Poland II Liga

The history of II Liga, or the third level of Polish football system, dates back to the Second Polish Republic. In 1927, the Ekstraklasa, also called State League (Liga Państwowa) was established. Below the Ekstraklasa, there were several regional A Classes, which in most cases covered the territory of one Voivodeship (see Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). Further below, there were B Classes (usually covering two-three counties), and, in the regions with enough football teams, C Classes (covering one county).

On 29 June 1945 in Kraków, officials of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) established three-tier system of regional championships in Poland. The first level was, following the pre-1939 pattern, A Classes, followed by B Classes, and C Classes. This system remained in use until 1951, when in March 1952, it was replaced by four classes, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Meanwhile, the number of teams in the second level of Polish tier was reduced from 40 to 14 (March 1953), which meant that as many as 26 teams were automatically relegated to the third level. As a result, there were 93 teams in the third level, divided into 8 groups. Six of these groups covered more than one voivodeship, while two groups (Katowice and Kraków) covered only their provinces, due to the football potential in those regions. After the regular season, 8 winners played each other in two-level playoffs, with two winners winning promotion to the second level.

On 13 February 1955, in Warsaw, Third League was officially formed, with four groups. This idea was abandoned after a month, due to financial reasons. Instead, in 1956, the Regional Leagues were established, with 15 groups. In 1960, Polish football switched from spring-autumn to autumn-spring system. First games of the new system took place on 19 August 1960. 26 February 1966, PZPN decided to reduce the number of groups to 4, with 16 teams in each. The Macroregional League, as it was called at that time, existed in that form until 1973, when Polish football officials decided to reintroduce the Regional Leagues, with 20 groups (since 1974 - 24 groups). In 1976, 8 groups were established, with 112 teams. In 1980, the number of groups was reduced to 4, but in 1982, again 8 groups were established. The system of 8 groups of the third level remained unchanged until 1998, with the exception of 1989–90, when there were four groups.

The number of third level groups

1945 – 1951: 14 (1950: 17)
1952: 17
1953 – 1956: 8 (1956: 9)
1957 – 1965–66: 15 (1958: 16, 1959: 17, 1960: 18)
1966–67 – 1972–73: 4
1973–74 – 1975–76: 20 (1974–75: 24)
1976–77 – 1979–80: 8
1980–81 – 1981–82: 4
1982–83 – 1996–97: 8
1997–98 – 2007–08: 4
2008–09 – 2013–14: 2
since 2014–15: 1

Date	R	Home vs Away	-
02/21 15:00	20	Warta Poznan vs OKS Swit Skolwin	View
02/21 15:00	20	Unia Skierniewice vs Zaglebie Sosnowiec	View
02/21 15:00	20	KKS 1925 Kalisz vs Stal Stalowa Wola	View
02/21 15:00	20	Slask Wroclaw II vs Podbeskidzie Bielsko Biala	View
02/21 15:00	20	Podhale Nowy Targ vs Olimpia Grudziadz	View
02/21 15:00	20	Resovia Rzeszow vs Hutnik Krakow	View
02/21 15:00	20	Chojniczanka Chojnice vs Baglar Genclik	View
02/21 15:00	20	GKS Jastrzebie vs Sokol Kleczew	View
02/21 15:00	20	Rekord Bielsko-Biala vs Sandecja Nowy Sacz	View
02/28 15:00	21	OKS Swit Skolwin vs Unia Skierniewice	View
02/28 15:00	21	Zaglebie Sosnowiec vs Slask Wroclaw II	View
02/28 15:00	21	Stal Stalowa Wola vs Podhale Nowy Targ	View

Date	R	Home vs Away	-
12/04 12:00	17	^[12] Sokol Kleczew vs LKS Lodz II ^[17]	2-2
11/30 18:30	19	^[13] Podbeskidzie Bielsko Biala vs Stal Stalowa Wola ^[6]	3-1
11/30 12:00	19	^[12] Sokol Kleczew vs KKS Kalisz ^[16]	0-0
11/30 12:00	19	^[15] Hutnik Krakow vs Slask Wroclaw II ^[8]	1-0
11/30 11:30	19	^[5] Swit Szczecin vs Sandecja Nowy Sacz ^[10]	2-0
11/30 10:30	19	^[4] Lechia Dzierzoniow vs Unia Skierniewice ^[1]	1-2
11/29 11:00	19	^[17] LKS Lodz II vs GKS Jastrzebie ^[18]	1-1
11/29 11:00	19	^[2] Warta Poznan vs Chojniczanka Chojnice ^[9]	1-0
11/29 11:00	19	^[4] Podhale Nowy Targ vs Rekord Bielsko-Biala ^[14]	3-2
11/28 17:00	19	^[12] Resovia Rzeszow vs Zaglebie Sosnowiec ^[10]	3-0
11/26 12:00	17	Sokol Kleczew vs LKS Lodz II	PPT.
11/23 18:30	18	^[6] Stal Stalowa Wola vs Olimpia Grudziadz ^[3]	2-2

Poland II Liga

Fixtures

Results

Teams

Wikipedia - II liga

History

The number of third level groups