International Federation of Professional Players Unions FIFPro was founded in Paris on December 15, 1965, at the initiative of the representatives of national

Polish Union of Footballers was established on February 28, 1997 at the initiative of Marek Pięta, former player of Górnik Walbrzych, Widzew £ódz

• propagating and defending footballers’ rights
• representing and promoting professional footballers’ interests in jurisdictional bodies of PZPN and Ekstraklasa S.A.
• legal assistance in Poland and 42 member countries of FIFPro
• individual legal advice before signing a contract and during the contract, including verification of contracts
• increasing solidarity between football players
• propagating sports among youth
• support for active footballers (in some cases for their families), who due to misfortune of fate have lost the ability to play football professionally and found themselves in difficult financial situation
• tournament for unemployed footballers, easing finding a new club
• preparing for life after professional footballer’s career
• creating of Social Dialogue in football