Legia Warsaw II

Legia Warsaw II, in Poland known as Legia II Warszawa, is a Polish football team, which serves as the reserve side of Legia Warsaw. They compete in the III liga, the fourth division of Polish football, and play their home matches at the Legia Training Center in Ksiazenice, Grodzisk Mazowiecki Commune, Masovian Voivodeship.

History

The team was established in the 1920s. After the World War II, the club resumed its activity. In 1952, the club surprisingly reached the final of the Polish Cup, previously eliminating Lechia Zielona Gora II (6–2), Naprzod Lipiny (2–1), LKS Lodz (7–1), Gornik Zabrze (2–1), Ruch Chorzow (2–1) and Wisla Krakow (0–0, 1–0). In the final Legia II lost 0–1 to Polonia Warsaw.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Legia Warsaw II played between the III and IV liga. After the 2006–07 season, the reserve team was withdrawn from the league, giving way to the Mloda Ekstraklasa team, which had its own separate competition. In 2013, after the elimination of this competition, Legia II returned to III liga.

Despite the existence of the Mloda Ekstraklasa, Legia's reserves continued to compete in the Polish Cup at the regional level. In the 2007–08 season, Legia II reached the final of these games, losing 0–1 to Hutnik Warsaw. However, thanks to the participation in the finals, the reserve team got the right to start in the competition at the central level in the next season, where it ended its adventure in the first round. In the 2011/2012 season, the reserves of the Warsaw club managed to win the Polish Cup at the provincial level, defeating Bron Radom 2–1 in the final. In the next season, they started again in the central level competitions, also reaching the first round.

In the 2019–20 season, Legia II reached the 1/8 finals of the Polish Cup (previously eliminating higher-ranked teams of Wigry Suwalki and Odra Opole), where they were defeated by Piast Gliwice (0–2). All the games were held at the Zabki City Stadium (then the home for Legia II games).