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Legia Warsaw

2020–21 season
Chairman	Dariusz Mioduski
Manager	Aleksandar Vuković (until September 21, 2020) Czesław Michniewicz (from September 21, 2020)
Stadium	Polish Army Stadium
Ekstraklasa	1st
Polish Cup	Quarter-final
Polish SuperCup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Tomáš Pekhart (22) All: Tomáš Pekhart (24)
Highest home attendance	11,510 v Górnik Zabrze (19 September 2020)
Lowest home attendance	0
Biggest win	6–1 v GKS Bełchatów (14 August 2020)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Qarabağ (1 October 2020)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2020–21 Legia Warsaw season was the club's 104th season of existence, and their 84th in the top flight of Polish football.

Players

Pre-season squad

As of 24 September 2020

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  POL Artur Boruc 2 DF  CRO Josip Juranović 3 DF  POL Mateusz Hołownia 4 DF  POL Mateusz Wieteska 5 DF  POL Igor Lewczuk 7 MF  CRO Domagoj Antolić 8 MF  GEO Valerian Gvilia 9 FW  CZE Tomáš Pekhart 11 MF  ECU Joel Valencia (on loan from Brentford) 14 DF  POL Michał Karbownik (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 16 DF  POR Luís Rocha 17 MF  POL Mateusz Cholewiak 19 GK  POL Wojciech Muzyk 20 FW  GUI José Kanté 21 FW  POR Rafael Lopes

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  POL Paweł Wszołek 24 MF  POR André Martins 25 DF  SRB Filip Mladenović 27 FW  FRA Vamara Sanogo 29 DF  MNE Marko Vešović 33 GK  POL Radosław Cierzniak 34 DF  ESP Iñaki Astiz 39 FW  POL Maciej Rosołek 41 DF  POL Paweł Stolarski 44 DF  FRA William Rémy 55 DF  POL Artur Jędrzejczyk 67 MF  POL Bartosz Kapustka 82 MF  BRA Luquinhas 99 MF  POL Bartosz Slisz

Season squad

As of 24 February 2021

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  POL Artur Boruc 2 DF  CRO Josip Juranović 3 DF  POL Mateusz Hołownia 4 DF  POL Mateusz Wieteska 5 DF  POL Igor Lewczuk 7 FW  UZB Jasurbek Yakhshiboev 8 MF  GEO Valerian Gvilia 9 FW  CZE Tomáš Pekhart 11 MF  ECU Joel Valencia (on loan from Brentford) 13 DF  UKR Artem Shabanov (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 15 DF  POL Ariel Mosór 17 MF  POL Mateusz Cholewiak 19 GK  POL Wojciech Muzyk 20 FW  ALB Ernest Muçi 21 FW  POR Rafael Lopes 22 MF  POL Paweł Wszołek

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  POR André Martins 25 DF  SRB Filip Mladenović 26 FW  POL Szymon Włodarczyk 29 DF  MNE Marko Vešović 30 FW  POL Kacper Kostorz 31 FW  UKR Nazariy Rusyn (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 33 GK  POL Radosław Cierzniak 35 GK  POL Cezary Miszta 55 DF  POL Artur Jędrzejczyk 59 GK  POL Kacper Tobiasz 63 MF  POL Jakub Kisiel 67 MF  POL Bartosz Kapustka 71 MF  POL Kacper Skibicki 82 MF  BRA Luquinhas 99 MF  POL Bartosz Slisz

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Fee	Date	Source
25	DF	Filip Mladenović	Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer	Free	1 July 2020
2	DF	Josip Juranović	Hajduk Split	Transfer	€400,000	29 July 2020
3	DF	Mateusz Hołownia	Wisła Kraków	Loan	Back from loan	31 July 2020
1	GK	Artur Boruc	AFC Bournemouth	Transfer	Free	1 August 2020
21	FW	Rafael Lopes	Cracovia	Transfer	€150,000	1 August 2020
67	MF	Bartosz Kapustka	Leicester City	Transfer	Free	13 August 2020
14	DF	Michał Karbownik	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	Free	6 October 2020
7	FW	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev	Pakhtakor Tashkent FK	Transfer	€300,000	12 February 2021
20	FW	Ernest Muçi	KF Tirana	Transfer	€650,000	21 February 2021

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Fee	Date	Source
1	GK	Radosław Majecki	Monaco	Loan	End of loan	30 June 2020
77	MF	Mateusz Praszelik	Śląsk Wrocław	Transfer	Free	30 June 2020
—	DF	Mateusz Żyro	Stal Mielec	Transfer	Unknown	5 August 2020
31	MF	Piotr Pyrdoł	Wisła Płock	Transfer	Unknown	26 August 2020
14	DF	Michał Karbownik	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loan	Loan	6 October 2020
27	DF	Vamara Sanogo	Dinamo Batumi	Contract termination	Free	18 December 2020
44	DF	William Rémy	free agent	Contract termination	Free	18 December 2020
41	DF	Paweł Stolarski	Pogoń Szczecin	Contract termination	Free	22 December 2020
39	FW	Maciej Rosołek	Arka Gdynia	Loan	Loan	30 December 2020
14	DF	Michał Karbownik	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of loan	Free	17 January 2021

Friendlies

In January 2021, Legia Warsaw faced Liwa FC (8–0 victory), Dynamo Kyiv (2–0 victory), FC Krasnodar (0–0 draw), Stomil Olsztyn (3–1 victory) and Legia Warsaw II (3–0 victory).

Competitions

Ekstraklasa

League table

1. Raków Częstochowa qualified for the Europa Conference League by winning the 2020–21 Polish Cup and also by finishing second in the Ekstraklasa. As a result, the berth reserved for third place was passed to the fourth-placed team from the 2020–21 Ekstraklasa.
2. ^ Head-to-head points: Śląsk Wrocław 6, Warta Poznań 0.

Results summary

Last updated: 16 May 2021.
Source: 90minut.pl

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 August 2020 1	Raków Częstochowa	1–2	Legia Warsaw	Bełchatów, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wilusz  7' 45' Gutkovskis  22' Sapała  50' Kun 50'	Report	Pekhart 16', 84'  68' Rocha  45' Mladenović  72' Luquinhas  77'	Stadium: Stadion GKS Attendance: 1,985 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

29 August 2020 2	Legia Warsaw	1–2	Jagiellonia Białystok	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pekhart 60'	Report	Puljić 19' Imaz 28'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

11 September 2020 3	Wisła Płock	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Płock, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pekhart 30'	Stadium: Kazimierz Górski Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Siedlce)

19 September 2020 4	Legia Warsaw	1–3	Górnik Zabrze	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Slisz 60'	Report	Sobczyk 4' Nowak 17' Jiménez 47'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 11,510 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

21 October 2020 (2020-10-21) 5	Legia Warsaw	2–1	Śląsk Wrocław	Warsaw, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Juranović 46' Pekhart 73'	Report	Piasecki 81'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak (Bytom)
Note: Match originally scheduled for 27 September 2020, 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) was postponed by Ekstraklasa due to 2020–21 UEFA Europa League Play-off round match preparation. Matched rescheduled to 21 October 2020, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00).

2 November 2020 6	Warta Poznań	0–3	Legia Warsaw	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
18:00		Report	Wszołek 12' Mladenović 23' Pekhart 30'	Stadium: Dyskobolia Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 October 2020, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) was postponed by Ekstraklasa due to the coronavirus case detected in the Warta Poznań team

18 October 2020 7	Legia Warsaw	2–1	Zagłębie Lubin	Warsaw, Poland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pekhart 30', 53'	Report	Starzyński 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Piotr Lasyk (Bytom)

22 November 2020 10	Cracovia	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Kraków, Poland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Mladenović 51'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Cracovii Attendance: 0

29 November 2020 11	Legia Warsaw	2–2	Piast Gliwice	Warsaw, Poland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kapustka 13' Pekhart 57' (pen.)	Report	Malarczyk 29' Świerczok 79'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Toruń)

5 December 2020 12	Legia Warsaw	2–0	Lechia Gdańsk	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pekhart 61' Lopes 90'	Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

12 December 2020 13	Wisła Kraków	1–2	Legia Warsaw	Kraków, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yeboah 12'	Report	Pekhart 81' (pen.) 89'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Wisły Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył (Kluczbork)

18 December 2020 14	Legia Warsaw	2–3	Stal Mielec	Warsaw, Poland
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Slisz 17' Pekhart 24' Jędrzejczyk  58' Luquinhas  84' Wieteska  90+3'	Report	Domański 5' (pen.) 43' (pen.) Tomasiewicz  8' 60' (pen.) Mateusz Żyro  48' Pawłowski  90+6'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

31 January 2021 15	Podbeskidzie	1–0	Legia Warsaw	Bielsko-Biała, Poland
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Janicki 48'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Płock)

6 February 2021 16	Legia Warsaw	2–0	Raków Częstochowa	Warsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Luquinhas 29' Pekhart 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil (Lublin)

27 February 2021 19	Górnik Zabrze	1–2	Legia Warsaw	Zabrze
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Procházka  21' Gryszkiewicz  33' Janža  39' Jesús Jiménez 45+2' (pen.) Nowak  45+3'	Report	Kapustka 4' André Martins  26' Jędrzejczyk  45' Luquinhas  57' Kostorz 82'	Stadium: Arena Zabrze Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

7 March 2021 20	Śląsk Wrocław	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Wrocław, Poland
17:30 CET (UTC+1)			Wszołek 64'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Jarzębak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

13 March 2021 21	Legia Warsaw	3–2	Warta Poznań	Warsaw
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mladenović 3'  52' 60' Wszołek 30' Slisz  34'	Report	Zreľák  9' Ławniczak  21' Grzesik 27' Kupczak 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Piotr Lasyk
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

21 March 2021 22	Zagłębie Lubin	0–4	Legia Warsaw	Lubin
17:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pekhart 6' (pen.) 13' 19' 63' Wieteska  47'	Stadium: Zagłębie Lubin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Gil
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

3 April 2021 23	Legia Warsaw	4–2	Pogoń Szczecin	Warsaw
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mladenović 4' Pekhart 10' 14' (pen.) Wieteska 29'  51' Shabanov  58' André Martins  69'	Report	Triantafyllopoulos  43' Frączczak 45+1' Dąbrowski  55' Kozłowski  66' Drygas 83' (pen.)  89'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

11 April 2021 24	Lech Poznań	0–0	Legia Warsaw	Poznań
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kamiński  43' Salamon  60' Karlström  82'	Report	Mladenović  84'	Stadium: INEA Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

18 April 2021 25	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Cracovia	Warsaw
17:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hanca  6' Dimun  56'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

21 April 2021 26	Piast Gliwice	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Gliwice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chrapek  60' Milewski  90+3'	Report	Rafael Lopes  71' 75'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski (Gliwice) Attendance: 0 Referee: Damian Kos
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

25 April 2021 27	Lechia Gdańsk	0–1	Legia Warsaw	Gdańsk
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Biegański  28' Maloča  70' Alomerović  90+5'	Report	Hołownia  44' Pekhart  52' 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarosław Przybył
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

1 May 2021 28	Legia Warsaw	0–0	Wisła Kraków	Warsaw
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hołownia  49'	Report	Piotr Starzyński  9' Burliga  43' Konrad Gruszkowski  73'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

9 May 2021 29	Stal Mielec	0–0	Legia Warsaw	Mielec
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jonathan de Amo  23' Kolev  82' Tomasiewicz  83'	Report	Hołownia  9' Mladenović  78' Slisz  83'	Stadium: Stadion MOSiR Attendance: 0 Referee: Łukasz Kuźma
Note: COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

16 May 2021 30	Legia Warsaw	1–0	Podbeskidzie	Warsaw
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rafael Lopes 24'	Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski

Polish Super Cup

Polish Cup

Champions League

Qualifying phase

18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) 1Q	Legia Warsaw	1–0	Linfield	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
19:00	Kanté 82'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Laforge (Belgium)

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) 2Q	Legia Warsaw	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Omonia	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
20:00		Report	Gómez 92' (pen.) Thiago 107'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

Europa League

Qualifying phase

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) 3Q	Legia Warsaw	2–0	Drita	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
20:30	Wszołek 24' Pekhart 43'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

1 October 2020 (2020-10-01) PO	Legia Warsaw	0–3	Qarabağ	Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
20:00		Report	Andrade 50' Zoubir 62' Ozobić 70'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 12 December 2020.

Place	Number	Position	Nation	Name	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	9	FW		Tomáš Pekhart	12	0	0	1	13
2	39	FW		Maciej Rosołek	0	3	0	0	3
	22	MF		Paweł Wszołek	1	1	0	1	3
	25	DF		Filip Mladenović	2	1	0	0	3
5	21	FW		Rafael Lopes	2	0	0	0	2
6	20	FW		José Kanté	0	0	1	0	1
	99	MF		Bartosz Slisz	1	0	0	0	1
	2	DF		Josip Juranović	1	0	0	0	1
	67	DF		Bartosz Kapustka	1	0	0	0	1
	17	MF		Mateusz Cholewiak	0	1	0	0	1
	71	MF		Kacper Skibicki	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					21	6	1	2	30

Notes

1. Match originally scheduled for 27 September 2020, 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) was postponed by Ekstraklasa due to 2020–21 UEFA Europa League Play-off round match preparation. Matched rescheduled to 21 October 2020, 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00).
2. Match originally scheduled for 4 October 2020, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2).
3. Match originally scheduled to 9 August 2020, 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) was postponed due to COVID-19 disease detection in Legia Warsaw team.

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External links

• Legia Warsaw seasons
• Polish football clubs 2020–21 season
• 2020–21 UEFA Champions League participants seasons
• 2020–21 UEFA Europa League participants seasons