabrze (14)
Poznań 10 Lech Poznań (8), Warta Poznań (2)
Łódź 6 Widzew Łódź (4), ŁKS Łódź (2)
Lwów 4 Pogoń Lwów (4)
Bytom 3 Polonia Bytom (2), Szombierki Bytom (1)
Lubin 2 Zagłębie Lubin (2)
Mielec 2 Stal Mielec (2)
Wrocław 2 Śląsk Wrocław (2)
Białystok 1 Jagiellonia Białystok (1)
Częstochowa 1 Raków Częstochowa (1)
Gliwice 1 Piast Gliwice (1)

Honoured teams

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After 10 Polish Championship titles a representative Golden Star is placed above the team's badge to indicate 10 Polish Championship titles.

The current (as of July 2020) officially sanctioned Championship stars are:

Statistics

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Location of Polish football champions in Kraków

At the end of 2023–24 Ekstraklasa.

Rank Team Podium Appearances
1st 2nd 3rd
1. Legia Warsaw 15 14 13
2. Ruch Chorzów 14 6 9
3. Górnik Zabrze 14 4 7
4. Wisła Kraków 13 13 9
5. Lech Poznań 8 3 7
6. Cracovia 5 2 2
7. Widzew Łódź 4 7 3
8. Pogoń Lwów 4 3
9. Warta Poznań 2 5 7
10. Polonia Bytom 2 4 2
Śląsk Wrocław 2 4 2
12. Polonia Warsaw 2 3 2
13. ŁKS Łódź 2 1 3
Stal Mielec 2 1 3
15. Zagłębie Lubin 2 1 2
16. Jagiellonia Białystok 1 2 1
17. Raków Częstochowa 1 2
18. Piast Gliwice 1 1 1
Szombierki Bytom 1 1 1
20. Garbarnia Kraków 1 1
21. GKS Katowice 4 4
22. Zagłębie Sosnowiec 4 3
23. Pogoń Szczecin 2 3
24. Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski 2 1
25. AKS Chorzów 1 3
26. Gwardia Warsaw 1 2
26. 1. FC Katowice 1
GKS Bełchatów 1
GKS Tychy 1
Wawel Kraków 1
31. Amica Wronki 2
Lechia Gdańsk 2
33. Hutnik Kraków 1
Odra Opole 1
Odra Wodzisław Śląski 1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych 1

Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division.
Italics indicates clubs not existing anymore.

Source: 90minut

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In 1951, the Polish Football Association decided to give the Champion of Poland title to the winner of the Polish Cup, in order to increase the importance of the re-activated cup competition. Unia Chorzów was 6th in the league, but won the cup, beating 2-0 Gwardia Kraków in the final game.[17] However, in the league, Gwardia Kraków was first, Górnik Radlin second and CWKS Warsaw third.[1]
  2. ^ Lech Poznań won the championship after two final day games (Wisła Kraków vs Legia Warsaw 0–6; ŁKS Łódź vs Olimpia Poznań 7–1) had been cancelled due to the never proven allegations of "unsportsmanlike conduct during the game".[18]

References

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  2. ^ "Poland 2001/02".
  3. ^ "Poland 2002/03".
  4. ^ "Poland 2003/04".
  5. ^ "Poland 2004/05".
  6. ^ "Poland 2005/06".
  7. ^ "Poland 2006/07".
  8. ^ "Poland 2007/08".
  9. ^ "Poland 2008/09".
  10. ^ "Poland 2009/10".
  11. ^ "Poland 2010/11".
  12. ^ "Poland 2011/12".
  13. ^ "Poland 2012/13".
  14. ^ "Poland 2013/14".
  15. ^ "Poland 2014/15".
  16. ^ a b c "90minut.pl".
  17. ^ "Historia / Puchar Polski / Rozgrywki klubowe / Strona główna - Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej". Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  18. ^ 90minut.pl
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