Piast Gliwice defend a corner at Lechia Gdańsk Photo: Tomek R It’s been a topsy-turvy season in the Ekstraklasa, but this is no surprise in one of the most unpredictable of Europe’s top tiers, with the only predictable thing being that Legia Warsaw could very well creep across the line while not really impressing. All […]
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Last week I covered the top half of the Ekstraklasa, so this week it’s time to round up the rest of the table. Which teams had the most issues in one of the most unpredictable leagues in the world? All will become clear In 9th place we find Wisła Płock. As with pretty much everyone, […]
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: Tylko Ekstraklasa It’s approaching the last minute of injury time as Arka Gdynia face Danish side FC Midtjylland in the third round of the Europa League qualifiers. It’s 2-2 after a fiercely fought encounter and Arka have won a free-kick on the right hand side of the Midtjylland box and it’s going to be […]
It all started with a photo posted on Sandecja Nowy Sącz’s twitter feed on Monday morning. In it stand two men posing outside of an airport terminal, the small, rather well-built man on the right of the picture is draped in Sandecja’s flag with a wide grin on his face. The small club from the […]
Sandecja Nowy Sącz, in blue, head out to play a pre-season friendly vs Cracovia. Photo: Marcin Łoboz, Watch Esktraklasa Next weekend marks the kickoff of the new season of the Polish Ekstraklasa. There will be a new face among the Polish football elite – Sandecja Nowy Sącz, Ed Żelaski gives us some info on who […]
Tomorrow on May 2nd at 16:00 CET is the Polish Cup Final which will be held at the National Stadium in Warsaw between Lech Poznań and Arka Gdynia. Rightbankwarsaw looks a little at what we can expect in the game. If you live in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, Canada, Argentina or Brazil, you can […]
This Tuesday and Wednesday are the second legs of the Polish Cup semi-finals. Rightbankwarsaw has a quick look at what we can expect in the games between first Arka Gdynia and Wigry Suwałki and then Pogoń Szczecin and Lech Poznań. If you live in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, Canada, Argentina or Brazil, you can […]
I answered some questions for the excellent French language website Footballski.fr which deals with football in Eastern Europe. I present the English version here – it was a chance for me to clarify my views on a number of different issues, the Polish FA, fan culture in Poland and the enigmatic Zbigniew Boniek. Read on for […]
Photo @FotoPyK In the first guest post for a while on RightbankWarsaw, Mário Silva explains why Legia’s demotion to the Europa League due to the Celtic fiasco will benefit them and most importantly the game in Poland. The title may seem rather odd given the anxiety of Polish football fans to have a team in the Champions […]
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