Since the weekend the Polish football world has been shaken by an unseemly spectacle surrounding the last qualifying spaces allowing entry into the top 8 of the Ekstraklasa – the so-called ‘Championship group’ which allows clubs the opportunity to fight for European places and guarantees them survival from relegation. The controversy concerns several clubs which […]
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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 […]
When Legia were knocked out of the last 32 of the Europa League last Thursday, it marked the end of Polish clubs’ participation in European club competitions for the season. It’s been a long ride, but now it’s over Rightbankwarsaw welcomes you to a short look back at the successes and failures of the country’s sides over […]
The Ekstraklasa heads into the international break having completed 15 rounds, which means that half of the regular season is already behind us. There have been some great goals, exciting matches, unexpected managerial changes as well as dire 0-0 draws and mistakes a plenty. Here at Rightbankwarsaw it’s time to look at the winners and […]
Photo: @mat_kostrzewa So in the end it happened. Legia Warsaw were kicked out of the Champions League after fielding a suspended player, Bartosz Bereszyński, for the final minutes of their tie with Celtic on Wednesday. UEFA, looking into their rule book, granted Celtic a walkover, which meant they progressed on the away goals rule instead of Legia. […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience the delightful charms of a match in Chorzów, Zabrze and Kraków? Well Jim Stewart from the excellent European football travel website Eurofootballcities.com has and here’s his take on his recent trip to Poland… My first Polish football weekend was long overdue. Having loved the country on half […]
It is June 2011. Orest Lenczyk, the manager of Śląsk Wrocław, has managed to guide the side from Lower Silesia to 2nd place in the Ekstraklasa table, their highest finish in 29 years. To reward his efforts Lenczyk is about to receive the manager of the season award at the Ekstraklasa end of season event. […]
I got off the bus which had taken me to the gates of Gwardia Warszawa’s stadium. It was a cold January day just after Christmas and there was hardly anyone around. The stadium sign spoke of decayed greatness, imposing and yet falling to bits, the gates themselves caked with rust. The main entrance and the […]
As Euro 2012 ended this summer with a barrage of Spanish tiki-taka goals I was left with a dilemma. How could I keep up my interest in all things related to Polish football when the idyllic summer evenings had gone? Should I just, like most of my compatriots and in fact most Poles too, go […]
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