Ekstraklasa’s announcement in regards to UEFA's decisions

National team competition and tournaments:

1. EURO 2020 will be postponed to 2021 (11th June – 11^th July 2021).
2. All friendly matches and EURO 2020 play-offs scheduled in March will be moved to June 2020.
3. All national team games which are a part of 2022 World Cup qualifying phase will be postponed to another date.
4. Nations League Final, EURO 2021, and Women’s EURO which were planned for June and July 2021 will also be moved in time.
5. The clubs will be obliged to allow their national team representatives to attend all international matches which have been postponed if called up.

Club competition:

1. If the circumstances allow, the objective is to have all national and international club competition finish the season before June 30^th 2020.
2. There will be no priorities assigned to neither of the competitions, hence league games can be scheduled for the middle of the workweek, whilst European club competition can run during the weekends.
3. The schedule for Champions League and Europa League qualifying phase for the season 2020/21 will be determined when the finish date of national competitions will become known.

Further works around determining match schedules will be organised by UEFA. In accordance with the outlined decisions which can possibly affect the following two seasons, Ekstraklasa and Polish Football Association (PZPN) will cooperate in an attempt to create all possible scenarios regarding the national competition.

“We have realised that in order to finish the current season, not only did European Championships have to be postponed, but also the qualifiers for Champions League and Europa League which our Polish clubs were meant to participate in and which were scheduled for the first week of July. UEFA’s latest crucial decisions gave room for compromise,” explained Ekstraklasa’s Chairman, Marcin Animucki. “However, we need to keep in mind that resuming league competition and finishing the season is dependant on the situation in Poland, as well as PZPN’s and clubs’ decision. In the meantime, we are working with the clubs on solutions which will help minimise the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Polish football,” added Animucki.

Analogically to UEFA, Ekstraklasa has decided to establish a crisis committee which will work on solutions that can minimise the negative impact of coronavirus on the league competition. All clubs have already appointed their representatives who will form the committee. The group will be divided into sub-teams that will focus on the following aspects: legal, finance, marketing, and sports. Together with Ekstraklasa, their objective will be to prepare suggestions of extraordinary measures to be implemented in regards to the competition, player contract guidelines, match schedules, as well as licensing laws.