Ekstraliga (speedway)

Ekstraliga żużlowa
More power...

Tomasz Chrzanowski (blue helmet), Robert Kościecha (white helmet)
Sport speedway
Founded 2000
CEO League Commissioner:
Wojciech Stępniewski
Motto Więcej mocy...
More power...
No. of teams 8
Country Poland
Most recent
champion(s)		 Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski, Unia Leszno, ZKŻ Zielona Góra 3xtimes
TV partner(s)

Poland: nSport+

United Kingdom: Premier Sports and FreeSports
Official website Official site

The Speedway Ekstraliga (English: Polish Extraleague, Polish: Ekstraliga żużlowa) is the top division of motorcycle speedway in Poland. It has been called the "richest and most popular speedway league in the world",[1] and attracts riders from all over the world. The Ekstraliga has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland.[1]

With the fall of communism in Poland in the 1990s and the resultant sharp increase in the value of the Złoty, the sport began to attract a wider range of star riders from other countries. The first of these was Denmark’s Hans Nielsen.[1]

In 2000, the First Division was renamed Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced.[1] Since 2012 the official sponsor of Ekstraliga is the Polish energy company ENEA, which signed the financial contract for three consecutive seasons through 2014. The top division tournaments are named Enea Ekstraliga respectively.[2]

2018 PGE Ekstraliga[3]

Teams

CityClubCurrent team nameSeasons in EkstraligaApp
LesznoUnia LesznoFogo Unia Leszno2000-1718
ToruńKS ToruńGet Well Toruń2000-1718
WrocławWTS WrocławBetard Sparta Wrocław2000-1718
CzęstochowaWłókniarz CzęstochowaEko-Dir Włókniarz Częstochowa2000-14, 2017[4]16
Zielona GóraZKŻ Zielona GóraEkantor.pl Falubaz Zielona Góra2001, 2003-05, 2007-1614
BydgoszczPolonia BydgoszczPolonia Bydgoszcz2000-07, 2009-10, 2012-1312
Gorzów Wlkp.Stal Gorzów Wlkp.Stal Gorzów2000-02, 2008-1713
TarnówUnia TarnówUnia Tarnów2004-2008, 2010-1612
GdańskWybrzeże GdańskRenault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk2000, 2002-03, 2005, 2009, 2012, 20147
RzeszówStal RzeszówStal BETAD Leasing Rzeszów2006-2008, 2011-13, 20157
PiłaPolonia PiłaPolonia Piła2000-034
RybnikRKM RybnikROW Rybnik2004, 2006, 2016-174
GrudziądzGKM GrudziądzMRGARDEN GKM Grudziądz2015-173
GnieznoStart GnieznoStart Gniezno20131

Ekstraliga Champions

Year Winners Runner-up 3rd place
2000 Polonia Bydgoszcz Ludwik-Polonia Piła Pergo Gorzów Wlkp.
2001 Apator-Adriana Toruń Atlas Wrocław Bractwo-Polonia Bydgoszcz
2002 Point S-Polonia Bydgoszcz Unia Leszno Atlas Wrocław
2003 Top Secret-Włókniarz Częstochowa Apator-Adriana Toruń Plusssz-Polonia Bydgoszcz
2004 Unia Tarnów Atlas Wrocław Złomrex-Włókniarz Częstochowa
2005 Unia Tarnów Budlex-Polonia Bydgoszcz Złomrex-Włókniarz Częstochowa
2006 Atlas Wrocław Złomrex-Włókniarz Częstochowa Budlex-Polonia Bydgoszcz
2007 Unia Leszno Unibax Toruń Atlas Wrocław
2008 Unibax Toruń Unia Leszno ZKŻ Kronopol Zielona Góra
2009 Falubaz Zielona Góra Unibax Toruń Cognor-Włókniarz Częstochowa
2010 Unia Leszno Falubaz Zielona Góra Unibax Toruń
2011 Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra Unia Leszno Caelum Stal Gorzów Wlkp.
2012 Azoty Tauron Tarnów Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski Unibax Toruń
2013 Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra Unibax Toruń Unia Tarnów
2014 Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski Fogo Unia Leszno Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów
2015 Fogo Unia Leszno Betard Sparta Wrocław Unia Tarnów
2016 Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski Unibax Toruń Stelmet Falubaz Zielona Góra
2017 [5] Fogo Unia Leszno Betard Sparta Wrocław Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
2018 Fogo Unia Leszno Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski Betard Sparta Wrocław

See also

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kevin Meynell & Marcin Babnis (7 July 2004), History of Polish Speedway. Main competitions. Rules. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Poważny inwestor wchodzi do Speedway Ekstraligi! PrzegladSportowy.pl 01-12-2011. Ringier Axel Springer.
  3. ↑ http://www.zuzel.ugu.pl/9/index.php?sklady&id=2018
  4. ↑ http://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/633760/jest-decyzja-wlokniarza-w-sprawie-pge-ekstraligi
  5. ↑ http://www.zuzel.ugu.pl/9/index.php?sklady&id=2017
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