2023–24 Legia Warsaw season explained

Club:	Legia Warsaw
Season:	2023–24
Manager:	Kosta Runjaić (until 9 April 2024) Gonçalo Feio (from 10 April 2024)
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Dariusz Mioduski
Stadium:	Stadion Wojska Polskiego
League:	Ekstraklasa
League Result:	3th
Cup1:	Polish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	Polish Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup3 Result:	Knockout round play-offs
League Topscorer:	Tomáš Pekhart (8)
Season Topscorer:	Tomáš Pekhart (13)
Highest Attendance:	29,028 v Lech Poznań (12 November 2023, Ekstraklasa)
Lowest Attendance:	20,116 v MKS Cracovia (17 December 2023, Ekstraklasa)
Average Attendance:	24,689
Largest Win:	3-0 v ŁKS Łódź (21 July 2023) 3-0 v Ruch Chorzów (6 August 2023) 0-3 v Zagłębie Lubin (3 December 2023)
Largest Loss:	4-0 v Śląsk Wrocław (21 October 2023)
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Prevseason:	2022–23
Nextseason:	2024–25

The 2023–24 season was 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 also participated 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 covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 25 May 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 Transfers In Player From Date Source FW align=left Marc Gual Jagiellonia Białystok Transfer Free 30 June 2023 ^[1] MF align=left Patryk Kun Raków Częstochowa Transfer Free 30 June 2023 DF align=left Radovan Pankov Red Star Belgrade Transfer Free 30 June 2023 https://www.sport.pl/pilka/7,65039,29864923,oficjalnie-legia-warszawa-finalizuje-trzeci-transfer-ograny.html MF Juergen Elitim Watford F.C. Transfer Free 30 June 2023 ^[2] GK align=left Gabriel Kobylak Radomiak Radom End of loan Free 1 July 2023 DF align=left Ramil Mustafajew Stal Rzeszów End of loan Free 1 July 2023 DF align=left Steve Kapuadi Wisła Płock Transfer ? 22 August 2023 DF align=left Marco Burch FC Luzern Transfer ? 3 September 2023 https://legia.net/news/marco-burch-transfer-do-legii-to-wielki-krok-w-mojej-karierze/91211 MF align=left Gil Dias VfB Stuttgart Loan ? 4 September 2023 https://legia.com/gil-dias-pilkarzem-legii-warszawa/18562 MF align=left Ryoya Morishita Nagoya Grampus Loan ? 9 January 2024 https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/ryoya-morishita-wypozyczony-do-konca-2024-roku/19251 MF align=left Qëndrim Zyba FC Ballkani Loan ? 2 February 2024 https://legia.com/qendrim-zyba-pilkarzem-legii/19364 Out Player To Date Source DF align=left Filip Mladenović Panathinaikos F.C. Transfer Free 12 June 2023 DF align=left Kacper Skibicki GKS Tychy Transfer Undisclosed 30 June 2023 https://legia.net/news/oficjalnie-skibicki-odszedl-z-legii-gks-go-wykupil/90150 DF align=left Joel Abu Hanna Maccabi Netanya F.C. Transfer Free 27 June 2023 DF align=left Maik Nawrocki Celtic F.C. Transfer £4,300,000 26 July 2023 https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/12927028/maik-nawrocki-celtic-sign-polish-defender-on-five-year-deal DF align=left Nikodem Niski Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki Transfer ? 1 August 2023 https://legionisci.com/news/92714_Nikodem_Niski_zagra_w_Pogoni_Grodzisk_Maz.html MF align=left Bartosz Slisz Atlanta United FC Transfer $3,500,000 17 January 2024 https://legia.net/news/oficjalnie-bartosz-slisz-w-atlancie/93001 MF align=left Jakub Jędrasik Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Transfer ? 24 January 2024 https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/jakub-jedrasik-odchodzi-z-legii-warszawa/19325 MF align=left Ernest Muçi Beşiktaş J.K. Transfer €10,000,000 9 February 2024 https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/jakub-jedrasik-odchodzi-z-legii-warszawa/19325 Out on loan Player To On loan until Date Source FW Jordan Majchrzak Puszcza Niepołomice End of season ? 20 July 2023 https://legia.net/news/oficjalnie-majchrzak-wypozyczony-do-puszczy/90528 MF Maddox Sobociński GKS Wikielec End of season ? 27 July 2023 https://transfery.info/aktualnosci/oficjalnie-maddox-sobocinski-opuszcza-legie-warszawa-poszuka-swojej-szansy-w-iii-lidze/190199 MF Bartłomiej Ciepiela Resovia Rzeszów End of season ? 11 August 2023 https://weszlo.com/2023/08/11/pomocnik-legii-warszawa-wypozyczony-do-resovii/ MF Makana Baku OFI Crete F.C. End of season ? 15 January 2024 https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/makana-baku-wypozyczony-do-ofi-kreta/19281 MF Igor Strzałek Stal Mielec End of season ? 15 January 2024 https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/igor-strzalek-wypozyczony-do-stali-mielec/19285 MF Cezary Miszta Rio Ave F.C. End of season ? 30 January 2024 https://legia.net/news/oficjalnie-cezary-miszta-w-rio-ave/93205 GK Gabriel Kobylak Radomiak Radom End of season ? 29 January 2024 https://legia.net/news/kobylak-z-nowym-kontraktem-wiosna-zagra-w-radomiaku/93195 Released Player Subsequent club Date Source MF Mattias Johansson – End of contract 30 June 2023 https://transfery.info/aktualnosci/legia-warszawa-rozstala-sie-z-obronca-oficjalnie/185913 GK Jakub Trojanowski GKS Jastrzębie End of contract 30 June 2023 https://legia.net/news/jakub-trojanowski-zawodnikiem-gks-u/90544 FW Carlitos PAS Lamia 1964 Contract termination 1 August 2023 https://gol24.pl/oficjalnie-byly-pilkarz-legii-warszawa-carlitos-podpisal-kontrakt-z-greckim-pas-lamia-hiszpan-bedzie-gral-z-dycha-na-plecach/ar/c2-17769523 DF Lindsay Rose Aris Thessaloniki Contract termination 29 December 2023 https://legia.net/news/oficjalnie-lindsay-rose-rozwiazal-kontrakt-z-legia/92811 MF Patryk Sokołowski Cracovia End of contract 31 December 2023 https://legia.net/news/legia-podziekowala-patrykowi-sokolowskiemu/92696 MF Kacper Bogusiewicz Pogoń Siedlce End of contract 31 December 2023 https://legia.net/news/pomocnik-odszedl-z-legii-znalazl-nowy-klub/93203 MF Róbert Pich Othellos Athienou FC Contract termination 4 January 2024 https://sport.tvp.pl/75153979/kolejny-pilkarz-odchodzi-z-legii 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.^[3] 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. Before the trip, the players won a friendly against Lechia Gdańsk at the Legia Training Center.^[4] In Austria, Legia played three friendly matches. The first against FC Botoșani was won confidently 5–0, with a hattrick scored by Blaž Kramer.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8] Competitions Ekstraklasa See main article: 2023–24 Ekstraklasa. Matches The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2023.^[9] Polish Cup See main article: 2023–24 Polish Cup. Polish Super Cup See main article: 2023 Polish Super Cup. UEFA Europa Conference League See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. Group stage See main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 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.^[10] Knockout round play-offs The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023. Statistics Appearances and goals
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Players who appeared for Legia and left the club during the season:

Goalscorers

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1	7	FW		Tomas Pekhart	3	0	0	3
TOTALS					0	0	0	0

Assists

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1					0	0	0	0
TOTALS					0	0	0	0

Clean sheets

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1					0	0	0	0
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

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

|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|32||MF||||Makana Baku|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|33||MF||||Patryk Kun|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|39||FW||||Maciej Rosołek|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|55||DF||||Artur Jędrzejczyk|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|63||MF||||Jakub Kisiel|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|67||MF||||Bartosz Kapustka|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|77||MF||||Jakub Jędrasik|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|81||GK||||Jakub Trojanowski|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|86||MF||||Igor Strzałek|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-|99||MF||||Bartosz Slisz|| colspan="9" |–||0||0||0|-!colspan="4"|TOTALS!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0|}

Home attendances

				Capacity
Ekstraklasa	17	420,175	24,716	79,4%	29,028	20,116
Polish Cup	0	0	0	–	0	0
UEFA Europa Conference League	6	184,593	26,370	84,7%	27,801	23,517
All	23	604,768	25,199	81,0%	29,028	20,116

Notes and References

1. Web site: S.A . Telewizja Polska . 2023-05-11 . Hit transferowy! Gwiazda Ekstraklasy dołącza do Legii! . 2023-06-27 . sport.tvp.pl . pl.
2. Web site: S.A . Telewizja Polska . 2023-06-27 . Legia ma nowego piłkarza. Transfer prosto z ligi hiszpańskiej . 2023-06-27 . sport.tvp.pl . pl.
3. Web site: Szymczyk . Marcin . 2023-06-26 . Legioniści dotarli do Austrii razem z Mucim . 2023-06-30 . legia.net . pl.
4. Web site: Ziółkowski . Maciej . 2023-06-24 . Cztery gole w LTC, wygrana w pierwszym sparingu . 2023-06-30 . legia.net . pl.
5. Web site: Waliszewski . Jakub . 2023-06-28 . Hat-trick Kramera, dwa gole Guala. Legia rozbiła FC Botosani . 2023-06-30 . legia.net . pl.
6. Web site: Waliszewski . Jakub . 2023-07-01 . Gole Rosołka i Elitima. Karabach pokonany . 2023-07-01 . legia.net . pl.
7. Web site: Waliszewski . Jakub . 2023-07-04 . Gole stoperów, ograny mistrz Austrii . 2023-07-04 . legia.net . pl.
8. Web site: S.A . Telewizja Polska . 2023-07-01 . Legia rezygnuje z piłkarza. Pomocnik odesłany ze zgrupowania . 2023-07-01 . sport.tvp.pl . pl.
9. Web site: S.A . Telewizja Polska . 2023-06-14 . Znamy terminarz PKO Ekstraklasy 23/24. Kiedy rusza nowy sezon? . 2023-06-27 . sport.tvp.pl . pl.
10. Web site: Media . Wirtualna Polska . 2023-09-01 . Rozlosowano fazę grupową Ligi Konferencji Europy. Legia w grupie śmierci! . 2023-09-01 . sportowefakty.wp.pl . pl.