Legia Warsaw

Legia Warszawa /ˈlɛɡjə/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛɡʲja varˈʂava]), known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history winning ten Ekstraklasa Champions titles, a record 16 Polish Cup trophies and a record four Polish SuperCup matches. The club's home venue is the Polish Army Stadium.

The club was founded in March 1916 during military operations in World War I on the Eastern Front in the Maniewicze area in Volhynia, as the football club of the Polish Legions. After World War I, it became the main official football club of the Polish Army – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa (Military Sports Club Legia Warsaw). From 1949 to 1957, Legia was known as CWKS Warszawa (Central Military Sports Club Warsaw).

Before 8 April 2004 it was owned by Pol-Mot and from 8 April 2004 (sold for 3 million złoty) up until 9 January 2014, it was owned by media conglomerate ITI Group. Currently the club is owned by Dariusz Mioduski (60%), Bogusław Leśnodorski (20%) and Maciej Wandzel (20%) – who serves as the club's chairman. First two of them have acquired the club for unpublished sum, which also included paying off debts made by previous ownership. Maciej Wandzel has joined them in September 2014.

Legia Warsaw (basketball)

Sportowy Klub Legia Warszawa /ˈlɛɡjə/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlegia warszawa]) is a Polish men's basketball club, based in Warsaw and established in 1929 as the basketball section of the military multi-sport club of Legia Warsaw. Legia became the leading team in the polish basketball at the decades of 1950s and 1960s with seven national championships and two national cups.

Honours

Total titles: 9

Domestic competitions

International record

Legia Warszawa (ice hockey)

Legia Warszawa is an ice hockey team in Warsaw, Poland. Formerly a top-level team in the country, they most recently played in the second-level of Polish hockey, the Polish 1. Liga. The team did not participate in the 2015/16 season, and has temporarily suspended operations due to financial constraints.

The club was founded in 1927. They won fourteen Polska Liga Hokejowa titles from 1933–1967. Between 1982-2005, the club was liquidated, and returned to I liga in 2006. The team has remained in the second-level since.

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