2023–24 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw

2023–24 season
Chairman	Dariusz Mioduski
Manager	Kosta Runjaić
Stadium	Stadion Wojska Polskiego
Ekstraklasa	5th
Polish Cup	Round of 16
Polish Super Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa Conference League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Tomáš Pekhart (6) All: Tomáš Pekhart (10)
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The 2023–24 season is Legia Warsaw's 107th season in existence and the club's 76th consecutive season in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, they will also participate 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 covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Kosta Runjaić
Assistant coaches	Przemysław Małecki, Inaki Astiz
Fitness coaches	Bartosz Bibrowicz, Stergios Fotopoulos, Dawid Goliński
Goalkeeping coaches	Arkadiusz Malarz, Krzysztof Dowhań
Analysts	Piotr Parchan, Przemysław Małecki

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 August 2022^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Kacper Tobiasz 3 DF  FRA Steve Kapuadi 4 DF  SUI Marco Burch 5 DF  POR Yuri Ribeiro 6 MW  RUS Ramil Mustafajew 7 FW  CZE Tomáš Pekhart 8 MF  POL Rafał Augustyniak 9 FW  SVN Blaž Kramer 11 MF  SVK Róbert Pich 12 DF  SRB Radovan Pankov 13 MF  POL Paweł Wszołek 14 MF  UKR Ihor Kharatin 17 MF  POR Gil Dias 18 MF  POL Patryk Sokołowski 20 FW  ALB Ernest Muçi 21 MF  ALB Jurgen Çelhaka 22 MF  COL Juergen Elitim

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  POL Jan Ziółkowski 26 MF  POL Filip Rejczyk 27 MF  POR Josué (captain) 28 FW  ESP Marc Gual 29 DF  MRI Lindsay Rose 30 GK  POL Dominik Hładun 31 GK  POL Cezary Miszta 32 MF  GER Makana Baku 33 MF  POL Patryk Kun 39 FW  POL Maciej Rosołek 55 DF  POL Artur Jędrzejczyk 63 MF  POL Jakub Kisiel 67 MF  POL Bartosz Kapustka 77 MF  POL Jakub Jędrasik 81 GK  POL Jakub Trojanowski 86 MF  POL Igor Strzałek 99 MF  POL Bartosz Slisz

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Marc Gual	Jagiellonia Białystok	Transfer	Free	30 June 2023	[2]
MF	Patryk Kun	Raków Częstochowa	Transfer	Free	30 June 2023
DF	Radovan Pankov	Red Star Belgrade	Transfer	Free	30 June 2023	[2]
MF	Juergen Elitim	Watford F.C.	Transfer	Free	30 June 2023	[3]
GK	Gabriel Kobylak	Radomiak Radom	End of loan	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Ramil Mustafajew	Stal Rzeszów	End of loan	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Steve Kapuadi	Wisła Płock	Transfer	?	22 August 2023
DF	Marco Burch	FC Luzern	Transfer	?	3 September 2023	[3]
MF	Gil Dias	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	?	4 September 2023	[4]
MF	Ryoya Morishita	Nagoya Grampus	Loan	?	9 January 2024	[5]
MF	Qëndrim Zyba	FC Ballkani	Loan	?	2 February 2024	[6]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Filip Mladenović	Panathinaikos F.C.	Transfer	Free	12 June 2023
DF	Kacper Skibicki	GKS Tychy	Transfer	Undisclosed	30 June 2023	[7]
DF	Joel Abu Hanna	Maccabi Netanya F.C.	Transfer	Free	27 June 2023
DF	Maik Nawrocki	Celtic F.C.	Transfer	£4,300,000	26 July 2023	[8]
DF	Nikodem Niski	Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki	Transfer	?	1 August 2023	[9]
MF	Bartosz Slisz	Atlanta United FC	Transfer	$3,500,000	17 January 2024	[10]
MF	Jakub Jędrasik	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	Transfer	?	24 January 2024	[11]
MF	Ernest Muçi	Beşiktaş J.K.	Transfer	€10,000,000	9 February 2024	[12]

Out on loan

Pos	Player	To	On loan until	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Jordan Majchrzak	Puszcza Niepołomice	End of season	?	20 July 2023	[13]
MF	Maddox Sobociński	GKS Wikielec	End of season	?	27 July 2023	[14]
MF	Bartłomiej Ciepiela	Resovia Rzeszów	End of season	?	11 August 2023	[15]
MF	Makana Baku	OFI Crete F.C.	End of season	?	15 January 2024	[16]
MF	Igor Strzałek	Stal Mielec	End of season	?	15 January 2024	[17]
MF	Cezary Miszta	Rio Ave F.C.	End of season	?	30 January 2024	[18]
GK	Gabriel Kobylak	Radomiak Radom	End of season	?	29 January 2024	[19]

Released

Pos	Player	Subsequent club	Type	Date	Source
MF	Mattias Johansson	–	End of contract	30 June 2023	[20]
GK	Jakub Trojanowski	GKS Jastrzębie	End of contract	30 June 2023	[21]
FW	Carlitos	PAS Lamia 1964	Contract termination	1 August 2023	[22]
DF	Lindsay Rose	Aris Thessaloniki	Contract termination	29 December 2023	[23]
MF	Patryk Sokołowski	Cracovia	End of contract	31 December 2023	[24]
MF	Kacper Bogusiewicz	Pogoń Siedlce	End of contract	31 December 2023	[25]
MF	Róbert Pich	Othellos Athienou FC	Contract termination	4 January 2024	[26]

Pre-season and friendlies

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 champion FC 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]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Legia Warsaw v Lechia Gdańsk

24 June 2023 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	3–1	Lechia Gdańsk	Książenice, Poland
13:00 CEST	Carlitos 22' Josué 28' Mustafajew 68'	Report	Sezonienko 85'	Stadium: Legia Training Center

Legia Warsaw v FC Botoșani

28 June 2023 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	5–0	FC Botoșani	Schwaz, Austria
18:00 CEST	Kramer 10' Gual 11' Kramer 38' Kramer 39' Gual 42'	Report		Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena

Legia Warsaw v Qarabağ FK

1 July 2023 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	2–0	Qarabağ FK	Kössen, Austria
18:00 CEST	Rosołek 74' Elitim 80'	Report		Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena

Legia Warsaw v FC Red Bull Salzburg

4 July 2023 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	2–0	FC Red Bull Salzburg	Saalfelden, Austria
18:00 CEST	Augustyniak 66' Nawrocki 72'	Report		Stadium: Saalfelden Arena

Legia Warsaw v Olimpia Elbląg

14 January 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	6–0	Olimpia Elbląg	Książenice, Poland
14:00 CEST	Witan 18' (o.g.) Rosołek 25' Gual 34' Gual 36' Rosołek 44' Urbański 83'			Stadium: Legia Training Center

Legia Warsaw v FC Ordabasy

20 January 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	1–0	FC Ordabasy	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CEST	Elitim 77'	Report

Legia Warsaw v Rapid Wien

25 January 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	1–1	Rapid Wien	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CEST	Josué 77'	Report	Burgstaller 62'

Legia Warsaw v Dinamo Kyiv

29 January 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	3–1	Dinamo Kyiv	Belek, Turkey
15:00 CEST	Muçi 31' Augustyniak 45' Kramer 55'	Report	Benito 34'	Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak

Legia Warsaw v Stal Rzeszów

2 February 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	3–1	Stal Rzeszów	Książenice, Poland
14:00 CEST	Muçi 38' Pekhart 49' Ribeiro 59'	Report	Bukowski 7'	Stadium: Legia Training Center Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak

Competitions

Overview

Ekstraklasa

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2023.^[11]

Polish Cup

Polish Super Cup

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

FC Ordabasy v Legia Warsaw

27 July 2023 First leg	FC Ordabasy	2–2	Legia Warsaw	Shymkent, Kazakhstan
17:00 CEST	Sadovsky 13' Mbodj 48'	Report	Pekhart 63' Kramer 86'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 18,056 Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson

Legia Warsaw v FC Ordabasy

3 August 2023 Second leg	Legia Warsaw	3–2 (5-4 agg.)	FC Ordabasy	Warsaw, Poland
21:00 CEST	Wszołek 18' Ribeiro 42' Pekhart 71'	Report	Sadovsky 57' Malyi 84'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 23,517 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Third qualifying round

Legia Warsaw v FK Austria Wien

10 August 2023 First leg	Legia Warsaw	1–2	FK Austria Wien	Warsaw, Poland
21:00 CEST	Muçi 87'	Report	Huskovic 11' Huskovic 56'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 26,519 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

FK Austria Wien v Legia Warsaw

17 August 2023 Second leg	FK Austria Wien	3–5 (5–6 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Vienna, Austria
19:00 CEST	Gruber 69' Gruber 83' Ranftl 90'	Report	Elitim 39' Gual 45' Pekhart 58' Rosołek 87' Muçi 90'	Stadium: Franz Horr Stadium Attendance: 10,288 Referee: István Vad

Fourth qualifying round

FC Midtjylland v Legia Warsaw

24 August 2023 First leg	FC Midtjylland	3–3	Legia Warsaw	Herning, Denmark
20:00 CEST	Juninho 16' Franculino 34' Franculino 71'	Report	Gual 26' Slisz 64' Kramer 86'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 7,228 Referee: Mykola Balakin

Legia Warsaw v FC Midtjylland

31 August 2023 Second leg	Legia Warsaw	1–1 (4–4 agg.) (6–5 p)	FC Midtjylland	Warsaw, Poland
21:00 CEST	Pekhart 53'	Report	Paulinho 70'	Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 27,312 Referee: Simone Sozza
	Penalties
	Slisz Muçi Pankov Kramer Josué Rosołek		Cho Juninho Rømer Sørensen Dyhr Gartenmann

Group stage

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]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AVL	LEG	AZ	ZRI
1	Aston Villa	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Legia Warsaw	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		3–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	AZ	6	2	0	4	7	12	−5	6			1–4	1–0	—	1–0
4	Zrinjski Mostar	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4			1–1	1–2	4–3	—

Legia Warsaw v Aston Villa

21 September 2023 1	Legia Warsaw	3–2	Aston Villa	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CEST	Wszołek 3' Muçi 26', 51'	Report	Durán 6' Digne 38'	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

AZ Alkmaar v Legia Warsaw

5 October 2023 2	AZ Alkmaar	1–0	Legia Warsaw	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CEST	Pavlidis 52' Lahdo  65'	Report		Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 14,239 Referee: Nenad Minaković

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar v Legia Warsaw

26 October 2023 3	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	1–2	Legia Warsaw	Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21:00 CEST	Bilbija 30'	Report	Jakovljević 32' (o.g.) Kramer 62'	Stadium: Stadion pod Bijelim Brijegom Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Legia Warsaw v HŠK Zrinjski Mostar

9 November 2023 4	Legia Warsaw	2–0	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CEST	Augustyniak 14' Josué 30'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 24,616 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Aston Villa v Legia Warsaw

30 November 2023 5	Aston Villa	2–1	Legia Warsaw	Aston, England
21:00 CEST	Diaby 4' Moreno 58'	Report	Muçi 20'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,866 Referee: Marco di Bello

Legia Warsaw v AZ Alkmaar

14 December 2023 6	Legia Warsaw	2–0	AZ Alkmaar	Warsaw, Poland
18:45 CEST	Ribeiro 34' Kramer 81'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Attendance: 27,369 Referee: Harald Lechner

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

Molde FK v Legia Warsaw

15 February 2024 First leg	Molde FK	3–2	Legia Warsaw	Reknes, Molde, Norway
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gulbrandsen 12' Gulbrandsen 19' Kaasa 24'	Report	Josué 63' Rafał Augustyniak 71'	Stadium: Aker Stadion Attendance: 11,348 Referee: Enea Jorgji

Legia Warsaw v Molde FK

22 February 2024 Second leg	Legia Warsaw	v	Molde FK	Warsaw, Poland
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Referee: Harm Osmers

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 24 August 2023.^[13]

No.	Pos	Player	Ekstraklasa		Polish Cup		UEFA Europa Conf. League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Kacper Tobiasz	3	0	0	0	5	0	8	0
30	GK	Dominik Hładun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	Cezary Miszta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	GK	Jakub Trojanowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	Steve Kapuadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Yuri Ribeiro	4	0	0	0	4	1	8	1
12	DF	Radovan Pankov	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
24	DF	Jan Ziółkowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Lindsay Rose	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
55	DF	Artur Jędrzejczyk	3	0	0	0	5	0	8	0
Midfielders
8	MF	Rafał Augustyniak	3	0	0	0	5	0	8	0
11	MF	Robert Pich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Paweł Wszołek	3	0	0	0	5	1	8	1
14	MF	Ihor Kharatin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Jurgen Çelhaka	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
18	MF	Patryk Sokołowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Juergen Elitim	4	0	0	0	5	1	9	1
25	MF	Ryoya Morishita	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Filip Rejczyk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	Josué Pesqueira	4	2	0	0	5	1	9	3
28	MF	Makana Baku	3	1	0	0	3	0	6	1
33	MF	Patryk Kun	4	0	0	0	5	0	9	0
67	MF	Bartosz Kapustka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	MF	Jakub Jędrasik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	MF	Igor Strzałek	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99	MF	Bartosz Slisz	4	0	0	0	5	1	9	1
Forwards
7	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	3	4	0	0	5	3	8	7
9	FW	Blaž Kramer	2	0	0	0	3	2	5	2
19	FW	Ernest Muçi	4	0	0	0	5	2	9	2
28	FW	Marc Gual	4	1	0	0	5	1	9	2
39	FW	Maciej Rosołek	4	0	0	0	5	1	9	1

Goalscorers

As of 21 July 2023.

Place	Number	Position	Nation	Name	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	7	FW		Tomas Pekhart	3	0	0	3
TOTALS					0	0	0	0

Assists

As of 2 July 2023.

Clean sheets

As of 2 July 2023.

Disciplinary record

As of 2 July 2023.

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Ekstraklasa			Polish Cup			UEFA Europa Conference League			Total
1	GK		Kacper Tobiasz	–									0	0	0
3	DF		Steve Kapuadi	–									0	0	0
5	DF		Yuri Ribeiro	–									0	0	0
7	FW		Tomáš Pekhart	–									0	0	0
8	MF		Rafał Augustyniak	–									0	0	0
9	FW		Blaž Kramer	–									0	0	0
11	MF		Róbert Pich	–									0	0	0
12	DF		Radovan Pankov	–									0	0	0
13	MF		Paweł Wszołek	–									0	0	0
14	MF		Ihor Kharatin	–									0	0	0
16	MF		Jurgen Çelhaka	–									0	0	0
18	MF		Patryk Sokołowski	–									0	0	0
22	MF			–									0	0	0
19	FW		Carlitos	–									0	0	0
20	FW		Ernest Muçi	–									0	0	0
22	MF		Juergen Elitim	–									0	0	0
26	MF		Filip Rejczyk	–									0	0	0
27	MF		Josué	–									0	0	0
28	FW		Marc Gual	–									0	0	0
29	DF		Lindsay Rose	–									0	0	0
30	GK		Dominik Hładun	–									0	0	0
31	GK		Cezary Miszta}	–									0	0	0
32	MF		Makana Baku	–									0	0	0
33	MF		Patryk Kun	–									0	0	0
39	FW		Maciej Rosołek	–									0	0	0
55	DF		Artur Jędrzejczyk	–									0	0	0
63	MF		Jakub Kisiel	–									0	0	0
67	MF		Bartosz Kapustka	–									0	0	0
77	MF		Jakub Jędrasik	–									0	0	0
81	GK		Jakub Trojanowski	–									0	0	0
86	MF		Igor Strzałek	–									0	0	0
99	MF		Bartosz Slisz	–									0	0	0
TOTALS				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Home attendances

As of 31 August 2023.

References