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At 12 p.m. in Swiss Nyon Champions League play-off round draw took place. In the fourth qualifying round Legia Warsaw will play matches against Irish Dundalk Football Club. The first game will be played on 16th or 17th August in Ireland at Dublin Arena (Aviva Stadium) and the return game a week later at Łazienkowska.

UEFA Europa League group stage draw was made in Monaco on Friday afternoon. Legia plays in group L along with: Ukrainian FC Metalist Kharkiv, Turkish Trabzonspor and Belgian Sporting Lokeren.

Due to Legia’s exclusion from the UEFA Champions League, Warsaw team still has a chance to play in the European games. In the UEFA Europa League fourth qualifying round draw that took place in Swiss Nyon on Friday afternoon, Legia came up against Kazakh FC Aktobe.

If Legia Warsaw qualifies to the third round of the UEFA Champions League, it’ll play against either Scottish Celtic Football Club or Icelandic Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (English: KR Reykjavík). Legia drew 1-1 its first match against Irish Saint Patrick’s Athletic FC in Warsaw, and Celtic won 1-0 away.

After losing the chance to play in the group phase of the UEFA Champions League, Legia Warsaw will be fighting in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. In a draw which took place yesterday Legia was placed in group "J" along with: Società Sportiva Lazio (Italy), Trabzonspor A.Ş. (Turkey) and Apollon Limassol FC (Cyprus).

- Frankly speaking, I didn’t want to play against Steaua. This Romanian club mostly consists of native footballers. They proved with last-season results that they had been demanding rivals. They managed to win the promotion to the 1/8 final of the UEFA Europa League and showed nice football – said Legia’s coach Jan Urban after UEFA Champions League 4th qualifying round draw.

At 11.45 a.m. in Swiss Nyon there was a draw of the Champions League fourth qualifying round. Legia Warsaw plays against Army Sports Club Steaua (Romanian: CSA Steaua București). The first leg takes place in Bucharest on 20th or 21st August and the return match will be played in Warsaw on 27th or 28th August.

In the UEFA Europa League fourth qualifying (play-off) round Legia’s footballers will play against Norwegian Rosenborg Ballklub. The first leg takes place on 23rd August in Warsaw, the return match takes place on 30th August in Trondheim. Śląsk Wrocław will play against German Hannover 96.

In the first game of the the 1/16 UEFA Europa League’s final, which took place in the capital of Poland on Thursday evening, Legia Warsaw drew 2-2 with Portuguese Sporting Lisbon. Goals for Polish team were scored by Jakub Wawrzyniak and Janusz Gol. Sporting managed to strike two goals, too. Their authors were Daniel Carriço and André Santos.

In the match between Jagiellonia Białystok and Legia Warsaw, which took place in Białystok on Monday and which closed the thirteenth fixture of the Ekstraklasa, there was a goalless draw. The football rivalry – especially in the first half of the game – didn’t abound in lots of goal situations. The only accurate shot for Legia was taken by Ivica Vrdoljak but Jagiellonia’s goalkeeper coped with it.

Although Legia had to play with only nine men on the pitch in the second half, due to Jagiellonia’s players’ ineffectiveness and Skaba’s good performance, the team from Warsaw luckily managed to draw 0-0. We encourage you to see 43 photos from the game taken by Mishka.

Warsaw team only drew 2-2 with FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (Russian: Футбольный клуб КАМАЗ Набережные Челны) in the fourth friendly game in its preparatory camp in Cyprus. The first goal scored KAMAZ’s Michaił Primienow five minutes after the beginning of the game and after the end of the first half Russian club was leading 1-0.

In the Congress Hall (Polish: Sala Kongresowa) of Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki) the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying draw took place on Sunday. European teams will play their games at Polish and Ukrainian stadiums. Poland and Ukraine as host teams don’t have to participate in qualifications. You are able to see the qualifying groups of Euro 2012 here below:

In Polish Football Association's head office there was a draw of the 1/16 Polish Cup's final. In this round participate teams from the Ekstraklasa. Legia goes to Gorzów Wielkopolski on 22nd September. Team from Warsaw will have to compete with local GKP. This will be the first official match of both teams. GKP is in the First Division at the moment. With 10 points it occupies the third position in the league table.

Legia Warszawa drew 2-2 with Danish Broendby Copenhagen in the second leg of the third qualifying round (UEFA Europa League). Due to 1-1 draw in Copenhagen one week ago, this is Broendby which won the promotion to the next stage on away goals.

Lech managed to win the Polish Supercup. The team from Poznań defeated Wisła Cracow 4-3 after a penalty shootout at Zagłębie Lubin's stadium. After 90 minutes Lech was drawing with Wisła 1-1. The first goal was scored in the 9th minute by Lech's Robert Lewandowski. Junior Díaz from Wisła equalised in the 37th minute. In accordance with regulations, there was no extra-time after the match, but penalties at once. Those were executed more effectively by footballers from Poznań.

In a charity match which was played on Friday evening Legia drew with Korona in Kielce 3-3. After the first half Warsaw team was leading 2-0 after Martins Ekwueme's and Roger Guerreiro's goals. After the break Legia scored another goal in the 52nd minute – Miroslav Radović made use of Marcin Mięciel's pass. In the 61st minute Korona's Paweł Buśkiewicz scored the first goal for its team. Soon after this situation Jan Urban decided to let some Young Legia's footballers play on the pitch.

In Swiss Nyon at 1.30 p.m. there was the third qualifying round draw of the UEFA Europa League. Legia Warsaw or Olimpi Rustawi plays against Broendby Copenhagen or Flora Tallinn. Flora defeated Broendby in the first leg in Copenhagen 1-0.

In Swiss Nyon there was the first and the second qualifying rounds draw yesterday. Legia begins the rivalry from the second qualifying round. Its opponent will be either Olimpi Rustawi from Georgia or Fótbóltfelagið B 36 from the Faroe Islands. The first match takes place on 16th July in Warsaw. The second one will be played away one week later.