Legia Warsaw

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Legia Warszawa ( polish : [ ˈlɛɡʲja varˈʂava ] ), known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a professional football clubhouse based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful polish football cabaret in history acquire record 15 Ekstraklasa Champions titles, a record 19 polish Cup and four polish SuperCup trophies. The club ‘s home venue is the polish Army Stadium ( Stadion Wojska Polskiego ). Legia is the merely polish clubhouse never to have been relegated from the peak flight of Polish football after the World War II. [ 2 ] Legia was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front, as the main football club of the polish Legions. After the war, the club was reactivated on 14 March 1920 in an military officer casino in Warsaw as Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Warszawa, renamed Legia in 1923 after amalgamation with another local club, Korona. [ 3 ] It became the main official football cabaret of the polish Army – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa ( lighted. ‘Military Sports Club Legia Warsaw ‘ ). From 1949 to 1957, Legia was known as CWKS Warszawa ( light up. ‘Central military Sports Club Warsaw ‘ ) Before 8 April 2004 it was owned by Pol-Mot and from 8 April 2004 ( sold for 3 million złoty ) until 9 January 2014, it was owned by media conglomerate ITI Group. [ 4 ] Currently the golf club is owned by Dariusz Mioduski who serves as the club ‘s president .

history [edit ]

constitution and beginnings [edit ]

Legia and the Division of Sanitary team after a 7–0 succeed by Legia. spring 1916 Legia Warsaw in 1916 Legia was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front in the vicinity of Maniewicze, within the region of Volhynia ( polish : Wołyń ). [ 5 ] It served as the independent football club of the polish Legions, who at the time fight for Austria-Hungary. [ 6 ] The formation of the club in 1916 was greatly influenced by the outbreak of the First World War, because many polish soldiers were involved in the formation of the polish Legions before the war. Soldiers, much youthful men from the south of Poland ( chiefly from Kraków and Lviv ) played football before the war, and consequently, after the formation of the team, they soon became successful. [ 7 ] Football was a commodity way of spending free clock time, in the composure moments at the front, football matches were organized, which required the ball, making probationary goals, and finding a twelve or so players. [ 8 ] The first team education began in the spring of 1915 in Piotrków, between 5 and 15 March 1916 – at the request of then Master Sergeant Zygmunt Wasserab ( pre-war player of Pogoń Stryj ) [ 9 ] – who was a part of the Polish Legion ‘s dominate Staff in Kostiuchnówka in Volhynia to create a football baseball club. The president of the organization was Władysław Groele, and bodily Stanisław Mielech proposed the name “ Sporting Team Legia ”, which was adopted ( more normally use term of the team belated became Legionowa ). [ 10 ] other names were : “ Legion Command Squad ” and “ Styr ”. [ 11 ] White-black colors and arms were besides shown, showing the white letter “ L ” ( symbol of the Legions ) on the black dial. The players were dressed in white clothes with sloping black belts, which was a reference to Czarni Lwów. [ 12 ] In the leap of 1916, the team played a issue of matches with other teams, most of which ended with Legia triumphant. The oldest record matches are : 7–0 with the Divisional Sanitary Division, 3–3 with the 6th Infantry Regiment and two victories ( 6–4 and 3–1 ) with the 4th Infantry Regiment. [ 12 ] In July 1916 – because of the Brusilov Offensive – the Legions began to retreat west and the club relocated to Warsaw. The first match in which Polonia Warsaw was the rival was held on 29 April 1917 at Agrykola Park and ended with a 1–1 pull. [ 13 ] Of the nine games played in Warsaw, Legia won six and drew three. At the first away game the team won a 2–1 victory over the then polish champion KS Cracovia in Kraków, indeed Legia became an unofficial ace of the area. In 1918 the war ended, but the team continued to play alone amateur-friendly matched. [ 12 ]

1920s and 1930s [edit ]

The club was reactivated on 14 March 1920. In the officers ‘ casinos in the Royal Castle, a group of former officers formed the military Sports Club ( WKS ) -Wojskowy Klub Sportowy- Warsaw, establishing the whiten and bolshevik colors of the codified. Among them was Zygmunt Wasserab, one of the founders of the golf club. [ 14 ] due to the Polish-Bolshevik war and the engagement of many Warsaw players, WKS was not nominated for the premiership of the polish backing league in 1920. In the 1921–1926 seasons, the team was not promoted beyond the A-class of the Warsaw district, but it was a very important menstruation for the club. In 1922, a legislative act was passed allowing the team to play in civilian teams ( as opposed to playing against only early soldiers ). Zygmunt Wassarab and Jerzy Misiński worked together and the club ‘s name was changed to the military Sports Club “ Legia ” Warsaw. [ 15 ] It was modeled on the text file of LKS Pogoń Lwów. At that time, a fusion with the oldest Warsaw sports cabaret, Korona, was created, which resulted in the learning of newfangled, white-green golf club colors. [ 3 ] In the first international equal played on 18 May 1922, Legia lost 2–9 at their own stadium with czechoslovakian club Viktor Zichkov Prague. [ 6 ] A class late, in the backing of Warsaw, the Army took 3rd place. [ 16 ] After the first-ever promotion beyond Class A in 1927, Legia qualified for the newly formed polish Football League. Roman Górecki, the then president of the Warsaw team, became the first gear president of the Polish League. Their debut was on 8 May in Łódź – Klub Turystów Łódź was the opponent and the match ended in a 6–1 resultant role. At the lapp clock, Legia player Marian Łańko scored his foremost league goal complimentary recoil and recorded his first hat-trick in club history. [ 17 ] In the same class, in a catch against Pogonia Lwów, the baseball club suffered the highest league personnel casualty, losing 2–11. [ 18 ] At the end of the season, Legia finished fifth, despite five defeats at the starting signal of the season. Legia striker Marian Łańko finished second scoring 31 goals. The Warsaw clubhouse besides made their debut in the polish Cup, winning the match with Pogoń Warsaw 7–0. For the adjacent two seasons Legia occupied higher positions in the league than the other clubs : Polonia and Warszawianka. [ 12 ] In 1930, after three years of structure, the polish Army Stadium was opened at Łazienkowska Street. In the first base equal of the newly stadium, Legia drew 1–1 with Barcelona. In the like class the legionaries defeated Hajduki Wielkie 7–1 in their 100th pit in the league. Legia besides had the biggest pre-war successes in the polish championships in 1930 and 1931, where they were short three points and one point respectively. [ 12 ] furthermore, in the inaugural edition of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards for the best results in external contest, the Army received a “ travel ” trophy. [ 19 ] In the 1935 season, Legia remained in the league, gaining one point advantage over the relegate Cracovia, and then in 1936 – in the golf club ‘s twentieth anniversary – lost seven straight games and recorded the merely decline of the league in its history. In 1937 the club ‘s display panel decided to return to the military legislative act. As a leave, about all civilians departed from the first team, chiefly to other Warsaw teams. In 1937 – in the A class of the Warsaw district – Legia took fourthly position, and one year late, took first position, and played in the first division play-offs. Legia was third base place in the play-offs and they were not able to advance. The dining table reacted by withdrawing the club from all competitions and decided to play only friendly matches. In 1938, most of the team ‘s sections were dissolved, leaving lone three : tennis, swim and motocross. [ 12 ]

1940s [edit ]

After the end of World War II – in April 1945 – the golf club was reactivated under the name of I Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Warszawa ( 1st Military Sports Club Warsaw ), and in June added a historic member of Legia. Among the people who contributed to the reconstruction of the club were : julian Neuding – prewar player of Makabi Warszawa, Karol Rudolf – prewar player of Legia, Henryk Czarnik and Józef Ziemian – Legia players from the interwar period. The team initially played friendly matches with teams in the region, but late besides with clubs from other countries, the likes of the swedish IFK Norrköping and the Yugoslav FK Partizan. In the first postwar polish championships held in 1946, Legia took moment locate in the elimination group, falling out of competition. In 1948, after qualifying for the nine-year rupture of the highest tier, Legia qualified after a victory in the inter-regional eliminations of the northeastern region and after took irregular place in the nationally qualification. Legia finally took one-fourth place, drawing 3–3 with Ruch Chorzów. It was the 250th league game of the club. The beginning post-war match in the first tier took place on 14 March 1948, beating Polonia Bytom 3–1. For the next two seasons, Legia only held on in the first division due to a better goal differential against the demote teams, taking the 9th and 10th respectively. In November 1949, after the reforms introduced by the then Polish football association, the clubhouse once again changed its name to Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy ( central Army Sports Club ). besides, a new coat of arms ( big letter C, and smaller letters in it : W, K, S ). The official patron of the team was the polish People ‘s Army. [ 20 ] Legia became a military cabaret, so it was possible to get players of early clubs, players like Lucjan Brychczy, Ernest Pohl and Edmund Kowal all were brought to Legia. [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

1950s [edit ]

In 1951, Legia took third base place in the league, and in the cup competitions lost in the eighth-finals with Polonia Warszawa. A year belated, Legia achieved its first success in the polish Cup competition, reaching the finals ( in which Polonia Warszawa won 1–0 ). The reservation team reached this stage of the contest, while the first team dropped out in the eighth-finals, losing to Lechia Gdańsk. In the league, the club ranked sixth, and in the Puchar Zlotu Młodych Przodowników ( the premier edition of the League Cup ) was eliminated in the group degree. In 1953, Legia took 5th target in the first league, and in the adjacent season – in addition to the seventh home – the team managed to reach the semi-final of the polish Cup, in which Warsaw Gwardia won 2–1. [ 6 ] Legia won their first trophy on 29 September 1955, defeating Lechia Gdańsk 5–0 in the polish Cup final. A month late – on 20 November after a 1–1 draw with Zagłębie in Sosnowiec – the club won their foremost polish backing. The team trained by the hungarian bus János Steiner won their first doublet in the history of polish football. In the following temper, Ryszard Koncewicz became the Legia coach. The baseball club celebrated its fortieth anniversary and repeated the achievements from the former year. First he sealed the polish championship after a 2–2 string with ŁKS Lodz, and then he defeated in the cup final examination Górnik Zabrze in a 3–0 winnings. [ 23 ] [ 6 ] These successes were accomplished by strengthening the team by means of conscription to the army [ 24 ] of players from such clubs as : Polonia Bytom, Ruch Chorzów, or Wawel Kraków. The latter, like most of the then Okręgowych Wojskowych Klubów Sportowych ( District Military Sports Clubs, OWKS ), was dissolved. formally due to the “ reorganization of the military division ”, in practice this intend strengthening CWKS Warszawa ( Legia ‘s appoint at the time ). [ 25 ] The team then won its highest victory in history, defeating Wisła Kraków 12–0 – the match took place on 19 August 1956 in Warsaw. In summation, the first three places in the goal classification at the end of the season were taken by legionnaires, and the deed of the king of scorers was won by the Henryk Kempny who scored 21 goals. [ 6 ] In 1956, in accession to winning the national doublet, Legia made their debut in european competition, competing in the round of 16 of the european Champions Cup with Czechoslovak champions Slovan Bratislava. In the inaugural away meet, the team lost 0–4, and in the irregular branch at home they won 2–0 after goals from Kowal and Brychcz, but they were eliminated from further games. The suffer in Warsaw was watched by 40,000 fans. [ 23 ] At the meet on 2 July 1957 – chaired by Colonel Edward Potorejko – the club ‘s legislative act was approved and the first 31-member board of WKS Legia was elected, from which an 11-person presidium was then selected. The legal nature of the club has besides changed. From the previous military unit, which was CWKS, a sports association was established with legal personality. The list of the club was besides changed, as the diachronic name Legia was returned ( military Sports Club “ Legia ” Warsaw ). In accession, fresh colors that are still used today were approved : white-red-green-black ( late the order of the first two colors were changed ) and the current coat of arms was adopted until today ( with intervals ). [ 26 ] Legia players ( appearing as a Warsaw team ) were invited to Spain to play the first base match on the fresh FC Barcelona stadium, Camp Nou on 24 September. The equal ended with a 4–2 result for the hosts. They struggled in the league that season, finishing in one-fourth locate, and were knocked out of the polish Cup at the eighth-finals, losing to Ruch Chorzow 1–2 ( in that period, until 1961, the I liga season was played from March to August ). In 1958, Legia took 6th plaza in the polish championship, and in 1959 took 4th. [ 27 ] [ 23 ]

1960s [edit ]

In the 1960s, Legia regularly held top positions in the league table. In 1960, artificial light was installed at the polish Army Stadium, thanks to which the facility became the second in Poland where matches could be played after iniquity. The first touch without natural clean was played on 5 October with Danish club Aarhus Gymnastikforening as share of the qualification for the European Club Champions Cup. [ 28 ] Legia won the catch 1–0 after Helmut Nowak ‘s finish. however, with a 0–3 frustration in the inaugural meet in Denmark, they dropped out of foster games. In the same season, Tadeusz Błażejewski, in the 11th minute of a 2–2 pull back against ŁKS Łódź, scored the thousandth league goal for Legia. The club celebrated another anniversary on 26 October 1960, playing the five-hundredth couple in the chancellor league ; Legia beat Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0. In the league board Legia took second set, winning the championship of runner-up of Poland and losing to Ruch Chorzów by 1 point. The play along temper, the team won the bronze decoration of the polish backing for taking third position in the league. In the surveil year, the league shifted from the spring-fall system to fall-spring, which meant that the league matches started in the spring of 1962. The league was divided into two groups, in which the teams from the lapp regions played with each other. Legia – which took third seat in its group – won the competition for 5th place with Wisła Kraków, drew a 1–1 aside equal and won 4–1 at home. In the polish Cup, the team dropped out in the eighth-finals, losing 0–3 with Odra Opole. In the 1962/1963 season with the newfangled league system, the team took the seventh place, and the battle for the polish Cup again ended at stage eighth-finals ( losing to later achiever, Zagłębie Sosnowiec, 0–2 ). [ 6 ] Legia ended the 1963–64 season in one-fourth plaza in the league, scoring the like number of goals as second place Zagłębie Sosnowiec and third station Odra Opole. The finish differential decided who took which position. The baseball club achieved a much better result in the polish Cup, where the team, led by the romanian coach Virgil Popescu, reached the finals. In the match, played at the 10th-Anniversary Stadium, Legia won after extra fourth dimension with Polonia Bytom 2–1. Henryk Apostel scored both goals for Legia. [ 6 ] In the future season Legia again took 4th home in the league, and in the polish Cup reached the semi-final, in which they lost after extra clock time 1–2 with Górnik Zabrze ( who became the achiever of the cup ). [ 27 ] The team besides competed in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. In the first circle, Legia eliminated the austrian FC Admira Wacker Mödling. In the second base they defeated the turkish Galatasaray SK. After two matches there was a draw and third base ( the decisive footstep in the advancement ) meeting in Bucharest. Legia won 1–0 and were the first polish team to advance to the quarterfinals of any european cabaret contest. At this stage of the tournament the team lost to german TSV 1860 Munich and was eliminated from the competition. [ 29 ] [ 6 ]
The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the club ‘s universe took place in 1966. In the league the team took 6th place, while a better result was achieved in the twelfth edition of the polish Cup. In the game played on 15 August at the Warta Poznań stadium, Legia won after excess time in the final examination, beating Górnik Zabrze 2–1, with Bernard Blaut scoring in the last minute. Winning the polish Cup allowed the club to compete in the Cup Winners ‘ Cup in the 1966–67 season. In the round of 16, Legia was knocked out by FC Sachsen Leipzig after losing 0–3 off and drawing 2–2 at home. The team came fourth in the league table, and in the polish Cup was eliminated after a 1–3 frustration in the eighth-finals with Wisła Kraków. That season, Kazimierz Deyna made his debut in the Legia team. [ 6 ] In the 1967–68 season, for the second clock time in its history, the clubhouse was the vice-champion of Poland and was promoted as the inaugural polish team to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In the polish Cup Legia was knocked out by GKS Katowice in the eighth-finals. In the same class, the team made their debut in the Intertoto Cup. Legia won their group, but did not advance to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup because the matches of the Intertoto Cup were not official UEFA competitions. [ 30 ] [ 6 ] Legia, led by czechoslovakian trainer Jaroslav Vejvoda, finished the 1968–69 season in first place in the mesa, therefore winning the third base polish championship. The team reached the final of the polish Cup, in which they lost to Górnik Zabrze 0–2. The club besides made its debut at the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In the first round Legia won twice, 6–0 and 3–2 against TSV 1860 Munich. In the following beat they won 0–1 and 2–0 against belgian team Waregem, and the third adversary was Újpest FC. In the future beat, the Hungarian team ‘s players were better and Legia were defeated 0–1 away. A 2–2 draw in Warsaw saw their rivals promoted to the next stagecoach. In 1969 there was still one more success – the Legia juniors won the first backing in the history of the cabaret. [ 6 ] For the next season, former player Edmund Zientara was brought in as the new first team coach. His team won the title of polish supporter for the irregular meter in a row. In the conflict for the polish Cup, Legia was eliminated in the semi-final with Ruch Chorzów. The performances of the club in the european Champion Clubs ‘ Cup was a great achiever – Legia reached the semi-finals of the competition. In the round of 16, they defeated romanian club FC UTA Arad 2–1 and 8–0, french club Saint-Étienne in the eighth-finals 2–1 and 1–0, and turkish club Galatasaray in the quarter-finals 2–1 and 1–0. In the semi-final, they played against Feyenoord. The first match in Warsaw ended in a 0–0 draw, while away the home team triumphed 2–0. [ 30 ]

1970s [edit ]

The 1970s were known as Poland ‘s golden old age of football. In 1971, Legia were runner ‘s up of Poland for the third base fourth dimension in their history, and ended their polish Cup campaign in the quarter-finals. For the moment class in a course the baseball club competed in the european Club Champions Cup, where it reached the quarter-finals, dropping out against Atlético Madrid ( 2–1 and 0–1 ). They previously eliminated IFK Gothenburg ( 4–0, 2–1 ) and Standard Liège ( 0–1, 2–0 ). [ 6 ] From December 1971 to February 1972, Legia went on a tour of Spain and the countries of South America, including Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia – this was the foremost time the team had visited this part of the world. In the 1971–72 season, the team finished one-third in the league table and lost in the polish Cup final with Górnik Zabrze 2–5. In September 1972, the Warsaw club defeated Víkingur Reykjavík in the round off of 16 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup 9–0, [ 32 ] which is the highest polish team acquire in european competition. In the following round Legia was matched up against A.C. Milan. The first game was played at the tenth Anniversary stadium and ended in a 1–1 draw. [ 33 ] At the San Siro, after the even fourth dimension, the guide was besides maintained – Milan scored the winning goal two minutes before the conclusion of extra meter to win the game 2–1. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] In that season, Legia took 8th place in the league and won its fifth polish Cup – after eliminating Szombinrek in the semi-finals ( 3–1 and 1–1 ). [ 36 ] [ 37 ] In the final match against Polonia, on 17 June 1973 in Poznań, a scoreless leave was maintained for 90 minutes of regular time of the game, vitamin a well as for the entire supernumerary clock time. The legionaries ultimately won in penalties, 4–2. [ 38 ] The season of 1973–74 began with a get the better of in the polish of 16 of the European Club Champions Cup in aggregate with PAOK FC ( 1–1 in Warsaw, 0–1 in Thessaloniki ). In early 1974, the club went to Spain and France to face Barcelona ( 1–1 at Camp Nou ) and RC Lens ( 0–2 ). The team finished the league contest in 4th place, and in the polish Cup they were knocked out in the quarterfinals, losing 1–2 to Stal Rzeszów. right after the end of the league, the legionnaires went to an external tournament that took position in the Canary Islands – they drew with Cádiz CF, won with CD Tenerife and Hércules CF. Another foreign trip took place at the end of January 1975. Legia flew to Australia and became the first polish team to visit all continents ( except Antarctica ). [ 6 ] Legia took 6th place in the league, and lost in the orotund of 16 in the polish Cup. After the season, the inaugural transmit of Polish player to the West took identify, which was allowed by PZPN and the Ministry of Sport. Robert Gadocha was bought by FC Nantes, late french champions. Legia in the 1975–76 temper finished the league in the center of the postpone ( 8th place ), and in the polish Cup reached the eighth-finals, where they lost to GKS Jastrzębie after penalties. In the fall of 1976, the club ‘s sixtieth anniversary was celebrated. On the anniversary, 12 October, two matches were played at the polish Army stadium : a meet with Legia and Warsaw Polonia ( a 2–0 family succeed ) and a match between Legia and Dukla, which ended 4–2 for the legionaries. In February 1977 the team made the next travel, this fourth dimension to Indonesia. Six games were played at that time ( four wins, two draw ) and a entire of 15 goals were scored – without Deyna, who was at a prepare camp in Yugoslavia and Greece. [ 39 ] Legia besides performed for the second clock time in the Intertoto Cup. Legia ‘s opponents were : Landskrona BoIS ( 1–0 and 2–1 ), SK Slavia Prague ( 1–1 and 2–2 ) and BSC Young Boys ( 4–1 and 1–1 ). [ 40 ] Legia took second place in the group and once again was not rewarded with a promotion to the UEFA Cup. The team – finishing in 8th situation – repeated the result from the previous league temper, while in the polish Cup they were knocked out in the semi-final, losing to Polonia Bytom 1–2. During the second one-half of the 1970s, the legionaries did not make it to the lead 3 positions to get into european competitions, and fifth identify in the 1977–78 season was their highest stead. In addition, the team repeated the result obtained a class earlier in the polish Cup – Legia reached the semi-final, in which they were knocked out by Zagłębie Sosnowiec after penalties. The next season ( 1978–79 ) was the stopping point in which Kazimierz Deyna represented the club. In addition, the baseball club played their thousandth game in the highest football tier – the match took place on 25 April against Lech in Poznań ( a 1–2 get the better of ). The season ended with a 6th-place coating in the league and at the eighth-final stage of the polish Cup ( where they lost against Zagłębie II Lubin 1–2 ). On 18 September 1979, a farewell to Kazimierz Deyna took place – a friendly with English club Manchester City, who had agreed to his transfer for £ 100,000. The game ended 2–1 to Legia. Deyna played the whole meet and scored two goals – one for Legia ( in the inaugural half ) and the second for his new club ( in the second ). The peer was very popular and many fans had to watch it from behind the stadium gates. [ 6 ] [ 41 ]

1980s [edit ]

Legia started the ten by winning the polish Cup, beating Lech Poznań 5–0 in the final on 9 May 1980. In the league, the legionaries took fourth place. A year late, the Warsaw golf club defended the polish Cup with a 1–0 victory over Pogoń Szczecin on 24 June, but struggled in the league, finishing fifth target. The keep up season, the team played a match in the quarter-finals of the European Club Champions Cup with Dinamo Tbilisi. During the first meet in Warsaw, fans, ascribable to the very big phone number of policemen at the stadium, began to chant the slogans : “ Down with communism ” and “ MO – Gestapo ”. After being defeated 0–1, the fans organized an anti-communist parade ( this situation was repeated several times in the 1980s ). The away peer besides ended 0–1, which was watched by 90 thousand fans in Tbilisi. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] In the 1981–82 season Legia finished fourth, and in the polish Cup they were knocked out in the eighth-finals, losing to Arka Gdynia 1–2. [ 44 ]
The 1982–83 temper began with a exchange of separate of the team. Legia besides gained a newly coach, with Kazimierz Górski being replaced by Jerzy Kopa in the center of the season. Legia finished one-eighth place in the league table, while in the polish Cup they fell in the quarterfinals after losing 0–1 against Lech Poznań in Warsaw. A class late, Legia finished one-fifth in the competitiveness for the deed, and in the polish Cup reached the fifth round, where they lost against Górnik Zabrze 2–3 after extra time. At the turn of 1984 and 1985, after the fall round, Legia took first place in the table. They finished runner-up of Poland, which meant the club would participate in the UEFA Cup. In addition, the team reached the quarter-finals of the polish Cup ( a defeat in aggregate with Górnik Zabrze ). The following temper, 1985–86, the league achiever was repeated and the quarterfinals of the base cup were again obtained. Both titles went to Górnik Zabrze. In the same years, the legionaries made it to the round of 16 and eighth-finals of the UEFA Cup, losing doubly with Inter Milan. In the first match, Milan drew 0–0 at home, which was considered a great success for the Warsaw club. [ 6 ] The tax return match at Łazienkowska ended with the grudge 0–1 and the italian team advanced to the adjacent round. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] The next year in 1986 Legia faced Inter Milan again with a 3–2 acquire at Łazienkowska and a 0–1 kill in Italy, which eliminated the polish club on away goals. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] At the begin of the 1986–87 temper, the Warsaw team traveled to China and won the Great Wall Cup, defeating the hosts 2–0. The team played in Beijing and other cities for a week, at the turn of July and August. [ 49 ] Following this, apart from early successful performance in Europe, Legia took 5th place in the league and reached the fifth round of hard ( losing against Wisła Kraków after penalties ). At the end of 1987, at the Legia stadium, the speedway traverse was removed and the football battlefield was widened. [ citation needed ] Legia finished the future year in the league in one-third locate and reached the polish Cup final. In Łódź, the legionaries drew 1–1 with Lech and the victory was decided by punishment kicks, which the Poznań team won 3–2. A year late, the Warsaw team took fourthly stead in the league and won the polish Cup at the stadium in Olsztyn, beating Jagiellonia Białystok 5–2. [ 50 ] Two weeks after the achiever, they besides won the polish Super Cup for the first time, defeating Ruch Chorzów 3–0 in Zamość. The trophy gained in Zamość was the first base piece of silverware after the reorganization of the club – on 25 April 1989, the club ‘s control panel decided to separate the football department from the multi-sport department CWKS and establish the Autonomous Football Section ( ASPN CWKS “ Legia ” Warsaw ). On 1 September, long-time football player and Legia captain, Kazimierz Deyna, died in a car accident in San Diego. [ 6 ] At the goal of the decade, on 13 September, Legia competed against FC Barcelona in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. The match in Barcelona ended with a 1–1 reap, after an unrecognized goal for the legionnaires and a punishment recoil for the opponents in the 85th minute of the peer. In the replay at Łazienkowska Legia lost 0–1, with 25 thousand fans in the stands. Michael Laudrup scored the alone goal. [ 6 ]

1990s [edit ]

The begin of the nineties was not successful for the club, specially in the polish league. In the 1989–90 season, the team finished in one-seventh topographic point, and the next season in ninth. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The 1991–92 season ended in a 10th-place complete [ 53 ] – for the first time since World War II, Legia was fighting relegation to the moment league. The team avoided relegation after winning 3–0 in an away match against Motor Lublin in the penult game of the season. [ 51 ] The club achieved better results in the polish Cup. In 1990, Legia defeated GKS Katowice in the final and won their ninth trophy. A year by and by, the Warsaw clubhouse again faced GKS Katowice in the final examination of the polish Cup, but this time the rivals who won the equal 1–0 turned out to be well. The following season, 1989–90, Legia won their ninth polish Cup, meaning they were able to play in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup in 1990–91. The Warsaw team, managed by Władysław Stachurski reached the semi-finals of the tournament, eliminating the likes of Sampdoria and Aberdeen. They lost in the semi-finals to Manchester United ( 1–3 in Warsaw and 1–1 in Manchester ). [ 51 ] In fall 1992, the first individual patronize, businessman Janusz Romanowski, invested in the cabaret. A biennial sponsorship deal was signed with FSO ( worth PLN 2.4 billion at that fourth dimension ) arsenic well as with Adidas. After the one-fourth round of the 1992–93 season, Janusz Wójcik became the Legia coach. The high budget from the sponsorship deals allowed players such as Maciej Śliwowski and Radosław Michalski to be brought in. This, in turn, translated into better results and joining the competition for the national championship. [ 54 ] On 20 June 1993, after an away victory of 6–0 against Wisła Kraków, the team won the polish backing. however, on the next day the president of the united states of the PZPN board, with a 5–4 vote, decided to take the title from Legia and award it to the third base team in the board – Lech Poznań ( after disallowing the last matches of Legia and ŁKS, the team from Poznań took first place in the board ). The decision was due to the allegations of bribery in the last league peer. In addition, Legia was forced to pay a finely of 500 million zloty, and the UEFA authorities excluded the team from european competition. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Twice ( December 2004, January 2007 ), the club unsuccessfully requested that the unfavorable decision should be repealed and that the deed should be restored. [ 57 ] In the same temper, the anti-doping committee decided that Legia player Roman Zub had played after doping before the match against Widzew Łódź. The player ‘s urine sample was besides tested in a lab in Moscow, where it was considered that increased testosterone levels were not the resultant role of dope. The pit was initially verified as a cinch for the Łódź team, but the decision of the PZPN games department was revoked by the president of the united states of the control panel. [ 55 ] In the adjacent season, Legia won the first base triple pate in the history of polish football. On 15 June 1994, thanks to a 1–1 draw in the last round with Górnik Zabrze in Warsaw, the legionaries maintained a one-point advantage over moment set GKS Katowice and won their fifth polish title, despite the fact that the season began with three negative points due to the events of the last cycle in the final season. After the match the crusade published accusations of corruption with referee Sławomir Redzinski, who, when the score was 1–0 to Górnik, sent off three of the Górnik players. These allegations have not been raise. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] On 18 June, in the polish Cup final examination defy at the Legia stadium, the Legia defeated ŁKS Łódź 2–0 and won the tenth trophy in their history. In the match for the Super Cup ( 24 July ), Legia besides faced ŁKS Łódź and won 6–4 at the stadium in Płock. The club ‘s first experience of the Champions League ended in frustration in the modify phase – the team fell to croatian english Hajduk Split ( 0–1 at family, 0–4 away ).

The future season began with the sign of a contract with Canal+ for broadcasting matches ( the first equal of the Polish league broadcast was the equal of Legia against GKS Katowice, which took place on 1 April 1995 ). On 31 May 1995, Legia won their sixth polish championship after a 3–0 victory against Raków Częstochowa in Warsaw, [ 60 ] and besides won the polish Cup ( 2–0 in the final examination with GKS Katowice ). At that time, one of the first protest actions took plaza at the stadium. The rationality was high slate prices and the ban on hanging flags and banners on the fence – the conflict ended after three matches in Warsaw thanks to an agreement with activists. [ 61 ] After winning the championship in the 1994–95 season, Legia Warszawa qualified for the Champions League – in the last stipulate round it defeated the swedish team IFK Göteborg ( 1–0 in Warsaw and 2–1 in Gothenburg ). In the group stage, Legia drew with Rosenborg BK, Spartak Moscow and Blackburn Rovers. Legia finished the group in second home ( with seven points ) and in the quarterfinals they faced Panathinaikos Athens. The beginning match in Warsaw ended in a scoreless draw, and in the replay at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, the Greeks won 3–0. The baseball club did not defend the national backing in the 1995–96 rival and took second locate in the league postpone ( behind Widzew Łódź ). In 1997, the club was transformed into Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna ( SSA ) Legia Warsaw and a new presenter was acquired, south korean caller Daewoo. This season, the legionaries took second place in the league, one reason being a 2–3 loss to Widzew Łódź in the decisive phase of the games ( Legia led up until the 85th minute of the match 2–0 ). The same year Legia went on to win the polish Cup and the Super Cup. A big switch in that period was the addition of Daewoo as a member to the clubhouse ‘s name ( CWKS “ Legia-Daewoo ” Warsaw ) – the new name did not please fans of Legia and was received coldly by them. [ 62 ] The 1997–98 season saw the club ‘s last appearance in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup. After passing Glenavon in the passing orotund ( with a 1–1 draw in Northern Ireland and a 4–0 gain in Warsaw ), the team fell to Italian team Vicenza Calcio in the first round of the tournament ( losing away 0–2 and drawing at home plate 1–1 ). In the league the team took 5th place in the mesa, and in the polish Cup reached the 1/8 finals, losing to Amica Wronki 0–3. The next season, 1998–99, ended with a bronze decoration in the league. In the national cup the team for the second gear time in a course was eliminated at stage 1/8 of the tournament ; This fourth dimension, GKS Bełchatów was the one to beat the Warsaw team, who after a scoreless result in the regular time of the game won 3–2 in the penalty gunfight. [ citation needed ] The clubhouse played its hundredth match in european competitions – the meet with Macedonian team Vardar Skopje as separate of the 1/64 UEFA Cup final ended with Legia ‘s off victory 5–0 on 12 August 1999. In the 1999–2000 season, Legia took fourthly place in the league and did not get to play in the european competitions. In the polish Cup, the team fell in the quarterfinals to Amica Wronki after a series of penalty kicks ( ended with a 3–1 resultant role ), while in the League Cup reached the final examination, in which they lost at home with Polonia Warsaw 1–2. [ citation needed ]
In March 2001, the main stockholder of the club, Daewoo, withdrew from the club ‘s finance, and on 1 July the name of the former sponsor was removed from the baseball club ‘s diagnose and it was reverted to ASPN CWKS “ Legia ” Warszawa SSA. [ 63 ] In the 2000–01 temper, the team finished third in the Polish league, and in the polish Cup lost in the quarterfinals, losing on aggregate 1–4 with Zagłębie Lubin. The same result was achieved by the team in the League Cup – in the quarterfinals of the tournament the team lost to Wisla Kraków, a disembowel in Warsaw 1–1 and a loss in Kraków 1–3. In the UEFA Cup qualifying round, Legia won against Etzella Ettelbruck ( 4–0 away, 2–1 in Warsaw ), and in the following equal they defeated IF Elfsborg ( 4–1 at home, 6–1 in Sweden ). The rival of Legia in the irregular cycle was Valencia CF. In the first match at the polish Army stadium there was a 1–1 draw, but in the replay the Spaniards won 6–1. [ 64 ]
The 2001–02 season, which was led by Dragomir Okuki, ended in Legia ‘s one-seventh championship entitle ( after a 0–0 withdraw with Odra Wodzisław in Warsaw ), [ 65 ] ampere well as a wallow in the Polish League Cup ( 3–0 and 1–2 in the final with Wisła Kraków ). In competing for the polish Cup, the team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost to Ruch Chorzów ( 2–4 in Warsaw, 1–0 in Chorzów ). Legia played in the Champions League qualifiers in the summer, but in the third round they fell against FC Barcelona – in the first catch at Camp Nou, the Catalans won 3–0, in the second they beat Legia 1–0. After get the better of against the Spaniards, the Warsaw team competed in the UEFA Cup. In the first beat Legia rhythm FC Utrecht ( 4–1 at home and 3–1 away ), in the second round they were eliminated by Schalke – 2–3 in Warsaw, 0–0 in Gelsenkirchen. The legionaries finished the 2002–03 season in 4th place, in the polish Cup they fell in the 3rd round. On 13 June 2003, the name of the club changed to KP “ Legia ” Warszawa SSA and on the lapp day the team was greeted by a fresh passenger car, Dariusz Kubicki. [ 51 ] The club was purchased by ITI Group on 8 April 2004. The team took second gear place in the league and played in the polish Cup concluding, in which it lost to Lech Poznań. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] The following season, 2004–05, the Warsaw team came third in the league table, and in the national cup they lost in the semi-final, falling to Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski – 1–1, 1–1, 1–4 on aggregate penalties. The 2005–06 season was exceptional in the club ‘s history – Legia celebrated its ninetieth anniversary. First, the team dropped out of the UEFA Cup in the second qualify round ( 0–1 in Warsaw and 2–4 in Zurich with FC Zürich ) and had a decrepit beginning in the league. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] In accession, they only reached the quarter-finals of the polish Cup, losing on the aggregate with Korona Kielce. Nevertheless, the legionaries won the one-eighth polish backing after winning 1–0 in a match against Górnik Zabrze. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] After the arrival of the newfangled coach Dariusz Wdowczyk, they managed to make up for seven points when they were behind Wisła Kraków and reach for the claim ; The Warsaw City Council decided at that fourth dimension to finance the modernization of the Legia stadium through the structure of three new grandstands and the extension of the cover grandstand. After four years, the legionnaires again stood a gamble of winning forwarding to the group stage of the Champions League. In the irregular round off of qualifying they beat Hafnarfjarðar – 1–0 away, 2–0 at home. Shakhtar Donetsk turned out to be the adjacent rival in the decisive third stage. Both meetings ended with the kill of Legia – 0–1 in Donetsk and 2–3 in Warsaw. They attempted to make up for the failure playing against Austria Vienna in the beginning round of the UEFA Cup. however, Legia did not manage to defeat the austrian opponent ; in the inaugural match in Warsaw the team drew 1–1, and in the return the hosts won 1–0. In following competitions, Legia dropped out of the battle for the polish Cup in the 1/16 finals, falling to fourth-division team Stal Sanok, [ 72 ] and in the league they won third base place. In addition, as part of the Ekstraklasa Cup, the team reached the quarterfinals and lost on aggregate with Górnik Łęczna. The year 2007 brought a switch of the coat of arms. The clubhouse did not agree with CWKS, which had the rights to the former logo. The club ‘s board registered their logo, boycotted by the fans, because it did not resemble the old set ( despite similar colors and the letter “ L ” had a unlike sketch and musical arrangement of colors ). [ 73 ] finally, it was not implemented and it was established that the official signboard will be modified with the white letter “ L ” on the black carapace. however, the form differed from the historical one and resembled a triangle, not like the original coat of arms. [ 74 ] At the beginning of the 2007–08 season in Vilnius there were riots caused by Legia fans, which had their apogee at the stadium of FK Vėtra during the match of the second attack of the Intertoto Cup. Hooligans, among others devastated the stadium and attacked the patrol, as a resultant role of which the match was stopped at 2–0 for the lithuanian cabaret. [ 75 ] A few days late, the UEFA Disciplinary Commission verified the solution of the touch with Vėtra for a 3–0 gain for the hosts and banned Legia from the stream european Cup and qualifying for european competition ( UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Intertoto Cup ) for the future five years. UEFA besides forced the Warsaw club to cover all losses caused by rioters at the host stadium. After submitting the entreaty, the penalty was temporarily suspended, taking into account the changes made to enhance condom at Legia ‘s matches. [ 76 ] At the center point of the league games Legia took second place, tied though it scored more points than in the championship season 2005–06. [ 77 ] The legionaries were ten-spot points behind first gear put Wisła Kraków. [ 78 ] Eventually, the team reached the polish Cup and Polish Super Cup [ 79 ] after winning against Wisla Kraków twice ( 0–0, 4–3 pen. and 2–1 ), and besides won the runner-up entitle. The legionaries secured their UEFA Cup performance in the following temper. In accession, the team played in the Ekstraklasa Cup final. The touch played in Grodzisk Wielkopolski was won by the local Dyskobolia, which after the 4–1 victory won the trophy. In the leap beat of the contest, the club joined the political campaign Let ‘s Kick Racism from the Stadium, organized by the Never Again Association – Nigdy Więcej – the players ran out on 22 March in a match against Widzew Łódź in shirts with the campaign ‘s name. [ 80 ] In the 2008–09 season Legia started by defeating the belarusian club FC Gomel ( 0–0 and 4–1 ) in the first base attack of the UEFA Cup qualifying round. In the moment the legionaries went to the russian FC Moscow. Both matches ended with the kill of legionnaires : in Warsaw 1–2, and in Moscow 0–2. The only goal scored for Legia was by Roger Guerreiro. In the league, the team repeated the previous year ‘s accomplishment, finishing second base at the conclusion of the season. The team besides reached the semi-finals of the polish Cup, in which they lost to Ruch Chorzow. In the rival for the Ekstraklasa Cup, Legia appeared in the quarterfinals and was eliminated by GKS Bełchatów .
Legia won its tenth title with another league backing at the conclusion of the 2013–14 Ekstraklasa temper. Legia qualified for the 2016–17 Champions League group stages for the first gear clock in 21 years after defeating Dundalk on 23 August 2016. The Legionnaires found themselves in group F with the likes of Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, and Sporting Lisbon. They finished third base place after winning 1–0 against Sporting Lisbon [ 81 ] on the last match sidereal day in the group stages, sending them to the circle of 32 in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Legia was drawn against Ajax where the first base pit fell scoreless in Warsaw. Legia won its 12th League style in the 2016–17 Ekstraklasa temper. They finished with a 0–0 string against Lechia Gdańsk. Legia needed a puff in the peer between Jagiellonia Białystok and Lech Poznań which finished 2–2 and gave Legia the title. [ 82 ] Legia ‘s third straight Eksrtaklasa title was won in dramatic circumstances. Needing to win off to Lech Poznan to guarantee the title, a 3–0 victory was awarded to Legia after the game was abandoned. satyr fans threw flares and invaded the cant after Legia scored to make it 2–0 in the 77th moment, after which the referee called the game off. [ 83 ] The leave meant Legia won the league, finishing three points above second placed Jagiellonia Białystok .
On 26 August 2021, Legia defeated SK Slavia Prague, and for the beginning time in five years qualified to the group stages of a european cup. [ 84 ] In the UEFA Europa League they were drawn to play in a group stage against Leicester City, Napoli and Spartak Moscow. [ 85 ]

Stadium & facilities [edit ]

Legia plays its games at Legia Warsaw Municipal Stadium of Marshal Józef Piłsudski ( polish : Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego ), traditionally besides referred to as the polish Army Stadium ( polish : Stadion Wojska Polskiego ), which is an all-seater football-specific stadium in Warsaw, Poland. Legia has been playing there since 9 August 1930. With outer space for 31,800 spectators it is the fifth biggest football stadium in the Ekstraklasa. The stadium undergo meaning reconstruction between 2008 and 2011, during which all of the stands were demolished and replaced with bigger and more mod ones which increased the stadium ‘s capacity from 13,500 to 31,800 seats. The polish Army Stadium is presently owned by the City of Warsaw. Additionaly to the independent stadium and its besiege infrastructure, the club has a newly built Legia Training Center completed in June 2020. facility is located in Książenice in Gmina Grodzisk Mazowiecki. Legia Training Center has been designated for the Legia Warsaw first team and their reserves and young person teams, as U18, U17, U16 and U15. The center facilities are, among others, eight pitches ; six with natural turf and two with artificial turf, hotel region and dormitory for players aged 13–18. [ 86 ]

• stadium outside
• VIP Stand
• The eastern stand named after Kazimierz Deyna

Supporters and rivalries [edit ]

As one of the most successful clubs in Poland, Legia Warsaw is besides one of its most popular clubs. Legia has gained devotion from generations of fans from Warsaw vitamin a well as around the state, chiefly in Masovian Voivodeship. Legia supporters are considered very spontaneous, dedicated and fanatic. consequently, in terms of quality of football support, they are besides frequently described as the best supporters in Poland. [ 92 ] Groups of fans follow Legia for practically all away matches, both domestic and external. Supporters of Legia occasionally attract besides some negative attention, in particular after events such as riots in Lithuania during a match against Vėtra Vilnius on 10 July 2007 .
traditionally, the most devoted and ad-lib fans occupy the Żyleta stand in their stadium. Before the stadium renovation ( 2008–2011 ), the “ old ” Żyleta referred only to the center section within the eastern resist of the stadium ( occasionally, it would besides refer to eastern stall as a solid ). There is a particular exhibition dedicated to the “ honest-to-god ” Żyleta in the Legia Warsaw Museum. [ 93 ] nowadays, after the stadium ‘s renovation, the “ fresh ” Żyleta means the whole northerly stand of stadium ( located behind the goal ). As regards their political sentiments, the supporters of Legia tend to be more proper wing. During communist times, in particular during the 1980s, Legia fans showed their patriotic and strongly anti-communistic views. nowadays, the fans actively participate in annual commemorations of the Warsaw Uprising and polish Independence Day. Legia fans are besides outspoken with their views on domestic issues, e.g. their dispute with erstwhile polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, adenine well as on international politics, e.g. by way of displaying banners reading “ Kosovo is serbian “ at the stadium. [ 94 ] On 22 October 2014, when Legia played with the ukrainian Metalists they displayed a standard with the names Lwów ( Lviv ) and Wilno ( Vilnius ) along with the coat of arms of Rzeczpospolita and flag of Poland on background, what led to negative reactions. [ 95 ] On 19 August 2015, in Lviv and Kyiv, where Legia played with Zorya, clashes between ukrainian and polish fans occurred. Domestically, Legia Warsaw supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Radomiak Radom, Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Olimpia Elbląg. [ 96 ] Internationally, Legia supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of ADO Den Haag and Juventus. Their domestic rivals include about all the other polish teams that play at the domestic top tier league level. Warsaw clubs, Polonia Warsaw, KS Warszawianka and Gwardia Warsaw, were Legia ‘s chief league rivals, but since 2013 none of them competes in Ekstraklasa .

Warsaw bowler hat [edit ]

The Warsaw bowler hat is a match between Legia and Polonia Warsaw

Matches

Legia wins

Draws

Polonia wins

78
29
20
29

Other local rivalries Between Legia and Gwardia Warsaw

Matches

Legia wins

Draws

Gwardia wins

50
19
16
15

Between Legia and KS Warszawianka

Matches

Legia wins

Draws

KS Warszawianka wins

20
10
2
8

Honours [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

As of the 2020–21 season.

 

record

Europe [edit ]

overall phonograph record [edit ]

As of 4 August 2021

Competition

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Champions League / European Cup

73

36

15

22

103

88

+15

Cup Winners’ Cup

37

14

12

11

53

39

+14

Europa League / UEFA Cup

117

51

27

39

171

127

+44

UEFA

227

101

54

72

327

254

+73

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

6

3

1

2

13

6

+7

Pre-UEFA

6

3

1

2

13

6

+7

Total

233

104

55

74

340

260

+80

Results [edit ]

note : italics means neutral station results or punish leave

UEFA Team ranking [edit ]

As of 18 September 2021. [97][98]

Best results in european competitions [edit ]

club records [edit ]

• Number of seasons in Ekstraklasa: 73 (from 1927–36 and from 1948–present)
• Biggest win in the league: 19 August 1956 Legia Warsaw – Wisła Kraków 12–0 (5–0)[99]
• Biggest defeat in the league: September 3, 1927 Pogoń Lwów – Legia Warsaw 11–2 (6–1)[100]
• Longest series of victories in the league: 9 (in 1931 and 1932)[101]
• Longest series of defeats in the league: 7 (1936)[101]
• Oldest goalscorer: Lucjan Brychczy – 37 years, 2 months, 25 days[102]
• Youngest goalscorer: Ariel Borysiuk – 16 years, 8 months, 5 days[103]

Club seasons [edit ]

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

As of 28 August 2021[104]

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Out on lend [edit ]

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retire numbers [edit ]

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hall of fame [edit ]

This is a list of former players and coaches who have been inducted into the Legia Warsaw Hall of Fame. [ 105 ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

As of 4 November 2021[106]

management [edit ]

Coaches and managers [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

1. ^
   “I liga 1992/1993″. 90minut.pl. Legia besides won 1st place in 1992–93 Ekstraklasa, but their final game v Wisła Kraków was cancelled due to the never prove allegations of “ cheating lead during the game ”. consequently, Legia was dropped into second plaza in the mesa. The polish FA ( PZPN ) decided to give the championship to Lech Poznań .

References [edit ]

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