Football: Raków beat Legia to win Polish Super Cup

Polish Cup holders Raków Częstochowa have beaten top-flight league champions Legia Warsaw 4-3 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw in normal time, to win the Polish football Super Cup.

Raków players celebrate winning the Polish Super Cup on Saturday night.

Photo: PAP/Andrzej Lange

The game on Saturday night marked the first time Raków Częstochowa have won the national Super Cup title in a curtain-raiser to the new football season in Poland.

The one-off Super Cup match is traditionally held between the winners of the Polish Cup and the Ekstraklasa premier league champions from the previous season.

Raków in early May beat lower-league team Arka Gdynia 2-1 in the Polish Cup final.

Meanwhile, Legia were later that month crowned champions of Poland’s top-flight Ekstraklasa football league for the 15th time, with Raków finishing runners-up.

Legia last week eliminated Norwegian side Bodø/Glimt to move on to the second round of Champions League qualifiers.

The Polish champions will on Wednesday play Estonian side Flora Tallinn as part of their campaign to qualify for the Champions League group stage.

Poland’s Ekstraklasa premier league kicks off its 2021/2022 season on Friday.

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Source: PAP