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2015–16 Polish Cup

Puchar Polski
Tournament details
Country	Poland
Venue(s)	National Stadium, Warsaw
Teams	68
Final positions
Champions	Legia Warsaw
Runner-up	Lech Poznań
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Nemanja Nikolić (6 goals)
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The 2015–16 Polish Cup was the sixty-second season of the annual Polish football knockout tournament. It began on 18 July 2015 with the first matches of the preliminary round and ended on 2 May 2016 with the final at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Winners of the competition qualified for the qualifying tournament of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

The 2015–16 season brought several changes into the competition format determined by the 2014 reform of II liga (3rd tier), which decreased the number of teams playing in the league from 36 to 18 and the number of teams participating in the Polish Cup from 86 to 68. The tournament had one preliminary round (instead of two in previous seasons), in which also the 6 lowest-ranked I liga (2nd tier) teams entered.

Legia Warsaw successfully defended the Polish Cup champion title, winning the final game 1–0 against Lech Poznań and secured their eighteenth title.

Participating teams

Source: 90minut.pl

Notes

1. Competed in 2014–15 season as Energetyk ROW Rybnik.
2. Widzew Łódź dissolved after the 2014–15 season.
3. Flota Świnoujście dissolved after the 2014–15 season.
4. Limanovia withdrew from the competition, citing financial difficulties.

Round and draw dates

Source: 90minut.pl

Preliminary round

The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 17 June 2015. Participating in this round were 16 regional cup winners, 18 teams from the 2014–15 II Liga and 6 lowest ranked teams from the 2014–15 I Liga. The matches were played on 18, 19 and 22 July 2015.

16 of the 24 I Liga and II Liga teams participating in the preliminary round were drawn against the 16 regional cup winners, and the remaining 8 were drawn against each other. Games were hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2015–16 season. The host of Znicz Pruszków vs. Nadwiślan Góra (both playing in II Liga) game was determined by the order in which the teams were drawn.

Notes

• Note 1: Flota Świnoujście dissolved after the 2014–2015 season and withdrew from the Polish Cup. The successor club plays in the Szczecin I group of the A klasa (8th tier)
• Note 2: Widzew Łódź dissolved after the 2014–2015 season and withdrew from the Polish Cup. The successor club plays in the Łódź Voivodeship IV Liga (5th tier)
• Note 3: Limanovia withdrew from the competition, citing financial difficulties.

First round

The draw for this round was conducted at the headquarters of the Polish FA on 17 June 2015. The matches were played on 25, 26, 28 and 29 July 2015. Participating in this round were the 20 winners from the previous round and 12 highest ranked teams from the 2014–15 I Liga.

The 12 teams joining in this round were seeded and their opponents were drawn from the 20 winners of the preliminary round (the other 8 formed the remaining 4 matches). Games will be hosted by teams playing in the lower division in the 2015–16 season. Hosts of matches between teams playing in the same tier were decided by a draw conducted on 20 July 2015, with the exception of the Katowice derby, where both teams agreed to play on GKS's Stadion Miejski.

Bracket

Round of 32

The draw for this round was conducted at the PGE Narodowy on 23 July 2015. The matches were played on 11, 12 and 13 August 2015. Participating in this round are the 16 winners from the previous round and 16 teams from the 2014–15 Ekstraklasa.

11 August 2015	Błękitni Stargard Szczeciński	2–4	Zagłębie Lubin	Stargard Szczeciński
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wiśniewski 23', 53'		Sobków 52', 90+1' Janus 71', 77'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tomasz Białek (Drezdenko)

11 August 2015	Wda Świecie	3–0 Awarded	Korona Kielce	Świecie
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Grzelak 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 981 Referee: Krzysztof Korycki (Warsaw)
Note: PZPN awarded Wda a 3–0 win due to Korona Kielce fielding ineligible player. The original match had ended in a 1–0 win for Korona.

11 August 2015	Dolcan Ząbki	2–3	Cracovia	Ząbki
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Świerblewski 2' Matuszek 26'		Kapustka 1' Zjawiński 47', 67'	Stadium: Stadion Dolcanu Attendance: 450 Referee: Piotr Idzik (Poznań)

11 August 2015	Olimpia Grudziądz	0–2	Lech Poznań	Grudziądz
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Holman 9', 86'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marek Opaliński (Legnica)

12 August 2015	Puszcza Niepołomice	1–5	Lechia Gdańsk	Niepołomice
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gębalski 38' (pen.)		Wiśniewski 20', 36' Makuszewski 44' Pawłowski 49', 74'	Stadium: Stadion Puszczy Attendance: 1,716 Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak (Bytom)

12 August 2015	Stal Stalowa Wola	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Piast Gliwice	Stalowa Wola
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Łanucha 37' (pen.) Płonka 90+2'		Badía 15', 64'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mateusz Złotnicki (Lublin)
	Penalties
	Jabłoński Płonka Łanucha		Klepczyński Korun Mokwa

12 August 2015	Jagiellonia Białystok	2–1	Pogoń Szczecin	Białystok
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Świderski 25' Frankowski 50'		Frączczak 42'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 7,123 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Warsaw)

12 August 2015	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	4–1	Chrobry Głogów	Bydgoszcz
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewicki 26', 39' Nykiel 60' Drygas 79' (pen.)		Machaj 71'	Stadium: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Łukasz Bednarek (Koszalin)

12 August 2015	Arka Gdynia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Chojniczanka Chojnice	Gdynia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Renusz 45'		Mikołajczak 79'	Stadium: Stadion GOSiR Attendance: 3,796 Referee: Artur Aluszyk (Szczecin)
	Penalties
	Łukasiewicz Stolc Fialho Siemaszko Szerszeń		Rybski Mikołajczak Grzelak Zawistowski Rogalski

12 August 2015	Wigry Suwałki	0–2	GKS Katowice	Suwałki
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Wołkowicz 3' Trochim 51'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Jacek Małyszek (Lublin)

12 August 2015	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	3–1	Górnik Zabrze	Sosnowiec
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sołowiej 55' Markowski 65' Fidziukiewicz 87'		Iwan 22'	Stadium: Stadion Ludowy Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tomasz Wajda (Żywiec)

12 August 2015	Stomil Olsztyn	1–5	Śląsk Wrocław	Olsztyn
19:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Remisz 22'		Celeban 6' Biliński 12' Grajciar 26' Paixão 76' Machaj 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion OSiR Attendance: 2,833 Referee: Paweł Pskit (Łódź)

12 August 2015	GKS Bełchatów	1–0	Bytovia Bytów	Bełchatów
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rachwał 90+1' (pen.)			Stadium: GIEKSA Arena Attendance: 1,128 Referee: Łukasz Szczech (Warsaw)

12 August 2015	Górnik Łęczna	0–2	Legia Warsaw	Łęczna
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Saganowski 72' Prijović 82'	Stadium: Stadion Górnika Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Sebastian Krasny (Kraków)

13 August 2015	Miedź Legnica	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	Legnica
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Telichowski 57'		Hiszpański 22' Kolčák 103'	Stadium: Stadion im. Orła Białego Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin (Łódź)

13 August 2015	Ruch Chorzów	2–1	Wisła Kraków	Chorzów
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lipski 21' Višņakovs 88'		Jankowski 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Ruchu Attendance: 6,504 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

Round of 16

Competing in this round were the 16 winners from the previous round. The draw for this round was conducted at the National Stadium, Warsaw on 23 July 2015. Matches were played on 15, 16, 22–24 September 2015. Hosts of matches between teams playing in the same tier were decided by a draw conducted on 14 August 2015.

15 September 2015	Wda Świecie	1–4	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Świecie
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Urbański 13'		Zaradny 32' Paluchowski 43' Pribula 53' Szatan 63'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 986 Referee: Łukasz Bednarek (Koszalin)

16 September 2015	Stal Stalowa Wola	1–2	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Stalowa Wola
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jabłoński 80'		Mica 28' Drygas 48'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 1,376 Referee: Mateusz Złotnicki (Lublin)

22 September 2015	GKS Katowice	1–3	Cracovia	Katowice
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Goncerz 79' (pen.)		Čovilo 19' Jendrišek 70' Czerwiński 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion GKS Katowice Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Marek Opaliński (Legnica)

22 September 2015	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała	0–1	Śląsk Wrocław	Bielsko-Biała
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Gecov 58'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 3,059 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Warsaw)

23 September 2015	Jagiellonia Białystok	0–2	Zagłębie Lubin	Białystok
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Papadopulos 16' K. Piątek 31'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 8,813 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Siedlce)

23 September 2015	Lech Poznań	1–0	Ruch Chorzów	Poznań
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grodzicki 50' (o.g.)			Stadium: INEA Stadion Attendance: 11,273 Referee: Marcin Borski (Warsaw)

24 September 2015	Chojniczanka Chojnice	2–1 (a.e.t.)	GKS Bełchatów	Chojnice
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rybski 25' Rogalski 114'		Zgarda 75'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dominik Sulikowski (Gdańsk)

24 September 2015	Legia Warsaw	4–1	Lechia Gdańsk	Warsaw
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prijović 24', 85' Nikolić 62' Lewczuk 75'		Mak 76'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 18,289 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

Quarter-finals

The 8 winners from Round of 16 competed in this round. The matches were played in two legs. The first leg took place on the 27 and 28 October 2015. The second leg took place on 18–19 November and 16 December 2015. The draw for this round was conducted at the National Stadium, Warsaw on 23 July 2015. Host of first match between teams playing in the same tier were decided by a draw conducted on 28 September 2015.

First leg

27 October 2015	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–2	Cracovia	Sosnowiec
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fidziukiewicz 43'		Čovilo 22' Rakeļs 90'	Stadium: Stadion Ludowy Attendance: 1,360 Referee: Marcin Borski (Warsaw)

28 October 2015	Chojniczanka Chojnice	1–2	Legia Warsaw	Chojnice
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mikita 48'		Vranješ 23' Duda 78'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 4,832 Referee: Tomasz Wajda (Żywiec)

28 October 2015	Zagłębie Lubin	0–1	Lech Poznań	Lubin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)			Arajuuri 81'	Stadium: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

Second leg

18 November 2015	Legia Warsaw	4–1 (6–2 agg.)	Chojniczanka Chojnice	Warsaw
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vranješ 29' Prijović 33' Brzyski 38' Nikolić 63'		Rybski 5'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 8,368 Referee: Jacek Lis (Ruda Śląska)

19 November 2015	Cracovia	0–2 (2–3 agg.)	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Kraków
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)			Pribula 26' Dudek 40' (pen.)	Stadium: Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium Attendance: 3,436 Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin (Łódź)

19 November 2015	Lech Poznań	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Zagłębie Lubin	Poznań
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pawłowski 90+3'			Stadium: INEA Stadion Attendance: 9,271 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

16 December 2015	Śląsk Wrocław	1–2 (1–2 agg.)	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Wrocław
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biliński 74'		Lewicki 69' Drygas 78'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 3,234 Referee: Tomasz Wajda (Żywiec)

Semi-finals

The 4 winners from Quarterfinals will compete in this round. The matches will be played in two legs. The first leg took place on 15–16 March 2016. The second leg took place on 5–6 April 2016. The draw for this round was conducted at Stadion Miejski, Wrocław on 16 December 2015.

First leg

15 March 2016	Lech Poznań	1–0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Poznań
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Volkov 38'			Stadium: INEA Stadion Attendance: 12,885 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

16 March 2016	Legia Warsaw	4–0	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Warsaw
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nikolić 6', 63', 79' Broź 50'			Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 14,912 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Siedlce)

Second leg

5 April 2016	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Lech Poznań	Sosnowiec
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Paluchowski 82'		Gajos 70'	Stadium: Stadion Ludowy Attendance: 4,950 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

6 April 2016	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	1–2 (1–6 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Bydgoszcz
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danielak 60'		Nikolić 16' Guilherme 79'	Stadium: Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Final

The final match was played at the National Stadium, Warsaw on 2 May 2016.

Lech Poznań	0–1	Legia Warsaw
	Report	Prijović 69'

Lech Poznań

Legia Warsaw

GK 1 Jasmin Burić RB 4 Tomasz Kędziora CB 23 Paulus Arajuuri CB 35 Marcin Kamiński LB 5 Tamás Kádár CM 6 Łukasz Trałka (c)  56'  79' CM 55 Abdul Aziz Tetteh RM 11 Gergő Lovrencsics  90+2' AM 7 Karol Linetty LM 8 Szymon Pawłowski  42' CF 24 Dawid Kownacki  88' Substitutes: GK 27 Krzysztof Kotorowski DF 3 Vladimir Volkov MF 10 Darko Jevtić  88' MF 14 Maciej Gajos  79' DF 21 Kebba Ceesay DF 26 Maciej Wilusz MF 29 Kamil Jóźwiak  90+2' Manager: Jan Urban

GK 1 Arkadiusz Malarz RB 5 Artur Jędrzejczyk CB 4 Igor Lewczuk CB 2 Michał Pazdan (c)  90+3' LB 14 Adam Hloušek RM 8 Ondrej Duda  67' CM 7 Ariel Borysiuk CM 3 Tomasz Jodłowiec LM 18 Michał Kucharczyk FW 99 Aleksandar Prijović  38'  90' FW 9 Nemanja Nikolić  83' Substitutes: GK 33 Radosław Cierzniak MF 6 Guilherme  90+11'  67' DF 17 Tomasz Brzyski DF 19 Bartosz Bereszyński MF 22 Kasper Hämäläinen  90' MF 23 Stojan Vranješ MF 77 Mihail Aleksandrov  83' Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 2 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nemanja Nikolić	Legia Warsaw	6
2	Aleksandar Prijović	Legia Warsaw	5
3	Kamil Drygas	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	3
	Szymon Lewicki	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	3
	Damian Łanucha	Stal Stalowa Wola	3
	Szymon Matuszek	Dolcan Ząbki	3
	Eryk Sobków	Zagłębie Lubin	3
	Radosław Wiśniewski	Błękitni Stargard Szczeciński	3

Notes

1. ^ Regional cup winners were assured to be hosts of both the preliminary round and the first round games, regardless of their and their opponents' relative position in the league pyramid. However, all regional cup winners happened to be drawn against either teams playing in higher divisions or teams that subsequently withdrew from the competition.

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See also

• 2015–16 Ekstraklasa
• 2015–16 I Liga

• 2015–16 European domestic association football cups
• 2015–16 in Polish football
• Polish Cup seasons