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II liga
Season2025–26
Dates25 July 2025 – 9 June 2026
Matches played17
Goals scored56 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorerPatryk Kieliś
(2 goals)
Biggest home winHutnik 4–1 ŁKS II
(26 July 2025)
Podhale 3–0 Jastrzębie
(26 July 2025)
Biggest away winŚwit 0–3 Kalisz
(26 July 2025)
Highest scoringHutnik 4–1 ŁKS II
(26 July 2025)
All statistics correct as of 1 August 2025.

The 2025–26 II liga (also known as Betclic II liga for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 78th season of the third tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1948 and the 18th season of the Polish II liga under its current title. The league is operated by the Polish Football Association.

The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season is played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 25 July 2025 and will conclude on 30 May 2026 (regular season), with play-offs being held in June 2026.[2]

Teams

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A total of 18 teams participates in the 2025–26 II liga season.

Changes from last season

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The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2025–26 II liga.
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Chojniczanka Chojnice Chojnice Chojniczanka 1930 Municipal Stadium 2,923
GKS Jastrzębie Jastrzębie-Zdrój Jastrzębie-Zdrój Municipal Stadium 5,650
Hutnik Kraków Kraków Suche Stawy Stadium 6,000
KKS 1925 Kalisz Kalisz OSRiR Stadium 8,166
ŁKS Łódź II Łódź Władysław Król Municipal Stadium 18,029
Olimpia Grudziądz Grudziądz Bronisław Malinowski Stadium 5,323
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała BBOSiR Stadium 15,316
Podhale Nowy Targ Nowy Targ Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium 900
Rekord Bielsko-Biała Bielsko-Biała Centrum Sportu REKORD 593
Resovia Rzeszów Rzeszów Stal Stadium1 11,547
Sandecja Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz Sandecja Stadium 01
Sokół Kleczew Kleczew OSiR Stadium 800
Stal Stalowa Wola Stalowa Wola Subcarpathian Football Center 3,764
Śląsk Wrocław II Wrocław Oporowska Stadium 8,346
Świt Szczecin Szczecin Obiekt Sportowy Skolwin 974
Unia Skierniewice Skierniewice Municipal Stadium 3,000
Warta Poznań Poznań Dębińska Road Stadium 2,813
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Sosnowiec ArcelorMittal Park 11,600
  1. ^ Due to the renovation of the Resovia Stadium in Rzeszów, Resovia play their home games at the Stal Stadium.
  2. ^ Under construction, expected to hold 8,111 spectators.[3] The stadium will open at full capacity on 30 August 2025 [4]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Warta Poznań Poland Ryszard Tarasiewicz[5] Mutual consent 10 June 2025 Pre-season Poland Maciej Tokarczyk[6] 25 June 2025
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Poland Bartłomiej Bobla[7] End of contract 30 June 2025 Poland Marek Gołębiewski[7] 1 July 2025
GKS Jastrzębie Slovakia Peter Struhár[8] Poland Maciej Tarnogrodzki[9] 5 July 2025
  • Italics for interim managers.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Resovia Rzeszów 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 4 Promotion to I liga
2 Stal Stalowa Wola 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4
3 Hutnik Kraków 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4 KKS 1925 Kalisz 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
4 Podhale Nowy Targ 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
6 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
7 Chojniczanka Chojnice 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
7 Olimpia Grudziądz 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
7 Rekord Bielsko-Biała 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
10 Unia Skierniewice 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
11 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 3
12 Sokół Kleczew 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
12 Śląsk Wrocław II 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14 ŁKS Łódź II 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
14 Świt Szczecin 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 Relegation to III liga
16 GKS Jastrzębie 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
17 Warta Poznań 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
18 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Number of wins; 8) Number of away wins.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[10]

Positions by round

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Promotion to I liga
Qualification for promotion play-offs
Qualification for relegation play-offs
Relegation to II liga
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: 90minut.pl

Results

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Home \ Away CHO JAS HUT KAL ŁKS OLI PBB PNT REK RES SAN SOK STA ŚLĄ ŚWI UNI WAR ZAG
Chojniczanka Chojnice — 2–1
GKS Jastrzębie — 1–1
Hutnik Kraków — 4–1
KKS 1925 Kalisz — 1–1
ŁKS Łódź II —
Olimpia Grudziądz — 1–1
Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała — 1–3
Podhale Nowy Targ 3–0 —
Rekord Bielsko-Biała 1–1 —
Resovia Rzeszów 1–1 —
Sandecja Nowy Sącz — 2–2
Sokół Kleczew — 1–2
Stal Stalowa Wola 5–2 —
Śląsk Wrocław II 1–1 1–2 —
Świt Szczecin 0–3 —
Unia Skierniewice 1–2 — 2–1
Warta Poznań —
Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: 90minut.pl
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion play-offs

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The promotion play-offs will be played on 3 and 6 June 2026. The teams finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place are set to compete. The fixtures will be determined by final league position – 3rd team of the regular season will play against 6th team of the regular season and 4th team of the regular season will play against 5th team of the regular season. The winner of the final match will be promoted to the I liga for the 2026–27 season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in the regular season.[10][2]

Semi-finals
3 June 2026 		Final
6 June 2026
      
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6  
 
 
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Relegation play-offs

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The relegation play-offs will be played on 3, 6 and 9 June 2026. The semi-finals will be played over a single leg between runners-up of each III liga group. The winner of each semi-final advances to the final, played over two legs against a 13th or a 14th-placed II liga team. The winner of the final match will play in the II liga the following season. The final matches will be hosted by the winners of the semi-finals.[10][2]

Semi-finals
3 June 2026		Final
6 & 9 June 2026
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Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 3 August 2025.[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Siméon Ouré Sandecja Nowy Sącz 3
2 Poland Radosław Bąk Resovia 2
Poland Patryk Kieliś Hutnik Kraków
Poland Marcin Michota Podhale Nowy Targ
Poland Damian Oko Stal Stalowa Wola
Poland Kamil Sabiłło Unia Skierniewice
Poland Michał Smoczyński Warta Poznań
8 42 players 1

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 2,503 2,503 2,503 2,503 +20.3%†
2 Unia Skierniewice 1,650 1,650 1,650 1,650 n/a2
3 Resovia Rzeszów 1,094 1,094 1,094 1,094 +40.6%†
4 Sokół Kleczew 800 800 800 800 n/a2
5 Olimpia Grudziądz 640 640 640 640 +53.1%†
6 Hutnik Kraków 620 620 620 620 −18.8%†
7 Podhale Nowy Targ 590 590 590 590 n/a2
8 Świt Szczecin 368 368 368 368 −29.4%†
9 Śląsk Wrocław II 228 228 228 228 n/a2
10 Chojniczanka Chojnice NA†
11 GKS Jastrzębie NA†
12 KKS 1925 Kalisz NA†
13 ŁKS Łódź II NA†
14 Rekord Bielsko-Biała NA†
15 Sandecja Nowy Sącz n/a2
16 Stal Stalowa Wola NA1
17 Warta Poznań NA1
18 Zagłębie Sosnowiec NA†
League total 8,493 2,503 228 944 −2.5%†

Updated to games played on 27 July 2025.
Source: 90minut.pl
Notes:
1. Team played last season in I liga.
2. Team played last season in III liga.

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Betclic Sponsorem Tytularnym 1. Ligi do końca sezonu 2027/2028" (in Polish). I liga. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Ramowy terminarz rozgrywek Betclic 2. ligi na sezon 2025/2026". pzpn.pl.
  3. ^ Sierhej, Rafał (29 March 2025). "Farsa na południu Polski. Wydali już ponad 140 mln, a teraz zdemontowali krzesełka". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Wielkie otwarcie stadionu dla MKS Sandecja w Nowym Sączu. Prezydent zapowiada huczną imprezę. Termin: 30 sierpnia!". nowysacz.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Ryszard Tarasiewicz zakończył współpracę z Wartą Poznań" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Nowy trener Zielonych po powrocie z krótkiego urlopu rozpoczął budowanie drużyny, która w tym sezonie będzie rywalizować w ramach rozgrywek Betclic 2 Ligi" (in Polish). Warta Poznań. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Marek Gołębiewski nowym trenerem Zagłębia!" (in Polish). Zagłębie Sosnowiec. 16 June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Trener Peter Struhár odchodzi z GKS-u Jastrzębie" (in Polish). GKS Jastrzębie. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Maciej Tarnogrodzki nowym trenerem GKS-u Jastrzębie" (in Polish). GKS Jastrzębie. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  10. ^ a b c "Uchwała nr VI/86 z dnia 7 czerwca 2024 roku Zarządu Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej w sprawie przyjęcia Regulaminu Rozgrywek o Mistrzostwo 1. Ligi, 2. Ligi i 3. ligi na sezon 2024/2025" (PDF). pzpn.pl (in Polish). Polish Football Association. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Strzelcy" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
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