2020–21 II liga

II liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	28 August 2020 – 13 June 2021
Matches played	160
Goals scored	465 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kamil Wojtyra; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	GKS 5–0 Błękitni; (30 October 2020)
Biggest away win	Błękitni 0–5 Stal; (30 September 2020); Znicz 0–5 Skra; (27 November 2020)
Highest scoring	Lech II 6–3 Hutnik; (5 September 2020)
Longest winning run	8 matches; Górnik Polkowice
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches; Górnik Polkowice
Longest winless run	9 matches; Olimpia Elbląg
Longest losing run	6 matches; Lech Poznań II
Highest attendance	3,679[upper-alpha 1]; Motor 2–2 Błękitni; (12 September 2020)[2]
Lowest attendance	0[upper-alpha 2]; All matches from 17 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total attendance	46,267[upper-alpha 3][3]
Average attendance	680[upper-alpha 4]
	← 2019–20 All statistics correct as of 17 December 2020.

The 2020–21 II liga is the 73rd season of the third tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1948 and the 13th season of the Polish II liga under its current title. The league is operated by the PZPN.

The league is contested by 19 teams. The regular season is played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 28 August 2020 and will conclude on 13 June 2021 (regular season).[4] Each team plays a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away. After the 18th matchday the league went on a winter break between 17 December 2020 and 26 February 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 68 matches have been played with a limited number of spectators. The rest of the matches (until 17 October 2020) were played behind closed doors without any spectators.

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

To II liga

Relegated from 2019–20 I liga	Promoted from 2019–20 III liga
Olimpia Grudziądz Chojniczanka Chojnice Wigry Suwałki	Sokół Ostróda (Group 1) KKS 1925 Kalisz (Group 2) Śląsk Wrocław II (Group 3) Motor Lublin (Group 4) Hutnik Kraków (Group 4)

From II liga

Promoted to 2020–21 I liga	Relegated to 2020–21 III liga
Górnik Łęczna Widzew Łódź Resovia Rzeszów	Stal Stalowa Wola Elana Toruń Legionovia Legionowo Gryf Wejherowo

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

Skra

Sokół

Stal

Śląsk II

Wigry

Znicz

Location of teams and stadiums in 2020–21 II liga.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Błękitni Stargard	Stargard	Stadion Miejski	2,850
Bytovia Bytów	Bytów	Stadion MOSiR	2,043
Chojniczanka Chojnice	Chojnice	Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka 1930	3,000
Garbarnia Kraków	Kraków	Stadion Garbarni	963
GKS Katowice	Katowice	Stadion GKS Katowice	6,710
Górnik Polkowice	Polkowice	Stadion Miejski	3,325
Hutnik Kraków	Kraków	Stadion Suche Stawy	6,000
KKS 1925 Kalisz	Kalisz	Stadion OSRiR	8,166
Lech Poznań II	Wronki	Stadion Amiki	5,296
Motor Lublin	Lublin	Arena Lublin	15,400
Olimpia Elbląg	Elbląg	Stadion Miejski	3,000
Olimpia Grudziądz	Grudziądz	Stadion im. Bronisława Malinowskiego	5,500
Pogoń Siedlce	Siedlce	Stadion ROSRRiT	2,901
Skra Częstochowa	Częstochowa	Stolzle Stadion STO	990
Sokół Ostróda	Ostróda	Stadion Miejski	4,998
Stal Rzeszów	Rzeszów	Stadion Miejski	11,547
Śląsk Wrocław II	Wrocław	Stadion Oporowska	8,346
Wigry Suwałki	Suwałki	Stadion OSiR	3,060
Znicz Pruszków	Pruszków	Stadion MZOS	1,977

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Górnik Polkowice	16	12	2	2	34	12	+22	38	Promotion to I liga
2	GKS Katowice	17	12	2	3	37	17	+20	38	Promotion to I liga
3	Chojniczanka Chojnice	17	10	3	4	30	16	+14	33	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Wigry Suwałki	16	10	3	3	25	14	+11	33
5	Skra Częstochowa	17	9	1	7	25	16	+9	28
6	KKS 1925 Kalisz	17	9	0	8	25	20	+5	27
7	Śląsk Wrocław II	17	8	3	6	27	23	+4	27
8	Sokół Ostróda	17	8	2	7	26	22	+4	26
9	Stal Rzeszów	16	7	3	6	24	18	+6	24
10	Garbarnia Kraków	17	6	5	6	24	26	−2	23
11	Motor Lublin	17	5	7	5	21	20	+1	22
12	Pogoń Siedlce[lower-alpha 1]	17	7	3	7	28	30	−2	21
13	Bytovia Bytów	17	5	5	7	25	26	−1	20
14	Błękitni Stargard	17	5	2	10	17	36	−19	17
15	Olimpia Elbląg	17	4	4	9	23	30	−7	16
16	Znicz Pruszków	17	4	4	9	15	31	−16	16
17	Lech Poznań II	17	4	2	11	23	34	−11	14	Relegation to III liga
18	Olimpia Grudziądz	17	3	4	10	15	32	−17	13
19	Hutnik Kraków	17	4	1	12	21	42	−21	13

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Games won; 8) Away games won
Notes:

Pogoń Siedlce was punished with a deduction of 3 points for the use of unauthorized pharmacological support.[5][6]

Results

Home \ Away	BŁĘ	BYT	CCH	GAR	KAT	GÓR	HUT	KAL	LPO	MOT	ELB	GRU	POG	SKR	SOK	STA	ŚLĄ	WIG	ZNI
Błękitni Stargard	—	1–4					1–0		1–0				1–2	1–0		0–5		1–0	2–3
Bytovia Bytów		—	3–2		1–2	0–2					1–0	2–0		0–1	1–0		2–2	1–2
Chojniczanka Chojnice	2–0		—	3–1			4–1	3–0	3–0	0–0			4–2			2–1			2–0
Garbarnia Kraków	3–0	2–2		—			2–1		2–4				0–0			0–0	1–3	1–3	2–1
GKS Katowice	5–0		1–2	2–1	—			4–1	3–1	2–1			2–2						1–1
Górnik Polkowice	2–1			2–1	0–2	—	3–0	2–1		1–1			4–2		3–0				4–0
Hutnik Kraków		3–1			3–2		—					2–2		3–1			2–5	1–2
KKS 1925 Kalisz	2–0	2–1		1–2			4–0	—	2–0				0–1			0–2		0–3	1–0
Lech Poznań II		1–1				1–3	6–3		—		2–3	1–2		1–0			2–1	1–1
Motor Lublin	2–2	2–1		1–1			3–0	0–3	1–0	—			3–3			1–0			1–2
Olimpia Elbląg	4–2		0–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–1			1–3	—	3–1			3–3
Olimpia Grudziądz	2–2		1–3	1–2	1–3	0–1		0–1				—			0–4				1–1
Pogoń Siedlce							2–1		4–2		4–3	0–1	—	1–2		0–2	1–2	1–2
Skra Częstochowa			1–0		1–0	1–3		1–0		1–1	0–1	4–0		—	3–0
Sokół Ostróda	0–2		3–0	1–1			3–0	1–4	2–0	1–0			0–1		—	2–3			2–0
Stal Rzeszów		3–3			0–1	2–1					0–0	0–1		3–2		—	0–3	1–2
Śląsk Wrocław II			2–0		0–3	0–0		0–3		1–1	3–1	2–1		0–1	0–2		—
Wigry Suwałki			0–0		1–2					1–0	2–1	1–1		2–1	1–2		2–0	—
Znicz Pruszków		1–1					1–0		2–1		1–1		1–2	0–5		0–2	1–3		—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2020. Source: 90minut.pl
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs

II liga play-offs for the 2020–21 season will be played on 16 and 20 June 2021. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place are set to compete. The fixtures are determined by final league position – 3rd team of regular season vs 6th team of regular season and 4th team of regular season vs 5th team of regular season. The winner of final match will be promoted to I liga for next season. All matches will be played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in regular season.[4]

	Semi-finals 16 June					Final 20 June


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Top goalscorers

As of 16 December 2020.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Kamil Wojtyra	Skra Częstochowa	14
2	Marcin Urynowicz	GKS Katowice	11
2	Dawid Wolny	Sokół Ostróda	11
4	Piotr Giel	Bytovia Bytów	10
4	Eryk Sobków	Górnik Polkowice	10
6	Sebastian Bergier	Śląsk Wrocław II	9
6	Janusz Surdykowski	Olimpia Elbląg	9
8	Kamil Adamek	Wigry Suwałki	8
8	Hubert Sobol	Lech Poznań II	8
10	Szymon Skrzypczak	Chojniczanka Chojnice	7
10	Daniel Świderski	Motor Lublin	7

Notes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match have been played with a limited number of spectators at maximum of 50% of stadium capacity.[1]
Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
Season total attendance after 68 matches (until 17 October 2020). All matches have been played with a limited number of spectators.
Season average attendance after 68 matches (until 17 October 2020). All matches have been played with a limited number of spectators.

References

"Znosimy część ograniczeń związanych z COVID-19: więcej osób na trybunach, targach i konferencjach" (in Polish). Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Match report". 90minut.pl. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
"Podsumowanie statystyczne Ekstraklasy, I i II ligi" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
"Zatwierdzono regulaminy i ramowe terminarze rozgrywek na sezon 2020/2021". PZPN. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
"Pogoń Siedlce ukarana odjęciem sześciu punktów w sezonie 2020/21". 90minut (in Polish). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
"Najwyższa Komisja Odwoławcza PZPN zmniejszyła karę Pogoni Siedlce". 90minut (in Polish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
"Strzelcy". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

External links

Official website (in Polish)

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[table_note_POG0.94756077180969-11] Pogoń Siedlce was punished with a deduction of 3 points for the use of unauthorized pharmacological support.[5][6]

[Spectators_limitation-2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match have been played with a limited number of spectators at maximum of 50% of stadium capacity.[1]

[4] Matches have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.

[5] Season total attendance after 68 matches (until 17 October 2020). All matches have been played with a limited number of spectators.

[7] Season average attendance after 68 matches (until 17 October 2020). All matches have been played with a limited number of spectators.

[50%OfAttendaceInPolishCompetitions-1] "Znosimy część ograniczeń związanych z COVID-19: więcej osób na trybunach, targach i konferencjach" (in Polish). Serwis Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[3] "Match report". 90minut.pl. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

[stats-6] "Podsumowanie statystyczne Ekstraklasy, I i II ligi" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[Terminarz-8] "Zatwierdzono regulaminy i ramowe terminarze rozgrywek na sezon 2020/2021". PZPN. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[9] "Pogoń Siedlce ukarana odjęciem sześciu punktów w sezonie 2020/21". 90minut (in Polish). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[10] "Najwyższa Komisja Odwoławcza PZPN zmniejszyła karę Pogoni Siedlce". 90minut (in Polish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

[12] "Strzelcy". 90minut.pl. Retrieved 25 December 2020.