2020–21 III liga

III liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	1 August 2020 – 26 June 2021
Champions	Radunia Stężyca
Top goalscorer	; (29 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

III liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	8 August 2020 – 20 June 2021
Champions	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki
Top goalscorer	; ; (27 goals each)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

III liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	1 August 2020 – 26 June 2021
Champions	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki; Radunia Stężyca; Ruch Chorzów; Wisła Puławy
Top goalscorer	; (29 goals)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 III liga was the 13th season of the fourth tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 2008 under its current title (III liga) and the 5th season under its current league division format.

The competition was contested by 84 clubs split geographically across 4 groups, with the winners of each group gaining promotion to the II liga. The season was played in a round-robin tournament. It began in August 2020 and ended in June 2021. The teams included semi-professional clubs (although a few are professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

From October 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, all III liga football matches take place behind closed doors without any spectators.^[2]

Format[]

Geographical criteria.

84 teams are divided into four groups according to geographical criteria:

(Łódź – Masovian – Podlaskie – Warmian-Masurian)
(Kuyavian-Pomeranian – Greater Poland – Pomeranian – West Pomeranian)
(Lower Silesian – Lubusz – Opole – Silesian)
Group IV (Świętokrzyskie – Lesser Poland – Lublin – Podkarpackie)

Each group of III liga is managed by a different voivodship football association. In the 2020–21 season these are the following regionals federations:

Group I – Łódź Football Association^{[citation needed]}
Group II – Pomeranian Football Association^{[citation needed]}
Group III – Opole Football Association^{[citation needed]}
Group IV – Świętokrzyskie Football Association^{[citation needed]}

Changes from last season[]

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

To III liga[]

Relegated from 2019–20 II liga	Promoted from
Legionovia Legionowo Elana Toruń Gryf Wejherowo Stal Stalowa Wola	Jagiellonia Białystok II Flota Świnoujście Polonia-Stal Świdnica LKS Goczałkowice-Zdrój Lewart Lubartów Cracovia II

From III liga[]

Promoted to 2020–21 II liga	Relegated to	Withdrawn teams 2019–20 III liga
Sokół Ostróda KKS 1925 Kalisz Śląsk Wrocław II Motor Lublin Hutnik Kraków	No teams were relegated.	Ruch Zdzieszowice

League tables[]

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki (C, P)	30	22	2	6	68	33	+35	68	Promotion to II liga
2	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki	30	19	4	7	57	31	+26	61
3	Legionovia Legionowo	30	16	7	7	51	37	+14	55
4		30	15	4	11	55	40	+15	49
5	Polonia Warsaw	30	14	6	10	48	35	+13	48
6		30	14	6	10	47	39	+8	48
7	Legia Warsaw II	30	14	5	11	55	42	+13	47
8		30	12	9	9	52	47	+5	45

9	Jagiellonia Białystok II	30	13	5	12	53	47	+6	44
10		30	13	5	12	44	40	+4	44
11		30	13	4	13	58	46	+12	43
12	Pelikan Łowicz	30	12	7	11	43	41	+2	43
13		30	13	4	13	44	59	−15	43
14		30	12	6	12	48	53	−5	42
15	Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki	30	10	11	9	43	29	+14	41
16	RKS Radomsko	30	11	8	11	48	40	+8	41
17	Broń Radom	30	11	6	13	35	41	−6	39	Relegation to IV liga
18		30	9	9	12	34	40	−6	36
19	Olimpia Zambrów	30	9	4	17	44	55	−11	31
20	Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie	30	4	10	16	27	61	−34	22
21		30	3	10	17	31	63	−32	19
22		30	4	2	24	20	86	−66	14

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2021. 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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Radunia Stężyca (C, P)	35	28	3	4	115	24	+91	87	Promotion to II liga
2	Świt Skolwin	35	25	6	4	75	28	+47	81
3	Polonia Środa Wielkopolska	35	23	7	5	76	31	+45	76
4	KP Starogard Gdański	35	19	4	12	48	46	+2	61
5	Elana Toruń	35	15	11	9	59	33	+26	56
6	Bałtyk Gdynia	35	13	8	14	43	52	−9	47
7		35	11	7	17	42	66	−24	40
8	Pogoń Szczecin II	35	11	6	18	61	68	−7	39

9	Kotwica Kołobrzeg	34	16	10	8	59	40	+19	58
10		34	17	6	11	63	45	+18	57
11	Unia Janikowo	34	15	9	10	54	53	+1	54
12	Jarota Jarocin	34	14	7	13	68	49	+19	49
13	Bałtyk Koszalin^[a]	34	13	9	12	63	56	+7	48
14	Nielba Wągrowiec	34	13	8	13	74	59	+15	47	Relegation to IV liga
15	Flota Świnoujście	34	12	11	11	48	55	−7	47
16		34	11	10	13	39	40	−1	43
17		34	11	8	15	51	44	+7	41
18	Gwardia Koszalin	34	11	7	16	42	52	−10	40
19	Gryf Wejherowo	34	10	6	18	45	64	−19	36
20	Górnik Konin	34	7	5	22	32	76	−44	26
21	Chemik Police	34	4	6	24	28	96	−68	18
22	Mieszko Gniezno	34	0	4	30	15	123	−108	4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 June 2021. 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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Bałtyk Koszalin avoided relegation as Bytovia Bytów did not apply for a III liga license due to financial difficulties.

Group 3[]

III liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	1 August 2020 – 19 June 2021
Champions	Ruch Chorzów
Top goalscorer	(25 goals each)^[4]
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ruch Chorzów (C, P)	36	30	2	4	93	30	+63	92	Promotion to II liga
2	Polonia Bytom	36	25	6	5	86	42	+44	81
3		36	23	9	4	97	38	+59	78
4		36	20	8	8	68	45	+23	68
5	Zagłębie Lubin II	36	18	5	13	71	43	+28	59
6		36	17	7	12	71	57	+14	58
7	LKS Goczałkowice-Zdrój	36	15	6	15	56	55	+1	51
8		36	13	10	13	61	54	+7	49
9	Górnik Zabrze II	36	15	4	17	61	56	+5	49
10	Lechia Zielona Góra	36	12	11	13	50	59	−9	47
11	Miedź Legnica II	36	13	7	16	47	59	−12	46
12		36	11	11	14	51	67	−16	44
13	MKS Kluczbork	36	11	8	17	57	77	−20	41
14		36	11	6	19	36	53	−17	39
15		36	9	12	15	53	56	−3	39
16		36	8	9	19	51	87	−36	33
17	ROW 1964 Rybnik	36	6	12	18	45	75	−30	30	Relegation to IV liga
18	Polonia Świdnica	36	7	4	25	43	101	−58	25
19		36	5	9	22	42	85	−43	24

Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2021. 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.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Group 4[]

III liga
Season	2020–21
Dates	1 August 2020 – 20 June 2021
Champions	Wisła Puławy
Top goalscorer	Adrian Paluchowski (28 goals)^[5]
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Wisła Puławy	20	15	3	2	54	20	+34	48	Promotion to II liga
2		20	12	7	1	38	16	+22	43
3	Stal Stalowa Wola	20	12	2	6	40	23	+17	38
4		20	10	7	3	36	24	+12	37
5		20	11	3	6	43	26	+17	36
6	Avia Świdnik	20	10	6	4	46	20	+26	36
7	KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski	20	10	2	8	34	23	+11	32
8	Siarka Tarnobrzeg	20	9	4	7	39	29	+10	31
9		20	9	4	7	32	28	+4	31
10		20	8	4	8	29	33	−4	28
11	Chełmianka Chełm	20	8	4	8	33	30	+3	28
12	Wisłoka Dębica	20	7	7	6	26	21	+5	28
13	Lewart Lubartów	20	6	8	6	26	23	+3	26
14	Korona Kielce II	20	7	2	11	37	45	−8	23
15	Stal Kraśnik	20	6	4	10	25	32	−7	22
16		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		20	5	3	12	29	55	−26	18
19	Cracovia II	20	5	3	12	22	29	−7	18
20		20	4	4	12	25	54	−29	16
21	Hetman Zamość	20	1	4	15	18	60	−42	7

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.

Notes[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Strzelcy (Grupa II)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ "Mecze piłkarskie bez udziału publiczności" [Football matches without audience participation] (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Strzelcy (Grupa I)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ "Strzelcy (Grupa III)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
^ "Strzelcy (Grupa IV)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 June 2021.

External link[]

Official website (in Polish)

[table_note_BAK0.27752293007333-4] Bałtyk Koszalin avoided relegation as Bytovia Bytów did not apply for a III liga license due to financial difficulties.

[topscorerg2-1] "Strzelcy (Grupa II)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[restrictions-2] "Mecze piłkarskie bez udziału publiczności" [Football matches without audience participation] (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[3] "Strzelcy (Grupa I)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[5] "Strzelcy (Grupa III)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[6] "Strzelcy (Grupa IV)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 June 2021.

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v t III liga · 2021–22 clubs
Group I	Broń Radom Jagiellonia Białystok II Legia Warsaw II Legionovia Legionowo ŁKS Łódź II Pelikan Łowicz Polonia Warsaw Sokół Aleksandrów Łódzki Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki
Group II	Bałtyk Gdynia Błękitni Stargard Bytovia Bytów Elana Toruń Jarota Jarocin Kotwica Kołobrzeg KP Starogard Gdański Olimpia Grudziądz Pogoń Szczecin II Polonia Środa Wielkopolska Świt Szczecin Unia Janikowo Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Group III	Górnik Zabrze II Lechia Zielona Góra LKS Goczałkowice-Zdrój Miedź Legnica II MKS Kluczbork Odra Wodzisław Śląski Polonia Bytom Ruch Zdzieszowice Zagłębie Lubin II
Group IV	Avia Świdnik Chełmianka Chełm Cracovia II KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski Siarka Tarnobrzeg Stal Stalowa Wola Tomasovia Tomaszów Lubelski Unia Tarnów Wisłoka Dębica