2020–21 Raków Częstochowa season

Raków Częstochowa 2020-21 football season

Raków Częstochowa2020-21 season

Chairman| Wojciech Cygan
Manager| Marek Papszun
Stadium| GIEKSA Arena, Bełchatów
Ekstraklasa| 2nd of 16
Polish Cup| Winners
Top goalscorer| League:
Ivi (8 goals)[1]
All:
Vladislavs Gutkovskis (12 goals)[1][2]

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2020–21 Raków Częstochowa season was the club's 2nd consecutive season in Ekstraklasa. In addition to the domestic league, Raków participated in this season's edition of the Polish Cup.

The club qualified for the following seasons' editions of the UEFA Europa Conference League and the Polish SuperCup.

## Players[edit]

As of 5 October 2020.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  SVK | Branislav Pindroch
2  | DF |  CZE | Tomáš Petrášek
3  | DF |  POL | Maciej Wilusz
4  | DF |  POL | Kamil Piątkowski
5  | MF |  CRO | Petar Mamić
6  | DF |  POL | Andrzej Niewulis
7  | MF |  CRO | Fran Tudor
8  | MF |  USA | Ben Lederman
9  | FW |  POL | Oskar Zawada
10  | MF |  POL | Igor Sapała
11  | MF |  ESP | Ivi
12  | GK |  POL | Kacper Trelowski
13  | MF |  POL | Piotr Malinowski
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14  | MF |  POL | Daniel Szelągowski
15  | MF |  GRE | Giannis Papanikolaou
17  | MF |  CZE | Petr Schwarz
20  | MF |  SRB | Marko Poletanović
21  | FW |  LVA | Vladislavs Gutkovskis
23  | MF |  POL | Patryk Kun
27  | MF |  CZE | Daniel Bartl
29  | GK |  POL | Jakub Szumski
30  | MF |  POL | Miłosz Szczepański
40  | FW |  POL | Michał Litwa
43  | MF |  SVN | David Tijanić
77  | MF |  POL | Marcin Cebula
89  | DF |  POL | Daniel Mikołajewski

## Competitions[edit]

### Ekstraklasa[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 Ekstraklasa

#### Standings[edit]

Pos | Team

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1  | Legia Warsaw (C) | 30  | 19  | 7  | 4  | 48  | 24  | +24  | 64  | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2  | Raków Częstochowa | 30  | 17  | 8  | 5  | 46  | 25  | +21  | 59  | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[a]
3  | Pogoń Szczecin | 30  | 15  | 7  | 8  | 36  | 23  | +13  | 52
4  | Śląsk Wrocław | 30  | 11  | 10  | 9  | 36  | 32  | +4  | 43[b] | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
5  | Warta Poznań | 30  | 13  | 4  | 13  | 33  | 32  | +1  | 43[b] |

Source: ekstraklasa.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if between two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Number of wins; 9) Number of away wins; 10) Fairplay ranking; 11) Draw[4]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ Raków Częstochowa qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2020–21 Polish Cup and also by finishing second in the Ekstraklasa. As a result, the berth reserved for third place was passed to the fourth-placed team from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa.
2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.

#### Matches[edit]

Raków Częstochowa v Legia Warsaw 22 August 2020 1|  Raków Częstochowa | 1–2|  Legia Warsaw | Bełchatów

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20:00 |

* Wilusz 6' 45+3'
* Gutkovskis 20'
* Kun 50'
* Sapała 50'

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* Pekhart 16' 67' 84'
* Luís Rocha 45+2'
* Mladenović 71'
* Luquinhas 76'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 1,985
Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Lechia Gdańsk v Raków Częstochowa 29 August 2020 2|  Lechia Gdańsk | 1–3|  Raków Częstochowa | Gdańsk

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15:00 CET |

* Sopoćko 19'
* Nalepa 37' 39'
* Kuciak 39'
* Omran Haydary 45+3'
* Fila 73'

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* Cebula 46'
* Gutkovskis 55' 58' 76'

| Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk
Attendance: 5,424
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski

Raków Częstochowa v Zagłębie Lubin 14 September 2020 3|  Raków Częstochowa | 2–1|  Zagłębie Lubin | Bełchatów

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18:00 CET |

* Gutkovskis 1'
* Kun 43'
* Tijanić 48'
* Cebula 54'
* Tudor 80'

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* Poręba 6'
* Balić 35'
* Sirk 66' 68'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 1,675
Referee: Paweł Gil

Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała v Raków Częstochowa 18 September 2020 4|  Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | 1–4|  Raków Częstochowa | Bielsko-Biała

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18:00 CET |

* Nowak 13'
* Jaroch 45'

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* Wilusz 7'
* Schwarz 21' (pen.) 40' (pen.)
* Cebula 34'
* Gutkovskis 45+1' (pen.)
* Petrášek 52'

| Stadium: Stadion Podbeskidzia
Attendance: 4,397
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak

Cracovia v Raków Częstochowa 26 September 2020 5|  Cracovia | 2–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Kraków

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15:00 CET |

* Piszczek 21'
* van Amersfoort 36'
* Loshaj 59'
* Hanca 67'
* Fiolić 90+7'

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* Petrášek 11'
* Tijanić 15'
* Kun 57'

| Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego
Attendance: 5,127
Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak

Raków Częstochowa v Wisła Płock 2 October 2020 6|  Raków Częstochowa | 3–0|  Wisła Płock | Bełchatów

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18:00 CET |

* Petrášek 11' 57'
* Cebula 48'
* Tijanić 66'

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* Lagator 38'
* Michalski 62'
* Sheridan 90+3'

| Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 1,631
Referee: Daniel Stefański

Górnik Zabrze v Raków Częstochowa 17 October 2020 7|  Górnik Zabrze | 1–3|  Raków Częstochowa | Zabrze

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17:30 CET |

* Nowak 4'
* Masouras 44'
* Manneh 48'
* Janža 51'

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* Ivi 20' 52'
* Tijanić 31'

| Stadium: Arena Zabrze
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski

Raków Częstochowa v Stal Mielec 25 October 2020 8|  Raków Częstochowa | 2–1|  Stal Mielec | Bełchatów

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15:00 CET |

* Ivi 27' 66'
* Sapała 38'
* Petrášek 90+4'

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* Krystian Getinger  42'
* Szymon Stasik  46'
* Domański 77'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Artur Aluszyk

Raków Częstochowa v Wisła Kraków 8 November 2020 9|  Raków Częstochowa | 0–0|  Wisła Kraków | Bełchatów

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17:30 CET |  | Report |

* Frydrych 16'
* Abramowicz 69'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Piotr Lasyk

Lech Poznań v Raków Częstochowa 22 November 2020 10|  Lech Poznań | 3–3|  Raków Częstochowa | Poznań

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12:30 CET |

* Ishak 33'
* Skóraś 38'
* Moder 48' (pen.) 49'
* Dani Ramírez 51'

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* Ivi 16' 36'
* Zawada 31'
* Niewulis 59'
* Kun 64'
* Piątkowski 81'
* Daniel Szelągowski  90+2'

| Stadium: Stadion Poznań
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paweł Gil

Raków Częstochowa v Warta Poznań 29 November 2020 11|  Raków Częstochowa | 1–0|  Warta Poznań | Bełchatów

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15:00 CET |

* Cebula 34'
* Daniel Szelągowski  79'
* Gutkovskis 90' (pen.)

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* Adrian Laskowski  72'
* Spychała 75'
* Ivanov 77'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Daniel Stefański

Śląsk Wrocław v Raków Częstochowa 5 December 2020 12|  Śląsk Wrocław | 1–0|  Raków Częstochowa | Wrocław

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17:30 CET |

* Pawłowski 71'

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* Piątkowski 85'

| Stadium: Stadion Wrocław
Attendance: 0
Referee: Szymon Marciniak

Raków Częstochowa v Jagiellonia Białystok 13 December 2020 13|  Raków Częstochowa | 3–2|  Jagiellonia Białystok | Bełchatów

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17:30 CET |

* Poletanović 3'
* Niewulis 17'
* Kun 45+4'
* Schwarz 52' (pen.) 76' (pen.) 90+5'
* Tudor 90+4'

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* Wdowik 8'
* Romanczuk 54'
* Makuszewski 69'
* Borysiuk 73'
* Jesús Imaz 90+3'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mariusz Zlotek

Piast Gliwice v Raków Częstochowa 20 December 2020 14|  Piast Gliwice | 0–0|  Raków Częstochowa | Gliwice

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15:00 CET |

* Malarczyk 90+2'

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* Cebula 53'
* Zawada 85'

| Stadium: Stadion Piasta
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak

Raków Częstochowa v Pogoń Szczecin 29 January 2021 15|  Raków Częstochowa | 0–1|  Pogoń Szczecin | Bełchatów

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20:30 CET |  | Report |  | Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jarosław Przybył

Legia Warsaw v Raków Częstochowa 6 February 2021 16|  Legia Warsaw | 2–0|  Raków Częstochowa | Warsaw

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20:00 CET |

* Luquinhas 29'
* Pekhart 64' (pen.) 88'
* Rafael Lopes 86'
* Wszołek 90+4'

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* Sapała 20'
* Schwarz 45+2'

| Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Paweł Gil
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Raków Częstochowa v Lechia Gdańsk 13 February 2021 17|  Raków Częstochowa | 0–1|  Lechia Gdańsk | Bełchatów

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20:00 CET |

* Ivi 28'
* Poletanović 52'
* Tijanić 59'
* Niewulis 67'
* Jach 88'

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* Kubicki 2' 54'
* Ceesay 45+1'
* Nalepa 52'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Paweł Raczkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Zagłębie Lubin v Raków Częstochowa 21 February 2021 18|  Zagłębie Lubin | 1–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Lubin

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15:00 CET |

* Szysz 13' 74'
* Šimić 28'

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* Ivi 29'
* Sapała 57'
* Balić 81' (o.g.)
* Jach 90+3'

| Stadium: Stadion Miejski (Lubin)
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Raków Częstochowa v Podbeskidzie 26 February 2021 19|  Raków Częstochowa | 1–0|  Podbeskidzie | Bełchatów

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18:00 CET |

* Niewulis 53' 87'

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* Danielak 70'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Krzysztof Jakubik
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Raków Częstochowa v Cracovia Kraków 6 March 2021 20|  Raków Częstochowa | 0–0|  Cracovia Kraków | Bełchatów

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20:00 CET |

* Ivi 42'
* Kun 48'
* Poletanović 50'
* Arsenić 74'

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* Hanca 58'
* Rodin 88'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Wisła Płock v Raków Częstochowa 13 March 2021 21|  Wisła Płock | 2–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Płock

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15:00 CET |

* Tuszyński 56'
* Wolski 70' 90'
* Uryga 86'
* Rzeźniczak 87'

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* Piątkowski 72'
* Ivi 81' (pen.)
* Lederman 89'

| Stadium: Kazimierz Górski's Płock Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Paweł Gil
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Raków Częstochowa v Górnik Zabrze 20 March 2021 22|  Raków Częstochowa | 0–0|  Górnik Zabrze | Bełchatów

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17:30 CET |  | Report |

* Gryszkiewicz 22'
* Masouras 71'

| Stadium: GIEKSA Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Damian Kos
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Wisła Kraków v Raków Częstochowa 9 April 2021 24|  Wisła Kraków | 1–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Kraków

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20:30 CET |

* Frydrych 39' (pen.) 79'
* Burliga 60'
* Zhukov 69'
* Kuveljić 75'
* Kone 90'

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* Tijanić 33'
* Jach 42'
* Cebula 63'
* Lederman 88'

| Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Kraków im. Henryka Reymana
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

### Polish Cup[edit]

#### Road to the final[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 Polish Cup

Sandecja Nowy Sącz v Raków Częstochowa 25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) Round of 64|  Sandecja Nowy Sącz | 0–3|  Raków Częstochowa | Nowy Sącz

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Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza v Raków Częstochowa 30 October 2020 (2020-10-30) Round of 32|  Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | 0–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Nieciecza

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Raków Częstochowa v Górnik Zabrze 10 February 2021 Round of 16|  Raków Częstochowa | 4–2|  Górnik Zabrze | Bełchatów

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20:30 CET |

* Gutkovskis 3'
* Ivi 13' 87' (pen.)
* Sapała 50'
* Mikołajewski 70'
* Piątkowski 90'
* Jach 90+2'

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* Kubica 23'
* Nowak 33'
* Jesús Jiménez 55' 72' (pen.)
* Wiśniewski 84'
* Kudła 86'

| Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Łukasz Szczech
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

Lech Poznań v Raków Częstochowa 2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) Quarter-finals|  Lech Poznań | 0–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Poznań

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20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |  | Łączy nas piłka
90minut |

* Niewulis 69'
* Gutkovskis 77'

| Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Warsaw)

Cracovia v Raków Częstochowa 14 April 2021 (2021-04-14) Semi-finals|  Cracovia | 1–2|  Raków Częstochowa | Kraków

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17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) |  | [ Łączy nas piłka]
[ 90minut] |  | Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Józefa Piłsudskiego

#### Final[edit]

2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)

16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Raków Częstochowa| 2–1| Arka Gdynia

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* Ivi 81'
* Tijanić 89'

| Łączy nas piłka
90minut |

* Żebrowski 57'

Arena Lublin, Lublin

Attendance: 0[A][5]

Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

Raków Częstochowa

Arka Gdynia

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#### Final squad[edit]

GK | 28 |  Dominik Holec
RCB | 4 |  Kamil Piątkowski
CB | 6 |  Andrzej Niewulis
LCB | 24 |  Zoran Arsenić |  |  80'
RM | 7 |  Fran Tudor
RCM | 10 |  Igor Sapała |  |  46'
LCM | 8 |  Ben Lederman |  |  85'
LM | 23 |  Patryk Kun
RW | 77 |  Marcin Cebula |  |  80'
LW | 11 |  Ivi
CF | 21 |  Vladislavs Gutkovskis |  |  68'
Substitutes:
GK | 1 |  Branislav Pindroch
DF | 33 |  Jarosław Jach
MF | 14 |  Daniel Szelągowski |  |  85'
MF | 17 |  Petr Schwarz |  |  80'
MF | 20 |  Marko Poletanović |  |  46'
MF | 43 |  David Tijanić |  |  80'
MF | 47 |  Mateusz Wdowiak
MF | 71 |  Wiktor Długosz
FW | 18 |  Jakub Arak |  |  68'
Manager:
Marek Papszun
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GK | 30 |  Kacper Krzepisz
RB | 15 |  Arkadiusz Kasperkiewicz |  22'
RCB | 29 |  Michał Marcjanik
LCB | 3 |  Haris Memic
LB | 26 |  Adam Danch
RCM | 16 |  Adam Deja
LCM | 10 |  Juliusz Letniowski |  |  46'
RW | 17 |  Fabian Hiszpanski |  |  59'
AM | 14 |  Luis Valcarce |  |  59'
LW | 77 |  Mateusz Żebrowski |  |  80'
CF | 39 |  Maciej Rosołek
Substitutes:
GK | 22 |  Daniel Kajzer
DF | 18 |  Paweł Sasin |  |  80'
DF | 28 |  Damian Ślesicki
MF | 7 |  Christian Alemán
MF | 8 |  Marcus Vinicius |  79' |  46'
FW | 9 |  Artur Siemaszko |  |  59'
FW | 21 |  Kacper Skóra |  |  59'
FW | 23 |  Rafał Wolsztyński
FW | 25 |  Łukasz Wolsztyński
Manager:
Dariusz Marzec

Match officials:[6]
Referee:
Paweł Gil
Assistant referees:
Konrad Sapela
Marcin Borkowski
Fourth official:
Damian Sylwestrzak
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Tomasz Listkiewicz

Match rules

* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Nine named substitutes.
* Maximum of five substitutions.

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## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b 90minut.pl Ekstraklasa goalscorers
2. ^ 90minut.pl Polish Cup goalscorers
3. ^ "Current squad". Raków Częstochowa. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
4. ^ "Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2020/2021" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2020/2021 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa S.A. 24 July 2020. pp. 31–32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
5. ^ a b "Nowe zasady profilaktyki przeciw COVID-19" (in Polish). Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
6. ^ "Fortuna PP: Paweł Gil sędzią finału". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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2020–21 in Polish football

« 2019–20

2021–22 »

| Domestic leagues|

* Ekstraklasa
* I liga
* II liga
* III liga
* Women's Ekstraliga

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Domestic cups|

* Polish Cup
* Polish Super Cup

International club
competitions|

| Men|

* Champions League
* Europa League

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Women|

* Women's Champions League

Youth|

* Youth League

Transfers|

* Summer 2020
* Winter 2020–21

Club seasons

Ekstraklasa|

* Cracovia
* Górnik Zabrze
* Jagiellonia Białystok
* Lech Poznań
* Lechia Gdańsk
* Legia Warsaw
* Piast Gliwice
* Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
* Pogoń Szczecin
* Raków Częstochowa
* Stal Mielec
* Śląsk Wrocław
* Warta Poznań
* Wisła Kraków
* Wisła Płock
* Zagłębie Lubin

I liga|

* Arka Gdynia
* Bełchatów
* Chrobry Głogów
* Górnik Łęczna
* Jastrzębie
* Korona Kielce
* ŁKS Łódź
* Miedź Legnica
* Nieciecza
* Odra Opole
* Puszcza Niepołomice
* Radomiak Radom
* Resovia
* Sandecja Nowy Sącz
* Stomil Olsztyn
* Tychy
* Widzew Łódź
* Zagłębie Sosnowiec

II liga|

* Błękitni Stargard
* Bytovia Bytów
* Chojniczanka Chojnice
* Garbarnia Kraków
* GKS Katowice
* Górnik Polkowice
* Hutnik Kraków
* KKS Kalisz
* Lech Poznań II
* Motor Lublin
* Olimpia Elbląg
* Olimpia Grudziądz
* Pogoń Siedlce
* Stal Rzeszów
* Wigry Suwałki
* Znicz Pruszków

III liga|

* Stal Stalowa Wola

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*[DF]: Defender
*[MF]: Midfielder
*[FW]: Forward
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points