2020–21 II liga

II liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	28 August 2020 – 12 June 2021
Champions	Górnik Polkowice
Promoted	Górnik Polkowice; GKS Katowice; Skra Częstochowa
Relegated	Olimpia Grudziądz; Błękitni Stargard; Bytovia Bytów
Matches played	342
Goals scored	974 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kamil Wojtyra; (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Chojniczanka 6–0 Śląsk II; (14 April 2021)
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	13 matches; Górnik Polkowice
Longest winless run	13 matches; Bytovia Bytów
Longest losing run	7 matches; Bytovia Bytów
Highest attendance	3,679; Motor 2–2 Błękitni; (12 September 2020)
Lowest attendance	0; All matches from 17 October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total attendance	81,506
Average attendance	679
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 II liga was 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 was operated by the PZPN.

The league was contested by 19 teams. The regular season was played in a round-robin tournament. The season started on 28 August 2020 and concluded on 12 June 2021 (regular season).^[4] Each team played a total of 36 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 120 matches have been played with a limited number of spectators. The rest of the matches (until 17 October 2020 and on 16 May 2021) 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

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 RKS Garbarnia	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	Poznań	Stadion Amiki Wronki	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 Stal¹	11,547
Śląsk Wrocław II	Wrocław	Stadion Oporowska	8,346
Wigry Suwałki	Suwałki	Stadion OSiR	3,060
Znicz Pruszków	Pruszków	Stadion MZOS	1,977

^ Due to the renovation of Stadion Stal in Rzeszów, Stal have played four home games at the Subcarpathian Football Center in Stalowa Wola.^[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Górnik Polkowice (C, P)	36	22	10	4	70	29	+41	76	Promotion to I liga
2	GKS Katowice (P)	36	22	4	10	67	41	+26	70	Promotion to I liga
3	Chojniczanka Chojnice	36	19	10	7	63	34	+29	67	Qualification for Promotion play-offs
4	Wigry Suwałki	36	18	10	8	51	35	+16	64
5	KKS 1925 Kalisz	36	17	6	13	51	40	+11	57
6	Skra Częstochowa (O, P)	36	15	7	14	51	42	+9	52
7	Garbarnia Kraków	36	14	10	12	49	50	−1	52
8	Śląsk Wrocław II	36	15	7	14	61	57	+4	52
9	Motor Lublin	36	12	14	10	48	44	+4	50
10	Stal Rzeszów	36	14	8	14	58	60	−2	50
11	Sokół Ostróda	36	14	4	18	50	56	−6	46
12	Hutnik Kraków	36	13	6	17	47	61	−14	45
13	Pogoń Siedlce^[a]	36	12	9	15	61	62	−1	42
14	Lech Poznań II	36	11	7	18	47	58	−11	40
15	Znicz Pruszków	36	10	8	18	37	55	−18	38
16	Olimpia Elbląg	36	9	10	17	39	52	−13	37
17	Olimpia Grudziądz (R)	36	10	6	20	42	67	−25	36	Relegation to III liga
18	Błękitni Stargard (R)	36	8	12	16	36	66	−30	36	Relegation to III liga
19	Bytovia Bytów^[b] (R)	36	8	10	18	46	65	−19	34	Relegation to IV liga

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2021. 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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Pogoń Siedlce was punished with a deduction of 6 points for the use of unauthorized pharmacological support, this was later reduced to 3 points.^[6]^[7]
^ Bytovia did not apply for III liga license due to financial difficulties,^[8] then applied for IV liga license and will be playing in IV liga Pomerania.^[9]

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 were played on 15 and 19 June 2021. The teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place were set to compete. The fixtures were 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, Skra Częstochowa, won promotion to I liga for next season. All matches were played in a stadiums of team which occupied higher position in regular season.^[4]

Semi-finals 16 June			Final 19 June

3	Chojniczanka Chojnice	0

6	Skra Częstochowa	1
			5	KKS 1925 Kalisz	0

			6	Skra Częstochowa	3
4	Wigry Suwałki	2(2)

5	KKS 1925 Kalisz	2(4)

Top goalscorers

Goals^[10]	Player(s)
24 goals	Kamil Wojtyra (Skra Częstochowa)
20 goals	Sebastian Bergier (Śląsk Wrocław II), Dawid Wolny (Sokół Ostróda)
16 goals	Szymon Skrzypczak (Chojniczanka Chojnice), Janusz Surdykowski (Olimpia Elbląg)
15 goals	José Embaló (Olimpia Grudziądz), Piotr Giel (Bytovia Bytów)
14 goals	Mateusz Piątkowski (Górnik Polkowice), Marcin Urynowicz (GKS Katowice)
13 goals	Kamil Adamek (Wigry Suwałki), Eryk Sobków (Górnik Polkowice)
12 goals	Filip Kozłowski (GKS Katowice), Wojciech Reiman (Stal Rzeszów), Mariusz Szuszkiewicz (Górnik Polkowice), Arkadiusz Woźniak (GKS Katowice)

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 120 matches (until 17 October 2020 and on 16 May 2021). All matches have been played with a limited number of spectators.
^ Season total attendance after 120 matches (until 17 October 2020 and on 16 May 2021). All matches have been played with a limited number of spectators.