Legia Warsaw line-up against Real Madrid in the Champions League group-stage match in October 2016, wikimedia commons, photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen The 2017-8 season in the Polish Ekstraklasa has not been a classic by any stretch of the imagination. None of the title contenders were able to achieve any real level of form and consistency, […]
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It’s been a long and arduous Ekstraklasa season so far, starting all the way back on the 14th July when Lechia Gdańsk kicked it all off with a 2-0 away victory at Wisła Płock but it’s felt even longer as Polish clubs started their European (mis) adventure at the end of June. There have been […]
Photo: ballwickxpress.com Over the years of covering Polish football, here at Rightbankwarsaw I’ve become fascinated by comparing the standard of play in England and in Poland. It’s only natural for me really, after growing up in England and with my (relatively deep) knowledge of the game there. This has resulted in many a Twitter discussion […]
Lech Poznań’s Dawid Kownacki Photo: Przegląd Sportowy With 22 rounds of the season gone the Ekstraklasa title race is as intriguing as it’s ever been. This year four teams are tussling it out at the top of the table with a mere five points separating Lechia Gdańsk, Jagiellonia Białystok, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań. The […]
Today, Kasper Hämäläinen will make the move between the two biggest Polish clubs – from Lech Poznań to Legia Warsaw. The Finnish attacking midfielder will sign a three year contract worth up to 500,000 Euros a season including bonuses making him one of the highest paid footballers in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Many Lech Poznań fans […]
Henning Berg has been sacked after almost 22 months in charge of Legia Warsaw. His successor, Stanislav Cherchesov, is perhaps an unfamiliar name to many. Rightbankwarsaw gives the floor to Toke Møller Theilade, editor-in-chief of the excellent English language website dealing with Russian football, Russian Football News for an insight into the new occupant of […]
The Ekstraklasa doesn’t get many non-Polish viewers and many Poles would say that’s a good thing, such is the negativity surrounding the domestic league here. But there are some foreign watchers (including yours truly) and they often are far more positive about the Ekstraklasa than Poles themselves. I spoke to one relatively new Ekstraklasa observer, […]
After a short six week break the Ekstraklasa returns tonight as the 2015-6 season kicks off with Wisła Kraków taking on Górnik Zabrze and Lechia Gdańsk playing Cracovia. A new season means an open book for clubs and players that underachieved and for fans to believe that this season could finally be their year. At […]
The Ekstraklasa is finally over after 11 months and 37 rounds of matches. Lech Poznań finished as worthy winners in the end, with Legia Warsaw, Jagiellonia Białystok and Śląsk Wrocław qualifying for Europe and Zawisza Bydgoszcz and GKS Bełchatów dropping to the I liga. It’s been an enjoyable club season on the whole and it’s […]
Henning Berg’s Legia look poised to lose a title which was theirs for the taking The Ekstraklasa title race is not over yet, but last night’s results leave Lech Poznań three points ahead of second place Legia Warsaw with one game left to play. For Legia to prevail, they need to win at home to […]
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