Response from TS Wisła Kraków S.A. to the letter from Legia Warszawa S.A.
Re: the letter dated September 28, 2026, entitled “Information on the temporary closure of the away supporters’ section until the end of 2026,” and the 10th-round PKO BP Ekstraklasa match between Legia Warsaw and Wisła Kraków, scheduled for October 11, 2026, at 20:15.
20 Reymonta Street, 30-059 Kraków
tel. +48 12 630 76 00, fax +48 12 630 76 91
e-mail: sekretariat@wislakrakow.com, wislakrakow.com
Kraków, 30 September 2026
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Legia Warszawa S.A.
3 Łazienkowska Street, 00-449 Warszawa
KRS: 0000097402 -
CWKS Legia Warszawa S.A.
3 Łazienkowska Street, 00-449 Warszawa
KRS: 0001201058 -
Ekstraklasa S.A. Management Board
Ekstraklasa S.A.
6D Wybrzeże Gdyńskie Street, 01-531 Warszawa
KRS: 0000239140 -
Ekstraklasa S.A. League Committee
Ekstraklasa S.A.
6D Wybrzeże Gdyńskie Street, 01-531 Warszawa
KRS: 0000239140 -
Ekstraklasa S.A. Competition Logistics Department
Ekstraklasa S.A.
6D Wybrzeże Gdyńskie Street, 01-531 Warszawa
KRS: 0000239140 -
PZPN Club Licensing Committee
Polish Football Association
7 Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. Street, 02-366 Warszawa
KRS: 0000091546 -
PZPN Football Facilities Safety Committee
Polish Football Association
7 Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. Street, 02-366 Warszawa
KRS: 0000091546 -
PZPN Events Organization, Safety and Infrastructure Department
Polish Football Association
7 Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. Street, 02-366 Warszawa
KRS: 0000091546
for information:
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PZPN General Secretary - Łukasz Wachowski
Polish Football Association
7 Bitwy Warszawskiej 1920 r. Street, 02-366 Warszawa
KRS: 0000091546 -
KKS Lech Poznań S.A.
17 Bułgarska Street, 60-320 Poznań
KRS: 0000116034 -
Wieczysta Kraków S.A.
16 Kazimierza Chałupnika Street, 31-464 Kraków
KRS: 0001245568 -
Pogoń Szczecin S.A.
28 Karłowicza Street, 71-102 Szczecin
KRS: 0000285971 -
RKS Raków Częstochowa S.A.
83 Limanowskiego Street, 42-208 Częstochowa
KRS: 0000392197
Re: letter dated 28 September 2026 entitled "Information on the temporary closure of the away supporters' sector for use until the end of 2026." and the 10th-round PKO BP Ekstraklasa match between Legia Warszawa and Wisła Kraków, scheduled for 11 October 2026 at 20:15.
Dear Sir or Madam,
on behalf of Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków S.A., with its registered office in Kraków, entered in the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register, maintained by the District Court for Kraków - Śródmieście in Kraków, 11th Commercial Division of the National Court Register, under KRS number: 0000130748 (hereinafter referred to as the "Club" or "Wisła Kraków"), I hereby confirm receipt of the letter dated 28 September 2026 entitled "Information on the temporary closure of the away supporters' sector for use until the end of 2026." Following its analysis, Wisła Kraków presents its position below. It should first be emphasized that the subject of the matter is not a dispute between the clubs, but rather the manner in which the regulations of the Polish Football Association and Ekstraklasa S.A. are applied, which bind all participants in the competition equally.
Wisła Kraków does not accept the closure of the away supporters' sector insofar as it is to apply to the match scheduled to be played between the Wisła Kraków and Legia Warszawa teams on October 11, 2026, at 20:15 at the Marshal J. Piłsudski Legia Warszawa Municipal Stadium at 3 Łazienkowska Street in Warsaw (hereinafter referred to as the “Match”), and maintains in full its submitted order for seats for the organized group of supporters. In the Club's view, the circumstances presented by Legia Warszawa do not constitute a “particularly justified case” within the meaning of point 1.1 of Resolution No. II/85 of the PZPN Management Board dated February 20, 2013, concerning the rules for the participation of supporters of the visiting team in football matches during central-level competitions organized by PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A., as amended by Resolution No. I/8 dated January 14, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the “Resolution”).
The circumstances presented by Legia Warszawa relate primarily to the legal status of the property and the infrastructure used to operate the away supporters' sector at the Marshal J. Piłsudski Legia Warszawa Municipal Stadium at 3 Łazienkowska Street in Warsaw (hereinafter referred to as the “Stadium”), rather than to any particular risk associated with the specific Match or the authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters.
Moreover, solutions exist that would allow Wisła Kraków supporters to be admitted while maintaining the required level of safety, including carrying out priority works, applying temporary measures, designating an alternative sector or - where objectively necessary - temporarily limiting the number of supporters admitted. Wisła Kraków declares its full readiness to implement them urgently in cooperation with Legia Warszawa, the Police, the safety managers of both clubs, and representatives of Ekstraklasa S.A. and PZPN.
In view of the foregoing, Wisła Kraków requests that Legia Warszawa S.A., and, as a precaution, also CWKS Legia Warszawa S.A., insofar as that company is the author of the letter dated September 28, 2026, the entity making the decision to close the away supporters' sector or participating in its implementation,:
- making the away supporters' sector available for the Match in accordance with point 2 of the Resolution, in a number representing at least 5% of the total number of available seats, or - if Legia Warszawa maintains its position that the existing away supporters' sector cannot be used temporarily - jointly developing and implementing an alternative solution enabling an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters to attend the Match, in particular one of the options presented later in this letter. I hereby emphasize that Wisła Kraków fully maintains its ticket order and does not withdraw its authorization of the organized group of supporters;
- submission, within 2 days of receipt of this letter, of copies of:
- letter from the Greenery Management Board of the Capital City of Warsaw dated September 23, 2026, together with its attachments;
- letter from the Commander of the Warsaw I District Police dated September 25, 2026;
- any documents, letters, notes, minutes, messages, or other recorded positions of the Police or other competent state services on the basis of which Legia Warsaw publicly stated that the decision to close the away supporters' section had been made “on the recommendation of the Police” and “in consultation with the competent state services,” including documents containing a recommendation to completely close the away supporters' section or not admit authorized groups of visiting teams' supporters;
- a risk analysis, threat assessment, or other document forming the basis for Legia Warsaw's public statement that the Match was classified as a high-risk event and that threats existed justifying the complete closure of the away supporters' section;
- if the Police recommendation, the arrangement with the services, or the risk assessment referred to above was not recorded in documentary form, an indication of the date, form, and participants of such arrangements, together with an unambiguous specification of the position presented to Legia Warsaw by the competent services;
- information on whether, as part of the arrangements publicly stated to have been made with the Police or other competent services, Legia Warsaw presented for assessment any options other than the complete closure of the away supporters' section, in particular an alternative section, a temporary limitation on the number of supporters, a change in the entry arrangements, the use of additional barriers, mobile monitoring, or increased numbers of security personnel; and, if no such options were presented, an indication of the reasons why they were not considered before the decision was made;
- the letter sent by Legia Warsaw to the PZPN Club Licensing Committee, together with the documentation submitted;
- the schedule of works and information on offers held or contracts concluded with contractors;
- the current permit issued by the Mayor of the Capital City of Warsaw to hold the Match or - if the Match is covered by a permit to hold a series of mass events - the permit covering the Match, together with the conditions and annexes relevant to organizing public attendance, and, independently of the above, information on whether this permit contains any conditions, restrictions, or exclusions concerning the supporters' section for the visiting team;
- any other administrative decisions or opinions issued in 2026 concerning the possibility of using the away supporters' section;
- confirmation that on 29 September 2026 Legia Warsaw submitted an application to lease plot no. 15 from precinct 5-06-10, located in Warsaw, and information on the current status of these proceedings;
- an indication of which specific infrastructure elements, according to Legia Warsaw's current position, actually prevent it from admitting an authorized group of visiting supporters before all announced works have been completed, and an explanation of why these obstacles cannot be removed or neutralized through temporary measures;
- provide information on whether, after receiving the letter from the Warsaw I District Police Commander dated 25 September 2026, Legia Warsaw requested the Warsaw I District Police Commander's position or assessment of the possibility of admitting an authorized group of visiting supporters using any of the alternative solutions, in particular by designating an alternative section, temporarily limiting the number of supporters, applying additional technical or organizational measures, or changing the organization of entry to the section; if the answer is yes - provide copies of the related correspondence and the Police's position obtained, and if the answer is no - indicate the reasons why the possibility of applying such solutions was not submitted for assessment by the Police;
- participate in an urgent working meeting and site inspection with the Police, the security managers of both clubs, Extraclass S.A. and the PZPN, within a timeframe allowing a solution to be implemented before the Match;
- provide information on whether the away section located at the Stadium will be reopened before the end of 2026 if the indicated obstacles are removed earlier, and what specific factual circumstances Legia Warsaw will consider sufficient for its reopening;
- provide a written position on this letter no later than 5 October 2026, so as to leave both clubs and the competent bodies time to implement an appropriate solution before the Match.
Regardless of the above, Wisła Kraków also addresses the PZPN and Extraclass S.A., including with a request to:
- Board of Extraclass S.A. - to place the matter under urgent organizational supervision at company level and, within the powers of Extraclass S.A., take action to ensure that the matter is considered promptly and consistently by the competent units and bodies of Extraclass S.A. before the Match;
- Extraclass S.A. League Commission - to urgently assess, pursuant to point 1.2 of the Resolution, the legitimacy of Legia Warsaw's decision before the Match and to take a position on the obligation to admit Wisła Kraków's authorized group of supporters, taking into account the possibility of fulfilling this obligation through an alternative solution. Wisła Kraków further requests that Legia Warsaw be summoned to submit the documentation forming the basis of its decision and, if the decision is found to be unjustified, that appropriate disciplinary measures be taken, including consideration of initiating disciplinary proceedings in connection with a breach of the obligations arising from the Resolution. Given the nature of the matter, Wisła Kraków requests that the substantive assessment of the decision take place before the Match, since a decision issued only after it has been played will not be capable of restoring Wisła Kraków supporters' opportunity to attend the match;
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PZPN Club Licensing Commission – to:
- to examine Legia Warszawa's compliance with the criteria arising from the Licensing Manual for Ekstraklasa clubs for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons, in particular compliance with criteria I.01, I.03, I.18 and I.23, which are “A” criteria, to the extent corresponding to the circumstances identified by Legia Warszawa itself as the reasons for closing the away sector until the end of 2026,
- to verify the documentation forming the basis for Legia Warszawa's demonstration of compliance with criterion I.01, in particular with regard to the legal title to the property and infrastructure used to provide a separate access route and facilities for the away team's supporters' sector,
- to assess whether there are grounds for initiating explanatory proceedings and applying the control measures provided for in the Licensing Manual for Ekstraklasa clubs for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons,
- to determine whether the circumstances described in Legia Warszawa's letter dated 28 September 2026 constitute a Material Change reported to the Licensor in the manner and within the time limit specified in point 9.5.2 of the Licensing Manual for Ekstraklasa clubs for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons;
- PZPN Commission for Safety at Football Facilities and PZPN Events Organisation, Safety and Infrastructure Department – to conduct, before the Match, a site inspection of the away sector and the route leading to it, and to assess whether, and which, of the works indicated by the Police actually prevent the authorised group of away supporters from being accommodated;
- Competition Logistics Department of Ekstraklasa S.A. – to place the matter under organisational supervision and to ensure the participation of a Department representative in the working meeting and site inspection;
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of the Management Board of Ekstraklasa S.A. and the Competition Logistics Department of Ekstraklasa S.A. – if, before the date of the Match, it is demonstrated that, despite the use of available organisational and technical measures, it is not possible to safely accommodate the authorised group of Wisła Kraków supporters at the Stadium:
- to take steps to arrange the Match at another stadium meeting the applicable licensing requirements and enabling supporters of both teams to attend;
- if the solution indicated in point a. above is not possible - to postpone the Match to another date, pursuant to Articles 10.2 and 13.1 of the Regulations for the Football Competition for the Ekstraklasa Championship for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons, allowing the host to properly perform its obligations concerning the admission of an authorized group of supporters of the visiting team.
Wisła Kraków also points out that, in light of Article 13.1 of the Regulations for the Football Competition for the Ekstraklasa Championship for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons, the Match may be postponed either at the request of a club or ex officio by the Ekstraklasa S.A. Competition Logistics Department. This application is made solely in the alternative and remains subordinate to the primary request that the Match be played at the currently scheduled time and venue with the participation of an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters;
- competent bodies of the PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A. - to determine the nature, scope, and effects of the letter from the Commander of the Warsaw I District Police dated 25 September 2026, in particular whether that letter in fact precludes the admission of visiting supporters before all the specified works have been completed;
- all competent bodies of the PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A. - to take into account that the manner in which this case is resolved will be significant not only for the Match, but also for subsequent matches played by Legia Warszawa as the host and for the practice of applying the Resolution throughout the Ekstraklasa Championship Competition.
In view of the approaching date of the Match, Wisła Kraków requests that the above applications be considered urgently. An assessment made only after the match has been played will be unable to remedy the fundamental effect of Legia Warszawa's decision, namely depriving the authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters of the opportunity to attend the Match.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Assessing whether Legia Warszawa's decision was justified requires, first and foremost, consideration of all the circumstances preceding its adoption, in particular their chronology and the nature of the reasons currently cited as the basis for closing the away supporters' sector at the Stadium:
- on 11 June 2026, the schedule of pairings for the 2026/2027 PKO BP Ekstraklasa season was published, according to which the Legia Warszawa - Wisła Kraków Match was scheduled for the 10th round,
- On 27 August 2026, the Ekstraklasa S.A. Competition Logistics Department set the Match date for Sunday, 11 October 2026, at 20:15. From that moment, both parties had more than six weeks to make organizational preparations for the match, including accommodating the organized group of visiting supporters,
- on 9 September 2026, Wisła Kraków, in accordance with the club cooperation rules arising from the Resolution, placed an order for the full allocation of tickets for its authorized group of fans. Legia Warszawa made an allocation of 1,700 tickets available for distribution, and sales began on 22 September 2026. By the time the decision to close the section was announced, all tickets had been sold - according to information publicly available immediately after sales began, interest was very high and they sold out within half an hour,
- according to Legia Warszawa's letter, on 23 September 2026, the Warsaw Greenery Authority called on Legia Warszawa to surrender the land designated as cadastral plot no. 15 in precinct 5-06-10 or to submit an application to lease it, setting a deadline of 7 October 2026. According to Legia Warszawa, the D-1 entrance area, the Fan Service Point and the sanitary facilities for the away section are located on this land,
- according to Legia Warszawa's letter, on 25 September 2026, the Warsaw I District Police Commander indicated the need to improve safety in the away-section area, in particular by modernizing video surveillance, installing an additional sliding gate and temporary barriers, installing protective netting in the mezzanine area, and replacing the safety net between the away stand and the south stand. Legia Warszawa itself also indicates that carrying out these works is necessary to “maintain the positive opinion of the Police” regarding the staging of matches with spectators at the Stadium,
- on 28 September 2026, Legia Warszawa announced the temporary closure of the away section until the end of 2026, stating that it was preparing documentation and holding talks with contractors, and that completing the works by the end of the year was the current assumption,
- on 29 September 2026, TVP Sport published the Warsaw Greenery Authority's responses concerning the same property. According to information provided by the Warsaw Greenery Authority, this entity has managed the area in question since 2017, and Legia Warszawa had used it without an agreement since then and had not submitted an application to lease it; discussions on regularizing the use of the area began in summer 2026; Legia Warszawa itself indicated the second half of September as a convenient time to put the matters concerning the plot in orderThe Warsaw Greenery Authority indicated the possibility of leasing it; however, on 29 September 2026, Legia's application to lease it was received by the Warsaw Greenery Authority. According to the same source, the area is used, among other things, for setting up temporary barriers, portable toilets and containers related to servicing away fans, and due to the stadium's design, access to the away section is through a gate from Kusocińskiego Street,
- the exclusion covers all remaining home matches of Legia Warszawa in 2026, including matches against Wisła Kraków, Lech Poznań, Raków Częstochowa, Wieczysta Kraków, and Pogoń Szczecin. In practice, the decision therefore covers the entire remainder of the autumn round and is general in nature, independent of the assessment of the risk associated with a specific opponent or a specific match.
LEGAL, REGULATORY, AND LICENSING GROUNDS
The situation in question cannot be assessed solely through the lens of regulations concerning the safety of mass events. Also relevant are association regulations establishing the obligation to admit supporters of the visiting team and mandatory licensing criteria concerning stadium infrastructure and the legal title to use it. In particular, the following provisions apply to the facts of this case:
- The Resolution, according to which:
- item 1.1 - the host club may refuse to admit an organized group of visiting supporters on the basis of an appropriate decision of the relevant state or local government authority, a PZPN or Ekstraklasa S.A. body, or, in particularly justified cases, on the basis of a decision of the club authorities dictated by safety considerations;
- item 1.2 - if the visiting group is not admitted pursuant to a decision of the club authorities, the justification for such decision shall in each case be assessed by the competent disciplinary bodies of PZPN or Ekstraklasa S.A.;
- item 1.3 - if the decision is found to be unjustified, sanctions provided for in the association regulations may be imposed;
- item 2 - if the situation referred to in item 1 does not apply, the host club is obliged to admit an authorized organized group of visiting supporters in a number equal to at least 5% of the total number of seats made available at the stadium;
- item 4 - regulates the clubs' cooperation regarding the ordering, transfer, and distribution of tickets and the organization of travel for the visiting group;
- item 9 - provides for disciplinary liability for failure to comply with the provisions of the Resolution;
- The Regulations for the Football Championship of Ekstraklasa for the 2026/2027 season, specifying the host's obligations regarding match organization and safety, as well as the jurisdiction of Ekstraklasa S.A. bodies, in particular:
- Art. 3.1 - according to which the PKO BP Ekstraklasa Competition is conducted by the Competition Logistics Department of Ekstraklasa S.A.;
- Art. 3.3 - according to which the Ekstraklasa S.A. League Committee is the disciplinary body competent to adjudicate offenses committed in the PKO BP Ekstraklasa Competition;
- Art. 19.1 - providing for the competence of the Ekstraklasa S.A. League Committee to make disciplinary decisions for violations of the Regulations for the Football Championship of Ekstraklasa for the 2026/2027 season;
- Art. 20.1 and Art. 20.2(a) and (d) - requiring clubs to comply with the regulations of the Polish Football Association (PZPN) and Ekstraklasa S.A., as well as the relevant safety regulations;
- Article 21.1 - according to which the home club is responsible for maintaining order and safety before, during and after the match and is obliged to create safe conditions at the stadium;
- Articles 22.1-22.2 - concerning the obligations of the club organizing a match, including ensuring safety and appropriate infrastructure for spectators;
- Article 23.1 - according to which matches may be played at stadiums meeting licensing requirements, and the club bears full responsibility for preparing the stadium for competitions;
- The PZPN Disciplinary Regulations, providing for the liability of clubs for breaches of organizational and safety obligations, in particular:
- Article 17 §2 - according to which, unless a specific provision provides otherwise, the basic fine imposed on a club may amount to up to PLN 5,000,000;
- Article 64 §1 - setting out the catalogue of sanctions related to breaches of obligations concerning order and safety at the stadium;
- Article 64 §3 - expressly providing for the possibility of imposing on a club the sanctions specified in Article 64 §1, as well as a warning, for failure to perform or improper performance of obligations arising from regulations concerning the rules for the participation of visiting-team supporters in football matches;
- The PZPN Licensing Manual for Ekstraklasa Clubs for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons is of fundamental importance to this case. In particular:
- criterion I.18 (“A”) requires at least 5% of the total number of available places to be allocated to supporters of the visiting team in a separate sector guaranteeing their safe and comfortable reception; the sector must have, among other things, a separate access route and appropriate emergency exits;
- criterion I.01 (“A”) requires a club applying for a license entitling it to participate in competitions to demonstrate that it owns the stadium or - if it does not - has a written agreement with the stadium owner or owners guaranteeing the right to use it for matches during the relevant licensing season;
- criterion I.03 (“A”) requires all stadium elements, in particular entrances, exits, passageways, doors and other routes of movement, to comply with safety standards arising from generally applicable law;
- criterion I.23 (“A”) imposes on the Licensee the obligation to provide a video surveillance system compliant with generally applicable law and the relevant regulations of the PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A.;
- in accordance with the definition set out in item 2.6 of the Licensing Manual, the term “stadium” encompasses not only the pitch and stands, but also all property and infrastructure located in the vicinity of the stadium, including infrastructure used to receive and serve match attendees;
- all the criteria indicated in points a.-d. above are type “A” criteria, and therefore mandatory criteria. Pursuant to point 4.3.6 of the Licensing Manual, the PZPN Club Licensing Committee may suspend or withdraw the licence authorising participation in competitions if any of the conditions for its issuance ceases to be met or the Licensee breaches an obligation designated as a type A criterion;
- points 6.1.2-6.1.5 of the Licensing Manual authorise the Licensing Department and Licensing Bodies to check at any time during the season whether the Licensee continues to meet the criteria, and provide for the initiation of explanatory proceedings where information arises concerning irregularities that could result in criterion A not being met;
- pursuant to point 9.5.1 of the Licensing Manual, in particularly justified cases and provided that this does not undermine the objectives of the licensing process, the Licensor may, despite a breach of the infrastructure criteria, wholly or partially waive the Licensee's obligation to meet the relevant criterion during the licensing season, whereby such Licensee is subject to infrastructure monitoring or control measures;
- pursuant to point 9.5.2 of the Licensing Manual, the Licensee is required to inform the Licensor of any Significant Changes affecting compliance with the infrastructure criteria within 5 days of identifying such Significant Change;
- pursuant to point 9.5.3 of the Licensing Manual, in particularly justified cases dictated by safety considerations, during the construction or modernisation of the Licensee's facility, the Licensor may decide that matches played by the Licensee as the home team shall take place without spectators; this provision additionally confirms that the Licensing Manual provides for a formalised mechanism for responding to significant infrastructure-related safety problems, while leaving the adoption of such far-reaching decisions to the Licensor.
- The Act of 20 March 2009 on the safety of mass events, pursuant to which:
- Article 5(1) - responsibility for the safety of a mass event at the place and during the time it takes place rests with its organiser;
- Article 25(1)(2) - the organiser applies, among others, to the territorially competent Police commander for an opinion concerning the necessary size of the forces and resources required to secure the event, reservations regarding the technical condition of the facility, and the anticipated threats;
- pursuant to Article 28(1) and (2), the Police opinion is issued on the basis of an inspection of the facility and the documentation submitted, as well as - in the case of the Police - an analysis of the risks identifying the anticipated threats to public safety and order;
- Article 29 - the competent administrative authority issues a permit for the staging of a mass event or refuses to issue one, and the permit specifies the conditions under which it may be held; a Police opinion is therefore an element of the statutory permit procedure, but is not in itself an administrative decision prohibiting spectators from attending;
- Article 34(1)(1) - in the event of a negative assessment of the state of public safety and order, the voivode may, by means of an administrative decision, prohibit the staging of a mass event with public attendance throughout the venue or in its designated sections;
- Article 34a - the voivode may also, by means of an administrative decision, interrupt an ongoing mass event if its continued course may endanger people's life or health or property on a significant scale, and the organizer's actions are insufficient to ensure public safety and order.
From the perspective of this case, it is therefore important to distinguish between a Police opinion, an administrative decision of the competent authority, and the host club's own decision. The Act expressly grants the voivode the power to prohibit spectators from attending the entire venue or a designated section thereof. Legia Warszawa's letter does not indicate that such a decision was issued with respect to the away section, or that the authority competent to issue a permit for the staging of a mass event refused to issue it or imposed conditions excluding the possibility of using the away section. In turn, the Police letter itself - especially according to the content described by Legia Warszawa as seeking to "maintain a positive Police opinion" - cannot be equated with an administrative decision prohibiting the use of the section. Consequently, the subject of assessment in this case is the host's own decision, taken on the basis of association regulations, rather than the implementation of a binding prohibition issued by a competent public administration authority.
A comparison of these regulations leads to two parallel conclusions. First, the obligation to admit away supporters is the rule, while the host's decision to refuse admission is an exception requiring proof of a particularly justified case. Second, if the reason for the refusal is infrastructural in nature or results from the lack of a legal title to an infrastructure element necessary to operate the away section, the issue also falls within the licensing system and should be assessed by the Licensing Bodies, rather than automatically shifting the consequences onto visiting clubs and their supporters.
ASSESSMENT OF LEGIA'S DECISION IN LIGHT OF PZPN REGULATIONS AND PRACTICE
The starting point for assessing Legia Warsaw's decision should be the assumption that refusing to admit an authorized group of supporters of the visiting team constitutes an exception to the rule set out in point 2 of the Resolution and, as such, requires particularly strict justification. In Wisła Kraków's view, the material presented by Legia Warsaw does not make it possible to conclude that a “particularly justified case” exists in this matter, or that the complete closure of the visiting supporters' section until the end of 2026 is a necessary and proportionate measure.
The nature of Legia Warsaw's decision and the significance of the Police position
Legia Warsaw's letter does not indicate any decision of a competent body that in itself would rule out the possibility of admitting an organized group of visiting supporters. It does not cite a decision of the Voivode of Masovia, a decision of a PZPN or Ekstraklasa S.A. body, or a negative Police opinion indicating that the visiting supporters' section cannot be used safely. Consequently, the closure of the section should be treated as the host club authorities' own decision within the meaning of point 1.1 in fine of the Resolution.
This does not mean, however, that the host's mere declaration that safety considerations exist is sufficient. This is precisely why point 1.2 of the Resolution provides for an individual assessment by the competent disciplinary body of whether such a decision is justified. That assessment must concern both the actual nature of the circumstances indicated and the connection between them and the need to apply the most severe measure, namely the complete refusal to admit an authorized group of visiting supporters.
Legia Warsaw states that the works described in the letter from the Commander of the Warsaw I District Police are necessary to “maintain the positive opinion of the Police” regarding the playing of matches at the Stadium with spectators in attendance. The wording used by Legia Warsaw itself therefore indicates that the Police opinion remains positive, and that the measures indicated are intended to maintain it in the future. A recommendation to modernize and improve the infrastructure is not equivalent to a decision stating that the section may not currently be used.
Had the Police deemed it impossible to admit an authorized group of visiting supporters before all works had been completed due to a specific threat, an unequivocal position on this matter would have been expected. Legia Warsaw's letter does not cite any such position. For this reason, Wisła Kraków requests that the full text of the Police letter be disclosed and that the competent authorities clearly establish whether the Police actually ruled out the possibility of admitting any organized group of visiting supporters before all works had been completed, or whether it indicated measures improving safety standards while maintaining the possibility of continued use of the visiting supporters' section.
The significant discrepancy between the justification presented in the letter dated 28 September 2026 and Legia Warszawa’s public statement quoted in the TVP Sport material constituting Annex 2 to this letter also requires further explanation. In the letter addressed to the clubs and the competent bodies, Legia Warszawa relies primarily on infrastructure-related issues, the legal status of the property, and the scope of the work identified by the Police. Meanwhile, in its public statement, Legia Warszawa additionally indicated that the Match had been classified as a “high-risk” fixture, that the decision had been made “on the recommendation of the Police,” and also referred to a “historically poor working relationship,” previous “serious incidents,” and the decision having been made “in consultation with the relevant state services” and on the basis of the “current threat assessment.”
Such a fundamentally different presentation of the grounds for the decision requires an unequivocal explanation. In particular, it is necessary to establish whether there is a document from the Police or another competent service in which the complete closure of the visiting supporters’ sector was actually recommended, or it was stated that admitting an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters was not possible through the use of organizational or technical measures. If, however, no such position was expressed, publicly invoking a “Police recommendation” cannot replace demonstrating the conditions required by point 1.1 of the Resolution.
Absence of a “particularly justified case”
In Wisła Kraków’s view, no “particularly justified case” within the meaning of point 1.1 of the Resolution exists in this matter. This term should be interpreted strictly, as it constitutes an exception to the obligation arising from point 2 of the Resolution. The use by the association’s rule-making authority of the term “particularly” means that ordinary organizational difficulties, the need to carry out renovation work, or the need to regularize the legal title to the infrastructure are not sufficient. Exceptional circumstances are required which, in the specific case, genuinely justify departing from the basic principle governing the competition.
This understanding of the exception also corresponds to the purpose of the amendment to the Resolution made in January 2025. At the time, PZPN Secretary General Łukasz Wachowski, commenting on the introduction of mandatory review of clubs’ decisions, stated: “Clubs are obliged to ensure that an organized group of visiting supporters can attend the match. Certain departures from this obligation are possible, but only in justified cases.” At the same time, he emphasized that the legitimacy of each decision to deny supporters entry should be subject to review by the competent disciplinary bodies, and that abuses should be sanctioned.
In its letter of 28 September 2026, Legia Warszawa did not identify any specific threat characteristic of the Match or any conduct by Wisła Kraków supporters that would justify applying the most severe measure of completely refusing to admit an authorized group of supporters, nor did it present an individual risk assessment concerning the Match. Different arguments appeared only later in Legia Warszawa's public communications, in which the club referred, among other things, to the match's elevated risk level, previous incidents and a recommendation from the Police. However, these circumstances were neither specified nor documented in the letter of 28 September 2026 in a manner allowing their connection with the necessity of completely closing the visiting supporters' sector to be verified.
The mere classification of a match as a high-risk match does not automatically exempt a club from the obligation arising under point 2 of the Resolution, nor does it establish that the only possible measure to ensure safety is the complete refusal to admit an authorized group of visiting supporters. Such classification justifies the application of appropriate security measures and should be taken into account in the risk assessment; however, for the exception in point 1.1 of the Resolution to apply, it is necessary to demonstrate why, in the specific circumstances of the Match, the risks cannot be adequately mitigated through available organizational or technical measures or by limiting the size of the visiting group.
Such an approach would lead to an unacceptable systemic consequence: any club could avoid the obligation to admit an authorized group of visiting supporters for many consecutive matches by invoking planned infrastructure works or the regularization of its own legal relations concerning the stadium. That is not the purpose of the exception in point 1.1 of the Resolution.
Infrastructure and licensing issues, including plot no. 15
Licensing issues are not incidental in the present case. Legia Warszawa itself indicates that plot no. 15 and the infrastructure elements located on it are necessary for the proper admission of visiting supporters. At the same time, criterion I.18 requires the provision of a separate sector together with a separate access route, while the definition of a stadium in the Licensing Manual for Ekstraklasa clubs for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons also includes property and infrastructure located in its vicinity. In these circumstances, the legal status of the plot used as an access route to the visiting supporters' sector and as the location for temporary barriers, toilets and containers cannot be treated as an issue entirely external to the licensing process.
The connection between the current situation and the licensing system is even more direct because the scope of the work identified by Legia Warsaw itself corresponds to matters also regulated by other mandatory “A”-type infrastructure criteria. This applies in particular to criterion I.03 concerning the safety of entrances, passageways, gates and circulation routes, as well as criterion I.23 concerning the video surveillance system. Therefore, if the need to close the visiting supporters’ sector is, in accordance with Legia Warsaw’s position, to result precisely from these infrastructure elements not being adapted, the Licensing Bodies of the Polish Football Association should assess these circumstances also through the lens of the criteria indicated above, and not solely as grounds for an organisational decision by the host of the Match.
The information provided by the Warsaw Municipal Greenery Authority indicates that the situation involving the use of the property in question without an agreement did not arise in September 2026, but had existed for many years. Discussions concerning its regularisation began in the summer of 2026, and Legia Warsaw itself identified the second half of September as a convenient time to take appropriate action. It is therefore difficult to regard this circumstance as a sudden extraordinary event that, in itself, constitutes a “particularly justified case” within the meaning of point 1.1 of the Resolution.
Moreover, the Warsaw Municipal Greenery Authority indicated that the property could be leased, and Legia Warsaw only submitted the relevant application on 29 September 2026. This circumstance further weakens the argument that the legal status of the plot necessarily and irreversibly prevents the admission of authorised groups of visiting supporters until 31 December 2026.
Moreover, criterion I.01 requires demonstrating the right to use the stadium. Therefore, if the information provided by the Warsaw Municipal Greenery Authority that Legia Warsaw has occupied the property in question without an agreement since 2017 is accurate, and Legia Warsaw did not have any other valid legal basis for using this property during that period, serious doubts arise as to whether criterion I.01 is satisfied with regard to the infrastructure that Legia Warsaw itself describes as necessary for properly admitting visiting supporters. Submitting a lease application on 29 September 2026 may be intended to resolve this issue in the future, but in itself it does not determine the legal status of the use of the property before the relevant agreement is concluded.
If Legia Warsaw maintains that, without using this property, it cannot ensure the proper functioning of the away supporters' section, this circumstance must be assessed within the licensing system. There is therefore an alternative that requires an unequivocal determination by the PZPN Club Licensing Committee: either the plot in question and the infrastructure located on it are genuinely necessary elements of the functioning of the away supporters' section, in which case any lack of an effective legal title to use this infrastructure and the declared inability to satisfy criterion I.18 constitute issues requiring licensing assessment - or they are not necessary, which in turn undermines the claim that their status justifies the complete closure of the away supporters' section until the end of 2026. Legia Warsaw cannot simultaneously invoke the property's key importance for the safety and organization of the away supporters' section while treating its legal status as irrelevant from the perspective of the licensing criteria.
Importantly, the Licensing Manual for Ekstraklasa clubs for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons itself provides for a mechanism allowing the Licensor, in particularly justified cases, to waive, in whole or in part, the requirement to satisfy a specific infrastructure criterion, while simultaneously placing the Licensee under infrastructure supervision or subjecting it to control measures. Therefore, if Legia Warsaw considers that, for infrastructure-related reasons, it is temporarily unable to satisfy one or more mandatory criteria, this circumstance should be assessed under the procedures provided for in the Licensing Manual and should not automatically result in the unilateral exclusion of the obligation to admit organized groups of visiting supporters.
Additionally, by decision of 28 April 2026, the Polish Football Association (PZPN) granted Legia Warsaw a licence for the 2026/2027 season subject to infrastructure supervision. Wisła Kraków does not prejudge the specific reasons for which this supervision was imposed; however, in the current circumstances, this fact provides additional justification for immediately placing the circumstances described above under the review of the Licensing Bodies and determining whether Legia Warsaw continues to satisfy the conditions on which the licence entitling it to participate in the Ekstraklasa Championship Competitions in the 2026/2027 season was granted.
Wisła Kraków does not determine which supervisory measure should be applied by the Licensing Bodies - the decision in this regard lies exclusively with the competent bodies of the PZPN. What is important, however, is that the temporary failure by one club to meet a mandatory licensing criterion, or the existence of an infrastructure problem on its part, should not result in that club gaining an organizational or sporting advantage at the expense of the other participants in the competition.
Legia Warszawa playing all its remaining home matches in the autumn round without organized groups of visiting supporters, while retaining the possibility of using away supporters’ sections during its own away matches, would lead to an obvious asymmetry between the participants in the competition. A club should not benefit from its own infrastructure, organizational, or property-title problems. For this reason as well, the situation should be reviewed by the competent bodies, and any deviations from the mandatory criteria should be applied in a manner that does not breach the principle of equal treatment of competition participants.
In the context of the principle of equal treatment, it is also worth noting that in October 2025, Wisła Kraków, as co-organizer of Shakhtar Donetsk’s home matches played in Kraków, participated in organizing the Shakhtar Donetsk – Legia Warszawa match at Synerise Arena- Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium in Kraków. More than two thousand authorized Legia Warszawa supporters attended that match. Despite the event’s heightened organizational profile, Wisła Kraków did not seek to exclude Legia Warszawa supporters from attending the match, but instead cooperated in ensuring their presence at the venue. This circumstance does not, of course, determine the legal assessment of the present case, but it provides a practical point of reference for the principle of equal treatment of competition participants and the obligation to seek organizational solutions before applying a total refusal to admit an away supporters’ group.
Proportionality of the decision, closure period, and ticketing measures taken
Legia Warszawa informs that it is only now preparing the documentation and holding discussions with contractors, while completion of the works by the end of the year is described as the “current assumption”. No schedule, start and completion dates for the individual works, information about the contractors, or indication of which specific works condition the reopening of the away supporters’ section at the Stadium have been provided. In these circumstances, there are no grounds for concluding today that the complete closure of the section until the end of 2026 is necessary and proportionate.
The indicated activities include, among other things, the installation or replacement of nets, construction of a gate, temporary fencing, relocation of containers and toilets, and modernization of the monitoring system. These are works that can be carried out in stages and, to a significant extent, completed in a shorter time or replaced with temporary solutions. Legia Warszawa has not demonstrated that it analyzed the possibility of completing the priority works before 11 October 2026 or that it rejected other available solutions for specific safety reasons.
Additionally, the end date of the exclusion - 31 December 2026 - covers exactly all of Legia Warszawa's remaining home matches in the autumn round of the 2026/2027 season. In the absence of a work schedule being provided, a reasonable question arises as to why the exclusion period was defined in precisely this way and whether the away supporters' section at the Stadium will be opened earlier if the stated obstacles are removed before the end of the year.
Legia Warszawa's decision was announced less than two weeks before the Match, after the clubs had already carried out a substantial part of the activities related to organizing the attendance of an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters. Wisła Kraków had placed an order for tickets, Legia Warszawa had made available the allocation intended for visiting supporters, sales had begun, and 1,700 tickets had already been purchased before the decision was announced. This means that, before the announcement of the decision of 28 September 2026, both clubs had already begun the actual implementation of the procedure concerning the attendance of an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters at the Match, and a significant number of supporters had taken action in reliance on the sale that had already begun. Thus, until the circumstances now cited by Legia Warszawa as the basis for refusing admission arose, both clubs had acted on the assumption that the authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters would be admitted to the Match in accordance with the Resolution.
The procedure for making the decision is relevant to assessing whether it was genuinely a necessary and final measure, or whether the most burdensome solution was applied without first using the available organizational instruments.
PZPN's previous practice
A particularly important point of reference is the position publicly presented by PZPN President Cezary Kulesza in March 2025, on the occasion of organizing the Polish Super Cup match between Jagiellonia Białystok and Wisła Kraków. At that time, Jagiellonia Białystok indicated the renovation of the Municipal Stadium in Białystok as the reason why it was unable to admit an organized group of Wisła Kraków supporters. The PZPN President stated at the time that where a stadium, due to ongoing works, does not permit the safe attendance of the visiting team's supporters, “the license should be revoked,” because a club cannot play matches at a stadium that is not fully operational and safe.
Of particular importance, this position was subsequently reflected in specific actions by the PZPN. The PZPN Emergency Committee decided to move the match to PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, and the Polish Football Association formally assumed the rights and obligations of the organizer of the match. As a result, a solution was implemented that made it possible to hold the match with supporters of both teams in attendance, instead of accepting a situation in which the host’s infrastructure problems would result in an organized group of supporters of the visiting team being excluded from the match.
This example shows that, where it is genuinely impossible to hold the match at the originally designated venue under conditions allowing supporters of both teams to attend, an appropriate organizational response may also be to change the venue, followed, if necessary to allow the time required to ensure that the organization of the Match complies with the applicable regulations, by exercising the power provided for in Article 10.2 and Article 13.1 of the Regulations for Football Competitions for the Ekstraklasa Championship for the 2026/2027 season and subsequent seasons, under which the Competition Logistics Department of Ekstraklasa S.A. may change the date of the Match.
The statement by the President of the PZPN Management Board is, of course, not in itself a source of law or a decision of the PZPN Licensing Authority. However, both its content and the actions taken by the PZPN thereafter constitute an important reference point for the consistent application of the regulations by the federation. Their meaning is clear: if an infrastructure problem is sufficiently serious that the venue cannot safely accommodate one of the groups participating in the match, it should result in a response by the competent authorities within the licensing and organizational system, rather than solely in the unilateral restriction of the supporters’ rights of the visiting team.
The same approach follows from the current disciplinary practice of the Polish Football Association (PZPN). In the case of the match between Śląsk Wrocław and Wisła Kraków, scheduled for 7 March 2026, the PZPN Disciplinary Committee, by its decision of 16 March 2026, found WKS Śląsk Wrocław S.A. liable for unjustifiably refusing to admit an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters and imposed a fine of PLN 1,000,000 on the club. The PZPN Highest Appeal Committee upheld the penalty, pointing to the egregious nature of the established violations and the punitive and preventive functions of the sanction applied. Particularly relevant from the perspective of the present case, Śląsk Wrocław also relied on security considerations and on a multi-stage risk analysis it had conducted. However, this argument was not deemed sufficient to demonstrate a “particularly justified case” permitting the club to depart from its obligation to admit an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters.
From this perspective, the organiser's mere reference to the match's heightened risk or to previous incidents does not replace the need to demonstrate that, with regard to the specific Match, circumstances exist justifying the application of the exception in point 1.1 of the Resolution and that this risk cannot be adequately limited by measures less onerous than the complete refusal to admit an authorised group of away supporters.
From this perspective, the circumstances currently cited by Legia Warszawa are even less connected with any specific risk arising from the Match or the conduct of Wisła Kraków supporters. Legia Warszawa does not identify any threat arising from the nature of Wisła Kraków's authorised group or any individual risk assessment concerning the Match, but relies primarily on infrastructure-related issues and the legal status of the property, which fall within the organisational sphere of the host. At the same time, following the resolution of the Śląsk Wrocław case, Wisła Kraków's authorised group of supporters was admitted by the other clubs participating in the PKO BP Ekstraklasa competition in accordance with the principles arising from the Resolution. Legia Warszawa's acceptance of a general exclusion of the away supporters' section without first individually assessing whether it was justified would therefore lead to the re-creation of a mechanism allowing point 2 of the Resolution to be circumvented by invoking the host's own organisational or infrastructure problems.
Likewise, in the case of the match between GKS Tychy and Wisła Kraków on 4 August 2025, the PZPN did not accept the automatic assumption that a technical problem concerning the entry infrastructure justified the complete refusal to admit an authorised group of away supporters, pointing instead to the need to seek operational solutions enabling the admission of an authorised group of away supporters.
The above circumstances confirm that, under the PZPN regulatory system, an infrastructure problem does not give the host of a match unrestricted authority to suspend for many months the obligation to admit an authorised group of away supporters. Either there is a specific, particularly justified security case that cannot be eliminated by the available means - which Legia Warszawa has not demonstrated in this case - or the matter concerns an organisational or licensing problem of the host, which should be remedied and reviewed by the competent authorities.
SOLUTIONS THAT MAY BE APPLIED INSTEAD OF CLOSING THE AWAY SUPPORTERS' SECTION
Regardless of the above assessment, even assuming that the infrastructure problems identified by Legia Warszawa require urgent action, it has not been demonstrated that their only possible consequence would be the complete refusal to admit the authorized group of Wisła Kraków fans. Before applying such a far-reaching measure, at least the following solutions, which could be implemented individually or jointly, should be verified:
- completion of priority works before the Match - installation of a protective net in the mezzanine area, replacement of the safety net between the away stand and the south stand, installation of temporary barriers, and relocation of containers and portable toilets are installation and organizational works that can be completed within days or weeks, rather than months. The description presented by Legia Warszawa also does not indicate that all these measures would require a lengthy design or administrative process. The modernization of the monitoring system can be carried out in stages and, until fully completed, supplemented with additional technical measures, including mobile monitoring, as well as increased staffing of information and security services;
- substitute sector - temporary allocation of another part of the stadium for an authorized group of Wisła Kraków fans, with appropriate buffer zones, separate entrance arrangements from the side not affected by the issue concerning plot no. 15, and a temporary Fan Service Point. This option should at least be technically assessed before it is concluded that the only available solution is to completely refuse admission to the authorized group of away fans;
- temporary limitation of the number of fans - if temporarily accepting the full allocation corresponding to 5% of the total number of available seats were impossible, Wisła Kraków is prepared to consider the participation in the Match of a limited number of fans as part of an authorized group, for example 1 000-1 500 people, provided that such a solution is agreed with the Police and the relevant authorities and that the full allocation is restored once the obstacles cease to exist;
- relocation of functions from plot no. 15 - temporary relocation of the Fan Service Point, containers, and portable toilets outside the area affected by the legal issue, as well as use of a different access route leading to the existing away sector or a substitute sector, provided that such an option is approved by the Police and the relevant services. Importantly, the recommendations of the Police indicated by Legia Warszawa themselves include changing or reorganizing the locations of some mobile infrastructure, which supports verifying this option before completely closing the away sector;
- enhanced organizational measures - increasing the number of security and information personnel, stewards and spotters, applying additional mobile security measures, agreeing on a detailed plan for the arrival and entry of the authorized group of away supporters and - if justified by the Police's findings - organizing the arrival of the authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters using an agreed form of transport. Wisła Kraków also declares its readiness to delegate its own stewards and spotters to cooperate with Legia Warszawa's services and to fully cooperate with the relevant Police units;
- joint site inspection - to be carried out urgently, before the Match, covering the away section and access to it, with the participation of the security managers of both clubs, the Warsaw I District Police Headquarters, representatives of the PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A., with the subject matter being not only an assessment of the existing obstacles, but above all a determination of which of the above options can be implemented before 11 October 2026.
The costs of alternative solutions necessitated by infrastructural or legal circumstances attributable to the organizer of the Match should, as a rule, be borne by the organizer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Wisła Kraków declares its willingness to discuss participation in the justified costs of temporary solutions, without acknowledging any obligation in this respect, relating exclusively to the Match - in particular, additional stewards or temporary infrastructure for servicing an authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters - if this enables the swift implementation of a solution allowing the authorized group of Wisła Kraków supporters to attend.
SUPPORTER SAFETY
Wisła Kraków also points out that the complete closure of the away section at the Stadium does not necessarily have to eliminate the presence of Wisła Kraków supporters in Warsaw on the day of the Match, but may merely prevent their participation in a format organized and authorized by the Club. From a security perspective, a group of away supporters arriving together, using a designated entrance and remaining under the supervision of stewards, spotters and the Police is, as a rule, easier to secure than a dispersed presence of away supporters in the urban area or in other sections of the stadium.
FORMAL MATTERS
As a secondary matter, subordinate to the substantive and licensing issues described above, Wisła Kraków notes a significant discrepancy in the identification of the entity from which the letter of 28 September 2026, entitled “Information on the temporary closure of the visiting supporters' sector until the end of 2026”, originates. In its introductory section, “Legia Warszawa S.A.” is indicated as the sender, with KRS number 0001201058, whereas this number belongs to a separate entity - CWKS Legia Warszawa S.A., entered in the National Court Register on 20 October 2025. The sole shareholder of this company is Legia Warszawa S.A., entered in the KRS under number 0000097402. At the same time, the footer of the letter of 28 September 2026 indicates Legia Warszawa S.A. with KRS number 0000097402.
Consequently, based on the letter alone, it is impossible to determine unequivocally which of the companies authored it, which entity decided to temporarily close the visiting supporters' sector, and on behalf of which of them the statement refusing to admit organized groups of visiting teams' supporters until the end of 2026 was submitted. This circumstance requires clarification all the more because the obligations arising from the Resolution and the regulations concerning the organization of the PKO BP Ekstraklasa Competitions are imposed on the specific club participating in the competition and organizing the Match.
For this reason, Wisła Kraków requests unequivocal confirmation of:
- which of the indicated companies authored the letter of 28 September 2026;
- which entity decided to close the visiting supporters' sector;
- on behalf of which entity this decision was communicated to the clubs and the competent authorities;
- on what legal and factual basis CWKS Legia Warszawa S.A. participates - if it participates at all - in organizing the Match or making decisions concerning the participation of visiting supporters.
The letter was also signed by attorney-at-law Piotr Miękus without indicating the basis of his authority. Wisła Kraków therefore also requests that a document confirming his authority to act on behalf of the entity that authored the letter of 28 September 2026 be provided.
As a precaution, in order to eliminate any doubts as to the effective service of this letter and in view of the short deadline requiring action before the Match, Wisła Kraków is addressing this letter both to Legia Warszawa S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw (KRS: 0000097402), and to CWKS Legia Warszawa S.A., with its registered office in Warsaw (KRS: 0001201058). This does not mean that Wisła Kraków accepts that both entities are parties to the regulatory relationship or that both are responsible for organizing the Match; this issue requires precisely an unequivocal clarification by the addressees.
Wisła Kraków reserves all rights and claims related to the possible refusal to admit its authorized group of fans to the Match, including claims concerning ticket refund costs, organizational costs incurred in connection with preparing the trip, and other damages, as well as the right to initiate appropriate disciplinary and licensing proceedings and pursue claims under the general rules. Wisła Kraków also reserves the right, in the event that the away supporters' section at the Stadium is not made available, to request that the delegate and observer record this circumstance in the match documentation.
Wisła Kraków does not intend to pursue this matter in the media beyond what is necessary to reliably inform its own fans about circumstances directly affecting the possibility of their participation in the Match. The Club's intention remains to resolve the matter primarily through direct cooperation between the clubs and the actions of the competent bodies of the PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A.
It should be emphasized that Wisła Kraków is not imposing on Legia Warsaw any conditions beyond the obligations arising from the regulations binding on both clubs. The purpose of this letter is to ensure that the Match is played with the participation of fans of both teams, in safe conditions, in compliance with the regulations, and respecting the principle of equal treatment of competition participants. The Club declares its full readiness to cooperate in this regard.
Yours sincerely
Jarosław Królewski
President of the Management Board of TS Wisła Kraków S.A.
Attachments
- Correspondence concerning the order of tickets for an organized group of Wisła Kraków fans.
- Printout of the TVP Sport article dated September 29, 2026, titled “Legia has been using the property without an agreement for years. Now it has applied for a lease.”
- PZPN statement dated August 1, 2025, concerning the away supporters' section at the GKS Tychy stadium.
- Statement of the PZPN Disciplinary Committee dated March 16, 2026, concerning WKS Śląsk Wrocław S.A.
- Statement of the PZPN Supreme Appeals Committee dated May 21, 2026, concerning WKS Śląsk Wrocław S.A.
- Statement of the PZPN Club Licensing Committee dated April 28, 2026.
- Printout of the WP SportoweFakty article dated March 21, 2025, titled “Kulesza warns Jagiellonia fans. Such decisions have consequences,” reporting on a statement by PZPN President Cezary Kulesza to TVP Sport on the occasion of organizing the Polish Super Cup match Jagiellonia Białystok - Wisła Kraków.
- Printout of the WP SportoweFakty article dated January 16, 2025, titled “PZPN changes the regulations. In defense of Wisła Kraków fans,” containing a statement by PZPN General Secretary Łukasz Wachowski.