2014–15 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw
2014-15 season
Manager	Henning Berg
Ekstraklasa	2nd
Polish Cup	Winner
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Orlando Sá (13 goals); All: Orlando Sá (14 goals)
Highest home attendance	26,527 (vs Wisła Kraków, 15 March 2015)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 (vs Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała, 8 April 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
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Legia Warszawa /ˈlɛɡjə/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlegia warszawa]) is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland.

Season review

See also: 2014–15 Ekstraklasa

Players

Current squad

The numbers are established according to the official website: legia.com

Last updated on 16 August 2014

Goalkeepers
Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)
1	Lukasz Budzilek		GK	(1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 33)
12	Dušan Kuciak		GK	(1985-05-21) 21 May 1985 (age 39)
91	Konrad Jałocha		GK	(1991-05-09) 9 May 1991 (age 33)
95	Aleksander Wandzel		GK	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 29)
Defenders
2	Dossa Júnior		CB	(1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38)
4	Igor Lewczuk		RB	(1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 39)
5	Mateusz Wieteska		CB	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27)
15	Iñaki Astiz		CB	(1983-11-05) 5 November 1983 (age 41)
17	Tomasz Brzyski		LB	(1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 42)
19	Bartosz Bereszyński		RB	(1992-07-12) 12 July 1992 (age 32)
25	Jakub Rzeźniczak (VC)		CB	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 38)
28	Łukasz Broź		RB	(1985-12-17) 17 December 1985 (age 38)
30	Ronan		LB	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 30)
Midfielders
3	Tomasz Jodłowiec		DM/CM	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 (age 39)
6	Guilherme		LW	(1991-05-12) 12 May 1991 (age 33)
8	Ondrej Duda		AM	(1994-12-15) 15 December 1994 (age 29)
14	Mateusz Szwoch		AM/LW/RW	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 31)
18	Michał Kucharczyk		LW/RW	(1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33)
20	Jakub Kosecki		LW/RW	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34)
21	Ivica Vrdoljak (C)		DM/CM	(1983-09-19) 19 September 1983 (age 41)
22	Michał Kopczyński		DM/CM	(1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)
23	Hélio Pinto		CM/AM	(1984-02-29) 29 February 1984 (age 40)
27	Robert Bartczak		RW	(1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)
31	Krystian Bielik		DM	(1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 26)
32	Miroslav Radović (VC)		AM/ST	(1984-01-16) 16 January 1984 (age 40)
33	Michał Żyro		LW/RW	(1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 32)
76	Bartłomiej Kalinkowski		DM/CM	(1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 (age 30)
Forwards
9	Marek Saganowski		ST	(1978-10-31) 31 October 1978 (age 46)
11	Arkadiusz Piech		ST	(1985-06-07) 7 June 1985 (age 39)
45	Adam Ryczkowski		ST/RW	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 (age 27)
70	Orlando Sá		ST	(1988-05-26) May 26, 1988 (age 36)

Reserve team

Legia Warszawa Reserve Team

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
22 May 2014	GK	1	Lukasz Budzilek	GKS Katowice	free	^[1]
10 June 2014	AM	14	Mateusz Szwoch	Arka Gdynia	€75,000	^[2]
18 June 2014	ST	11	Arkadiusz Piech	Zagłębie Lubin	€250,000	^[3]
19 June 2014	RB	4	Igor Lewczuk	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	€200,000	^[4]
4 July 2014	DM	31	Krystian Bielik	Lech Poznań	€100,000	^[5]

Loans in

Start date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Ref
17 June 2014	LB	19	Ronan	Fluminense	^[6]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
17 June 2014	DM	35	Daniel Łukasik	Lechia Gdańsk	€800,000	^[7]
17 June 2014	GK	84	Wojciech Skaba	Ruch Chorzów	free	^[8]
4 July 2014	ST	11	Michał Efir	Ruch Chorzów	€25,000	^[9]
12 August 2014	ST	13	Vladimir Dvalishvili	Odense	free	^[10]

Loans out

Start date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Ref
1 July 2014	CB	39	Mateusz Cichocki	Dolcan Ząbki
3 July 2014	LW	-	Aleksander Jagiełło	Arka Gdynia
21 July 2014	ST	27	Patryk Mikita	Dolcan Ząbki
14 August 2014	RW	7	Henrik Ojamaa	Motherwell	^[11]

Competitions

Friendlies

25 June 2014 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	2 – 0	FK Atlantas	Gniewino, Poland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kucharczyk 31' Sá 51'	Report		Attendance: 150

1 July 2014 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	4 – 1	Pogoń Szczecin	Gniewino, Poland
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sá 9' (pen.) Pinto 13' (pen.) Kucharczyk 36' Broź 45' Piech 76'	Report	Frączczak 22' Zwoliński 86'

2 July 2014 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	0 – 0	Arka Gdynia	Gniewino, Poland
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report

8 July 2014 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	1 – 0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Warsaw, Poland
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Żyro 56'	Report		Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 150

Polish Super Cup

9 July 2014 Super Cup	Legia Warsaw	2 – 3	Zawisza Bydgoszcz	Warsaw, Poland
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vrdoljak 29' Ryczkowski 43' Piech 61' Saganowski 71'	Report	Petasz 6' Luís Carlos 30' Álvarinho 54' Drygas 64' Vasconcelos 83' Gevorgyan 90'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 11,826 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

Ekstraklasa

19 July 2014 1	Legia Warsaw	0 - 1	GKS Belchatow	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pinto 27' Rzeźniczak 83'	Report	Ślusarski 41' Ślusarski 45' Rachwał 47' Basta 83' Poźniak 90+1'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Bydgoszcz)

26 July 2014 2	Cracovia	1 - 3	Legia Warsaw	Krakow, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Nowak 4' Dudzic 53' Rymaniak 86'	Report	Kosecki 23' Jodłowiec 47' Vrdoljak 74' (.pen)	Stadium: Józef Piłsudski Stadium Attendance: 8,308 Referee: Mariusz Złotek (Stalowa Wola)

2 August 2014 3	Legia Warsaw	1 - 1	Górnik Zabrze	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kosecki 55' Saganowski 66' Bereszyński 85'	Report	Lewczuk 25' (o.g.) Gancarczyk 53' Sadzawicki 67' Danch 87'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 12,351 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

9 August 2014 4	Legia Warsaw	5 - 0	Górnik Łęczna	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vrdoljak 16' (64), pen.' Kosecki 49' Sá 70' (80)	Report	Božić 64'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 10,344 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

15 August 2014 5	Jagiellonia Białystok	0 - 3	Legia Warsaw	Białystok, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gajos 30' Baran 45' Wasiluk 54' 79' Frankowski 62'	Report	Żyro 14' Radović 25' Rzeźniczak 32' Kosecki 70' Kucharczyk 84' Vrdoljak 86' Iñaki Astiz 90+2'	Stadium: Białystok City Stadium Attendance: 7,435 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

24 August 2014 6	Legia Warsaw	2 - 0	Korona Kielce	Warsaw, Poland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sá 63' Saganowski 76'	Report	Leandro 79' Outtara 90+2'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 12,729 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Bydgoszcz)

23 August 2014 7	Podbeskidzie	2 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sloboda 8' Korzym 38' Konieczny 62' Sokołowski 75' Górkiewicz 78'	Report	Sá 25' Vrdoljak 33' Szwoch 35' Brzyski 45' Rzeźniczak 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała) Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

13 September 2014 8	Legia Warsaw	4 - 3	Śląsk Wrocław	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Radović 13' Dossa Júnior 21' Dossa Júnior 42' Kucharczyk 63' Żyro 73' Radović 85'	Report	Mila 34' Machaj 49' Hołota 56' Droppa 79' Flávio Paixão 90'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 16,187 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

21 September 2014 9	Wisła Kraków	0 - 3	Legia Warsaw	Krakow, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Burliga 55' Garguła 56'	Report	Kucharczyk 19' Broź 29' Sá 50' Jodłowiec 64' Saganowski 83' Duda 90+5' Radović 90+7'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana Attendance: 31,289 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)

27 September 2014 10	Legia Warsaw	2 - 2	Lech Poznań	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brzyski 76' Broź 82' Dossa Júnior 90' Dossa Júnior 90+1'	Report	Kędziora 11' Wilusz 30' Kamiński 33' Formella 40' Douglas 64' Gostkowski 89'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 25,934 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

5 October 2014 11	Piast Gliwice	3 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Gliwice, Poland
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wilczek 16', 36', 76'	Report	Bielik 20' Rzeźniczak 80' Duda 90'	Stadium: Stadion Piast Attendance: 7,714 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

17 October 2014 12	Legia Warsaw	1 - 0	Lechia Gdańsk	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sá 87'	Report		Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 18,171 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

Polish Cup

24 September 2014 Round of 32	Miedź Legnica	0 - 4	Legia Warsaw	Legnica, Poland
17:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Cierpka 29' Garuch 53' Lafrance 71' Zgarda 78'	Report	Vrdoljak 23' Radović 49' Bryski 74' Kosecki 53' Iñaki Astiz 61' Radović 90'	Stadium: Stadion im.Orła Białego w Legnicy Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Zbigniew Dobrynin (Łódź)

Champions League

16 July 2014 (2014-07-16) Second Qualifying	Legia Warsaw	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	Warsaw, Poland
	Radović 90+1'	Report	Fagan 38'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena, Warsaw Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

23 July 2014 (2014-07-23) Second Qualifying	St Patrick's Athletic	0–5 (1-6 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Dublin, ireland
		Report	Radović 25', 82' Żyro 69' Saganowski 87' Byrne 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium, Dublin Vodafone Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

*Celtic to play at Murrayfield Stadium due to Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony at Celtic Park
**Celtic was awarded a 3-0 walkover due to Legia fielding an ineligible player^[12]

30 July 2014 Third Qualifying	Legia Warsaw	4–1	Celtic	Warsaw, Poland
21:45 GMT	Radović 10' (36) Iñaki Astiz 22' Żyro 84' Kosecki 89' Kosecki 90+1'	Report	McGregor 8' Ambrose 44' Mulgrew 86' Kayal 88' Griffiths 89'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 22,265 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Royal Dutch Football Association)

5 August 2014 Third Qualifying	Celtic	3 - 0 (w.o) (4 - 4** agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Edinburgh, Scotland
19:45 GMT	van Dijk 53' Johansen 65'	Report	Żyro 36' Radović 55' Kucharczyk 61'	Stadium: Murrayfield Stadium * Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (Italian Football Federation)

Europa League

21 August 2014 (2014-08-21) Play-off Round	Aktobe	0 – 1	Legia Warsaw	Aktobe, Kazachstan
	Korobkin 72'	Report	Duda 48'	Stadium: Central Stadium, Aktobe Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

28 August 2014 (2014-08-28) Play-off Round	Legia Warsaw	2 - 0 (3 - 0 agg.)	Aktobe	Warsaw, Poland
	Kucharczyk 26' Vrdoljak 29' Vrdoljak 66' (pen.) Kosecki 69' Kuciak 85'	Report	Korobkin 23' Logvinenko 65'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 18,549 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Group stage

Template:2014–15 UEFA Europa League Group L

18 September 2014 (2014-09-18) Group L	Legia Warsaw	1 – 0	Lokeren	Warsaw, Poland
	Radović 58' Broź 64' Rzeźniczak 77' Żyro 85'	Report	Scholz 56' Vanaken 78'	Stadium: Pepsi Arena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

2 October 2014 (2014-10-02) Group L	Trabzonspor	0 – 1	Legia Warsaw	Trabzon, Turkey
	Constant 45' Papadopoulos 74' Yilmaz 90+5'	Report	Kucharczyk 16' Żyro 25' 88' Brzyski 35' Kucharczyk 43' Dossa Júnior 49' Duda 80'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 9,875 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

22 October 2014 (2014-10-22) Group L	Metalist Kharkiv	0 - 1	Legia Warsaw	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
	Torres 36' Bolbat 36' Pshenychnykh 59' Edmar 86'	Report	Duda 28' 84'	Attendance: 2,374 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

27 November 2014 (2014-11-27) Group L	Legia Warsaw	2 - 1 (3 - 1 agg.)	Metalist Kharkiv	Pepsi Arena, Warsaw
	Saganowski 29' Kucharczyk 45+1' Duda 84' Sá 86' Rzeźniczak 90+1'	BBC Report	Villagra 14' Kobin 22' Torres 62' Kulakov 63' Edmar 86'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch

6 November 2014 (2014-11-06) Group L	Lokeren	1 - 0 (1 - 1 agg.)	Legia Warsaw	Daknamstadion, Lokren
	Vanaken 7' Patosi 84'	BBC Report	Guilerhme 36' Rzezniczak 52' Jodłowiec 82'	Referee: Michael Koukolakis

Statistics

Appearances

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 2 October 2014^[13]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Super Cup	Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps
2	DF		Dossa Júnior	8	0	0	4	0	15
3	MF		Tomasz Jodłowiec	7 (1)	1	4	4	0	17
4	DF		Igor Lewczuk	4	0 (1)	0	0	1	6
5	DF		Mateusz Wieteska	2	0	0	0	1	3
8	MF		Ondrej Duda	2 (4)	1	3 (1)	4	0	15
9	FW		Marek Saganowski	6 (4)	0 (1)	0 (4)	0 (2)	1	18
11	FW		Arkadiusz Piech	3	0	0 (1)	0	1	5
12	GK		Dušan Kuciak	8	1	4	4	0	17
13	FW		Vladimir Dvalishvili	1	0	0	0	0	1
14	MF		Mateusz Szwoch	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	3
15	DF		Iñaki Astiz	1	1	4	0	0	6
17	DF		Tomasz Brzyski	7	1	4	4	0	16
18	MF		Michał Kucharczyk	2 (2)	1	3	4	0	12
19	DF		Bartosz Bereszyński	6	0	0 (1)	0	1	8
20	MF		Jakub Kosecki	8	1	1 (3)	0 (2)	1	16
21	MF		Ivica Vrdoljak	7 (2)	1	3 (1)	4	1	19
23	MF		Helio Pinto	6 (1)	0 (1)	1 (1)	0	0	10
25	DF		Jakub Rzeźniczak	7 (1)	1	4	4	0	17
28	DF		Łukasz Broź	4 (1)	1	4	4	0	14
31	MF		Krystian Bielik	1	0	0	0	0	1
32	MF		Miroslav Radović	5 (2)	1	4	4	0	16
33	MF		Michał Żyro	3 (1)	0	4	4	0	12
45	FW		Adam Ryczkowski	3 (1)	0	0	0	1	5
70	FW		Orlando Sá	3 (2)	0	1	0	0	6
76	MF		Bartłomiej Kalinkowski	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	3
96	GK		Konrad Jałocha	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	4

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

As of match played 2 October 2014^[14]

Ranking	Position	Squad Number	Player	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Polish Super Cup	Total
1	FW	70	Orlando Sá	5	0	0	0	0	5
2	MF	32	Miroslav Radović	4	2	5	1	0	12
3	MF	21	Ivica Vrdoljak	3	1	0	1	0	5
3	DF	2	Dossa Júnior	3	0	0	0	0	3
5	FW	9	Marek Saganowski	2	0	1	0	1	4
5	MF	20	Jakub Kosecki	2	1	1	0	0	4
7	MF	3	Tomasz Jodłowiec	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	9	Ondrej Duda	1	0	0	1	0	2
	DF	17	Tomasz Brzyski	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Michał Kucharczyk	1	0	1	2	0	4
	MF	33	Michał Żyro	1	0	3	0	0	4
11	FW	45	Adam Ryczkowski	0	0	0	0	1	1

Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

As of match played 2 October 2014^[15]

Ranking	Position	Squad Number	Player	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Polish Super Cup	Total
1	DF	20	Tomasz Brzyski	7	0	1	1	0	9
2	MF	32	Miroslav Radović	2	0	1	0	0	3
2	MF	23	Hélio Pinto	2	0	0	0	0	2
4	MF	3	Tomasz Jodłowiec	1	1	0	0	0	2
	MF	8	Ondrej Duda	1	0	2	0	0	3
	FW	9	Marek Saganowski	1	0	0	0	0	2
	FW	11	Arkadiusz Piech	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Michał Kucharczyk	1	1	2	1	0	5
	MF	20	Jakub Kosecki	1	1	1	0	0	3
	MF	21	Ivica Vrdoljak	1	0	1	1	1	4
	DF	28	Łukasz Broź	1	0	1	0	0	2
	MF	33	Michał Żyro	1	0	3	1	0	5
13	MF	79	Bartłomiej Kalinkowski	0	0	0	0	1	1

References

^ "Lukasz Budzilek's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 22 May 2014.
^ "Mateusz Szwoch's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 10 June 2014.
^ "Arkadiusz Piech w Legii". Legia Warszawa. 18 June 2014.
^ "Igor Lewczuk's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 19 June 2014.
^ "Krystian Bielik's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 4 July 2014.
^ "Ronan loaned to Legia". 17 June 2014.
^ "Daniel Łukasik Transfers from Legia to Lechia". WP. 17 June 2014.
^ "Skaba's a Ruch Player". Ruch Chorzów. 17 June 2014.
^ "Michał Efir's in Ruch". Onet. 4 July 2014.
^ "Wladimer Dwaliszwili's leaving Legia". Legia Warszawa. 12 August 2014.
^ "Ojamaa will play in Motherwell". 14 August 2014.
^ "Celtic reinstated to Champions League after Legia Warsaw error". BBC. 8 August 2014.
^ "KP LEGIA WARSZAWA Stats 2014/15". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
^ "Legia Goalscorers". WP. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
^ "Legia Assists". WP. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

External links

[1] "Lukasz Budzilek's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 22 May 2014.

[2] "Mateusz Szwoch's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 10 June 2014.

[3] "Arkadiusz Piech w Legii". Legia Warszawa. 18 June 2014.

[4] "Igor Lewczuk's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 19 June 2014.

[5] "Krystian Bielik's a Warsaw Legion Player". Legia Warszawa. 4 July 2014.

[6] "Ronan loaned to Legia". 17 June 2014.

[7] "Daniel Łukasik Transfers from Legia to Lechia". WP. 17 June 2014.

[8] "Skaba's a Ruch Player". Ruch Chorzów. 17 June 2014.

[9] "Michał Efir's in Ruch". Onet. 4 July 2014.

[10] "Wladimer Dwaliszwili's leaving Legia". Legia Warszawa. 12 August 2014.

[11] "Ojamaa will play in Motherwell". 14 August 2014.

[12] "Celtic reinstated to Champions League after Legia Warsaw error". BBC. 8 August 2014.

[13] "KP LEGIA WARSZAWA Stats 2014/15". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[Legia_Goalscorers-14] "Legia Goalscorers". WP. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

[Legia_Assists-15] "Legia Assists". WP. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

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