Ekstraliga (rugby)

Ekstraliga (rugby)

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1957
No. of teams	8
Country	Poland
Most recent champion(s)	RC Arka Gdynia
Most titles	AZS-AWF Warsaw

Rugby Ekstraliga (Polish: Ekstraliga Polska w rugby union) is the premier league for rugby union in Poland.

The competition was founded in 1957 and currently consists of eight teams. For victory, a team gets four points, two points for a tie and zero for a loss. The first, historical rugby champion of Poland was the team of AZS-AWF Warsaw, which altogether holds the record of 15 championship titles. RC Arka Gdynia are the current national champions (2015). The team that finishes last is relegated to I liga Rugby.

Champions

Season	Champions	Runners	Third
1957	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Czarni Bytom	Górnik Kochłowice
1958	AZS-AWF Warsaw	AZS Gdańsk	Czarni Bytom
1959	Czarni Bytom	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Włókniarz Łódź
1960	Lechia Gdańsk	Czarni Bytom	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1961	Lechia Gdańsk	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Czarni Bytom
1962	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Posnania	Lechia Gdańsk
1963	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk	Posnania
1964	Skra Warsaw	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Czarni Bytom
1965	Skra Warsaw	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Czarni Bytom
1966	Skra Warsaw	Orzeł Warsaw	Czarni Bytom
1967	Skra Warsaw	Orzeł Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk
1968	Skra Warsaw	Orzeł Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk
1969	Skra Warsaw	Spójnia Gdańsk	Lechia Gdańsk
1970	Lechia Gdańsk	Orzeł Warsaw	Skra Warsaw
1971	Polonia Poznań	Lechia Gdańsk	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1972	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk	Skra Warsaw
1973	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk	Polonia Poznań
1974	Polonia Poznań	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk
1975	Polonia Poznań	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Skra Warsaw
1976	Polonia Poznań	Skra Warsaw	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1977	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Polonia Poznań	Lechia Gdańsk
1978	Polonia Poznań	Skra Warsaw	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1979	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Budowlani Łódź	Skra Warsaw
1980	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Polonia Poznań	Skra Warsaw
1981	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Skra Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk
1982	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk	Budowlani Łódź
1983	Budowlani Łódź	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Posnania
1984	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Budowlani Łódź	Orkan Sochaczew
1985	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk	Budowlani Łódź
1986	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk	Ogniwo Sopot
1987	Ogniwo Sopot	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Lechia Gdańsk
1988	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Ogniwo Sopot	Lechia Gdańsk
1989	Ogniwo Sopot	Śląsk Ruda Śląska	Budowlani Łódź
1990	Ogniwo Sopot	Budowlani Lublin	Budowlani Łódź
1991	Ogniwo Sopot	Lechia Gdańsk	Budowlani Lublin
1992	Ogniwo Sopot	Budowlani Lublin	Budowlani Łódź
1993	Ogniwo Sopot	Lechia Gdańsk	Budowlani Lublin
1994	Lechia Gdańsk	Ogniwo Sopot	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1995	Lechia Gdańsk	Ogniwo Sopot	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1996	Lechia Gdańsk	Ogniwo Sopot	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1997	Ogniwo Sopot	Lechia Gdańsk	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1998	Lechia Gdańsk	Ogniwo Sopot	AZS-AWF Warsaw
1999	Ogniwo Sopot	Arka Gdynia	Lechia Gdańsk
2000	Lechia Gdańsk	Arka Gdynia	Dębica-Lincer Pruszcz Gdański
2001	Lechia Gdańsk	Ogniwo Sopot	Arka Gdynia
2002	Lechia Gdańsk	Arka Gdynia	Ogniwo Sopot
2003	Ogniwo Sopot	Budowlani Łódź	Budowlani Lublin
2004	Arka Gdynia	Budowlani Łódź	Lechia Gdańsk
2005	Arka Gdynia	Budowlani Łódź	Posnania
2006	Budowlani Łódź	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Posnania
2007	Budowlani Łódź	Arka Gdynia	AZS-AWF Warsaw
2008	AZS-AWF Warsaw	Budowlani Łódź	Arka Gdynia/Lechia Gdańsk
2009	Budowlani Łódź	Arka Gdynia	Juvenia Kraków/Lechia Gdańsk
2010	Budowlani Łódź	Lechia Gdańsk	Arka Gdynia/Orkan Sochaczew
2011	Arka Gdynia	Budowlani Łódź	Lechia Gdańsk
2012	Lechia Gdańsk	Budowlani Łódź	Arka Gdynia
2013	Lechia Gdańsk	Arka Gdynia	Budowlani Łódź
2014	Lechia Gdańsk	Pogoń Siedlce	Arka Gdynia
2015	Arka Gdynia	Budowlani Łódź	Lechia Gdańsk

Extraliga Teams

Team	Stadium	City
Arka Gdynia	National Rugby Stadium (2 425)	Gdynia
Budowlani Lublin	Stadion przy ul. Krasińskiego 11	Lublin
Budowlani Łódź	Górniczej 5	Łódź
Lechia Gdańsk	Traugutta 29 (11811) major matches Grunwaldzkiej 244	Gdańsk
Ogniwo Sopot	Jana z Kolna 18	Sopot
Orkan Sochaczew	Warszawskiej 80 (3 000)	Sochaczew
Posnania	Słowiańskiej 78 (4 000)	Poznań
Pogoń Siedlce	Wojskowej (5 000)	Siedlce

See also

• Poland national rugby union team
• Rugby union in Poland

External links

• Official webpage of the League