Ekstraklasa Round 3 Preview

  

League Table 

 

 Midweek Matches 

  

Round 3 Matches

 

Ekstraklasa Round 2

  

Results

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Friday 7.31
2	Wisła Płock	0-0		8	Widzew Łódź
8	Motor Lublin	1-2		6	Jagiellonia Białystok
Saturday 8.01
18	Piast Gliwice	4-3		2	Wisła Krakow
12	Wieczysta Krakow	1-2		10	Lech Poznań
16	Korona Kielce	PPD		2	Górnik Zabrze
Sunday 8.02
6	Legia Warszawa	3-1		1	Zagłębie Lubin
12	Śląsk Wrocław	2-1		12	Raków Częstochowa
12	GKS Katowice	3-1		2	Radomiak Radom
Monday 8.03
10	Cracovia	0-2		16	Pogoń Szczecin

Selections

 

Standings

 

Ekstraklasa Round 2 Preview

  

LEAGUE TABLE

 MIDWEEK MATCHES

 

ROUND 2 MATCHES

  

 PPD - Please note that this match has been postponed. No makeup date has been announced. If you pick a team in this match, you will earn points when it is played.

 Remember, if you picked a team last week, you cannot pick them this week.

Good Luck.

 

Ekstraklasa Round 1

 

 Results

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Friday 7.24
10	Radomiak Radom	2-1		18	Wieczysta Krakow
9	Pogoń Szczecin	0-1		6	Legia Warszawa
Saturday 7.25
3	Jagiellonia Białystok	1-0		11	Korona Kielce
2	Górnik Zabrze	2-1		17	Śląsk Wrocław
1	Lech Poznań	0-0		13	Cracovia
Sunday 7.26
4	Raków Częstochowa	1-2		8	Wisła Płock
14	Widzew Łódź	2-2		12	Motor Lublin
16	Wisła Krakow	2-1		5	GKS Katowice
Monday 7.27
7	Zagłębie Lubin	2-0		15	Piast Gliwice

Selections

 

Standings

 

Ekstraklasa Round 1 Preview

 

Since all teams start even at 0, the first table will rank the clubs according to their finish last season. Teams ranked 1st through 15th played in the Ekstraklasa for the 2025-2026 season. Teams ranked 16th through 18th are the newly promoted sides from the I Liga ranked in order of Champion and Runner-up who both receive automatic promotion, and lastly the team that won the Promotion Playoff last year. 

 League Table

 

There are other competitions that occur in the middle of the season. International Competitions such as the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Conference League see clubs from all across Europe's leagues play for bragging rights. Domestically, there is also the Puchar Polski. These tournaments all have matches scheduled in the middle of the week in between the weekend's Ekstraklasa matches. These competitions don't count towards the Ekstraklasa, but having a midweek match means there will be more squad rotation to keep players fresh, impacting how well the starting 11 will be. This section will provide information for who is playing more than 1 match a given week, and includes matches played before the Round begins play, and after as well. Keep this information in mind when making your picks.

 

Finally, the schedule for the Round will appear below. This provides the days the matches are played, and the rankings of the teams involved. You will make your picks based on this schedule. If a match is postponed due to inclement weather, or the scheduling of another competition in the middle of the week, your pick will carry over to the date that the match is rescheduled for. Please keep in mind that you may not pick the same team two weeks in a row. 

Round 1

 

Entering Picks

Check your emails as everyone should have received an invitation to a Google Sheets. It will look like the image below. Your job for each round will be to enter your teams for the week. Scoring will be updated upon completion of matches. You can always check here to see how you are doing. Final scores will be posted at the completion of a match round on this blog. Your status as editor will be removed once a match round begins. You will still be able to view your scoring, and regain editing status once the next match window is open. We don't believe anyone will cheat, but it's always best to take precautions.

  

Good luck to all. We've never tried to run a league before, so it will be exciting to see how this works out. Most importantly, we hope everyone has fun do your best to vanquish your opponents! There can only be one Ekstra Champion!

 

Lech Poznań

  

Kits

 

2025-2026 Finish

 

Nickname

 

Squad

 

 Lech Poznań enter their 66 season in the Ekstraklasa. They've finished in 2nd place on 3 occasions most recently in 2019-2020. They are the reigning 10-time Champions having won 3 times since the 2021-2022 season, including back to back titles over the last 2 seasons. They are favorites to win a 3rd straight title on 64 points, 7 points ahead of 2nd, and a +28 goal differential.

 

Górnik Zabrze

 

Kits

 

2025-2026 Finish

 

Nickname

 

Squad

 

 Górnik Zabrze have finished 2nd best 5 times, with the 2025-2026 season being the most recent. They have won the title 14 times, but not since 1987-1988. This year they are expected to regress to a 4th place finish on 53 points and a +10 goal differential.

Jagiellonia Białystok

 

Kits

 

2025-2026 Finish

 

Nickname

 

Squad

 

 Jagiellonia Białystok enter their 20th Ekstraklasa season, all since the start of the 2007-2008 season. They finished 2nd in back to back years of 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and won their first title in 2023-2024. This year they'll try to win a 2nd title as they are expected to finish 3rd with 53 points on a +10 goal differential.

Raków Częstochowa

 

Kits

 

2025-2026 Finish

 

Nickname

 

Squad

 

Raków Częstochowa have finished 2nd best three times, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2024-2025. Their only Championship came in 2022-2023.This year, they are predicted to fight for the title finishing in 2nd with 57 points and a +17 goal differential. 

 

GKS Katowice

 

Kits

 

2025-2026 Finish

 

Nickname

 

Squad

 

GKS Katowice are in their 33rd season, but only 2nd in a row since being promoted to the Ekstraklasa in 2023-2024. They have finished runners-up 4 times, most recently in 1993-1994. This year look for them to finish in 10th place on 45 points and a -3 goal differential.