Polish Basketball League (Orlen Basket Liga) History

League status

The Orlen Basket Liga is the first-tier professional basketball league in Poland. OBL was established in 1928.

The OBL sits above the 1 Liga which effectively forms the second-tier of Polish basketball.

At the end of regular season, top 8 teams qualify to the play-offs.

The bottom team is relegated to 1 Liga.

Limits of non-Polish players per team: 6 import players (non-Europeans), 6 Bosman players (with European passport) . Total number of allowed imports and Bosmans is 6.

League name history

1928-1997: I Liga 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947

1997[+]-2018[+]: Polska Liga Koszykowki 1997-1998 1998-1999 2001-2002 2002-2003 2008-2009 2009-2010 2016-2017 2017-2018

1999[+]-2001[+]: Lech Basket Liga 1999-2000 2000-2001

2001[+]-2018[+]: Polska Liga Koszykowki 2001-2002 2002-2003 2008-2009 2009-2010 2016-2017 2017-2018

2003[+]-2005[+]: Era Basket Liga 2003-2004 2004-2005

2005[+]-2006[+]: Dominet Basket Liga 2005-2006

2006[+]-2008[+]: Dominet Bank Ekstraliga 2006-2007 2007-2008

2008[+]-2018[+]: Polska Liga Koszykowki 2008-2009 2009-2010 2016-2017 2017-2018

2010[+]-2016[+]: Tauron Basket Liga 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

2016[+]-2018[+]: Polska Liga Koszykowki 2016-2017 2017-2018

2018[+]-2023: Energa Basket Liga 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023

2023 until now: Orlen Basket Liga 2023-2024 2024-2025

League logos

Until 1997

1997-2018

1999-2001

2001-2018

2003-2005

2005-2006

2006-2008

2008-2018

2010-2016

2016-2018

2018-2023

Since 2023

Title holders

Championships by club

Titles	Club	Years
16	Slask	1964-65, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2021-22
11	KKS Basket	1948-49, 1950-51, 1954-55, 1957-58, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1988-89, 1934-35, 1945-46, 1938-39
8	Legia	1955-56, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1965-66, 1968-69, 2024-25
8	Arka	2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
6	Wisla Krakow	1953-54, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1973-74, 1975-76
4	Zastal	2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2019-20
4	Korsarz Gdansk	1970-71, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1977-78
4	AZS Poznan	1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1936-37
3	Anwil	1992-93, 2002-03, 2017-18
2	Gornik	1981-82, 1987-88
2	AZS AWF W-wa	1966-67, 1946-47
2	Pruszkow	1994-95, 1996-97
2	PGE Turow	2011-12, 2013-14
2	ASPRO Wroclaw	1989-90, 1991-92
2	Cracovia	1928-29, 1937-38
2	YMCA Krakow	1932-33, 1933-34
2	Spolem Lodz	1949-50, 1951-52
1	Polonia W-wa	1958-59
1	Sosnowiec	1985-86
1	Rzeszow	1974-75
1	AZS Koszalin	2012-13
1	Arriva P.Cukier	2018-19
1	Stal	2020-21
1	Lodz	1952-53
1	King	2022-23
1	Trefl	2023-24
1	Czarna Trzynastka	1927-28
1	YMCA Lodz	1947-48

Finals year-by-year

Season	Winner	Result	Finalist	Regular Season Champ
1927-28	Czarna Trzynastka Poznan	22-9	Varsovia Warszawa	Czarna Trzynastka Poznan
1928-29	KS Cracovia 1906 Krakow	27-21	Polonia Warszawa	KS Cracovia 1906 Krakow
1929-30	AZS Poznan	16-14	Polonia Warszawa	AZS Poznan
1930-31	AZS Poznan	19-13	Polonia Warszawa	AZS Poznan
1931-32	AZS Poznan	35-24	Polonia Warszawa	AZS Poznan
1932-33	YMCA Krakow	42-32	WKS Lodz	YMCA Krakow
1933-34	YMCA Krakow	37-35	Polonia Warszawa	YMCA Krakow
1934-35	KPW Poznan	39-21	Polonia Warszawa	KPW Poznan
1935-36	Not held [+] 1936 season was not played due to changes in the championship system. Starting in 1937 the championship games supposed to be played in closed courts instead of outside open courts.
1936-37	AZS Poznan		KPW Poznan
1937-38	KS Cracovia 1906 Krakow	45-36	AZS Poznan	KS Cracovia 1906 Krakow
1938-39	KPW Poznan	54-34	Polonia Warszawa	KPW Poznan
1939-45	Not held [+] 1940 season was not being played sue to WW2
1945-46	KKS Poznan	41-21	KS Cracovia 1906 Krakow	KKS Poznan
1946-47	AZS Warszawa	44-43	TS Wisla Krakow	AZS Warszawa
1947-48	YMCA Lodz		ZZK Poznan	YMCA Lodz
1948-49	ZZK Poznan		YMCA Lodz	ZZK Poznan
1949-50	Spojnia Lodz		Kolejarz Poznan	Spojnia Lodz
1950-51	Kolejarz Poznan		Spojnia Gdansk	Kolejarz Poznan
1951-52	Spojnia Lodz		Gwardia Krakow	Spojnia Lodz
1952-53	Wlokniarz Lodz		CWKS Legia Warszawa	Wlokniarz Lodz
1953-54	Gwardia Krakow		Kolejarz Warszawa	Gwardia Krakow
1954-55	Kolejarz Poznan		CWKS Legia Warszawa	Kolejarz Poznan
1955-56	CWKS Legia Warszawa		TS Wisla Krakow	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1956-57	CWKS Legia Warszawa		Polonia Warszawa	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1957-58	Lech Poznan		CWKS Legia Warszawa	Lech Poznan
1958-59	Polonia Warszawa		TS Wisla Krakow	Polonia Warszawa
1959-60	CWKS Legia Warszawa		Polonia Warszawa	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1960-61	CWKS Legia Warszawa		Lech Poznan	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1961-62	TS Wisla Krakow		AZS Warszawa	TS Wisla Krakow
1962-63	CWKS Legia Warszawa		Slask Wroclaw	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1963-64	TS Wisla Krakow		Slask Wroclaw	TS Wisla Krakow
1964-65	Slask Wroclaw		TS Wisla Krakow	Slask Wroclaw
1965-66	CWKS Legia Warszawa		TS Wisla Krakow	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1966-67	AZS Warszawa		TS Wisla Krakow	AZS Warszawa
1967-68	TS Wisla Krakow		CWKS Legia Warszawa	TS Wisla Krakow
1968-69	CWKS Legia Warszawa		TS Wisla Krakow	CWKS Legia Warszawa
1969-70	Slask Wroclaw		GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk	Slask Wroclaw
1970-71	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk		TS Wisla Krakow	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk
1971-72	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk		Slask Wroclaw	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk
1972-73	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk		KKS Resovia Rzeszow	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk
1973-74	TS Wisla Krakow		KKS Resovia Rzeszow	TS Wisla Krakow
1974-75	KKS Resovia Rzeszow		TS Wisla Krakow	KKS Resovia Rzeszow
1975-76	TS Wisla Krakow		Polonia Warszawa	TS Wisla Krakow
1976-77	Slask Wroclaw		TS Wisla Krakow	Slask Wroclaw
1977-78	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk		Slask Wroclaw	GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk
1978-79	Slask Wroclaw		KKS Resovia Rzeszow	Slask Wroclaw
1979-80	Slask Wroclaw		GKS Wybrzeze Gdansk	Slask Wroclaw
1980-81	Slask Wroclaw		Gornik Walbrzych	Slask Wroclaw
1981-82	Gornik Walbrzych		Lech Poznan	Gornik Walbrzych
1982-83	Lech Poznan		Gornik Walbrzych	Lech Poznan
1983-84	Lech Poznan		TS Wisla Krakow	Lech Poznan
1984-85	Lech Poznan	2-1	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	Zaglebie Sosnowiec
1985-86	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	2-1	Gornik Walbrzych	Slask Wroclaw
1986-87	Slask Wroclaw	2-1	Gwardia Wroclaw	Gornik Walbrzych
1987-88	Gornik Walbrzych	2-1	Gwardia Wroclaw	Lech Poznan
1988-89	Lech Poznan	3-0	Slask Wroclaw	Slask Wroclaw
1989-90	Gwardia Wroclaw	3-0	Lech Poznan	Lech Poznan
1990-91	Slask Wroclaw	2-1	Lech Poznan	Victoria Sosnowiec
1991-92	ASPRO Wroclaw	4-0	Slask Wroclaw	Slask Wroclaw
1992-93	Nobiles Wloclawek	2-1	PCS-Slask Wroclaw	PCS-Slask Wroclaw
1993-94	PCS-Slask Wroclaw	3-1	Nobiles Wloclawek	PCS-Slask Wroclaw
1994-95	Mazowszanka Pruszkow	4-1	MKS Polonia Przemysl	MKS Polonia Przemysl
1995-96	ESKA-Slask Wroclaw	3-3	Browary Tyskie Bobry Bytom	Nobiles Azoty Wloclawek
1996-97	Mazowszanka Pruszkow	4-0	Komfort Forbo Stargard Szczecinski	Mazowszanka Pruszkow
1997-98	Zepter-Slask Wroclaw	4-3	Hoop Pekaes Pruszkow	Hoop Pekaes Pruszkow
1998-99	Zepter-Slask Wroclaw	4-3	Anwil Nobiles Wloclawek	Zepter-Slask Wroclaw
1999-00	Zepter-Slask Wroclaw	4-1	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Zepter-Slask Wroclaw
2000-01	Zepter-Idea Slask Wroclaw	4-1	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Zepter-Idea Slask Wroclaw
2001-02	Idea-Slask Wroclaw	4-1	Prokom Trefl Sopot	Idea-Slask Wroclaw
2002-03	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	4-2	Prokom Trefl Sopot	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2003-04	Prokom Trefl Sopot	4-1	Idea-Slask Wroclaw	Idea-Slask Wroclaw
2004-05	Prokom Trefl Sopot	4-2	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2005-06	Prokom Trefl Sopot	4-1	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2006-07	Prokom Trefl Sopot	4-1	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	Prokom Trefl Sopot
2007-08	Prokom Trefl Sopot	4-3	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	PGE Turow Zgorzelec
2008-09	Asseco Prokom Sopot	4-1	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	Asseco Prokom Sopot
2009-10	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	4-0	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Asseco Prokom Gdynia
2010-11	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	4-3	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	Asseco Prokom Gdynia
2011-12	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	3-0	Zastal Zielona Gora	Asseco Prokom Gdynia
2012-13	AZS Koszalin	2-0	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Trefl Sopot
2013-14	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	6-0	Stelmet Zielona Gora	PGE Turow Zgorzelec
2014-15	Stelmet Zielona Gora	4-2	PGE Turow Zgorzelec	Stelmet Zielona Gora
2015-16	Stelmet Zielona Gora	4-0	KS Rosa Radom	Stelmet Zielona Gora
2016-17	Stelmet Zielona Gora	4-1	Polski Cukier Torun	WTK Anwil Wloclawek
2017-18	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	4-2	BM Slam Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski	WTK Anwil Wloclawek
2018-19	Polski Cukier Torun	4-3	WTK Anwil Wloclawek	Asseco Arka Gdynia
2019-20	Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora		MKS Start Lublin	Stelmet Enea BC Zielona Gora
2020-21	Arged BM Stal Ostrow Wielkopolski	4-2	Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora	Enea Zastal BC Zielona Gora
2021-22	WKS Slask Wroclaw	4-1	Legia Warszawa	WTK Anwil Wloclawek
2022-23	King Szczecin	4-2	WKS Slask Wroclaw	WKS Slask Wroclaw
2023-24	Trefl Sopot	77-71	King Szczecin	WTK Anwil Wloclawek
2024-25	Legia Warszawa	4-3	Polski Cukier Start Lublin	WTK Anwil Wloclawek
2025-26	Not held

Finals participants

Club	W	L	Total
Slask	16	9	25
KKS Basket	11	7	18
Wisla Krakow	6	12	18
Legia	8	5	13
Anwil	3	9	12
Polonia W-wa	1	11	12
Arka	8	2	10
Zastal	4	3	7
PGE Turow	2	5	7
Korsarz Gdansk	4	2	6
Gornik	2	3	5
AZS Poznan	4	1	5
Rzeszow	1	3	4
ASPRO Wroclaw	2	2	4
AZS AWF W-wa	2	1	3
Pruszkow	2	1	3
Cracovia	2	1	3
Sosnowiec	1	1	2
Arriva P.Cukier	1	1	2
Stal	1	1	2
King	1	1	2
Start	0	2	2
YMCA Krakow	2	0	2
YMCA Lodz	1	1	2
Spolem Lodz	2	0	2
MKKS Zabrze	0	1	1
Polonia P.	0	1	1
Stargard	0	1	1
AZS Koszalin	1	0	1
Lodz	1	0	1
Radom	0	1	1
Spojnia Gdansk	0	1	1
Trefl	1	0	1
Czarna Trzynastka	1	0	1
Varsovia	0	1	1
WKS Lodz	0	1	1

Final Four participants

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Slask	16	9	12	7
KKS Basket	11	7	8	4
Legia	8	5	2	3
Arka	8	2	5	1
Wisla Krakow	6	12	5	7
Zastal	4	3	0	2
Korsarz Gdansk	4	2	3	2
Anwil	3	9	7	5
PGE Turow	2	5	5	3
Gornik	2	3	1	2
ASPRO Wroclaw	2	2	1	1
Cracovia	2	1	2	2
AZS AWF W-wa	2	1	1	11
Pruszkow	2	1	1	3
Spolem Lodz	2	0	2	0
Sosnowiec	1	1	4	2
Stal	1	1	1	3
YMCA Lodz	1	1	0	0
Arriva P.Cukier	1	1	0	0
AZS Poznan	1	1	0	0
Lodz	1	0	1	1
AZS Koszalin	1	0	1	0
Czarna Trzynastka	1	0	1	0
Trefl	1	0	0	3
YMCA Krakow	1	0	0	0
Start	0	2	3	0
MKKS Zabrze	0	1	2	4
Spojnia Gdansk	0	1	2	1
Stargard	0	1	1	1
Radom	0	1	1	0
Polonia P.	0	1	0	0
Varsovia	0	1	0	0
Warta Poznan	0	0	3	1
Czarni	0	0	2	2
Swiecie	0	0	1	0
Starogard Gd.	0	0	1	0
Triumph	0	0	1	0
AZS Lviv	0	0	1	0
Ogniwo Krakow	0	0	0	1
Krosno	0	0	0	1
MKS DG	0	0	0	1
Absolwenci Lodz	0	0	0	1
Sokol Macierz	0	0	0	1
Wawel	0	0	0	1
Orzel Warszawa	0	0	0	1
Spolem Wwa	0	0	0	1

Players with the most appearances in the Polish Finals

Player	Finals Appearances	Years
Adam Wojcik	13	1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Stefan Wojcik	10	1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
Andrzej Pstrokonski	10	1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969
Maciej Zielinski	10	1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
Robert Witka	10	1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016
Filip Dylewicz	9	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
Przemyslaw Zamojski	9	2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
Zdzislaw Kasprzak	8	1931, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1950
Krystian Czernichowski	8	1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
Bohdan Likszo	8	1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971

Players with the most Polish titles

Player	Count	Years Won
Adam Wojcik	10	1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
Przemyslaw Zamojski	8	2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
Andrzej Pstrokonski	7	1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969
Maciej Zielinski	7	1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Filip Dylewicz	7	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
Dariusz Zelig	6	1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991
Tomas Pacesas	6	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Adam Hrycaniuk	6	2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
Zdzislaw Kasprzak	5	1931, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1949
Wladyslaw Pawlak	5	1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963