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 PositionNameHead coach Kosta RunjaićAssistant coaches Przemysław Małecki, Inaki AstizFitness coaches Bartosz Bibrowicz, Stergios Fotopoulos, Dawid GolińskiGoalkeeping coaches Arkadiusz Malarz, Krzysztof DowhańAnalysts Piotr Parchan, Przemysław Małecki
Players First-team squad
Transfers In Player From Date Source FW Marc Gual Jagiellonia Białystok TransferFree 30 June 2023 MF Patryk Kun Raków Częstochowa Transfer Free 30 June 2023 DF Radovan Pankov Red Star Belgrade Transfer Free 30 June 2023 MF Juergen Elitim Watford F.C. Transfer Free 30 June 2023GK Gabriel KobylakRadomiak RadomEnd of loanFree1 July 2023DF Ramil MustafajewStal RzeszówEnd of loanFree1 July 2023DF Steve KapuadiWisła PłockTransfer?22 August 2023DF Marco BurchFC LuzernTransfer?3 September 2023MF Gil DiasVfB StuttgartLoan?4 September 2023MF Ryoya MorishitaNagoya GrampusLoan?9 January 2024MF Qëndrim ZybaFC BallkaniLoan?2 February 2024
Out Player To Date Source DF Filip Mladenović Panathinaikos F.C. Transfer Free 12 June 2023DF Kacper SkibickiGKS TychyTransferUndisclosed 30 June 2023DF Joel Abu HannaMaccabi Netanya F.C.TransferFree27 June 2023DF Maik NawrockiCeltic F.C.Transfer£4,300,00026 July 2023DF Nikodem NiskiPogoń Grodzisk MazowieckiTransfer?1 August 2023MF Bartosz SliszAtlanta United FCTransfer$3,500,00017 January 2024MF Jakub JędrasikBruk-Bet Termalica NiecieczaTransfer?24 January 2024MF Ernest MuçiBeşiktaş J.K.Transfer€10,000,0009 February 2024
Out on loan Player To On loan until Date Source FW Jordan Majchrzak Puszcza Niepołomice End of season? 20 July 2023MF Maddox SobocińskiGKS WikielecEnd of season?27 July 2023MF Bartłomiej CiepielaResovia RzeszówEnd of season?11 August 2023MF Makana BakuOFIEnd of season?15 January 2024MF Igor StrzałekStal MielecEnd of season?15 January 2024MF Cezary MisztaRio Ave F.C.End of season?30 January 2024GK Gabriel KobylakRadomiak RadomEnd of season?29 January 2024
Released Player Subsequent club Date SourceMF Mattias Johansson–End of contract30 June 2023GK Jakub TrojanowskiGKS JastrzębieEnd of contract30 June 2023FW CarlitosPAS Lamia 1964Contract termination1 August 2023DF Lindsay RoseAris ThessalonikiContract termination29 December 2023MF Patryk SokołowskiCracoviaEnd of contract31 December 2023 MF Kacper BogusiewiczPogoń SiedlceEnd of contract31 December 2023 MF Róbert PichOthellos Athienou FCContract termination4 January 2024
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. 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. In Austria, Legia played three friendly matches. The first against FC Botoșani was won confidently 5–0, with a hattrick scored by Blaž Kramer. 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. 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.
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.
Competitions Overview
Ekstraklasa
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2023.
Polish Cup
Polish Super Cup
UEFA Europa Conference League
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Fourth qualifying round
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.
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
Goalscorers
PlaceNumberPositionNationNameEkstraklasaPolish CupUEFA Europa Conference LeagueTotal 17FWTomas Pekhart 3 0 0 3TOTALS0000
Assists
PlaceNumberPositionNationNameEkstraklasaPolish CupUEFA Europa Conference LeagueTotalTOTALS0000
Clean sheets
PlaceNumberNationNameEkstraklasaPolish CupUEFA Europa Conference LeagueTotalTOTALS0000
Disciplinary record
NumberPositionNationNameEkstraklasaPolish CupUEFA Europa Conference LeagueTotal1 GKKacper Tobiasz–0003 DFSteve Kapuadi–0005 DFYuri Ribeiro–0007 FWTomáš Pekhart–0008 MFRafał Augustyniak–0009 FWBlaž Kramer–00011MFRóbert Pich–00012DFRadovan Pankov–00013MFPaweł Wszołek–00014MFIhor Kharatin–00016MFJurgen Çelhaka–00018MFPatryk Sokołowski–00022MF –00019FWCarlitos–00020FWErnest Muçi–00022MFJuergen Elitim–00026MFFilip Rejczyk–00027MFJosué–00028FWMarc Gual–00029DFLindsay Rose–00030GKDominik Hładun–00031GKCezary Miszta}–00032MFMakana Baku–00033MFPatryk Kun–00039FWMaciej Rosołek–00055DFArtur Jędrzejczyk–00063MFJakub Kisiel–00067MFBartosz Kapustka–00077MFJakub Jędrasik–00081GKJakub Trojanowski–00086MFIgor Strzałek–00099MFBartosz Slisz–000TOTALS000000000000
Home attendances
Capacity Ekstraklasa 17 420,175 24,71679,4% 29,028 20,116Polish Cup 0 0 0– 0 0UEFA Europa Conference League 6 184,593 26,37084,7% 27,801 23,517 All 23 604,768 25,19981,0% 29,028 20,116
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