The Lesser Poland regional leagues, or the Ligi regionalne - Małopolski ZPN ( en, Regional leagues - Lesser Poland Football Association) are the tier five to tier nine of the football leagues of the
Polish football hierarchy organized in
Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...
.
The tournaments are organized by the Lesser Poland Football Association ( pl, Małopolski Związek Piłki Nożnej; MZPN).
History
In connection with the
administrative reform of the country in 1999 and the decisions of the Polish Football Association ( pl, Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej; PZPN) congress to establish football associations in all 16 voivodships, the founding assembly of the Krakow Football Association "Lesser Poland" ( pl, Krakowski Związek Piłki Nożnej „Małopolska”) with its seat in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 159 ...
was convened on June 2, 2000, covering clubs from the new
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopolskie ), also known as Małopolska, is a voivodeship (province), in southern Poland. It has an area of , and a population of
3,404,863 (2019).
It was created on 1 ...
. In accordance with the recommendation of the Polish Football Association, the new association adopted the name of the Lesser Poland Football Association ( pl, Małopolski Związek Piłki Nożnej; MZPN), its statute was registered on September 22, 2000 by the District Court in Kraków, and on November 22 of that year, the MZPN was registered by the National Court Register.
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Lesser Poland regional leagues system
* * :
III liga
III liga (Trzecia liga) is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga referred to a league at the third tier (now called II liga) but this was ...
is not organized by MZPN as it is a national championship divided into groups of bigger regions then
Lesser Poland, but due to the introduction of
Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams.
Contested by 18 ...
it has become the fourth level of the
Polish football hierarchy
* The number (#) in Klasa A
(#), Klasa B
(#) and Klasa C
(#), represents the number of groups in these leagues per season.
References
External links
MZPN official website
{{Football in Poland
Football leagues in Poland
Lesser Poland Voivodeship