The 2015–16 I liga is the 8th season of the Polish

I liga I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/rel ...

under its current title, and the 68th season of the second highest division in the

Polish football league system The Polish football league system refers to the league system for association football in Poland. The men's system As of the 2023–24 season. The Ekstraklasa lies at the top of the Polish football system, followed by I liga, II liga and III l ...

since its establishment in 1949. The league is operated by the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...

(PZPN). The league is contested by 18 teams. The regular season was played in a

round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...

. The season began on 1 August 2015, and concluded on 6 June 2016. After the 19th matchday the league will be on winter break between 6 December 2015 and 3 March 2016. According to the competition rules, all clubs are required to field at least one youth player (born in 1995 or later and Polish or trained in Poland) in every game (except for the times when the only youth player on the roster is sent off or unable to continue playing).

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To I Liga

Promoted from II liga * MKS Kluczbork *

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Sosnowiec. They compete in II liga in the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, following relegation from the 2023–24 I liga. The club was establishe ...

* Rozwój Katowice Relegated from

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

Zawisza Bydgoszcz Zawisza Bydgoszcz () is a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th-century knight, Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, b ...

GKS Bełchatów GKS Bełchatów is a Polish professional football club based in Bełchatów. The club currently competes in group I of the III liga. History GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów, and ...

From I Liga

Relegated to II liga * GKS Tychy Promoted to

Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa. History The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by lo ...

* Termalica Bruk-Bet Nieciecza

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

# Pogoń Siedlce played autumn round (8 home games) at Stadion Znicza (cap. 2,150) in

Pruszków Pruszków is a city in east-central Poland, capital of Pruszków County in the Masovian Voivodeship. Pruszków is located along the western edge of the Warsaw metropolitan area. Pruszków is the largest city in the Warsaw metropolitan area outs ...

. # Rozwój Katowice played autumn round (11 home games) at their own Stadion Rozwoju (cap. 2,472).

League table

Results

I liga play-off

The 15th place team from the

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will compete in a play-off with the 4th place team from

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

. Matches will be played 11 and 19 June 2016. The winner will compete in the

. Host of first match was decided on 6 June 2016. On 9 June 2016

did not receive a license for the 2016–17 season, thus relegation play-off between the 15th-placed team of I liga ( MKS Kluczbork) and the 4th-placed team of

( Wisła Puławy) was not held and both will play in the 2016–17 I liga.

Top goalscorers

References

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I liga seasons