2019–20 II liga

The 2019–20 II liga was the 72nd season of the third tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1948 and the 12th season of the Polish II liga under its current title. The league was operated by the PZPN. The league was contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 27 July 2019 and concluded on 25 July 2020 (regular season).^[3][4][5] On 13 March 2020, the PZPN suspended the league due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.^[6][7][8][9] After consultation with the Polish government, the league resumed behind closed doors without any spectators on 3 June 2020.

II liga

Season	2019–20
Dates	27 July 2019 – 25 July 2020
Champions	Górnik Łęczna
Promoted	Górnik Łęczna Widzew Łódź Resovia Rzeszów
Relegated	Stal Stalowa Wola Elana Toruń Legionovia Legionowo Gryf Wejherowo
Matches played	306
Goals scored	870 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michał Bednarski (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Skra 7–0 Gryf (27 June 2020)
Biggest away win	Znicz 0–6 Widzew (10 November 2019)
Highest scoring	Widzew 7–3 Pogoń (12 October 2019)
Longest winning run	5 matches Górnik Łęczna (two times) GKS Katowice
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Lech Poznań II
Longest winless run	12 matches Gryf Wejherowo
Longest losing run	10 matches Legionovia Legionowo Gryf Wejherowo
Highest attendance	17,435 Widzew 2–0 Błękitni (9 August 2019)[1]
Lowest attendance	0[A] Gryf 2–1 Skra (28 September 2019)[2] and 52 matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic[B]
Total attendance	380,690[C]
Average attendance	Before COVID-19 pandemic: 1,706[D] Season average attendance: 1,244
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To II liga Relegated from 2018–19 I liga Bytovia Bytów GKS Katowice Garbarnia Kraków Promoted from 2018–19 III liga Legionovia Legionowo (Group 1) Lech Poznań II (Group 2) Górnik Polkowice (Group 3) Stal Rzeszów (Group 4)

From II liga Promoted to 2019–20 I liga Radomiak Radom Olimpia Grudziądz GKS Bełchatów Relegated to 2019–20 III liga Siarka Tarnobrzeg ROW 1964 Rybnik Rozwój Katowice Ruch Chorzów

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Bytovia

Elana

Garbarnia

Katowice

Gryf

Górnik P.

Górnik Ł.

Lech II

Legionovia

Olimpia

Pogoń

Resovia

Skra

Stal R.

Stal S.W.

Błękitni

Widzew

Znicz

Location of teams and stadiums in 2019–20 II liga.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Błękitni Stargard	Stargard	Stadion Miejski	2,850
Bytovia Bytów	Bytów	Stadion Miejski	2,043
Elana Toruń	Toruń	Stadion im. Grzegorza Duneckiego	6,000
Garbarnia Kraków	Kraków	Stadion Garbarni	5,000
GKS Katowice	Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	6,710
Górnik Łęczna	Łęczna	Stadion Górnika Łęczna	7,456
Górnik Polkowice	Polkowice	Stadion Miejski	4,365
Gryf Wejherowo	Wejherowo	Stadion Miejski	2,500
Lech Poznań II	Poznań	Stadion Amiki Wronki	5,296
Legionovia Legionowo	Legionowo	Stadion Miejski	1,730
Olimpia Elbląg	Elbląg	Stadion Miejski	7,000
Pogoń Siedlce	Siedlce	Stadion Miejski	2,901
Resovia Rzeszów	Rzeszów	Stadion Resovii	3,420
Skra Częstochowa	Częstochowa	Stolzle Stadion STO	990
Stal Rzeszów	Rzeszów	Stadion Miejski	11,547
Stal Stalowa Wola	Boguchwała[E]	Izo Arena	943
	Stalowa Wola[F]	Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej	3,764
Widzew Łódź	Łódź	Stadion Widzewa	18,018
Znicz Pruszków	Pruszków	Stadion Znicza	1,977

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

II liga schedule changes^[5]

Round	Original dates	Revised dates
23	14–15 March	3 June (midweek)
24	21–22 March	6–7 June
25	28–29 March	13–14 June
26	4–5 April	17–18 June
27	11 April	20–21 June
28	18–19 April	27–28 June
29	25–26 April	1 July (midweek)
30	2–3 May	4–5 July
31	9–10 May	11–12 July
32	16–17 May	16 July (midweek)
33	23–24 May	19 July
34	30–31 May	25–26 July

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Górnik Łęczna (C, P)	34	18	9	7	47	37	+10	63	Promotion to I liga
2	Widzew Łódź (P)	34	17	8	9	65	37	+28	59
3	GKS Katowice	34	17	8	9	57	40	+17	59	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Bytovia Bytów	34	14	10	10	50	48	+2	52[a]
5	Resovia Rzeszów (P)	34	13	13	8	50	32	+18	52[a]
6	Stal Rzeszów	34	15	6	13	55	44	+11	51
7	Garbarnia Kraków	34	14	8	12	46	40	+6	50[b]
8	Olimpia Elbląg	34	13	11	10	46	38	+8	50[b]
9	Znicz Pruszków	34	15	4	15	49	52	−3	49[c]
10	Pogoń Siedlce	34	15	4	15	54	53	+1	49[c]
11	Górnik Polkowice	34	13	9	12	60	47	+13	48
12	Błękitni Stargard	34	14	5	15	54	53	+1	47[d]
13	Lech Poznań II	34	12	11	11	49	47	+2	47[d]
14	Skra Częstochowa	34	13	8	13	37	44	−7	47[d]
15	Stal Stalowa Wola (R)	34	13	7	14	45	49	−4	46	Relegation to III liga
16	Elana Toruń (R)	34	11	8	15	50	54	−4	41
17	Legionovia Legionowo (R)	34	6	6	22	33	64	−31	24
18	Gryf Wejherowo (R)	34	3	5	26	23	91	−68	14

Source: Soccerway, 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) fairplay ranking.^[10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Bytovia Bytów 4, Resovia Rzeszów 1
2. Head-to-head points: Garbarnia Kraków 4, Olimpia Elbląg 1
3. Head-to-head points: Znicz Pruszków 6, Pogoń Siedlce 0
4. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Błękitni Stargard 7 (+4), Lech Poznań II 5 (-1), Skra Częstochowa 4 (-4)

Promotion play-offs

II liga play-offs for the 2019–20 season will be played in July 2020. 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 I liga for next season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in regular season.^[11]

	Semi-finals 28 July					Final 31 July
	3	GKS Katowice	0
	6	Stal Rzeszów	2
						6	Stal Rzeszów	0 (6)
						5	Resovia Rzeszów	0 (7)
	4	Bytovia Bytów	1 (6)
	5	Resovia Rzeszów	1 (7)

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28 July 2020

17:30 CEST

Bytovia Bytów	1–1	Resovia Rzeszów
Feruga 107'	Report	Radulj 95' (pen.)
Penalties
Czubak Deleu Zawistowski Ameyaw Feruga Giel Rutkowski Kwiatkowski	6–7	Kubowicz Zalepa Radulj Dziubinski Platek Adamski Feret Twardowski

Municipal Stadium, Bytów

Attendance: 500^[G]

Referee: Paweł Malec (Łódź)

28 July 2020

20:25 CEST

GKS Katowice	0–2	Stal Rzeszów
	Report	Gałecki 31' (o.g.) Sylwestrzak 62'

Stadion GKS Katowice, Katowice

Attendance: 1,660^[G]

Referee: Jacek Małyszek (Lublin)

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31 July 2020

17:00 CEST

Resovia Rzeszów	0–0	Stal Rzeszów
	Report
Penalties
Kubowicz Geniec Krykun Dziubiński Radulj Twardowski Płatek	7–6	Kotwica Reiman Sylwestrzak Głowacki Pieczara Kostkowski Kłos

Stadion Resovii, Rzeszów

Attendance: 712^[G]

Referee: Sebastian Krasny (Kraków)

See also

• 2019–20 Ekstraklasa
• 2019–20 I liga
• 2019–20 III liga
• 2019–20 Polish Cup

Notes

1. Match have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
2. One match of 22 round, all matches of 23–26 round, three matches of 27 round, three matches of 28 round, one match of 29 round, two matches of 30 round, one match of 31 round, two matches of 32 round, one match of 33 round and two matches of 34 round have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
3. Selected matches of 27–34 round have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public".
4. The average league attendance was 1,706 after 197 matches prior to fixtures being played behind closed doors without any spectators.
5. Until the matchday 20.
6. From the matchday 21.
7. Match have been played with "no more than 25 percent of the number of seats allocated to the public" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.