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II liga

Organising body	PZPN
Founded	26 February 1966; 59 years ago (1966-02-26) 1948–1950 (as A klasa) 1951–1952 (as Klasa wojewódzka) 1953–1956 (as Liga międzywojewódzka) 1957–1966 (as Liga okręgowa) 1966–2008 (as III liga) 2008– (as II liga)
Country	Poland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	18
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	I liga
Relegation to	III liga
Domestic cup	Polish Cup
Current champions	Polonia Bytom (2024–25)
Broadcaster(s)	TVP Sport
Sponsor(s)	Betclic
Website	laczynas2liga.pl
Current:2025–26 II liga

II liga (Druga liga,Polish pronunciation:[ˈdruɡaˈliɡa],lit. 'Second League'), currently namedBetclic II liga due to its sponsorship byBetclic,^[1] is a Polishfootball league that sits at the third tier of thePolish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season,II Liga referred to a league at the 2nd tier,^[2] although this changed with the formation of theEkstraklasa as the top level league in Poland. Currently, II liga is belowI liga and aboveIII liga.

Since the 2014–15 season, the league consists of a single division, unlike previous seasons when it was divided into two groups,West andEast. The league consists of 18 teams.

The top two finishers are rewarded with automatic promotion to the I liga, while the teams ranked third to sixth face each other in promotion play-offs. Teams who finish 13th and 14th compete in the promotion/relegation play-offs againstIII liga group winners, and the last four teams are automatically relegated to the fourth division.

The following 18 clubs are competing in the II liga during the 2025–26 season.

Chojniczanka

Jastrzębie

Hutnik

Kalisz

ŁKS II

Olimpia G.

Podbeskidzie

Podhale

Rekord

Resovia

Sandecja

Sokół

Stal

Śląsk II

Świt S.

Unia

Warta

Zagłębie

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Location of teams in 2025–26 II liga.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

1. ^Due to the renovation of the Resovia Stadium inRzeszów,Resovia play their home games at theStal Stadium.
2. ^Under construction, expected to hold 8,111 spectators.^[3]

The history ofII Liga, or the third level of Polish football system, dates back to theSecond Polish Republic. In 1927, theEkstraklasa, also calledState League (Liga Państwowa) was established. Below theEkstraklasa, there were several regionalA Classes, which in most cases covered the territory of oneVoivodeship (seeLower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). Further below, there wereB Classes (usually covering two-three counties), and, in the regions with enough football teams,C Classes (covering one county).

On 29 June 1945 inKraków, officials of thePolish Football Association (PZPN) established three-tier system of regional championships in Poland. The first level was, following the pre-1939 pattern,A Classes, followed byB Classes, andC 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 onevoivodeship, while two groups (Katowice andKraków) 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, inWarsaw,Third League was officially formed, with four groups. This idea was abandoned after a month, due to financial reasons. Instead, in 1956, theRegional Leagues were established, with 15 groups.^[4] 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. TheMacroregional League, as it was called at that time, existed in that form until 1973, when Polish football officials decided to reintroduce theRegional 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.

• 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

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