III liga, group IV

III liga, group IV
Founded	2016;5 years ago
Country	Poland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	18–21
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	II liga
Relegation to	IV liga
Domestic cup(s)	Polish Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa Conference League (via Polish Cup)
Current champions	Wisła Puławy ; (2020–21)
Website	laczynas2liga.pl
	Current: 2020–21 III liga

Last updated August 18, 2021

III liga, group IV is one of the four groups of III liga, which are competitions of the fourth tier of the Polish football league system.^[1]

Responsible for the games taking place in this group are: the Lublin Football Association based in Lublin, the Lesser Poland Football Association based in Kraków, the Subcarpathian Football Association based in Rzeszów and the Holy Cross Football Association based in Kielce. The group consists of 18 teams from the following voivodeships: Lublin, Lesser Poland, Subcarpathian and Holy Cross.^[3]^[4]

In the 2020–21 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic unexpected complications (no relegation to IV liga and one relegated team from II liga after the 2019–20 season), the group was temporarily expanded to 21 teams.^[5]

Top teams season-by-season

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
Bold teams were promoted to II liga:
2016–17	Garbarnia Kraków	Motor Lublin	Stal Rzeszów
2017–18	Resovia	Motor Lublin	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2018–19	Stal Rzeszów	Podhale Nowy Targ	Motor Lublin
2019–20	Motor Lublin ^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Hutnik Kraków ^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska
2020–21	Wisła Puławy	Chełmianka Chełm	Sokół Sieniawa

Top scorers season-by-season

Season	Player	Goals	Club(s)	Source
2016–17	Wojciech Reiman	17	Stal Rzeszów	^[6]
2017–18	Przemysław Banaszak	20	Chełmianka Chełm	^[7]
2018–19	Tomasz Płonka	20	Stal Rzeszów	^[8]
2019–20	Rafał Król	16	Stal Kraśnik, Motor Lublin	^[9]
2019–20	Krzysztof Ropski	16	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	^[9]
2020–21	Adrian Paluchowski	28	Wisła Puławy	^[10]

2020–21 season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Wisła Puławy	40	30	6	4	100	31	+69	96	Promotion to II liga
2	Sokół Sieniawa	20	12	7	1	38	16	+22	43
3	Stal Stalowa Wola	20	12	2	6	40	23	+17	38
4	Wisła Sandomierz	20	10	7	3	36	24	+12	37
5	Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska	20	11	3	6	43	26	+17	36
6	Avia Świdnik	40	20	10	10	88	40	+48	70
7	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	40	19	4	17	63	50	+13	61
8	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	20	9	4	7	39	29	+10	31
9	Podhale Nowy Targ	20	9	4	7	32	28	+4	31
10	ŁKS Łagów	20	8	4	8	29	33	−4	28
11	Chełmianka Chełm	40	22	7	11	70	45	+25	73
12	Wisłoka Dębica	20	7	7	6	26	21	+5	28
13	Lewart Lubartów	40	11	13	16	46	48	−2	46
14	Korona Kielce II	41	13	6	22	50	78	−28	45
15	Stal Kraśnik	40	10	12	18	51	58	−7	42
16	KS Wiązownica	20	6	3	11	25	45	−20	21	Relegation to IV liga
17	Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski	20	5	4	11	21	42	−21	19
18	Podlasie Biała Podlaska	20	5	3	12	29	55	−26	18
19	Cracovia II	40	15	9	16	56	49	+7	54
20	Jutrzenka Giebułtów	40	7	7	26	48	109	−61	28
21	Hetman Zamość	40	3	5	32	35	140	−105	14

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. Source: 90minut.pl
Rules for classification: 1. Number of points reached in the entire series of games; 2. Number of points reached in direct matches; 3. Goal difference in direct matches; 4. Goal difference in direct matches – away goals counted twice; 5. Goal difference in the whole series of games; 6. Number of goals scored in the entire series of games.

2019–20 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Motor Lublin	19	10	6	3	36	16	+20	36^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to II liga ^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2	Hutnik Kraków	19	10	6	3	34	27	+7	36^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promotion to II liga ^{[upper-alpha 1]}
3	Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska	19	9	8	2	27	16	+11	35
4	Korona Kielce II	19	10	4	5	38	26	+12	34
5	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	19	8	6	5	30	23	+7	30
6	Wisła Puławy	19	8	5	6	21	19	+2	29
7	Stal Kraśnik	19	7	7	5	29	20	+9	28^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Avia Świdnik	19	7	7	5	26	27	−1	28^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Podhale Nowy Targ	19	8	4	7	30	24	+6	28^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Wisłoka Dębica	19	7	6	6	22	14	+8	27
11	Wisła Sandomierz	19	6	7	6	24	19	+5	25
12	Sokół Sieniawa	19	6	7	6	17	18	−1	25
13	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	19	6	6	7	21	21	0	24
14	Hetman Zamość	19	5	7	7	22	25	−3	22
15	Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski	19	3	7	9	15	25	−10	16^{[lower-alpha 3]}
16	Jutrzenka Giebułtów	19	4	4	11	14	30	−16	16^{[lower-alpha 3]}
17	Chełmianka Chełm	19	1	8	10	12	35	−23	11
18	Podlasie Biała Podlaska	19	1	5	13	20	53	−33	8

Source: Soccerway, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams are tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking.
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head points: Hutnik Kraków 3, Motor Lublin 0.^{[upper-alpha 2]}
1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Stal Kraśnik 6, Avia Świdnik 3, Podhale Nowy Targ 0.
1 2 Head-to-head away goals: Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski 1, Jutrzenka Giebułtów 0.

Notes

1 2 3 Due to the fact that the competition was not completed, promotion to the II league was granted to Motor Lublin, who, with an equal number of points with Hutnik Kraków, obtained a more favorable goal difference. Then, by the decision of the PZPN Emergency Committee, the number of promotion teams from this group was increased to two.
During the season, the position in the table was determined by the goal difference.

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[table_hth_STK0.75556330371441-14] 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Stal Kraśnik 6, Avia Świdnik 3, Podhale Nowy Targ 0.

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[motor-6] 1 2 3 Due to the fact that the competition was not completed, promotion to the II league was granted to Motor Lublin, who, with an equal number of points with Hutnik Kraków, obtained a more favorable goal difference. Then, by the decision of the PZPN Emergency Committee, the number of promotion teams from this group was increased to two.

[13] During the season, the position in the table was determined by the goal difference.

[1] "Rozgrywki od IV ligi i niżej raczej nie ruszą. Niewiadomą III liga. Decyzja 11 maja". Przegląd Sportowy. April 18, 2020.

[2] "Liga kontrastów. Jedni zatrudniają byłego selekcjonera, inni przesuwają linię by oszukać delegata". Przegląd Sportowy. March 10, 2018.

[3] "Zarząd LZPN wydał oświadczenie". Onet Sport. May 19, 2020.

[4] "III liga, gr. IV: Mecz rezerw Pasów z Sokołem Sieniawa przełożony". cracovia.pl.

[5] Koniec zamieszania. Stal Stalowa Wola zagra w III lidze (End of doubts. Stal Stalowa Wola will play in III liga), polsatsport.pl

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Founded	2016;5 years ago (2016)
Country	Poland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	18–21
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	II liga
Relegation to	IV liga
Domestic cup(s)	Polish Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa Conference League (via Polish Cup)
Current champions	Wisła Puławy (2020–21)
Website	laczynas2liga.pl
Current: 2020–21 III liga