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Football: Legia Warsaw advance to final round of Conference League qualifiers

18.08.2023 07:30
Poland’s Legia Warsaw have progressed through the third qualifying round for the 2023/2024 UEFA Europa Conference League with a 5-3 away win against Austria Vienna on Thursday night.
Legia Warsaw players (in white) in action against Austria Vienna.
Legia Warsaw players (in white) in action against Austria Vienna.PAP/Leszek Szymański

Legia, Poland’s most successful football club, went through 6-5 on aggregate, despite losing the first leg 1-2 in Warsaw a week earlier, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

Juergen Elitim, Marc Gual, Tomáš Pekhart, Maciej Rosołek and Ernest Muçi all got on the scoresheet in the Austrian capital, in an impressive performance by the Polish side, according to news outlets.

Legia now face FC Midtjylland of Denmark in a two-legged play-off round on August 24 and 31, European football’s governing body UEFA announced.

The winners of the tie will join 31 other teams in the 2023/24 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage.

In May, Legia won the 2023 Polish Cup. 

On July 16, the Warsaw club also claimed the 2023 Polish Super Cup, after beating league champions Raków Częstochowa on penalties.

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Source: PAP, UEFA