2018–19 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw
2018-19 season
ChairmanDariusz Mioduski
ManagerDean 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)
StadiumPolish Army Stadium
Ekstraklasa2nd
Polish CupQuarterfinals
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa LeagueThird Qualifying Round

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, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Poland POL Arkadiusz Malarz (vice-captain)
4 DF Poland POL Mateusz Wieteska
6 MF Luxembourg LUX Chris Philipps
7 MF Croatia CRO Domagoj Antolić
11 FW Poland POL Jarosław Niezgoda
16 DF Portugal POR Luís Rocha
20 MF Montenegro MNE Marko Vešović
21 MF Hungary HUN Dominik Nagy
23 MF Portugal POR Salvador Agra
24 MF Portugal POR André Martins
26 MF Portugal POR Cafú
27 FW Spain ESP Carlitos
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 GK Poland POL Radosław Majecki
33 GK Poland POL Radosław Cierzniak
34 DF Spain ESP Iñaki Astiz
35 GK Poland POL Cezary Miszta
40 MF Poland POL Michał Karbownik
41 DF Poland POL Paweł Stolarski
44 DF France FRA William Rémy
50 MF Poland POL Mateusz Praszelik
55 DF Poland POL Artur Jędrzejczyk
99 FW Croatia CRO Sandro Kulenović
MF Georgia (country) GEO Valerian Gvilia

Out on loan

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
3 MF Poland POL Tomasz Jodłowiec (at Piast Gliwice)
5 DF Poland POL Mateusz Hołownia (at Śląsk Wrocław)
9 FW France FRA Vamara Sanogo (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec)
12 FW Ghana GHA Sadam Sulley (at MFK Zemplín Michalovce)
13 MF Poland POL Łukasz Moneta (at Bytovia Bytów)
15 MF Poland POL Michał Kopczyński (at Wellington Phoenix)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Poland POL Mikołaj Kwietniewski (at Bytovia Bytów)
19 FW Guinea GUI José Kanté (at Gimnàstic de Tarragona)
23 DF Poland POL Mateusz Żyro (at Miedź Legnica)
MF Poland POL Tomasz Nawotka (at Zagłębie Sosnowiec)
MF Poland POL Kacper Kostorz (at Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała)
MF Poland POL Kacper Skibicki (at Olimpia Grudziądz)

Transfers

In

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

Out

No. Pos Player To Type Fee Date Source
4 DF Poland Jakub Czerwiński Piast Gliwice Transfer €275,000 30 May 2018 [8][3]
3 DF Brazil Maurício S.S. Lazio Loan Loan end 9 June 2018 [9]
3 DF Poland Konrad Jałocha GKS Tychy Transfer Free 15 June 2018 [10]
28 DF Poland Łukasz Broź End of contract Transfer Free 20 June 2018 [11]
19 DF Poland Rafał Makowski Zagłębie Sosnowiec Transfer Free 29 June 2018 [12]
7 MF Portugal Hildeberto Pereira Vitória de Setúbal Transfer Unknown 2 August 2018 [13]
77 MF Poland 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 Yellow card 27'
Philipps 30' Yellow card 53'
Mączyński Yellow card 43'
Vešović Yellow card 44'
Carlitos Yellow card 61'
Szymański Yellow card 62'
Kucharczyk Yellow card 90+2'
Report Zarandia 20'
Marić Yellow card 31'
Bodanov 38'
Janota 45+3'
Nalepa Yellow card 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 Yellow card 62'
Żyro Yellow card 78'
Report Tuszyński 15', 87'
Starzyński 21' (pen)
Dąbrowski Yellow card 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)
Summary
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 Red card 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 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:
  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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 Poznań 1 - 0 Legia Warsaw Poznań
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 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:
  1. ^ Lechia Gdańsk qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Polish Cup.
  2. ^ 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 Republic of Ireland 0–1 Poland Legia Warsaw Turners Cross, Cork
20:45 (19:45 IST) McCormack Yellow card 35'
McNamee Yellow card 41'
Buckley Yellow card 78'
Report Kucharczyk 79' Attendance: 5,795
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Legia Warsaw Poland 3–0 Republic of Ireland Cork City Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
20:45 Kanté 28'
Astiz Yellow card 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 Poland 0–2 Slovakia Spartak Trnava Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
21:00 Report
Attendance: 15,527[16]
Referee: Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) Spartak Trnava Slovakia 0–1 Poland Legia Warsaw Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
20:30 Report
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 Poland 1–2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
21:00 Report
Attendance: 9,923
Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)
16 August 2018 (2018-08-16) F91 Dudelange Luxembourg 2–2 Poland Legia Warsaw Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City[note 1]
20:00 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

F91 Dudelange won 4–3 on aggregate.


Statistics

Notes

  1. ^ 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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