2021–22 Polish Cup

2021–22 Polish Cup

Fortuna Puchar Polski
Tournament details
Country	Poland
Venue(s)	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw
Dates	4 August 2021 – 2 May 2022
Teams	69
Defending champions	Raków Częstochowa
Final positions
Champions	Raków Częstochowa
Runner-up	Lech Poznań
Conference League	Raków Częstochowa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	67
Goals scored	201 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jakub Bojas Maciej Firlej Mateusz Wdowiak (4 goals each)
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The 2021–22 Polish Cup was the 68th season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 4 August 2021 with the first matches of the preliminary round and ended with the final on 2 May 2022 at Stadion Narodowy. The 2021–22 edition of the Polish Cup was sponsored by Fortuna, making the official name Fortuna Puchar Polski.^[1] Winners of the competition qualified for the qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

The defending champions were Raków Częstochowa.^[2] Raków successfully defended their title by defeating Lech Poznań 3–1 in the final.^[3]

Participating teams

Teams starting the competition from Round of 64				Teams starting the competition from Preliminary round
2020–21 Ekstraklasa 16 teams	2020–21 I liga 18 teams	2020–21 II liga 9 teams (position 1-9)	Winners of 16 regional cup competitions 16 teams	2020–21 II liga 10 teams (position 10-19)
Legia Warsaw Raków Częstochowa Pogoń Szczecin Śląsk Wrocław Warta Poznań Piast Gliwice Lechia Gdańsk Zagłębie Lubin Jagiellonia Białystok Górnik Zabrze Lech Poznań Wisła Płock Wisła Kraków Cracovia Stal Mielec Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Radomiak Radom Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza GKS Tychy Arka Gdynia ŁKS Łódź Górnik Łęczna Miedź Legnica Odra Opole Widzew Łódź Sandecja Nowy Sącz Chrobry Głogów Korona Kielce Puszcza Niepołomice GKS Jastrzębie Stomil Olsztyn Resovia Zagłębie Sosnowiec GKS Bełchatów	Górnik Polkowice GKS Katowice Chojniczanka Chojnice Wigry Suwałki KKS Kalisz Skra Częstochowa Garbarnia Kraków Śląsk Wrocław II Motor Lublin	Ślęza Wrocław (dolnośląskie) Włocłavia Włocławek (kujawsko-pomorskie) Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski (lubelskie) Lechia Zielona Góra (lubuskie) Unia Skierniewice (łódzkie) Wieczysta Kraków (małopolskie) Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (mazowieckie) Ruch Zdzieszowice (opolskie) Wisłoka Dębica (podkarpackie)[4] Olimpia Zambrów (podlaskie) Powiśle Dzierzgoń (pomorskie) Rekord Bielsko-Biała (śląskie) KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (świętokrzyskie) Concordia Elbląg (warmińsko-mazurskie) Polonia Środa Wielkopolska (wielkopolskie) Świt Szczecin (zachodniopomorskie)	Stal Rzeszów Sokół Ostróda Hutnik Kraków Pogoń Siedlce Lech Poznań II Znicz Pruszków Olimpia Elbląg Olimpia Grudziądz Błękitni Stargard Bytovia Bytów

Prize money

The PZPN Board of Directors determined the size of the prizes.^[5]

Round reached	Amount
Round of 64	regional cup winner: 40,000 PLN remainder teams: 15,000 PLN
Round of 32	45,000 PLN
Round of 16	90,000 PLN
Quarterfinal	190,000 PLN
Semifinal	380,000 PLN
Final	760,000 PLN
Winner	5,000,000 PLN

Round and draw dates

Round	Draw date	Number of teams	Date of matches[1]	Teams entered for the competition
Preliminary round	None	69 → 64	4 August 2021	• 2020–21 II liga teams from positions 10–19.
Round of 64	12 August 2021	64 → 32	22–29 September 2021	• 2020–21 Ekstraklasa teams, • 2020–21 I liga teams, • 2020–21 II liga teams from positions 1–9, • 16 winners of the regional cups.
Round of 32	1 October 2021	32 → 16	26 October - 3 November 2021	None
Round of 16	5 November 2021	16 → 8	30 November 2021 - 9 February 2022
Quarter-finals	3 December 2021	8 → 4	1–2 March 2022
Semi-finals	4 March 2022	4 → 2	5–6 April 2022
Final	None	2	2 May 2022

Preliminary round

The matches were played on 4 August 2021. Participating in this round were the 10 lowest ranked teams from 2020–21 II liga (which finished 2020–21 season on positions 10-19). With reference to the competition regulations, the matches were played according to the following scheme: 10th team of 2020–21 season will be a host of match against 19th team, 11th team will be a host of match against 18th team, 12th team will be a host of match against 17th team, 13th team will be a host of match against 16th team and 14th team will be a host of match against 15th team.^[6]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
4 August 2021
Stal Rzeszów (3)	4–1	Bytovia Bytów (5)
Sokół Ostróda (3)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Błękitni Stargard (4)
Hutnik Kraków (3)	0–1	Olimpia Grudziądz (4)
Pogoń Siedlce (3)	3–0 (w/o)	Olimpia Elbląg (3)
Lech Poznań II (3)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Znicz Pruszków (3)

Round of 64

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 12 August 2021.^[9] The matches were played from 21 to 29 September 2021. Participating in this round were the 5 winners from the previous round, 16 teams from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa, 18 teams from the 2020–21 I liga, 9 highest ranked teams from 2020–21 II liga and 16 winners of the regional cup competitions. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2021–22 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
21 September 2021
KKS Kalisz (3)	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin (1)
Śląsk Wrocław II (3)	0–3	Zagłębie Lubin (1)
Ruch Zdzieszowice (5)	0–6	Zagłębie Sosnowiec (2)
Jagiellonia Białystok (1)	1–3	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
Polonia Środa Wielkopolska (4)	0–2	GKS Jastrzębie (2)
22 September 2021
Stal Rzeszów (3)	2–4	Raków Częstochowa (1)
Wigry Suwałki (3)	1–3	Legia Warsaw (1)
Concordia Elbląg (5)	0–2	Unia Skierniewice (4)
Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski (4)	2–3	Lechia Zielona Góra (4)
Korona Kielce (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Wisła Płock (1)
Włocłavia Włocławek (5)	0–2	Piast Gliwice (1)
Stal Mielec (1)	1–3	Wisła Kraków (1)
Ślęza Wrocław (4)	3–2	Chojniczanka Chojnice (3)
Motor Lublin (3)	1–0	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała (2)
Miedź Legnica (2)	4–0	Odra Opole (2)
Górnik Zabrze (1)	2–0	Radomiak Radom (1)
23 September 2021
Śląsk Wrocław (1)	0–1	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (1)
ŁKS Łódź (2)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Cracovia (1)
28 September 2021
KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (4)	1–2	GKS Tychy (2)
Skra Częstochowa (2)	0–3	Lech Poznań (1)
Górnik Polkowice (2)	1–2	Górnik Łęczna (1)
29 September 2021
Sokół Ostróda (3)	0–3 (w/o)	Pogoń Siedlce (3)
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (4)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Rekord Bielsko-Biała (4)
Wisłoka Dębica (4)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Świt Szczecin (4)
Wieczysta Kraków (5)	2–1	Chrobry Głogów (2)
Olimpia Zambrów (5)	0–1	GKS Katowice (2)
Stomil Olsztyn (2)	1–0	Sandecja Nowy Sącz (2)
Lech Poznań II (3)	2–1	Puszcza Niepołomice (2)
Resovia (2)	1–2	Widzew Łódź (2)
Olimpia Grudziądz (4)	2–0	Warta Poznań (1)
GKS Bełchatów (3)	0–5	Arka Gdynia (2)
Powiśle Dzierzgoń (6)	0–3	Garbarnia Kraków (3)

Round of 32

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 1 October 2021.^[13] The matches were played from 26 October to 3 November 2021. Participating in this round were the 32 winners from the previous round. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2021–22 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
26 October 2021
Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (4)	2–1	Lechia Gdańsk (1)
KKS Kalisz (3)	1–2	Raków Częstochowa (1)
Lechia Zielona Góra (4)	0–1	Arka Gdynia (2)
Unia Skierniewice (4)	0–2	Lech Poznań (1)
27 October 2021
ŁKS Łódź (2)	0–1	Zagłębie Lubin (1)
Olimpia Grudziądz (4)	3–0	Lech Poznań II (3)
GKS Katowice (2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (1)
Ślęza Wrocław (4)	1–2	Górnik Zabrze (1)
Pogoń Siedlce (3)	0–5	Motor Lublin (3)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec (2)	0–1	Piast Gliwice (1)
28 October 2021
Świt Szczecin (4)	0–1	Legia Warsaw (1)
2 November 2021
Widzew Łódź (2)	4–1	GKS Jastrzębie (2)
Wieczysta Kraków (5)	0–5	Garbarnia Kraków (3)
3 November 2021
GKS Tychy (2)	1–3	Wisła Kraków (1)
Korona Kielce (2)	2–1	Stomil Olsztyn (2)
Miedź Legnica (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Górnik Łęczna (1)

Round of 16

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 5 November 2021.^[14] The matches will be played from 30 November to 2 December 2021. Participating in this round are the 16 winners from the previous round. Games will be hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2021–22 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 November 2021
Korona Kielce (2)	1–2	Górnik Łęczna (1)
Olimpia Grudziądz (4)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (4)
1 December 2021
Garbarnia Kraków (3)	0–4	Lech Poznań (1)
Motor Lublin (3)	1–2	Legia Warsaw (1)
Arka Gdynia (2)	2–1	Zagłębie Lubin (1)
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza (1)	0–2	Raków Częstochowa (1)
2 December 2021
Widzew Łódź (2)	1–3	Wisła Kraków (1)
9 February 2022
Piast Gliwice (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Górnik Zabrze (1)

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round was conducted in the headquarter of PZPN on 3 December 2021.^[15] The matches will be played in March 2022. Participating in this round are the 8 winners from the previous round. Games will be hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2021–22 season or by first drawn team in a case of match between clubs from the same division.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 March 2022
Arka Gdynia (2)	0–2	Raków Częstochowa (1)
Olimpia Grudziądz (4)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Wisła Kraków (1)
2 March 2022
Legia Warsaw (1)	2–0	Górnik Łęczna (1)
Górnik Zabrze (1)	0–2	Lech Poznań (1)

Semi-finals

Participating in this round will be the 4 winners from the previous round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
5 April 2022
Olimpia Grudziądz (4)	0–3	Lech Poznań (1)
6 April 2022
Raków Częstochowa (1)	1–0	Legia Warsaw (1)

Final

Notes

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