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.

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 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 11	GKS Bełchatów	A	0-1		4,500
November 14	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
1	GK	Poland	Skaba, WojciechWojciech Skaba	1	0	0
2	DF	Spain	Descarga, IñakiIñaki Descarga	3	0	0
3	DF	Poland	Szala, WojciechWojciech Szala	10(1)	0	3
4	DF	Zimbabwe	Choto, DicksonDickson Choto	19	0	3
6	MF	Poland	Roger	26(2)	4	4
7	MF	Poland	Giza, PiotrPiotr Giza	14(8)	5	3
8	MF	Poland	Iwański, MaciejMaciej Iwański	29(1)	4	3
9	FW	Poland	Grzelak, BartłomiejBartłomiej Grzelak	5(4)	2	1
11	DF	Poland	Kiełbowicz, TomaszTomasz Kiełbowicz	11(3)	0	2
12	GK	Ukraine	Makhnovskyy, KonstatinKonstatin Makhnovskyy	0	0	0
14	MF	Serbia	Vuković, AleksandarAleksandar Vuković	6(3)	0	2
15	DF	Spain	Inaki Astiz	26	1	4
16	MF	Poland	Borysiuk, ArielAriel Borysiuk	13(5)	0	4
17	DF	Poland	{{{last}}}, Marcin Komorowski[[Marcin Komorowski {{{last}}}\|Marcin Komorowski {{{last}}}]]	5(1)	0	0
19	FW	Zimbabwe	Chinyama, TakesureTakesure Chinyama	24(2)	19	3
20	MF	Poland	Szalachowski, SebastianSebastian Szalachowski	5	1	0
22	MF	Poland	Rocki, PiotrPiotr Rocki	5(11)	0	1
23	DF	Poland	Paluchowski, AdrianAdrian Paluchowski	4(3)	2	1
24	DF	Poland	Wawrzyniak, JakubJakub Wawrzyniak	16	1	2
25	DF	Poland	Rzeźniczak, JakubJakub Rzeźniczak	23	1	4
26	DF	Macedonia	Kumbev, PančePanče Kumbev	7(2)	1	3
27	MF	Brazil	Édson	5(2)	2	0
28	MF	Poland	Smoliński, MarcinMarcin Smoliński	1	0	0
30	MF	Nigeria	Ekwueme, MartinsMartins Ekwueme	1(2)	0	0
31	MF	Poland	Rybus, MaciejMaciej Rybus	21(6)	3	2
32	MF	Serbia	Radović, MiroslavMiroslav Radović	18(10)	3	2
33	FW	Poland	Majkowski, KamilKamil Majkowski	0(2)	0	0
40	FW	Spain	Arruabarrena, MikelMikel Arruabarrena	0(5)	0	0
46	MF	Poland	Ostrowski, KrzysztofKrzysztof Ostrowski	0(5)	0	0
78	MF	Poland	Jarzebowski, TomaszTomasz Jarzebowski	4(3)	0	0
82	GK	Slovakia	Mucha, JánJán Mucha	29	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	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Miroslav Radović	Midfielder	1	0	0
2	Tomasz Kiełbowicz	Midfielder	0	1	1
3	Jakub Rzeźniczak	Forward	0	1	1
4	Maciej Iwański	Midfielder	0	0	0
5	Sebastian Szałachowski	Forward	0	0	0

Most appearances

As of 2008/09 Season

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