2008–09 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw
2008–09 season
ChairmanPoland Leszek Miklas
ManagerPoland Jan Urban
Orange Ekstraklasa2nd
Polish CupSemifinals
UEFA CupSecond Qualifying Round

During the 2008-09 Season, Legia Warsaw participated in the Polish first division, the Ekstraklasa.

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
25 March 2008 Ukraine Konstatin Makhnovskyy ŁKS Łódź Free transfer
23 May 2008 Zimbabwe Takesure Chinyama Monomotapa United €300,000
29 May 2008 Poland Piotr Giza Cracovia Undisclosed
30 May 2008 Poland Piotr Rocki Dyskobolia Undisclosed
10 June 2008 North Macedonia Panče Kumbev Dyskobolia Free transfer
10 June 2008 Spain Mikel Arruabarrena CD Tenerife Free transfer
20 June 2008 Poland Maciej Iwanski Zagłębie Lubin €650,000
2 July 2008 Spain Tito Espanyol Barcelona Loan
20 July 2008 Spain Inaki Astiz CA Osasuna Free transfer
January 2009 Poland Tomasz Jarzębowski GKS Bełchatów Undisclosed
January 2009 Poland Krzysztof Ostrowski Śląsk Wrocław Undisclosed
January 2009 Poland Kamil Majkowski Wisła Płock Loan return
January 2009 Poland Adrian Paluchowski Znicz Pruszków Loan return
February 2009 Poland Patryk Koziara Legia Warsaw youth None
Total
€950,000

Out

Date Player New Club Cost
23 May 2008 Spain Antonio Aguilera Balbino Contract termination
15 June 2008 Spain Inaki Astiz Osasuna Loan return
20 June 2008 Poland Maciej Korzym Odra Loan
30 July 2008 Poland Maciej Gostomski Zagłębie Sosnowiec Loan
August 2008 Poland Wojciech Wocial Znicz Pruszków Loan
August 2008 Poland Artur Jędrzejczyk Dolcan Ząbki Loan
August 2008 Poland Wojciech Trochim Dolcan Ząbki Loan
August 2008 Poland Błażej Augustyn Rimini Calcio F.C. Loan
January 2009 Spain Mikel Arruabarrena SD Eibar Loan
January 2009 Poland Piotr Bronowicki Piast Gliwice End of contract
January 2009 Poland Jakub Wawrzyniak Panathinaikos FC Undisclosed
January 2009 Poland Przemysław Wysocki Piast Gliwice Loan
January 2009 Poland Kamil Grosicki Jagiellonia Białystok Loan
January 2009 Brazil Edson Luis da Silva Clube Náutico Capibaribe Undisclosed
January 2009 Serbia Aleksandar Vuković Iraklis Undisclosed
January 2009 Poland Marcin Smoliński ŁKS Łódź Undisclosed
Total
TBC

Squad

As of 18 February 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Wojciech Skaba
2 DF Spain ESP Iñaki Descarga
3 DF Poland POL Wojciech Szala
4 DF Zimbabwe ZIM Dickson Choto
5 MF Spain ESP Tito
6 MF Poland POL Roger
7 MF Poland POL Piotr Giza
8 MF Poland POL Maciej Iwański
9 FW Poland POL Bartłomiej Grzelak
11 DF Poland POL Tomasz Kiełbowicz
12 GK Ukraine UKR Konstatin Makhnovskyy
15 DF Spain ESP Inaki Astiz
16 MF Poland POL Ariel Borysiuk
18 MF Poland POL Kamil Majkowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Zimbabwe ZIM Takesure Chinyama
20 MF Poland POL Sebastian Szałachowski
22 FW Poland POL Piotr Rocki
23 FW Poland POL Adrian Paluchowski
24 MF Poland POL Patryk Koziara
25 DF Poland POL Jakub Rzeźniczak
26 DF North Macedonia MKD Panče Kumbev
30 MF Nigeria NGA Martins Ekwueme
31 MF Poland POL Maciej Rybus
32 MF Serbia SRB Miroslav Radović
46 MF Poland POL Krzysztof Ostrowski
78 MF Poland POL Tomasz Jarzębowski
82 GK Slovakia SVK Ján Mucha

Match results

Friendlies

Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A) 		Result Scorers Attendance
8 July 2008 FC Luzern A 1-1 Grzelak TBC
10 July 2008 FC Basel A 1-6 Iwański TBC
26 July 2008 Legia Warszawa Reserve Team H 3-1 Szałachowski
2xGrzelak 		TBC
26 July 2008 Dolcan Ząbki H 2-0 2xGrzelak TBC
2 August 2008 Jagiellonia Białystok H 0-2 TBC

Ekstraklasa

Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A) 		Result Scorers Attendance
8 August Polonia Warszawa H 2-2 Grzelak
Iwański 		7500
15 August Odra A 0-2 5,000
22 August Jagiellonia Białystok H 2-0 2xRadović 4,000
29 August Górnik Zabrze A 3-0 Chinyama
Szałachowski
Roger 		17,000
12 September Arka Gdynia H 2-0 Chinyama
Radović 		4,000
19 September Cracovia A 3-0 Roger
Chinyama
Giza 		2,500
26 September Piast Gliwice H 3-1 Edson
o.gGlik
Chiyama 		5,000
3 October Lech Poznań A 0-0 24,000
17 October ŁKS Łódź A 0-0 5,000
24 October Wisła Kraków H 2-1 Grzelak
Chinyama 		10,000
30 October Lechia Gdańsk H 3-0 2xChinyama
Édson 		7,000
November 7 Polonia Bytom A 0-1 6,000
November 11 GKS Bełchatów A 0-1 4,500
November 14 Śląsk Wrocław H 4-0 Iwański
Chinyama
Kumbev
Wawrzyniak 		11,000
November 21 Ruch Chorzów A 1-0 Chinyama 7,000
November 28 Lechia Gdańsk A 3-2 o.gKosznik
2xChinyama 		11,000
December 5 GKS Bełchatów H 3-0 Rybus
Chinyama
Giza 		5,000
Polonia Warszawa A TBC
Odra H TBC
Jagiellonia Białystok A TBC
Górnik Zabrze H TBC
Arka Gdynia A TBC
Cracovia H TBC
Piast Gliwice A TBC
Lech Poznań H TBC
ŁKS Łódź H TBC
Wisła Kraków A TBC
Polonia Bytom H TBC
Śląsk Wrocław A TBC
Ruch Chorzów H TBC

Polish Super Cup

Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A) 		Result Scorers Attendance
20 July 2008 Wisła Kraków N 2-1 Chinyama
Rocki 		3,000

Polish Cup

Round Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A) 		Result Scorers Attendance
1/16 23 September 2008 Wisła Płock A 2-1 a.e.t 2x Iwański 3,500

Puchar Ligi

Round Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A) 		Result Scorers Attendance
1, Group D 2 September 2008 Polonia Warszawa A 0-3 w.o
2, Group D 5 September 2008 ŁKS Łódź H 3-0 Wawrzyniak
Chinyama
Vuković 		700

UEFA Cup

Round Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A) 		Result Scorers Attendance
First qualifying round 17 July 2008 FC Gomel H 0-0 6,000
First qualifying round 31 July 2008 FC Gomel A 1-4 2x Szałachowski
2x Iwański 		8,000

Player statistics

No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps Goals YC RC
1 GK Poland Poland Wojciech Skaba 1 0 0 0
2 DF Spain Spain Iñaki Descarga 3 0 0 0
3 DF Poland Poland Wojciech Szala 10(1) 0 3 0
4 DF Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Dickson Choto 19 0 3 0
6 MF Poland Poland Roger 26(2) 4 4 0
7 MF Poland Poland Piotr Giza 14(8) 5 3 0
8 MF Poland Poland Maciej Iwański 29(1) 4 3 0
9 FW Poland Poland Bartłomiej Grzelak 5(4) 2 1 0
11 DF Poland Poland Tomasz Kiełbowicz 11(3) 0 2 0
12 GK Ukraine Ukraine Konstatin Makhnovskyy 0 0 0 0
14 MF Serbia Serbia Aleksandar Vuković 6(3) 0 2 0
15 DF Spain Spain Inaki Astiz 26 1 4 0
16 MF Poland Poland Ariel Borysiuk 13(5) 0 4 0
17 DF Poland Poland Marcin Komorowski 5(1) 0 0 0
19 FW Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Takesure Chinyama 24(2) 19 3 0
20 MF Poland Poland Sebastian Szalachowski 5 1 0 0
22 MF Poland Poland Piotr Rocki 5(11) 0 1 0
23 DF Poland Poland Adrian Paluchowski 4(3) 2 1 0
24 DF Poland Poland Jakub Wawrzyniak 16 1 2 0
25 DF Poland Poland Jakub Rzeźniczak 23 1 4 0
26 DF North Macedonia Macedonia Panče Kumbev 7(2) 1 3 0
27 MF Brazil Brazil Édson 5(2) 2 0 0
28 MF Poland Poland Marcin Smoliński 1 0 0 0
30 MF Nigeria Nigeria Martins Ekwueme 1(2) 0 0 0
31 MF Poland Poland Maciej Rybus 21(6) 3 2 0
32 MF Serbia Serbia Miroslav Radović 18(10) 3 2 0
33 FW Poland Poland Kamil Majkowski 0(2) 0 0 0
40 FW Spain Spain Mikel Arruabarrena 0(5) 0 0 0
46 MF Poland Poland Krzysztof Ostrowski 0(5) 0 0 0
78 MF Poland Poland Tomasz Jarzebowski 4(3) 0 0 0
82 GK Slovakia Slovakia Ján Mucha 29 0 0 0

Top scorers

As of 2008/09 Season

P Player Position Ekstraklasa Polish Cup Puchat Ligi UEFA Cup Total
1 Zimbabwe Takesure Chinyama Forward 4 0 1 0 5
2 Poland Maciej Iwański Midfielder 1 2 0 2 5
3 Serbia Miroslav Radović Midfielder 3 0 0 0 3
4 Poland Roger Midfielder 2 0 0 1 3
5 Poland Sebastian Szalachowski Midfielder 1 0 0 2 3

Most assists

As of 2008/09 Season

P Player Position Ekstraklasa Polish Cup Puchat Ligi UEFA Cup Total
1 Serbia Miroslav Radović Midfielder 1 0 0 0 0
2 Poland Tomasz Kiełbowicz Midfielder 0 0 0 1 1
3 Poland Jakub Rzeźniczak Forward 0 0 0 1 1
4 Poland Maciej Iwański Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0
5 Poland Sebastian Szałachowski Forward 0 0 0 0 0

Most appearances

As of 2008/09 Season

P Player Position Ekstraklasa Polish Cup Puchar Ligi UEFA Cup Total
1 Slovakia Ján Mucha Goalkeeper 1 0 0 2 3
2 Poland Roger Midfielder 1 0 0 2 3
3 Poland Maciej Iwański Forward 1 0 0 2 3
4 Serbia Miroslav Radović Midfielder 1 0 0 2 3
5 Poland Wojciech Szala Midfielder 1 0 0 2 3

References