2018–19 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw
2018-19 season
Chairman	Dariusz Mioduski
Manager	Dean Klafurić ; (14 April 2018 - 1 August 2018) ; Aleksandar Vuković ; (1 August 2018 - 13 August 2018) ; Ricardo Sá Pinto ; (13 August 2018 - 9 April 2019) ; Aleksandar Vuković ; (from 9 April 2019) (Interim)
Stadium	Polish Army Stadium
Ekstraklasa	2nd
Polish Cup	Quarterfinals
UEFA Champions League	Second Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa League	Third Qualifying Round
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Legia Warsaw season is the club's 102nd season of existence, and their 82nd in the top flight of Polish football. Legia entered the 2018–19 season as the defending Ekstraklasa champions.

Players

Current squad

As of 24 June 2019^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Mateusz Wieteska	Górnik Zabrze	Transfer	500,000 zł	14 June 2018	^[2]^[3]
19	FW	José Kanté	Wisła Płock	Transfer	Free	18 June 2018	^[2]^[4]
27	FW	Carlitos	Wisła Kraków	Transfer	Free	5 July 2018	^[5]
41	DF	Paweł Stolarski	Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer		14 August 2018	^[6]
24	MF	André Martins	Olympiacos	Transfer	Free	6 September 2018	^[7]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Jakub Czerwiński	Piast Gliwice	Transfer	275,000 €	30 May 2018	^[8]^[3]
3	DF	Maurício	S.S. Lazio	Loan	Loan end	9 June 2018	^[9]
3	DF	Konrad Jałocha	GKS Tychy	Transfer	Free	15 June 2018	^[10]
28	DF	Łukasz Broź	End of contract	Transfer	Free	20 June 2018	^[11]
19	DF	Rafał Makowski	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Transfer	Free	29 June 2018	^[12]
7	MF	Hildeberto Pereira	Vitória de Setúbal	Transfer	Unknown	2 August 2018	^[13]
77	MF	Konrad Michalak	Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer	Unknown	14 August 2018	^[14]

Competitions

Friendlies

17 June 2018 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	5 - 1	Mazur Karczew	Warsaw, Poland
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

24 June 2018 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	3 - 2	Stal Mielec	Warka, Poland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

30 June 2018 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	3 - 3	Górnik Łęczna	Warka, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

4 July 2018 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	5 - 2	FC Viitorul Constanța	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Warsaw)

6 July 2018 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	0 - 0	Radomiak Radom	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 500

Polish Super Cup

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14)	Legia Warsaw	2–3	Arka Gdynia	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST	Bodanov 2' (o.g.) Kanté 27' Philipps 30' 53' Mączyński 43' Vešović 44' Carlitos 61' Szymański 62' Kucharczyk 90+2'	Report	Zarandia 20' Marić 31' Bodanov 38' Janota 45+3' Nalepa 79'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 17,419 Referee: Mariusz Złotek

Polish Cup

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Round of 64	Chojniczanka Chojnice	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Chojnice
17:40 CEST		Report	Michał Pazdan 27'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Chojniczanka Attendance: 3,740 Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Round of 32	Piast Gliwice	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Legia Warsaw	Gliwice
20:30	Jakub Czerwiński 118'		Carlitos 111'	Stadium: Stadion Piast Attendance: 3,508 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Kraków)

5 December 2018 Round of 16	Chrobry Głogów	0–3	Legia Warsaw	Głogów
20:30			Michał Kucharczyk 31' Cafú 36', 82'	Stadium: GOS Stadium Attendance: 2,670 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

13 March 2019 Quarter-final	Raków Częstochowa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Legia Warsaw	Częstochowa
	Radosław Majecki 4' (o.g.) Andrzej Niewulis 112'		Michał Kucharczyk 30'	Stadium: Municipal Football Stadium Raków Attendance: 3,990 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

Ekstraklasa

Regular season

21 July 2018 1	Legia Warsaw	1 - 3	Zagłębie Lubin	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hloušek 37' Vešović 62' Żyro 78'	Report	Tuszyński 15', 87' Starzyński 21' (pen) Dąbrowski 58'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 12,278 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

28 July 2018 2	Korona Kielce	1 - 2	Legia Warsaw	Kielce, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Kielce City Stadium Attendance: 10,806 Referee: Piotr Lasyk (Bytom)

4 August 2018 3	Legia Warsaw	0 - 0	Lechia Gdańsk	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 16,153 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Kraków)

12 August 2018 4	Piast Gliwice	1 - 3	Legia Warsaw	Gliwice, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Attendance: 7,120

19 August 2018 5	Legia Warsaw	2 - 1	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 16,122

26 August 2018 6	Legia Warsaw	1 - 4	Wisła Płock	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 11,232

2 September 2018 7	KS Cracovia	0 - 0	Legia Warsaw	Kraków, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Attendance: 8,123

16 September 2018 8	Legia Warsaw	1 - 0	Lech Poznań	Warsaw, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 22,731 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Bydgoszcz)

22 September 2018 9	Miedź Legnica	1 - 4	Legia Warsaw	Legnica, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 5,875 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Kraków)

28 September 2018 10	Legia Warsaw	1 - 1	Arka Gdynia	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 14,849 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

6 October 2018 11	Śląsk Wrocław	0 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Legnica, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 20,084 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

21 October 2018 12	Legia Warsaw	3 - 3	Wisła Kraków	Warsaw, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 22,797 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

25 October 2018 13	Jagiellonia Białystok	1 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Białystok, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Referee: Mariusz Złotek (Stalowa Wola)

3 November 2018 14	Legia Warsaw	4 - 0	Górnik Zabrze	Warsaw, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Wojciech Myć (Lublin)

9 November 2018 15	Pogoń Szczecin	2 – 1	Legia Warsaw	Szczecin, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Drygas 11' Dvali 35' Niepsuj 57' Kowalczyk 58' Kožulj 76' Załuska 89'	Summary	Vešović 37' Hloušek 57' André Martins 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera Attendance: 13,564 Referee: Daniel Stefański

25 November 2018 16	Zagłębie Lubin	0 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Lubin, Poland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)			William Rémy 9'	Stadium: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin Attendance: 16,068

1 December 2018 17	Legia Warsaw	3 - 0	Korona Kielce	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cafú 8' Michał Kucharczyk 45+1' Sebastian Szymański 87'		Iván Márquez Álvarez 51'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 18.443

9 December 2018 18	Lechia Gdańsk	0 - 0	Legia Warsaw	Gdańsk, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 20.856 Referee: Szymon Marciniak

15 December 2018 19	Legia Warsaw	2 - 0	Piast Gliwice	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sandro Kulenović 20' Carlitos 84'			Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

20 December 2018 20	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	2 - 3	Legia Warsaw	Sosnowiec, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Piotr Polczak 8' Carlitos 48 (OG)'		William Rémy 47' Adam Hloušek 84' Sandro Kulenović 88'	Stadium: Stadion Ludowy

10 February 2019 21	Wisła Płock	0 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Płock, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 6,740

17 February 2019 22	Legia Warsaw	0 - 2	KS Cracovia	Warsaw, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 23,572

23 February 2019 23	Lech Poznań	2 - 0	Legia Warsaw	Poznań, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Attendance: 16,720

1 March 2019 24	Legia Warsaw	2 - 0	Miedź Legnica	Warsaw, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 21,362

9 March 2019 25	Arka Gdynia	1 - 2	Legia Warsaw	Gdynia, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)

16 March 2019 26	Legia Warsaw	1 - 0	Śląsk Wrocław	Warsaw, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

31 March 2019 27	Wisła Kraków	4 - 0	Legia Warsaw	Kraków, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)

3 April 2019 28	Legia Warsaw	3 - 0	Jagiellonia Białystok	Warsaw, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

6 April 2019 29	Górnik Zabrze	1 - 2	Legia Warsaw	Zabrze, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)

13 April 2019 30	Legia Warsaw	3 - 1	Pogoń Szczecin	Warsaw, Poland
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lechia Gdańsk	30	17	9	4	45	25	+20	60^[a]	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Legia Warsaw	30	18	6	6	48	31	+17	60^[a]
3	Piast Gliwice	30	15	8	7	47	31	+16	53
4	Cracovia	30	14	6	10	39	34	+5	48
5	Zagłębie Lubin	30	14	5	11	48	38	+10	47^[b]

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played.)
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Legia Warsaw 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk, Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Legia Warsaw. Goal difference: Lechia Gdańsk (+20), Legia Warsaw (+17)
^ Head-to-head record: Zagłębie Lubin 0–2 Jagiellonia Białystok, Jagiellonia Białystok 0–4 Zagłębie Lubin.

Championship Round

20 April 2019 31	Legia Warsaw	1 - 0	KS Cracovia	Warsaw
14:30 BST		Report		Attendance: 13,632

24 April 2019 32	Lech Poznan	1 - 0	Legia Warsaw	Poznan
17:00 BST		Report		Attendance: 11,935

27 April 2019 33	Lechia Gdańsk	1 - 3	Legia Warsaw	Gdańsk
		Report		Attendance: 25,000

4 May 2019 34	Legia Warsaw	0 - 1	Piast Gliwice	Warsaw
		Report

12 May 2019 35	Legia Warsaw	1 - 1	Pogoń Szczecin	Warsaw
		Report		Attendance: 22,161

15 May 2019 36	Jagiellonia Białystok	1 - 0	Legia Warsaw	Białystok
		Report		Attendance: 13,573

19 May 2019 37	Legia Warsaw	2 - 2	Zagłębie Lubin	Warsaw
		Report		Attendance: 23,000

Win Draw Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Piast Gliwice (C)	37	21	9	7	57	33	+24	72	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Legia Warsaw	37	20	8	9	55	38	+17	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Lechia Gdańsk	37	19	10	8	54	38	+16	67	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	Cracovia	37	17	6	14	45	43	+2	57^[b]	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Jagiellonia Białystok	37	16	9	12	55	52	+3	57^[b]

Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[15]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Lechia Gdańsk qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Polish Cup.
^ ^a ^b Points in regular season: Cracovia 48 points, Jagiellonia Białystok 47 points.

Champions League

First qualifying round

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10)	Cork City	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Turners Cross, Cork
20:45 (19:45 IST)	McCormack 35' McNamee 41' Buckley 78'	Report	Kucharczyk 79'	Attendance: 5,795 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)	Legia Warsaw	3–0	Cork City	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
20:45	Kanté 28' Astiz 66' Radović 73' (pen) Carlitos 89'	Report		Attendance: 12,573 Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Legia Warsaw won 4–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24)	Legia Warsaw	0–2	Spartak Trnava	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
21:00		Report	Grendel 16' Vlasko 90+3'	Attendance: 15,527^[16] Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)

31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)	Spartak Trnava	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
20:30		Report	Astiz 63'	Attendance: 17,204^[16] Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

Spartak Trnava won 2–1 on aggregate.

Europa League

Third qualifying round

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)	Legia Warsaw	1–2	F91 Dudelange	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
21:00	Carlitos 27'	Report	Couturier 24' Turpel 62' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,923 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)	F91 Dudelange	2–2	Legia Warsaw	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City^{[note 1]}
20:00	Stumpf 7' Stélvio 17'	Report	Kanté 33', 86'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

F91 Dudelange won 4–3 on aggregate.

Statistics

Notes

^ F91 Dudelange played their third qualifying and play-off rounds home matches at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

External links

[table_hth_LGD0.57227870708903-15] Head-to-head record: Legia Warsaw 0–0 Lechia Gdańsk, Lechia Gdańsk 0–0 Legia Warsaw. Goal difference: Lechia Gdańsk (+20), Legia Warsaw (+17)

[table_hth_ZAG0.57227870708903-16] Head-to-head record: Zagłębie Lubin 0–2 Jagiellonia Białystok, Jagiellonia Białystok 0–4 Zagłębie Lubin.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.99977950239544-17] Lechia Gdańsk qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Polish Cup.

[table_hth_CRA0.99977950239544-18] Points in regular season: Cracovia 48 points, Jagiellonia Białystok 47 points.

[Dudelange-21] F91 Dudelange played their third qualifying and play-off rounds home matches at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange.

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[MATEUSZ_WIETESKA_ZAWODNIKIEM_LEGII-2] "MATEUSZ WIETESKA ZAWODNIKIEM LEGII" (in Polish). legia.com. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[Piast_wykupił_Jakuba_Czerwińskiego-3] "Piast wykupił Jakuba Czerwińskiego" (in Polish). legia.net. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[4] "PJOSE KANTE PODPISAŁ KONTRAKT Z LEGIĄ" (in Polish). legia.com. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[5] "Carlitos zawodnikiem Legii" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[6] "PAWEŁ STOLARSKI PIŁKARZEM LEGII" (in Polish). legia.com. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[7] "Andre Martins piłkarzem Legii" (in Polish). legia.com. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

[8] "Piast wykupił Jakuba Czerwińskiego" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[9] "MAURICIO ODCHODZI Z LEGII" (in Polish). legia.com. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

[10] "Konrad Jałocha na dłużej w GKS-ie Tychy" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[11] "ŁUKASZ BROŹ ŻEGNA SIĘ Z LEGIĄ" (in Polish). legia.com. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[12] "Rafał Makowski zawodnikiem Zagłębia" (in Polish). Zaglebie.eu. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[13] "HILDEBERTO ODCHODZI Z LEGII" (in Polish). Legia Warszawa. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[14] "KONRAD MICHALAK ODCHODZI Z LEGII" (in Polish). Legia Warszawa. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[Rozgrywki_-_Zasady-19] "Rozgrywki - Zasady". Ekstraklasa. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[AttendanceQR2-20] "Summary UEFA Champions League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

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