The Polish Cup in football is an annual knockout football competition for Polish football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. Due to mass participation of teams, the tournament is often called The Cup of the Thousand Teams.
Marcin Burkhardt is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for V liga club KS Raszyn. He is also the assistant coach of Weszło Warsaw. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the sporting director of Pogoń Siedlce.
Marek Citko is a Polish former professional footballer who played as an offensive midfielder. During the professional career Citko represented numerous clubs in Poland and outside the native country, including Włókniarz Białystok, Jagiellonia Białystok, Widzew Łódź, Legia Warsaw, Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, FC Aarau, Cracovia and Polonia Warsaw.
Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, previously Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Adrian Sikora is a Polish footballer who plays as a striker for Kuźnia Ustroń.
Mate Lacić is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
The 2006–07 Ekstraklasa started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions.
The 2007–08 Ekstraklasa started in July 2007 and ended in mid-May 2008. It was run by the Ekstraklasa SA.
Amadeusz Kłodawski is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He joined Polonia Warsaw in 2008 from Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski. Kłodawski scored the only goal in the game against MKT Araz Imisli which earned Dyskobolia promotion to the next round of 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
Radek Mynář is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defender for SK Rejšice. After playing in the Czech First League for Marila Příbram and Sparta Prague, he moved to Poland where he played for Dyskobolia Grodzisk and then Polonia Warsaw.
Maciej Rybus is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He previously played for the Poland national team.
Tomasz Jodłowiec is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
The 2007–08 Polish Cup was the fifty-fourth season of the annual Polish cup competition. It began on 1 August 2007 with the extra preliminary round and ended on 13 May 2008 with the Final, played at Stadion GKS, Bełchatów. The winners qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski were the defending champions.
The 2008–09 Ekstraklasa was the 83rd season of the Polish Football Championship, the 75th season of the highest tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1927 and the 1st season of the Ekstraklasa under its current title. The league is operated by the Ekstraklasa S.A.
Maciej Skorża is a Polish professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of J1 League club Urawa Red Diamonds.
The Ekstraklasa Cup was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs that played in the Polish Ekstraklasa. The Ekstraklasa Cup was the fourth attempt at introducing a League Cup competition in Poland. The first such tournament was a one-off tournament held in 1952 which Wawel Kraków won. Two other tournaments have also been held, the League Cup (1977–1978) and the Polish League Cup (1999–2002), these two tournaments mainly being cancelled due to a lack of interest from fans. A League Cup competition was again tried with the Ekstraklasa Cup in 2006, however this tournament again saw little interest from fans and the cup competition was cancelled in 2009 after the broadcasting rights expired.
Piotr Rocki was a Polish professional footballer.
Jakub Jesionkowki is a Polish former professional football player who played as a goalkeeper.
Mariusz Mowlik is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Besides Poland, he has played in Austria and Greece. He is currently the co-owner of 11-Football Players agency.
In Polish football there have been four different League Cups with varying levels of success, but all were short-lived competitions, held irregularly over the years. The league cup competitions focused mainly on top division teams, in contrast to that of the Polish Cup which allows teams much lower down in the footballing pyramid to compete. The four League Cup competitions played in Poland are; the Young Leaders Rally Cup (1952), the League Cup (1977–1978), the Polish League Cup (1999–2002), and the Ekstraklasa Cup (2006–2009), the former three being organised by the Polish Football Association while the most recent competition was organised by Ekstraklasa SA.
