2008–09 Legia Warsaw season

During the 2008-09 Season, Legia Warsaw participated in the Polish first division, the Ekstraklasa.

Legia Warsaw

2008–09 season
Chairman	Leszek Miklas
Manager	Jan Urban
Orange Ekstraklasa	2nd
Polish Cup	Semifinals
UEFA Cup	Second Qualifying Round
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POL Wojciech Skaba 2 DF  ESP Iñaki Descarga 3 DF  POL Wojciech Szala 4 DF  ZIM Dickson Choto 5 MF  ESP Tito 6 MF  POL Roger 7 MF  POL Piotr Giza 8 MF  POL Maciej Iwański 9 FW  POL Bartłomiej Grzelak 11 DF  POL Tomasz Kiełbowicz 12 GK  UKR Konstatin Makhnovskyy 15 DF  ESP Inaki Astiz 16 MF  POL Ariel Borysiuk 18 MF  POL Kamil Majkowski

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ZIM Takesure Chinyama 20 MF  POL Sebastian Szałachowski 22 FW  POL Piotr Rocki 23 FW  POL Adrian Paluchowski 24 MF  POL Patryk Koziara 25 DF  POL Jakub Rzeźniczak 26 DF  MKD Panče Kumbev 30 MF  NGA Martins Ekwueme 31 MF  POL Maciej Rybus 32 MF  SRB Miroslav Radović 46 MF  POL Krzysztof Ostrowski 78 MF  POL Tomasz Jarzębowski 82 GK  SVK 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	ŁKS Łódź	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
	ŁKS Łódź	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	23 September 2008	Wisła Płock	A	2-1 a.e.t	2x Iwański	3,500

Puchar Ligi

Round	Date	Opponents	Home (H)/ Away (A)	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1, Group D	2 September 2008	Polonia Warszawa	A	0-3 w.o
2, Group D	5 September 2008	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	FC Gomel	H	0-0		6,000
First qualifying round	31 July 2008	FC Gomel	A	1-4	2x Szałachowski 2x Iwański	8,000

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nationality	Player	Apps	Goals	YC	RC
1	GK	Poland	Wojciech Skaba	1	0	0	0
2	DF	Spain	Iñaki Descarga	3	0	0	0
3	DF	Poland	Wojciech Szala	10(1)	0	3	0
4	DF	Zimbabwe	Dickson Choto	19	0	3	0
6	MF	Poland	Roger	26(2)	4	4	0
7	MF	Poland	Piotr Giza	14(8)	5	3	0
8	MF	Poland	Maciej Iwański	29(1)	4	3	0
9	FW	Poland	Bartłomiej Grzelak	5(4)	2	1	0
11	DF	Poland	Tomasz Kiełbowicz	11(3)	0	2	0
12	GK	Ukraine	Konstatin Makhnovskyy	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Serbia	Aleksandar Vuković	6(3)	0	2	0
15	DF	Spain	Inaki Astiz	26	1	4	0
16	MF	Poland	Ariel Borysiuk	13(5)	0	4	0
17	DF	Poland	Marcin Komorowski	5(1)	0	0	0
19	FW	Zimbabwe	Takesure Chinyama	24(2)	19	3	0
20	MF	Poland	Sebastian Szalachowski	5	1	0	0
22	MF	Poland	Piotr Rocki	5(11)	0	1	0
23	DF	Poland	Adrian Paluchowski	4(3)	2	1	0
24	DF	Poland	Jakub Wawrzyniak	16	1	2	0
25	DF	Poland	Jakub Rzeźniczak	23	1	4	0
26	DF	Macedonia	Panče Kumbev	7(2)	1	3	0
27	MF	Brazil	Édson	5(2)	2	0	0
28	MF	Poland	Marcin Smoliński	1	0	0	0
30	MF	Nigeria	Martins Ekwueme	1(2)	0	0	0
31	MF	Poland	Maciej Rybus	21(6)	3	2	0
32	MF	Serbia	Miroslav Radović	18(10)	3	2	0
33	FW	Poland	Kamil Majkowski	0(2)	0	0	0
40	FW	Spain	Mikel Arruabarrena	0(5)	0	0	0
46	MF	Poland	Krzysztof Ostrowski	0(5)	0	0	0
78	MF	Poland	Tomasz Jarzebowski	4(3)	0	0	0
82	GK	Slovakia	Ján Mucha	29	0	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	Polish Cup	Puchat Ligi	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Miroslav Radović	Midfielder	1	0	0	0	0
2	Tomasz Kiełbowicz	Midfielder	0	0	0	1	1
3	Jakub Rzeźniczak	Forward	0	0	0	1	1
4	Maciej Iwański	Midfielder	0	0	0	0	0
5	Sebastian Szałachowski	Forward	0	0	0	0	0

Most appearances

As of 2008/09 Season

P	Player	Position	Ekstraklasa	Polish Cup	Puchar Ligi	UEFA Cup	Total
1	Ján Mucha	Goalkeeper	1	0	0	2	3
2	Roger	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3
3	Maciej Iwański	Forward	1	0	0	2	3
4	Miroslav Radović	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3
5	Wojciech Szala	Midfielder	1	0	0	2	3

References