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Polish Cup

Polish Cup
FieldValue
logoPolish Cup logo.png
upright0.6
organiserPolish Football Association (PZPN)
regionPoland
founded
teams70
domestic cupPolish Super Cup
qualifier forUEFA Europa League
current championsLegia Warsaw
(21st title)
most successful clubLegia Warsaw
(21 titles)
website
broadcastersTVP Sport
current2025–26 Polish Cup

(21st title) (21 titles)

The Polish Cup in football ( ), known as the STS Polish Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout football competition for Polish football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called The Cup of the Thousand Teams ( ).

Participation is open to any club registered with the Polish FA, regardless of whether it competes in any league in the national pyramid or not. Reserve and veteran teams are also eligible, with reserve teams reaching the final on two occasions (and winning it once). The Cup is popular among lower-level teams, as it gives them a chance to play better known sides. In some cases, the underdogs have even reached the final, with the most famous example being Czarni Żagań, who were playing in the third division, when they reached the 1964–65 final, eventually won by Górnik Zabrze.

Lower league clubs have to enter regional qualification rounds and the winners of these join the teams from the first and second division in the competition proper. The regional qualifications are played in the preceding season, so that one edition of Polish Cup for lower ranked clubs can last two seasons. Each tie is decided by a single game which is held at the lower league side's stadium. The final used to be a single match, but 2002–2006 it was contested over two legs. Since 2007, the Cup has returned to the single-game final.

The first edition of the Polish Cup took place in 1926, but it was quickly abandoned. In the late 1930s, the President of Poland's Football Cup was organized, which featured teams of the Polish Football Association's regional districts.

The reigning champions, and the competition's most successful club with 21 wins, are Legia Warsaw, who defeated Pogoń Szczecin 4–3 in the final of the 2024–25 edition. Raków Częstochowa hold the record for most consecutive tournament game wins (16) between 2020 and 2023, winning the cup in 2021 and 2022.

The current design of the Polish Cup

Polish Cup winners

Previous cup winners are:

  • 1925–26: Wisła KrakówII
  • 1927–50: not played
  • 1950–51: Unia Chorzów
  • 1951–52: Kolejarz Warsaw
  • 1952–53: not played
  • 1953–54: Gwardia Warsaw
  • 1954–55: CWKS Warsaw
  • 1955–56: CWKS Warsaw (2)
  • 1956–57: ŁKS Łódź
  • 1958–61: not played
  • 1961–62: Zagłębie Sosnowiec
  • 1962–63: Zagłębie Sosnowiec (2)
  • 1963–64: Legia Warsaw (3)
  • 1964–65: Górnik Zabrze
  • 1965–66: Legia Warsaw (4)
  • 1966–67: Wisła Kraków (2)
  • 1967–68: Górnik Zabrze (2)
  • 1968–69: Górnik Zabrze (3)
  • 1969–70: Górnik Zabrze (4)
  • 1970–71: Górnik Zabrze (5)
  • 1971–72: Górnik Zabrze (6)
  • 1972–73: Legia Warsaw (5)
  • 1973–74: Ruch Chorzów (2)
  • 1974–75: Stal RzeszówII
  • 1975–76: Śląsk Wrocław
  • 1976–77: Zagłębie Sosnowiec (3)
  • 1977–78: Zagłębie Sosnowiec (4)
  • 1978–79: Arka Gdynia
  • 1979–80: Legia Warsaw (6)
  • 1980–81: Legia Warsaw (7)
  • 1981–82: Lech Poznań
  • 1982–83: Lechia GdańskIII
  • 1983–84: Lech Poznań (2)
  • 1984–85: Widzew Łódź
  • 1985–86: GKS Katowice
  • 1986–87: Śląsk Wrocław (2)
  • 1987–88: Lech Poznań (3)
  • 1988–89: Legia Warsaw (8)
  • 1989–90: Legia Warsaw (9)
  • 1990–91: GKS Katowice (2)
  • 1991–92: Miedź LegnicaII
  • 1992–93: GKS Katowice (3)
  • 1993–94: Legia Warsaw (10)
  • 1994–95: Legia Warsaw (11)
  • 1995–96: Ruch ChorzówII (3)
  • 1996–97: Legia Warsaw (12)
  • 1997–98: Amica Wronki
  • 1998–99: Amica Wronki (2)
  • 1999–2000: Amica Wronki (3)
  • 2000–01: Polonia Warsaw (2)
  • 2001–02: Wisła Kraków (3)
  • 2002–03: Wisła Kraków (4)
  • 2003–04: Lech Poznań (4)
  • 2004–05: not awarded
  • 2005–06: Wisła Płock
  • 2006–07: Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
  • 2007–08: Legia Warsaw (13)
  • 2008–09: Lech Poznań (5)
  • 2009–10: Jagiellonia Białystok
  • 2010–11: Legia Warsaw (14)
  • 2011–12: Legia Warsaw (15)
  • 2012–13: Legia Warsaw (16)
  • 2013–14: Zawisza Bydgoszcz
  • 2014–15: Legia Warsaw (17)
  • 2015–16: Legia Warsaw (18)
  • 2016–17: Arka Gdynia (2)
  • 2017–18: Legia Warsaw (19)
  • 2018–19: Lechia Gdańsk (2)
  • 2019–20: Cracovia
  • 2020–21: Raków Częstochowa
  • 2021–22: Raków Częstochowa (2)
  • 2022–23: Legia Warsaw (20)
  • 2023–24: Wisła KrakówII (5)
  • 2024–25: Legia Warsaw (21)

: II Team played in the second level of the Polish league football : III Team played in the third level of the Polish league football

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Finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueAttendance
2000Amica Wronki2–2Wisła KrakówStadion Miejski, Kraków8,000
3–0Stadion Amici, Wronki5,500
2001Polonia Warsaw2–1Górnik ZabrzeStadion Miejski, Zabrze2,216
2–2Stadion Polonii, Warsaw3,500
2002Wisła Kraków4–2Amica WronkiStadion Amici, Wronki2,500
4–0Stadion Miejski, Kraków7,000
2003Wisła Kraków0–1Wisła PłockStadion Miejski, Kraków4,000
3–0Stadion Miejski, Płock10,000
2004Lech Poznań2–0Legia WarsawStadion Miejski, Poznań26,000
0–1Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw15,000
2005Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski2–0Zagłębie LubinStadion Dyskobolii, Grodzisk Wielkopolski4,000
0–1Stadion Zagłębia, Lubin8,000
2006Wisła Płock3–2Zagłębie LubinStadion Zagłębia, Lubin8,000
3–1Stadion Miejski, Płock8,520
2007Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski2–0Korona KielceStadion Miejski, Bełchatów5,500
2008Legia Warsaw0–0Wisła KrakówStadion Miejski, Bełchatów5,000
2009Lech Poznań1–0Ruch ChorzówSilesian Stadium, Chorzów25,000
2010Jagiellonia Białystok1–0Pogoń SzczecinStadion Miejski, Bydgoszcz13,300
2011Legia Warsaw1–1Lech PoznańStadion Miejski, Bydgoszcz18,200
2012Legia Warsaw3–0Ruch ChorzówStadion Miejski, Kielce10,100
2013Legia Warsaw2–0Śląsk WrocławStadion Miejski, Wrocław35,000
0–1Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw29,416
2014Zawisza Bydgoszcz0–0Zagłębie LubinStadion Narodowy, Warsaw37,120
2015Legia Warsaw2–1Lech PoznańStadion Narodowy, Warsaw45,322
2016Legia Warsaw1–0Lech PoznańStadion Narodowy, Warsaw48,563
2017Arka Gdynia2–1Lech PoznańStadion Narodowy, Warsaw43,760
2018Legia Warsaw2–1Arka GdyniaStadion Narodowy, Warsaw47,037
2019Lechia Gdańsk1–0Jagiellonia BiałystokStadion Narodowy, Warsaw44,158
2020Cracovia3–2Lechia GdańskArena Lublin, Lublin3,478
2021Raków Częstochowa2–1Arka GdyniaArena Lublin, Lublin0
2022Raków Częstochowa3–1Lech PoznańStadion Narodowy, Warsaw35,694
2023Legia Warsaw0–0Raków CzęstochowaStadion Narodowy, Warsaw44,701
2024Wisła Kraków2–1Pogoń SzczecinStadion Narodowy, Warsaw47,506
2025Legia Warsaw4–3Pogoń SzczecinStadion Narodowy, Warsaw51,233

Performances

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Legia Warsaw2161955, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025
Górnik Zabrze671965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Lech Poznań561982, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2009
Wisła Kraków561926, 1967, 2002, 2003, 2024
Zagłębie Sosnowiec411962, 1963, 1977, 1978
Ruch Chorzów361951, 1974, 1996
GKS Katowice351986, 1991, 1993
Amica Wronki311998, 1999, 2000
Arka Gdynia221979, 2017
Lechia Gdańsk221983, 2019
Raków Częstochowa222021, 2022
Śląsk Wrocław211976, 1987
Polonia Warsaw2–1952, 2001
Jagiellonia Białystok122010
Wisła Płock112006
ŁKS Łódź111957
Gwardia Warsaw111954
Cracovia1–2020
Dyskobolia Grodzisk1–2007
Zawisza Bydgoszcz1–2014
Miedź Legnica1–1992
Widzew Łódź1–1985
Stal Rzeszów1–1975
Pogoń Szczecin–5–
Polonia Bytom–3–
Zagłębie Lubin–3–
GKS Bełchatów–2–
Piast Gliwice–2–
Aluminium Konin–1–
Czarni Żagań–1–
Korona Kielce–1–
ROW Rybnik–1–
Sparta Lwów–1–
Stal Mielec–1–

Notes

References

References

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  2. "Poland - List of Cup Finals".
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  4. (2 September 2020). "Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wlkp. traci Puchar Polski 2005. Symboliczna kara PZPN za korupcję". [[Gazeta Wyborcza.
  5. (2 September 2020). "Dyskobolia Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski pozbawiona Pucharu Polski za 2005 rok". [[Przegląd Sportowy]].
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