# 2023–24 Legia Warsaw season

The 2023–24 season was Legia Warsaw's 107th season in existence and the club's 76th consecutive season in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in this season's editions of the Polish Super Cup, Polish Cup, Polish, and UEFA Europa Conference League, returning to the European football after a year-long absence. The season covered the period from 1 July 2023 to 25 May 2024.

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Kosta Runjaić |
| Assistant coaches | Przemysław Małecki, Inaki Astiz |
| Fitness coaches | Bartosz Bibrowicz, Stergios Fotopoulos, Dawid Goliński |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Arkadiusz Malarz, Krzysztof Dowhań |
| Analysts | Piotr Parchan, Przemysław Małecki |
* Last updated: June 2023
* Source:

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 August 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POL | Kacper Tobiasz |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Steve Kapuadi |
| 4 | DF | SUI | Marco Burch |
| 5 | DF | POR | Yuri Ribeiro |
| 6 | MW | RUS | Ramil Mustafajew |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Pekhart |
| 8 | MF | POL | Rafał Augustyniak |
| 9 | FW | SVN | Blaž Kramer |
| 11 | MF | SVK | Róbert Pich |
| 12 | DF | SRB | Radovan Pankov |
| 13 | MF | POL | Paweł Wszołek |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kharatin |
| 17 | MF | POR | Gil Dias |
| 18 | MF | POL | Patryk Sokołowski |
| 20 | FW | ALB | Ernest Muçi |
| 21 | MF | ALB | Jurgen Çelhaka |
| 22 | MF | COL | Juergen Elitim |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | POL | Jan Ziółkowski |
| 26 | MF | POL | Filip Rejczyk |
| 27 | MF | POR | Josué (captain) |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Marc Gual |
| 29 | DF | MRI | Lindsay Rose |
| 30 | GK | POL | Dominik Hładun |
| 31 | GK | POL | Cezary Miszta |
| 32 | MF | GER | Makana Baku |
| 33 | MF | POL | Patryk Kun |
| 39 | FW | POL | Maciej Rosołek |
| 55 | DF | POL | Artur Jędrzejczyk |
| 63 | MF | POL | Jakub Kisiel |
| 67 | MF | POL | Bartosz Kapustka |
| 77 | MF | POL | Jakub Jędrasik |
| 81 | GK | POL | Jakub Trojanowski |
| 86 | MF | POL | Igor Strzałek |
| 99 | MF | POL | Bartosz Slisz |

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos | Player | From | Type | Fee | Date |
| FW | Marc Gual | Jagiellonia Białystok | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Patryk Kun | Raków Częstochowa | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Radovan Pankov | Red Star Belgrade | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| MF | Juergen Elitim | Watford F.C. | Transfer | Free | 30 June 2023 |
| GK | Gabriel Kobylak | Radomiak Radom | End of loan | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Ramil Mustafajew | Stal Rzeszów | End of loan | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Steve Kapuadi | Wisła Płock | Transfer | ? | 22 August 2023 |
| DF | Marco Burch | FC Luzern | Transfer | ? | 3 September 2023 |
| MF | Gil Dias | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | ? | 4 September 2023 |
| MF | Ryoya Morishita | Nagoya Grampus | Loan | ? | 9 January 2024 |
| MF | Qëndrim Zyba | FC Ballkani | Loan | ? | 2 February 2024 |

#### Out

| Pos | Player | To | Type | Fee | Date |
| DF | Filip Mladenović | Panathinaikos F.C. | Transfer | Free | 12 June 2023 |
| DF | Kacper Skibicki | GKS Tychy | Transfer | Undisclosed | 30 June 2023 |
| DF | Joel Abu Hanna | Maccabi Netanya F.C. | Transfer | Free | 27 June 2023 |
| DF | Maik Nawrocki | Celtic F.C. | Transfer | £4,300,000 | 26 July 2023 |
| DF | Nikodem Niski | Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki | Transfer | ? | 1 August 2023 |
| MF | Bartosz Slisz | Atlanta United FC | Transfer | $3,500,000 | 17 January 2024 |
| MF | Jakub Jędrasik | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | Transfer | ? | 24 January 2024 |
| MF | Ernest Muçi | Beşiktaş J.K. | Transfer | €10,000,000 | 9 February 2024 |

##### Out on loan

| Pos | Player | To | On loan until | Fee | Date |
| FW | Jordan Majchrzak | Puszcza Niepołomice | End of season | ? | 20 July 2023 |
| MF | Maddox Sobociński | GKS Wikielec | End of season | ? | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Bartłomiej Ciepiela | Resovia Rzeszów | End of season | ? | 11 August 2023 |
| MF | Makana Baku | OFI Crete F.C. | End of season | ? | 15 January 2024 |
| MF | Igor Strzałek | Stal Mielec | End of season | ? | 15 January 2024 |
| MF | Cezary Miszta | Rio Ave F.C. | End of season | ? | 30 January 2024 |
| GK | Gabriel Kobylak | Radomiak Radom | End of season | ? | 29 January 2024 |

##### Released

| Pos | Player | Subsequent club | Type | Date |
| MF | Mattias Johansson | – | End of contract | 30 June 2023 |
| GK | Jakub Trojanowski | GKS Jastrzębie | End of contract | 30 June 2023 |
| FW | Carlitos | PAS Lamia 1964 | Contract termination | 1 August 2023 |
| DF | Lindsay Rose | Aris Thessaloniki | Contract termination | 29 December 2023 |
| MF | Patryk Sokołowski | Cracovia | End of contract | 31 December 2023 |
| MF | Kacper Bogusiewicz | Pogoń Siedlce | End of contract | 31 December 2023 |
| MF | Róbert Pich | Othellos Athienou FC | Contract termination | 4 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 26 June, Legia left for a 10-day training camp in Kranzach in the municipality of Kössen, Austria. The footballers stayed at the Hotel Seehof. Missing from the first-team players was Igor Strzałek, who was included in the Under-19 national team playing in the European Championships at the time. Before the trip, the players won a friendly against Lechia Gdańsk at the Legia Training Center. In Austria, Legia played three friendly matches. The first against FC Botoșani was won confidently 5–0, with a hattrick scored by Blaž Kramer. In the next match against Qarabağ FK, Legia were led by assistant coach Przemysław Małecki as Kosta Runjaić left the training camp for private reasons. Legia won 2–0, with newly acquired Juergen Elitim scoring his first goal for the team. The last and most difficult opponent during the training camp was the Austrian champion FC Red Bull Salzburg, against whom Legia, however, won 2:0 after a good game.
During the training camp in Austria, Israeli Ilay Elmkies was tested and played in a game against FC Botoșani, but the club decided not to sign him and the player left the training camp on 1 July.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ekstraklasa | 21 July 2023 | 27 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 34 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 047.37 |
| Polish Cup | 2 November 2023 | 6 December 2023 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Polish Super Cup | 15 July 2023 | 15 July 2023 | Final | Winner | 1 | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | +0 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | | First qualifying round | | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 058.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 052.94 |
Last updated: 26 September 2023 Source: Competitions

### Ekstraklasa
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Jagiellonia Białystok (C, Q) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Śląsk Wrocław (Q) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 63 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Legia Warsaw (Q) | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 59 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Pogoń Szczecin | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 55 | |
| 5 | Lech Poznań | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 53 | |
* 1 2 Jagiellonia Białystok finished ahead of Śląsk Wrocław on head-to-head goal difference: Śląsk Wrocław 2–1 Jagiellonia Białystok, Jagiellonia Białystok 3–1 Śląsk Wrocław

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 September 2023. Source: PKO Ekstraklasa

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 14 June 2023.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

On 1 September 2023, the draw took place for the UEFA Europa League group stage. Legia Warsaw was drawn in Group E, alongside AZ Alkmaar, Aston Villa and Zrinjski Mostar.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AVL | LEG | AZ | ZRI |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Legia Warsaw | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | AZ | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | | 1–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Zrinjski Mostar | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | — |

#### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 24 August 2023.
| No. | Pos | Player | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish Cup | UEFA Europa Conf. League | UEFA Europa Conf. League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Kacper Tobiasz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Dominik Hładun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Cezary Miszta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | GK | Jakub Trojanowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Steve Kapuadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Yuri Ribeiro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Radovan Pankov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Jan Ziółkowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Lindsay Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Artur Jędrzejczyk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Rafał Augustyniak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Robert Pich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Paweł Wszołek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Jurgen Çelhaka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Patryk Sokołowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Juergen Elitim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Ryoya Morishita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Filip Rejczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Josué Pesqueira | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 28 | MF | Makana Baku | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Patryk Kun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | Bartosz Kapustka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Jakub Jędrasik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | Igor Strzałek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Bartosz Slisz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Blaž Kramer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | Ernest Muçi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | Marc Gual | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 39 | FW | Maciej Rosołek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 21 July 2023.
| Place | Number | Position | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Tomas Pekhart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Assists

    As of 2 July 2023.
| Place | Number | Position | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 2 July 2023.
| Place | Number | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2 July 2023.
| Number | Position | Nation | Name | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish Cup | Polish Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Kacper Tobiasz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Steve Kapuadi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Yuri Ribeiro | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Tomáš Pekhart | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Rafał Augustyniak | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Blaž Kramer | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Róbert Pich | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Radovan Pankov | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Paweł Wszołek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Ihor Kharatin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Jurgen Çelhaka | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Patryk Sokołowski | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Carlitos | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Ernest Muçi | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Juergen Elitim | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Filip Rejczyk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Josué | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Marc Gual | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Lindsay Rose | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Dominik Hładun | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Cezary Miszta} | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Makana Baku | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Patryk Kun | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | | Maciej Rosołek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | | Artur Jędrzejczyk | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | | Jakub Kisiel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | MF | | Bartosz Kapustka | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Jakub Jędrasik | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | | Jakub Trojanowski | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | | Igor Strzałek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | | Bartosz Slisz | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Home attendances

    As of 31 May 2024.
| | Matches | Total attendances | Average attendance | Capacity | Highest attendance | Lowest attendance |
| Ekstraklasa | 17 | 420,175 | 24,716 | 79,4% | 29,028 | 20,116 |
| Polish Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 6 | 184,593 | 26,370 | 84,7% | 27,801 | 23,517 |
| All | 23 | 604,768 | 25,199 | 81,0% | 29,028 | 20,116 |