Legia Warsaw season 2008–09

Legia Warszawa

2008–09 season
Chairman	Leszek Miklas
Manager	Jan Urban

During the 2008-09 Season, Legia Warszawa will participate in the Polish first division, the Ekstraklasa.

Contents 1 Transfers 1.1 In 1.2 Out 2 Squad 3 Match results 3.1 Friendlies 3.2 Ekstraklasa 3.3 Polish Super Cup 3.4 Polish Cup 3.5 Puchar Ligi 3.6 UEFA Cup 4 Player statistics 4.1 Top scorers 4.2 Most assists 4.3 Most appearances

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost 25 March 2008 Konstatin Makhnovskyy ŁKS Łódź Free transfer 23 May 2008 Takesure Chinyama Monomotapa United €300,000 29 May 2008 Piotr Giza Cracovia Undisclosed 30 May 2008 Piotr Rocki Dyskobolia Undisclosed 10 June 2008 Panče Kumbev Dyskobolia Free transfer 10 June 2008 Mikel Arruabarrena CD Tenerife Free transfer 20 June 2008 Maciej Iwanski Zagłębie Lubin €650,000 2 July 2008 Tito Espanyol Barcelona Loan 20 July 2008 Inaki Astiz CA Osasuna Free transfer January 2009 Tomasz Jarzębowski GKS Bełchatów Undisclosed January 2009 Krzysztof Ostrowski Śląsk Wrocław Undisclosed January 2009 Kamil Majkowski Wisła Płock Loan return January 2009 Adrian Paluchowski Znicz Pruszków Loan return February 2009 Patryk Koziara Legia Warsaw youth None Total €950,000

Out

Date Player New Club Cost 23 May 2008 Antonio Aguilera Balbino Contract termination 15 June 2008 Inaki Astiz Osasuna Loan return 20 June 2008 Maciej Korzym Odra Loan 30 July 2008 Maciej Gostomski Zagłębie Sosnowiec Loan August 2008 Wojciech Wocial Znicz Pruszków Loan August 2008 Artur Jędrzejczyk Dolcan Ząbki Loan August 2008 Wojciech Trochim Dolcan Ząbki Loan August 2008 Błażej Augustyn Rimini Calcio F.C. Loan January 2009 Mikel Arruabarrena SD Eibar Loan January 2009 Piotr Bronowicki Piast Gliwice End of contract January 2009 Jakub Wawrzyniak Panathinaikos FC Undisclosed January 2009 Przemysław Wysocki Piast Gliwice Loan January 2009 Kamil Grosicki Jagiellonia Białystok Loan January 2009 Edson Luis da Silva Clube Náutico Capibaribe Undisclosed January 2009 Aleksandar Vuković Iraklis Undisclosed January 2009 Marcin Smoliński ŁKS Łódź Undisclosed Total TBC

Squad

As of 18 February 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Wojciech Skaba 2 DF Iñaki Descarga 3 DF Wojciech Szala 4 DF Dickson Choto 5 MF Tito 6 MF Roger 7 MF Piotr Giza 8 MF Maciej Iwański 9 FW Bartłomiej Grzelak 11 DF Tomasz Kiełbowicz 12 GK Konstatin Makhnovskyy 15 DF Inaki Astiz 16 MF Ariel Borysiuk 18 MF Kamil Majkowski

No. Position Player 19 FW Takesure Chinyama 20 MF Sebastian Szałachowski 22 FW Piotr Rocki 23 FW Adrian Paluchowski 24 MF Patryk Koziara 25 DF Jakub Rzeźniczak 26 DF Panče Kumbev 30 MF Martins Ekwueme 31 MF Maciej Rybus 32 MF Miroslav Radović 46 MF Krzysztof Ostrowski 78 MF Tomasz Jarzębowski 82 GK Ján Mucha

Match results

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 July 2008	FC Luzern	A	1-1	Grzelak	TBC
10 July 2008	FC Basel	A	1-6	Iwański	TBC
26 July 2008	Legia Warszawa Reserve Team	H	3-1	Szałachowski 2xGrzelak	TBC
26 July 2008	Dolcan Ząbki	H	2-0	2xGrzelak	TBC
2 August 2008	Jagiellonia Białystok	H	0-2		TBC

Ekstraklasa

Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
8 August	Polonia Warszawa	H	2-2	Grzelak Iwański	7500
15 August	Odra	A	0-2		5,000
22 August	Jagiellonia Białystok	H	2-0	2xRadović	4,000
29 August	Górnik Zabrze	A	3-0	Chinyama Szałachowski Roger	17,000
12 September	Arka Gdynia	H	2-0	Chinyama Radović	4,000
19 September	Cracovia	A	3-0	Roger Chinyama Giza	2,500
26 September	Piast Gliwice	H	3-1	Edson o.gGlik Chiyama	5,000
3 October	Lech Poznań	A	0-0		24,000
17 October	Łódzki KS	A	0-0		5,000
24 October	Wisła Kraków	H	2-1	Grzelak Chinyama	10,000
30 October	Lechia Gdańsk	H	3-0	2xChinyama Édson	7,000
November 7	Polonia Bytom	A	0-1		6,000
November 11th	GKS Bełchatów	A	0-1		4,500
November 14th	Śląsk Wrocław	H	4-0	Iwański Chinyama Kumbev Wawrzyniak	11,000
November 21	Ruch Chorzów	A	1-0	Chinyama	7,000
November 28	Lechia Gdańsk	A	3-2	o.gKosznik 2xChinyama	11,000
December 5	GKS Bełchatów	H	3-0	Rybus Chinyama Giza	5,000
	Polonia Warszawa	A	TBC
	Odra	H	TBC
	Jagiellonia Białystok	A	TBC
	Górnik Zabrze	H	TBC
	Arka Gdynia	A	TBC
	Cracovia	H	TBC
	Piast Gliwice	A	TBC
	Lech Poznań	H	TBC
	Łódzki KS	H	TBC
	Wisła Kraków	A	TBC
	Polonia Bytom	H	TBC
	Śląsk Wrocław	A	TBC
	Ruch Chorzów	H	TBC

Polish Super Cup

Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
20 July 2008	Wisła Kraków	N	2-1	Chinyama Rocki	3,000

Polish Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1/16	September 23	Wisła Płock	A	2-1 a.e.t	2xIwański	3,500

Puchar Ligi

Round	Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1, Group D	September 2	Polonia Warszawa	A	0-3 w.o
2, Group D	September 5	ŁKS Łódź	H	3-0	Wawrzyniak Chinyama Vuković	700

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
First qualifying round	17 July 2008	FK Homel	H	0-0		6,000
First qualifying round	31 July	FK Homel	A	1-4	2xSzałachowski 2xIwański	8,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Apps	Goals	YC	RC
1	GK	Poland	Skaba, WojciechWojciech Skaba	1	0	0	0
2	DF	Spain	Descarga, IñakiIñaki Descarga	3	0	0	0
3	DF	Poland	Szala, WojciechWojciech Szala	10(1)	0	3	0
4	DF	Zimbabwe	Choto, DicksonDickson Choto	19	0	3	0
6	MF	Poland	Roger	26(2)	4	4	0
7	MF	Poland	Giza, PiotrPiotr Giza	14(8)	5	3	0
8	MF	Poland	Iwański, MaciejMaciej Iwański	29(1)	4	3	0
9	FW	Poland	Grzelak, BartłomiejBartłomiej Grzelak	5(4)	2	1	0
11	DF	Poland	Kiełbowicz, TomaszTomasz Kiełbowicz	11(3)	0	2	0
12	GK	Ukraine	Makhnovskyy, KonstatinKonstatin Makhnovskyy	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Serbia	Vuković, AleksandarAleksandar Vuković	6(3)	0	2	0
15	DF	Spain	Inaki Astiz	26	1	4	0
16	MF	Poland	Borysiuk, ArielAriel Borysiuk	13(5)	0	4	0
17	DF	Poland	{{{last}}}, Marcin Komorowski[[Marcin Komorowski {{{last}}}|Marcin Komorowski {{{last}}}]]	5(1)	0	0	0
19	FW	Zimbabwe	Chinyama, TakesureTakesure Chinyama	24(2)	19	3	0
20	MF	Poland	Szalachowski, SebastianSebastian Szalachowski	5	1	0	0
22	MF	Poland	Rocki, PiotrPiotr Rocki	5(11)	0	1	0
23	DF	Poland	Paluchowski, AdrianAdrian Paluchowski	4(3)	2	1	0
24	DF	Poland	Wawrzyniak, JakubJakub Wawrzyniak	16	1	2	0
25	DF	Poland	Rzeźniczak, JakubJakub Rzeźniczak	23	1	4	0
26	DF	Macedonia	Kumbev, PančePanče Kumbev	7(2)	1	3	0
27	MF	Brazil	Édson	5(2)	2	0	0
28	MF	Poland	Smoliński, MarcinMarcin Smoliński	1	0	0	0
30	MF	Nigeria	Ekwueme, MartinsMartins Ekwueme	1(2)	0	0	0
31	MF	Poland	Rybus, MaciejMaciej Rybus	21(6)	3	2	0
32	MF	Serbia	Radović, MiroslavMiroslav Radović	18(10)	3	2	0
33	FW	Poland	Majkowski, KamilKamil Majkowski	0(2)	0	0	0
40	FW	Spain	Arruabarrena, MikelMikel Arruabarrena	0(5)	0	0	0
46	MF	Poland	Ostrowski, KrzysztofKrzysztof Ostrowski	0(5)	0	0	0
78	MF	Poland	Jarzebowski, TomaszTomasz Jarzebowski	4(3)	0	0	0
82	GK	Slovakia	Mucha, JánJán Mucha	29	0	0	0

• Last Update: Start of 2008/09 season
• Data includes all competitions

Top scorers

As of 2008/09 Season

P	Player	Position	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Puchat Ligi	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Takesure Chinyama	Forward	4	0	1	0	5
2	Maciej Iwański	Midfielder	1	2	0	2	5
3	Miroslav Radović	Midfielder	3	0	0	0	3
4	Roger	Midfielder	2	0	0	1	3
5	Sebastian Szalachowski	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3

Most assists

As of 2008/09 Season

P	Player	Position	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Puchat Ligi	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Miroslav Radović	Midfielder	1	0	0	0	0
2	Tomasz Kiełbowicz	Midfielder	0	0	0	1	1
3	Jakub Rzeźniczak	Forward	0	0	0	1	1
4	Maciej Iwański	Midfielder	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sebastian Szałachowski	Forward	0	0	0	0	0

Most appearances

As of 2008/09 Season

P	Player	Position	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Puchar Ligi	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Ján Mucha	Goalkeeper	1	0	0	2	3
2	Roger	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3
3	Maciej Iwański	Forward	1	0	0	2	3
4	Miroslav Radović	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3
5	Wojciech Szala	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3