III liga, group IV

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]

III liga, group IV

Founded	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Country	Poland
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	II liga
Relegation to	IV liga
Domestic cup(s)	Polish Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Europa Conference League (via Polish Cup)
Current champions	Wieczysta Kraków (2023–24)
Sponsor(s)	Betclic
Current: 2024–25 III liga

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 v t e	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. Head-to-head points: Hutnik Kraków 3, Motor Lublin 0.^[B]
2. Head-to-head points: Stal Kraśnik 6, Avia Świdnik 3, Podhale Nowy Targ 0.
3. Head-to-head away goals: Orlęta Radzyń Podlaski 1, Jutrzenka Giebułtów 0.

Notes

1. 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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