The 2025–26 season is Legia Warsaw's 108th season in existence and the club's 77th consecutive season in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, they will also participate in this season's editions of the Polish Cup, Polish, and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
Review Background The 2024–25 season was a disappointing one for many Legia Warsaw fans. Despite winning the Polish Cup and reaching the quarterfinals of the Conference League, finishing only 5th in the league was seen as a major failure, as Legia had failed to win the Polish championship for the fourth consecutive season. Poor performance on the pitch led to significant changes at the club. Midway through the previous season, Jacek Zieliński ceased to serve as sporting director; after a few weeks, Michał Żewłakow, who had already held this position from 2015 to 2017, was appointed in his place. The club also hired Fredi Bobić as Head of Football Operations.
Despite the disappointing results, the new sporting director had planned to extend the contract of head coach Gonçalo Feio. However, disagreements over the scope of his responsibilities, as well as the situation in the last match against Stal Mielec—in which the coach did not field the talented Mateusz Szczepaniak, thereby preventing his contract from being automatically extended—led to the breakdown of talks, and Feio left the club. The club also parted ways with scouting director Radosław Mozyrko, whose position was taken over by Piotr Zasada, previously deputy director of the Legia Warsaw Football Academy for scouting, recruitment, and individual development. The scouting department was also left by Tomasz Kiełbowicz, Piotr Włodarczyk, and Mateusz Mazur.
Finally, on June 12, Legia's new coach was presented — the former head coach of the Romanian national team, Edward Iordănescu. On June 16, the team departed for a training camp in Austria, where they played two friendly matches: one ended in a draw against Ludogorets Razgrad, and the other was a win against FK Jablonec.
Super Cup victory Prior to the league and European commitments, Legia secured the 2025 Polish Super Cup on 13 July 2025, defeating Lech Poznań 2–1 at the Enea Stadium in Poznań, thus claiming their sixth Super Cup title.https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-nozna/1198845/legia-warszawa-zdobywca-superpucharu-polski
European campaign Following their Polish Super Cup triumph, Legia Warsaw progressed through the early stages of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League qualifiers with gathered momentum. The club navigated the first qualifying round, achieving a 1–0 victory at home and securing a decisive stoppage-time 1–0 win away against Kazakhstan's FC Aktobe, thus advancing 2–0 on aggregate. In the second qualifying round, Legia overcame Czech side Baník Ostrava with a 2–1 home win following a 2–2 draw away, progressing 4–3 on aggregate.
However, in a stunning turn of events during the third qualifying round, Legia suffered a heavy 4–1 defeat in the first leg away to AEK Larnaca, leaving them with a significant deficit to overcome. Despite mounting a spirited 2–1 home win in the return leg, Legia were eliminated 5–3 on aggregate.
Board and management team {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! |Position ! |Name |- |align=left|President of the Management Board and Owner |align=left| Dariusz Mioduski |- |align=left|Vice Presidents of the Management Board |align=left| Marcin Herra, Jarosław Jurczak |- |align=left|Sporting Advisor to the Board |align=left| Jacek Zieliński |- |align=left|Supervisory Board |align=left| Anna Mioduska (President), Jarosław Jankowski, Jerzy Kowalski, Marian Owerko, Robert Jędrzejczyk |- |align=left|Sporting Director |align=left| Michał Żewłakow |- |align=left|Head of Football Operations |align=left| Fredi Bobic
First team
Coaching staff {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! |Position ! |Name |- |align=left|Head coach |align=left| Edward Iordănescu |- |align=left|Assistant coaches |align=left| Alexandru Radu, Inaki Astiz, Grzegorz Mokry, Daniel Wojtasz |- |align=left|Goalkeeping coaches |align=left| Arkadiusz Malarz, Krzysztof Dowhań |- |align=left|Fitness coaches |align=left| Bartosz Bibrowicz, Bogdan Merișanu, Sebastián López Bascón, Dawid Goliński, |- |align=left|Analysts |align=left| Michele Iannucci, Maciej Krzymień
First-team squad No.PlayerNat.PositionsDate of birth (age)Signed inContract endsPrevious clubTransfer feeGoalkeepers1Kacper TobiaszGK4 November 2002 (age 22)20202026 Legia Warsaw IIFree23Gabriel KobylakGK20 February 2002 (age 23)20202027 Legia Warsaw IIFree31Marcel Mendes-DudzińskiGK14 May 2004 (age 21)20242028 S.L. BenficaFreeDefenders3Steve KapuadiCB30 April 1998 (age 27)20232026 Wisła PłockFree4Marco BurchCB19 October 2000 (age 24)20232029 FC Luzern€0.55-0.8M12Radovan Pankov CB5 August 1995 (age 29)20232026 Red Star BelgradeFree13Arkadiusz RecaLB17 June 1995 (age 30)20252028 Spezia CalcioFree19Rúben VinagreLB / LW9 April 1999 (age 26)20242028 Sporting CP€2.3-2.5M24Jan Ziółkowski (U23)CB5 June 2005 (age 20)20232025 Legia Warsaw IIFree30Petar StojanovićRB7 October 1995 (age 29)20252028 US Salernitana 1919Free33Patryk KunLB / LW20 April 1995 (age 30)20232026 Raków CzęstochowaFree55Artur JędrzejczykCB4 November 1987 (age 37)20172026 FC Krasnodar€0.9M91Kamil PiątkowskiCB21 June 2000 (age 25)20252029 FC Red Bull SalzburgFreeMidfielders5Claude GonçalvesDM9 April 1994 (age 31)20242027 PFC Ludogorets RazgradFree6Henrique ArreiolCM26 February 2005 (age 20)20252029 Sporting CPFree7Paweł WszołekRW30 April 1992 (age 33)20222025 1. FC Union BerlinFree8Rafał AugustyniakCB / DM14 October 1993 (age 31)20232025 FC Ural YekaterinburgFree11Kacper ChodynaRW24 May 1999 (age 26)20242028 Zagłębie Lubin€0.86M20Jakub Żewłakow (U23)AM2 December 2006 (age 18)2027 Legia Warsaw IIFree21Vahan BichakhchyanRW9 July 1999 (age 25)20252028 Pogoń Szczecin€0.25M22Juergen ElitimCM13 July 1999 (age 25)20232026 Watford F.C.Free25Ryōya MorishitaRW11 April 1997 (age 28)20232024 Nagoya GrampusLoan44Damian SzymańskiCM16 June 1995 (age 30)20252029 AEK Athens F.C.Free53Wojciech Urbański (U23)AM12 January 2005 (age 20)20232025 Wisła Kraków U19?67Bartosz KapustkaCM23 December 1996 (age 28)20202026 Leicester City F.C.Free77Ermal KrasniqiLW7 September 1996 (age 26)20252026 AC Sparta PragueLoan82Kacper UrbańskiAM7 September 2004 (age 20)20252028 Bologna FC 1909€.2.5M99Noah WeißhauptLW20 September 2001 (age 23)20252026 SC FreiburgLoanAleksander Wyganowski (U23)CM11 June 2009 (age 16)20232026 Escola VarsoviaForwards9Migouel AlfarelaCF15 February 1997 (age 28)20242027 SC Bastia€1.4M17Illia ShkurynCF17 August 1999 (age 25)20252028 Stal Mielec€1.5M28Marc GualCF13 March 1996 (age 29)20232026 Jagiellonia BiałystokFree29Mileta RajovićCF17 July 1999 (age 25)20252029 Watford F.C.€3M77Jean-Pierre NsameCF1 May 1993 (age 32)20242025 Como 1907Loan Notes:
Player (U23) – Player who fulfils the PZPN's Młodzieżowiec 2.0 criteria, that is, Polish footballers who will be 21 years old or younger in the year the season ends (2026), so born in 2005 or later.
Transfers In DatePositionPlayerFromFeeRef16 May 2025FW Migouel Alfarela Athens Kallithea F.C.End of loan27 May 2025DM Jakub Adkonis Ruch ChorzówEnd of loan30 May 2025FW Jordan Majchrzak Arka GdyniaEnd of loan9 June 2025FW Jean-Pierre Nsame FC St. GallenEnd of loan16 June 2025FW Marco Burch Radomiak RadomEnd of loan26 June 2025RB Petar Stojanović US Salernitana 1919Free15 July 2025CF Mileta Rajović Watford F.C.€3M18 July 2025LB Arkadiusz Reca Spezia CalcioFree14 August 2025CM Damian Szymański AEK Athens F.C.Free15 August 2025CM Henrique Arreiol Sporting CPFree30 August 2025CB Kamil Piątkowski FC Red Bull SalzburgFree2 September 2025AM Kacper Urbański Bologna FC 1909€2.5M
Out DatePositionPlayerNext clubFeeRef23 May 2025RW Luquinhas Fortaleza Esporte ClubeEnd of loan23 May 2025FW Tomáš Pekhart free agentEnd of contract3 June 2025GK Vladan Kovačević Sporting CPEnd of loan16 June 2025GK Maciej Kikolski Widzew Łódź€0.3M16 July 2025DM Maxi Oyedele RC Strasbourg Alsace€6M (€3.6M)18 July 2025RF Jakub Jędrasik Pogoń Grodzisk MazowieckiReleased8 August 2025CF Jordan Majchrzak VfB Stuttgart€0.15M9 August 2025CF Marc Gual Rio Ave F.C.€0.25M25 August 2025RW Ryōya Morishita Blackburn Rovers F.C.€2.00M29 August 2025CB Jan Ziółkowski AS Roma€6.60M
Loaned in DatePositionPlayerFromDate untilRef25 August 2025LW Ermal Krasniqi AC Sparta PragueEnd of season1 September 2025LW Noah Weißhaupt SC FreiburgEnd of season
Loaned out DatePositionPlayerToDate untilRef25 June 2025AM Igor Strzałek Bruk-Bet Termalica NiecieczaEnd of season9 July 2025CB Sergio Barcia UD Las PalmasEnd of season18 July 2025DM Jakub Adkonis Pogoń Grodzisk MazowieckiEnd of season18 July 2025CF Stanisław GierobaEnd of season18 July 2025RB Oliwier OlewińskiEnd of season18 July 2025RW Mateusz SzczepaniakEnd of season18 July 2025CB Bartosz Dembek Pogoń SiedlceEnd of season Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: €3M
Winter:
Total: €3M
Income Summer: €12.9M
Winter:
Total: €12.9M
Net totals Summer: €9.9M
Winter:
Total: €9.9M
Pre-season and friendlies
Pre-season friendlies
Competitions Overview
Polish Super Cup
As the reigning Polish Cup winners Legia Warsaw faced Lech Poznań, Ekstraklasa champion, in the traditional season opener.
Ekstraklasa
League table
Results summary
Results by round
a Matchday 1 game vs Piast Gliwice was postponed due to Europa League qualification
b Matchday 6 game vs Jagiellonia Białystok was postponed due to Conference League qualification
Matches
Polish Cup
UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
UEFA Conference League
Fourth qualifying round
League phase
Table
Result by round
Matches
Statistics
Goalscorers RankNumberPositionNationNameSupercupEkstraklasaPolish CupUEFA Europa LeagueUEFA Conference LeagueTotalCareer club total118CFJean-Pierre Nsame0104168329CFMileta Rajović0301155213RWPaweł Wszołek12001441422CMJuergen Elitim0101135521RWVahan Bichakhchyan0001122617CFIlya Shkurin1000015767CMBartosz Kapustka00010122817CFMigouel Alfarela0100012955CBArtur Jędrzejczyk010001111025RWRyōya Morishita010001151144DMDamian Szymański01000101230RBPetar Stojanović0100011Own goals101TOTALS2 12 0 9528
Hat-tricks Includes all competitions for senior teams. Players with no hat-tricks not included in the list.
Assists PlaceNumberPositionNationNameSupercupEkstraklasaPolish CupUEFA Europa LeagueUEFA Conference LeagueTotal17RWPaweł Wszołek010304222CMJuergen Elitim110103367AMBartosz Kapustka010113421RWVahan Bichakhchyan010102533RBPatryk Kun100001611RWKacper Chodyna000101717CFMigouel Alfarela010001855CBArtur Jędrzejczyk010001930RBPetar Stojanović0100011018CFJean-Pierre Nsame0000111119LBRúben Vinagre0000111224CBJan Ziółkowski000011TOTALS2 5 06 420
Home attendances Matches played behind closed doors for which tickets could not be sold are not counted. % % %Ekstraklasa248,90378,9%24,45226,41585,2%22,48872,5%Polish CupUEFA Conference League356,13860,4%18,71323,67376,3%20,22665,2% All5105,04167,8%21,00826,41585,2%12,23939,5%
Awards
Ekstraklasa Player of the Month MonthPlayerRef.
Ekstraklasa Young Player of the Month MonthPlayerRef.
Milestones
Games The following players made their competitive debuts for Legia's first team during the season.
References