List of foreign Ekstraklasa players

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This is a list of foreign players in the Ekstraklasa, which commenced play in 1927. Up to now, 115 different federations associated with one of the following: AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC or UEFA have been represented in Ekstraklasa.

Players must meet both of the following two criteria:

  1. Have played at least one Ekstraklasa game.  Players who were signed by Ekstraklasa clubs, but only played in a lower league, cup, and/or European games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
  2. Are considered foreign, i.e., outside Poland determined by the following:
A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national team of Poland.

More specifically,

  • If a player has been capped on an international level, the national team is used; if he has been capped by more than one country, the highest level (or the most recent) team is used. These include Polish players with dual citizenship.
  • If a player has not been capped on an international level, his country of birth is used, except those who were born abroad from Polish parents or moved to Poland at a young age, and those who clearly indicated to have switched his nationality to another nation.

Clubs listed are those for which the player has played at least one Ekstraklasa game – and seasons are those in which the player has played at least one Ekstraklasa game. Note that seasons, not calendar years, are used. For example, "1992–95" indicates that the player has played in every season from 1992–93 to 1994–95, but not necessarily every calendar year from 1992 to 1995. Therefore, a player should always have a listing under at least two years – for instance, a player making his debut in 2016, during the 2015–16 season, will have '2015–16' after his name. This follows the general practice in expressing sporting seasons.

In bold: players who have played at least one Ekstraklasa game in the current season (2025–26 season), and are still at a club for which they have played. This does not include current players of an Ekstraklasa club who have not played an Ekstraklasa game in the current season.

Details correct as of 14 December 2025. Please note: This list is currently being reworked, and may still include players who are/were eligible to play for Poland.

Algeria

Angola

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea–Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Mali

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

South Africa

Togo

Tunisia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan

Australia

China

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Japan

Kyrgyzstan

Palestine

South Korea

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Europe (UEFA)

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Israel

Italy

Kazakhstan

Kosovo

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Romania

Russia

Scotland

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Barbados

Canada

Costa Rica

Curaçao

Dominican Republic

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Martinique

Mexico

Panama

Puerto Rico

United States

Oceania (OFC)

New Zealand

South America (CONMEBOL)

Notes

References

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