2020–21 Ekstraklasa


The 2020–21 Ekstraklasa was the 95th season of the Polish Football Championship, the 87th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 13th season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league was operated by the Ekstraklasa SA.
The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 13 of which competed in the league during the previous season, while the remaining three were promoted from the 2019–20 I liga. On 24 July 2020 Ekstraklasa SA and Polish Football Association announced the 2020–21 season calendar. The season started on 21 August 2020 and concluded on 16 May 2021. Due to the season start being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic it was shortened to 30 matchdays without a split into Championship and Relegation groups. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 14th matchday the league went on a winter break between 21 December 2020 and 28 January 2021. 2020–21 was a transition season to extend Ekstraklasa from 16 to 18 teams starting with the 2021–22 season. During 2020–21 season a substitution limit increased from three to five. It was the fourth Ekstraklasa season to use VAR. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only 51 matches were played with a limited number of spectators. The rest of the matches were played behind closed doors without any spectators.
The two clubs promoted from I liga were Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, returning to Ekstraklasa after four years, as well as Stal Mielec, who made a return to Ekstraklasa after 24 years. After winning the I liga promotion play-offs, Warta Poznań also returned to Ekstraklasa after 25 years.
Legia Warsaw were the defending champions, and won their 15th title overall on 28 April after Raków Częstochowa drew 0–0 away to Jagiellonia Białystok with three games remaining. The season's runner-up was Raków Częstochowa, and the third-placed team was Pogoń Szczecin. The only relegated team this season was Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała.
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Teams

A total of 16 teams participate in the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa season.

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
CracoviaKrakówStadion im. Józefa Piłsudskiego15,114
Górnik ZabrzeZabrzeStadion im. Ernesta Pohla24,563
Jagiellonia BiałystokBiałystokStadion Jagiellonii Białystok22,432
Lech PoznańPoznańStadion Poznań43,269
Lechia GdańskGdańskStadion Gdańsk43,615
Legia WarsawWarsawStadion Wojska Polskiego31,800
Piast GliwiceGliwiceStadion im. Piotra Wieczorka10,037
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaBielsko-BiałaStadion Podbeskidzia Bielsko-Biała15,076
Pogoń SzczecinSzczecinStadion im. Floriana Krygiera4,200
Raków CzęstochowaBełchatówGIEKSA Arena5,264
Raków CzęstochowaCzęstochowaMiejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków4,200
Stal MielecMielecStadion Stali Mielec6,864
Śląsk WrocławWrocławStadion Wrocław45,105
Warta PoznańPoznańStadion Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wielkopolski5,383
Wisła KrakówKrakówStadion im. Henryka Reymana33,326
Wisła PłockPłockStadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego12,800
Zagłębie LubinLubinStadion Zagłębia Lubin16,068

  1. Upgrading to 31,871.
  2. Upgrading to 21,163.
  3. Due to the renovation of the Municipal Football Stadium "Raków" in Częstochowa, Raków played their home matches at the GIEKSA Arena in Bełchatów.
  4. Stadium used for two games behind closed doors – against Śląsk Wrocław and Piast Gliwice
  5. Due to the renovation of Warta Poznań Stadium in Poznań, Warta played their home matches at the Stadion Dyskobolii in Grodzisk Wielkopolski.

Managerial changes

  • Italics for interim managers.

League table



Positions by round

Note: The list does not include the matches postponed to a later date but includes all games played in advance.
The place taken by the team that played fewer matches than the opponents was underlined.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

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