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The Ekstraklasa is a Polish professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Polish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Polish First League (Orange Liga). The Ekstraklasa season starts in late July, and ends in May the following year, teams play a total of 30 games each. The Ekstraklasa (former I liga) was formed as Liga Piłki Nożnej (LPN) on 1 March 1927 in Warsaw, but Polish Championships as non-league competition and The Polish Football Federation PZPN (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej) had been organized on 20 December 1919 in Warsaw, a year after the independence of Poland in 1918. First, historic games of the freshly created League took place on April 3, 1927.

A total of 78 clubs have played in the top division of polish football since the founding of the league in 1921, of which, 17 clubs have one the title. Only 4 clubs (Polonia Warszawa, Legia Warszawa, Wisła Kraków and Zagłębie Lubin) have won the title in the last decade. The current champions are Wisła Kraków, who won their 11th title in the 2007–08.