2025–26 Polish Cup


The 2025–26 Polish Cup is the 72nd season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. The competition will begin on 5 August 2025 with the preliminary round and will end on 2 May 2026 with the final match at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. The Polish Cup is considered the second-most important club title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa competition. The competition is organised by the Polish Football Association. On 19 August 2025 PZPN announced that the Polish Cup is sponsored by STS for next three seasons, making the official name STS Puchar Polski. Winners of the competition will qualify for 2026–27 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
The defending champions are Legia Warsaw.

Prize money

The PZPN Board of Directors determined the size of the prizes.
Round reachedAmount
First roundregional cup winner: 50,000 PLN
remainder teams: 15,000 PLN
Round of 3245,000 PLN
Round of 1690,000 PLN
Quarter-finals190,000 PLN
Semi-finals380,000 PLN
Final1,000,000 PLN
Winner5,000,000 PLN

Preliminary round

The matches were played on 5–6 August 2025. Participating in this round were the 2 lowest ranked teams from 2024–25 I liga and 18 teams from the 2024–25 II liga. With reference to the competition regulations, the matches were played according to the following scheme:
  • 17th team of 2024–25 I liga season will be a host of match against 18th team of 2024–25 II liga season,
  • 18th team of I liga season will be a host of match against 17th team of II liga season,
  • 1st team of II liga season will be a host of match against 16th team of II liga season,
  • 2nd team of II liga season will be a host of match against 15th team of II liga season,
  • 3rd team of II liga season will be a host of match against 14th team of II liga season,
  • 4th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 13th team of II liga season,
  • 5th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 12th team of II liga season,
  • 6th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 11th team of II liga season,
  • 7th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 10th team of II liga season,
  • 8th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 9th team of II liga season.
2024–25 Ekstraklasa2024–25 I liga2024–25 II liga2024–25 Regional cup winnersTotal

The number in brackets indicates the league level the club is entering in the 2025–26 season.
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|5 August 2025
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|6 August 2025

First round

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska on 19 August 2025. The matches were played on 23–30 September 2025. Participating in this round were the 10 winners from the [|previous round], 14 teams from 2024–25 Ekstraklasa which were not qualified to 2025–26 UEFA club competitions, top 16 teams of 2024–25 I liga together with the 16 winners of the 2024–25 regional cup competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
2024–25 Ekstraklasa2024–25 I liga2024–25 II liga2024–25 Regional cup winnersTotal

! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|23 September 2025
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|24 September 2025
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|25 September 2025
! colspan="5" style="background:cornsilk;"|30 September 2025

Round of 32

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska on 1 October 2025. The matches were played on 28–30 October 2025. Participating in this round were the 28 winners from the previous round and 4 teams which were qualified to 2025–26 UEFA club competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
2024–25 Ekstraklasa2024–25 I liga2024–25 II liga2024–25 Regional cup winnersTotal

! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|28 October 2025
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|29 October 2025
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|30 October 2025

Round of 16

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska on 4 November 2025. The matches were played on 2–4 December 2025. Participating in this round were the 16 winners from the previous round. Games were hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
2024–25 Ekstraklasa2024–25 I liga2024–25 II liga2024–25 Regional cup winnersTotal

! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|2 December 2025
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|3 December 2025
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|4 December 2025

Quarter-finals

he draw for this round was conducted on 10 December 2025 in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska. The matches will be played on 3–5 March 2026. Participating in this round are the 8 winners from the previous round. Games will be hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
2024–25 Ekstraklasa2024–25 I liga2024–25 II liga2024–25 Regional cup winnersTotal

! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|3 March 2026
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|4 March 2026
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|5 March 2026

Semi-finals

The matches will be played on 1 April 2026. Participating in this round are the 4 winners from the previous round. Games will be hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
! colspan="3" style="background:cornsilk;"|1 April 2026

Final

The final match will be played at the PGE Narodowy, Warsaw on 2 May 2026.