Ekstraliga Kobiet
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The Ekstraliga Kobiet is the top level women's football league of Poland.
The women's league startet out to play a champion in 1979-80. The first title holder was Czarni Sosnowiec in 1980. In 2005 the league was renamed to Ekstraliga Kobiet. The winner of the league qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The second highest league is I. Liga Kobiet (1. League women).
Record champion is Czarni Sosnowiec with 12 titles. The following teams are KS AZS Wrocław
(8 titles), Checz Gdynia (4 titles), Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski (3 titles), Piastunki Gliwice, Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza, Pafawag Wrocław and Unia Raciborz (2 titles each).
For the 2010-11 season the whole women's football of Poland was reorganized. For the Ekstraliga the change was an increase from 6 teams to 10 teams. For this to happen, 2 teams from each of the two 2nd divisions were promoted directly to the premier league, and the two 3rd place finishers played a two legged playoff with the winner playing a two legged playoff against the 6th place finisher from the Ekstraliga.
The women's league startet out to play a champion in 1979-80. The first title holder was Czarni Sosnowiec in 1980. In 2005 the league was renamed to Ekstraliga Kobiet. The winner of the league qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The second highest league is I. Liga Kobiet (1. League women).
Record champion is Czarni Sosnowiec with 12 titles. The following teams are KS AZS Wrocław
KŚ AZS Wrocław
KŚ AZS Wrocław is a Polish women's football club from Wrocław.AZS Wrocław was founded in 1997 from the women's section of AZS-AWF Wrocław. The club plays in the highest league Ekstraliga Kobiet and has won the championship eight times in a row from 2001 to 2008, before finishing 2nd to RTP Unia...
(8 titles), Checz Gdynia (4 titles), Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski (3 titles), Piastunki Gliwice, Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza, Pafawag Wrocław and Unia Raciborz (2 titles each).
Current teams
With the increase for the 2010-11 season, the Ekstraligateams are:| Club | 2010 position |
|---|---|
| Unia Racibórz | 1st |
| Medyk Konin | 2nd |
| AZS Wrocław | 3rd |
| AZS PWSZ Biala Podlaska | 4th |
| Mitech Zywiec | 5th |
| Gryf Szczecin | 1st I Liga Polnocna |
| ZTKKF Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski ZTKKF Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski TKKF Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski is a Polish women's football club from Gorzów Wielkopolski.TKKF Stilon was founded in 1984 and won 3 championship titles and 3 Polish Cups. The last years Gorzów Wielkopolski played in Polands I Liga, which was the highest league up to 2005-06 but since then only the... |
2nd I Liga Polnocna |
| GKS Górnik Łęczna | 1st I Liga Poludniowa |
| Czarni Sosnowiec Czarni Sosnowiec KKS Czarni Sosnowiec is a football club from Sosnowiec, Poland.The club was founded in 1924. It is best known for its women's football team, founded 5 September 1974, that holds the Polish record for championship titles won, with 12 titles to its name... |
2nd I Liga Poludniowa |
| 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... |
3rd I Liga Poludniowa, Playoff winner |
Format
Up to the 2009-10 season with six teams in the league, the teams played each other four times per season. Thus each club is totalling 20 matches. The last place after the season got relegated while the 5th place finisher played a two legged relegation playoff.For the 2010-11 season the whole women's football of Poland was reorganized. For the Ekstraliga the change was an increase from 6 teams to 10 teams. For this to happen, 2 teams from each of the two 2nd divisions were promoted directly to the premier league, and the two 3rd place finishers played a two legged playoff with the winner playing a two legged playoff against the 6th place finisher from the Ekstraliga.
List of champions
| Season | Champion | Runner Up | Third Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | TKKF Checz Gdynia | ZA Pulawa | Karolina Jaworzno |
| 1976 | Checz Gdynia | LOT Warsaw | ? |
| 1977 | not held | ||
| 1978 | Checz Gdynia | LOT Warsaw | Śląsk Jaworzno |
| 1979 | Checz Gdynia | Śląsk Jaworzno | Walter Radom |
| 1980 | Czarni Sosnowiec Czarni Sosnowiec KKS Czarni Sosnowiec is a football club from Sosnowiec, Poland.The club was founded in 1924. It is best known for its women's football team, founded 5 September 1974, that holds the Polish record for championship titles won, with 12 titles to its name... |
Checz Gdynia | LOT Warsaw |
| 1981 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Pafawag Wrocław | Checz Gdynia |
| 1982 | Pafawag Wrocław | Iskra Mierzyn | Telpod Kraków |
| 1983 | Pafawag Wrocław | Czarni Sosnowiec | Telpod Kraków |
| 1984 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza | Telpod Kraków |
| 1985 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Pafawag Wrocław | Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza |
| 1986 | Czarni Sosnowiec | ||
| 1987 | Czarni Sosnowiec | ||
| 1988 | Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza | ||
| 1989 | Czarni Sosnowiec | ||
| 1990 | Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza | ||
| 1991 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Zaglebianka Dąbrowa Górnicza | |
| 1992 | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski | ||
| 1993 | Piastunki Gliwice | ||
| 1994 | Piastunki Gliwice | ||
| 1995 | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski | ||
| 1996 | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski | ||
| 1997 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski | KS Podgorze Kraków |
| 1998 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Podgorze Kraków | KS AZS Wrocław |
| 1999 | Czarni Sosnowiec | Podgorze Kraków | KKPK Medyk Konin |
| 2000 | Czarni Sosnowiec | KS AZS Wrocław | Savena Warschau |
| 2001 | KŚ AZS Wrocław KŚ AZS Wrocław KŚ AZS Wrocław is a Polish women's football club from Wrocław.AZS Wrocław was founded in 1997 from the women's section of AZS-AWF Wrocław. The club plays in the highest league Ekstraliga Kobiet and has won the championship eight times in a row from 2001 to 2008, before finishing 2nd to RTP Unia... |
Czarni Sosnowiec | Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski |
| 2002 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | Czarni Sosnowiec | KS Warta Atena Poznań |
| 2003 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | Medyk Konin | Czarni Sosnowiec |
| 2004 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | Medyk Konin | Czarni Sosnowiec |
| 2005 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | Czarni Sosnowiec | Medyk Konin |
| 2006 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | Medyk Konin | Czarni Sosnowiec |
| 2007 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | UKS Gol Częstochowa | Medyk Konin |
| 2008 | KŚ AZS Wrocław | Medyk Konin | RTP Unia Racibórz RTP Unia Racibórz RTP Unia Racibórz is a women's football club from Racibórz, Poland.The club Unia Racibórz was founded back on 27 April 1946 as Plan Raciborz KS and has undergone several name changes, June 1949 to November 1949 it was named ZKS Raciborz Chemist, ZKS Union Raciborz until 18 March 1957, Union... |
| 2009 | RTP Unia Racibórz RTP Unia Racibórz RTP Unia Racibórz is a women's football club from Racibórz, Poland.The club Unia Racibórz was founded back on 27 April 1946 as Plan Raciborz KS and has undergone several name changes, June 1949 to November 1949 it was named ZKS Raciborz Chemist, ZKS Union Raciborz until 18 March 1957, Union... |
KŚ AZS Wrocław | Medyk Konin |
| 2010 | RTP Unia Racibórz | Medyk Konin | KŚ AZS Wrocław |
| 2011 | RTP Unia Racibórz | Medyk Konin | KŚ AZS Wrocław |
Titles by Club
| Club | Titles |
|---|---|
| Czarni Sosnowiec | 12 |
| AZS Wrocław | 8 |
| Checz Gdynia | 4 |
| Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski | 3 |
| Unia Racibórz | |
| Piastunki Gliwice | 2 |
| Zagłębianka Dąbrowa Górnicza | |
| Pafawag Wrocław |
External links
- Official Site
- Polish League at women.soccerway.com; Standings, Results, Fixtures