The 2023–24 season was Legia Warsaw's107th season in existence and the club's 76th consecutive season in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in this season's editions of the Polish Super Cup, Polish Cup, Polish, and UEFA Europa Conference League, returning to the European football after a year-long absence. The season covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 25 May 2024.
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On 26 June, Legia left for a 10-day training camp in Kranzach in the municipality of Kössen, Austria. The footballers stayed at the Hotel Seehof.[4] Missing from the first-team players was Igor Strzałek, who was included in the Under-19 national team playing in the European Championships at the time.[4] Before the trip, the players won a friendly against Lechia Gdańsk at the Legia Training Center.[5] In Austria, Legia played three friendly matches. The first against FC Botoșani was won confidently 5–0, with a hattrick scored by Blaž Kramer.[6] In the next match against Qarabağ FK, Legia were led by assistant coach Przemysław Małecki as Kosta Runjaić left the training camp for private reasons. Legia won 2–0, with newly acquired Juergen Elitim scoring his first goal for the team.[7] The last and most difficult opponent during the training camp was the Austrian championFC Red Bull Salzburg, against whom Legia, however, won 2:0 after a good game.[8]
During the training camp in Austria, Israeli Ilay Elmkies was tested and played in a game against FC Botoșani, but the club decided not to sign him and the player left the training camp on 1 July.[9]
Source: ekstraklasa.org90minut.pl Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Number of away wins; 8) Lower number of points based on yellow and red cards (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point,
sending-off = 3 points - including 1 point for first yellow card); 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[10] Notes:
On 1 September 2023, the draw took place for the UEFA Europa League group stage. Legia Warsaw was drawn in Group E, alongside AZ Alkmaar, Aston Villa and Zrinjski Mostar.[12]
Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 27,801 Referee: Evángelos Manoúchos Assistant referees: Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Konstantinos Psárris Fourth official: Anastasios Papapetrou Fifth official: Angelos Evangelou Man of the Match: Ernest Muçi
^"Podręcznik Ekstraklasy na sezon 2021/2022" [Ekstraklasa handbook for the 2021/2022 season] (PDF). ekstraklasa.org (in Polish). Ekstraklasa SA. pp. 33–34. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
