Legia Warsaw (amputee football)

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Legia Warsaw
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Full nameLegia Warszawa SA
Nickname(s)Wojskowi, Legioniści (The Militarians, Legionaries)
Founded2019; 3 years ago (2019)[1]
ChairmanDariusz Mioduski
League
20201st of 5[2]
WebsiteClub website
Departments of Legia Warsaw
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Legia Warszawa (Polish: [ˈlɛɡʲja varˈʂava]), known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a Polish amputee football club founded in 2019 as a section of the Legia Warsaw sports club. The team was created as a result of the transformation of Gloria Varsovia, existing since 2016, which existed after the dissolution of Lampart Warsaw.[3]

History[]

At the end of April 2019, Legia took part in the beginning of the new season of as the defender of the championship won by Gloria Varsovia.[4] In the first league tournament, played in Płońsk, they took third place.[5]

In May, the team started the competition in the first edition of the . On the first day of tournament, Legia defeated 2–1, and then lost to 0–5 and finally finished second in the group.[6] On 26 May 2019, in the semi-finals, they lost 1–4 against the champions of Russia, , and in the match for the third place, Polish team won 3-2 against Irish .[7]

In 2020, Legia won their first Polish championship, winning 14 out of 16 matches in the season.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Legia Warszawa otwiera sekcję amp futbolu. "Zaczynamy współpracę, by wskoczyć na profesjonalny poziom"". Gol24. February 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tabela – Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa 2020". ampfutbol.pl.
  3. ^ a b "Legia Amp Futbol Mistrzem Polski 2020 - Polsat Sport". www.polsatsport.pl.
  4. ^ "PZPN - Łączy nas piłka". www.laczynaspilka.pl.
  5. ^ "Legia trzecia po turnieju w Płońsku - legionisci.com". legionisci.com. April 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Górecki, Mateusz (May 25, 2019). "Liga Mistrzów w amp futbolu: zwycięstwo i porażka Legii". sport.tvp.pl.
  7. ^ Górecki, Mateusz (May 26, 2019). "Ampfutbolowa Liga Mistrzów: Legia Warszawa na podium". sport.tvp.pl.

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