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| caption       = The [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium]] in [[Warsaw]].
| union         = [[Polish Football Association|PZPN]]
| country       = [[Poland]]
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* [[FIFA World Cup]]
* [[UEFA European Championship]]
* [[UEFA Nations League]]
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* '''League:'''<br />[[Ekstraklasa]]<br />[[I liga]]<br />[[II liga]]<br />[[III liga]]<br />[[IV liga]]<br />[[V liga]]<br />[[Liga okręgowa]]<br />[[Klasa A]]<br />[[Klasa B]]
* '''Cups''':<br />[[Polish Cup]]<br />[[Polish Super Cup]]
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* [[FIFA Club World Cup]]
* [[UEFA Champions League]]
* [[UEFA Europa League]]
* [[UEFA Conference League]]
* [[UEFA Super Cup]]
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| match         = [[Górnik Zabrze|Górnik Z.]] vs. [[FK Austria Wien|Austria W.]]<br />18 September 1963<br />[[Stadion Śląski, Chorzów|Stadion Śląski]]<br />120,000 spectators
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[[Image:PGE Arena outside.jpg|thumb|260px|The [[Stadion Miejski (Gdańsk)|Stadion Miejski]] in [[Gdańsk]].]]
[[Association football|Football]] is the most popular [[Sports in Poland|sport in Poland]]. Over 400,000 Poles play football regularly, with millions more playing occasionally. 67% of the Poles are interested in football<ref>https://thechamplair.com/soccer/popularity-study/</ref> and 27% are very interested in it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TGM Research |title=TGM Global Euro Survey 2024 {{!}} Insights in Poland |url=https://tgmresearch.com/euro-2024-insights-in-poland.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=TGM Research |language=en-gb}}</ref> The first professional clubs were founded in the early 1900s, and the [[Poland national football team]] played its first international match in [[1921 Hungary v Poland football match|1921]].

There are hundreds of professional and amateur football teams in Poland; which are under the auspices of the [[Ekstraklasa|national 1st league]], [[I liga|2nd level]], [[II liga|3rd level]], 4 parallel divisions of [[III liga|4th level]], 16 regional parallel divisions of [[IV liga|5th level]] and a variety of other lower-level leagues. Additionally, there are the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup competitions.

== History ==
{{Original research|date=January 2012}}
[[File:Polish football (soccer) fans - FIFA World Cup 2006 (03).jpg|right|thumb|260px|Polish fans during the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].]]
The '''history of football in Poland''' started in the late 19th century with the rising popularity of the new sport. At the time, the Polish state was [[Partitions of Poland|partitioned]]. The first decades of Polish football are therefore connected with the history of [[Football in Austria]] and the [[Austrian Football Association]], which was founded in 1904.

The first Polish [[football club (association football)|football clubs]] were [[Lechia Lwów]] (1903), [[Czarni Lwów]] (1903), [[Pogoń Lwów]] (1904), [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]] (1906) and [[Wisła Kraków]] (1906). The Polish national federation, called the [[Polish Football Union]] (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN), was founded on 20 December 1919, in [[Kraków]] when 31 delegates elected [[Edward Cetnarowski]] as the first president. The PZPN joined [[FIFA]] in 1923 and [[UEFA]] in 1955.

In a similar fashion to other European states, [[Association football|football]] appeared in Poland in the late 19th century. In 1888 Prof. [[Henryk Jordan]], a court physician of the [[Habsburg]]s and the pioneer of sports in Poland, opened a sports park in [[Kraków]]'s ''[[Błonia]]'', a large open space surrounding the demolished city walls of that town. The park, along with the [[Polish Sokół movement|''Sokół'' society]] founded in 1867, became the main centres to promote sports and healthy living in Poland. It was Jordan who began promoting football as a healthy sport in the open air; some sources also credit him with bringing the first football to Poland from his travels to [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] in 1890.<ref name="Buffalo_Bill">{{cite journal | author=Leszek Mazan | title= Buffalo Bill na Błoniach | journal=[[Polityka]] | year=2006 | volume=2544 | issue=9 | pages= 82–84 | url=http://www.polityka.pl/polityka/index.jsp?place=Lead10&news_cat_id=17&news_id=172346&layout=1&forum_id=3270&fpage=Threads&page=text |language=pl}}</ref> Other sources<ref name="Czarni_Pogoń">{{cite journal | author=Zbigniew Chmielewski | title= Obok Czarnych znak Pogoni | journal=[[Polityka]] | year=2003 | volume=2414 | issue=33 | url=http://www.lwow.home.pl/sport/sport.html |language=pl}}</ref> mention Dr. [[Edmund Cenar]] as the one to bring the first ball and the one to translate [[The Cambridge Rules]] and parts of the [[International Football Association Board]] regulations to [[Polish language]].

On 14 July 1894 during the Second Sokół Jamboree in Lwów a short football match was played between the Sokół members of Lwów and those from Kraków. It lasted only six minutes and was seen as a curiosity rather than a potentially popular sport. Nevertheless, it was the first recorded football match in Polish history.{{efn|In fact there was a previous meeting mentioned by the press in Kraków in 1892, though no details are known}} It was won by the Lwów team after [[Włodzimierz Chomicki]] scored the only goal - the first known goal in Polish history.

This match precipitated the popularity of the new sport in Poland. Initially the rules and regulations were very simplified, with the size of the field and the ball varying greatly. Despite being discouraged by many educational societies and the state authorities, the new sport gained extreme popularity among pupils of various [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]]s in Galicia. The first football teams were formed and in 1903–1904, four Lwów-based gymnasiums formed their own sport clubs: the IV Gymnasium for Boys formed a club later renamed to [[Pogoń Lwów]], while the pupils of the I and II State Schools formed the ''Sława Lwów'' club, later renamed to [[Czarni Lwów]].{{cn|date=March 2025}}

On 6 June 1906 a representation of Lwów youth came to Kraków for a repeat match, this time composed of two already organized teams, the Czarni and the team of the IV Gymnasium. Kraków's representation was badly beaten in both meetings (4-0 and 2-0 respectively). The same summer the [[Buffalo Bill|Buffalo Bill Wild West Show]] set up camp at Kraków's Błonia, right outside of the traditional playground area and Jordan's garden. On 5 August 1906 the team of the Kraków-based Jan Sobieski Gymnasium played a match against the British and American members of Buffalo Bill's troupe, winning 1–0. The only goal scored by [[Stanisław Szeligowski]] was also the first goal scored by a Polish team in an international meeting. The success led to the popularisation of football in Kraków and to creation of the first Kraków-based professional football team, [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]] - initially composed primarily of students of the Jan Sobieski Gymnasium.<ref name="Buffalo_Bill" /> By the autumn of that year there were already 16 teams in Kraków, including [[Wisła Kraków]] (It is said that actually Wisła Kraków was the first professional football team and not Cracovia). In 1911, a Kraków-based [[Union of Polish Football for Galicia]] was formed and entered the [[Austrian Football Association]]. The union inspired the creation of a number of teams.

After the outbreak of [[World War I]], most of the Galician football players, many of them members of either [[Strzelec]] or [[Polish Sokół movement|Sokół]], joined [[Józef Piłsudski|Piłsudski]]'s [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legions]]. The unit, fighting alongside the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]], fought mostly in various parts of Russian-held Poland, which led to popularisation of the new sport in other parts of Poland. After Poland regained her independence, on 21 December 1919 the [[Polish Football Association]] (PZPN) was formed. Headed by [[Edward Centrarowski]], it united most of the then-existent Polish football clubs. The league could not be formed due to the [[Polish-Bolshevik War]], but in 1922 the PZPN published the rules of football<ref name="Addington">{{cite book | author =Francis Percy Addington | author-link =Francis Percy Addington |author2=Rudolf Wacek | title =Teorja piłki nożnej (football); praktyczny i teoretyczny przewodnik gry wraz z prawidłami Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej | year =1922 | pages =96 | publisher =M. Bodek | location =Lwów |language=pl}}</ref> and the following year it joined [[FIFA]]. In 1921 the league was resumed and the first [[list of Polish football champions|champions of Poland]] were [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]], followed by [[Pogoń Lwów]] in 1922, 1923, 1925 and 1926. As Poland was then a fully independent state, in 1921 the [[Poland national football team]] was formed. On 18 December 1921 it played its first international match in [[Budapest]] against the [[Hungary national football team|Hungarian team]] and was defeated 1–0. In the third international match in [[Stockholm]] on 28 May 1922 Poland defeated [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] 2–1, scoring its first international victory.

During World War II, football in [[occupied Poland]] was subject to significant restrictions (see [[Football in occupied Poland (1939–1945)]]) for more.

In 1955, the PZPN became one of the founding members of [[UEFA]].

== Women's football ==
{{main|Poland women's national football team}}

In 1979, a Polish women's football league, the [[Ekstraliga (women's football)|Ekstraliga]], was established.

On 3 December 2024, the Polish women's national team made history by defeating [[Austria women's national football team|Austria]] 1–0 in Vienna via a 94th minute goal by captain [[Ewa Pajor]], thereby defeating the Austrians 2–0 on aggregate in a home and away playoff tie, and qualifying for their first ever major international tournament, the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2025|2025 UEFA Women's Euro]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vinestock |first=Drew |date=2024-12-04 |title=Euro 2025: Poland qualify for first time after historic playoff win over Austria |url=https://herfootballhub.com/poland-qualify-for-euro-2025-for-first-time-in-their-history/ |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=Her Football Hub |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Corruption in Polish football ==
In 2005, Polish authorities began an investigation into widespread corruption within Polish football.

In July 2006, the Polish sports minister criticized the [[Polish Football Association|PZPN (Polish Football Association)]] for failing to take adequate steps to fight corruption, and announced an audit of the organization. In January 2007, PZPN board member Wit Żelazko was arrested by Wrocław police. Shortly thereafter, the entire PZPN board was suspended by the sports ministry. This move displeased [[FIFA]] which announced that the principle of autonomy of football associations was of utmost importance. The Polish sports ministry, Prime Minister [[Jarosław Kaczyński]], and most fans felt that the battle against corruption was more important,<ref name="higherimportance">{{cite news | last = Sparre | first = Kirsten | url = http://www.playthegame.org/news/detailed/poland-sets-fighting-corruption-higher-than-football-interests.html | title = Poland sets fighting corruption higher than football interests | date = 2007-01-31 | work = Playthegame.org | access-date = 2009-04-15 | archive-date = 2018-06-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184804/http://www.playthegame.org/news/detailed/poland-sets-fighting-corruption-higher-than-football-interests.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> but when FIFA threatened sanctions, the sports ministry backed down and agreed to re-instate the PZPN board.

In September 2008, the Polish Olympic Committee made a request to the Polish Arbitration Tribunal to suspend the management of the PZPN a second time, stating that the PZPN was guilty of "[violating] its statutes in a continuous and flagrant fashion."<ref name=afp>{{cite news | url = http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggrPp0E2zb6X5sCZmfze_hAwFQuA | title = Administrator taking over scandal-hit Polish federation | date = 2008-09-29 | work = [[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] | access-date = 2008-09-30 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110520174001/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggrPp0E2zb6X5sCZmfze_hAwFQuA | archive-date = 2011-05-20 }}</ref> This request was granted and Robert Zawłocki was named as temporary administrator. However, FIFA again threatened to suspend Polish teams from international competition.

On 15 April 2009, the total number of arrests reached 200, including referees, observers, coaches, players as well as some high-ranking officials of the PZPN.<ref name="200arrests">{{cite news | url = http://www2.90minut.pl/news/89/news892259.html | title = Dwie osoby zatrzymane w sprawie korupcji | date = 2009-04-15 | work = 90minut.pl | access-date = 2009-04-15 | language = pl}}</ref><ref name="redcard">{{cite news | last = Pakulniewicz | first = Michał | url = http://www.wbj.pl/article-35659-red-card-for-pzpn.html | title = Red card for PZPN | date = 2007-01-22 | work = Warsaw Business Journal | access-date = 2009-04-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605122332/http://www.wbj.pl/article-35659-red-card-for-pzpn.html | archive-date = 2011-06-05 | url-status = dead }}</ref> By the end of April 2009, only 15 referees remained who were allowed to preside over top-flight matches.<ref name="morearrests">{{cite news|author=Patryk Wasilewski and Gabriela Baczynska |url=http://football.uk.reuters.com/european/news/LO1356.php |title=More arrests likely in Polish corruption probe |date=2009-04-27 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=2009-04-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619160447/http://football.uk.reuters.com/european/news/LO1356.php |archive-date=June 19, 2009 }}</ref>

== World Cup == 
{{Main|Poland at the FIFA World Cup}}
[[Poland national football team]] have qualified for the finals on nine occasions, most recently for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]].

===Table===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|Year
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|Result
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|Position
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|GP
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|W
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|D*
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|L
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|GS
!style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||Round 1||11th||1||0||0||1||5||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
|rowspan=4 colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''|||'''7'''||'''6'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''16'''||'''5'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||Second group stage||5th||6||3||1||2||6||6
|- style="background:#c96;"
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||'''Third place'''||'''3rd'''||'''7'''||'''3'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''11'''||'''5'''
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||Round of 16||14th||4||1||1||2||1||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]
|rowspan=3 colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||Group stage||25th||3||1||0||2||3||7
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Group stage||21st||3||1||0||2||2||4
|-
|{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Russia}} [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]||Group stage||25th||3||1||0||2||2||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022]]||Round of 16||15th||4||1||1||2||3||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026]]
|-
|style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''Total'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''Third place'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''8/21'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''38'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''17'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''6'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''15'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''49'''||style="background: white; color: #D4213D;|'''50'''
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D" colspan="2"|'''Poland's World Cup record'''
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|First Match
| {{flagicon|Poland|1928}} Poland 5–6 {{fb-rt|Brazil|1889}}<br> (5 June 1938; [[Strasbourg]], France)
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Biggest Win
|{{fb|Poland|1928}} 7–0 {{fb-rt|Haiti|1964}}<br> (19 June 1974; [[Munich]], West Germany)
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Biggest Defeat
|{{fb|Brazil|1968}} 4–0 {{fb-rt|Poland}}<br> (16 June 1986; [[Guadalajara]], Mexico)<br>{{fb|Poland}} 0-4 {{fb-rt|Portugal}}<br> (10 June 2002; [[Jeonju]], South Korea)
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Best Result
|Third place in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] and [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]
|-
! style="background:white; color:#D4213D"|Worst Result
|Group stage in [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]]
|}

==European competitions==
===UEFA Champions League===

The following teams have qualified at least for the main phase of the European Cup/[[UEFA Champions League]].
*'''Semi-finals:''' [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[1969–70 European Cup|1969–70]]), [[Widzew Łódź]] ([[1982–83 European Cup|1982–83]])
*'''Quarter-finals:''' [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[1970–71 European Cup|1970–71]], [[UEFA Champions League 1995–96|1995–96]])
*'''Group stage:''' [[Widzew Łódź]] ([[UEFA Champions League 1996–97|1996–97]]), [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[UEFA Champions League 2016–17|2016–17]])
*'''Preliminary round:''' [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[1956–57 European Cup|1956–57]])

===UEFA Europa League===

The following teams have qualified for the main phase of the [[UEFA Europa League]].
*'''Round of 16:''' [[Wisła Kraków]] ([[2002–03 UEFA Cup|2002–03]])
*'''Round of 32:''' [[Lech Poznań]] ([[2008–09 UEFA Cup|2008–09]], [[2010–11 UEFA Europa League|2010–11]]), [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]], [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15]], [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|2016–17]]), [[Wisła Kraków]] ([[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]])
*'''Group stage:''' [[Amica Wronki]] ([[2004–05 UEFA Cup|2004–05]]), [[Wisła Kraków]] ([[2006–07 UEFA Cup|2006–07]]), [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]], [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League|2015–16]], [[2021–22 UEFA Europa League|2021–22]]), [[Lech Poznań]] ([[2015–16 UEFA Europa League|2015–16]], [[2020–21 UEFA Europa League|2020–21]])

===UEFA Conference League===

The following teams have qualified for the main phase of the [[UEFA Conference League]].
*'''Quarter-finals:''' [[Lech Poznań]] ([[2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League|2022–23]]), [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] ([[2024–25 UEFA Europa Conference League|2024–25]]), [[Legia Warsaw]] ([[2024–25 UEFA Europa Conference League|2024–25]])

===UEFA Euro=== 
{{Main|Poland at the UEFA European Championship}}
[[Poland national football team|Poland]] have participated in five [[UEFA European Championship]]s so far: [[Euro 2008]], [[Euro 2012]], [[Euro 2016]], [[Euro 2020]] and [[Euro 2024]].

On 18 April 2007, the President of UEFA, [[Michel Platini]], announced that the hosts of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship would be Poland and Ukraine. Both countries automatically qualified for the event.

=== Table ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=9|[[UEFA European Football Championship|UEFA European Championship record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]
|rowspan=12 colspan=8|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain|1945}} [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]
|-
|{{flagicon|Austria}} {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
|Group stage
|14th
|3
|0
|1
|2
|1
|4
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Poland}} {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]]
|Group stage
|14th
|3
|0
|2
|1
|2
|3
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016]]
|Quarter-finals
|5th
|5
|2
|3
|0
|4
|2
|-
|{{flagicon|European Union}} [[UEFA Euro 2020|2020]]
|Group stage
|21st
|3
|0
|1
|2
|4
|6
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[UEFA Euro 2024|2024]]
|Group stage
|23d
|3
|0
|1
|2
|3
|6
|-
|'''Total'''
| -
| -
|'''17'''
|'''2'''
|'''8'''
|'''7'''
|'''14'''
|'''21'''
|}

== Largest football stadiums in Poland ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#!!Image!!Stadium!!Capacity!!Location!!Region!!Home Team!!Opened
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
|1||[[File:Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie 20120422.jpg|150px]]||[[Stadion Narodowy|Kazimierz Górski National Stadium]]||58,580||[[Warsaw]]||{{flag|Masovian}}||[[Poland national football team|Poland]]||2012<ref>{{cite web| url = https://mojafirma.infor.pl/nieruchomosci/wiadomosci/302344,Stadion-Narodowy-w-koncu-otwarty.html |language = pl |title=Stadion Narodowy w końcu otwarty | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
|2||[[File:Widok bramka.jpg|150px]]||[[Silesian Stadium]]||55,211||[[Chorzów]]||{{flag|Silesian}}||[[Poland national football team|Poland]]||1956<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.eska.pl/slaskie/dokladnie-64-lata-temu-zostal-otwarty-stadion-slaski-w-chorzowie-co-wiecie-o-kotle-czarownic-quiz-galeria-aa-CzhV-yQm3-Wnyv.html |language = pl |title=Dokładnie 64 lata temu został otwarty Stadion Śląski w Chorzowie. Co wiecie o Kotle Czarownic? | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
|3||[[File:Wrocław, Stadion Miejski - fotopolska.eu (265184).jpg|150px]]||[[Wrocław Stadium]]||45,105||[[Wrocław]]||{{flag|Lower Silesian}}||[[Śląsk Wrocław]]||2011<ref>{{cite web| url =http://boiskaistadiony.pl/stadion-we-wroclawiu/ |language = pl |title=Stadion we Wrocławiu | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
|4||[[File:Stadion Lecha Poznan. 2010-11-03 (2).JPG|150px]]||[[Poznań Stadium]]||42,837||[[Poznań]]||{{flag|Greater Poland}}||[[Lech Poznań]]||1980<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.stadionpoznan.pl/historia-stadionu | language = pl | title = Historia stadionu | access-date = 15 June 2021 | archive-date = 28 May 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230528085855/https://www.stadionpoznan.pl/historia-stadionu | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#FFEBCD;"
|5||[[File:PGE Arena outside.jpg|150px]]||[[Gdańsk Stadium]]||41,620||[[Gdańsk]]||{{flag|Pomeranian}}||[[Lechia Gdańsk]]||2011<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gdansk.pl/wiadomosci/polsat-plus-arena-gdansk-nowy-sponsor-tytularny-stadionu-pilkarskiego-w-gdansku,a,196137 |language = pl |title=Teraz już Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk. Nowy sponsor tytularny gdańskiego stadionu | access-date = 15 June 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Attendances==

The average attendance per top-flight football league season and the club with the highest average attendance:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! League average !! Best club !! Best club average
|-
| 2024-25 || 12,651 || Lech Poznań || 28,947
|-
| 2023-24 || 12,322 || Lech Poznań || 24,852
|-
| 2022-23 || 9,403 || Legia Warszawa || 21,230
|-
| 2021-22 || — || — || —
|-
| 2020-21 || — || — || —
|-
| 2019-20 || 8,879 || Legia Warszawa || 17,376
|-
| 2018-19 || 8,808 || Legia Warszawa || 17,614
|-
| 2017-18 || 9,436 || Lech Poznań || 20,544
|-
| 2016-17 || 9,622 || Legia Warszawa || 20,521
|-
| 2015-16 || 9,103 || Legia Warszawa || 21,209
|-
| 2014-15 || 8,325 || Lech Poznań || 18,999
|-
| 2013-14 || 8,338 || Lech Poznań || 19,575
|-
| 2012-13 || 8,409 || Lech Poznań || 22,640
|-
| 2011-12 || 8,849 || Legia Warszawa || 20,928
|-
| 2010-11 || 8,496 || Lech Poznań || 18,635
|-
| 2009-10 || 5,247 || Korona Kielce || 10,182
|-
| 2008-09 || 7,351 || Lech Poznań || 16,300
|-
| 2007-08 || 7,329 || Lech Poznań || 18,010
|-
| 2006-07 || 6,707 || Lech Poznań || 15,068
|-
| 2005-06 || 5,522 || Wisła Kraków || 10,467
|-
| 2004-05 || 5,230 || Pogoń Szczecin || 9,846
|-
| 2003-04 || 5,492 || Lech Poznań || 14,846
|-
| 2002-03 || 5,142 || Lech Poznań || 15,133
|-
| 2001-02 || 4,078 || Wisła Kraków || 7,286
|-
| 2000-01 || 4,465 || Pogoń Szczecin || 9,967
|-
| 1999-00 || 4,622 || Pogoń Szczecin || 9,687
|-
| 1998-99 || 4,158 || Wisła Kraków || 7,720
|-
| 1997-98 || 4,352 || Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski || 8,895
|-
| 1996-97 || 3,818 || Stomil Olsztyn || 6,500
|-
| 1995-96 || 4,264 || Stomil Olsztyn || 9,824
|-
| 1994-95 || 4,209 || Stomil Olsztyn || 10,441
|-
| 1993-94 || 4,236 || Legia Warszawa || 10,441
|-
| 1992-93 || 3,724 || Lech Poznań || 7,765
|-
| 1991-92 || 4,778 || Lech Poznań || 10,199
|-
| 1990-91 || 4,471 || Wisła Kraków || 7,867
|-
| 1989-90 || 7,404 || Zawisza Bydgoszcz || 15,811
|-
| 1988-89 || 8,407 || Jagiellonia Białystok || 19,659
|-
| 1987-88 || 9,840 || Jagiellonia Białystok || 26,133
|-
| 1986-87 || 9,529 || Górnik Zabrze || 15,533
|-
| 1985-86 || 10,044 || Górnik Zabrze || 19,067
|-
| 1984-85 || 12,358 || Lechia Gdańsk || 25,400
|-
| 1983-84 || 12,066 || Lech Poznań || 29,536
|-
| 1982-83 || 9,598 || Lech Poznań || 23,533
|-
| 1981-82 || 9,816 || Pogoń Szczecin || 18,267
|-
| 1980-81 || 9,954 || Zawisza Bydgoszcz || 18,667
|-
| 1979-80 || 11,082 || Zawisza Bydgoszcz || 20,867
|-
| 1978-79 || 10,831 || Arka Gdynia || 16,933
|-
| 1977-78 || 13,339 || Wisła Kraków || 28,200
|-
| 1976-77 || 14,358 || Pogoń Szczecin || 21,800
|-
| 1975-76 || 13,833 || Pogoń Szczecin || 23,667
|-
| 1974-75 || 13,814 || Lech Poznań || 32,333
|-
| 1973-74 || 13,939 || Lech Poznań || 34,867
|-
| 1972-73 || 14,783 || Lech Poznań || 44,615
|-
| 1971-72 || 12,971 || ŁKS Łódź || 27,538
|-
| 1970-71 || 10,905 || Ruch Chorzów || 15,231
|-
| 1969-70 || 10,192 || Górnik Zabrze || 15,077
|-
| 1968-69 || 12,155 || Ruch Chorzów || 16,538
|-
| 1967-68 || 13,375 || Ruch Chorzów || 29,615
|-
| 1966-67 || 12,211 || ŁKS Łódź || 20,000
|-
| 1965-66 || 13,857 || Śląsk Wrocław || 24,154
|-
| 1964-65 || 11,387 || Śląsk Wrocław || 23,923
|-
| 1963-64 || 11,481 || Górnik Zabrze || 16,692
|-
| 1962-63 || 11,335 || Pogoń Szczecin || 16,462
|-
| 1962 || 15,523 || Górnik Zabrze || 26,000
|-
| 1961 || 13,115 || Cracovia || 18,923
|-
| 1960 || 15,473 || Wisła Kraków || 19,273
|-
| 1959 || 17,697 || Pogoń Szczecin || 24,182
|-
| 1958 || 17,023 || ŁKS Łódź || 28,545
|-
| 1957 || 17,402 || Górnik Zabrze || 27,273
|-
| 1956 || 15,879 || ŁKS Łódź || 26,364
|-
| 1955 || 13,515 || ŁKS Łódź || 23,364
|-
| 1954 || 12,891 || ŁKS Łódź || 27,000
|-
| 1953 || 10,867 || Ruch Chorzów || 16,364
|-
| 1952 || 10,859 || Lechia Gdańsk || 18,000
|-
| 1951 || 13,515 || ŁKS Łódź || 18,000
|-
| 1950 || 11,464 || ŁKS Łódź || 18,091
|-
| 1949 || 11,427 || ŁKS Łódź || 17,400
|-
| 1948 || 8,431 || Cracovia || 12,214
|}

<small>Source:<ref>https://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/nav/attnpol.htm</ref></small>

==See also==
* [[Sports in Poland]]
* [[Poland national football team]]
* [[Ekstraklasa]]
* [[Młoda Ekstraklasa]]
* [[Central Junior League (Poland)|Centralna Liga Juniorów]]
* [[List of Polish football champions]]
* [[List of derbies in Poland]]
* [[List of football stadiums in Poland]]
* [[Polish Cup]]
* [[Polish Super Cup]]
* [[Polish women's national football team]]
* [[Ekstraliga (women's football)|Ekstraliga]]
* [[Polish Cup (women)]]
* [[1921 Hungary v Poland football match]]
* [[Brazil v Poland (1938 FIFA World Cup)]]
* [[1939 Poland v Hungary football match]]
* [[Polish football in the interwar period]]
* [[Football Junior Championships of Poland]]
* [[Polish Football League (1927–1939)]]
* [[Football hooliganism in Poland]]
* [[Sunday of Miracles]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pzpn.pl/ Official website]
* [http://www.insidefootball.info/ Polish Ekstraklasa news in English] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409072838/http://www.insidefootball.info/ |date=2010-04-09 }}
* [http://www.90minut.pl/ 90minut.pl - RSSSF Poland]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100324220135/http://www.euroinpoland2012.com/ Euro in Poland 2012 News, Comments, Photos ] {{in lang|en|de|pl}}
* [http://culture.pl/en/article/its-a-funny-old-game-explaining-curiosities-from-polands-football-culture] It's a Funny Old Game: Explaining Curiosities from Poland's Football Culture
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