Ekstraliga (speedway)

{{Short description|Polish motorcycle speedway league}}

{{further|Speedway in Poland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = Ekstraliga żużlowa

| current_season =

| logo =

| pixels = 320px

| caption =

| sport = motorcycle speedway

| founded = 2000

| fame =

| teams = 8

| country = Poland

| champion = Motor Lublin

| folded =

| website = [https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/ Official site]

| singles =

| ceo = League Commissioner:
Wojciech Stępniewski

| most successful club = Unia Leszno – 8

| TV = England: Premier Sports
Poland: Eleven Sports PL, CANAL+ Sport

| footnotes = League below
Ekstraliga 2
Krajowa Liga Żużlowa

}}

The Speedway Ekstraliga ({{langx|en|Polish Extraleague}}, {{langx|pl|Ekstraliga żużlowa}}) is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland and determines the winner of the Team Speedway Polish Championship. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world", and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004), [http://www.speedway-faq.org/polish.html History of Polish Speedway. Main competitions. Rules.] Retrieved 25 October 2014.

With the fall of communism in Poland in the 1990s and the resultant sharp increase in the value of the Złoty, the sport began to attract a wider range of star riders from other countries. The first of these was Denmark's Hans Nielsen.

In 2000, the First Division was renamed Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced. Since 2015 the official sponsor of Ekstraliga is the Polish energy company PGE, which signed the financial contract for three consecutive seasons in 2021. The top division is called the PGE Ekstraliga.{{cite magazine |author= |title=Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga |url=|magazine=Speedway Star |page=42 |location= |publisher= |date=10 September 2022 |access-date=}}