Polish Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

| logo = Polish Cup logo.png

| caption =

| organiser = Polish Football Association (PZPN)

| region = Poland

| founded = {{start date and age|1925|df=yes}}

| teams = 70

| domestic cup = Polish Super Cup

| qualifier for = UEFA Europa League

| current champions = Legia Warsaw
(21st title)

| most successful club = Legia Warsaw
(21 titles)

| website = {{URL|https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/aktualnosci;category=Fortuna%20Puchar%20Polski|laczynaspilka.pl}}

| broadcasters = TVP Sport

| current = 2024–25 Polish Cup

}}

The Polish Cup in football ({{langx|pl|Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej}} {{IPA|pl|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 ({{langx|pl|Puchar Tysiąca Drużyn}} {{IPA|pl|ˌpuxar tɨˌɕɔnt͡sa ˈdruʐɨn|}}).

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.

File:Finał Pucharu Polski (14095359341).jpg

Polish Cup winners

Previous cup winners are:{{cite web|title=Poland - List of Cup Finals|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/polcuphist.html|access-date=29 July 2011|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811232853/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/polcuphist.html|url-status=live}}

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 awardedThe original winners were Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. By the resolution of the PZPN management board of 2 September 2020, they were deprived of the title in connection with proven cases of match-fixing.
[http://www.90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=1876&id_sezon=65 Skarb - Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217053008/http://www.90minut.pl/skarb.php?id_klub=1876&id_sezon=65 |date=2021-02-17 }}. 90minut.pl (in Polish). 2021-01-21.
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

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|{{Location map+|Poland|width=600|float=center|caption=Location of Polish Cup winners|places=

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=51.757639 |long=19.4275 |label=ŁKS Łódź|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=50.021667 |long=21.996389 |label=Stal Rzeszów}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=51.141167 |long=16.943778 |label=Śląsk Wrocław}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=54.493136 |long=18.531214 |label=Arka Gdynia|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=52.3975 |long=16.857778 |label=Lech Poznań}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=54.39 |long=18.640278 |label=Lechia Gdańsk|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=51.765 |long=19.511667 |label=Widzew Łódź}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=51.203583 |long=16.169889 |label=Miedź Legnica|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=52.719722 |long=16.374167 |label=Amica Wronki|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=52.562004 |long=19.684067 |label=Wisła Płock}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=52.229031 |long=16.378128 |label=Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=53.105972 |long=23.149306 |label=Jagiellonia Białystok}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=53.145556 |long=18.020556 |label=Zawisza Bydgoszcz}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=50.776748 |long=19.159229 |label=Raków Częstochowa}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=50.061389 |long=19.937222 |mark=Black pog.svg |label=Kraków}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=50.25 |long=19 |mark=Black pog.svg |label=Katowice|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland |lat=52.23 |long=21.011111 |mark=Black pog.svg |label=Warsaw}}}}

|{{Location map+|Poland Upper Silesian|width=295|float=center|caption=Location of Polish cup winners in the Katowice urban area|places={{Location map~ |Poland Upper Silesian|lat=50.282203 |long=18.944178 |label=Ruch Chorzów|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Poland Upper Silesian|lat=50.2884 |long=19.1707 |label=Zagłębie Sosnowiec}}

{{Location map~ |Poland Upper Silesian|lat=50.296317 |long=18.768564 |label=Górnik Zabrze|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland Upper Silesian|lat=50.279747 |long=19.001203 |label=GKS Katowice|position=bottom}}}}

{{Location map+|Poland Warsaw|width=295|float=center|caption=Location of Polish Cup winners in Warsaw|places=

{{Location map~ |Poland Warsaw|lat=52.255517 |long=21.001322 |label=Polonia Warsaw|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Poland Warsaw|lat=52.199167 |long=20.992222 |label=Gwardia Warsaw|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland Warsaw |lat=52.220461 |long=21.040628 |label=Legia Warsaw}}}}

{{Location map+|Poland Kraków|width=295|float=center|caption=Location of Polish Cup winners in Kraków|places=

{{Location map~ |Poland Kraków|lat=50.063611 |long=19.911944 |label=Wisła Kraków|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Poland Kraków|lat=50.058056 |long=19.919722 |label=Cracovia}}

}}

Performances

=Performance by club=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"

! style="background:silver;" | Club

! style="background:silver;" | Winners

! style="background:silver;" | Runners-up

! style="background:silver;" | 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

| 1979, 2017

Lechia Gdańsk

| 2

| 1983, 2019

Raków Częstochowa

| 2

| 2021, 2022

Śląsk Wrocław

| 2

| 1

| 1976, 1987

Polonia Warsaw

| 2

| –

| 1952, 2001

Jagiellonia Białystok

| 1

| 2

| 2010

Wisła Płock

| 1

| 2006

ŁKS Łódź

| 1

| 1957

Gwardia Warsaw

| 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

| –

References

External links

{{official|1=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/aktualnosci;category=Fortuna%20Puchar%20Polski}} {{in lang|pl}}
[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/pol/domestic/cup/5046/ Polish Cup] at UEFA.com {{in lang|en}}

Category:National association football cups