Legia Warszawa Spolka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland.
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34 Facts About Legia Warsaw
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Legia Warsaw was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front, as the main football club of the Polish Legions.
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Legia Warsaw was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front in the locality of Maniewicze, within the region of Volhynia.
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Roman Gorecki, the then president of the Legia Warsaw team, became the first president of the Polish League.
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Legia Warsaw had the biggest pre-war successes in the Polish championships in 1930 and 1931, where they were short three points and one point respectively.
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In 1937 – in the A class of the Warsaw district – Legia took fourth place, and one year later, took first place, and played in the first division play-offs.
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Legia Warsaw was third place in the play-offs and they were not able to advance.
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In 1951, Legia Warsaw took third place in the league, and in the cup competitions lost in the eighth-finals with Polonia Warszawa.
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In 1956, in addition to winning the national doublet, Legia Warsaw made their debut in European competition, competing in the round of 16 of the European Champions Cup with Czechoslovak champions Slovan Bratislava.
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At the meeting on 2 July 1957 – chaired by Colonel Edward Potorejko – the club's statute was approved and the first 31-member board of WKS Legia Warsaw was elected, from which an 11-person presidium was then selected.
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In 1958, Legia Warsaw took 6th place in the Polish championship, and in 1959 took 4th.
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Legia Warsaw won their group, but did not advance to the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup because the matches of the Intertoto Cup were not official UEFA competitions.
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In 1969 there was still one more success – the Legia Warsaw juniors won the first championship in the history of the club.
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Legia Warsaw's team won the title of Polish champion for the second time in a row.
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In 1971, Legia Warsaw were runner's up of Poland for the third time in their history, and ended their Polish Cup campaign in the quarter-finals.
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From December 1971 to February 1972, Legia Warsaw went on a tour of Spain and the countries of South America, including Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia – this was the first time the team had visited this part of the world.
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In that season, Legia Warsaw took 8th place in the league and won its fifth Polish Cup – after eliminating Szombinrek in the semi-finals.
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Legia Warsaw flew to Australia and became the first Polish team to visit all continents.
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Legia Warsaw took 6th place in the league, and lost in the round of 16 in the Polish Cup.
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Legia Warsaw performed for the second time in the Intertoto Cup.
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Legia Warsaw's opponents were: Landskrona BoIS, SK Slavia Prague and BSC Young Boys.
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Legia Warsaw took second place in the group and was not rewarded with a promotion to the UEFA Cup.
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Legia Warsaw gained a new coach, with Kazimierz Gorski being replaced by Jerzy Kopa in the middle of the season.
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Legia Warsaw finished the next year in the league in third place and reached the Polish Cup final.
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In 1990, Legia Warsaw defeated GKS Katowice in the final and won their ninth trophy.
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The Legia Warsaw team, managed by Wladyslaw Stachurski reached the semi-finals of the tournament, eliminating the likes of Sampdoria and Aberdeen.
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Legia Warsaw finished the group in second place and in the quarterfinals they faced Panathinaikos Athens.
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The result meant Legia Warsaw won the league, finishing three points above second placed Jagiellonia Bialystok.
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On 26 August 2021, Legia Warsaw defeated Slavia Prague, and for the first time in five years qualified to the group stages of a European cup.
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On 22 October 2014, when Legia Warsaw played with the Ukrainian Metalists they displayed a banner with the names Lwow and Wilno along with the coat of arms of Rzeczpospolita and flag of Poland on background, what led to negative reactions.
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Domestically, Legia Warsaw supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of Radomiak Radom, Zaglebie Sosnowiec and Olimpia Elblag.
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Internationally, Legia Warsaw supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of ADO Den Haag and Juventus.
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