2008–09 Legia Warsaw season

Legia Warsaw
2008–09 season
Chairman Leszek Miklas
Manager Jan Urban
Orange Ekstraklasa2nd
Polish CupSemifinals
UEFA CupSecond Qualifying Round

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

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
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
Date Opponents Home (H)/
Away (A)
Result Scorers Attendance
20 July 2008 Wisła Kraków N 2-1 Chinyama
Rocki
3,000
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
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