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The Ekstraklasa or T-Mobile Ekstraklasa (tiˈmɔ(w)bail ɛkstraˈklasa) for sponsorship reasons, is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Polish football league system

Football in Poland

Football is the most popular sport in Poland. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the Polish national football team played its first international match in 1921.There are hundreds of...

, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

with the I Liga. The Ekstraklasa season starts in late July, and ends in May the following year, teams play a total of 30 games each. The Ekstraklasa (former I liga) was formed as Liga Piłki Nożnej (ˈlʲiga ˈpiwki ˈnɔʐnɛj) (LPN) on 1 March 1927 in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, but Polish Championships as non-league competition and The Polish Football Federation PZPN (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej

Polish Football Association

The Polish Football Association is the governing body of football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues , the Polish Cup, the Polish SuperCup, the Polish League Cup, and the Polish national football team...

) had been organized on 20 December 1919 in Warsaw

Warsaw

, a year after the independence of Poland in 1918. First, historic games of the freshly created league took place on April 3, 1927.

A total of 78 clubs have played in the top division of polish football since the founding of the league in 1927, of which, 16 clubs have won the title. The current champions are Wisła Kraków, who won their 14th title in 2010–11.

Creation of the Polish Football League

In December 1926 in Warsaw, representatives from several Polish clubs met each other. The purpose of this meeting was simple - to discuss about possibility of creating a Soccer League. Now, it is impossible to speculate, who and why came up with this idea (some say this was due to numerous changes, introduced at that time in Poland, after the May Coup). Obviously, a League was a much more practical solution than hitherto practiced two-stage (regional and then central) games.

To dismay of clubs’ officials, PZPN did not like the idea of the League and the Association wanted to thwart it. However, it turned out that virtually all but one Polish club supported the League and decided to create it, no matter what PZPN's representatives thought of it. In late February 1927, at the PZPN's meeting in Warsaw, its officials openly opposed the League, but the clubs, allegedly egged on by some generals from Polish Army (which, after May Coup of 1926, played a key role in all aspects of public life), would not obey. The creation of the League was announced on March 1, 1927.

Cracovia Kraków

It has been mentioned that all clubs but one supported the League. The only opponent was Cracovia - a very influential and strong organization in Polish soccer of the 1920s. Cracovia's boycott was because its director, Dr. Edward Cetnarowski

Edward Cetnarowski

Edward Cetnarowski was a Polish sports official, gynaecologist and one of most famous personalities of the sports club Cracovia. He was born October 3, 1877 in Rzeszów and died September 3, 1933 in Kraków....

, at the same time held the post of the director of PZPN.

It must be mentioned that Cetnarowski was a personality known not only in Poland, but also in other countries. It was due to his efforts that in September 1923 his beloved club, Cracovia, went on a tour to Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

. The Kraków side's results were impressive - a 1-1 tie with FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

and a 0-1 loss to Real Madrid

Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

. In October, also thanks to Cetnarowski, FC Sevilla came to Kraków and lost 2-3 to Cracovia.

Early years of the League - dominance of Wisła Kraków

Games of first, historic League Championships started on April 3, 1927. All major teams (except for Cracovia) took part in it. This is the list of the teams (in the order given below the League finished in November 1927):

Wisła Kraków
1. FC Katowice
1. FC Katowice
1. FC Kattowitz was an ethnically German association football club playing in what was Kattowitz, Silesia Province in Germany and was active during the inter-war period and World War II when the two countries struggled over control of the region...
Warta Poznań
Warta Poznan
Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
Pogoń Lwów
Pogon Lwów
LKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...
Legia Warsaw
Klub Turystow Łódź
ŁKS Łódź
Polonia Warsaw
Czarni Lwów
Czarni Lwów
Czarni Lwów was one of the first Polish professional sports clubs with the well developed football section as well as hockey among the several other sports. The football club was started in the late 19th century in Lwów as a school football section Sława Lwów...
Toruński KS Toruń
Torunski KS
Toruński KS is a defunct Polish sports club from Toruń, which in the late 1920s played in the Polish Soccer League for two years ....
Hasmonea Lwów
Hasmonea Lwów
Hasmonea Lwów was a Polish-Jewish sports club based in the city of Lwów . Created in 1908, it was the first sports club exclusively for Jewish members. It was named after the Hasmonean royal dynasty...
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
Warszawianka Warsaw
Warszawianka Warszawa
Klub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...
Jutrzenka Kraków
Jutrzenka Kraków
Jutrzenka Kraków was a Jewish minority Polish football club during the interwar period. The club existed until 1939. Fans and players of the club were generally associated with the Bund political party. The main rival of Jutrzenka was the club Makkabi Kraków, which was associated with the Zionist...

Polish-German rivalry symbolized by Wisła Kraków and 1.FC Katowice

In this first, historic season of the League, fight for Championship was decided between two powerful teams - Wisła Kraków and 1.FC Katowice. This rivalry was treated very seriously, not only by the two sides involved, but also by the whole nation. 1.FC was regarded as the team supported by German minority, while Wisła, at the end of this historic season, represented ambitions of all Poles.

Some time in the fall of 1927 in Katowice, an ill-fated game between 1.FC and Wisła took place. Stakes were very high - the winner would become the Champion. Kraków's side won 2–0 and became the Champion. 1.FC finished second, third was Warta Poznań.

1928-1939 Silesian Dominance

In 1928 Cracovia finally decided to enter the League, which was gladly accepted by all fans of soccer. However, Championships were once again won by Wisła, with such excellent players as Henryk Reyman

Henryk Reyman

Henryk Tomasz Reyman was an attacking soccer player, sports official and military officer. He fought in World War I in the Austrian Army, then in the Polish Army in the Polish-Soviet War, and also participated in the Silesian Uprisings.-Sports career:He came to Wisła in 1910 and remained with the...

, Mieczyslaw Balcer and Jan Kotlarczyk. Warta Poznań was second and Legia Warsaw third. This was also the last year of 1.FC's glory. The team finished fifth, to be relegated forever at the end of 1929 season.

In 1929 yet another team (after Cracovia, Pogon Lwów and Wisła) was added to the list of Champions of Poland. This time it was Warta Poznań

Warta Poznan

Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...

, which finished one point ahead of Garbarnia Kraków

Garbarnia Kraków

RKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...

.

However, after the last game, on December 1, 1929, it was Garbarnia Kraków that was celebrating the Championship. Two weeks later, in mid-December, PZPN's officials changed the result of the Warta - Klub Turystow Łódź game. Originally, Warta lost 1-2, but due to walk-over (it was decided that one of Łódź's players did not have all necessary documents), this was changed to 3-0 in favor of Poznań's side. As a result of the decision, Warta (with 33 points) became the Champion, Garbarnia finished second with 32 points and Klub Turystow was relegated.

In 1930, Cracovia regained Championship, (to repeat this success in 1932) and a year later another Kraków's side, Garbarnia, won the League. It is clear that the 1927-1932 period was marked by dominance of teams from Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

. During this time, only once (Warta Poznań, 1929) the Championship was won by a side from a different city. The 1931 Champion, Garbarnia, was unique as this was the first time that the League had been won by a side whose all players had been bought from other teams.

As has been said, the early 1930s marked a decline of the dominance of Kraków and Lwów as centers of Polish soccer. The point of gravity slowly moved towards west - to Polish part of Upper Silesia, which had belonged to Poland since 1921 (see: Silesian Uprisings

Silesian Uprisings

The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...

). In 1932 the champion was Cracovia, but starting in 1933, Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

(then: Ruch Wielkie Hajduki) completely dominated the league, being the champion for 4 times in a row.

Ruch, with such excellent players as Teodor Peterek

Teodor Peterek

Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...

, Ernest Wilimowski

Ernest Wilimowski

Ernst Willimowski was a football player who played for both the Polish and German national teams....

and Gerard Wodarz

Gerard Wodarz

Gerard Wodarz was one of the best soccer players of interwar Poland. He was a multiple champion of the country and also played 28 games on the Polish national football team, scoring 9 goals.He was born in 1913 in Wielkie Hajduki Gerard Wodarz (August 10, 1913 – November 8, 1982) was one of...

was by far the best team in those years. For example, in 1934 it finished seven points ahead of second Cracovia. Other important teams of these years were: Cracovia Kraków, Wisła Kraków, Pogoń Lwów

Pogon Lwów

LKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów , and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the second oldest Polish football club behind other teams from Lwów - Czarni and Lechia...

and Warta Poznań

Warta Poznan

.

In 1933 and 1934 there were 12 teams in the League. In 1935 this number was cut to 11 and in 1936 - to 10. Soccer officials did it on purpose - with fewer teams, the competition was supposed to be harder, which would attract fans to the stadiums. However, supporters’ turnout was not impressive, with Ruch Chorzów as the most popular team, both at home and away.

In late 1935 (the league held its games in the spring-summer-fall system) fans were shocked to find that Cracovia, the legend of this sport, was relegated to the A-class. Kraków's side absence lasted for a year - it returned in 1937, to became the champion.

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

was still the dominant team, winning the Championships in 1936 and 1938. In 1937 Ruch's streak of four consecutive champions was broken by Cracovia, and in 1939 the championships were not finished. By August 31, 1939, after some 12 games, Ruch was the leader of the 10-team League. Last games of this summer occurred on August 20. Then, a break was planned, because the National Team was going to play a few international friendlies. Games were to be re-introduced on September 10.

This is the list of the ten teams that participated in last, historic games for Championships of interwar Poland. Teams are presented according to their position on the table, as of August 31, 1939:

1. Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

.

2. Wisła Kraków.

3. Pogoń Lwów

Pogon Lwów

.

4. AKS Chorzów

AKS Chorzów

AKS Chorzów is a sports club in based in Chorzów, Poland. It is one of the earliest sports organizations in Upper Silesia and is still well-known nationally for its football and handball teams...

.

5. Warta Poznań

Warta Poznan

.

6. Cracovia.

7. Polonia Warsaw.

8. Garbarnia Kraków

Garbarnia Kraków

.

9. Warszawianka Warsaw

Warszawianka Warszawa

Klub Sportowy Warszawianka is a former Polish multi-sport club from Warsaw. Founded in 1921 by the famous Warsaw families of Luxemburgs and Loths . Hues - black-white, the logo consisted of a black capital letter W.-History:At first, the club's main effort was concentrated on football...

.

10. Union Touring Łódź.

After World War II

It must be mentioned that as a result of the Second World War, the borders of Poland changed significantly. Lwów

Lviv

Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

, one of the centers of Polish soccer (with such teams as Pogoń Lwów

Pogon Lwów

, Czarni Lwów

Czarni Lwów

Czarni Lwów was one of the first Polish professional sports clubs with the well developed football section as well as hockey among the several other sports. The football club was started in the late 19th century in Lwów as a school football section Sława Lwów...

and Lechia Lwów

Lechia Lwów

Lechia Lwów was the first Polish professional football club, founded on summer 1903 in Lwów....

) was annexed by Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

and all these teams ceased to exist. Lwów's soccer officials and players moved westwards, creating such clubs as Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

, Odra Opole

Odra Opole

Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish First League...

and Pogoń Szczecin

Pogon Szczecin

MKS Pogoń Szczecin is a Polish professional football club, based in Szczecin, Poland. The club was founded by Poles from Lwów , who had been transferred west after the Soviet annexation of Poland's eastern territories in 1945. The founders of Pogoń Szczecin had previously been supporters of Pogoń...

(see: Recovered Territories

Recovered Territories

Recovered or Regained Territories was an official term used by the People's Republic of Poland to describe those parts of pre-war Germany that became part of Poland after World War II...

). Another important center, Wilno (with the team Śmigły Wilno), was also annexed by the Soviets (see: Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union

Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union

Immediately after the German invasion of Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union invaded the eastern regions of the Second Polish Republic, which Poles referred to as the "Kresy," and annexed territories totaling 201,015 km² with a population of 13,299,000...

). In exchange, Poland gained a large swath of formerly German territory in particular in Silesia, with towns such as Zabrze

Zabrze

Zabrze is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union is a metropolis with a population of around 2 million...

(home of 14-times champion Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...

, Bytom

Bytom

Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...

(home of champions Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

and Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently plays at the sixth level of Polish football . Greatest achievement of club was championship of Poland won in 1980.-Honours:...

), Mielec

Mielec

Mielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship...

(home of double champion Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Stali Mielec at Solskiego 1, was concluded in 1953. Currently the stadium is undergoing a major renovation...

) and Lubin

Lubin

Lubin is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. From 1975–1998 it belonged to the former Legnica Voivodeship. Lubin is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory of the latter,...

(home of double champion Zagłębie Lubin).

Corruption scandal

Several clubs have been involved in a corruption scandal and were/are in danger of relegation:

Arka Gdynia - relegated from 1st to 2nd division, -5 points at the start of 2007/08 season
Górnik Łęczna - relegated from 1st to 3rd division, -6 points at the start of 2007/08 season
Górnik Polkowice - 70 000 zł penalty, relegated from 2nd to 4th division, -6 points at the start of 2007/08 season
Jagiellonia Białystok - docked 10 points at the start of the 2009/10 season, fine of 300,000 zloty
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski - relegated from 2nd to 3rd division, - 6 points at the start of 2007/08 season

Zagłębie Sosnowiec - at the end of 2007/08 they were relegated from the top division to the 3rd, as they finished the season in the relegation zone, plus one division lower due to corruption.
Korona Kielce - at the end of 2007/08 they were relegated one level lower due to corruption.
Zagłębie Lubin (Polish champion 2006-2007) - at the end of 2007/08 they were relegated one level lower due to corruption.

Television

All matches from the 2011-2012 season are telecast live nationally by Canal+ Poland

Canal+ Poland

Canal+ Poland is Poland's variation of the French television network Canal+. It is similar in many ways, including continuity and presentation. It also shows similar programs to Canal+ France like the tv-series The Simpsons....

. Telewizja Polska

Telewizja Polska

Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna is Poland's public broadcasting corporation...

has the rights to air live 4 games per season on a non scrambled channel.http://media2.pl/media/38331-ekstraklasa-w-tvp,-canalplus-i-orange-sport.html

List of league champions

1927: Wisła Kraków
1928: Wisła Kraków
1929: Warta Poznań
Warta Poznan
Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...
1930: Cracovia
1931: Garbarnia Kraków
Garbarnia Kraków
RKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor...
1932: Cracovia
1933: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1934: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1935: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1936: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1937: Cracovia
1938: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1939: Abandoned*
1948: Cracovia
1949: Wisła Kraków
1950: Wisła Kraków
1951: Wisła Kraków
1952: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1953: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
1954: Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...
1955: Legia Warsaw
1956: Legia Warsaw
1957: Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...
1958: ŁKS Łódź
1959: Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...
1960: Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

1961: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1962: Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

1962-63: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1963-64: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1964-65: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1965-66: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1966-67: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1967-68: Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

1968-69: Legia Warsaw

1969-70: Legia Warsaw

1970-71: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1971-72: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1972-73: Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

1973-74: Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

1974-75: Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

1975-76: Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

1976-77: Śląsk Wrocław

1977-78: Wisła Kraków

1978-79: Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

1979-80: Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

1980-81: Widzew Łódź

1982-83: Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...

1983-84: Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

1984-85: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1985-86: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1986-87: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1987-88: Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

1988-89: Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

1989-90: Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

1990-91: Zagłębie Lubin

1991-92: Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

1992-93: Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

1993-94: Legia Warsaw

1994-95: Legia Warsaw

1995-96: Widzew Łódź

1996-97: Widzew Łódź

1997-98: ŁKS Łódź

1998-99: Wisła Kraków

1999-00: Polonia Warsaw

2000-01: Wisła Kraków

2001-02: Legia Warsaw

2002-03: Wisła Kraków

2003-04: Wisła Kraków

2004-05: Wisła Kraków

2005-06: Legia Warsaw

2006-07: Zagłębie Lubin

2007-08: Wisła Kraków

2008-09: Wisła Kraków

2009-10: Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

2010-11: Wisła Kraków

Abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. On 31 August 1939 Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...

was the leader.

Clubs by number of league championships

Titles	Team	Year(s)
14	Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium... Wisła Kraków	1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1978, 1999, 2001 Ekstraklasa 2000-01 -League standings:-References:... , 2003 Ekstraklasa 2002-03 -League standings:-Results:... , 2004 Ekstraklasa 2003-04 -League standings:-Results:... , 2005 Ekstraklasa 2004-05 -League standings:-Results:... , 2008 Ekstraklasa 2007-08 The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Polish Football Association.The Polish Champion will qualify for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runner-up and winner of the Polish Cup will qualify for the UEFA Cup first... , 2009 Ekstraklasa 2008-09 Stadiums are under redevelopment-Personnel and sponsoring:-League table:\|\|rowspan=10 style="background-color:white;"\|-Results:... , 2011
13	Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...	1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1989
8	Legia Warsaw	1955, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1994, 1995, 2002 Ekstraklasa 2001-02 -Group A:-Group B:-Title Group:-Relegation Group:-References:*... , 2006 Ekstraklasa 2005-06 The 2005-06 Ekstraklasa season started on 24 July 2005 and ended 13 May 2006. Legia Warsaw were crowned champions after ending Wisła Kraków's 3 season winning streak...
6	Lech Poznań Lech Poznan Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...	1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2010
4	Cracovia Widzew Łódź	1930, 1932, 1937, 1948 1981, 1982, 1996, 1997
2	ŁKS Łódź Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings... Stal Mielec Stal Mielec Stal Mielec is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Stali Mielec at Solskiego 1, was concluded in 1953. Currently the stadium is undergoing a major renovation... Zagłębie Lubin	1958, 1998 1954, 1962 1973, 1976 1991, 2007 Ekstraklasa 2006-07 The 2006-07 Ekstraklasa season started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions with 62 points.For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006/2007.-Corruption:On 12 April...
1	Garbarnia Kraków Garbarnia Kraków RKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor... Polonia Warsaw Szombierki Bytom Szombierki Bytom Szombierki Bytom is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently plays at the sixth level of Polish football . Greatest achievement of club was championship of Poland won in 1980.-Honours:... Śląsk Wrocław Warta Poznań Warta Poznan Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is...	1931 2000 Ekstraklasa 1999-00 -League standings:-References:*... 1980 Ekstraklasa 1979-80 -League standings:... 1977 Ekstraklasa 1976-77 -League standings:... 1947

Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division.

The following table lists the league champions by the Polish voivodeship regions.

Region	Titles	Winning Clubs
Silesia Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...	30	Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium... (14), Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity... (13), Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings... (2), Szombierki Bytom Szombierki Bytom Szombierki Bytom is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently plays at the sixth level of Polish football . Greatest achievement of club was championship of Poland won in 1980.-Honours:... (1)
Lesser Poland Lesser Poland Voivodeship Małopolska Voivodeship , or Lesser Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, in southern Poland...	19	Wisła Kraków (14), Cracovia (4), Garbarnia Kraków Garbarnia Kraków RKS Garbarnia Kraków is a Polish football and sports club from Ludwinow - a historical district of the city of Kraków. The club’s unusual name comes from the nearby tannery of the Dluzynski brothers, which was the original club sponsor... (1)
Masovia Masovian Voivodeship -Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...	9	Legia Warsaw (8), Polonia Warsaw (1)
Greater Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...	7	Lech Poznań Lech Poznan Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways... (6), Warta Poznań Warta Poznan Warta Poznań is a football club based in Poznań, Poland. Founded in 1912, the club are two-time winners of the Polish Football Championship, in 1929 and 1947, but currently reside in the Polish First League. The name means the Guard in Polish and also a name of river Warta on which Poznań is... (1)
Łódź	6	Widzew Łódź (4), ŁKS Łódź (2)
Lower Silesia Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province , is one of the 16 voivodeships into which Poland is currently divided. It lies in southwestern Poland...	3	Zagłębie Lubin (2), Śląsk Wrocław (1)
Subcarpathian Subcarpathian Voivodeship Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...	2	Stal Mielec Stal Mielec Stal Mielec is a Polish football club based in Mielec, Poland. The club was established on April 10, 1939. The construction of the club's current stadium, Stadion Stali Mielec at Solskiego 1, was concluded in 1953. Currently the stadium is undergoing a major renovation... (2)

Honored Teams

In European Football teams are especially honored for winning multiple national championship titles, after 10 Polish Championship titles a representative golden star is placed above the teams badge to indicate 10 Polish Championship titles.

The current (as of August 2008) officially-sanctioned Ekstraklasa stars are:

Golden Star 10 or more Polish Championship titles
- Ruch Chorzów
  Ruch Chorzów
  Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: 14 time national champion, and 3 time winner of the Polish Cup. Currently the team plays in the top Polish league, the Ekstraklasa. Their stadium capacity...
- Górnik Zabrze
  Górnik Zabrze
  Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...
- Wisła Kraków
Silver Star 5-9 Polish Championship titles
- Legia Warsaw
- Lech Poznań
  Lech Poznan
  Lech Poznań is a Polish football club based in Poznań, Poland. The club is named after Lech, the legendary founder of Polish nation.The club was established in 1922 as Lutnia Dębiec, later changing its name several times. From 1933 until 1994, the club was closely linked to Polish State Railways...
- Cracovia

All-Time League Table

The all-time league table consists off all the teams that once participated in the Ekstraklasa. Data from the 1927

Ekstraklasa 1927

-League standings:-References:*...

- 2010-11 seasons.

Top goalscorers

Poland Ernst Willimowski || Ruch Hajduki Wielkie

Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Hajduki Wielkie

Ruch Chorzów

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| 1937 || 12 goals ||

Poland Artur Woźniak

Artur Woźniak

Artur Jan Woźniak , was a Polish football forward, twice top scorer of the Polish First Division....

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1938 || 21 goals ||

Poland Teodor Peterek

Teodor Peterek

Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...

|| Ruch Hajduki Wielkie

Ruch Chorzów

|-
| 1939 || 12 goals ||

Poland Ernst Willimowski || Ruch Hajduki Wielkie

Ruch Chorzów

|-
| 1948 || 31 goals ||

Józef Kohut

Józef Kohut was a Polish footballer playing most of his career in Wisła Kraków. He was a top goalscorer of Ekstraklasa in 1948 season scoring 31 goals....

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1949 || 20 goals ||

Teodor Anioła || Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

|-
| 1950 || 21 goals ||

Teodor Anioła || Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

|-
| 1951 || 20 goals ||

Teodor Anioła || Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

|-
| 1952 || 11 goals ||

Gerard Cieślik

Gerard Cieslik

Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....

|| Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

|-
| 1953 || 24 goals ||

Gerard Cieślik

Gerard Cieslik

Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....

|| Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

|-
| 1954 || 13 goals ||

Poland Henryk Kempny

Poland Ernst Pohl || Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

|-
| 1955 || 16 goals ||

Stanisław Hachorek

Stanisław Marian Hachorek , was a Polish football player and coach.Hachorek, who began playing football in 1945 in CKS Czeladz, spent best years of his career in Gwardia Warszawa, a team that in the 1950s was among top Polish sides. Between 1955 and 1960, he capped sixteen times for Poland, scoring...

|| Gwardia Warsaw

Gwardia Warszawa

Gwardia Warszawa is a Polish football club based in Warsaw, Poland. The club was founded in 1948 and is currently playing in the Polish A klasa . It participated in the Polish 1st League between 1953–1960 , 1962–1966 , 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983...

|-
| 1956 || 21 goals ||

Henryk Kempny || Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

|-
| 1957 || 19 goals ||

Lucjan Brychczy

Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....

|| Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

|-
| 1958 || 19 goals ||

Władysław Soporek

Wladyslaw Soporek was a Polish football player, and a coach.Soporek, whose first team was a local side TUR Grodzisk, spent the best years of his career in ŁKS Łódź, where he won the 1958 championship of Poland. In the same year, he was the top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, with 18 goals...

|| ŁKS Łódź
|-
| 1959 || 21 goals ||

Poland Jan Liberda

Jan Liberda

Jan Konrad Liberda is a retired Polish football forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom, where he remained since 1949, until in 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ. He twice was the topscorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in...

Poland Ernst Pohl || Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

Górnik Zabrze

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| 1960 || 17 goals ||

Marian Norkowski

Marian Stanisław Norkowski was a Polish football forward, top scorer of the Polish Football League of the 1960 season, with 17 goals. Norkowski began his career in Pomorzanin Toruń, and in 1952 he moved to Polonia Bydgoszcz, where he remained until 1970...

|| Polonia Bydgoszcz

Polonia Bydgoszcz

ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in the Speedway Ekstraliga . The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, and European Team Championship three times, the latest in 2001.- Club history :* 1920 -...

|-
| 1961 || 24 goals ||

Ernst Pohl || Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 1962 || 16 goals ||

Jan Liberda

|| Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom

Polonia Bytom is a Polish football club founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings...

|-
| 1963 || 18 goals ||

Marian Kielec || Pogoń Szczecin

Pogon Szczecin

|-
| 1964 || 18 goals ||

Poland Lucjan Brychczy

Lucjan Brychczy

Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....

Poland Józef Gałeczka

Poland Jerzy Wilim

Jerzy Wilim

Jerzy Antoni Wilim is a retired Polish footballer connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also for Górnik Zabrze and Stade Rennes. Wilim played 8 times in Poland national football team from 1963 to 1969.-References:...

|| Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

|-
| 1965 || 18 goals ||

Lucjan Brychczy

Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....

|| Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

|-
| 1966 || 23 goals ||

Włodzimierz Lubański || Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 1967 || 18 goals ||

Włodzimierz Lubański || Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 1968 || 24 goals ||

Włodzimierz Lubański || Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 1969 || 22 goals ||

Włodzimierz Lubański || Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 1970 || 18 goals ||

Andrzej Jarosik

Andrzej Władysław Jarosik is a former Polish footballer who played forward.He started his career in Zagłębie Sosnowiec and then played for in France with Racing Strasbourg and SC Toulon . He appeared for the Poland National Football Team , he made his debut in 1965 versus Bulgaria...

|| Zagłębie Sosnowiec
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| 1971 || 13 goals ||

Andrzej Jarosik

|| Zagłębie Sosnowiec
|-
| 1972 || 16 goals ||

Ryszard Szymczak

Ryszard Władysław Szymczak is a former Polish football player.On the national level he played for Poland national team and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.- References :...

|| Gwardia Warsaw

Gwardia Warszawa

|-
| 1973 || 13 goals ||

Grzegorz Lato

Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a former Polish football striker, and the leading scorer at the 1974 World Cup. Lato's playing career coincided with the golden era of Polish football, which began with Olympic gold in Munich in 1972 and ended a decade later with third place at the 1982 World Cup in...

|| Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

|-
| 1974 || 15 goals ||

Zdzisław Kapka || Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1975 || 19 goals ||

Grzegorz Lato

|| Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

|-
| 1976 || 20 goals ||

Kazimierz Kmiecik

Kazimierz Kmiecik is a retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisła Kraków, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for Larissa and won the first Greek cup for the history of...

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1977 || 17 goals ||

Włodzimierz Mazur || Zagłębie Sosnowiec
|-
| 1978 || 15 goals ||

Kazimierz Kmiecik

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1979 || 17 goals ||

Kazimierz Kmiecik

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1980 || 24 goals ||

Kazimierz Kmiecik

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1981 || 18 goals ||

Krzysztof Adamczyk

Krzysztof Adamczyk is a former football player.He was 1980–1981 Ekstraklasa's top scorer with Legia Warsaw, when he scored 18 times. He was manager of Chornomorets between 14 March and 4 April 2007....

|| Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa

Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...

|-
| 1982 || 15 goals ||

Grzegorz Kapica || Szombierki Bytom

Szombierki Bytom

|-
| 1983 || 15 goals ||

Mirosław Okoński

Mirosław Tłokiński || Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

Widzew Łódź
|-
| 1984 || 14 goals ||

Włodzimierz Ciołek || Górnik Wałbrzych
|-
| 1985 || 14 goals ||

Leszek Iwanicki

Leszek Iwanicki is former Polish football player who was play at midfielder for Widzew Łódź mostly.His previous clubs were Piast Gliwice, Zawisza Rzgów, Marko Walichnowy, RKS Radomsko, Polonia Bytom, Widzew Łódź, Motor Lublin, Legia Warsaw, and Urania Geneva in Switzerland, SK Vorwärts Steyr in...

|| Motor Lublin

Motor Lublin

Motor Lublin is a Polish professional football team based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950 with their nickname The Yellow, White and Blues reflecting their official colours...

|-
| 1986 || 20 goals ||

Andrzej Zgutczyński

Andrzej Zgutczynski

Andrzej Zgutczyński is a former Polish footballer who was a striker.During his club career he played for Mazur Ełk, Lech Poznań, Bałtyk Gdynia, Legia Warszawa, Górnik Zabrze, AJ Auxerre, Cercle Dijon Football, and CS Meaux...

|| Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 1987 || 24 goals ||

Marek Leśniak

Marek Lesniak

Marek Leśniak is a retired Polish footballer who played as a striker, and the current coach of SSVg Velbert....

|| Pogoń Szczecin

Pogon Szczecin

|-
| 1988 || 20 goals ||

Dariusz Dziekanowski

Dariusz Paweł Dziekanowski is a Polish football trainer and former player. He started his career at Polonia Warsaw, between 1973–79, throughout the youth set-up and into a very young first team, but went to ŁKS Łódź from 1979-83.Having not impressed the coach during his final season he moved to...

|| Legia Warsaw
|-
| 1989 || 24 goals ||

Krzysztof Warzycha

Krzysztof "Kristof" Warzycha is a former Polish professional footballer. For the majority of his career he played for Greek club Panathinaikos FC.- KS Ruch Chorzów :...

|| Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

|-
| 1990 || 18 goals ||

Andrzej Juskowiak

Andrzej Mieczysław Juskowiak is a former Polish football striker, who played for Polish national team.-National team:Nicknamed "Jusko", he was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal...

|| Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

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| 1991 || 21 goals ||

Tomasz Dziubiński || Wisła Kraków
|-
| 1992 || 20 goals ||

Jerzy Podbrożny

Jerzy Podbrozny

Jerzy Podbrożny is a former Polish football striker, one of the top scorers in Polish football history.Podbrożny led the Polish league in scoring: in 1992 with 20 goals and in 1993 with 25 goals, both times for Lech Poznań. After winning the championship both those years, he transferred to Legia...

Mirosław Waligóra || Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

Hutnik Kraków

KS Hutnik Nowa Huta is a Polish football club from the Nowa Huta district of Kraków. The club was founded in 1950. Hutnik have played seven seasons in the Polish Ekstraklasa . The team's greatest success is a third place in the 1995/96 season, as a result of which they qualified for the UEFA Cup...

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| 1993 || 25 goals ||

Jerzy Podbrożny

Jerzy Podbrozny

|| Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

|-
| 1994 || 21 goals ||

Zenon Burzawa || Sokół Pniewy
|-
| 1995 || 16 goals ||

Bogusław Cygan

Bogusław Cygan was a Polish footballer who played for such a clubs like Górnik Zabrze, Stal Mielec or Lausanne Sports. Cygan was a top goalscorer of Ekstraklasa in the 94-95 season. After his football career he have become a football coach.-References:...

|| Stal Mielec

Stal Mielec

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| 1996 || 29 goals ||

Marek Koniarek || Widzew Łódź
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| 1997 || 18 goals ||

Mirosław Trzeciak || ŁKS Łódź
|-
| 1998 || 14 goals ||

Arkadiusz Bąk

Arkadiusz Bak

Arkadiusz Bąk is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Flota Świnoujście.Having started in the 1992/1993 season, Bąk also played for Ruch Chorzów, Polonia Warszawa, Birmingham City, Widzew Łódź and Amica Wronki. He made thirteen appearances for Poland, including appearances in the 2002...

Sylwester Czereszewski

Sylwester Czereszewski was a Polish footballer who played for such a clubs like Stomil Olsztyn , Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań. He finished his career playing for Odra Wodzisław Śląski in 2005. In the years 1994-1999 Czereszewski played some games for Poland national football team- External links :*...

Mariusz Śrutwa

Mariusz Śrutwa is a former Polish footballer who played as a striker.-External links:...

|| Polonia Warsaw
Legia Warsaw
Ruch Chorzów

Ruch Chorzów

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| 1999 || 21 goals ||

Tomasz Frankowski

Tomasz Frankowski is a Polish footballer who plays for Jagiellonia Białystok.Frankowski achieved his greatest success at Wisła Kraków of Poland, where he helped fire them to a collection of domestic honours...

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 2000 || 19 goals ||

Adam Kompała

Adam Kompała is a former Polish footballer who played as a midfielder.-External links:...

|| Górnik Zabrze

Górnik Zabrze

|-
| 2001 || 18 goals ||

Tomasz Frankowski

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 2002 || 21 goals ||

Maciej Żurawski

Maciej Zurawski

Maciej Żurawski is a Polish footballer. Żurawski has appeared 72 times and scored 17 goals for Poland. He has also scored 121 goals in Polish Ekstraklasa and has been the top league goalscorer twice.- Wisła Kraków :...

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 2003 || 24 goals ||

Stanko Svitlica

Stanko Svitlica is a retired Serbian football player.-Career:A journeyman striker who played in a host of clubs in his native Serbia, as well as France and Greece, usually without much success, before Dragomir Okuka brought him to Legia Warsaw in the summer of 2001...

|| Legia Warsaw
|-
| 2004 || 20 goals ||

Maciej Żurawski

Maciej Zurawski

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 2005 || 25 goals ||

Tomasz Frankowski

|| Wisła Kraków
|-
| 2006 || 21 goals ||

Grzegorz Piechna

Grzegorz Piechna is a Polish footballer of Ceramika Opoczno . Grzegorz was born on September 18, 1976 in Opoczno . His nickname is Kiełbasa , because before he started his career he worked for a butchery....

|| Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce

Korona Kielce, , is a Polish football club, currently playing in the Ekstraklasa. In the years 2002-2008 Club belonged to Polish holding company Kolporter Holding and achieved its greatest success - in 2005, winning promotion to the first division...

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| 2007 || 15 goals ||

Piotr Reiss

Piotr Reiss is a Polish football player playing for Warta Poznań.-National team:He has also played for the Poland national football team. Reiss debut for the Poland national team took place on November 10, 1998 in the away game versus Slovakia. He scored at this game and it was his only goal for...

|| Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

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| 2008 || 23 goals ||

Paweł Brożek || Wisła Kraków
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| 2009 || 19 goals ||

Paweł Brożek

Takesure Chinyama

Takesure Chinyama is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who last played for Legia Warszawa in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-Club career:...

|| Wisła Kraków
Legia Warsaw
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| 2010 || 18 goals ||

Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund as a striker, having previously played for Delta Warszawa, Legia Warsaw, Znicz Pruszków and Lech Poznań...

|| Lech Poznań

Lech Poznan

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| 2011 || 14 goals ||

Tomasz Frankowski

|| Jagiellonia Białystok
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#	Player	Years	Goals
1	Ernst Pohl	1954-67	186
2	Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....	1954-71	182
3	Gerard Cieślik Gerard Cieslik Gerard Cieślik , also known as Gienek, is a former football player of Ruch Wielkie Hajduki ....	1948-59	167
4	Tomasz Frankowski Tomasz Frankowski Tomasz Frankowski is a Polish footballer who plays for Jagiellonia Białystok.Frankowski achieved his greatest success at Wisła Kraków of Poland, where he helped fire them to a collection of domestic honours...	1992-	156
5	Włodzimierz Lubański Teodor Peterek Teodor Peterek Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...	1963-75 1928-48	155
7	Kazimierz Kmiecik Kazimierz Kmiecik Kazimierz Kmiecik is a retired Polish football player, who played almost all his career for Wisła Kraków, where he played 304 league matches and scored 153 goals. This makes him the best goalscorer in history of the club. He also played for Larissa and won the first Greek cup for the history of...	1968-82	153
8	Jan Liberda Jan Liberda Jan Konrad Liberda is a retired Polish football forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom, where he remained since 1949, until in 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ. He twice was the topscorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in...	1949-69	145
9	Teodor Anioła	1948-57	141
10	Friedrich Scherfke	1927-39	131
As of 2 September 2011 (Bold denotes players still playing in the Ekstraklasa)

#	Player	Years	Apps
1	Marek Chojnacki Marek Chojnacki Marek Chojnacki is a former Polish footballer who played as a defender. He is the manager of Zagłębie Sosnowiec.-Club career:Chojnacki played for ŁKS Łódź in the Polish Ekstraklasa, appearing in more than 450 league matches...	1978-96	452
2	Dariusz Gęsior Dariusz Gesior Dariusz Jan Gęsior is a retired Polish footballer .-Club:He is one of the notable players of Ruch Chorzów. His last club was Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, where he was released free in the winter 2006. Now he is connected with many clubs like Ruch Chorzów or Odra Wodzisław...	1987-07	427
3	Janusz Jojko Janusz Jojko Janusz Jojko is a retired Polish professional footballer who played for Ruch Chorzów, GKS Katowice and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in the Polish Ekstraklasa.-Club career:...	1980-03	417
4	Zygfryd Szołtysik	1962-78	395
5	Tomasz Kiełbowicz	1992-	390
6	Paweł Janik	1967-82	389
7	Ryszard Czerwiec Ryszard Czerwiec Ryszard Czerwiec is a Polish football player.Czerwiec made 28 appearances for the Poland national football team.-References:* *...	1989-05	378
8	Witold Bendkowski Witold Bendkowski Witold Bendkowski is a Polish football player. He has played in Polish football clubs such as Unia Skierniewice and especially ŁKS Łódź, as well as the South Korean club Yukong Kokkiri.-External links:* in Playerhistory.com*...	1981-99	376
9	Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....	1954-72	368
10	Hieronim Barczak Hieronim Barczak Hieronim Barczak is a Polish footballer most noted for his captaincy of Lech Poznań. He also played internationally for the Poland national football team...	1972-86	367
As of 2 June 2011 (Bold denotes players still playing in the Ekstraklasa)

Nr.	League President	Term
Nr.	League President	from	to
1.	Roman Górecki	March 1, 1927	January 1929
2.	Ignacy Izdebski	January 1929	January 16, 1933
3.	Zygmunt Żołędziowski	January 16, 1933	January 17, 1936
4.	Juliusz Geib	January 17, 1936	August 30, 1936
5.	Michał Jaroszyński	August 30, 1936	Fall 1938
6.	Karol Stefan Rudolf	Fall 1938	September 17, 1939
7.	Tadeusz Dręgiewicz	August 10, 1946	August 18, 1946
-	League suspended	August 18, 1946	February 22, 1947
-	VP PZPN ds. League	February 22, 1947	June 14, 2005
8.	Michał Tomczak	June 14, 2005	November 29, 2005
9.	Andrzej Rusko	November 29, 2005	present

Creation of the Polish Football League

Cracovia Kraków

Early years of the League - dominance of Wisła Kraków

Polish-German rivalry symbolized by Wisła Kraków and 1.FC Katowice

1928-1939 Silesian Dominance

After World War II

Corruption scandal

Television

List of league champions

Clubs by number of league championships

Honored Teams

All-Time League Table

Top goalscorers

All-time Top 10 goalscorers

All-time most appearances

League presidents

See also

External links