#POLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

In Polish Football Association's head office there was a draw of the 1/16 Polish Cup's final. In this round participate teams from the Ekstraklasa. Legia goes to Gorzów Wielkopolski on 22nd September. Team from Warsaw will have to compete with local GKP. This will be the first official match of both teams. GKP is in the First Division at the moment. With 10 points it occupies the third position in the league table.

ŁKS didn’t receive the licence thanks to which it would be able to play in the Ekstraklasa. The Licence Appeals Board of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) asserted that there were no legal grounds to let ŁKS play in the Polish highest division. Ipso facto, the Board sustained the decision from the 28th May. At present, Widzew Łódź stays in the First Division as well. The new season begins on 31st July.

This is still not known which teams are going to play in the Ekstraklasa next season. Commission on Urgent Matters of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) cancelled playoffs between Cracovia Cracow and Korona Kielce which are connected with the promotion to the Ekstraklasa. The main reason of the cancellation was the decision of the Polish Supreme Court which reversed the decision concerning the withdrawal of Widzew Łódź's relegation on Wednesday. It required to rehear the case by the Commission of Arbitration of the Polish Olympic Committee.

According to the announcement of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) there are not going to be any playoffs with the beginning of the season 2009/2010. It means that after next season two clubs will be relegated from the Ekstraklasa to the First Division and four clubs will be relegated from the First Division to the Second Division. Currently (if we talk about the Ekstraklasa), two worst teams are relegated to the lower division directly and one has a chance to stay in the league if it wins playoffs with the third team from the First Division.