Ekstraliga Women The throne is theirs again. Czarni Sosnowiec are the champions of the 2025/26 Ekstraliga Kobiet — Poland’s top women’s football division — after a season that ended on Saturday 30 May 2026 with the 22nd and final round. It is the club’s 14th Polish title, the most of any women’s side in the country, yet only their second league crown of the 21st century after years spent watching GKS Katowice and Górnik Łęczna trade the silverware between them.
This was, in every sense, a coronation. Czarni had already sealed the title a round early with a nervy 2:1 victory over Śląsk Wrocław, which turned the final matchday at ArcelorMittal Park into a celebration rather than a shootout. They marked the occasion with a 3:2 win over SMS Łódź in front of their own supporters — the kind of swashbuckling, slightly chaotic afternoon that befits a champion already certain of its place in history.
Champions, Silver and Bronze
Behind the new champions, Pogoń Szczecin took the silver medals, finishing as runners-up after a consistent campaign that announced them as a genuine title threat for next season. The bronze went to GKS Katowice, themselves a former champion, who held off the most painful chase of all.
That chase came from Górnik Łęczna, who finished fourth and missed the podium despite high pre-season ambitions. For a club with Górnik’s pedigree, ending the year just outside the medals will sting — and it sets up a compelling subplot for next season.
Final Matchday (Round 22)
The closing round delivered goals across the board, from a comfortable away rout to a one-goal title celebration. Here is how the final day unfolded:
- Pogoń Tczew 0-5 Górnik Łęczna,
- Pogoń Szczecin 1-0 Śląsk Wrocław,
- Czarni Sosnowiec 3-2 UKS SMS Łódź,
- GKS Katowice 3-0 AP ORLEN Gdańsk,
- Lech UAM Poznań 2-1 Rekord Bielsko-Biała,
- KS UJ Kraków 4-0 Stomilanki Olsztyn.
Relegation and Promotion
At the bottom, the picture was settled by full time. Pogoń Tczew and Stomilanki Olsztyn were relegated to I liga, Poland’s second tier, both bowing out on the final day with heavy defeats.
Coming the other way are Legia Ladies Warszawa and Słęza Wrocław, promoted from I liga. A word of clarity for those new to the league: Słęza Wrocław are a distinct club from Śląsk Wrocław, the established Ekstraliga side — two Wrocław outfits whose paths will now cross in the top flight.
You can follow every standing, result and fixture via the Ekstraliga Kobiet table & fixtures hub.
A Return to the Throne
Czarni Sosnowiec have long been the most-decorated name in Polish women’s football, but recent years had cast them as a club living off past glories. This title flips that narrative. Fourteen crowns is a benchmark no rival can match, and reclaiming the championship after a generation of dominance by Katowice and Łęczna gives the achievement an emotional weight beyond the points table.
For neutrals discovering the Ekstraliga Kobiet, this was a season with a satisfying shape: a fallen giant rising again, a fresh challenger in Pogoń Szczecin, and an ambitious Górnik left to regroup. The crown sits in Sosnowiec once more — and the chase to take it back is already on.
Photo: Паўлюк Шапецька, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons — KKP Bydgoszcz vs Czarni Sosnowiec, 2022.
