Polish Cup

For other uses, see Polish Cup (disambiguation).

The Polish Cup in football (Polish: Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej [ˌpuxar ˈpɔlskʲi]) 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 (Polish: Puchar Tysiąca Drużyn [ˌpuxar tɨˌɕɔnt͡sa ˈdruʐɨn]).

Polish Cup

Organising body	Polish Football Association (PZPN)
Founded	1925; 100 years ago (1925)
Region	Poland
Number of teams	70
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Domestic cup(s)	Polish Super Cup
Current champions	Legia Warsaw (21st title)
Most successful club(s)	Legia Warsaw (21 titles)
Television broadcasters	TVP Sport
Website	www.laczynaspilka.pl/aktualnosci;category=Puchar%20Polski
2025–26 Polish Cup

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:^[1]

• 1925–26: Wisła Kraków^II
• 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 Rzeszów^II
• 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 Gdańsk^III
• 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 Legnica^II
• 1992–93: GKS Katowice (3)
• 1993–94: Legia Warsaw (10)
• 1994–95: Legia Warsaw (11)
• 1995–96: Ruch Chorzów^II (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^[2]
• 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 Kraków^II (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

ŁKS Łódź Stal Rzeszów Śląsk Wrocław Arka Gdynia Lech Poznań Lechia Gdańsk Widzew Łódź Miedź Legnica Amica Wronki Wisła Płock Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski Jagiellonia Białystok Zawisza Bydgoszcz Raków Częstochowa Kraków Katowice Warsaw Location of Polish Cup winners

Ruch Chorzów Zagłębie Sosnowiec Górnik Zabrze GKS Katowice Location of Polish cup winners in the Katowice urban area Polonia Warsaw Gwardia Warsaw Legia Warsaw Location of Polish Cup winners in Warsaw Wisła Kraków Cracovia Location of Polish Cup winners in Kraków

Performances

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Legia Warsaw	21	6	1955, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2025
Górnik Zabrze	6	7	1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
Lech Poznań	5	6	1982, 1984, 1988, 2004, 2009
Wisła Kraków	5	6	1926, 1967, 2002, 2003, 2024
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	4	1	1962, 1963, 1977, 1978
Ruch Chorzów	3	6	1951, 1974, 1996
GKS Katowice	3	5	1986, 1991, 1993
Amica Wronki	3	1	1998, 1999, 2000
Arka Gdynia	2	2	1979, 2017
Lechia Gdańsk	2	2	1983, 2019
Raków Częstochowa	2	2	2021, 2022
Śląsk Wrocław	2	1	1976, 1987
Polonia Warsaw	2	–	1952, 2001
Jagiellonia Białystok	1	2	2010
Wisła Płock	1	1	2006
ŁKS Łódź	1	1	1957
Gwardia Warsaw	1	1	1954
Cracovia	1	–	2020
Dyskobolia Grodzisk	1	–	2007
Zawisza Bydgoszcz	1	–	2014
Miedź Legnica	1	–	1992
Widzew Łódź	1	–	1985
Stal Rzeszów	1	–	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	–

See also

• Football in Poland
• Polish Championship in Football
• Polish Super Cup