Ekstraliga (rugby union)

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Ekstraliga Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event Ekstraliga 2021/2022
SportRugby union
Founded1957
First season1957
No. of teams10
Country Poland
Most recent
champion(s)
Ogniwo Sopot
Most titlesAzs-Awf Warszawa (16)
TV partner(s)TVP
Relegation toI Liga

Rugby Ekstraliga (Polish: Ekstraliga Polska w rugby union) is the premier league for rugby union in Poland.

Polish extra league in rugby union (formerly I Liga, Series A) - the highest level of men's rugby union league games of fifteen-person teams in Poland. The competition takes place cyclically (every season, from autumn to spring) in a circular system as the national championship and is intended for the best Polish rugby clubs. They are organized by the Polish Rugby Union. The winner of the Ekstraliga final is also the Polish champion, and the weakest team is fighting for maintenance with the winner of the 1st league (formerly the 2nd league).

Champions

Season Champions Runners Third
1957 AZS-AWF Warsaw Czarni Bytom Górnik Kochłowice
1958 AZS-AWF Warsaw AZS Gdańsk Czarni Bytom
1959 Czarni Bytom AZS-AWF Warsaw Włókniarz Łódź
1960 Lechia Gdańsk Czarni Bytom AZS-AWF Warsaw
1961 Lechia Gdańsk AZS-AWF Warsaw Czarni Bytom
1962 AZS-AWF Warsaw Posnania Lechia Gdańsk
1963 AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Posnania
1964 Skra Warsaw AZS-AWF Warsaw Czarni Bytom
1965 Skra Warsaw AZS-AWF Warsaw Czarni Bytom
1966 Skra Warsaw Orzeł Warszawa Czarni Bytom
1967 Skra Warsaw Orzeł Warszawa Lechia Gdańsk
1968 Skra Warsaw Orzeł Warszawa Lechia Gdańsk
1969 Skra Warsaw Spójnia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk
1970 Lechia Gdańsk Orzeł Warszawa Skra Warsaw
1971 Polonia Poznań Lechia Gdańsk AZS-AWF Warsaw
1972 AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Skra Warsaw
1973 AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Polonia Poznań
1974 Polonia Poznań AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk
1975 Polonia Poznań AZS-AWF Warsaw Skra Warsaw
1976 Polonia Poznań Skra Warsaw AZS-AWF Warsaw
1977 AZS-AWF Warsaw Polonia Poznań Lechia Gdańsk
1978 Polonia Poznań Skra Warsaw AZS-AWF Warsaw
1979 AZS-AWF Warsaw Budowlani Łódź Skra Warsaw
1980 AZS-AWF Warsaw Polonia Poznań Skra Warsaw
1981 AZS-AWF Warsaw Skra Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk
1982 AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Budowlani Łódź
1983 Budowlani Łódź AZS-AWF Warsaw Posnania
1984 AZS-AWF Warsaw Budowlani Łódź Orkan Sochaczew
1985 AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Budowlani Łódź
1986 AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot
1987 Ogniwo Sopot AZS-AWF Warsaw Lechia Gdańsk
1988 AZS-AWF Warsaw Ogniwo Sopot Lechia Gdańsk
1989 Ogniwo Sopot Śląsk Ruda Śląska Budowlani Łódź
1990 Ogniwo Sopot Budowlani Lublin Budowlani Łódź
1991 Ogniwo Sopot Lechia Gdańsk Budowlani Lublin
1992 Ogniwo Sopot Budowlani Lublin Budowlani Łódź
1993 Ogniwo Sopot Lechia Gdańsk Budowlani Lublin
1994 Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot AZS-AWF Warsaw
1995 Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot AZS-AWF Warsaw
1996 Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot AZS-AWF Warsaw
1997 Ogniwo Sopot Lechia Gdańsk AZS-AWF Warsaw
1998 Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot AZS-AWF Warsaw
1999 Ogniwo Sopot Arka Gdynia Lechia Gdańsk
2000 Lechia Gdańsk Arka Gdynia Dębica-Lincer Pruszcz Gdański
2001 Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot Arka Gdynia
2002 Lechia Gdańsk Arka Gdynia Ogniwo Sopot
2003 Ogniwo Sopot Budowlani Łódź Budowlani Lublin
2004 Arka Gdynia Budowlani Łódź Lechia Gdańsk
2005 Arka Gdynia Budowlani Łódź Posnania
2006 Budowlani Łódź AZS-AWF Warsaw Posnania
2007 Budowlani Łódź Arka Gdynia AZS-AWF Warsaw
2008 AZS-AWF Warsaw Budowlani Łódź Arka Gdynia/Lechia Gdańsk
2009 Budowlani Łódź Arka Gdynia Juvenia Kraków/Lechia Gdańsk
2010 Budowlani Łódź Lechia Gdańsk Arka Gdynia/Orkan Sochaczew
2011 Arka Gdynia Budowlani Łódź Lechia Gdańsk
2012 Lechia Gdańsk Budowlani Łódź Arka Gdynia
2013 Lechia Gdańsk Arka Gdynia Budowlani Łódź
2014 Lechia Gdańsk Pogoń Siedlce Arka Gdynia
2015 Arka Gdynia Budowlani Łódź SA Lechia Gdańsk
2016 Budowlani Łódź SA Lechia Gdańsk Ogniwo Sopot
2017 Budowlani Łódź SA Ogniwo Sopot Pogoń Siedlce
2018 Budowlani Łódź SA Ogniwo Sopot Pogoń Siedlce
2019 Ogniwo Sopot Budowlani Łódź SA Pogoń Siedlce
2019/20 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020/21 Ogniwo Sopot Budowlani Łódź SA Orkan Sochaczew

Clubs

Team Stadium (Capacity) City
Arka Gdynia National Rugby Stadium (2,425) Gdynia
Budowlani Lublin Stadium on Krasińskiego 11 Lublin
Budowlani Łódź ŁKS Stadium on Unii Lubelskiej 2 Łódź
RC Posnania Słowiańska 78, 61-664 Poznań, Poland Poznań
Lechia Gdańsk MOSiR Stadium on Grunwaldzka 244 (11,811) Gdańsk
Ogniwo Sopot Stadium on Jana z Kolna 18 (3,000) Sopot
Orkan Sochaczew Stadium on Warszawska 80 (3,000) Sochaczew
Juvenia Kraków Juvenia Stadium on Na Błoniach 7 (800) Kraków
Pogoń Siedlce Stadium on Jana Pawła II 6 (3,500) Siedlce
Skra Warsaw RKS Skra Stadium on Wawelska 5 Warsaw

See also

References