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3 unusual facts about Legia Warsaw


Aljoša Asanović

Asanović scored two goals in 2nd leg of qualifier against KP Legia Warsaw and Hajduk Split qualified for 1994–95 UEFA Champions League.

Dong Fangzhuo

After attending a training camp with Polish club Legia Warsaw, Dong signed an 18-month deal with an option for two more years, depending on his performances with the club.

Horst Mahseli

Horst Mahseli (January 20, 1934 – December 3, 1999) was a Polish footballer, who is most famous for his 1950s performances in both Legia Warsaw and the Polish National Team.


1970–71 in Belgian football

Standard Club Liégeois beat Rosenborg BK of Norway in the first round of the 1970–71 European Champion Clubs' Cup (won 2-0 away, 5-0 at home) but lost in the second round to Legia Warsaw of Poland (won 1-0 at home, lost 0-2 away).

Baba Diawara

On 17 April 2012, Diawara scored the opening goal in the new National Stadium in Warsaw, during a friendly with local Legia Warsaw.

Dariusz Kubicki

He played for a few clubs, including Stal Mielec, Legia Warsaw, he then went to England and played for Aston Villa, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle United and Darlington.

Football in Niger

In 2004, a handful of Nigerien internationals were playing in Europe including Moussa Yahaya at Legia Warsaw in Poland and Ibrahim Tankary in Belgium's Jupiler League.

Jan Urban

In the summer of 2007 Urban took over as head coach of Legia Warsaw, being responsible for signing three Osasuna players to the team, namely Iñaki Astiz.

Krzysztof Gawara

Krzysztof Stanisław Gawara (born March 15, 1958 in Sienno) – is a former Polish football player and former manager of Legia Warsaw.

Olimpia Elbląg

Most famous players which career has started in Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk (former Poland International, UEFA Champions League participant with Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Białkowski (Southampton F.C. goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos Athens player).

Sylwester Czereszewski

Sylwester Czereszewski (born October 4, 1971 in Gołdap) was a Polish footballer (striker, midfielder and even defender) who played for such a clubs like Stomil Olsztyn, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań.

Tomasz Kiełbowicz

Tomasz Kiełbowicz (born February 21, 1976 in Hrubieszów) is a retired Polish footballer (midfielder or full-back), who played for Unia Hrubieszów, Siarka Tarnobrzeg, Raków Częstochowa, Widzew Łódź, Polonia Warsaw and Legia Warsaw.

Wojciech Szczęsny

Szczęsny trained at Agrykola Warsaw as a young player; soon, Legia Warsaw's goalkeeping coach, Krzysztof Dowhań, was so impressed with the young keeper, he allowed him to take part in a training camp with Legia's first team at the age of 15, joining them afterwards.


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Jacek Gmoch

He acted as a member of the Polish Olympic representation team in Athens 2004 Summer Olympics and later became a minor shareholder and President of Legia Warsaw, as well as following up a career in television commentating for several networks.He is currently commentating Champions League matches for the Greek Television.

Jerzy Bulanow

Together with Legia Warsaw's Henryk Martyna, the Russian player created a great pair of defenders.