2022–23 III liga

The 2022–23 III liga season was the 15th edition of the fourth tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 2008 under its current title (III liga) and the 7th season under its current league division format.^[2] The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

III liga

Season	2022–23
Dates	5 August 2022 – 17 June 2023
Champions	ŁKS Łódź II Olimpia Grudziądz Polonia Bytom Stal Stalowa Wola
Matches played	1,224
Goals scored	3,857 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dawid Wolny (26 goals)[1]
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The competition was contested by 72 clubs split geographically across 4 groups of 18 teams, with the winners of each group gaining promotion to the II liga. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. It began on 5 August 2022 and ended on 17 June 2023. The teams included semi-professional clubs (although a few are professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Format

Geographical criteria.

72 teams were divided into four groups according to geographical criteria:^[2]

• Group I (Łódź – Masovian – Podlaskie – Warmian-Masurian)
• Group II (Kuyavian-Pomeranian – Greater Poland – Pomeranian – West Pomeranian)
• Group III (Lower Silesian – Lubusz – Opole – Silesian)
• Group IV (Świętokrzyskie – Lesser Poland – Lublin – Podkarpackie)

Since 2021–22 season each group of III liga was operated by Polish Football Association (PZPN), not a different voivodship football association.

Błonianka

Broń

Concordia

Jagiellonia II

Lechia T.M.

Legia II

Legionovia

ŁKS II

Mławianka

Olimpia Z.

Pelikan

Pilica

Pogoń G.M.

Sokół O.

Świt N.D.M.

Ursus

Unia S.

Warta S.

Bałtyk G.

Błękitni

Cartusia

Gedania

Jarota

Olimpia G.

Polonia Ś.W.

Pogoń II S.

Pogoń N.S.

Sokół K.

Starogard G.

Stolem

Świt S.

Unia J.

Unia S.K.

Unia S.

Vineta

Zawisza

Carina

Chrobry II

Goczałkowice Z.

Górnik II Z.

Gwarek

Kluczbork

Lechia Z.G.

Miedź II

Odra W.

Pniówek

Polonia B.

Polonia N.

Raków II

Rekord

Stal B.

Stilon

Ślęza

Warta G.W.

Avia

Chełmianka

Cracovia II

Czarni

Korona II

Łagów

Lublinianka

Orlęta

Ostrowiec Ś.

Podhale

Podlasie

Stal S.W.

Unia T.

Wiązownica

Wieczysta

Wisła S.

Wisłoka

Location of teams and stadiums in 2022–23 III liga. Red: Group I, Green: Group II, Yellow: Group III, Blue: Group IV

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season.

To III liga

Relegated from 2021–22 II liga	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Sokół Ostróda	Promoted from 2021–22 IV liga	Group 1 Warta Sieradz Mławianka Mława Olimpia Zambrów Concordia Elbląg	Group 2 Unia Solec Kujawski Gedania Gdańsk Unia Swarzędz Vineta Wolin	Group 3 Chrobry II Głogów Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski Polonia Nysa Raków II Częstochowa	Group 4 Lublinianka Lublin Wieczysta Kraków KS Wiązownica Korona II Kielce

From III liga

Promoted to 2022–23 II liga	Polonia Warsaw Kotwica Kołobrzeg Zagłębie II Lubin Siarka Tarnobrzeg	Relegated to 2022–23 IV liga	Group 1 KS Kutno Mamry Giżycko GKS Wikielec Znicz Biała Piska Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki Wissa Szczuczyn	Group 2 Bałtyk Koszalin Elana Toruń	Group 3 Piast Żmigród Karkonosze Jelenia Góra Foto-Higiena Gać	Group 4 Korona Rzeszów Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska

League tables

Group 1

III liga Group 1

Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 17 June 2023
Champions	ŁKS Łódź II
Relegated	Sokół Ostróda Błonianka Błonie Ursus Warsaw
Matches played	306
Goals scored	993 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mateusz Stryjewski (21 goals)[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	ŁKS Łódź II (C, P)	34	20	8	6	76	41	+35	68	Promotion to II liga
2	Legionovia Legionowo	34	18	10	6	71	43	+28	64
3	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki	34	18	10	6	62	39	+23	64
4	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	34	18	7	9	66	45	+21	61
5	Legia Warsaw II	34	15	10	9	66	48	+18	55
6	Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki	34	15	10	9	51	43	+8	55
7	Unia Skierniewice	34	15	8	11	41	38	+3	53
8	Mławianka Mława	34	15	7	12	83	71	+12	52
9	Jagiellonia Białystok II	34	13	10	11	65	54	+11	49
10	Pilica Białobrzegi	34	12	9	13	53	55	−2	45
11	Pelikan Łowicz	34	12	9	13	56	52	+4	45
12	Sokół Ostróda[a] (W)	34	10	6	18	49	71	−22	36	Withdrawal
13	Olimpia Zambrów	34	9	9	16	40	63	−23	36
14	Broń Radom	34	9	8	17	60	76	−16	35
15	Wisła Sieradz	34	8	10	16	39	53	−14	34
16	Concordia Elbląg	34	8	9	17	38	61	−23	33
17	Błonianka Błonie (R)	34	8	6	20	35	68	−33	30	Relegation to IV liga
18	Ursus Warsaw (R)	34	5	10	19	42	72	−30	25

Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. Number of points reached in the entire series of games; 2. Number of points reached in direct matches; 3. Goal difference in direct matches; 4. Goal difference in direct matches – away goals counted twice; 5. Goal difference in the whole series of games; 6. Number of goals scored in the entire series of games.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) ?
Notes:

1. Sokół Ostróda withdrawn the league after the season.

Group 2

III liga Group 2

Season	2022–23
Dates	5 August 2022 – 17 June 2023
Champions	Olimpia Grudziądz
Relegated	Jarota Jarocin Bałtyk Gdynia Unia Janikowo
Matches played	306
Goals scored	899 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bartosz Bartkowiak (17 goals)[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Olimpia Grudziądz (C, P)	34	23	7	4	73	18	+55	76	Promotion to II liga
2	Pogoń Szczecin II	34	20	9	5	69	25	+44	69
3	Polonia Środa Wielkopolska	34	20	4	10	75	54	+21	64
4	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	34	19	5	10	69	45	+24	62
5	Gedania Gdańsk	34	19	4	11	63	59	+4	61
6	KP Starogard Gdański	34	17	8	9	44	35	+9	59
7	Świt Szczecin	34	16	7	11	61	41	+20	55
8	Pogoń Nowe Skalmierzyce	34	16	6	12	51	46	+5	54
9	Sokół Kleczew	34	14	5	15	53	48	+5	47
10	Unia Swąrzedz	34	11	11	12	37	42	−5	44
11	Cartusia Kartuzy[a]	34	11	10	13	37	40	−3	43
12	Błękitni Stargard	34	10	12	12	46	45	+1	42
13	Stolem Gniewino	34	9	9	16	33	52	−19	36
14	Unia Solec Kujawski	34	9	8	17	40	59	−19	35
15	Vineta Wolin	34	8	11	15	47	66	−19	35
16	Jarota Jarocin (R)	34	9	6	19	41	69	−28	33	Relegation to IV liga
17	Bałtyk Gdynia (R)	34	8	4	22	43	70	−27	28
18	Unia Janikowo[b] (W)	34	2	4	28	17	85	−68	10	Withdrawal

Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. Number of points reached in the entire series of games; 2. Number of points reached in direct matches; 3. Goal difference in direct matches; 4. Goal difference in direct matches – away goals counted twice; 5. Goal difference in the whole series of games; 6. Number of goals scored in the entire series of games.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrawn
Notes:

1. GKS Przodkowo has been rebranded as Cartusia Kartuzy.
2. Unia Janikowo withdrawn the league after the first half of the season.

Group 3

III liga Group 3

Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 17 June 2023
Champions	Polonia Bytom
Relegated	Stal Brzeg Polonia Nysa Miedź Legnica II Odra Wodzisław Śląski Chrobry II Głogów
Matches played	306
Goals scored	996 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dawid Wolny (26 goals)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Polonia Bytom (C, P)	34	24	3	7	69	34	+35	75	Promotion to II liga
2	Raków II Częstochowa	34	19	8	7	64	34	+30	65
3	Rekord Bielsko-Biała	34	19	8	7	69	42	+27	65
4	Ślęza Wrocław	34	19	3	12	73	55	+18	60
5	Carina Gubin	34	16	6	12	47	45	+2	54
6	Górnik Zabrze II	34	15	6	13	68	61	+7	51
7	Gwarek Tarnowskie Góry	34	14	9	11	60	52	+8	51
8	MKS Kluczbork	34	14	6	14	61	55	+6	48
9	Lechia Zielona Góra	34	12	11	11	51	51	0	47
10	LKS Goczałkowice-Zdrój	34	12	10	12	41	43	−2	46
11	Pniówek Pawłowice	34	12	10	12	64	60	+4	46
12	Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski	34	13	5	16	50	62	−12	44
13	Warta Gorzów Wielkopolski	34	11	10	13	42	56	−14	43
14	Stal Brzeg (R)	34	10	7	17	51	75	−24	37	Relegation to IV liga
15	Polonia Nysa (R)	34	8	12	14	42	50	−8	36
16	Miedź Legnica II (R)	34	7	9	18	45	63	−18	30
17	Odra Wodzisław Śląski (R)	34	7	7	20	57	88	−31	28
18	Chrobry II Głogów (R)	34	7	4	23	42	70	−28	25

Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. Number of points reached in the entire series of games; 2. Number of points reached in direct matches; 3. Goal difference in direct matches; 4. Goal difference in direct matches – away goals counted twice; 5. Goal difference in the whole series of games; 6. Number of goals scored in the entire series of games.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 4

III liga Group 4

Season	2022–23
Dates	6 August 2022 – 17 June 2023
Champions	Stal Stalowa Wola
Relegated	Cracovia II Korona II Kielce Wisła Sandomierz Lublinianka Lublin ŁKS Łagów
Matches played	306
Goals scored	969 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hubert Antkowiak (19 goals)[5]
Highest attendance	3,764 Stal 7–0 Wisła (10 June 2023)[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Stal Stalowa Wola	34	23	5	6	72	27	+45	74	Promotion to II liga
2	Avia Świdnik	34	19	11	4	58	26	+32	68
3	Wieczysta Kraków	34	20	7	7	75	35	+40	67
4	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	34	17	7	10	61	36	+25	58
5	Podlasie Biała Podlaska	34	14	13	7	63	42	+21	55
6	Cracovia II[a] (W)	34	16	6	12	69	48	+21	54	Withdrawal
7	Wisłoka Dębica	34	15	7	12	54	46	+8	52
8	Sokół Sieniawa	34	14	6	14	57	65	−8	48
9	Czarni Połaniec	34	15	2	17	47	58	−11	47
10	Podhale Nowy Targ	34	13	6	15	59	47	+12	45
11	Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski	36	13	6	17	44	63	−19	45
12	Chełmianka Chełm	34	10	10	14	45	47	−2	40
13	Unia Tarnów	34	10	10	14	43	66	−23	40
14	KS Wiązownica	34	11	7	16	49	59	−10	40
15	Korona II Kielce (R)	34	10	9	15	63	58	+5	39	Relegation to IV liga
16	Wisła Sandomierz (R)	34	7	6	21	40	91	−51	27
17	Lublinianka Lublin (R)	34	7	2	25	43	92	−49	23
18	ŁKS Łagów[b] (W)	34	11	4	19	27	63	−36	37	Withdrawal

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. Number of points reached in the entire series of games; 2. Number of points reached in direct matches; 3. Goal difference in direct matches; 4. Goal difference in direct matches – away goals counted twice; 5. Goal difference in the whole series of games; 6. Number of goals scored in the entire series of games.
(R) Relegated; (W) Withdrawn
Notes:

1. Cracovia II withdrawn the league after the season. In result the 14th place, KS Wiązownica, stays in III liga.
2. ŁKS Łagów withdrawn the league after the first half of the season.

See also

• 2022–23 Ekstraklasa
• 2022–23 I liga
• 2022–23 II liga
• 2022–23 Polish Cup