# 2021–22 Legia Warsaw season

The 2021–22 Legia Warsaw season is the club's 105th season of existence, and their 85th in the top flight of Polish football. In addition to the domestic league, Legia Warsaw are participating in this season's editions of the Polish Cup, the Polish Super Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
On 21 November 2021, Legia equaled their record of their Ekstraklasa defeats in a row, following their ninth loss at Górnik Zabrze (the same number of defeats was in their 1936 season). On 13 February 2022, with a 1–0 defeat against Warta Poznań, Legia broke their infamous record of defeats in one Ekstraklasa season by losing their fourteenth game in the season.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Artur Boruc |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Josip Juranović |
| 3 | DF | POL | Mateusz Hołownia |
| 4 | DF | POL | Mateusz Wieteska |
| 5 | DF | POR | Yuri Ribeiro |
| 6 | DF | SWE | Mattias Johansson |
| 7 | FW | KOS | Lirim Kastrati |
| 8 | MF | POR | André Martins |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Pekhart |
| 11 | FW | AZE | Mahir Emreli |
| 13 | MF | POL | Paweł Wszołek (on loan from Union Berlin) |
| 14 | MF | UKR | Ihor Kharatin |
| 15 | GK | AUT | Richard Strebinger |
| 16 | MF | ALB | Jurgen Çelhaka |
| 17 | DF | POL | Maik Nawrocki (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 18 | MF | POL | Patryk Sokołowski |
| 19 | GK | POL | Wojciech Muzyk |
| 20 | FW | ALB | Ernest Muçi |
| 21 | FW | POR | Rafael Lopes |
| 22 | MF | POL | Kacper Skibicki |
| 23 | DF | ISR | Joel Abu Hanna |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | SRB | Filip Mladenović |
| 27 | MF | POR | Josué |
| 28 | FW | POL | Szymon Włodarczyk |
| 29 | DF | MRI | Lindsay Rose |
| 30 | FW | POL | Kacper Kostorz |
| 31 | GK | POL | Cezary Miszta |
| 39 | FW | POL | Maciej Rosołek |
| 55 | DF | POL | Artur Jędrzejczyk (captain) |
| 59 | GK | POL | Kacper Tobiasz |
| 60 | FW | POR | Rui Gomes |
| 63 | MF | POL | Jakub Kisiel |
| 64 | DF | UKR | Yehor Matsenko |
| 67 | MF | POL | Bartosz Kapustka |
| 77 | MF | SVN | Benjamin Verbič |
| 82 | MF | BRA | Luquinhas |
| 92 | MF | POL | Bartłomiej Ciepiela |
| 97 | FW | POL | Wiktor Kamiński |
| 99 | MF | POL | Bartosz Slisz |
| — | DF | RUS | Ramil Mustafajew |
| — | MF | POL | Kacper Skwierczyński |
° symbol applies for players who joined the club during the season or in the pre-season term. ° symbol applies for players who left the club during the season or in the summer transfer window term, but had made at least one regular-season appearance.

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | POL | Gabriel Kobylak (at Puszcza Niepolomice until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | POL | Mateusz Kochalski (at Radomiak Radom until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | UZB | Jasurbek Yakhshiboev (at Sheriff Tiraspol until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | POL | Maciej Rosołek (at Arka Gdynia until 2 February 2022 – shortened) |
| 63 | MF | POL | Jakub Kisiel (at Stomil Olsztyn until 30 June 2022) |
| 59 | GK | POL | Kacper Tobiasz (at Stomil Olsztyn until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 11 | FW | Mahir Emreli | Qarabağ | Undisclosed | 8 June 2021 |
| 17 | DF | Maik Nawrocki | Werder Bremen | Loan | 15 June 2021 |
| 6 | DF | Mattias Johansson | Gençlerbirliği | Undisclosed | 21 June 2021 |
| 27 | MF | Josué | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Undisclosed | 21 June 2021 |
| 29 | DF | Lindsay Rose | Aris | Undisclosed | 4 July 2021 |
| 5 | DF | Yuri Ribeiro | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed | 23 August 2021 |
| 7 | FW | Lirim Kastrati | Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed | 1 September 2021 |
| 14 | FW | Ihor Kharatin | Ferencvárosi | Undisclosed | 1 September 2021 |
| 60 | FW | Rui Gomes | Legia Warsaw II | Free transfer | 26 November 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Patryk Sokołowski | Piast Gliwice | Undisclosed | 6 January 2022 |
| 13 | MF | Paweł Wszołek | Union Berlin | Loan | 27 January 2022 |
| | DF | Ramil Mustafajew | Stal Rzeszów | Undisclosed | 31 January 2022 |
| 39 | FW | Maciej Rosołek | Arka Gdynia | End of loan | 2 February 2022 |
| 15 | GK | Richard Strebinger | Rapid Wien | Undisclosed | 20 February 2022 |
| 77 | MF | Benjamin Verbič | Dynamo Kyiv | Undisclosed | 14 March 2022 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| | DF | Ariel Mosór | Piast Gliwice | Undisclosed | 9 June 2021 |
| | DF | Mateusz Cholewiak | Górnik Zabrze | Undisclosed | 18 June 2021 |
| | MF | Radosław Cielemęcki | Wisła Płock | Undisclosed | 22 June 2021 |
| | DF | Igor Lewczuk | Znicz Pruszków | Free transfer | 5 July 2021 |
| | DF | Iñaki Astiz | Legia Warsaw II | Free transfer | 12 July 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Josip Juranović | Celtic | £2,500,000 | 21 August 2021 |
| | MF | Jasurbek Yakhshiboev | Sheriff Tiraspol | Loan | 30 August 2021 |
| | MF | Valerian Gvilia | Raków Częstochowa | Free transfer | 31 August 2021 |
| 39 | FW | Maciej Rosołek | Arka Gdynia | Loan | 1 September 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Kacper Kostorz | Pogoń Szczecin | Undisclosed | 7 January 2022 |
| 8 | MF | André Martins | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Undisclosed | 13 January 2022 |
| 60 | FW | Rui Gomes | Covilhã | Undisclosed | 22 January 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Mahir Emreli | Dinamo Zagreb | Free transfer | 2 February 2022 |
| 63 | MF | Jakub Kisiel | Stomil Olsztyn | Loan | 4 February 2022 |
| 82 | MF | Luquinhas | New York Red Bulls | Undisclosed | 16 February 2022 |
| | MF | Yehor Matsenko | Śląsk Wrocław II | Undisclosed | 17 February 2022 |
| 59 | GK | Kacper Tobiasz | Stomil Olsztyn | Loan | 25 February 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Legia had a pre-season camp in Austria that ran from June 16 to 24. Azerbaijani champion Neftçi Baku and the Russian FC Krasnodar were scheduled be Legia's rivals during the training camp in Austrian Leogang. Ultimately, instead of Neftçi PFK, Legia played against Ferencvárosi TC on June 20 in Kössen. During the national teams break in October, Legia played against their junior team, winning 4–1. Winter training camp was spent in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the last matches played in Książenice, Poland. During the national teams break for the UEFA play-offs, Legia played sparring with Widzew Łódź, which ultimately lost 3–2.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 25 July 2021 | May 2022 | Matchday 1 | | 23 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 034.78 |
| Polish Cup | 22 September 2021 | | Round of 64 | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Polish SuperCup | 17 July 2021 | 17 July 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 July 2021 | 10 August 2021 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 19 August 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Play-off round | Group stage | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 037.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 045.24 |
Last updated: 9 December 2021 Source: 90minut.pl

### Ekstraklasa
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Górnik Zabrze | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 47 |
| 9 | Cracovia | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 46 |
| 10 | Legia Warsaw | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 43 |
| 11 | Warta Poznań | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 |
| 12 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 40 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SPM | NAP | LEI | LEG |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–3 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Legia Warsaw | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | — |
* ↑ The match was played at a later date, between Matchday 14 and 15. The 12th position is counted after the matches of Matchday 4 have been played on the regular date.
* ↑ The match was played at a later date, between Matchday 25 and 26. The 10th position is counted after the matches of Matchday 5 have been played on the regular date.
* 1 2 Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.

## Squad statistics
### Goal scorers

    As of 9 December 2021
| Rank | Number | Position | Player | Ekstraklasa | Polish Cup | Polish SuperCup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Mahir Emreli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | Ernest Muçi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Tomáš Pekhart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | Rafael Lopes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | Mateusz Wieteska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | Lirim Kastrati | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 82 | FW | Luquinhas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | Mattias Johansson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | Ihor Kharatin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | DF | Maik Nawrocki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 25 | DF | Filip Mladenović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | Lindsay Rose | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 | FW | Kacper Kostorz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 67 | MF | Bartosz Kapustka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | – | DF | Josip Juranović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 39 |