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In the first leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round Legia Warsaw was defeated 2-1 in Austrian town Ried im Innkreis by footballers of the local team SV. In the first half of the game nothing interesting happened on the pitch. For several minutes Warsaw players seemed to have optical predominance on the field but systematically these were Austrian footballers who started playing better and better. Fairly, first 45 minutes finished with a 0-0 draw.

In the second leg of the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round Legia Warsaw managed to defeat 5-1 their Latvian rivals, FK Liepājas Metalurgs. Marek Saganowski, who has recently returned to Legia after several years, showed his best side scoring three goals! Janusz Gol and Michał Żyro scored single goals. The face-saving goal for Latvians was struck by Vladimirs Kamešs.

In the last friendly game of Legia’s Austrian summer preparatory camp the club from Warsaw was defeated 2-1 by Bulgarian PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgarian: ПФК Локомотив Пловдив). Until the end of the first half players from Bulgaria were leading 1-0. The only goal was scored by Elidiano Marques in the 41st minute of the game.

In the third friendly game of the preparatory camp in Austria AC Sparta Prague (Czech: AC Sparta Praha) outclassed 4-0 Legia Warsaw on Tuesday evening. Although the match seemed to be a tug-of-war situation, these were Czech footballers who managed to strike four goals for their team, not losing even a single one. We induce you to see 39 photos from the game taken by turi.

In the second friendly match that took place during Legia’s preparatory camp in Austria Warsaw team managed to defeat 1-0 Romanian FC Universitatea Cluj. The only goal was scored with a header in the first half of the game by Damian Zbozień. After the break, although theoretically there was the best Legia’s line-up on the pitch, no more goals were struck. We encourage you to see 33 photos from the match taken by turi.

Legia lost the first match during its summer preparatory camp in Austrian Windischgarsten. Warsaw team’s rival FC Metalist Kharkiv (Ukrainian: ФК «Металіст» Харків) won 4-1.

Footballers of Legia Warsaw weren’t able to defeat their rivals from Białystok and they only drew 1-1 on Sunday. After the first half there was a 0-0 draw. Both goals were scored after the break. The first one was struck by Jagiellonia’s players – Luka Pejović centred the ball to Tomasz Frankowski, who scored the goal with a header.

In the second leg of Polish Cup’s semifinal Legia managed to defeat 2-1 Arka’s footballers. The first goal was scored by Nacho Novo in the 23rd minute of the game. Moreover, this has been the first time as the player struck a goal for Legia. Arka’s Piotr Kuklis equalised six minutes after the break. The final winning goal for Warsaw team scored Janusz Gol a minute before the end of the second half.

Legia played a friendly game against Mazur Karczew on its side pitch on Wednesday. Warsaw footballers outclassed their rivals from Polish third league winning 8-0! We induce you to see 20 photographs from the game taken by Mishka.

In the first game of the the 1/16 UEFA Europa League’s final, which took place in the capital of Poland on Thursday evening, Legia Warsaw drew 2-2 with Portuguese Sporting Lisbon. Goals for Polish team were scored by Jakub Wawrzyniak and Janusz Gol. Sporting managed to strike two goals, too. Their authors were Daniel Carriço and André Santos.

Warsaw footballers won their last friendly match in Cyprus on Wednesday. They defeated 3-1 the hardest opponents of their preparatory camp – Aris Limassol’s players. After the end of the first half these were Cypriot footballers who were leading 1-0. One of their players was fouled in the penalty area in the 21st minute of the game and Łukasz Sosin turned this foul into a goal a minute later. We encourage you to see 45 photos from the match taken by turi.

Legia won its second friendly game in Cyprus on Tuesday. This time Warsaw footballers managed to defeat 5-1 APOEL F.C.’s reserves. The first half finished with Legia’s 1-0 leading over players from Nicosia. The only goal was scored from a penalty by Marcin Komorowski. Daisuke Matsui, the Japanese player who has been recently tested by Warsaw club’s coaching staff, performed quite well. He showed off a few tricks and feints. We induce you to see 46 photographs from the game taken by turi.

In the first friendly game of the preparatory camp which took place in Cyprus on Saturday Legia’s footballers defeated 3-0 young Ajax Amsterdam’s players. We induce you to see 55 photos from the game taken by turi.

Legia Warsaw lost 0-2 its last match of the UEFA Europa League’s group stage against Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club on Thursday evening. During the game, Wojciech Skaba was Warsaw team’s first goalkeeper. Everything due to the fact that Dušan Kuciak was punished with a red card in the match against PSV Eindhoven which took place in the capital of Poland on 30th November.

After a tremendous game Legia’s players managed to defeat 3-0 Lechia’s footballers on Saturday evening. Warsaw team took revenge on players from Pomerania for their last year’s 3-0 defeat. Goals for the club from the capital of Poland were scored by: Ivica Vrdoljak, Miroslav Radović and Rafał Wolski. There were nearly 20.000 people in the stands.

In the match between Jagiellonia Białystok and Legia Warsaw, which took place in Białystok on Monday and which closed the thirteenth fixture of the Ekstraklasa, there was a goalless draw. The football rivalry – especially in the first half of the game – didn’t abound in lots of goal situations. The only accurate shot for Legia was taken by Ivica Vrdoljak but Jagiellonia’s goalkeeper coped with it.

n the group stage match (UEFA Europa League) between Legia and FC Rapid, the team from Warsaw managed to defeat 3-1 its Romanian opponents. In the first half of the game footballers of both Polish and Romanian clubs were very active on the field. Nevertheless, these were FC Rapid’s players who were controlling the game until the 26th minute when Dan Alexa was punished with the second yellow card (automatically changed into the red one) by the referee from Sweden and had to leave the pitch.

There was an attendance record on Sunday – during the league game against Wisła Cracow there were over 25.000 people in the stands of new Legia’s stadium. Warsaw club’s footballers played a pretty good game and they deservedly defeated 2-0 current Polish football champions Wisła Cracow. The first goal was scored by Danijel Ljuboja in the 24th minute of the game and the final one was struck by Janusz Gol 45 minutes later.

After a pathetic first half and fantastic performance on the pitch after the break, Legia’s players won their first three points in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. They defeated 3-2 Israeli Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. Miroslav Radović, who stroke the decisive winning goal in the 90th minute of the game, became the man of the match. There were over 21.000 people who gathered in the stands of Legia’s new stadium.

Eventually, after a number of defeats, Legia’s footballers managed to break a spell and thanks to Jakub Wawrzyniak’s and Miroslav Radović’s goals they defeated 2-0 the team from Bełchatów. Warsaw club’s coach Maciej Skorża let young players – Rafał Wolski, Daniel Łukasik and Maciej Górski – play in the match. There were about 400 fans from Warsaw who decided to support their team in Bełchatów.

There was no surprise – Legia’s players defeated 4-1 Rozwój Katowice’s reserve squad in the 1/16 final of the Polish Cup. Although there was a 1-1 draw for a short time, Warsaw team managed to strike three more goals and eventually won the match. We induce you to see 43 photos from the game taken by GeoS.

In the derby game which took place at the General Kazimierz Sosnowski Stadium on Sunday, Polonia Warsaw defeated 2-1 its local rival Legia. This has been the third league match in a row that was lost by the team from Czerniaków. The only goal for Legia was scored by Miroslav Radović in the first half of the game. Goals for Polonia were struck by Jodłowiec and Cani.

In the first match of the group stage of the UEFA Europa League Legia’s footballers were defeated 1-0 by PSV’s players in Dutch Eindhoven. The only goal was scored by Mertens in the 21st minute of the game. Warsaw team presented very poor football on the pitch on Thursday. In the first half it didn’t shoot (even once!) on the opponents’ goal. Although it was a little bit better after the break, it was still not enough to defeat players from the Netherlands.

After Legia’s match in Moscow which took place on 25th August 2011 its 1000 supporters spontaneously decided to thank their footballers for the 3-2 victory over FC Spartak in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League fourth qualifying round and for qualifying to the group stage of the tournament. That’s why they came at 2.00 a.m. to the Warsaw Chopin Airport.

Legia has lost the second match in a row in Warsaw this season. This time, Warsaw club’s footballers were “punished” 2-1 by opponents from Bielsko-Biała. Legia’s players disgraced themselves in front of 18.500 people in the stands. Moreover, due to the fact that Podbeskidzie appears for the first time in the Ekstraklasa and it wasn’t able to win any game before, this is also its first historical victory in Polish highest division.

ŁKS’s players were defeated 3-1 by Legia’s footballers in Bełchatów on Monday evening. There were three ex-Legia’s players in the team from Łódź. The match was watched by nearly 1.000 people. We encourage you to see some photos from the game: - 49 taken by turi - and 25 taken by Hagi.

Legia’s footballers coped with their rivals from Łódź and defeated them 3-1 in Bełchatów on Monday. The first goal was scored by Ivica Vrdoljak in the 13th minute of the game – Legia’s player properly executed a penalty which was result of the situation when Jakub Wawrzyniak had been pulled by his T-shirt in the penalty area by one of ŁKS’s midfielders a minute earlier.

After an amazing football show in Moscow, Legia’s players qualified to the group stage of the UEFA Europa League by defeating 5-4 FC Spartak in a two-legged tie. In the first leg of the fourth qualifying round which took place in Warsaw there was a 2-2 draw. Although Legia was losing 0-2 in the return match in the capital of Russia, Warsaw team’s footballers pulled themselves together and unbelievably scored three goals.

There were about 18.500 supporters who came to Legia’s new stadium to see the game between Warsaw club and the team from the Lower Silesia. Unexpectedly, Legia’s players were defeated 2-1 by their opponents from Wrocław. Unfortunately, Maciej Skorża’s footballers’ attitude wasn’t as good as it used to be few days earlier. Only the finish of the match was quite well.

In the first leg of the UEFA Europa League’s fourth qualifying round Legia’s footballers drew 2-2 with Russian FC Spartak Moscow. Legia’s Radović and Spartak’s Ari scored two goals for their teams. There were nearly 23.500 people in the stands of Warsaw club’s stadium. Legia’s supporters prepared an impressive stands show – "ULTRAS – we hate everyone" (Polish: "ULTRAS – nienawidzimy wszystkich"). They also galvanised their players very loudly throughout the game.