2025–26 Polish Cup
The 2025–26 Polish Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski [ˌpuxar ˈpɔlskʲi]) is the 72nd season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. The competition will begin on 5 August 2025 with the preliminary round and will end on 2 May 2026 with the final match at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. The Polish Cup is considered the second-most important club title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa competition. The competition is organised by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). On 19 August 2025 PZPN announced that the Polish Cup is sponsored by STS for next three seasons, making the official name STS Puchar Polski. Winners of the competition will qualify for 2026–27 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
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2025–26 Polish Cup
The 2025–26 Polish Cup (Polish: Puchar Polski [ˌpuxar ˈpɔlskʲi]) is the 72nd season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. The competition will begin on 5 August 2025 with the preliminary round and will end on 2 May 2026 with the final match at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw. The Polish Cup is considered the second-most important club title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa competition. The competition is organised by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). On 19 August 2025 PZPN announced that the Polish Cup is sponsored by STS for next three seasons, making the official name STS Puchar Polski. Winners of the competition will qualify for 2026–27 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
The defending champions are Legia Warsaw.
Participating teams
2025–26 Polish Cup
<table><thead><tr><th>Teams starting the competition from the round of 32</th><th>Teams starting the competition from the first round</th><th>Teams starting the competition from the preliminary round</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2025–26 UEFA club competitions 4 teams</td><td>2024–25 Ekstraklasa 14 teams (teams not participating in 2025–26 UEFA club competitions)</td><td>2024–25 I liga 16 teams (from position 1–16)</td><td>Winners of 16 regional cup competitions 16 teams</td><td>2024–25 I liga 2 teams (from position 17–18)</td><td>2024–25 II liga 18 teams</td></tr></tbody></table>
Prize money
2025–26 Polish Cup
The PZPN Board of Directors determined the size of the prizes.
<table><thead><tr><th>Round reached</th><th>Amount</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>First round</td><td>regional cup winner: 50,000 PLN remainder teams: 15,000 PLN</td></tr><tr><td>Round of 32</td><td>45,000 PLN</td></tr><tr><td>Round of 16</td><td>90,000 PLN</td></tr><tr><td>Quarter-finals</td><td>190,000 PLN</td></tr><tr><td>Semi-finals</td><td>380,000 PLN</td></tr><tr><td>Final</td><td>1,000,000 PLN</td></tr><tr><td>Winner</td><td>5,000,000 PLN</td></tr></tbody></table>
Round and draw dates
2025–26 Polish Cup
<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>Draw date</th><th>Number of teams</th><th>Date of matches</th><th>Teams entered for the competition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Preliminary round</td><td>None</td><td>70 → 60</td><td>5–6 August 2025</td><td>• 2024–25 I liga teams from positions 17–18, • 2024–25 II liga teams.</td></tr><tr><td>First round</td><td>19 August 2025</td><td>60 → 32</td><td>23–30 September 2025</td><td>• 2024–25 Ekstraklasa teams not participating in 2025–26 UEFA club competitions and top 16 2025–26 I liga teams, • 16 winners of the regional cups.</td></tr><tr><td>Round of 32</td><td>1 October 2025</td><td>32 → 16</td><td>28–30 October 2025</td><td>• 2024–25 Ekstraklasa teams participating in 2025–26 UEFA club competitions.</td></tr><tr><td>Round of 16</td><td>4 November 2025</td><td>16 → 8</td><td>2–4 December 2025</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Quarter-finals</td><td>10 December 2025</td><td>8 → 4</td><td>3–5 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Semi-finals</td><td>6 March 2026</td><td>4 → 2</td><td>8–9 April 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Final</td><td>None</td><td>2</td><td>2 May 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>
Preliminary round
2025–26 Polish Cup
The matches were played on 5–6 August 2025. Participating in this round were the 2 lowest ranked teams from 2024–25 I liga (which finished 2024–25 season on positions 17–18) and 18 teams from the 2024–25 II liga. With reference to the competition regulations, the matches were played according to the following scheme:
• 17th team of 2024–25 I liga season will be a host of match against 18th team of 2024–25 II liga season, • 18th team of I liga season will be a host of match against 17th team of II liga season, • 1st team of II liga season will be a host of match against 16th team of II liga season, • 2nd team of II liga season will be a host of match against 15th team of II liga season, • 3rd team of II liga season will be a host of match against 14th team of II liga season, • 4th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 13th team of II liga season, • 5th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 12th team of II liga season, • 6th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 11th team of II liga season, • 7th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 10th team of II liga season, • 8th team of II liga season will be a host of match against 9th team of II liga season.
<table><thead><tr><th>2024–25 Ekstraklasa</th><th>2024–25 I liga</th><th>2024–25 II liga</th><th>2024–25 Regional cup winners</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>18 / 18</td><td>18 / 18</td><td>18 / 18</td><td>16 / 16</td><td>70 / 70</td></tr></tbody></table>
The number in brackets indicates the league level the club is entering in the 2025–26 season.
<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th> Score </th><th>Team 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2)</td><td>3–0 (w/o)</td><td>Wisła Puławy (6)</td></tr><tr><td>5 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Stal Stalowa Wola (3)</td><td>3–1</td><td>Skra Częstochowa (4)</td></tr><tr><td>Polonia Bytom (2)</td><td>7–1</td><td>Zagłębie Lubin II (4)</td></tr><tr><td>Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (3)</td><td>2–1</td><td>Resovia Rzeszów (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Hutnik Kraków (3)</td><td>3–0</td><td>Zagłębie Sosnowiec (3)</td></tr><tr><td>6 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Warta Poznań (3)</td><td>1–0</td><td>Olimpia Elbląg (4)</td></tr><tr><td>Wieczysta Kraków (2)</td><td>0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)</td><td>Olimpia Grudziądz (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Chojniczanka Chojnice (3)</td><td>2–1</td><td>Rekord Bielsko-Biała (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Świt Szczecin (3)</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)</td><td>ŁKS Łódź II (3)</td></tr><tr><td>KKS 1925 Kalisz (3)</td><td>0–2</td><td>GKS Jastrzębie (3)</td></tr></tbody></table>
First round
2025–26 Polish Cup
The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska on 19 August 2025. The matches were played on 23–30 September 2025. Participating in this round were the 10 winners from the previous round, 14 teams from 2024–25 Ekstraklasa which were not qualified to 2025–26 UEFA club competitions, top 16 teams of 2024–25 I liga together with the 16 winners of the 2024–25 regional cup competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
<table><thead><tr><th>2024–25 Ekstraklasa</th><th>2024–25 I liga</th><th>2024–25 II liga</th><th>2024–25 Regional cup winners</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>18 / 18</td><td>18 / 18</td><td>8 / 18</td><td>16 / 16</td><td>60 / 70</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th> Score </th><th>Team 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Kotwica Kołobrzeg (–)</td><td>0–3 (w/o)</td><td>Pogoń Szczecin (1)</td></tr><tr><td>23 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Gryf Słupsk (5)</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Polonia Warsaw (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Stal Rzeszów (2)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Korona Kielce (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Polonia Środa Wielkopolska (4)</td><td>1–3</td><td>Olimpia Grudziądz (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Miedź Legnica II (4)</td><td>1–3</td><td>Świt Szczecin (3)</td></tr><tr><td>LKS Goczałkowice Zdrój II (6)</td><td>3–1 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Stal Stalowa Wola (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Warta Poznań (3)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Polonia Bytom (2)</td></tr><tr><td>GKS Katowice (1)</td><td>4–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Wisła Płock (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Stal Mielec (2)</td><td>1–2</td><td>Puszcza Niepołomice (2)</td></tr><tr><td>24 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Siarka Tarnobrzeg (4)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Hutnik Kraków (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Miedź Legnica (2)</td><td>2–0</td><td>Pogoń Siedlce (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Flota Świnoujście (4)</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)</td><td>GKS Jastrzębie (3)</td></tr><tr><td>ŁKS Łomża (4)</td><td>0–2</td><td>Odra Opole (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Legia Warsaw II (4)</td><td>0–3</td><td>Górnik Zabrze (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Małapanew Ozimek (5)</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Znicz Pruszków (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Górnik Łęczna (2)</td><td>1–5</td><td>Cracovia (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Korona Kielce II (4)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Piast Gliwice (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Lechia Gdańsk (1)</td></tr><tr><td>GKS Wikielec (4)</td><td>2–1</td><td>Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Zawisza Bydgoszcz (4)</td><td>2–0</td><td>GKS Tychy (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (1)</td><td>2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)</td><td>Widzew Łódź (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Beskid Andrychów (5)</td><td>0–3</td><td>Chojniczanka Chojnice (3)</td></tr><tr><td>25 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Avia Świdnik (4)</td><td>3–1</td><td>Ruch Chorzów (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Odra Bytom Odrzański (5)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Wisła Kraków (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Arka Gdynia (1)</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Motor Lublin (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Radomiak Radom (1)</td><td>0–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Zagłębie Lubin (1)</td></tr><tr><td>ŁKS Łódź (2)</td><td>5–3 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Chrobry Głogów (2)</td></tr><tr><td>30 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki (4)</td><td>1–2</td><td>Śląsk Wrocław (2)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Round of 32
2025–26 Polish Cup
The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska on 1 October 2025. The matches were played on 28–30 October 2025. Participating in this round were the 28 winners from the previous round and 4 teams which were qualified to 2025–26 UEFA club competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
<table><thead><tr><th>2024–25 Ekstraklasa</th><th>2024–25 I liga</th><th>2024–25 II liga</th><th>2024–25 Regional cup winners</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>15 / 18</td><td>6 / 18</td><td>5 / 18</td><td>6 / 16</td><td>32 / 70</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th> Score </th><th>Team 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>28 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>ŁKS Łódź (2)</td><td>1–2</td><td>GKS Katowice (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Zawisza Bydgoszcz (4)</td><td>3–0</td><td>GKS Wikielec (4)</td></tr><tr><td>LKS Goczałkowice Zdrój II (6)</td><td>0–7</td><td>Polonia Bytom (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Chojniczanka Chojnice (3)</td><td>3–1</td><td>Świt Szczecin (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Olimpia Grudziądz (3)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Śląsk Wrocław (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Znicz Pruszków (2)</td><td>0–3</td><td>Korona Kielce (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Odra Opole (2)</td><td>0–2</td><td>Piast Gliwice (1)</td></tr><tr><td>29 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Hutnik Kraków (3)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Wisła Kraków (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Raków Częstochowa (1)</td><td>3–0</td><td>Cracovia (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Avia Świdnik (4)</td><td>3–0</td><td>Flota Świnoujście (4)</td></tr><tr><td>Puszcza Niepołomice (2)</td><td>1–3 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Lechia Gdańsk (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Widzew Łódź (1)</td><td>1–0 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Zagłębie Lubin (1)</td></tr><tr><td>30 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Gryf Słupsk (5)</td><td>1–2</td><td>Lech Poznań (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Miedź Legnica (2)</td><td>2–3</td><td>Jagiellonia Białystok (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Arka Gdynia (1)</td><td>1–2</td><td>Górnik Zabrze (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Legia Warsaw (1)</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Pogoń Szczecin (1)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Round of 16
2025–26 Polish Cup
The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska on 4 November 2025. The matches were played on 2–4 December 2025. Participating in this round were the 16 winners from the previous round. Games were hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
<table><thead><tr><th>2024–25 Ekstraklasa</th><th>2024–25 I liga</th><th>2024–25 II liga</th><th>2024–25 Regional cup winners</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>11 / 18</td><td>1 / 18</td><td>2 / 18</td><td>2 / 16</td><td>16 / 70</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th> Score </th><th>Team 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Pogoń Szczecin (1)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Widzew Łódź (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Lechia Gdańsk (1)</td><td>1–3</td><td>Górnik Zabrze (1)</td></tr><tr><td>3 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Piast Gliwice (1)</td><td>0–2</td><td>Lech Poznań (1)</td></tr><tr><td>Avia Świdnik (4)</td><td>4–2</td><td>Polonia Bytom (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Śląsk Wrocław (2)</td><td>1–2</td><td>Raków Częstochowa (1)</td></tr><tr><td>4 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Zawisza Bydgoszcz (4)</td><td>4–1</td><td>Wisła Kraków (2)</td></tr><tr><td>Chojniczanka Chojnice (3)</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)</td><td>Korona Kielce (1)</td></tr><tr><td>GKS Katowice (1)</td><td>3–1</td><td>Jagiellonia Białystok (1)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Quarter-finals
2025–26 Polish Cup
The draw for this round was conducted on 10 December 2025 in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska. The matches were played on 3–5 March 2026. Participating in this round were the 8 winners from the previous round. Games were hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
<table><thead><tr><th>2024–25 Ekstraklasa</th><th>2024–25 I liga</th><th>2024–25 II liga</th><th>2024–25 Regional cup winners</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>5 / 18</td><td>0 / 18</td><td>1 / 18</td><td>2 / 16</td><td>8 / 70</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th> Score </th><th>Team 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>3 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>GKS Katowice (1)</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)</td><td>Widzew Łódź (1)</td></tr><tr><td>4 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Zawisza Bydgoszcz (4)</td><td>1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)</td><td>Chojniczanka Chojnice (3)</td></tr><tr><td>Lech Poznań (1)</td><td>0–1</td><td>Górnik Zabrze (1)</td></tr><tr><td>5 March 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Avia Świdnik (4)</td><td>1–2 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Raków Częstochowa (1)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Semi-finals
2025–26 Polish Cup
The draw for this round was conducted on 6 March 2026 in the headquarter of Telewizja Polska. The matches will be played on 8–9 April 2026. Participating in this round are the 4 winners from the previous round. Games will be hosted by teams playing in a lower division in the 2025–26 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.
<table><thead><tr><th>2024–25 Ekstraklasa</th><th>2024–25 I liga</th><th>2024–25 II liga</th><th>2024–25 Regional cup winners</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>3 / 18</td><td>0 / 18</td><td>0 / 18</td><td>1 / 16</td><td>4 / 70</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th> Score </th><th>Team 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>8 April 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Zawisza Bydgoszcz (4)</td><td>Match 67</td><td>Górnik Zabrze (1)</td></tr><tr><td>9 April 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Raków Częstochowa (1)</td><td>Match 68</td><td>GKS Katowice (1)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Final
2025–26 Polish Cup
The final match will be played at the PGE Narodowy, Warsaw on 2 May 2026.