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Legia Warsaw

Full name	Legia Warszawa SA
Nickname(s)	Wojskowi, Legioniści (The Militarians, Legionaries)
Founded	March 1916 (1916-03) as Drużyna Sportowa Legia (Sport Team Legia)
Stadium	Polish Army Stadium
Stadium capacity	31,800 (less when all fans are seated)
Owner	Dariusz Mioduski
Chairman	Dariusz Mioduski
Manager	Czesław Michniewicz
League	Ekstraklasa
2019–20	1st
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Legia Warszawa (Polish: [ˈlɛɡʲja varˈʂava]), known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a professional football club in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history winning 14 Ekstraklasa titles, a record 19 Polish Cup trophies and four Polish SuperCups. The club plays its home games at the Polish Army Stadium.

Legia in Europe

As of 1 October 2020

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Champions League / European Cup	68	32	14	22	94	84	+10
Cup Winners' Cup	37	14	12	11	53	39	+14
Europa League / UEFA Cup	117	51	27	39	171	127	+44
UEFA	213	92	49	72	310	250	+60
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	6	3	1	2	13	6	+7
Pre-UEFA	6	3	1	2	13	6	+7
Total	225	98	53	74	329	256	+73

Note: italics means neutral place results or penalised result

Season	Competition	Round		Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1956–57	European Cup	QR		Slovan Bratislava	2–0	0–4	2–4
1960–61	European Cup	QR		AGF Aarhus	1–0	0–3	1–3
1964–65	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		ESV Admira-NÖ Energie Wien	1–0	3–1	4–1
		2R		Galatasaray	2–1	0–1, 1–0	3–2
		QF		1860 München	0–4	0–0	0–4
1966–67	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		BSG Chemie Leipzig	0–3	2–2	2–5
1968–69	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	1R		1860 München	6–0	3–2	9–2
		2R		KSV Waregem	2–0	0–1	2–1
		3R		Újpest	0–1	2–2	2–3
1969–70	European Cup	1R		UT Arad	8–0	2–1	10–1
		2R		Saint-Étienne	2–1	1–0	3–1
		QF		Galatasaray	2–0	1–1	3–1
		SF		Feyenoord	0–0	0–2	0–2
1970–71	European Cup	1R		IFK Göteborg	2–1	4–0	6–1
		2R		Standard Liège	2–0	0–1	2–1
		QF		Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
1971–72	UEFA Cup	1R		Lugano	0–0	3–1	3–1
		2R		Rapid București	2–0	0–4	2–4
1972–73	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Víkingur	9–0	2–0	11–0
		2R		AC Milan	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)	2–3
1973–74	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		PAOK	1–1	0–1	1–2
1974–75	UEFA Cup	1R		Nantes	0–1	2–2	2–3
1980–81	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Slavia Sofia	1–0	1–3	2–3
1981–82	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Vålerenga	4–1	2–2	6–3
		2R		Lausanne-Sport	2–1	1–1	3–2
		QF		Dinamo Tbilisi	0–1	0–1	0–2
1985–86	UEFA Cup	1R		Viking	3–0	1–1	4–1
		2R		Videoton FC Fehérvár	1–1	1–0	2–1
		3R		Internazionale	0–1 (a.e.t.)	0–0	0–1
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R		Dnipro	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2R		Internazionale	3–2	0–1	3–3 (a)
1988–89	UEFA Cup	1R		Bayern Munich	3–7	1–3	4–10
1989–90	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Barcelona	0–1	1–1	1–2
1990–91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Swift Hesperange	3–0	3–0	6–0
		2R		Aberdeen	1–0	0–0	1–0
		QF		Sampdoria	1–0	2–2	3–2
		SF		Manchester United	1–3	1–1	2–4
1994–95	UEFA Champions League	QR		Hajduk Split	0–1	0–4	0–5
1995–96	UEFA Champions League	QR		IFK Göteborg	1–0	2–1	3–1
		GR		Rosenborg	3–1	0–4	2nd
		GR		Spartak Moscow	0–1	1–2
		GR		Blackburn Rovers	1–0	0–0
		QF		Panathinaikos	0–0	0–3	0–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	1QR		Jeunesse Esch	3–0	4–2	7–2
		2QR		FC Haka	3–0	1–1	4–1
		1R		Panathinaikos	2–0	2–4	4–4 (a)
		2R		Beşiktaş	1–1	1–2	2–3
1997–98	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR		Glenavon	1–1	4–0	5–1
		1R		Vicenza	0–2	1–1	1–3
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR		Vardar	5–0	4–0	9–0
		1R		Anorthosis Famagusta	2–0	0–1	2–1
		2R		Udinese	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR		FC Etzella	2–1	4–0	6–1
		1R		IF Elfsborg	4–1	6–1	10–2
		2R		Valencia	1–1	1–6	2–7
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	2QR		Vardar	1–1	3–1	4–2
		3QR		Barcelona	0–1	0–3	0–4
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1R		Utrecht	4–1	3–1	7–2
		2R		Schalke 04	2–3	0–0	2–3
2004–05	UEFA Cup	2QR		FC Tbilisi	6–0	1–0	7–0
		1R		Austria Wien	1–3	0–1	1–4
2005–06	UEFA Cup	2QR		Zürich	0–1	1–4	1–5
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	2QR		FH Hafnarfjörður	2–0	1–0	3–0
		3QR		Shakhtar Donetsk	2–3	0–1	2–4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1R		Austria Wien	1–1	0–1	1–2
2007	UEFA Intertoto Cup	2R		FK Vėtra	w/o	0–3 (awarded)	0–3
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1QR		FC Gomel	0–0	4–1	4–1
		2QR		Moscow	1–2	0–2	1–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2QR		Olimpi Rustavi	3–0	1–0	4–0
		3QR		Brøndby	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	3QR		Gaziantepspor	0–0	1–0	1–0
		PO		Spartak Moscow	2–2	3–2	5–4
		GR		PSV Eindhoven	0–3	0–1	2nd
				Hapoel Tel Aviv	3–2	0–2
				Rapid București	3–1	1–0
		R32		Sporting CP	2–2	0–1	2–3
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2QR		Liepājas Metalurgs	5–1	2–2	7–3
		3QR		SV Ried	3–1	1–2	4–3
		PO		Rosenborg	1–1	1–2	2–3
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2QR		The New Saints	1–0	3–1	4–1
		3QR		Molde	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		PO		Steaua București	2–2	1–1	3–3 (a)
	UEFA Europa League	GR		Lazio	0–2	0–1	4th
				Trabzonspor	0–2	0–2
				Apollon Limassol	0–1	2–0
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	2QR		St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	5–0	6–1
		3QR		Celtic	4–1	2–0 (0–3 w/o)	4–4 (a)
	UEFA Europa League	PO		Aktobe	2–0	1–0	3–0
		GR		Metalist Kharkiv	2–1	1–0	1st
				Trabzonspor	2–0	1–0
				Lokeren	1–0	0–1
		R32		Ajax	0–3	0–1	0–4
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	2QR		Botoșani	1–0	3–0	4–0
		3QR		Kukësi	1–0	2–1 (3–0 w/o)	4–0
		PO		Zorya Luhansk	3–2	1–0	4–2
		GR		Napoli	0–2	2–5	4th
				Club Brugge	1–1	0–1
				Midtjylland	1–0	0–1
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	2QR		Zrinjski Mostar	2–0	1–1	3–1
		3QR		AS Trenčín	0–0	1–0	1–0
		PO		Dundalk	1–1	2–0	3–1
		GR		Real Madrid	3–3	1–5	3rd
				Borussia Dortmund	0–6	4–8
				Sporting CP	1–0	0–2
	UEFA Europa League	R32		Ajax	0–0	0–1	0–1
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	2QR		IFK Mariehamn	6–0	3–0	9–0
		3QR		Astana	1–0	1–3	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	PO		Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	0–0	1–1
2018–19	UEFA Champions League	1QR		Cork City	1–0	3–0	4–0
		2QR		Spartak Trnava	0–2	1–0	1–2
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	3Q		F91 Dudelange	1–2	2–2	3–4
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR		Europa	3–0	0–0	3–0
		2QR		KuPS	1–0	0–0	1–0
		3QR		Atromitos	0–0	2–0	2–0
		PO		Rangers	0–0	0–1	0–1
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1QR		Linfield	1–0	N/A	1–0
		2QR		Omonia	0–2 (aet)	N/A	0–2
	UEFA Europa League	3QR		Drita	2–0	N/A	2–0
		PO		Qarabağ	0–3	N/A	0–3

Players

Current squad

No. Position Player 1 GK Artur Boruc 2 DF Josip Juranović 3 DF Mateusz Hołownia 4 DF Mateusz Wieteska 5 DF Igor Lewczuk 7 MF Domagoj Antolić 8 MF Valerian Gvilia 9 FW Tomáš Pekhart 11 MF Joel Valencia (on loan from Brentford) 14 DF Michał Karbownik (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.) 16 DF Luís Rocha 17 MF Mateusz Cholewiak 19 GK Wojciech Muzyk 20 FW José Kanté 21 FW Rafael Lopes

No. Position Player 22 MF Paweł Wszołek 24 MF André Martins 25 DF Filip Mladenović 27 FW Vamara Sanogo 29 DF Marko Vešović 33 GK Radosław Cierzniak 34 DF Iñaki Astiz 39 FW Maciej Rosołek 41 DF Paweł Stolarski 44 DF William Rémy 55 DF Artur Jędrzejczyk 67 MF Bartosz Kapustka 82 MF Luquinhas 99 MF Bartosz Slisz

Out on loan

No. Position Player 12 GK Mateusz Kochalski (at Radomiak Radom) GK Cezary Miszta (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec) MF Mikołaj Kwietniewski (at Wisła Płock)

No. Position Player MF Tomasz Nawotka (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec) MF Kacper Skibicki (at Pogoń Siedlce)

Retired numbers

No. Position Player 10 MF Kazimierz Deyna

Hall of Fame

This is a list of former players and coaches who have been inducted into the Legia Warsaw Hall of Fame.

Krzysztof Adamczyk Stefan Białas Bernard Blaut Lucjan Brychczy Kazimierz Buda Lesław Ćmikiewicz Władysław Dąbrowski Kazimierz Deyna Dariusz Dziekanowski Kazimierz Górski Henryk Grzybowski Paweł Janas Roman Kosecki

Ryszard Milewski Tadeusz Nowak Jan Pieszko Leszek Pisz Jerzy Podbrożny Andrzej Sikorski Maciej Śliwowski Władysław Stachurski Andrzej Strejlau Adam Topolski Antoni Trzaskowski Edmund Zientara Janusz Żmijewski

Honours

Domestic

As of the 2019–20 season.

Type	Competition	Titles	Seasons
Domestic	Polish Championship (Ekstraklasa)	14	1955, 1956, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
	Polish Cup	19	1954–55, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
	Polish SuperCup	4	1989, 1994, 1997, 2008

     Record

Europe

• European Cup/Champions League:
  • Semi-finals (1): 1969–70
  • Quarter-finals (2): 1970–71, 1995–96
  • Group stage (1): 2016–17
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Semi-finals (1): 1990–91
  • Quarter-finals (2): 1964–65, 1981–82
• UEFA Europa League:
  • Group stage (2): 2013–14, 2015–16
  • Round of 32 (3): 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17

Images for kids

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  Legia and the Division of Sanitary team after a 7–0 win by Legia. Spring 1916

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  Lucjan Brychczy and Edmund Zientara at training against Feyenoord in 1970.

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  Kazimierz Deyna

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  The old Żyleta stand

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  Legia Warsaw museum opened in 2006

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  Stadium exterior

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  The eastern stand named after Kazimierz Deyna