Jagiellonia Białystok combines Ekstraklasa games with performances in the league phase of the Conference League very well. The Polish champions finished the autumn round in third place with 35 points, three behind the leader Lech Poznań. In Europe, Jagiellonia has ten points after four matches and is already certain to participate in the Conference League play-offs. Adrian Siemieniec's team needs three points in matches against Mladá Boleslav (12/12) and Olimpija Ljublana (19/12) to have a certain place in the 1/8 finals of this competition.
– We played the last Ekstraklasa match this year. A year that ended with the first, historic Polish championship for Jagiellonia. We end the year on the podium, three points behind the leader, we are in the game on three fronts, we are in first place in the table for the entire 2024. Congratulations to the entire Jagiellonia community – everyone who worked very hard for this success. I would like the next year to be as successful for us as the previous one. This would mean that we maintained the level – said Siemieniec after the match against Puszcza Niepołomice (1:1).
In the summer, Jagiellonia was very active on the transfer market. The club was joined by, among others, Lamine Diaby-Fadiga, Cezary Polak, Tomas Silva, Miki Villar, Peter Kovacik and Marcin Listkowski. However, fans and experts in particular were delighted by a completely different player.
This is the revelation of the Ekstraklasa. Kosowski: Fantastic transfer
Kamil Kosowski pointed out in his column for “Przegląd Sportowy Onet”who is the revelation of the Ekstraklasa this season. “Maybe not everyone notices it yet, but I think that Darko Czurlinow, loaned to Białystok, is a revelation in the league. If he stays in Poland for a long time and avoids injuries, he will develop into the best winger in the league. A fantastic transfer. If Jaga managed to keep him, it would be big reinforcement for the next season,” said the former Polish representative.
Czurlinow joined Jagiellonia on loan from Burnley until the end of the 24/25 season. – This is another non-obvious move by director Łukasz Masłowski. If Czurlinow were to succeed at Jaga, I would be shocked by the accuracy of the transfers made by the director of the Polish champion. Each of the new acquisitions in this box has already been marked. Chapeau is a bass for Masłowski, if it were the same with the Macedonian – said Tomasz Kupisz, a former Jagiellonia player in “Meczyki”.
Churlinov came to Burnley in August 2022 for EUR 3.5 million from Stuttgart. From January to June this year. he was loaned to Schalke 04, and previously played, among others, at FC Köln (2016-2020). Czurlinow has three goals and three assists in 19 games, and it was his goal that gave Jagiellonia a victory in the match against Copenhagen (2:1) in the league phase of the Conference League. “Darko Czurlinow, you are a footballer. The Macedonian makes a huge difference. People come to the stadiums for people like him,” wrote Filip Macuda from Sport.pl.