The 2023–24 III liga is the 16th season of the fourth tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 2008 under its current title ( III liga) and the 7th season under its current league division format.KOMUNIKAT ZARZĄDU PZPN XI/2013 Z DNIA 22 LISTOPADA 2013 ROKU
/ref> The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN). The competition is contested by 72 clubs split geographically across 4 groups of 18 teams, with the winners of each group gaining promotion to the II liga. The season is played in a

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. It will begin on 5 August 2023 and will conclude on 9 June 2024. The teams included

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clubs (although a few are professional) and the reserve teams of professional clubs.

Format

72 teams were divided into four groups according to geographical criteria: * Group I ( Łódź – Masovian – Podlaskie – Warmian-Masurian) *

Group II A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ...

( Kuyavian-Pomeranian –

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...

– Pomeranian –

West Pomeranian Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, Weste ...

) * Group III ( Lower Silesian –

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Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...

– Silesian) * Group IV ( Świętokrzyskie – Lesser Poland –

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

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Podkarpackie Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it is ...

) Since 2021–22 season each group of III liga was operated by Polish Football Association (PZPN), not a different voivodship football association.

Changes from last season

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season.

To III liga

From III liga

League tables

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

References

External links

Official website
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