The 2025/26 season has come to an end. Piast Gliwice managed to stay in Ekstraklasa, but the club from Okrzei faces new, significant challenges. The departure of several players makes it difficult to think about anything more than a quiet survival. Especially since the league in the upcoming season promises to be even stronger. Wisła Kraków and Śląsk Wrocław are returning to Ekstraklasa, while the group of newcomers is joined by Wieczysta Kraków, whose ambitious owner does not hide his great plans and significant investments. Meanwhile, Piast, after finishing 15th, can count on around 13 million zlotys from the media pool. This is a distant dream, especially since the club is still struggling with the consequences of previous financial commitments. However, the biggest problem seems to be attendance. The number of fans on the stands translates not only into daily match revenue, but also into the attractiveness of the club for sponsors. And it's exactly here that Piast looks particularly weak. The 2025/26 season was a record for the entire Ekstraklasa. Only in the last round, over 178,000 spectators watched the matches from the stands. Only 219 fewer than the average of 20,000 fans per stadium. This was the best result in almost half a century, despite the fact that fans today have access to almost every match through television and internet broadcasts. Poland's league ranked ninth in Europe in terms of average attendance. A total of over four million spectators watched the matches, with an average of 13,593 fans per match. On this backdrop, Piast looks very pale. The club from Gliwice finished last in the attendance ranking. In the entire season, 83,468 spectators watched the matches at Okrzei, which gives an average of only 4,910 fans per match. Only Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza had a worse result. However, it is difficult to compare Gliwice, with a population of almost 170,000, with a town inhabited by around 700 people. Moreover, in Nieciecza, attendance never fell below 2,500 spectators, and six times the stadium was filled to capacity. At Okrzei, only once were all tickets sold. It is becoming increasingly difficult to defend the thesis that fans do not come because the team does not achieve good results. Korona Kielce, Radomiak Radom, or Motor Lublin also went through tougher sporting moments, but still managed to maintain a decent attendance. Of course, one can point to a few local circumstances. In Gliwice, there are no lack of fans of other clubs, primarily Górnik Zabrze. However, it is worth remembering that even in the times when Piast played in the first league, more fans came to the stadium than today. One cannot also accuse the club of complete passivity. In recent years, many promotional activities, visits to schools and kindergartens, or events for the youngest have been organized. These are necessary and positively affecting the club's image, but it is difficult to expect that they will translate into thousands of additional spectators on the stands. Ultimately, the decision to attend the stadium is made by parents. One of the most important factors remains ticket prices and season tickets. A good example is Górnik Zabrze, which regularly organized promotions, family packages, and the sale of season tickets at attractive prices during its sporting and financial problems. Older fans remember even the famous krupnioki added to tickets. It sounds unusual, but it brought results and b