Travelling for football matches in Poland

🎟️ Buying match tickets in Poland is generally done directly through the clubs' online ticketing websites.

The process differs depending on each club.

🪪 For a large part of clubs, you need a PESEL number. Only Polish residents have a PESEL number (linked to their identity). For all clubs where the PESEL number is mandatory, the only way to buy tickets is to purchase them in person at the ground (if the club offers this) or to contact the club's ticketing office. An email address can often be found on the club's online ticketing website or in the contact section of the club's website.

✅ For the biggest clubs, you can enter your passport number or identity card number instead of the PESEL number and it will work (for example for Legia Warsaw or Lech Poznań).

ℹ️ To help you, we provide links to the ticketing websites of each club on the Stadium Traveller page for their ground. We also explain each system so you know how to buy tickets.

There are 2 main forms of transport in Poland: trains and buses.

🚆 The train network is very comprehensive, fast and reliable.

💸 Train fares are not very high. For a journey between 2 cities you can expect to pay between €10 and €50 depending on the distance.

📱 To easily find train routes and book your tickets, head to the PKP Intercity app (or their website). This is Poland's railway company. The app is very intuitive and convenient for travelling easily across Poland.

🚌 As for buses, the main European company is Flixbus which offers attractive prices and numerous daily routes.

Book your Flixbus journey here (affiliate link supporting Stadium Traveller).

The cost of living in Poland is quite affordable, so you can find reasonably priced hotels. The choice is very varied, especially in the main cities which are very touristy (Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk…).

To find a hotel Booking.com is the world's leading reference offering a wide selection available here (affiliate link, if you make a booking feel free to use this link to support Stadium Traveller, which is an independent family project by enthusiasts).

There are generally no food stalls around stadiums in Poland. If you want to eat, you need to go to a restaurant/bar or inside the stadium. Some clubs may organise fan zones but these remain occasional special cases and are uncommon.

Regarding food inside stadiums, they generally offer all the "classic" stadium products and drinks, in Poland these are:

• Hot dog
• Nachos
• Snacks (sweet or savoury)
• Sometimes sausages
• Sodas
• Beer and spirits

From our observations there is not much of a habit of eating and drinking inside stadiums in Poland.

Poland's history is deeply felt through Polish clubs, and many have a past often linked to politics.

There are enormous friendship relations between supporters of Polish clubs, so there are many very interesting matches in the stands that celebrate these friendships. In the same way, there are many historical rivalries, notably linked to these friendly relations.

🤝 Here are some examples of clubs whose supporters are friends:

• Triada: Lech Poznan, KS Cracovia and Arka Gdynia.
• Ruch Chorzow, Widzew Lodz, Wisla Cracovie and Elana Turon.
• Lech Poznan and LKS Lodz.
• Arka Gdynia, Zaglebie Lubin and Polonia Bytom.
• Legia Warsaw and Radomiak Radom.
• Gornik Zabrze and GKS Katowice.

⚠️ Please note, this is only a non-exhaustive selection, with only the biggest clubs. Friendship evolutions may render this information outdated.