The 2025–26 I liga (also known as Betclic I liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 18th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the PZPN.
Season overview The season started on 18 July 2025 and go into the winter break after the 19th matchday on 6 December. With the 20th matchday, the season will continue on 7 February 2026. The final 34th matchday was scheduled for 24 May 2026.
The regular season was being played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 18 teams participate, 12 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous season, while three to be relegated from the 2024–25 Ekstraklasa and the remaining three to be promoted from the 2024–25 II liga. Each team played a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away.
Teams A total of 18 teams participated in the 2025–26 edition of the I liga.
Changes from last season The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.
To I liga Relegated from2024–25 Ekstraklasa Promoted from2024–25 II liga Stal Mielec Śląsk Wrocław Puszcza Niepołomice Polonia Bytom Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Wieczysta Kraków
From I liga Promoted to2025–26 Ekstraklasa Relegated to2025–26 II liga Relegated to2025–26 Liga okręgowa Arka Gdynia Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Wisła Płock Warta Poznań Stal Stalowa Wola Kotwica Kołobrzeg
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Venue Capacity Chrobry Głogów Głogów GOS Stadium 2,817 GKS Tychy Tychy Tychy Stadium 15,150 Górnik Łęczna Łęczna Górnik Łęczna Stadium 7,464 ŁKS Łódź Łódź Władysław Król Stadium 18,029 Miedź Legnica Legnica White Eagle Stadium 6,864 Odra Opole Opole Itaka Arena 11,600 Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Grodzisk MazowieckiPruszków Municipal Sports StadiumMZOS Stadium 1,0001,977 Pogoń Siedlce Siedlce ROSRRiT Stadium 2,901 Polonia Bytom Bytom Polonia Bytom Stadium 2,220 Polonia Warsaw Warsaw General Kazimierz Sosnkowski Stadium 7,150 Puszcza Niepołomice Niepołomice Puszcza Stadium 2,118 Ruch Chorzów Chorzów Superauto.pl Silesian Stadium54,378 Stal Rzeszów Rzeszów Stal Stadium 11,547 Stal Mielec Mielec Grzegorz Lato Stadium 6,864 Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Tarczyński Arena Wrocław 42,771 Wieczysta Kraków Sosnowiec ArcelorMittal Park 11,600 Wisła Kraków Kraków Henryk Reyman Synerise Arena33,326 Znicz Pruszków Pruszków MZOS Stadium 1,977 Due to accommodating Municipal Sports Stadium to I liga regulations, Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki host their matches in Pruszków starting from matchday 3. Since 28 October 2023, Ruch Chorzów host their games at the Silesian Stadium. It remains unclear if they will stay there or move to the Ruch Chorzów Stadium. Due to the fact Wieczysta Stadium doesn't meet the I liga regulations, Wieczysta Kraków host their matches in Sosnowiec. Initially scheduled to return to Kraków to play at the Henryk Reyman Synerise Arena after winter break, they will move to that venue for the 2026–27 season.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment ŁKS Łódź Ryszard Robakiewicz End of interim spell 31 May 2025Pre-season Szymon Grabowski 1 June 2025 Znicz Pruszków Marcin Przygoda End of caretaker spell 16 June 2025 Marcin Matysiak 1 July 2025 Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Adam Mrówka 17 June 2025 Piotr Stokowiec Górnik Łęczna Pavol Staňo End of contract 30 June 2025 Maciej Stolarczyk Miedź Legnica Wojciech Łobodziński Mutual consent 4 August 2025 17th Janusz Niedźwiedź 5 August 2025 Ruch Chorzów Dawid Szulczek 5 August 2025 12th Waldemar Fornalik 6 August 2025 Znicz Pruszków Marcin Matysiak Sacked 13 August 2025 18th Peter Struhár 14 August 2025 Stal Mielec Ivan Đurđević 27 September 2025 15th Ireneusz Mamrot 30 September 2025 Górnik Łęczna Maciej Stolarczyk 30 September 2025 17th Daniel Rusek 30 September 2025 Wieczysta Kraków Przemysław Cecherz 5 October 2025 2nd Gino Lettieri 10 October 2025 Gino Lettieri 3 November 2025 6th Rafał Jędrszczyk 3 November 2025 GKS Tychy Artur Skowronek 15th Michael Chojnicki ŁKS Łódź Szymon Grabowski 11 November 2025 12th Grzegorz Szoka 11 November 2025 GKS Tychy Michael Chojnicki End of caretaker spell 12 November 2025 16th Łukasz Piszczek 12 November 2025 Wieczysta Kraków Rafał Jędrszczyk 24 November 2025 8th Kazimierz Moskal 24 November 2025 Polonia Bytom Łukasz Tomczyk Signed by Raków Częstochowa 22 December 2025 2nd Patryk Czubak 5 January 2026 Górnik Łęczna Daniel Rusek End of interim spell 2 January 2026 18th Yuriy Shatalov 2 January 2026 Odra Opole Jarosław Skrobacz Sacked 2 March 2026 14th Piotr Plewnia 2 March 2026 GKS Tychy Łukasz Piszczek Mutual consent 9 March 2026 18th René Poms 10 March 2026 Polonia Bytom Patryk Czubak 26 March 2026 11th Wojciech Mróz 26 March 2026 Znicz Pruszków Peter Struhár 17th Łukasz Smolarow 30 March 2026 Italics for interim managers.
League table
Positions by round
Results
Results by round
Promotion play-offs I liga play-offs final for the 2025–26 season will be played on 31 May 2026. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place were set to compete. The fixtures were 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 RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ángel RodadoWisła Kraków212 Łukasz ZjawińskiPolonia Warsaw203 Przemysław BanaszakŚląsk Wrocław164 Stefan FeiertagWieczysta Kraków14 Fabian PiaseckiŁKS Łódź Patryk SzwedzikRuch Chorzów7 JonathanStal Rzeszów12 Daniel StanclikMiedź Legnica9 Rafał AdamskiPogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki11 Jakub ArakPolonia Bytom Oliwier KwiatkowskiPolonia Bytom Radosław MajewskiZnicz Pruszków Piotr Samiec-TalarŚląsk Wrocław
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Frederico Duarte Wisła Kraków ŁKS Łódź 5–0 (H) 26 July 2025 Rafał Adamski Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Znicz Pruszków 4–1 (H) 16 August 2025 Patryk Szwedzik Ruch Chorzów Stal Rzeszów 4–0 (H) 20 August 2025 Ángel Rodado Wisła Kraków Śląsk Wrocław 5–0 (H) 24 August 2025 Rafał Adamski Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Górnik Łęczna 3–3 (H) 14 September 2025 Daniel Stanclik Miedź Legnica GKS Tychy 6–1 (H) 28 November 2025 Luka Marjanac Śląsk Wrocław Polonia Warsaw 4–0 (A) 10 April 2026
Attendances
Awards Monthly awards
Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamJuly & August 2025 Ángel RodadoWisła KrakówSeptember 2025 Piotr CeglarzRuch ChorzówOctober 2025 Ángel RodadoWisła KrakówNovember & December 2025 Jakub ArakPolonia BytomFebruary & March 2026 Amarildo GjoniPuszcza NiepołomiceApril 2026 Amarildo GjoniPuszcza NiepołomiceMay 2026 Stefan FeiertagWieczysta Kraków
Coach of the Month MonthCoachTeamJuly & August 2025 Mariusz JopWisła KrakówSeptember 2025 Piotr StokowiecPogoń Grodzisk MazowieckiOctober 2025 Łukasz BecellaChrobry GłogówNovember & December 2025 Marek ZubStal RzeszówFebruary & March 2026 Tomasz TułaczPuszcza NiepołomiceApril 2026 Ante ŠimundžaŚląsk WrocławMay 2026
Annual awards AwardPlayerClubPlayer of the Season Ángel RodadoWisła KrakówCoach of the Season Mariusz JopWisła KrakówForeigner of the Season Ángel RodadoWisła KrakówYoung Player of the Season Maciej KuziemkaWisła KrakówDiscovery of the Season Rafał AdamskiPogoń Grodzisk MazowieckiGoal of the Season Jarosław JachZnicz PruszkówSave of the Season Patryk LetkiewiczWisła Kraków
See also 2025–26 Ekstraklasa 2025–26 II liga 2025–26 III liga 2025–26 Polish Cup 2025 Polish Super Cup
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