III liga, group IV

III liga, group IV
Founded2016; 9 years ago (2016)
CountryPoland
ConfederationUEFA
Number of clubs18
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toII liga
Relegation toIV liga
Domestic cup(s)Polish Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Europa Conference League (via Polish Cup)
Current championsWieczysta Kraków
(2023–24)
Sponsor(s)Betclic
Current: 2024–25 III liga

III liga, group IV is one of the four groups of III liga, which are competitions of the fourth tier of the Polish football league system.[1]

This group was established in 2016, when, after the 2015–16 season, as a result of the reorganization of the III liga in Poland, group VII was merged with group VIII.[2]

Responsible for the games taking place in this group are: the Lublin Football Association based in Lublin, the Lesser Poland Football Association based in Kraków, the Subcarpathian Football Association based in Rzeszów and the Holy Cross Football Association based in Kielce. The group consists of 18 teams from the following voivodeships: Lublin, Lesser Poland, Subcarpathian and Holy Cross.[3][4]

In the 2020–21 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic unexpected complications (no relegation to IV liga and one relegated team from II liga after the 2019–20 season), the group was temporarily expanded to 21 teams.[5]

Top finishers

Season Champion Runner-up Third place
2016–17 Garbarnia Kraków Motor Lublin Stal Rzeszów
2017–18 Resovia Motor Lublin KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2018–19 Stal Rzeszów Podhale Nowy Targ Motor Lublin
2019–20 Motor Lublin[A] Hutnik Kraków[A] Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska
2020–21 Wisła Puławy Chełmianka Chełm Sokół Sieniawa
2021–22 Siarka Tarnobrzeg Chełmianka Chełm ŁKS Łagów
2022–23 Stal Stalowa Wola Avia Świdnik Wieczysta Kraków
2023–24 Wieczysta Kraków Siarka Tarnobrzeg Star Starachowice

Top scorers

Season Top scorer(s) Club(s) Goals Source
2016–17 Wojciech Reiman 17 Stal Rzeszów [6]
2017–18 Przemysław Banaszak 20 Chełmianka Chełm [7]
2018–19 Tomasz Płonka 20 Stal Rzeszów [8]
2019–20 Rafał Król 16 Stal Kraśnik (14), Motor Lublin (2) [9]
Krzysztof Ropski Siarka Tarnobrzeg
2020–21 Adrian Paluchowski 28 Wisła Puławy [10]
2021–22 Wojciech Białek 25 Avia Świdnik [11]
2022–23 Hubert Antkowiak 19 Podhale Nowy Targ [12]
2023–24 Bartłomiej Korbecki 20 Chełmianka Chełm [13]

2020–21 season

Main article: 2020–21 III liga
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Wisła Puławy (C, P) 40 30 6 4 100 31 +69 96 Promotion to II liga
2 Chełmianka Chełm 40 22 7 11 70 45 +25 73
3 Sokół Sieniawa 40 21 10 9 61 37 +24 73
4 Stal Stalowa Wola 40 22 7 11 77 44 +33 73
5 Avia Świdnik 40 20 10 10 88 40 +48 70
6 Wisłoka Dębica 40 20 10 10 75 45 +30 70
7 Podhale Nowy Targ 40 18 11 11 58 49 +9 65
8 Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska 40 18 8 14 74 58 +16 62
9 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 40 19 4 17 63 50 +13 61
10 Siarka Tarnobrzeg 40 17 8 15 59 53 +6 59
11 Cracovia II 40 15 9 16 56 49 +7 54
12 Wisła Sandomierz 40 15 9 16 53 62 −9 54
13 ŁKS Łagów 40 14 10 16 57 62 −5 52
14 Podlasie Biała Podlaska 40 14 6 20 60 84 −24 48
15 Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski 40 14 5 21 58 71 −13 47
16 Lewart Lubartów (R) 40 11 13 16 46 48 −2 46 Relegation to IV liga
17 KS Wiązownica (R) 40 13 7 20 53 81 −28 46
18 Korona Kielce II (R) 40 12 6 22 50 78 −28 42
19 Stal Kraśnik (R) 40 10 12 18 51 58 −7 42
20 Jutrzenka Giebułtów (R) 40 7 7 26 48 107 −59 28
21 Hetman Zamość (R) 40 3 5 32 35 140 −105 14
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

2019–20 season

Main article: 2019–20 III liga

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Motor Lublin 19 10 6 3 36 16 +20 36[a] Promotion to II liga[A]
2 Hutnik Kraków 19 10 6 3 34 27 +7 36[a]
3 Wólczanka Wólka Pełkińska 19 9 8 2 27 16 +11 35
4 Korona Kielce II 19 10 4 5 38 26 +12 34
5 Siarka Tarnobrzeg 19 8 6 5 30 23 +7 30
6 Wisła Puławy 19 8 5 6 21 19 +2 29
7 Stal Kraśnik 19 7 7 5 29 20 +9 28[b]
8 Avia Świdnik 19 7 7 5 26 27 −1 28[b]
9 Podhale Nowy Targ 19 8 4 7 30 24 +6 28[b]
10 Wisłoka Dębica 19 7 6 6 22 14 +8 27
11 Wisła Sandomierz 19 6 7 6 24 19 +5 25
12 Sokół Sieniawa 19 6 7 6 17 18 −1 25
13 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 19 6 6 7 21 21 0 24
14 Hetman Zamość 19 5 7 7 22 25 −3 22
15 Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski 19 3 7 9 15 25 −10 16[c]
16 Jutrzenka Giebułtów 19 4 4 11 14 30 −16 16[c]
17 Chełmianka Chełm 19 1 8 10 12 35 −23 11
18 Podlasie Biała Podlaska 19 1 5 13 20 53 −33 8
Source: Soccerway, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams are tied); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Hutnik Kraków 3, Motor Lublin 0.[B]
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Stal Kraśnik 6, Avia Świdnik 3, Podhale Nowy Targ 0.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head away goals: Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski 1, Jutrzenka Giebułtów 0.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Due to the fact that the competition was not completed, promotion to the II liga was granted to Motor Lublin, who, equal on points with Hutnik Kraków, held a more favorable goal difference. Then, by the decision of the PZPN Emergency Committee, the number of promoted teams from the group was increased to two to include Hutnik.
  2. ^ During the season, the position in the table was determined by the goal difference.

References

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