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| nickname = ''Wojskowi'' (The Militarians)<br>''Legioniści'' (The Legionaries)
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| fullname = Legia Warszawa Spółka Akcyjna<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.com/kontakt|title=Kontakt|website=Legia Warsaw|language=pl|access-date=20 March 2022|archive-date=21 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321024340/https://legia.com/kontakt|url-status=live}}</ref>
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1916|03|14}} as ''Drużyna Sportowa Legia'' (''Sport Team Legia'')
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| chairman = Dariusz Mioduski
| chrtitle = President
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Marek Papszun]]
| league = {{Lang|pl|[[Ekstraklasa]]|italic=no}}
| current = 2025–26 Legia Warsaw season
| owner = [[Dariusz Mioduski]]
| stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium]]
| season = [[2024–25 Ekstraklasa|2024–25]]
| position = Ekstraklasa, 5th of 18
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'''Legia Warszawa''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈlɛɡʲja varˈʂava|lang|Pl-Legia Warszawa.ogg}}), commonly referred to as '''Legia Warsaw''' or simply '''Legia''', is a professional [[football club (association football)|football club]] based in [[Warsaw]], Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 {{Lang|pl|[[Ekstraklasa]]|italic=no}} champions titles, a record 21 [[Polish Cup]] and 6 [[Polish Super Cup]] trophies. The club's home venue is the [[Polish Army Stadium]] (''Stadion Wojska Polskiego''). Legia is the only Polish club never to have been relegated from the top flight of Polish football since [[World War II]] (see: [[1936 Legia Warsaw season]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.com/o-klubie|title=O klubie|website=Legia Warsaw|language=pl|access-date=8 May 2021|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429093529/https://legia.com/o-klubie|url-status=live}}</ref>

Legia was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in [[World War I]], as the main football club of the [[Polish Legions in World War I|Polish Legions]]. After the war, the club was reactivated on 14 March 1920 in an officer casino in Warsaw as Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Warszawa, renamed Legia in 1923 after merger with another local club, Korona.<ref name="rp"/> It became the main official football club of the [[Polish Army]]&nbsp;– '''''Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa''''' ({{Literal translation|Military Sports Club Legia Warsaw}}). From 1949 to 1957, Legia was known as '''''CWKS Warszawa''''' ({{Literal translation|Central Military Sports Club Warsaw}})

Before 8 April 2004, it was owned by [[Pol-Mot]] and from 8 April 2004 (sold for 3 million [[Polish zloty|zlotys]]) until 9 January 2014, it was owned by media conglomerate [[ITI Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,32284,title,Oficjalnie-ITI-sprzedalo-Legie,wid,16312159,wiadomosc.html|title=Lotto Ekstraklasa – Piłka nożna – WP SportoweFakty|work=Ekstraklasa |access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=14 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214060047/http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,32284,title,Oficjalnie-ITI-sprzedalo-Legie,wid,16312159,wiadomosc.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The club is currently owned by Dariusz Mioduski who serves as the club's chairman.

== Names ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Years
!Name
|-
|1916–1918
|Drużyna Sportowa Legia
|-
|1920–1922
|{{Abbr|WKS|Wojskowy Klub Sportowy}} Warszawa
|-
|1922–1945
|WKS Legia Warszawa
|-
|1945
|I WKS Warszawa
|-
|1945–1949
|I WKS Legia Warszawa
|-
|1949–1957
|{{Abbr|CWKS|Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy}} Warszawa
|-
|1957–1970s
|WKS Legia Warszawa
|-
|1970s–1989
|CWKS Legia Warszawa
|-
|1989–1997
|{{Abbr|ASPN|Autonomiczna Sekcja Piłki Nożnej}} CWKS Legia Warszawa
|-
|1997
|ASPN CWKS Legia-Daewoo Warszawa
|-
|1997–2001
|{{Abbr|SSA|Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna}} ASPN CWKS Legia-Daewoo Warszawa
|-
|2001–2003
|SSA ASPN CWKS Legia Warszawa
|-
|2003–2012
|Klub Piłkarski Legia Warszawa Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna
|-
|2012–
|'''Legia Warszawa Spółka Akcyjna'''
|}

==History==

===Formation and beginnings===
[[File:Legia 1916.jpg|thumbnail|left|Legia and the Division of Sanitary team after a 7–0 win by Legia. Spring 1916]]
[[File:Polish Legionists playing soccer (1914-1918).jpg|thumbnail|Legia in 1916]]
Legia was formed between 5 and 15 March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] in the village of [[Kostiuchnówka]], within the region of [[Volhynia]] (Polish: ''Wołyń'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legia.com/1916-1918-16 |title=Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher=legia.com |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080917/http://legia.com/1916-1918-16 |url-status=live }}</ref> It served as the main football club of the Polish Legions, who at the time fought for [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com">{{cite web |url=http://legionisci.com/historia/ |title=Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher=legionisci.com |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=20 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120173748/http://legionisci.com/historia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The formation of the club in 1916 was greatly influenced by the outbreak of the [[First World War]], because many Polish soldiers were involved in the formation of the Polish Legions before the war. Soldiers, often young men from the south of Poland (mainly from [[Kraków]] and [[Lwów]]) played football before the war, and therefore, after the formation of the team, they soon became successful.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Andrzej Gowarzewski, Zbigniew Mucha, Bożena Lidia Szmel, Wydawnictwo GiA |title=Legia najlepsza jest...: prawie 100 lat prawdziwej historii = The true history of the Legia. The jubilee book |date=2013 |isbn=9788388232374 |publisher=Wydawnictwo GiA |page=7 |language=pl|oclc = 871702861}}</ref> Football was a good way of spending free time, in the calm moments at the front, football matches were organized, which required the ball, making provisional goals, and finding a dozen or so players.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Przemysław Bator, Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal |title=Legia: 100 lat |date=2016 |isbn=9788328019225 |publisher=Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal |pages=7–8 |language=pl|oclc=946445933 }}</ref>

The first team training began in the spring of 1915 in Piotrków, between 5 and 15 March 1916 – at the request of then Master Sergeant Zygmunt Wasserab (pre-war player of Pogoń Stryj)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legia.com/1921-1930-17 |title=Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher=legia.com |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204607/https://legia.com/1921-1930-17/ |url-status=live }}</ref> – who was a part of the Polish Legion's Commanding Staff in [[Kostiuchnówka]] in Volhynia to create a football club. The president of the organization was Władysław Groele, and corporal [[Stanisław Mielech]] proposed the name "Sporting Team Legia", which was adopted (more commonly used term of the team later became Legionowa).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legionisci.com/news/32776_47_rocznica_smierci_Mielecha.html |title=47. rocznica śmierci Mielecha |publisher=legionisci.com |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171015/http://legionisci.com/news/32776_47_rocznica_smierci_Mielecha.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Other names were: "Legion Command Squad" and "Styr".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legionisci.com/publikacja.php?PublikacjaID=7650 |title=Bełkot wieków |author=Grzegorz Karpiński |publisher=legionisci.com |date=9 July 2003 |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041108/http://legionisci.com/publikacja.php?PublikacjaID=7650 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> White-black colors and arms were also shown, showing the white letter "L" (symbol of the Legions) on the black dial. The players were dressed in white clothes with sloping black belts, which was a reference to [[Czarni Lwów]].<ref name="Historia Legia Warszawa legia.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.legia.net/historia/ |title=Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher=legia.net |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=17 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117231517/http://www.legia.net/historia/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the spring of 1916, the team played a number of matches with other teams, most of which ended with Legia victorious. The oldest recorded matches are: 7–0 with the Divisional Sanitary Division, 3–3 with the 6th Infantry Regiment and two victories (6–4 and 3–1) with the 4th Infantry Regiment.<ref name="Historia Legia Warszawa legia.net"/> In July 1916 – because of the [[Brusilov Offensive]] – the Legions began to retreat west and the club relocated to Warsaw. The first match in which [[Polonia Warsaw]] was the rival was held on 29 April 1917 at Agrykola Park and ended with a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legionisci.com/news/34677_Historia_Pierwszy_mecz_Legii_w_Warszawie.html |title=Historia: Pierwszy mecz Legii w Warszawie |publisher=legionisci.com |date=29 April 2010 |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171511/http://legionisci.com/news/34677_Historia_Pierwszy_mecz_Legii_w_Warszawie.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Of the nine games played in Warsaw, Legia won six and drew three. At the first away game the team won a 2–1 victory over the then Polish champion [[KS Cracovia (football)|KS Cracovia]] in Kraków, so Legia became an unofficial champion of the country. In 1918 the war ended, but the team continued to play only amateur-friendly matches.<ref name="Historia Legia Warszawa legia.net"/>

===1920s and 1930s===
The club was reactivated on 14 March 1920. In the officers' casinos in the [[Royal Castle, Warsaw|Royal Castle]], a group of former officers formed the Military Sports Club (WKS) -Wojskowy Klub Sportowy- Warsaw, establishing the white and red colors of the statute. Among them was Zygmunt Wasserab, one of the founders of the club.<ref name="Błoński R Legia Warszawa">Błoński R.: ''Legia Warszawa''. Wydawnictwo Atena, 2008. {{ISBN|978-83-7552-360-7}}.</ref>

Due to the Polish-Bolshevik war and the participation of many Warsaw players, WKS was not nominated for the premiership of the Polish championship league in 1920. In the 1921–1926 seasons, the team was not promoted beyond the A-class of the Warsaw district, but it was a very important period for the club. In 1922, a statute was passed allowing the team to play in civilian teams (as opposed to playing against only other soldiers). Zygmunt Wassarab and Jerzy Misiński worked together and the club's name was changed to the Military Sports Club "Legia" Warsaw.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://legionisci.com/news/55547_Historia_Legii_Zygmunt_Wasserab.html | title = Historia stadionu | author = Grzegorz Karpiński | date = 1 November 2013 | publisher = legionisci.com | access-date = 19 November 2017 | archive-date = 1 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040437/http://legionisci.com/news/55547_Historia_Legii_Zygmunt_Wasserab.html | url-status = live }}</ref> It was modeled on the document of [[Pogoń Lwów]]. At that time, a merger with the oldest Warsaw sports club, Korona, was created, which resulted in the acquisition of new, white-green club colors.<ref name="rp">{{cite web | url = http://www.rp.pl/artykul/581885-Zydzi--masoni-i-cyklisci.html | title = Żydzi, masoni, cykliści | publisher = rp.pl | language = pl | access-date = 19 November 2017 | archive-date = 1 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201060414/http://www.rp.pl/artykul/581885-Zydzi--masoni-i-cyklisci.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

In the first international match played on 18 May 1922, Legia lost 2–9 at their own stadium with Czechoslovakian club [[FK Viktoria Žižkov]].<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> A year later, in the championship of Warsaw, the Army took 3rd place.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://legionisci.com/news/30663_Historia_Legii_Legia_trzecia_w_klasie_A_w_1923_roku.html | title = Historia Legii: Legia trzecia w klasie A w 1923 roku | publisher = legionisci.com | language = pl | access-date = 18 November 2017 | archive-date = 5 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705025924/http://legionisci.com/news/30663_Historia_Legii_Legia_trzecia_w_klasie_A_w_1923_roku.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Legia Warszawa (1925).jpg|thumb|Legia Warsaw in 1925]]
After the first-ever promotion beyond Class A in 1927, Legia qualified for the newly formed Polish Football League. Roman Górecki, the then president of the Warsaw team, became the first president of the Polish League. Their debut was on 8 May in [[Łódź]] – Klub Turystów Łódź was the opponent and the match ended in a 6–1 result. At the same time, Legia player Marian Łańko scored his first league goal free kick and recorded his first hat-trick in club history.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://legionisci.com/news/30269_Historia_Legii_Pierwsza_ligowa_wygrana_i_pierwszy_hat-trick_legionisty.html | title = Pierwsza ligowa wygrana i pierwszy hat-trick legionisty | publisher = legionisci.com | language = pl | access-date = 20 November 2017 | archive-date = 1 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032925/http://legionisci.com/news/30269_Historia_Legii_Pierwsza_ligowa_wygrana_i_pierwszy_hat-trick_legionisty.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In the same year, in a match against Pogonia Lwów, the club suffered the highest league loss, losing 2–11.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://legionisci.com/news/32203_Historia_Legii_Najwyzsza_porazka_w_historii.html | title = Historia Legii: Najwyższa porażka w historii | publisher = legionisci.com | language = pl | access-date = 19 November 2017 | archive-date = 26 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170326012700/http://legionisci.com/news/32203_Historia_Legii_Najwyzsza_porazka_w_historii.html | url-status = live }}</ref> At the end of the season, Legia finished fifth, despite five defeats at the start of the season. Legia striker Marian Łańko finished second scoring 31 goals. The Warsaw club also made their debut in the Polish Cup, winning the match with Pogoń Warsaw 7–0. For the next two seasons Legia occupied higher positions in the league than the other Warsaw clubs: Polonia and [[KS Warszawianka|Warszawianka]].<ref name="Historia Legia Warszawa legia.net"/>

In 1930, after three years of construction, the [[Polish Army Stadium]] was opened at [[Łazienki Street|Łazienkowska Street]]. In the first match of the new stadium, Legia drew 1–1 with Barcelona. In the same year the legionaries defeated [[Ruch Chorzów|Ruch Hajduki Wielkie]] 7–1 in their 100th match in the league. Legia also had the biggest pre-war successes in the Polish championships in 1930 and 1931, where they were short three points and one point respectively.<ref name="Historia Legia Warszawa legia.net"/> Moreover, in the first edition of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs awards for the best results in international competition, the Army received a "traveling" trophy.<ref>Encyklopedia Piłkarska FUJI, Title: 12: Księga jubileuszowa. 75 lat PZPN (1919–1994), red. Andrzej Gowarzewski, Katowice 1994, p. 36–46.</ref>

In the 1935 season, Legia remained in the league, gaining one point advantage over the relegated Cracovia, and then in 1936 – in the club's 20th anniversary – lost seven consecutive games and recorded the only decline of the league in its history. In 1937 the club's board decided to return to the military statute. As a result, almost all civilians departed from the first team, mainly to other Warsaw teams. 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. Legia was third place in the play-offs and they were not able to advance. The board reacted by withdrawing the club from all competitions and decided to play only friendly matches. In 1938, most of the team's sections were dissolved, leaving only three: tennis, swimming and motocross.<ref name="Historia Legia Warszawa legia.net"/>

===1940s===
After the end of World War II – in April 1945 – the club was reactivated under the name of I Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Warszawa (1st Military Sports Club Warsaw), and in June added a historical member of Legia. Among the people who contributed to the reconstruction of the club were: [[Julian Neuding]] – prewar player of [[Makabi Warszawa]], Karol Rudolf – prewar player of Legia, Henryk Czarnik and Józef Ziemian – Legia players from the interwar period. The team initially played friendly matches with teams in the region, but later also with clubs from other countries, the likes of the Swedish [[IFK Norrköping]] and the Yugoslav [[FK Partizan]].

In the first postwar Polish championships held in 1946, Legia took second place in the elimination group, falling out of competition. In 1948, after qualifying for the nine-year break of the highest tier, Legia qualified after a victory in the inter-regional eliminations of the northeastern region and after took second place in the nationwide qualification. Legia eventually took fourth place, drawing 3–3 with [[Ruch Chorzów]]. It was the 250th league game of the club. The first post-war match in the first tier took place on 14 March 1948, beating [[Polonia Bytom]] 3–1.

For the next two seasons, Legia only held on in the first division due to a better goal differential against the relegated teams, taking the 9th and 10th respectively. In November 1949, after the reforms introduced by the then Polish football association, the club once again changed its name to Centralny Wojskowy Klub Sportowy (Central Army Sports Club). Also, a new coat of arms (large letter C, and smaller letters in it: W, K, S). The official patron of the team was the Polish People's Army.<ref name="Klub Historia Legii 1946-1955">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/podstrona,96-historia_legii___1946_1955.html |title = Klub – Historia Legii – 1946–1955 |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 28 November 2017 |archive-date = 27 November 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204519/https://legia.com/podstrona,96-historia_legii___1946_1955.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Legia became a military club, so it was possible to get players of other clubs, players like [[Lucjan Brychczy]], [[Ernest Pohl]] and Edmund Kowal all were brought to Legia.<ref name="Most remembered match Lech – Legia">{{cite web |url = http://www.poznan.sport.pl/sport-poznan/2029020,124479,12869863.html |title = Najbardziej pamiętne mecze Lech – Legia w Poznaniu. Rok 1956 |publisher = poznan.sport.pl |language = pl |access-date = 28 November 2017 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081540/http://www.poznan.sport.pl/sport-poznan/2029020,124479,12869863.html |archive-date = 24 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Cena wielkości">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/index.php?typ=news&id=20369 |title = Cena wielkości |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 28 November 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035149/http://legia.com/index.php?typ=news&id=20369 |url-status = live }}</ref>

===1950s===
In 1951, Legia took third place in the league, and in the cup competitions lost in the eighth-finals with [[Polonia Warszawa]]. A year later, Legia achieved its first success in the Polish Cup competition, reaching the finals (in which Polonia Warszawa won 1–0). The reserve team reached this stage of the competition, while the first team dropped out in the eighth-finals, losing to Lechia Gdańsk. In the league, the club ranked sixth, and in the Puchar Zlotu Młodych Przodowników (the premiere edition of the League Cup) was eliminated in the group stage. In 1953, Legia took 5th place in the first league, and in the next season – in addition to the 7th place – the team managed to reach the semi-final of the Polish Cup, in which [[Gwardia Warsaw]] won 2–1.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

Legia won their first trophy on 29 September 1955, defeating [[Lechia Gdańsk]] 5–0 in the Polish Cup final. A month later – on 20 November after a 1–1 draw with Zagłębie in Sosnowiec – the club won their first Polish championship. The team trained by the Hungarian coach János Steiner won their first doublet in the history of Polish football. In the following season, Ryszard Koncewicz became the Legia coach. The club celebrated its 40th anniversary and repeated the achievements from the previous year. First he sealed the Polish championship after a 2–2 draw with ŁKS Lodz, and then he defeated in the cup final Górnik Zabrze in a 3–0 win.<ref name="historialegialive">{{cite web |url = https://www.legionisci.com/historia/ |title = Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |access-date = 30 November 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031509/http://legionisci.com/historia/ |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> These successes were accomplished by strengthening the team by means of conscription to the army<ref name="Legia Warszawa">{{cite web |url = http://www.pzpn.pl/kluby_1_liga.php?id=817 |title = Legia Warszawa |language = pl |access-date = 30 November 2017 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071017050509/http://www.pzpn.pl/kluby_1_liga.php?id=817 |archive-date = 17 October 2007 }}</ref> of players from such clubs as: Polonia Bytom, Ruch Chorzów, or Wawel Kraków. The latter, like most of the then Okręgowych Wojskowych Klubów Sportowych (District Military Sports Clubs, OWKS), was dissolved. Officially due to the "reorganization of the military division", in practice this meant strengthening CWKS Warszawa (Legia's name at the time).<ref name="Wydarzenia">{{cite web |url = http://www.reprezentacja.com.pl/index.php?plik=wyd&nazwa=Wydarzenia |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051027060608/http://www.reprezentacja.com.pl/index.php?plik=wyd&nazwa=Wydarzenia |url-status = dead |archive-date = 27 October 2005 |title = Wydarzenia |publisher = BigWing.pl |access-date = 30 November 2017 }}</ref> The team then won its highest victory in history, defeating [[Wisła Kraków]] 12–0 – the match took place on 19 August 1956 in Warsaw. In addition, the first three places in the goal classification at the end of the season were taken by legionnaires, and the title of the king of scorers was won by the Henryk Kempny who scored 21 goals.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

In 1956, in addition to winning the national doublet, Legia made their debut in European competition, competing in the round of 16 of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Champions Cup]] with Czechoslovak champions [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]]. In the first away meeting, the team lost 0–4, and in the second leg at home they won 2–0 after goals from Kowal and Brychcz, but they were eliminated from further games. The meeting in Warsaw was watched by 40,000 fans.<ref name="historialegialive"/>

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 was elected, from which an 11-person presidium was then selected. The legal nature of the club has also changed. From the previous military unit, which was CWKS, a sports association was established with legal personality. The name of the club was also changed, as the historical name Legia was returned (Military Sports Club "Legia" Warsaw). In addition, new colors that are still used today were approved: white-red-green-black (later the order of the first two colors were changed) and the current coat of arms was adopted until today (with intervals).<ref name="Powrót do nazwy Legia i nowy">{{cite web |url = https://www.legionisci.com/news/30979_Historia_Legii_Powrot_do_nazwy_Legia_i_nowy_herb_w_1957_roku.html |title = Powrót do nazwy Legia i nowy herb w 1957 roku |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |access-date = 30 November 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035930/http://legionisci.com/news/30979_Historia_Legii_Powrot_do_nazwy_Legia_i_nowy_herb_w_1957_roku.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

Legia players (appearing as a Warsaw team) were invited to Spain to play the first match on the new [[FC Barcelona]] stadium, [[Camp Nou]] on 24 September. The match ended with a 4–2 result for the hosts. They struggled in the league that season, finishing in fourth place, and were knocked out of the Polish Cup at the eighth-finals, losing to Ruch Chorzow 1–2 (in that period, until 1961, the I liga season was played from March to August). In 1958, Legia took 6th place in the Polish championship, and in 1959 took 4th.<ref name="Klub Historia Legii 1956-1965">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/podstrona,97-historia_legii___1956_1965.html |title = Klub – Historia Legii – 1956–1965 |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 30 November 2017 |archive-date = 27 November 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204526/https://legia.com/podstrona,97-historia_legii___1956_1965.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="historialegialive"/>

===1960s===
In the 1960s, Legia regularly held top positions in the league table. In 1960, artificial lighting was installed at the [[Polish Army Stadium]], thanks to which the facility became the second in Poland where matches could be played after dark. The first meeting without natural light was played on 5 October with Danish club [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening]] as part of the qualification for the European Club Champions Cup.<ref name="Historia stadionu Legii 1960">{{cite web |url = https://www.legionisci.com/news/30353_Historia_stadionu_Legii_1960_czI.html |title = Historia stadionu Legii: 1960 cz.I |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |access-date = 2 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041941/http://legionisci.com/news/30353_Historia_stadionu_Legii_1960_czI.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Legia won the match 1–0 after Helmut Nowak's goal. However, with a 0–3 defeat in the first match in Denmark, they dropped out of further games. In the same season, Tadeusz Błażejewski, in the 11th minute of a 2–2 draw against ŁKS Łódź, scored the thousandth league goal for Legia. The club celebrated another anniversary on 26 October 1960, playing the five-hundredth match in the premier league; Legia beat Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1–0. In the league table Legia took second place, winning the title of runner-up of Poland and losing to Ruch Chorzów by 1 point. The following season, the team won the bronze medal of the Polish championship for taking third place in the league.

In the following year, the league shifted from the spring-fall system to fall-spring, which meant that the league matches started in the spring of 1962. The league was divided into two groups, in which the teams from the same regions played with each other. Legia – which took third place in its group – won the competition for 5th place with Wisła Kraków, drew a 1–1 away match and won 4–1 at home. In the Polish Cup, the team dropped out in the eighth-finals, losing 0–3 with [[Odra Opole]]. In the 1962–1963 season with the new league system, the team took the 7th place, and the fight for the [[Polish Cup]] again ended at stage eighth-finals (losing to later winner, [[Zagłębie Sosnowiec]], 0–2).<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

Legia ended the 1963–64 season in fourth place in the league, scoring the same number of goals as second place Zagłębie Sosnowiec and third place Odra Opole. The goal differential decided who took which place. The club achieved a much better result in the Polish Cup, where the team, led by the Romanian coach Virgil Popescu, reached the finals. In the match, played at the [[10th-Anniversary Stadium]], Legia won after extra time with Polonia Bytom 2–1. Henryk Apostel scored both goals for Legia.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> In the next season Legia again took 4th place in the league, and in the Polish Cup reached the semi-final, in which they lost after extra time 1–2 with [[Górnik Zabrze]] (who became the winner of the cup).<ref name="Klub Historia Legii 1956-1965"/> The team also competed in the [[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]. In the first round, Legia eliminated the Austrian [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling]]. In the second they defeated the Turkish [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray SK]]. After two matches there was a draw and third (the decisive step in the advancement) meeting in Bucharest. Legia won 1–0 and were the first Polish team to advance to the quarterfinals of any European club competition. At this stage of the tournament the team lost to German [[TSV 1860 Munich]] and was eliminated from the competition.<ref name="Puchar Zdobywców Pucharów 1964/1965, 1/4 finału PZP">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=690 |title = Puchar Zdobywców Pucharów 1964/1965, 1/4 finału PZP |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 2 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201103258/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=690 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

[[File:Aankomst_op_Schiphol_Deyna_(_l.)_en_trainer_Zientara,_Bestanddeelnr_923-4329.jpg|thumbnail|left|[[Kazimierz Deyna]], [[Lucjan Brychczy]] and coach [[Edmund Zientara]]]]

The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the club's existence took place in 1966. In the league the team took 6th place, while a better result was achieved in the twelfth edition of the Polish Cup. In the game played on 15 August at the [[Warta Poznań]] stadium, Legia won after extra time in the final, beating Górnik Zabrze 2–1, with [[Bernard Blaut]] scoring in the last minute. Winning the Polish Cup allowed the club to compete in the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1966–67 season. In the round of 16, Legia was knocked out by [[FC Sachsen Leipzig]] after losing 0–3 away and drawing 2–2 at home. The team came fourth in the league table, and in the Polish Cup was eliminated after a 1–3 defeat in the eighth-finals with Wisła Kraków. That season, [[Kazimierz Deyna]] made his debut in the Legia team.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

In the 1967–68 season, for the second time in its history, the club was the vice-champion of Poland and was promoted as the first Polish team to the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]. In the Polish Cup Legia was knocked out by [[GKS Katowice]] in the eighth-finals. In the same year, the team made their debut in the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]. Legia 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.<ref name="Klub Historia Legii 1966-1975">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/podstrona,98-historia_legii___1966_1975.html |title = Klub – Historia Legii – 1966–1975 |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 2 December 2017 |archive-date = 27 November 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204619/https://legia.com/podstrona,98-historia_legii___1966_1975.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> Legia, led by Czechoslovakian trainer [[Jaroslav Vejvoda]], finished the 1968–69 season in first place in the table, thus winning the third Polish championship. The team reached the final of the Polish Cup, in which they lost to Górnik Zabrze 0–2. The club also made its debut at the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In the first round Legia won twice, 6–0 and 3–2 against TSV 1860 Munich. In the next round they won 0–1 and 2–0 against Belgian team [[K.S.V. Waregem|Waregem]], and the third opponent was [[Újpest FC]]. In the next round, the Hungarian team's players were better and Legia were defeated 0–1 away. A 2–2 draw in Warsaw saw their rivals promoted to the next stage. In 1969 there was still one more success – the Legia juniors won the first championship in the history of the club.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>
{{football squad on pitch|align=right
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| RB_nat  = Poland|  RB = '''[[Władysław Stachurski|Stachurski]]'''
| RCB_nat = Poland| RCB = '''[[Zygfryd Blaut|Blaut]]'''
| LCB_nat = Poland| LCB = '''[[Andrzej Zygmunt|Zygmunt]]'''
| LB_nat  = Poland|  LB = '''[[Antoni Trzaskowski|Trzaskowski]]'''
| RCM_nat  = Poland|  RCM = '''[[Kazimierz Deyna|Deyna]]'''
| CM_nat = Poland| CM = '''[[Lucjan Brychczy|Brychczy]]'''
| LCM_nat = Poland|  LCM = '''[[Bernard Blaut|Blaut]]'''
| RCF_nat = Poland|   RCF = '''[[Janusz Żmijewski|Żmijewski]]'''
| CF_nat  = Poland|  CF = '''[[:pl:Jan Pieszko|Pieszko]]'''
| LCF_nat = Poland| LCF = '''[[Robert Gadocha|Gadocha]]'''
| caption = The starting line-up of the [[1969–70 European Cup]] semi-final match against Feyenord<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/biblioteka/mecze/feyenoord-rotterdam-legia-warszawa-20-15041970|title=Feyenord Rotterdam – Legia Warszawa|publisher=Laczynaspilka.pl|access-date=24 November 2021|language=pl|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419181707/https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/biblioteka/mecze/feyenoord-rotterdam-legia-warszawa-20-15041970|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

For the next season, former player [[Edmund Zientara]] was brought in as the new first team coach. His team won the title of Polish champion for the second time in a row. In the struggle for the Polish Cup, Legia was eliminated in the semi-final with Ruch Chorzów. The performances of the club in the [[1969–70 European Cup|European Champion Clubs' Cup]] was a great success – Legia reached the semi-finals of the competition. In the round of 16, they defeated Romanian club [[FC UTA Arad]] 2–1 and 8–0, French club [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]] in the eighth-finals 2–1 and 1–0, and Turkish club [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]] in the quarter-finals 2–1 and 1–0. In the semi-final, they played against [[Feyenoord]]. The first match in Warsaw ended in a 0–0 draw, while away the home team triumphed 2–0.<ref name="Klub Historia Legii 1966-1975"/>

===1970s===
The 1970s were known as Poland's [[golden age]] of [[association football|football]]. In 1971, Legia were runner's up of Poland for the third time in their history, and ended their Polish Cup campaign in the quarter-finals. For the second year in a row the club competed in the European Club Champions Cup, where it reached the quarter-finals, dropping out against [[Atlético Madrid]] (2–1 and 0–1). They previously eliminated IFK Gothenburg (4–0, 2–1) and Standard Liège (0–1, 2–0).<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> From December 1971 to February 1972, Legia 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. In the 1971–72 season, the team finished third in the league table and lost in the Polish Cup final with Górnik Zabrze 2–5. In September 1972, the Warsaw club defeated Víkingur Reykjavík in the round of 16 European Cup Winners' Cup 9–0,<ref name="Sezon 1972 1973 Legia Warszawa">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=972 |title = Sezon 1972/1973 Legia Warszawa -Vikingur Reykjavik 9:0(3:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 3 October 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171003223100/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=972 |url-status = live }}</ref> which is the highest Polish team win in European competition. In the next round Legia was matched up against A.C. Milan. The first game was played at the 10th Anniversary Stadium and ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref name="Sezon 1972 1973 Legia Warszawa2">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=973 |title = Sezon 1972/1973 Legia Warszawa -AC Milan 1:1(0:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201103247/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=973 |url-status = live }}</ref> At the San Siro, after the regular time, the draw was also maintained – Milan scored the winning goal two minutes before the end of extra time to win the game 2–1.<ref name="Sezon 1972 1973 AC Milan">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=974 |title = Sezon 1972/1973 AC Milan -Legia Warszawa 2:1(1:1) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201103243/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=974 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Historia legia.com.pl">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com.pl/pl/index.php?view=13 |title = Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher = legia.com.pl |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033454/http://legia.com.pl/pl/index.php?view=13 |url-status = live }}</ref> In that season, Legia took 8th place in the league and won its fifth Polish Cup – after eliminating Szombinrek in the semi-finals (3–1 and 1–1).<ref name="Sezon 1972 1973 Legia Warszawa3">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=968 |title = Sezon 1972/1973 Legia Warszawa -Szombierki Bytom 3:1(0:1) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201173412/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=968 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Sezon 1972 1973 Szombierki">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=969 |title = Sezon 1972/1973 Szombierki Bytom -Legia Warszawa 1:1(0:1) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201170948/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=969 |url-status = live }}</ref> In the final match against Polonia, on 17 June 1973 in Poznań, a goalless result was maintained for 90 minutes of regular time of the game, as well as for the entire extra time. The legionaries finally won in penalties, 4–2.<ref name="Sezon 1972 1973 Legia Warszawa4">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=970 |title = Sezon 1972/1973 Legia Warszawa -Polonia Bytom 0:0(0:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201103256/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=970 |url-status = live }}</ref>

The season of 1973–74 began with a defeat in the round of 16 of the European Club Champions Cup in aggregate with [[PAOK FC]] (1–1 in Warsaw, 0–1 in Thessaloniki). In early 1974, the club went to Spain and France to face Barcelona (1–1 at Camp Nou) and [[RC Lens]] (0–2). The team finished the league competition in 4th place, and in the Polish Cup they were knocked out in the quarterfinals, losing 1–2 to [[Stal Rzeszów (football)|Stal Rzeszów]]. Right after the end of the league, the legionnaires went to an international tournament that took place in the Canary Islands – they drew with [[Cádiz CF]], won with [[CD Tenerife]] and [[Hércules CF]]. Another foreign trip took place at the end of January 1975. Legia flew to Australia and became the first Polish team to visit all continents (except Antarctica).<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> Legia took 6th place in the league, and lost in the round of 16 in the Polish Cup. After the season, the first transfer of Polish player to the West took place, which was allowed by PZPN and the Ministry of Sport. [[Robert Gadocha]] was bought by [[FC Nantes]], later French champions.

Legia in the 1975–76 season finished the league in the middle of the table (8th place), and in the Polish Cup reached the eighth-finals, where they lost to GKS Jastrzębie after penalties. In the autumn of 1976, the club's 60th anniversary was celebrated. On the anniversary, 12 October, two matches were played at the Polish Army stadium: a meeting with Legia and Warsaw Polonia (a 2–0 home win) and a match between Legia and [[FK Dukla Banská Bystrica|Dukla]], which ended 4–2 for the legionaries. In February 1977 the team made the next trip, this time to Indonesia. Six games were played at that time (four wins, two draws) and a total of 15 goals were scored – without Deyna, who was at a training camp in Yugoslavia and Greece.<ref name="CWKS Legia 1967 1996 Kronika-s120">{{cite book |title = CWKS Legia 1967–1996 Kronika |page = 120 |publisher = Vipart |place = Warszawa |year = 1996 |isbn = 83-87124-01-X}}</ref> Legia also performed for the second time in the Intertoto Cup. Legia's opponents were: [[Landskrona BoIS]] (1–0 and 2–1), [[SK Slavia Prague]] (1–1 and 2–2) and [[BSC Young Boys]] (4–1 and 1–1).<ref name="Klub Historia Legii 1976">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/www/index.php?pod=99 |title = Klub – Historia Legii – 1976–1985 |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 5 December 2017 |archive-date = 27 November 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204448/https://legia.com/www/index.php%3Fpod%3D99 |url-status = live }}</ref> Legia took second place in the group and once again was not rewarded with a promotion to the UEFA Cup. The team – finishing in 8th position – repeated the result from the previous league season, while in the Polish Cup they were knocked out in the semi-final, losing to [[Polonia Bytom]] 1–2.

During the second half of the 1970s, the legionaries did not make it to the top 3 positions to get into European competitions, and 5th place in the 1977–78 season was their highest position. In addition, the team repeated the result obtained a year earlier in the Polish Cup – Legia reached the semi-final, in which they were knocked out by Zagłębie Sosnowiec after penalties. The next season (1978–79) was the last in which Kazimierz Deyna represented the club. In addition, the club played their 1000th game in the highest football tier – the match took place on 25 April against Lech in Poznań (a 1–2 defeat). The season ended with a 6th-place finish in the league and at the eighth-final stage of the Polish Cup (where they lost against Zagłębie II Lubin 1–2). On 18 September 1979, a farewell to Kazimierz Deyna took place – a friendly with English club [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], who had agreed to his transfer for [[Pound sterling|£]]100,000. The game ended 2–1 to Legia. Deyna played the whole match and scored two goals – one for Legia (in the first half) and the second for his new club (in the second). The match was very popular and many fans had to watch it from behind the stadium gates.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/><ref>{{Cite web | title = Legia – Manchester City 2:1 (pożegnanie Deyny) | work = Legia.com.pl | access-date = 28 February 2018 | url = http://legia.com.pl/pl/13110,Legia_Manchester_City_21_pozegnanie_Deyny.html | language = pl | archive-date = 28 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180228223757/http://legia.com.pl/pl/13110,Legia_Manchester_City_21_pozegnanie_Deyny.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

===1980s===
Legia started the decade by winning the Polish Cup, beating [[Lech Poznań]] 5–0 in the final on 9 May 1980. In the league, the legionaries took third place. A year later, the Warsaw club defended the Polish Cup with a 1–0 victory over [[Pogoń Szczecin]] on 24 June, but struggled in the league, finishing fifth place. The following season, the team played a match in the quarter-finals of the European Club Champions Cup with [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]. During the first meeting in Warsaw, fans, due to the very large number of policemen at the stadium, began to chant the slogans: "Down with communism" and "MO – Gestapo". After being defeated 0–1, the fans organized an anti-communist parade (this situation was repeated several times in the 1980s). The away match also ended 0–1, which was watched by 90 thousand fans in Tbilisi.<ref name="Legia to potęga-s132">{{cite book |title = Legia to potęga |page = 132 |publisher = GiA |place = Katowice |year = 2004 |isbn = 83-88232-12-6}}</ref><ref name="Sezon 1981 1982 Dinamo Tbilisi">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1336 |title = Sezon 1981/1982 Dinamo Tbilisi -Legia Warszawa 1:0(1:0) |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 2 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202001103/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1336 |url-status = live }}</ref> In the 1981–82 season Legia finished fourth, and in the Polish Cup they were knocked out in the eighth-finals, losing to [[Arka Gdynia]] 1–2.<ref name="Sezon 1981 1982 Legia Warszawa">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1335 |title = Sezon 1981/1982 Legia Warszawa -Dinamo Tbilisi 0:1(0:1) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030602/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1335 |url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Dziekanowski_Dariusz.jpg|180px|thumbnail|right|[[Dariusz Dziekanowski]] – Ekstraklasa top goalscorer for the [[1987–88 Ekstraklasa|1987–88 season]]]]

The 1982–83 season began with a change of part of the team. Legia also gained a new coach, with [[Kazimierz Górski]] being replaced by [[Jerzy Kopa]] in the middle of the season. Legia finished eighth place in the league table, while in the Polish Cup they fell in the quarterfinals after losing 0–1 against Lech Poznań in Warsaw. A year later, Legia finished fifth in the fight for the title, and in the Polish Cup reached the 5th round, where they lost against [[Górnik Zabrze]] 2–3 after extra time.

At the turn of 1984 and 1985, after the autumn round, Legia took first place in the table. They finished runners-up of Poland, which meant the club would participate in the [[UEFA Cup]]. In addition, the team reached the quarter-finals of the Polish Cup (a defeat in aggregate with Górnik Zabrze). The following season, 1985–86, the league success was repeated and the quarterfinals of the home cup were again obtained. Both titles went to Górnik Zabrze. In the same years, the legionaries made it to the round of 16 and eighth-finals of the UEFA Cup, losing twice with [[Inter Milan]]. In the first match, Milan drew 0–0 at home, which was considered a great success for the Warsaw club.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/> The return match at Łazienkowska ended with the score 0–1 and the Italian team advanced to the next round.<ref name="Inter Mediolan Legia Warszawa">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1519 |title = Inter Mediolan -Legia Warszawa 0:0(0:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201103251/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1519 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Legia Warszawa Inter Mediolan">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1521 |title = Legia Warszawa -Inter Mediolan 0:1(0:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201170952/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1521 |url-status = live }}</ref> The next year in 1986 Legia faced Inter Milan again with a 3–2 win at Łazienkowska and a 0–1 defeat in Italy, which eliminated the Polish club on [[Away goals rule|away goals]].<ref name="Legia Warszawa Inter Mediolan2">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1562 |title = Legia Warszawa -Inter Mediolan 3:2(1:1) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201103254/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1562 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Inter Mediolan Legia Warszawa2">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1363 |title = Inter Mediolan -Legia Warszawa 1:0(1:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201173408/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=1363 |url-status = live }}</ref>

At the beginning of the 1986–87 season, the Warsaw team traveled to China and won the Great Wall Cup, defeating the hosts 2–0. The team played in Beijing and other cities for a week, at the turn of July and August.<ref name="CWKS Legia 1967 1996 Kronika-s134">{{cite book |title = CWKS Legia 1967–1996 Kronika |page = 134 |publisher = Vipart |place = Warszawa |year = 1996 |isbn = 83-87124-01-X}}</ref> Following this, apart from other successful performance in Europe, Legia took 5th place in the league and reached the 5th round of knockout (losing against Wisła Kraków after penalties). At the end of 1987, at the Legia stadium, the speedway track was removed and the football field was widened.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Legia finished the next year in the league in third place and reached the Polish Cup final. In [[Łódź]], the legionaries drew 1–1 with Lech and the victory was decided by penalty kicks, which the Poznań team won 3–2. A year later, the Warsaw team took fourth place in the league and won the Polish Cup at the stadium in [[Olsztyn]], beating [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] 5–2.<ref name="Jagiellonia o finale PP z">{{cite web |url = http://legionisci.com/news/35130_Jagiellonia_o_finale_PP_z_Legia_w_1989_Ludzie_z_innego_swiata.html |title = Jagiellonia o finale PP z Legią w 1989: Ludzie z innego świata |publisher = legioniści.com |language = pl |access-date = 8 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040226/http://legionisci.com/news/35130_Jagiellonia_o_finale_PP_z_Legia_w_1989_Ludzie_z_innego_swiata.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Two weeks after the success, they also won the Polish Super Cup for the first time, defeating [[Ruch Chorzów]] 3–0 in [[Zamość]].

The trophy gained in Zamość was the first piece of silverware after the reorganization of the club – on 25 April 1989, the club's board decided to separate the football section from the multi-sport section CWKS and establish the Autonomous Football Section (ASPN CWKS "Legia" Warsaw).

On 1 September, long-time footballer and Legia captain, [[Kazimierz Deyna]], died in a car accident in [[San Diego]].<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

At the end of the decade, on 13 September, Legia competed against [[FC Barcelona]] in the first round of the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]. The match in Barcelona ended with a 1–1 draw, after an unrecognized goal for the legionnaires and a penalty kick for the opponents in the 85th minute of the match. In the rematch at Łazienkowska Legia lost 0–1, with 25 thousand fans in the stands. [[Michael Laudrup]] scored the only goal.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa legionisci.com"/>

===1990s===
The beginning of the nineties was not successful for the club, especially in the Polish league. In the 1989–90 season, the team finished in seventh place, and the next season in ninth.<ref name="małahistoria">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/malahistoria.php |title = Legia Warszawa. Historia. |language = pl |access-date = 9 December 2017 |url-status = bot: unknown |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080506103817/http://www.legia.net/malahistoria.php |archive-date = 6 May 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Sezon 1990 1991">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=sezon&sez=1990/1991 |title = Sezon 1990/1991 |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 9 December 2017 |archive-date = 14 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170714131008/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=sezon&sez=1990/1991 |url-status = live }}</ref> The 1991–92 season ended in a 10th-place finish<ref name="SEZON 1991 1992">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=sezon&sez=1991/1992 |title = SEZON 1991/1992 |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 9 December 2017 |archive-date = 14 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170714023345/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=sezon&sez=1991/1992 |url-status = live }}</ref> – for the first time since World War II, Legia was fighting relegation to the second league. The team avoided relegation after winning 3–0 in an away match against [[Motor Lublin]] in the penultimate game of the season.<ref name="małahistoria"/> The club achieved better results in the Polish Cup. In 1990, Legia defeated [[GKS Katowice]] in the final and won their ninth trophy. A year later, the Warsaw club again faced GKS Katowice in the final of the Polish Cup, but this time the rivals who won the match 1–0 turned out to be better. The next season, 1989–90, Legia won their ninth Polish Cup, meaning they were able to play in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1990–91. The Warsaw team, managed by [[Władysław Stachurski]] reached the semi-finals of the tournament, eliminating the likes of [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] and [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]. They lost in the semi-finals to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (1–3 in Warsaw and 1–1 in Manchester).<ref name="małahistoria"/>

In autumn 1992, the first private sponsor, businessman Janusz Romanowski, invested in the club. A two-year sponsorship deal was signed with FSO (worth [[Polish złoty|PLN]] 2.4 billion at that time) as well as with Adidas. After the fourth round of the 1992–93 season, [[Janusz Wójcik]] became the Legia coach. The high budget from the sponsorship deals allowed players such as [[Maciej Śliwowski]] and [[Radosław Michalski]] to be brought in. This, in turn, translated into better results and joining the competition for the national championship.<ref name="legiagw">Błoński R.: ''Legia Warszawa''. Wydawnictwo Biblioteka Gazety Wyborczej, 2008. {{ISBN|978-83-7552-360-7}}.</ref> On 20 June 1993, after an away victory of 6–0 against [[Wisła Kraków]], the team won the Polish championship. However, on the next day the president of the [[PZPN]] board, with a 5–4 vote, decided to take the title from Legia and award it to the third team in the table – [[Lech Poznań]] (after disallowing the last matches of Legia and ŁKS, the team from Poznań took first place in the table). The decision was due to the allegations of bribery in the last league match. In addition, Legia was forced to pay a fine of 500 million zlotys, and the UEFA authorities excluded the team from European competition.<ref name="legiagia">Gowarzewski A., Szczepłek S.: ''Legia''. Wydawnictwo GiA, 1995. {{ISBN|83-902751-6-3}}.</ref><ref name="Historia Legii Odebrany tytuł">{{cite web |url = http://legionisci.com/news/30855_Historia_Legii_Odebrany_tytul_czyli_6-0_z_Wisla.html |title = Historia Legii: Odebrany tytuł, czyli 6–0 z Wisłą |publisher = legioniści.com |language = pl |access-date = 13 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032149/http://legionisci.com/news/30855_Historia_Legii_Odebrany_tytul_czyli_6-0_z_Wisla.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Twice (December 2004, January 2007),the club unsuccessfully requested that the unfavorable decision should be repealed and that the title should be restored.<ref name="Legia mistrzem Polski 1993">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.com.pl/pl/index.php?view=2&nID=2847 |title = Legia mistrzem Polski 1993! |publisher = legia.com.pl |language = pl |access-date = 13 December 2017 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043651/http://www.legia.com.pl/pl/index.php?view=2&nID=2847 |url-status = live }}</ref> In the same season, the anti-doping committee decided that Legia player [[Roman Zub]] had played after doping before the match against [[Widzew Łódź]]. The player's urine sample was also tested in a laboratory in [[Moscow]], where it was considered that increased testosterone levels were not the result of doping. The match was initially verified as a walkover for the Łódź team, but the decision of the PZPN games department was revoked by the president of the board.<ref name="legiagia"/>

In the next season, Legia won the first triple crown in the history of Polish football. On 15 June 1994, thanks to a 1–1 draw in the last round with [[Górnik Zabrze]] in Warsaw, the legionaries maintained a one-point advantage over second place [[GKS Katowice]] and won their fifth Polish title, despite the fact that the season began with three negative points due to the events of the last round in the last season. After the match the press published accusations of corruption with referee Sławomir Redzinski, who, when the score was 1–0 to Górnik, sent off three of the Górnik players. These allegations have not been proven.<ref name="I liga 1993 1994">{{cite web |url = http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=578 |title = I liga 1993/1994 |publisher = 90minut.pl |language = pl |access-date = 12 February 2018 |archive-date = 4 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170704225356/http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=578 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Historia Legii Legia Mistrz">{{cite web |url = http://legionisci.com/news/30740_Historia_Legii_Legia_Mistrz_1994.html |title = Historia Legii: Legia Mistrz 1994 |publisher = legioniści.com |language = pl |date = 15 June 2009 |access-date = 12 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040058/http://legionisci.com/news/30740_Historia_Legii_Legia_Mistrz_1994.html |url-status = live }}</ref> On 18 June, in the Polish Cup final held at the Legia stadium, the Legia defeated [[ŁKS Łódź]] 2–0 and won the tenth trophy in their history. In the match for the Super Cup (24 July), Legia also faced ŁKS Łódź and won 6–4 at the stadium in [[Płock]]. The club's first experience of the Champions League ended in defeat in the qualifying stage – the team fell to Croatian side [[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]] (0–1 at home, 0–4 away).

The next season began with the signing of a contract with [[Canal+ Poland|Canal+]] for broadcasting matches (the first match of the Polish league broadcast was the match of Legia against [[GKS Katowice]], which took place on 1 April 1995). On 31 May 1995, Legia won their sixth Polish championship after a 3–0 victory against [[Raków Częstochowa]] in Warsaw,<ref name="I liga 1994 1995">{{cite web |url = http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=552 |title = I liga 1994/1995 |publisher = 90minut.pl |language = pl |access-date = 16 February 2018 |archive-date = 5 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705013905/http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=552 |url-status = live }}</ref> and also won the Polish Cup (2–0 in the final with GKS Katowice). At that time, one of the first protest actions took place at the stadium. The reason was high ticket prices and the ban on hanging flags and banners on the fence – the conflict ended after three matches in Warsaw thanks to an agreement with activists.<ref name="Protest 1995">{{cite web |url = http://legionisci.com/news/40594_Historia_Protest_1995.html |title = Protest 1995 |publisher = legioniści.com |language = pl |date = 26 November 2010 |access-date = 16 February 2018 |archive-date = 5 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705051751/http://legionisci.com/news/40594_Historia_Protest_1995.html |url-status = live }}</ref> After winning the championship in the 1994–95 season, Legia Warszawa qualified for the Champions League – in the last qualifying round it defeated the Swedish team [[IFK Göteborg]] (1–0 in Warsaw and 2–1 in Gothenburg). In the group stage, Legia drew with [[Rosenborg BK]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] and [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]. Legia finished the group in second place (with seven points) and in the quarterfinals they faced [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos Athens]]. The first match in Warsaw ended in a goalless draw, and in the rematch at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, the Greeks won 3–0. The club did not defend the national championship in the 1995–96 competition and took second place in the league table (behind [[Widzew Łódź]]).

In 1997, the club was transformed into Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna (SSA) Legia Warsaw and a new sponsor was acquired, [[South Korea]]n company [[Daewoo]]. This season, the legionaries took second place in the league, one reason being a 2–3 loss to [[Widzew Łódź]] in the decisive phase of the games (Legia led up until the 85th minute of the match 2–0). The same year Legia went on to win the Polish Cup and the Super Cup. A big change in that period was the addition of Daewoo as a member to the club's name (CWKS "Legia-Daewoo" Warsaw) – the new name did not please fans of Legia and was received coldly by them.<ref name="Historia Legii Warszawa">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/ |title = Historia Legii Warszawa |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 16 February 2018 |archive-date = 23 February 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180223014703/http://legia.net/historia/ |url-status = live }}</ref>

The 1997–98 season saw the club's last appearance in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]. After passing [[Glenavon F.C.|Glenavon]] in the qualifying round (with a 1–1 draw in Northern Ireland and a 4–0 win in Warsaw), the team fell to Italian team [[Vicenza Calcio]] in the first round of the tournament (losing away 0–2 and drawing at home 1–1). In the league the team took 5th place in the table, and in the Polish Cup reached the 1/8 finals, losing to [[Amica Wronki]] 0–3. The next season, 1998–99, ended with a bronze medal in the league. In the national cup the team for the second time in a row was eliminated at stage 1/8 of the tournament; This time, [[GKS Bełchatów]] was the one to beat the Warsaw team, who after a goalless result in the regular time of the game won 3–2 in the penalty shootout.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

The club played its 100th match in European competitions – the meeting with Macedonian team [[Vardar Skopje]] as part of the 1/64 UEFA Cup final ended with Legia's away victory 5–0 on 12 August 1999. In the 1999–2000 season, Legia took fourth place in the league and did not get to play in the European competitions. In the Polish Cup, the team fell in the quarterfinals to [[Amica Wronki]] after a series of penalty kicks (ended with a 3–1 result), while in the League Cup reached the final, in which they lost at home with [[Polonia Warsaw]] 1–2.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

===2000–2010===
In March 2001, the main shareholder of the club, Daewoo, withdrew from the club's financing, and on 1 July the name of the former sponsor was removed from the club's name and it was reverted to ASPN CWKS "Legia" Warszawa SSA.<ref name="Koniec Legii Daewoo">{{cite web |url = http://legionisci.com/news/30978_Historia_Legii_Koniec_Legii_Daewoo.html |title = Koniec Legii Daewoo |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |access-date = 7 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032537/http://legionisci.com/news/30978_Historia_Legii_Koniec_Legii_Daewoo.html |url-status = live }}</ref> 
In the 2000–01 season, the team finished third in the Polish league, and in the Polish Cup lost in the quarterfinals, losing on aggregate 1–4 with Zagłębie Lubin. The same result was achieved by the team in the League Cup – in the quarterfinals of the tournament the team lost to Wisla Kraków, a draw in Warsaw 1–1 and a loss in Kraków 1–3. In the UEFA Cup qualifying round, Legia won against [[Etzella Ettelbruck]] (4–0 away, 2–1 in Warsaw), and in the next match they defeated [[IF Elfsborg]] (4–1 at home, 6–1 in Sweden). The rival of Legia in the second round was [[Valencia CF]]. In the first match at the Polish Army stadium there was a 1–1 draw, but in the rematch the Spaniards won 6–1.<ref name="Historia Legii 1996-2005">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/podstrona,101-historia_legii___1996_2005.html |title = Historia Legii 1996–2005 |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 7 February 2018 |archive-date = 27 November 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204451/https://legia.com/podstrona,101-historia_legii___1996_2005.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:Artur Boruc 2021.jpg|190px|thumbnail|right|[[Artur Boruc]] played his first league match for Legia in [[2001–02 Ekstraklasa|2001–02 season]]]]

The 2001–02 season, which was led by Dragomir Okuki, ended in Legia's seventh championship title (after a 0–0 draw with [[Odra Wodzisław]] in Warsaw),<ref name="I liga 2001 2002">{{cite web |url = http://www2.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga41.html |title = I liga 2001/2002 |publisher = 90minut.pl |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 18 February 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180218125631/http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga41.html |url-status = live }}</ref> as well as a triumph in the Polish League Cup (3–0 and 1–2 in the final with [[Wisła Kraków]]). In competing for the Polish Cup, the team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost to [[Ruch Chorzów]] (2–4 in Warsaw, 1–0 in Chorzów). Legia played in the Champions League qualifiers in the summer, but in the third round they fell against [[FC Barcelona]] – in the first match at Camp Nou, the Catalans won 3–0, in the second they beat Legia 1–0. After defeat against the Spaniards, the Warsaw team competed in the UEFA Cup. In the first round Legia beat [[FC Utrecht]] (4–1 at home and 3–1 away), in the second round they were eliminated by [[Schalke]] – 2–3 in Warsaw, 0–0 in Gelsenkirchen.

The legionaries finished the 2002–03 season in 4th place, in the Polish Cup they fell in the 3rd round. On 13 June 2003, the name of the club changed to KP "Legia" Warszawa SSA and on the same day the team was greeted by a new coach, [[Dariusz Kubicki]].<ref name="małahistoria" />

The club was purchased by [[ITI Group]] on 8 April 2004. The team took second place in the league and played in the Polish Cup final, in which it lost to [[Lech Poznań]].<ref name="Historia 1996-2005">{{cite web |url = http://legia.com/podstrona,101-historia_legii___1996_2005.html |title = Historia Legii – 1996–2005 |publisher = legia.com |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 27 November 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204451/https://legia.com/podstrona,101-historia_legii___1996_2005.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Relacja z trybun Warszawa">{{cite web |url = https://www.legionisci.com/mecz/127 |title = Relacja z trybun Warszawa 100% Legia |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041028/http://legionisci.com/mecz/127 |url-status = live }}</ref> The next season, 2004–05, the Warsaw team came third in the league table, and in the national cup they lost in the semi-final, falling to [[Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski]] – 1–1, 1–1, 1–4 on aggregate penalties.

The 2005–06 season was exceptional in the club's history – Legia celebrated its 90th anniversary. First, the team dropped out of the UEFA Cup in the second qualifying round (0–1 in Warsaw and 2–4 in Zurich with [[FC Zürich]]) and had a weak start in the league.<ref name="Sezon 2005 2006 Legia Warszawa">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=2417 |title = Sezon 2005/2006 Legia Warszawa -FC Zurich 0:1(0:0) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201170950/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=2417 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Sezon 2005 2006 FC Zurich">{{cite web |url = http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=2419 |title = Sezon 2005/2006 FC Zurich -Legia Warszawa 4:1(2:1) |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 2 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202001104/http://www.legia.net/historia/index.php?s=mecz&id=2419 |url-status = live }}</ref> In addition, they only reached the quarter-finals of the Polish Cup, losing on the aggregate with [[Korona Kielce]]. Nevertheless, the legionaries won the eighth Polish championship after winning 1–0 in a match against [[Górnik Zabrze]].<ref name="Legia mistrzem Polski">{{cite web |url = http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,65025,3336234.html |title = Legia mistrzem Polski! |publisher = sport.pl |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045534/http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,65025,3336234.html |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Ekstraklasa 2005 2006">{{cite web |url = http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=1944 |title = Ekstraklasa 2005/2006 |publisher = 90minut.pl |language = pl |access-date = 10 February 2018 |archive-date = 5 July 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170705011703/http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=1944 |url-status = live }}</ref> After the arrival of the new coach [[Dariusz Wdowczyk]], they managed to make up for seven points when they were behind [[Wisła Kraków]] and reach for the title; The Warsaw City Council decided at that time to finance the modernization of the Legia stadium through the construction of three new grandstands and the extension of the covered grandstand. After four years, the legionnaires again stood a chance of winning promotion to the group stage of the Champions League. In the second round of qualifying they beat [[Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar|Hafnarfjarðar]] – 1–0 away, 2–0 at home. Shakhtar Donetsk turned out to be the next rival in the decisive third stage. Both meetings ended with the defeat of Legia – 0–1 in Donetsk and 2–3 in Warsaw. They attempted to make up for the failure playing against Austria Vienna in the first round of the UEFA Cup. However, Legia did not manage to defeat the Austrian opponent; in the first match in Warsaw the team drew 1–1, and in the return the hosts won 1–0.

[[File:Legia Warszawa - Pogoń Szczecin (football match).jpg|thumb|Home game with [[Pogoń Szczecin]] in the [[2006–07 Ekstraklasa]]]]
In following competitions, Legia dropped out of the fight for the Polish Cup in the 1/16 finals, falling to fourth-division team [[Stal Sanok]],<ref name="Megasensacja w Sanoku Stal">{{cite web |url = http://www.sanok24.pl/aktualnosci/1/1487 |title = Megasensacja w Sanoku! Stal Sanok – Legia Warszawa 2–1 |publisher = legia.net |language = pl |date = 20 September 2006 |access-date = 25 February 2018 |archive-date = 20 May 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080520111530/http://www.sanok24.pl/aktualnosci/1/1487 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and in the league they won third place. In addition, as part of the Ekstraklasa Cup, the team reached the quarterfinals and lost on aggregate with [[GKS Górnik Łęczna|Górnik Łęczna]]. The year 2007 brought a change of the coat of arms. The club did not agree with CWKS, which had the rights to the previous logo. The club's board registered their logotype, boycotted by the fans, because it did not resemble the old mark (despite similar colors and the letter "L" had a different outline and arrangement of colors).<ref name="Nowe logo dla nikogo">{{cite web |url = http://www.legionisci.com/mecz.php?id=253&act=trybuny |title = Nowe logo dla nikogo |publisher = sano24.pl |language = pl |access-date = 25 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032032/http://legionisci.com/mecz.php?id=253&act=trybuny |url-status = live }}</ref> Eventually, it was not implemented and it was established that the official sign will be modified with the white letter "L" on the black shield. However, the shape differed from the historical one and resembled a triangle, not like the original coat of arms.<ref name="Apel kibiców w sprawie herbu">{{cite web |url = https://www.legionisci.com/news/30586_Apel_kibicow_w_sprawie_herbu.html |title = Apel kibiców w sprawie herbu |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |date = 31 May 2009 |access-date = 25 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034819/http://legionisci.com/news/30586_Apel_kibicow_w_sprawie_herbu.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

At the beginning of the 2007–08 season in [[Vilnius]] there were riots caused by Legia fans, which had their apogee at the stadium of [[FK Vėtra]] during the match of the second round of the Intertoto Cup. Hooligans, among others devastated the stadium and attacked the police, as a result of which the match was stopped at 2–0 for the Lithuanian club.<ref name="wiadomosci.gazeta-4299308">[http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114882,4299308.html Skandal w Wilnie. Wykopią Legię z Pucharów? Gazeta Wyborcza 8 VII 2007].</ref> A few days later, the UEFA Disciplinary Commission verified the result of the meeting with Vėtra for a 3–0 win for the hosts and banned Legia from the current European Cup and qualifying for European competition (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Intertoto Cup) for the next five years. UEFA also forced the Warsaw club to cover all losses caused by rioters at the host stadium. After submitting the appeal, the penalty was temporarily suspended, taking into account the changes made to enhance safety at Legia's matches.<ref name="Listkiewicz pomógł Legii">{{cite web |url = http://www.zw.com.pl/artykul/203687.html |title = Listkiewicz pomógł Legii |publisher = zw.com.pl |language = pl |date = 1 September 2007 |access-date = 26 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034551/http://www.zw.com.pl/artykul/203687.html |url-status = live }}</ref>

At the halfway point of the league games Legia took second place, even though it scored more points than in the championship season 2005–06.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,32284,title,Czy-druzyna-Legii-da-rade-liderowi,wid,9475593,wiadomosc.html |title = Czy drużyna Legii da radę liderowi? |publisher = wp.pl |language = pl |access-date = 27 February 2018 |archive-date = 21 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080321050715/http://ekstraklasa.wp.pl/kat,32284,title,Czy-druzyna-Legii-da-rade-liderowi,wid,9475593,wiadomosc.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The legionaries were ten points behind first place [[Wisła Kraków]].<ref name="Legia w liczbach">{{cite web |url = https://www.legionisci.com/news/24453_Legia_w_liczbach.html |title = Legia w liczbach |publisher = legionisci.com |language = pl |date = 30 December 2007 |access-date = 27 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 December 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033350/http://legionisci.com/news/24453_Legia_w_liczbach.html |url-status = live }}</ref> Eventually, the team reached the Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup<ref name="Puchar Polski 2007 2008">{{cite web |url = http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=3177 |title = Puchar Polski 2007/2008 |publisher = 90minut.pl |language = pl |access-date = 27 February 2018 |archive-date = 1 August 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190112/http://www.90minut.pl/liga.php?id=3177 |url-status = live }}</ref> after winning against Wisla Kraków twice (0–0, 4–3 [[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]] and 2–1), and also won the runner-up title. The legionaries secured their UEFA Cup performance in the next season. In addition, the team played in the Ekstraklasa Cup final. The meeting played in [[Grodzisk Wielkopolski]] was won by the local [[Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski|Dyskobolia]], which after the 4–1 victory won the trophy. In the spring round of the competition, the club joined the campaign Let's Kick Racism from the Stadium, organized by the Never Again Association – ''Nigdy Więcej'' – the players ran out on 22 March in a match against [[Widzew Łódź]] in shirts with the campaign's name.<ref name="Nigdy Więcej">{{cite web |url = http://www.nigdywiecej.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=13 |title = Nigdy Więcej |publisher = nigdywiecej.org |language = pl |date = 21 March 2008 |access-date = 27 February 2018 |archive-date = 11 May 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150511153935/http://www.nigdywiecej.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=13 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In the 2008–09 season Legia started by defeating the [[Belarus]]ian club [[FC Gomel]] (0–0 and 4–1) in the first round of the UEFA Cup qualifying round. In the second the legionaries went to the Russian [[FC Moscow]]. Both matches ended with the defeat of legionnaires: in Warsaw 1–2, and in Moscow 0–2. The only goal scored for Legia was by [[Roger Guerreiro]]. In the league, the team repeated the previous year's achievement, finishing second at the end of the season. The team also reached the semi-finals of the Polish Cup, in which they lost to Ruch Chorzow. In the competition for the Ekstraklasa Cup, Legia appeared in the quarterfinals and was eliminated by [[GKS Bełchatów]].

===2011–2020===
[[File:Legia Warszawa - Wisła Kraków (2-2).jpg|thumb|left|Home game with [[Wisła Kraków]] in the [[2014–15 Ekstraklasa]]]]
Legia won its 10th title with another league championship at the end of the [[2013–14 Ekstraklasa]] season. Legia qualified for the [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|2016–17 Champions League]] group stages for the first time in 21 years after defeating [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] on 23 August 2016. The Legionnaires found themselves in group F with the likes of Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, and Sporting Lisbon. They finished third place after winning 1–0 against Sporting Lisbon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/match/legia-warszawa-vs-sporting-cp/2348384/report|title=Legia Warsaw 1–0 Sporting: Guilherme seals Europa League spot|publisher=Goal|date=7 December 2016|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-date=20 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220094137/http://www.goal.com/en/match/legia-warszawa-vs-sporting-cp/2348384/report|url-status=live}}</ref> on the last match day in the group stages, sending them to the round of 32 in the [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League]]. Legia was drawn against [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] where the first match fell goalless in Warsaw.

[[File:Legia na narodowym.png|thumbnail|Legia supporters on [[Kazimierz Górski National Stadium|National Stadium]] during [[2015–16 Polish Cup]] final]]
Legia won its 12th League title in the [[2016–17 Ekstraklasa|2016–17 Ekstraklasa season]]. They finished with a 0–0 draw against [[Lechia Gdańsk]]. Legia needed a draw in the match between [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] and [[Lech Poznań]] which finished 2–2 and gave Legia the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legia.com/aktualnosci/we-are-the-champ13ns-55579|title=WE ARE THE CHAMP13NS!!!|publisher=Legia.com|date=5 June 2017|access-date=6 June 2017|archive-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702122931/http://legia.com/aktualnosci/we-are-the-champ13ns-55579|url-status=live}}</ref>

Legia's third consecutive Eksrtaklasa title was won in dramatic circumstances. Needing to win away to [[Lech Poznań|Lech Poznan]] to guarantee the title, a 3–0 victory was awarded to Legia after the game was abandoned. Lech fans threw flares and invaded the pitch after Legia scored to make it 2–0 in the 77th minute, after which the referee called the game off.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44193876|title=Legia Warsaw win Polish Championship after Lech Poznan game abandoned|date=2018-05-21|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-05-21|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025023041/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44193876|url-status=live}}</ref> The result meant Legia won the league, finishing three points above second placed [[Jagiellonia Białystok]].

===2021–present===
On 28 April 2021, three rounds before the end of the [[2020–21 Ekstraklasa]] season, the players from Łazienkowska won the fifteenth Polish championship, thanks to a goalless draw between [[Jagiellonia Białystok]] and [[Raków Częstochowa]]. Thus, Legia took the independent lead in the all-time classification in terms of the number of domestic titles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polsatsport.pl/wiadomosc/2021-04-28/pko-ekstraklasa-legia-warszawa-mistrzem-polski-20202021/|title=PKO Ekstraklasa: Legia Warszawa mistrzem Polski 2020/2021!|trans-title=PKO Ekstraklasa: Legia Warsaw is the Polish champion 2020/2021!|website=polsatsport.pl|access-date=19 December 2021|language=pl|archive-date=19 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219202849/https://www.polsatsport.pl/wiadomosc/2021-04-28/pko-ekstraklasa-legia-warszawa-mistrzem-polski-20202021/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 August 2021, Legia defeated [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]], and for the first time in five years qualified to the group stages of a European cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://polskieradio24.pl/art4147_2795690|title=Legia Warszawa w fazie grupowej Ligi Europy. Slavia Praga odprawiona na Łazienkowskiej|trans-title=Legia Warsaw in the group stage of the Europa League. Slavia Prague defeated at Łazienkowska|website=PolskieRadio24.pl|language=pl}}</ref> In the [[2021-22 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]] they were drawn to play in a group stage against [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] and [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://polskieradio.pl/art7790_2796434|title=Europa League draw: Legia Warsaw to play Napoli, Leicester, Spartak|website=PolskieRadio.pl|date=27 August 2021|access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref> After the first two matches won, away with Spartak and at home with Leicester 1–0 each, Legia lost four consecutive matches and ended up at the bottom of the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://weszlo.com/2021/12/09/live-legia-gra-o-wszystko-w-lidze-europy/|title=LIVE: Legia przegrała po błędzie Nawrockiego, Pekhart zmarnował karnego|trans-title=LIVE: Legia lost after Nawrocki's mistake, Pekhart missed a penalty|date=9 December 2021|access-date=9 December 2021|language=pl|website=weszlo.com|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209172313/https://weszlo.com/2021/12/09/live-legia-gra-o-wszystko-w-lidze-europy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Puchar Polski Legia - Raków (8).jpg|thumb|Legia supporters during the [[2022–23 Polish Cup]] final against [[Raków Częstochowa]]]]
In 2023, Legia won two major trophies: the [[Polish Cup]] and the [[Polish Super Cup]], both winning over [[Raków Częstochowa]] after a penalty shoot-out series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Football: Legia beat Raków in Polish Cup final |url=https://polskieradio.pl/395/7790/artykul/3160555,football-legia-beat-rakow-in-polish-cup-final |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=polskieradio.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Football: Legia Warsaw win Poland's Super Cup |url=https://polskieradio.pl/395/7790/artykul/3209163,football-legia-warsaw-win-poland%E2%80%99s-super-cup |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=polskieradio.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> In the 2023–24 season, Legia Warsaw took part in the [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage|UEFA Europa Conference League group stage]] for the first time in its history,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=Liga Konferencji Europy. Legia Warszawa tego dokonała! Pierwszy taki awans polskiego klubu w historii |trans-title=Europa Conference League. Legia Warsaw has done it! The first such qualification of a Polish club in history |url=https://sport.tvp.pl/72413034/liga-konferencji-europy-legia-warszawa-tego-dokonala-pierwszy-taki-awans-polskiego-klubu-w-historii |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=sport.tvp.pl |language=pl}}</ref> where they were drawn into [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage#Group E|Group E]] alongside [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], [[AZ Alkmaar|AZ]] and [[HŠK Zrinjski Mostar|Zrinjski Mostar]].<ref name=":0" /> Following their opening 3–2 victory over Aston Villa,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legia Warsaw 3-2 Aston Villa: Unai Emery's side beaten on Europa Conference League debut |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12965042/legia-warsaw-3-2-aston-villa-unai-emerys-side-beaten-on-europa-conference-league-debut |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref> Legia earned a total of 12 points and advanced to the [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase#Knockout round play-offs|knockout round play-offs]] out of second place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-12-18 |title=Europa Conference League: All the fixtures and results |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/news/0285-18e1b615fd5b-6fe5294e3ddd-1000--europa-conference-league-all-the-fixtures-and-results/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Stadium & facilities==
{{Main|Polish Army Stadium}}
Legia plays its games at Legia Warsaw Municipal Stadium of Marshal Józef Piłsudski (Polish: ''Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego''), traditionally also referred to as the [[Polish Army Stadium]] (Polish: ''Stadion Wojska Polskiego''), which is an [[all-seater stadium|all-seater]] [[football-specific stadium]] in [[Warsaw]], Poland. Legia has been playing there since 9 August 1930. With space for 31,103 spectators it is the 5th biggest football stadium in the {{Lang|pl|[[Ekstraklasa]]|italic=no}}. The stadium underwent significant reconstruction between 2008 and 2011, during which all of the stands were demolished and replaced with bigger and more modern ones which increased the stadium's capacity from 13,500 to 31,103 seats. The Polish Army Stadium is currently owned by the [[City of Warsaw]]. Additionally to the main stadium and its surrounding infrastructure, the club has a newly built [[Legia Training Center]] completed in June 2020. Facility is located in [[Książenice, Masovian Voivodeship|Książenice]] in [[Gmina Grodzisk Mazowiecki]]. Legia Training Center has been designated for the Legia Warsaw first team and their [[Legia Warsaw II|reserves]] and youth teams, as U18, U17, U16 and U15. The center facilities are, among others, eight pitches; six with natural turf and two with artificial turf, hotel part and dormitory for players aged 13–18.<ref>[https://legia.com/legia-training-center/5543 Legia Training Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125001137/https://legia.com/legia-training-center/5543 |date=25 November 2021 }}. Legia.com (in Polish).</ref>
{{Gallery|title=|width=170|height=120|align=center
|File:Ch65 DSC0296.JPG|Stadium exterior
|File:Legia stadium (2).JPG|VIP Stand
|File:Stadion Legii 05.jpg|The eastern stand named after [[Kazimierz Deyna]]
||Legia Training Center in [[Książenice, Masovian Voivodeship|Książenice]] near [[Grodzisk Mazowiecki]]
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==Sponsors==
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!Years
!Football kit
!Main sponsor
|-
|1978–90
|rowspan=1|[[Adidas]]
|&nbsp;–
|-
|1990–91
|rowspan=1|[[Umbro]]
|rowspan=2|[[Müller (company)|Müller]]
|-
|1991
|rowspan=1|[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
|-
|1992–95
|rowspan=2|[[Adidas]]
|[[Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych|FSO]]
|-
|1995–96
||[[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal +]]
|-
|1996–00
|rowspan=1|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|rowspan=2|[[Daewoo]]
|-
|2001
|rowspan=8|[[Adidas]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/adidas-sponsorem-technicznym-legii-warszawa/2feb7 |title= Adidas sponsorem technicznym Legii Warszawa |publisher= sport.onet.pl |date= 19 April 2010 |access-date= 19 November 2017 |language= pl |archive-date= 27 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191127204450/https://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/adidas-sponsorem-technicznym-legii-warszawa/2feb7 |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
|2001–02
||[[Pol-Mot]]
|-
|2002–03
|[[Bank Zachodni WBK|Kredyt Bank]]
|-
|2008–10
||[[n (Poland)|n]]
|-
|2011–14
||[[Active Jet]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.activejet.pl/aktualnosci/ActiveJet-sponsorem-glownym-Legii |title=ActiveJet sponsorem głównym Legii |publisher=activejet.pl |date=18 November 2011 |access-date=19 November 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032134/http://www.activejet.pl/aktualnosci/ActiveJet-sponsorem-glownym-Legii |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2005–
||[[Warka Brewery|Królewskie]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://legia.com/aktualnosci/krolewskie-na-dluzej-z-legia-55241 |title= Królewskie na dłużej z Legią |publisher= legia.com |date= 24 April 2017 |access-date= 27 February 2018 |language= pl |archive-date= 28 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180228161759/http://legia.com/aktualnosci/krolewskie-na-dluzej-z-legia-55241 |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
|2014–2020
||[[Fortuna (entertainment)|Fortuna]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/fortuna-nowym-sponsorem-legii/ntq1f |title= Fortuna nowym sponsorem Legii |publisher= sport.onet.pl |date= 7 November 2013 |access-date= 19 November 2017 |language= pl |archive-date= 1 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034449/https://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/fortuna-nowym-sponsorem-legii/ntq1f |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
|2020–
||[[Plus500]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://legia.com/plus500-glownym-sponsorem-legii-warszawa/10156 |title= Plus500 głównym sponsorem Legii Warszawa |publisher= legia.com |date= 10 August 2020 |access-date= 22 September 2020 |language= pl |archive-date= 20 October 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201020174330/https://legia.com/plus500-glownym-sponsorem-legii-warszawa/10156 |url-status= live }}</ref>
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==Club identity and supporters==
As one of the most successful clubs in Poland, Legia Warsaw is also one of its most popular clubs. Legia has gained devotion from generations of fans from Warsaw as well as around the country, mainly in [[Masovian Voivodeship]]. Legia supporters are considered very spontaneous, dedicated and [[fanatical]]. Accordingly, in terms of quality of football support, they are also often described as the best supporters in Poland.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gazeta Wyborcza|url=http://warszawa.gazeta.pl/warszawa/1,95080,5953887,Zyleta___dr_Jekyll_i_mr_Hyde.html|title=Żyleta&nbsp;– dr Jekyll i mr Hyde|publisher=gazeta.pl|date=16 November 2008|access-date=2011-08-28|author-link=Gazeta Wyborcza|archive-date=18 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118095215/http://warszawa.gazeta.pl/warszawa/1,95080,5953887,Zyleta___dr_Jekyll_i_mr_Hyde.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Groups of fans follow Legia for practically all away matches, both domestic and international. Supporters of Legia occasionally attract also some negative attention, in particular after events such as [[riots]] in [[Lithuania]] during a match against [[FK Vėtra|Vėtra Vilnius]] on 10 July 2007.

The beginning of Legia Warsaw's organized fan movement is associated with matches in European cups, in the 1970s, when Legia fans came into contact with Western fan culture. Above all, for Legia fans, the April 1, 1970 match against [[Feyenoord]] was a breakthrough. Impressed by the way the clubs' colors and symbols were worn and displayed by the Dutch fans, a large group of Legia fans began to imitate them.{{Sfn|Kossakowski|2021|pp=1-2}}

[[File:Żyleta, Panorama Warszawy.jpg|thumbnail|left|The old [[Żyleta]] stand]]

Traditionally, the most devoted and spontaneous fans occupy the [[Żyleta]] stand in their stadium. Before the stadium renovation (2008–2011), the "old" Żyleta referred only to the center section within the eastern stand of the stadium (occasionally, it would also refer to eastern stand as a whole). There is a special exhibition dedicated to the "old" Żyleta in the [[Legia Warsaw Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legia.com/www/index.php?akt=19584 |title=Legia Warsaw official website: Muzeum Legii&nbsp;– Żyleta |publisher=Legia.com |access-date=2011-08-28 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001005009/http://legia.com/www/index.php?akt=19584 |url-status=live }}</ref> Today, after the stadium's renovation, the "new" Żyleta means the whole northern stand of stadium (located behind the goal).

Politically, the supporters of Legia tend to be more [[Right-wing politics|right wing]]. During [[communist]] times, in particular during the 1980s, Legia fans showed their [[patriotic]], [[Polish nationalism|nationalist]] and strongly [[Anticommunism|anti-communistic]] views. Today, the fans actively participate in annual commemorations of the [[Warsaw Uprising]] and [[Polish Independence Day]]. Legia fans are also vocal with their views on domestic issues, e.g. their conflict with the Polish [[Prime Minister]] [[Donald Tusk]], as well as on international politics, e.g. by way of displaying banners reading "[[Kosovo is Serbia]]n" at the stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://inserbia.info/today/2014/02/kosovo-is-serbia-legia-warszawa-fans/ |title="Kosovo is Serbia" – Legia Warszawa fans |date=16 February 2016 |access-date=10 February 2017 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 22 October 2014, when Legia played against the Ukrainian club [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]] they displayed a banner with the names Lwów ([[Lviv]]) and Wilno ([[Vilnius]]) along with the flag and a prewar coat of arms of Poland on the background, which led to negative reactions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamieniecki |first=Piotr |date=2014-10-29 |title=Kolejne głosy w sprawie flagi "Wilno - Lwów" |url=https://legia.net/news/kolejne-glosy-w-sprawie-flagi-wilno-lwow/16524 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=legia.net |language=pl}}</ref> On 19 August 2015, in Lviv and [[Kyiv]], where Legia played with [[Zorya Luhansk|Zorya]], clashes between Ukrainian and Polish fans occurred. On 9 April 2022, during an away match against Lech Poznań, Legia fans displayed a banner with an image of Putin hanging from a noose in a [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] shirt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-09 |title=Kibice Legii "powiesili" Putina na szubienicy. Nawet fani Lecha bili im brawo [WIDEO] |url=https://sport.dziennik.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/artykuly/8398083,kibice-legia-warszawa-lech-poznan-wladimir-putin-rosja-wojna-ukraina.html |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=dziennik.pl |language=pl |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129051721/https://sport.dziennik.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/artykuly/8398083,kibice-legia-warszawa-lech-poznan-wladimir-putin-rosja-wojna-ukraina.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2024, Legia Warsaw supporters held up a banner criticising Warsaw’s mayor [[Rafał Trzaskowski]], whom they condemned for restricting religious symbols in public offices.<ref>{{cite news |last=Adamczyk |first=Grzegorz |date=27 May 2024 |title=‘Hands off the cross’ – Polish football fans target Warsaw Mayor Trzaskowski over decision to remove crucifix from government buildings |url=https://rmx.news/article/hands-off-the-cross-polish-football-fans-target-warsaw-mayor-trzaskowski-over-decision-to-remove-crucifix-from-government-buildings/ |work= |location= |publisher= |access-date=18 June 2025}}</ref><ref name="Adamczyk June 2024"/> In October 2024, Legia supporters held up a banner reading "We don’t want Berlin, [[Lampedusa]], France here – zero tolerance for migrants!".<ref name="Adamczyk June 2024"/> 

In July 2024, Legia Warsaw ultras unveiled a banner before a league match against [[Zagłębie Lubin]], displaying the phrase "Refugees Welcome" alongside violent and xenophobic imagery. The banner depicted two men armed with a baseball bat and hammer, and a woman holding a pig’s head, interpreted as a hostile parody of pro-refugee slogans and a rejection of EU migration policy.<ref name="Adamczyk June 2024">{{cite news |last=Adamczyk |first=Grzegorz |date=22 July 2024 |title=Poland: Legia Warsaw ultras ‘welcome’ refugees to Poland with massive banner featuring pig’s head and baseball bat |url=https://rmx.news/article/poland-legia-warsaw-ultras-welcome-refugees-to-poland-with-massive-banner-featuring-pigs-head-and-baseball-bat/ |work= |location= |publisher= |access-date=18 June 2025}} </ref>

==Relations with other clubs==
Domestically, Legia Warsaw supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of [[Radomiak Radom]], [[Zagłębie Sosnowiec]] and [[Olimpia Elbląg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/sport/a/legia-warszawa-wygrala-w-meczu-przyjazni-w-sosnowcu-z-zaglebiem-21,11920368/ |title=Legia Warszawa wygrała w meczu przyjaźni w Sosnowcu z Zagłębiem 2:1 |publisher=dziennikzachodni.pl |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=10 February 2017 |language=pl |archive-date=23 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623000226/http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/sport/a/legia-warszawa-wygrala-w-meczu-przyjazni-w-sosnowcu-z-zaglebiem-21,11920368/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Internationally, Legia supporters maintain friendly relations with fans of [[ADO Den Haag]] and [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]. Their domestic rivals include almost all the other Polish teams that play at the [[Ekstraklasa|domestic top-tier league level]]. Warsaw clubs, [[Polonia Warsaw]], [[KS Warszawianka]] and [[Gwardia Warsaw]], were Legia's main league rivals, but since 2013 none of them competes in Ekstraklasa. One of their biggest rivals is also [[Lech Poznań]] with whom they contest the "Derby of Poland".

===Warsaw derby===
The Warsaw [[Local derby|derby]] is a match between Legia and [[Polonia Warszawa|Polonia Warsaw]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="3" style="width:50%;border:solid 2px silver;font-size:90%" rules="all"
|- style="text-align:center"
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Matches
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Legia wins
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Draws
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Polonia wins
|-style="text-align:center"
|78||29||20||29
|}
'''Other local rivalries'''

Between Legia and [[Gwardia Warsaw]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="3" style="width:50%;border:solid 2px silver;font-size:90%" rules="all"
|- style="text-align:center"
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Matches
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Legia wins
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Draws
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Gwardia wins
|-style="text-align:center"
|50||19||16||15
|}
Between Legia and [[KS Warszawianka]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="3" style="width:50%;border:solid 2px silver;font-size:90%" rules="all"
|- style="text-align:center"
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Matches
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Legia wins
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |Draws
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |KS Warszawianka wins
|-style="text-align:center"
|20||10||2||8
|}

==Honours==
[[Image:Muzeum Legii Warszawa 01.JPG|thumbnail|230px|[[Legia Warsaw Museum]] opened in 2006]]

===Domestic===
:''As of 13 July 2025.''

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
!style="width: 1%;"|Type
!style="width: 5%;"|Competition
!style="width: 1%;"|Titles
!style="width: 21%;"|Seasons
|-
|rowspan="5" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col|[[Ekstraklasa|Ekstraklasa (Polish Championship)]]
|style="background-color:gold" align="center"|'''15'''{{refn|group=note|Legia also won 1st place in [[1992–93 Ekstraklasa]], but their final game v Wisła Kraków was cancelled due to allegations of "unsportsmanlike conduct during the game". Consequently, Legia was dropped into second place in the table. The Polish FA (PZPN) decided to give the championship to Lech Poznań.<br />{{cite web|url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/0/liga579.html |title=I liga 1992/1993 |publisher=90minut.pl |access-date=2021-02-01}}}}
| [[1955 Ekstraklasa|1955]], [[1956 Ekstraklasa|1956]], [[1968–69 Ekstraklasa|1968–69]], [[1969–70 Ekstraklasa|1969–70]], [[1993–94 Ekstraklasa|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Ekstraklasa|1994–95]], [[2001–02 Ekstraklasa|2001–02]], [[2005–06 Ekstraklasa|2005–06]], [[2012–13 Ekstraklasa|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Ekstraklasa|2013–14]], [[2015–16 Ekstraklasa|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Ekstraklasa|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Ekstraklasa|2017–18]], [[2019–20 Ekstraklasa|2019–20]], [[2020–21 Ekstraklasa|2020–21]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Polish Cup]]
|style="background-color:gold"|'''21'''
| 1954–55, 1955–56, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, [[2007–08 Polish Cup|2007–08]], [[2010–11 Polish Cup|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Polish Cup|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Polish Cup|2012–13]], [[2014–15 Polish Cup|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Polish Cup|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Polish Cup|2017–18]], [[2022–23 Polish Cup|2022–23]], [[2024–25 Polish Cup|2024–25]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Polish League Cup (1999–2002)|Polish League Cup]]
|align="center"|'''1'''
| 2001–02
|-
! scope=col|[[Polish Super Cup]]
|align="center"|'''6'''
| 1989, 1994, 1997, [[2008 Polish Super Cup|2008]], [[2023 Polish Super Cup|2023]], [[2025 Polish Super Cup|2025]]
|-
|}

===Europe===
*'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/Champions League]]:'''
** Semi-finals: [[1969–70 European Cup|1969–70]]
** Quarter-finals: [[1970–71 European Cup|1970–71]], [[1995–96 UEFA Champions League|1995–96]]
** Group stage: [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|2016–17]]
*'''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]:'''
** Semi-finals: [[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|1990–91]]
** Quarter-finals: [[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964–65]], [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]]
*'''[[UEFA Europa League]]:'''
** Round of 32: [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]], [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15]], [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|2016–17]]
** Group stage: [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]], [[2015–16 UEFA Europa League|2015–16]], [[2021–22 UEFA Europa League|2021–22]]
*'''[[UEFA Conference League]]:'''
** Quarter-finals: [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League|2024–25]]
** Knockout play-offs round:  [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase|2023–24]]

==Legia Warsaw in international football==
{{See also|Legia Warsaw in European football}}

===UEFA and IFFHS rankings===

<div style="float: left; width: 48%; margin-right: 2%;">
'''UEFA Club coefficient ranking'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank !! Team !! Points
|-
|66|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Rennais FC|Rennes]] ||35.000
|-
|67|| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[FC Basel|Basel]]||34.500
|-
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|'''68'''|| {{flagicon|POL}} '''Legia Warsaw'''||'''32.500'''
|-
|69|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]]||32.000
|-
|70|| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]||30.750
|-
|}

''Last updated: 28 December 2025''

Source: [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/club/?year=2025 UEFA]

</div>'''IFFHS Club World ranking'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank !! Team !! Points
|-
|76||{{flagicon|SAU}} [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]||175.750
|-
|77||{{flagicon|CZE}} [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]||174.500
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|78||'''{{flagicon|POL}} Legia Warsaw'''||'''172.500'''
|-
|79||{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]]||170.500
|-
|80||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[PFC Ludogorets Razgrad|Ludogorets Razgrad]]||169.250
|}

''Last updated: 28 December 2025''

Source: [https://www.iffhs.com/posts/4365 IFFHS]

<div style="clear: both;"></div>

===Best results in European competitions===
[[File:Legia Warschau tegen Feyenoord 0-0, Bestanddeelnr 923-4167.jpg|thumb|Home game with [[Feyenoord]] in the semi-finals of the [[1969–70 European Cup]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable toccolours" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin:0.5em;"
|- style="background:#cadcfb;"
! Season
! Achievement
! Opponents
! Notes
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#efefef;"| European Cup / [[UEFA Champions League]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1969–70 European Cup|1969–70]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Semi-Final'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[FC UTA Arad|UTA Arad]], {{flagicon|France}} [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]], {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]], {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Feyenoord]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Feyenoord]] 0–0 in Warsaw, 0–2 in Rotterdam
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1970–71 European Cup|1970–71]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''Quarter-Final'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[IFK Göteborg|Göteborg]], {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Standard Liège]], {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]] 0–1 in Madrid, 2–1 in Warsaw
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1995–96 UEFA Champions League|1995–96]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[IFK Göteborg|Göteborg]], {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]], {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], {{flagicon|England}} [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Panathinaikos A.O.|Panathinaikos]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Panathinaikos A.O.|Panathinaikos]] 0–0 in Warsaw, 0–3 in Athens
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#efefef;"| UEFA Cup / [[UEFA Europa League]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1985–86 UEFA Cup|1985–86]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Third round'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Viking FK|Viking]], {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Fehérvár FC|Videoton Fehérvár]], {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]] 0–1 in Warsaw, 0–0 in Milan
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2011–12 UEFA Europa League|2011–12]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | '''Round of 32'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Gaziantepspor]], {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven]], {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Hapoel Tel Aviv]], {{flagicon|Romania}} [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]], {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sporting CP]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Sporting CP]] 2–2 in Warsaw, 0–1 in Lisbon
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2014–15 UEFA Europa League|2014–15]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]], {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Trabzonspor]], {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren]] {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]], {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] 0–3 in Warsaw, 0–1 in Amsterdam
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|2016–17]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] (Legia directly entered the [[2016–17_UEFA_Europa_League#Round_of_32|round of 32]])
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] 0–0 in Warsaw, 0–1 in Amsterdam
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#efefef;"| UEFA Europa Conference League / [[UEFA Conference League]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League|2023–24]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Round of 32'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]], {{flagicon|Austria}} [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]], {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[FC Midtjylland|Midtjylland]], {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[AZ Alkmaar|AZ]], {{flagicon|England}} [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]], {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Zrinjski Mostar]], {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Molde FK|Molde]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Molde FK|Molde]] 2–3 in Molde, 0–3 in Warsaw
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League|2024–25]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Quarter-Final'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Caernarfon Town F.C.|Caernarfon Town]], {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]], {{flagicon|Kosovo}} [[FC Drita|Drita]], {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Betis]], {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Djurgårdens IF|Djurgårdens]], {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[AC Omonia|Omonia]], {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC Lugano|Lugano]], {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[FK TSC|TSC]], {{flagicon|Belarus}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]], {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Molde FK|Molde]], {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| style="text-align:left;"|  lost to {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] 0–3 in Warsaw, 2–1 in London
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#efefef;"| [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup|1964–65]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | '''Quarter-Final'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Admira Wacker]], {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]], {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 München]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1860 München]] 0–4 in Warsaw, 0–0 in Munich
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]]
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Vålerenga Fotball|Vålerenga]], {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[FC Lausanne-Sport|Lausanne-Sport]], {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Dinamo Tbilisi]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Dinamo Tbilisi]] 0–1 in Warsaw, 0–1 in Tbilisi
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|1990–91]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''Semi-Final'''
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[FC Swift Hesperange|Swift Hesperange]], {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]], {{flagicon|Italy}} [[UC Sampdoria|Sampdoria]], {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| style="text-align:left;"| lost to {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 1–3 in Warsaw, 1–1 in Manchester
|-
|}
{{Clear}}

==Club records==
{{See also|List of Legia Warsaw records and statistics}}

*'''Number of seasons in {{Lang|pl|[[Ekstraklasa]]|italic=no}}:''' 73 (from 1927 to 1936 and from 1948–present)
*'''Biggest win in the league:''' 19 August 1956 Legia Warsaw&nbsp;– [[Wisła Kraków]] 12–0 (5–0)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.net/historia/najwyzsze-zwyciestwa|title=Legia.Net – Legia Warszawa – Najwyższe zwycięstwa|website=legia.net|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029072852/https://legia.net/historia/najwyzsze-zwyciestwa|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Biggest defeat in the league:''' 3 September 1927 [[Pogoń Lwów]]&nbsp;– Legia Warsaw 11–2 (6–1)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.net/historia/najwyzsze-porazki|title=Legia.Net – Legia Warszawa – Najwyższe porażki|website=legia.net|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029072852/https://legia.net/historia/najwyzsze-porazki|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Longest series of victories in the league:''' 9 (in 1931 and 1932)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://legia.net/historia/klubowe-rekordy?competition=Liga&season=all|title=Legia.Net – Legia Warszawa – Klubowe rekordy|website=legia.net|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029072855/https://legia.net/historia/klubowe-rekordy?competition=Liga&season=all|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Longest series of defeats in the league:''' 7 (1936 and 2021)<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.net/news/legia-najgorsza-od-85-lat/83772|title=Legia najgorsza od 85 lat!|trans-title=Legia is the worst in 85 years!|first=Adam|last=Dawidziuk|date=21 November 2021|website=legia.net|language=pl|access-date=9 December 2021|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209200957/https://legia.net/news/legia-najgorsza-od-85-lat/83772|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Oldest goalscorer:''' [[Lucjan Brychczy]]&nbsp;– 37 years, 2 months, 25 days<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.net/historia/najstarsi-strzelcy?direction=desc&page=1&sort=diff|title=Legia.Net – Legia Warszawa – Najstarsi strzelcy|website=legia.net|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029072853/https://legia.net/historia/najstarsi-strzelcy?direction=desc&page=1&sort=diff|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Youngest goalscorer:''' [[Ariel Borysiuk]]&nbsp;– 16 years, 8 months, 5 days<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.net/historia/najmlodsi-strzelcy|title=Legia.Net – Legia Warszawa – Najmłodsi strzelcy|website=legia.net|access-date=29 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029072852/https://legia.net/historia/najmlodsi-strzelcy|url-status=live}}</ref>

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===Most appearances===
As of 11 November 2025, the players with the most appearances for Legia are:

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=50px|#
!width=150px|Name
!width=100px|Career
!width=50px|Appearances
|-
|1
|align="left"|[[Lucjan Brychczy]]
|1954–72
|452
|-
|2
|align="left"|'''[[Artur Jędrzejczyk]]'''
|2006–13 <br /> 2016, 2017–
|412
|-
|3
|align="left"|[[Jacek Zieliński (footballer born 1967)|Jacek Zieliński]]
|1992–2005
|404
|-
|4
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SRB}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miroslav Radović]]
|2006–15 <br /> 2016–19
|391
|-
|5
|align="left"|[[Kazimierz Deyna]]
|1966–78
|390
|-
|6
|align="left"|[[Jakub Rzeźniczak]]
|2004–06 <br /> 2007–17
|376
|-
|7
|align="left"|[[Michał Kucharczyk]]
|2010–19, 2025
|350
|-
|8
|align="left"|[[Marek Jóźwiak]]
|1988–96 <br /> 2001–05
|348
|-
|9
|align="left"|[[Horst Mahseli]]
|1955–69
|347
|-
|10
|align="left"|[[Tomasz Kiełbowicz]]
|2001–13
|339
|}
* '''Bold'''&nbsp;– still active

{{col-2}}

===Top goalscorers===
As of 26 June 2019 the ten players with the most goals for Legia are:

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width=50px|#
!width=150px|Player
!width=100px|Career
!width=50px|Goals
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Lucjan Brychczy]]
|1954–72
|226
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kazimierz Deyna]]
|1966–78
|141
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Józef Nawrot]]
|1927–36
|107
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|SRB}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Miroslav Radović]]
|2006–15 <br /> 2016–19
|91
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Robert Gadocha]]
|1966–75
|88
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Marek Saganowski]]
|2002–05 <br /> 2012–16
|87
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Janusz Żmijewski]]
|1960–72
|80
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Cezary Kucharski]]
|1995–97 <br /> 1997–99 <br /> 2000–03 <br /> 2005–06
|79
|-
|rowspan="2"|9
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Marcin Mięciel]]
|1994–2002 <br /> 2009–10
|75
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Marian Łańko]]
|1925–30
|75
|}
* '''Bold'''&nbsp;– still active

{{col-end}}

==Club seasons==
{{Main|List of Legia Warsaw seasons}}

==Players==
===Current squad ===
{{updated|13 September 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/druzyna|title=Pierwsza drużyna|trans-title=First team|language=Polish|publisher=Legia Warsaw|access-date=28 August 2021|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113192912/https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/druzyna|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=POL|name=[[Kacper Tobiasz]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=COD|name=[[Steve Kapuadi]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=SUI|name=[[Marco Burch]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=MF|nat=POR|name=[[Claude Gonçalves]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|pos=MF|nat=POR|name=[[Henrique Arreiol]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Paweł Wszołek]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Rafał Augustyniak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Kacper Chodyna]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|pos=DF|nat=SRB|name=[[Radovan Pankov (footballer)|Radovan Pankov]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=POL|name=[[Arkadiusz Reca]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=FW|nat=CRO|name=[[Antonio Čolak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=FW|nat=CMR|name=[[Jean-Pierre Nsame]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|pos=DF|nat=POR|name=[[Rúben Vinagre]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|pos=FW|nat=POL|name=Jakub Żewłakow}} 
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=ARM|name=[[Vahan Bichakhchyan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=MF|nat=COL|name=[[Juergen Elitim]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Patryk Kun]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|pos=GK|nat=POL|name=[[Gabriel Kobylak]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=FW|nat=DEN|name=[[Mileta Rajović]]}} 
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=DF|nat=SVN|name=[[Petar Stojanović (footballer)|Petar Stojanović]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|pos=GK|nat=POL|name=[[Marcel Mendes-Dudziński]]}}
{{Fs player|no=44|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Damian Szymański]]}}
{{Fs player|no=50|pos=GK|nat=POL|name=Wojciech Banasik}}
{{Fs player|no=51|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=Pascal Mozie}}
{{Fs player|no=53|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Wojciech Urbański]]}}
{{Fs player|no=55|pos=DF|nat=POL|name=[[Artur Jędrzejczyk]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=67|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Bartosz Kapustka]]|other=[[Captain (association football)#Vice-captain|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|pos=MF|nat=KOS|name=[[Ermal Krasniqi]]|other=on loan from [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]}}
{{Fs player|no=82|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Kacper Urbański]]}}
{{Fs player|no=91|pos=DF|nat=POL|name=[[Kamil Piątkowski]]}}
{{Fs player|no=99|pos=MF|nat=GER|name=[[Noah Weißhaupt]]|other=on loan from [[SC Freiburg]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=42|pos=DF|nat=ESP|name=[[Sergio Barcia]]|other=at [[UD Las Palmas|Las Palmas]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=71|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Mateusz Szczepaniak (footballer, born 2007)|Mateusz Szczepaniak]]|other=at [[Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=80|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=Jakub Adkonis|other=at [[Pogoń Grodzisk Mazowiecki]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=86|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Igor Strzałek]]|other=at [[Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza|Bruk-Bet Termalica]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

===Retired numbers===
{{see also|List of retired numbers in association football}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=10|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=[[Kazimierz Deyna]]|other=1966–78 – posthumous honour}}
{{Fs end}}

===Hall of Fame===
''This is a list of former players and coaches who have been inducted into the Legia Warsaw Hall of Fame.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legia.com/druzyna/485/224|title=Galeria Sław|trans-title=Hall of Fame|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111110821/http://legia.com/druzyna/485/224|language=Polish|publisher=Legia Warsaw|archive-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Adam Topolski]]
*[[Andrzej Sikorski]]
*[[Andrzej Strejlau]]
*[[Antoni Trzaskowski]]
*[[Bernard Blaut]]
*[[Dariusz Dziekanowski]]
*[[Edmund Zientara]]
*[[Henryk Grzybowski]]
*[[Jan Pieszko]]
*[[Janusz Żmijewski]]
*[[Jerzy Podbrożny]]
*[[Kazimierz Buda]]
*[[Kazimierz Deyna]]
*[[Kazimierz Górski]]
*[[Krzysztof Adamczyk]]
*[[Lesław Ćmikiewicz]]
*[[Leszek Pisz]]
*[[Lucjan Brychczy]]
*[[Maciej Śliwowski]]
*[[Paweł Janas]]
*[[Roman Kosecki]]
*[[Ryszard Milewski]]
*[[Stefan Białas]]
*[[Tadeusz Nowak]]
*[[Władysław Dąbrowski]]
*[[Władysław Stachurski]]
{{div col end}}

== Coaching staff ==
{{updated|19 December 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/sztab-legii-warszawa-w-sezonie-2025-26/52012|title=Sztab Legii Warszawa w sezonie 2025/26|website=legia.com|language=Polish|access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Position
!Staff
|-
|Head coach||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Papszun]] 
|-
|Assistant coach||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iñaki Astiz]]
|-
|Assistant coach||{{flagicon|POL}} [[Grzegorz Mokry]]
|-
|Match analyst||{{fbaicon|ITA}} Michele Iannucci
|-
|Match analyst||{{fbaicon|POL}} Maciej Krzymień
|-
|Goalkeeping coach||{{fbaicon|POL}} Krzysztof Dowhań
|-
|Goalkeeping coach||{{fbaicon|POL}} [[Arkadiusz Malarz]]
|-
|Team manager||{{fbaicon|POL}} Konrad Paśniewski
|-
|Deputy team manager||{{fbaicon|POL}} Paweł Feliciak
|-
|Head of fitness department||{{fbaicon|POL}} Bartosz Bibrowicz
|-
|Fitness coach||{{fbaicon|ESP}} Sebastián López Bascón
|-
|Team doctor||{{fbaicon|POL}} Mateusz Dłutowski
|-
|Team doctor||{{fbaicon|POL}} Marcin Tusiński
|-
|Head physiotherapist||{{fbaicon|POL}} Bartosz Kot
|-
|Physiotherapist||{{fbaicon|POL}} Kacper Balcerak
|-
|Physiotherapist||{{fbaicon|ITA}} Giovanni Mangano
|-
|Physiotherapist||{{fbaicon|POL}} Maciej Treutz-Kuszyński
|-
|Legia Lab director||{{fbaicon|POL}} Piotr Żmijewski
|-
|Kit manager||{{fbaicon|POL}} Sebastian Wołowicz
|-
|Dietician||{{fbaicon|POL}} Urszula Somow
|-
|Head cook||{{fbaicon|POL}} Michał Matuszewski
|-
|Cook||{{fbaicon|POL}} Wojciech Wincenciak
|}

== Management ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Job
! Name
|-
| Owner/President
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Dariusz Mioduski]]
|-
| Managing vicepresident
|{{flagicon|POL}} Marcin Herra
|-
| Board vicepresident
|{{flagicon|POL}} Jarosław Jurczak
|-
|Chairman of Legia Foundation
|{{flagicon|POL}} Anna Mioduska
|-
|Board advisor
|{{flagicon|SWI}} Bernhard Heusler
|-
|Head of football operations
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Fredi Bobic]]
|-
|Sporting director
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Michał Żewłakow]]
|-
|Scouting director
|{{flagicon|POL}} Piotr Zasada
|-
|}

==Coaches==
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[József Ferenczi]] (December 1922 – May 1923)
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Fischer (footballer)|Karl Fischer]] (May 1927 – October 1927)
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Elemér Kovács]] (March 1928 – November 1929)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Józef Kałuża]] (May 1930 – July 1930)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Mielech]] (July 1933 – September 1933)
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Gustav Wieser]] (October 1933 – October 1934)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Karol Hanke]] (March 1936 – November 1936)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Grządziel]] (1945–46)
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[František Dembický]] (March 1947 – November 1947)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edward Drabiński]] (Feb 1948 – September 1948)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marian Schaller]] (March 1949 – June 1949)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Wacław Kuchar]] (July 1949 – December 1953)
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[János Steiner]] (February 1953 – December 1955)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Koncewicz]] (1 July 1955&nbsp;– 30 June 1958)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kazimierz Górski]] (January 1959 – April 1959)
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Stjepan Bobek]] (April 1959 – Dec 1959)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kazimierz Górski]] (1 January 1960&nbsp;– 3 December 1962)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Longin Janeczek]] (December 1962 – December 1963)
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Virgil Popescu]] (January 1964 – June 1965)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Longin Janeczek]] (July 1965 – June 1966)
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Vejvoda]] (July 1966 – June 1969)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Edmund Zientara]] (July 1969 – July 1971)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Tadeusz Chruściński]] (July 1971 – May 1972)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy]] (26 March 1972&nbsp;– 30 June 1973)
*{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jaroslav Vejvoda]] (1973–1975)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Strejlau]] (1 July 1975&nbsp;– 30 June 1979)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy]] (1 July 1979&nbsp;– 15 October 1980)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Ignacy Ordon]] (10 October 1980 – June 1981)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kazimierz Górski]] (1 July 1981&nbsp;– 1 December 1982)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Kopa]] (December 1982 – June 1985)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Engel]] (1 July 1985&nbsp;– 15 August 1987)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy]] (27 August 1987&nbsp;– 30 November 1987)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Strejlau]] (1 December 1987&nbsp;– 30 June 1989)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rudolf Kapera]] (July 1989 – April 1990)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy]] (15 April 1990&nbsp;– 30 June 1990)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Władysław Stachurski]] (1 July 1990&nbsp;– 20 August 1991)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Etmanowicz]] (August 1991 – August 1992)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Janusz Wójcik]] (1 September 1992&nbsp;– 31 December 1993)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Paweł Janas]] (1 Jan 1994&nbsp;– 30 June 1996)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Mirosław Jabłoński]] (1996)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Władysław Stachurski]] (1 July 1996&nbsp;– 10 April 1997)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Mirosław Jabłoński]] (15 April 1997&nbsp;– 15 April 1998)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stefan Białas]] / {{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Kopa]] (April 1998 – 1997)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Kopa]] (1998 – January 1999)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stefan Białas]] (15 December 1998&nbsp;– 30 June 1999)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Dariusz Kubicki]] (1 July 1999&nbsp;– 15 October 1999)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Franciszek Smuda]] (24 September 1999&nbsp;– 8 March 2001)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Gawara]] (March 2001)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dragomir Okuka]] (10 March 2001&nbsp;– 12 June 2003)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Dariusz Kubicki]] (13 June 2003&nbsp;– 1 October 2004)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Lucjan Brychczy|L. Brychczy]] / {{flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Gawara|K. Gawara]] / {{flagicon|POL}} [[Jacek Zieliński (footballer born 1967)|J. Zieliński]] (2 October 2004 – December 2004)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jacek Zieliński (footballer born 1967)|Jacek Zieliński]] (January 2005 – 1 September 2005)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Dariusz Wdowczyk]] (2 September 2005&nbsp;– 13 April 2007)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jacek Zieliński (footballer born 1967)|Jacek Zieliński]] (14 April 2007&nbsp;– 2 June 2007)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Urban]] (3 June 2007&nbsp;– 14 March 2010)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Stefan Białas]] (14 March 2010&nbsp;– 25 May 2010)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Maciej Skorża]] (1 June 2010&nbsp;– 30 May 2012)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Urban]] (30 May 2012&nbsp;– 19 Dec 2013)
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Henning Berg]] (19 December 2013&nbsp;– 4 October 2015)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Stanislav Cherchesov]] (6 October 2015&nbsp;– 1 June 2016)
*{{flagicon|ALB}}{{flagicon|KVX}} [[Besnik Hasi]] (3 June 2016&nbsp;– 20 September 2016)
*{{flagicon|SRB}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Aleksandar Vuković]] (caretaker)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jacek Magiera]] (24 September 2016&nbsp;– 13 September 2017)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Romeo Jozak]] (13 September 2017&nbsp;– 14 April 2018)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Dean Klafurić]] (16 April 2018&nbsp;– 4 June 2018) (caretaker)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Dean Klafurić]] (4 June 2018&nbsp;– 1 August 2018)
*{{flagicon|SRB}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Aleksandar Vuković]] (1 August 2018&nbsp;– 13 August 2018) (caretaker)
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo Sá Pinto]] (13 August 2018&nbsp;– 31 March 2019)
*{{flagicon|SRB}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Aleksandar Vuković]] (2 April 2019 – 21 September 2020) 
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Czesław Michniewicz]] (21 September 2020 – 25 October 2021)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Gołębiewski]] (25 October 2021 – 12 December 2021)
*{{flagicon|SER}}{{flagicon|POL}} [[Aleksandar Vuković]] (13 December 2021 – 23 May 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Zmiany w sztabie szkoleniowym Legii |url=https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/zmiany-w-sztabie-szkoleniowym-legii/14904 |website=legia.com |publisher=Legia Warszawa |access-date=13 December 2021 |archive-date=13 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213162725/https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/zmiany-w-sztabie-szkoleniowym-legii/14904 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kosta Runjaić]] (23 May 2022 – 9 April 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kosta Runjaić przestał pełnić funkcję trenera Legii Warszawa |url=https://legia.com/pilka-nozna/kosta-runjaic-przestal-pelnic-funkcje-trenera-legii-warszawa/17458 |publisher=Legia Warsaw |access-date=9 April 2024 |language=pl |date=9 April 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Gonçalo Feio]] (10 April 2024 – 25 May 2025)
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Edward Iordănescu]] (12 June 2025 – 31 October 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oficjalnie: Edward Iordanescu odchodzi z Legii Warszawa! Jest komunikat |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/oficjalnie-edward-iordanescu-odchodzi-z-legii-warszawa-jest-komunikat/0qt3lwh |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet |language=pl}}</ref> 
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iñaki Astiz]] (31 October 2025&nbsp;– 19 December 2025) (caretaker)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iñaki Astiz trenerem Legii |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/339/news3395812-Inaki-Astiz-trenerem-Legii.html |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Marek Papszun]] (19 December 2025 – ''present'')<ref name="Papszun">{{cite web |last1=Galiński |first1=Tomasz |title=Oficjalnie: Marek Papszun trenerem Legii Warszawa |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-nozna/1221238/oficjalnie-marek-papszun-trenerem-legii-warszawa |website=sportowefakty.wp.pl |access-date=19 December 2025 |language=pl |date=19 December 2025}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==See also==
{{portal bar|Association football|Poland}}
* [[Legia Warsaw II]] (reserve team)
* [[Football in Poland]]
* [[Polish Army Stadium]]
* [[Żyleta]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==

* {{Cite book |last=Kossakowski |first=Radosław |title=Hooligans, Ultras, Activists. Polish Football Fandom in Sociological Perspective |year=2021 |isbn=978-3-030-56606-7 |location=Gdańsk}}

==External links==
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