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Polish Ekstraklasa Football Trivia

Test your knowledge of Poland's top football flight, from title-winning powerhouses to derby rivalries and historic goalscorers.

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Which Warsaw club holds the record for the most Polish league championship titles in history?

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  1. 1.Which Warsaw club holds the record for the most Polish league championship titles in history?

    • APolonia Warsaw
    • BLegia Warsaw✓ Correct
    • CWisła Kraków
    • DGórnik Zabrze

    Correct answer: Legia Warsaw

    Legia Warsaw has won 15 official Polish league championships, leading all clubs ahead of Górnik Zabrze and Ruch Chorzów (14 each).

  2. 2.What club from Poznań won the Polish championship in 2022 during its centenary year and plays at the Enea Stadion?

    • AWarta Poznań
    • BLech Poznań✓ Correct
    • CDyskobolia Grodzisk
    • DOlimpia Poznań

    Correct answer: Lech Poznań

    Lech Poznań captured their eighth national championship in the 2021–22 season, coinciding with the club's 100th anniversary.

  3. 3.What fierce cross-town clash between Wisła Kraków and Cracovia is traditionally known as in Polish football?

    • AThe Silesian Classic
    • BThe Great Derby
    • CThe Holy War (Święta Wojna)✓ Correct
    • DThe Royal Derby

    Correct answer: The Holy War (Święta Wojna)

    The Kraków Derby between Wisła and Cracovia is famously known as 'Święta Wojna' (The Holy War), dating back to the early 20th century.

  4. 4.Which Silesian club dominated Polish football in the 1960s, winning five consecutive titles and reaching the 1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final?

    • ARuch Chorzów
    • BGórnik Zabrze✓ Correct
    • CPolonia Bytom
    • DGKS Katowice

    Correct answer: Górnik Zabrze

    Górnik Zabrze is the only Polish club to ever reach a major European club final, finishing runners-up to Manchester City in 1970.

  5. 5.Which club from Częstochowa won its maiden Ekstraklasa league title in the 2022–23 season under manager Marek Papszun?

    • ARaków Częstochowa✓ Correct
    • BPiast Gliwice
    • CJagiellonia Białystok
    • DMiedź Legnica

    Correct answer: Raków Częstochowa

    Raków Częstochowa completed a dramatic rise from the lower tiers to claim their first Ekstraklasa crown in the 2022–23 campaign.

  6. 6.Which striker scored 21 goals for Lech Poznań in the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa season before securing a transfer to Borussia Dortmund?

    • AArkadiusz Milik
    • BRobert Lewandowski✓ Correct
    • CKrzysztof Piątek
    • DŁukasz Teodorczyk

    Correct answer: Robert Lewandowski

    Robert Lewandowski won the 2009–10 Ekstraklasa top scorer award and the league title with Lech Poznań before moving to Germany.

  7. 7.Which club from Upper Silesia won 14 Polish titles, including their last top-flight championship in 1989?

    • ARuch Chorzów✓ Correct
    • BSzombierki Bytom
    • CGKS Tychy
    • DOdra Opole

    Correct answer: Ruch Chorzów

    Ruch Chorzów was a dominant historical force in Polish football, capturing 14 league championships, tied for second-most all-time.

  8. 8.Who is the all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Polish top flight with 186 career goals?

    • AGerard Cieślik
    • BLucjan Brychczy
    • CWłodzimierz Lubański
    • DErnest Pohl✓ Correct

    Correct answer: Ernest Pohl

    Ernest Pohl scored 186 league goals while playing for Legia Warsaw and Górnik Zabrze between 1954 and 1967.

  9. 9.Which club from Lower Silesia plays at the Tarczyński Arena and won the Ekstraklasa title in 2012?

    • AZagłębie Lubin
    • BŚląsk Wrocław✓ Correct
    • CMiedź Legnica
    • DChrobry Głogów

    Correct answer: Śląsk Wrocław

    Śląsk Wrocław won the 2011–12 Polish championship under manager Orest Lenczyk, lifting their second national league trophy.

  10. 10.Which regional club won its first Polish league championship in the 2018–19 season under head coach Waldemar Fornalik?

    • APiast Gliwice✓ Correct
    • BKorona Kielce
    • CPogoń Szczecin
    • DPodbeskidzie

    Correct answer: Piast Gliwice

    Piast Gliwice surprised Polish football in 2019 by finishing first in the championship round to capture their first top-flight title.

  11. 11.Which Gdańsk club has a longstanding seaside rivalry with Arka Gdynia in the Tricity Derby (Derby Trójmiasta)?

    • ALechia Gdańsk✓ Correct
    • BPomerania Gdańsk
    • CBałtyk Gdynia
    • DKotwica Kołobrzeg

    Correct answer: Lechia Gdańsk

    Lechia Gdańsk contests the heated Tricity Derby against neighbors Arka Gdynia along the northern Baltic coast.

  12. 12.Which legendary Polish attacker spent over 18 years playing for Legia Warsaw, scoring 182 league goals and serving as club coach?

    • AKazimierz Deyna
    • BLucjan Brychczy✓ Correct
    • CDariusz Dziekanowski
    • DGrzegorz Lato

    Correct answer: Lucjan Brychczy

    Lucjan Brychczy made 368 appearances for Legia between 1954 and 1972, winning four championships and remaining with the club as an assistant coach for decades.

  13. 13.Which club from Podlasie won its first Polish championship in club history in the 2023–24 season?

    • AStomil Olsztyn
    • BJagiellonia Białystok✓ Correct
    • CWigry Suwałki
    • DMotor Lublin

    Correct answer: Jagiellonia Białystok

    Under young head coach Adrian Siemieniec, Jagiellonia Białystok secured its first-ever Ekstraklasa championship in May 2024.

  14. 14.What team from Szczecin, known as 'Portowcy', reached multiple Polish Cup finals and consistently challenged for the title in the 2020s?

    • APogoń Szczecin✓ Correct
    • BFlota Świnoujście
    • CGwardia Koszalin
    • DBłękitni Stargard

    Correct answer: Pogoń Szczecin

    Pogoń Szczecin plays at Stadion Floriana Krygiera and has been a top-tier contender throughout modern Ekstraklasa seasons.

  15. 15.Which club from Kraków was stripped of top-flight status after suffering relegation in 2022 despite winning 13 national championships?

    • ACracovia
    • BWisła Kraków✓ Correct
    • CHutnik Kraków
    • DGarbarnia Kraków

    Correct answer: Wisła Kraków

    Wisła Kraków, a dominant powerhouse during the Tele-Fonika era of the 2000s, was relegated from the Ekstraklasa in 2022.

  16. 16.How many clubs compete in the Polish Ekstraklasa under the expanded format used since the 2021–22 season?

    • A14
    • B16
    • C18✓ Correct
    • D20

    Correct answer: 18

    The Ekstraklasa expanded from 16 to 18 teams for the 2021–22 campaign, with each team playing 34 matchdays in a home-and-away schedule.

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