The 2021–22 I liga (also known as Fortuna I liga due to sponsorship reasons) was the 74th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 14th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league is operated by the PZPN.
The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 18 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous season, while one to be relegated from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa and the remaining three to be promoted from the 2020–21 II liga. The season started on 30 July 2021 and concluded on 22 May 2022. Each team played a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away.
Teams A total of 18 teams participate in the 2021–22 I liga season.
Changes from last season The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season.
To I liga Relegated from2020–21 Ekstraklasa Promoted from2020–21 II liga Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Górnik Polkowice GKS Katowice Skra Częstochowa
From I liga Promoted to2021–22 Ekstraklasa Relegated to2021–22 II liga Radomiak Radom Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Górnik Łęczna GKS Bełchatów
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Venue Capacity Arka Gdynia Gdynia Stadion Miejski 15,139 Chrobry Głogów Głogów Stadion GOS 2,817 GKS Jastrzębie Jastrzębie-Zdrój Stadion Miejski 5,650 GKS Katowice Katowice Stadion GKS 6,710 GKS Tychy Tychy Stadion Miejski 15,150 Górnik Polkowice Polkowice Stadion Miejski 4,325 Korona Kielce Kielce Suzuki Arena 15,550 ŁKS Łódź Łódź Stadion im. Władysława Króla 5,700 -> 18,033 Miedź Legnica Legnica Stadion Orła Białego 6,864 Odra Opole Opole Stadion Odry 4,560 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Stadion Miejski 15,076 Puszcza Niepołomice Niepołomice Stadion Miejski 2,118 Resovia Rzeszów Stadion Stal 11,547 Sandecja Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka 2,988 Skra Częstochowa Częstochowa GIEKSA Arena 5,264 Stomil Olsztyn Olsztyn Stadion Miejski 4,200 Widzew Łódź Łódź Stadion Widzewa 18,018 Zagłębie Sosnowiec Sosnowiec Stadion Ludowy 7,500 Due to the renovation of the Resovia Stadium in Rzeszów, Resovia will play their home games at Stadion Stal in Rzeszów. Originally they declared to play home matches at the Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej in Stalowa Wola. ŁKS played its home games in a partially-completed stadium until the April 22 match against Chrobry Głogów, when the remainder of the stadium was officially opened for use. In the first half of the 2021/2022 season Skra played every home match on the opponent's stadium, as the home team, because Municipal Football Stadium Loretańska in Częstochowa didn't meet the license requirements of the I liga. From April 7, 2022, they play their home games at a substitute stadium GIEKSA Arena. Originally they declared to play home matches at the Stadion Ludowy in Sosnowiec.
League table
Positions by round Note: The place taken by the team that played fewer matches than the opponents was underlined.
Results
Results by round
Promotion play-offs I liga play-offs for the 2021–22 season will be played on 26 and 29 May 2022. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place are set to compete. The fixtures are determined by final league position – 3rd team of regular season vs 6th team of regular season and 4th team of regular season vs 5th team of regular season. The winner of final match will be promoted to the Ekstraklasa for next season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in regular season.
Matches Semi-finals
Final
Season statistics Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kamil BilińskiPodbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała192 Szymon SobczakZagłębie Sosnowiec173 Hubert AdamczykArka Gdynia14 Patryk MakuchMiedź Legnica5 Karol CzubakArka Gdynia126 Szymon KobusińskiPuszcza Niepołomice11 Patryk MikitaStomil Olsztyn Mateusz PiątkowskiGórnik Polkowice Filip SzymczakGKS Katowice10 Mikołaj LebedyńskiChrobry Głogów10 Tomáš MikiničOdra Opole PiruloŁKS Łódź
Attendances
Awards Monthly awards Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubSeptember 2021 Juliusz LetniowskiWidzew ŁódźOctober 2021 Kamil BilińskiPodbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaNovember 2021 Kamil BilińskiPodbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaMarch 2022 Rafał LeszczyńskiChrobry GłogówApril 2022 Hubert AdamczykArka GdyniaMay 2022 Patryk MakuchMiedź Legnica
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)6GKS Jastrzębie, GKS Katowice, GKS Tychy, Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, Skra Częstochowa and Zagłębie Sosnowiec3Chrobry Głogów, Górnik Polkowice and Miedź Legnica2Puszcza Niepołomice and Sandecja Nowy SączŁKS Łódź and Widzew Łódź1Odra OpoleResoviaArka GdyniaKorona KielceStomil Olsztyn0
See also 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 2021–22 II liga 2021–22 III liga 2021–22 Polish Cup 2021 Polish Super Cup
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