2021–22 Ekstraklasa

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Legia 5–3 Górnik
(6 May 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches Radomiak Radom Lech Poznań
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Raków Częstochowa
Longest winless run	10 matches Warta Poznań
Longest losing run	7 matches Legia Warsaw
Highest attendance	41,008 Lech 2–1 Zagłębie (21 May 2022)^[1]
Lowest attendance	0^[A] Radomiak 2–2 Piast (14 December 2021)^[2]
Total attendance	2,249,931^[B]^[3]
Average attendance	7,353 50.9%
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Ekstraklasa (also known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski)^[4]^[5] was the 96th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 88th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 14th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league is operated by the Ekstraklasa S.A.

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 2020–21 I liga. The season started on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 21 May 2022. Each team played a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away. It was the first season in the formula with 18 teams, instead of 16.^[6] The bottom three teams of the final league table were relegated. It was the fifth Ekstraklasa season to use VAR.

Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, who won their 15th Polish title the previous season. Lech Poznań clinched their 8th Ekstraklasa title on 14 May after winning 1–2 away against Warta Poznań and after Raków Częstochowa lost 0–1 away against Zagłębie Lubin, both with one game remaining. The season's runner-up was Raków Częstochowa, and the third-placed team was Pogoń Szczecin.

Teams

A total of 18 teams participated in the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa season.

Changes from last season

Górnik Łęczna

, returning after a four-year absence.

Promoted from 2020–21 I liga	Relegated from 2020–21 Ekstraklasa
Górnik Łęczna (PO )	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (16th)

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Górnik Ł.

Location of teams in 2021–22 Ekstraklasa.

Górnik

Piast

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Location of teams in the Katowice urban area

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Nieciecza	Stadion Bruk-Bet Termalica	4,666
Cracovia	Kraków	Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego	15,114
Górnik Łęczna	Łęczna	Stadion Górnika	7,464
Górnik Zabrze	Zabrze	Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla	24,563¹
Jagiellonia Białystok	Białystok	Stadion Miejski	22,432
Lech Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Poznań	43,269
Lechia Gdańsk	Gdańsk	Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk	43,615
Legia Warsaw	Warsaw	Stadion Wojska Polskiego	31,800
Piast Gliwice	Gliwice	Stadion im. Piotra Wieczorka	10,037
Pogoń Szczecin	Szczecin	Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera	9,300²
Radomiak Radom	Radom	Stadion Lekkoatletyczno-Piłkarski³	4,501
Raków Częstochowa	Częstochowa	Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków	5,500
Stal Mielec	Mielec	Stadion Miejski	6,864
Śląsk Wrocław	Wrocław	Tarczyński Arena Wrocław	45,105
Warta Poznań	Poznań	Stadion Dyskobolii⁴	5,383
Wisła Kraków	Kraków	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana	33,326
Wisła Płock	Płock	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego	3,500⁵
Zagłębie Lubin	Lubin	Stadion Miejski	16,068

^ Upgrading to 31,871.
^ Upgrading to 21,163.^[7]
^ Due to the renovation of Stadion im. Braci Czachorów in Radom, Radomiak will play home matches at the Stadion Lekkoatletyczno-Piłkarski in Radom.
Stadion Dyskobolii in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.^[8]

^ Upgrading to 15,000.

Bruk-Bet Termalica
Cracovia

Górnik Łęczna
Górnik Zabrze Jagiellonia Lech

Stadion Bruk-Bet Termalica Stadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego Stadion Górnika Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla Stadion Miejski Stadion Poznań

Capacity: 4,666 Capacity: 15,114 Capacity: 7,464 Capacity: 24,563 Capacity: 22,432 Capacity: 43,269

Lechia Legia Piast Pogoń Radomiak Raków

Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk Stadion Wojska Polskiego Stadion im. Piotra Wieczorka Stadion im. Floriana Krygiera Stadion Lekkoatletyczno-Piłkarski Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków

Capacity: 43,615 Capacity: 31,800 Capacity: 10,037 Capacity: 9,300 Capacity: 4,501 Capacity: 5,500

Stal Śląsk Warta Wisła Kraków Wisła Płock Zagłębie

Stadion Miejski
Tarczyński Arena Wrocław
Stadion Dyskobolii Stadion im. Henryka Reymana
Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego

Stadion Miejski

Capacity: 6,864 Capacity: 45,105 Capacity: 5,383 Capacity: 33,326 Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 16,068

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head coach Appointment Date Captain Manufacturer Strategic sponsor

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Danuta Witkowska Radoslav Látal 10 January 2022 Piotr Wlazło Adidas Bruk-Bet

Cracovia
Janusz Filipiak Jacek Zieliński 10 November 2021 Sergiu Hanca Puma Comarch

Górnik Łęczna
Piotr Sadczuk Marcin Prasoł 7 April 2022 Maciej Gostomski Jako Bogdanka

Górnik Zabrze Dariusz Czernik Jan Urban 27 May 2021 Przemysław Wiśniewski Hummel Węglokoks

Jagiellonia Białystok Agnieszka Syczewska Piotr Nowak 23 December 2021 Taras Romanczuk Kappa STS

Lech Poznań Karol Klimczak
Piotr Rutkowski Maciej Skorża 12 April 2021 Mikael Ishak Macron STS

Lechia Gdańsk Paweł Żelem Tomasz Kaczmarek 1 September 2021 Flávio Paixão New Balance Energa

Legia Warsaw Dariusz Mioduski Aleksandar Vuković 13 December 2021 Artur Jędrzejczyk Adidas Plus500

Piast Gliwice Grzegorz Bednarski Waldemar Fornalik 19 September 2017 Jakub Czerwiński Adidas Betclic, Kar-Tel

Pogoń Szczecin Jarosław Mroczek Kosta Runjaić 6 November 2017 Damian Dąbrowski Capelli Sport

Radomiak Radom Sławomir Stempniewski Mariusz Lewandowski 25 April 2022 Maciej Świdzikowski Joma Enea

Raków Częstochowa Wojciech Cygan Marek Papszun 18 April 2016 Andrzej Niewulis Macron x-kom, forBET

Stal Mielec Jacek Klimek Adam Majewski 8 July 2021 Krystian Getinger Adidas PGE

Śląsk Wrocław Piotr Waśniewski Piotr Tworek 9 March 2022 Krzysztof Mączyński Adidas LV BET

Warta Poznań Bartosz Wolny Dawid Szulczek 8 November 2021 Bartosz Kieliba Nike TOTALbet, BeGreen

Wisła Kraków Dawid Błaszczykowski Jerzy Brzęczek 14 February 2022 Jakub Błaszczykowski Macron Orlen Oil, Socios Wisła

Wisła Płock Tomasz Marzec Pavol Staňo 7 March 2022 Jakub Rzeźniczak Adidas
PKN Orlen

Zagłębie Lubin Michał Kielan Piotr Stokowiec 21 December 2021 Saša Balić Nike KGHM

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment

Górnik Zabrze Marcin Brosz^[9] End of contract 27 May 2021 Pre-season Jan Urban^[10] 27 May 2021

Jagiellonia Białystok Rafał Grzyb^[11] End of caretaker spell 4 June 2021 Ireneusz Mamrot^[11] 4 June 2021

Wisła Kraków Kazimierz Kmiecik^[12] 7 June 2021 Adrián Guľa^[12] 7 June 2021

Zagłębie Lubin Martin Ševela^[13] Signed for Abha Club 1 July 2021 Dariusz Żuraw^[14] 16 July 2021

Stal Mielec Włodzimierz Gąsior^[15] Resigned 8 July 2021 Adam Majewski^[16] 9 July 2021

Lechia Gdańsk Piotr Stokowiec^[17] Mutual consent 28 August 2021 6th Tomasz Kaczmarek^[18] 1 September 2021

Legia Warsaw Czesław Michniewicz^[19] Sacked 25 October 2021 15th Marek Gołębiewski^[19] 25 October 2021

Warta Poznań Piotr Tworek^[20] 2 November 2021 17th Dawid Szulczek^[21] 8 November 2021

Cracovia
Michał Probierz^[22] Mutual consent 9 November 2021 11th Jacek Zieliński^[23] 10 November 2021

Legia Warsaw Marek Gołębiewski^[24] Resigned 13 December 2021 18th Aleksandar Vuković^[24] 13 December 2021

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Mariusz Lewandowski^[25] Sacked 13 December 2021 17th Waldemar Piątek^[26] 13 December 2021

Zagłębie Lubin Dariusz Żuraw^[27] 16 December 2021 13th Paweł Karmelita^[27] 16 December 2021

Paweł Karmelita End of caretaker spell 21 December 2021 14th Piotr Stokowiec^[28] 21 December 2021

Jagiellonia Białystok Ireneusz Mamrot^[29] Sacked 23 December 2021 10th Piotr Nowak 23 December 2021

Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Waldemar Piątek End of caretaker spell 6 January 2022 18th Michał Probierz^[30] 6 January 2022

Michał Probierz^[31] Resigned 8 January 2022 18th Radoslav Látal^[32] 10 January 2022

Wisła Kraków Adrián Guľa Sacked 13 February 2022 13th Jerzy Brzęczek^[33] 14 February 2022

Wisła Płock Maciej Bartoszek^[34] 28 February 2022 10th Łukasz Nadolski^[34] 28 February 2022

Łukasz Nadolski End of caretaker spell 7 March 2022 7th Pavol Staňo^[35] 7 March 2022

Śląsk Wrocław Jacek Magiera^[36] Sacked 8 March 2022 13th Piotr Tworek^[37] 9 March 2022

Górnik Łęczna
Kamil Kiereś^[38] Resigned 4 April 2022 17th Marcin Prasoł^[39] 7 April 2022

Radomiak Radom Dariusz Banasik^[40] Sacked 25 April 2022 6th Mariusz Lewandowski^[41] 25 April 2022

Italics for interim managers.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Lech Poznań (C) 34 22 8 4 67 24 +43 74 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round

2 Raków Częstochowa 34 20 9 5 60 30 +30 69 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

3 Pogoń Szczecin 34 18 11 5 63 31 +32 65 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round^[a]

4 Lechia Gdańsk 34 16 9 9 52 39 +13 57

5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 9 10 45 37 +8 54

6 Wisła Płock 34 15 3 16 48 51 −3 48

7 Radomiak Radom 34 11 15 8 42 40 +2 48

8 Górnik Zabrze 34 13 8 13 55 55 0 47

9 Cracovia 34 12 10 12 40 42 −2 46

10 Legia Warsaw 34 13 4 17 46 48 −2 43

11 Warta Poznań 34 11 9 14 35 38 −3 42

12 Jagiellonia Białystok 34 9 13 12 39 50 −11 40

13 Zagłębie Lubin 34 11 5 18 43 59 −16 38

14 Stal Mielec 34 9 10 15 39 52 −13 37

15 Śląsk Wrocław 34 7 14 13 42 52 −10 35

16 Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (R) 34 7 11 16 36 56 −20 32 Relegation to I liga

17 Wisła Kraków (R) 34 7 10 17 37 54 −17 31

18
Górnik Łęczna
(R) 34 6 10 18 29 60 −31 28
Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Number of away wins; 8) Lower number of points based on yellow and red cards (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, sending-off = 3 points - including 1 point for first yellow card); 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[42]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2021–22 Polish Cup, Raków Częstochowa, qualified for the Europa Conference League based on league position, the second Europa Conference League first qualifying round berth was transferred to the 4th-placed team.

Positions by round

Note: The place taken by the team that played fewer matches than the opponents was underlined.^[C]

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Górnik Łęczna
7 15 18 17 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 15 15 15 16 14 16 17 17 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18
Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
Relegation to I liga
Source: 90minut.pl

Home \ Away	BBT	CRA	GKŁ	GÓR	JAG	LPO	LGD	LEG	PIA	POG	RAD	RAK	STA	ŚLĄ	WAR	WIS	WPŁ	ZAG
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	—	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–1	4–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2
Cracovia	1–2	—	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0
Górnik Łęczna	1–1	1–1	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–3	3–2	2–1
Górnik Zabrze	1–1	3–0	4–2	—	1–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	4–2	0–0
Jagiellonia Białystok	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	—	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–1
Lech Poznań	5–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–1
Lechia Gdańsk	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	—	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Legia Warsaw	4–1	3–0	3–1	5–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	4–0
Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–4	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–3	0–1
Pogoń Szczecin	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	0–3	5–1	3–1	1–0	—	4–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–1
Radomiak Radom	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–6
Raków Częstochowa	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	5–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	4–0
Stal Mielec	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–3	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	—	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–2
Śląsk Wrocław	0–4	0–2	0–0	3–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0
Warta Poznań	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–2
Wisła Kraków	3–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–5	0–1	—	3–4	3–0
Wisła Płock	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	2–0	—	4–0
Zagłębie Lubin	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–4	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–3	0–4	2–1	3–1	—

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Pelle van Amersfoort	Cracovia	Piast Gliwice	4–2 (A)	27 September 2021	^[49]
Erik Expósito	Śląsk Wrocław	Wisła Kraków	0–5 (A)	23 October 2021	^[50]
Alberto Toril	Piast Gliwice	Legia Warsaw	4–1 (H)	24 October 2021	^[51]
Łukasz Zwoliński	Lechia Gdańsk	Stal Mielec	3–2 (H)	9 May 2022	^[52]
Karol Angielski	Radomiak Radom	Wisła Kraków	4–2 (H)	15 May 2022	^[53]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Lech Poznań	383,514	41,008	9,111	22,560	+120.7%^†
2	Wisła Kraków	259,679	25,317	10,150	15,275	+153.5%^†
3	Legia Warsaw	246,554	25,702	10,260	14,503	+58.3%^†
4	Górnik Zabrze	204,726	23,103	7,438	12,043	+19.9%^†
5	Śląsk Wrocław	157,872	21,997	5,873	9,287	+10.3%^†
6	Lechia Gdańsk	149,379	23,574	5,170	8,787	+78.0%^†
9	Pogoń Szczecin	130,494	9,138	5,923	7,676	+295.7%^†
7	Cracovia	118,928	14,191	5,749	6,996	+53.0%^†
8	Jagiellonia Białystok	118,616	15,383	4,421	6,977	+35.6%^†
10	Raków Częstochowa	72,347	5,500	2,577	4,256	+144.2%^†
11	Radomiak Radom	65,337	4,491	0	4,084	+221.6%¹
12	Piast Gliwice	63,429	6,895	2,339	3,731	+38.1%^†
14	Stal Mielec	60,040	6,200	2,098	3,546	+15.6%^†
16	Zagłębie Lubin	53,812	6,072	1,425	3,165	+6.7%^†
13	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	49,124	4,564	2,054	2,890	+132.3%¹
15	Górnik Łęczna	48,199	6,006	2,043	2,834	+117.7%¹
18	Wisła Płock	36,363	3,105	1,000	2,139	+71.9%^†
17	Warta Poznań	31,518	4,820	1,088	1,854	−12.8%^†
	League total	2,249,931	41,008	0	7,353	+50.9%^†

Award^[82]	Player	Club
Player of the Season	Ivi	Raków Częstochowa
Young Player of the Season	Jakub Kamiński	Lech Poznań
Goalkeeper of the Season	Vladan Kovačević	Raków Częstochowa
Defender of the Season	Bartosz Salamon	Lech Poznań
Midfielder of the Season	Ivi	Raków Częstochowa
Forward of the Season	Mikael Ishak	Lech Poznań
Coach of the Season	Maciej Skorża	Lech Poznań
Goal of the Season	Fabian Piasecki	Śląsk Wrocław

Number	Region	Team(s)
3	Silesian Voivodeship	Górnik Zabrze, Piast Gliwice and Raków Częstochowa
	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	Cracovia and Wisła Kraków
	Masovian Voivodeship	Legia Warsaw, Radomiak Radom and Wisła Płock
2	Greater Poland Voivodeship	Lech Poznań and Warta Poznań
2	Lower Silesian Voivodeship	Śląsk Wrocław and Zagłębie Lubin
1	Lublin Voivodeship	Górnik Łęczna
	Podkarpackie Voivodeship	Stal Mielec
	Podlaskie Voivodeship	Jagiellonia Białystok
	Pomeranian Voivodeship	Lechia Gdańsk
	West Pomeranian Voivodeship	Pogoń Szczecin
0	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
	Lubusz Voivodeship
	Łódź Voivodeship
	Opole Voivodeship
	Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
	Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

2021–22 Ekstraklasa

Teams

Changes from last season

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Results by round

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Attendances

Awards

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Young Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

Annual awards

Number of teams by region

See also

Notes

References

External links