Legia Warsaw
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.
Full name | Legia Warszawa SA | |||
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Nickname(s) | Wojskowi, Legioniści (The Militarians, Legionaries) | |||
Founded | March 1916 as Drużyna Sportowa Legia (Sport Team Legia) | |||
Stadium | Polish Army Stadium | |||
Capacity | 31,800 (less when all fans are seated)[1] | |||
Owner | Dariusz Mioduski | |||
Chairman | Dariusz Mioduski | |||
Manager | Kosta Runjaić | |||
League | Ekstraklasa | |||
2022-23 | 2nd | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Legia in Europe
As of 1 October 2020
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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Hapoel Tel Aviv | 3–2 | 0–2 | ||||
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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 | |
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Trabzonspor | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||
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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 | ||
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Trabzonspor | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||||
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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 | ||
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Club Brugge | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||
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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 | ||
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Borussia Dortmund | 0–6 | 4–8 | ||||
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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 | — | 1–0 |
2QR | ![]() |
Omonia | 0–2 (aet) | — | 0–2 | ||
UEFA Europa League | 3QR | ![]() |
Drita | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | |
PO | ![]() |
Qarabağ | 0–3 | — | 0–3 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 24 September, 2020[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Hall of Fame
This is a list of former players and coaches who have been inducted into the Legia Warsaw Hall of Fame.[4]
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Honours
Domestic
- As of the 2022–23 season.
Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
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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 | 20 | 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, 2022/23 | |
Polish SuperCup | 4 | 1989, 1994, 1997, 2008 | |
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
References
- https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/UEFACup/01/67/58/86/1675886_DOWNLOAD.pdf
- "Legia Warszawa (kadra)" (in Polish). Legia Warszawa. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06.
- (1966–78) – Posthumous honour.
- "Galeria Sław (kadra)" (in Polish). Legia Warszawa.
Other websites

- Official website (in Polish and English)
- Legia Fansite (in Polish)
- Legionisci Fansite (in Polish)
- Legia Warszawa Ultras Group