List of Polish football champions


The Polish football champions are the annual winners of Poland's premier annual football competition. The title has been contested since 1920 in varying forms of competition. From 1921 to 1926 the championship was decided in a series of tournaments until the league was formed in 1927. Since then the title was awarded the winners of the highest league in Polish football. In 1951 the title was awarded to the winner of the Polish Cup.

Pre-independence era (1913–1914)

Before Poland regained its independence in 1918, Polish clubs had held their own championships in Austrian and Prussian partitions.

Galicia (Austrian partition)

Competitions were organized by the original Polish Football Association, which was part of the Austrian Football Association.

Province of Posen (Prussian partition)

Competitions were organized by Association of Polish Sports Societies for the German Reich.
Not to be confused with Posen Football Championship, the regional competition organized by South Eastern German Association, a part of German Football Association in 1908–1914.
SeasonChampions
Runners-upThird Place
1913Warta PoznańPosnaniaOstrovia
1914Warta Poznań PosnaniaOstrovia
1919Unia PoznańWarta PoznańPosnania

List of champions

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:

Winning clubs

By number of championships

TitlesTeamSeason
15Legia Warsaw1955, 1956, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21
14Górnik Zabrze1957, 1959, 1961, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
14Ruch Chorzów1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1988–89
13Wisła Kraków1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1977–78, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
9Lech Poznań1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2021–22, 2024–25
5Cracovia1921, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1948
4Pogoń Lwów1922, 1923, 1925, 1926
4Widzew Łódź1980–81, 1981–82, 1995–96, 1996–97
2ŁKS Łódź1958, 1997–98
2Polonia Bytom1954, 1962
2Stal Mielec1972–73, 1975–76
2Śląsk Wrocław1976–77, 2011–12
2Zagłębie Lubin1990–91, 2006–07
2Polonia Warsaw1946, 1999–2000
2Warta Poznań1929, 1947
1Garbarnia Kraków1931
1Szombierki Bytom1979–80
1Piast Gliwice2018–19
1Raków Częstochowa2022–23
1Jagiellonia Białystok2023–24

Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division.
Italics indicates defunct clubs.

Honoured teams

After 10 Polish Championship titles a representative Golden Star is placed above the team's badge to indicate 10 Polish Championship titles.
The current officially sanctioned Championship stars are:

Statistics

At the end of 2024–25 Ekstraklasa.
Bold indicates clubs currently playing in the top division.
Italics indicates clubs not existing anymore.
Source: