2017–18 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw
2017-18 season
Chairman Dariusz Mioduski
Manager Jacek Magiera (until 13 September 2017)
Romeo Jozak (13 September 2017-14 April 2018)
Dean Klafurić (14 April 2018-)
Stadium Polish Army Stadium
Ekstraklasa 1st
Polish Cup Champions
UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa League Play-off round
Top goalscorer League: Jarosław Niezgoda (13 goals)
All: Jarosław Niezgoda (15 goals)
Highest home attendance 26,756 (vs Arka Gdynia, 7 July 2017)
Lowest home attendance 7,240 (vs Bytovia Bytów, 28 November 2017)
Average home league attendance 17,334[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017–18 Legia Warsaw season is the club's 101st season of existence, and their 81st in the top flight of Polish football. Legia entered the 2017-18 season as the defending Ekstraklasa champions.

Players

Current squad

As of 11 March 2018[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Poland GK Arkadiusz Malarz
2 Poland DF Michał Pazdan (3rd captain)
3 Brazil DF Maurício (on loan from Lazio)
6 Luxembourg MF Chris Philipps
7 Croatia MF Domagoj Antolić
8 Italy MF Cristian Pasquato
9 Croatia FW Eduardo
11 Poland FW Jarosław Niezgoda
12 Latvia GK Vjačeslavs Kudrjavcevs
14 Czech Republic DF Adam Hloušek
15 Poland MF Michał Kopczyński (vice-captain)
17 Poland MF Mikołaj Kwietniewski
18 Poland MF Michał Kucharczyk
No. Position Player
20 Montenegro MF Marko Vešović
22 Finland MF Kasper Hämäläinen
25 Poland DF Łukasz Turzyniecki
26 Portugal MF Cafú (on loan from FC Metz)
28 Poland DF Łukasz Broź
31 Poland MF Krzysztof Mączyński
32 Serbia MF Miroslav Radović (captain)
33 Poland GK Radosław Cierzniak
34 Spain DF Iñaki Astiz
40 United States MF Brian Iloski
44 France DF William Rémy
53 Poland MF Sebastian Szymański
55 Poland DF Artur Jędrzejczyk

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player From Type Window Fee Date Source
7 MF Croatia Domagoj Antolić Dinamo Zagreb Transfer Winter Undisclosed 4 January 2018 [3]
9 FW Croatia Eduardo Free agent Transfer Winter Free 4 January 2018 [4]
20 MF Montenegro Marko Vešović HNK Rijeka Transfer Winter Undisclosed 5 January 2018 [5]
44 DF France William Rémy Montpellier Transfer Winter Undisclosed 8 January 2018 [6]
17 MF Poland Mikołaj Kwietniewski Fulham Transfer Winter Undisclosed 25 January 2018 [7]
6 MF Luxembourg Chris Philipps FC Metz Transfer Winter Undisclosed 2 February 2018 [8]
40 GK Latvia Vjačeslavs Kudrjavcevs Free agent Transfer Winter Free 12 February 2018 [9]
12 MF United States Brian Iloski UCLA Bruins Transfer Winter Free 16 February 2018 [10]
26 MF Portugal Cafú FC Metz Loan Winter 27 February 2018 [11]

Out

No. Pos Player To Type Window Fee Date Source
25 DF Poland Jakub Rzeźniczak Qarabağ FK Transfer Summer 4 July 2017
42 DF Poland Bartłomiej Urbański Willem II Tilburg Transfer Summer 6 July 2017
52 DF Poland Mateusz Wieteska Górnik Zabrze Transfer Summer 7 July 2017
8 MF Belgium Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Olympiacos F.C. Transfer Summer €3,000,000 9 July 2017
99 FW Albania Armando Sadiku Levante UD Transfer Winter €1,000,000 31 January 2018 [12]
75 MF France Thibault Moulin PAOK Transfer Winter €1,500,000 31 January 2018 [13]
27 FW Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Molde FK Transfer Winter 14 February 2018 [14]

Competitions

Friendlies

Polish Super Cup

Polish Cup

Legia Warsaw won 7–3 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 3–2 on aggregate.

Ekstraklasa

Regular season

  Win   Draw   Loss

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lech Poznań 30 15 10 5 49 23 +26 55 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 16 6 8 45 36 +9 54[lower-alpha 1]
3 Legia Warsaw 30 17 3 10 43 31 +12 54[lower-alpha 1]
4 Wisła Płock 30 15 4 11 42 35 +7 49
5 Górnik Zabrze[lower-alpha 2] 30 12 11 7 56 46 +10 47
Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored (only if two teams); 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fairplay ranking; 9) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played.)[17]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Jagiellonia 1–0 Legia, Legia 0–2 Jagiellonia.
  2. ↑ Górnik Zabrze were punished after the 26th round with a deduction of three points because of stadium destruction by the fans.[15]The appeal against the penalty has been accepted on 22 March 2018.[16]

Championship round

Matches
League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Legia Warsaw (C) 37 22 4 11 55 35 +20 70 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Jagiellonia Białystok 37 20 7 10 55 41 +14 67 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Lech Poznań 37 16 12 9 53 34 +19 60 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Górnik Zabrze 37 16 12 9 68 54 +14 60
5 Wisła Płock 37 17 6 14 53 45 +8 57
Source: Ekstraklasa, 90minut
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points in regular season; 4) Head-to-head goal difference in regular season; 5) Head-to-head goals scored in regular season; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored in regular season (if only two teams); 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Fairplay ranking; 10) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[18]
(C) Champion.

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Legia Warsaw won 9–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Astana won 3–2 on aggregate.

Europa League

Play-off round

1–1 on aggregate. Sheriff Tiraspol won on away goals.

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 10 February 2018.[19]
P Pos. Nr Player League Super Cup Polish Cup Champions League Europa League Total
1 FW 11 Poland Jarosław Niezgoda 900009
2 FW (99) Albania Armando Sadiku 2–4107
3 MF 22 Finland Kasper Hämäläinen 400116
4 MF (6) Brazil Guilherme 300205
MF 18 Poland Michał Kucharczyk 300205
MF 53 Poland Sebastian Szymański 103105
7 MF (21) Hungary Dominik Nagy 101103
MF (75) France Thibault Moulin 210003
Own goal 101103
10 DF 5 Poland Maciej Dąbrowski 101002
DF (7) Portugal Hildeberto Pereira 0–2002
MF 8 Italy Cristian Pasquato 1–1002
DF 28 Poland Łukasz Broź 101002
MF 31 Poland Krzysztof Mączyński 101002
15 DF (4) Poland Jakub Czerwiński 000101
MF (17) Poland Konrad Michalak 000101
MF 32 Serbia Miroslav Radović 100001

References

  1. ↑ http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga9322.html
  2. ↑ "Legia Warszawa (kadra)" (in Polish). Legia Warszawa.
  3. ↑ "Domagoj Antolić zawodnikiem Legii" (in Polish). legia.com. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Eduardo da Silva piłkarzem Legii" (in Polish). legia.com. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Marko Vešović piłkarzem Legii" (in Polish). legia.com. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Legia potwierdza kolejny transfer! Remy piłkarzem mistrzów Polski" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mikołaj Kwietniewski zawodnikiem Legii" (in Polish). legia.com. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Chris Philipps zawodnikiem Legii" (in Polish). legia.com. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Legia ma nowego piłkarza, 20-letni Łotysz podpisał kontrakt" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Brian Iloski podpisał kontrakt z Legią" (in Polish). Legia.com. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "OFICJALNIE: Cafu piłkarzem Legii Warszawa! Kolejny transfer mistrza Polski" (in Polish). przegladsportowy.pl. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Armando Sadiku odchodzi z Legii" (in Polish). Legia.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "Thibault Moulin odchodzi z Legii" (in Polish). Legia.com. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Daniel Chima Chukwu odchodzi z Legii" (in Polish). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Ekstraklasa. Jest decyzja w sprawie kar za mecz Piast - Górnik. Komisja Ligi zaskoczyła". sport.pl. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "NKO uznała odwołanie Górnika". 90minut. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "Rozgrywki - Zasady". Ekstraklasa. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Rozgrywki - Zasady". Ekstraklasa. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Legia Warszawa" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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