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The 2018/19 season has been a very disappointing one for Polish clubs in Europe. No club has managed to make it to the group stage of their respective competition, with all clubs knocked out of Europe altogether by mid August 2018. Four clubs qualified for European competition from the 17/18 Ekstraklasa- Legia Warsaw (CL) and Jagiellonia Bialystok, Lech Poznan and Gornik Zabrze (Europa League). Legia’s performance in particular was very disappointing, especially given the teams they were beaten by.
Summary of Polish teams in CL/EL Qualifying
Legia Warsaw– Eliminated in Second Qualifying Round of CL (by Spartak Trnava) & Third Qualifying Round of EL (by FC Dudelange)
Legia’s official club ranking is 59, Spartak Trnava 282, FC Dudelange 279
Jagiellonia Bialystok– Eliminated in Third Qualifying Round of EL (by Gent)
Jagiellonia’s official club ranking is 229, Gent 56
Lech Poznan– Eliminated in third qualifying round of EL (by Genk)
Lech’s official club ranking is 159, Genk 57
Gornik Zabrze– Eliminated in Second Qualifying Round of EL (by Trencin)
Legia Warsaw (first in Ekstraklasa 2017/18)
Beat Cork, lost to Spartak Trnava, lost to Dudelange
Qualified for Champions League first qualifying round
Cork City 0-1 Legia
Legia 3-0 Cork City (Legia win 4-0 on aggregate)
Second Qualifying Round Champions League
Legia 0-2 Spartak Trnava
Spartak Trnava 0-1 Legia
Legia lose 2-1 on aggregate and are eliminated from the Champions League
Europa League third qualifying round
Legia 1-2 Dudelange
Dudelange 2-2 Legia
Luxembourg side Dudelange win 4-3 on aggregate and Legia are knocked out of the Europa League too.
Jagiellonia Bialystok (2nd in Ekstraklasa 2017/18)
Beat Rio Ave, lost to Gent
Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round
Jagiellonia 1-0 Rio Ave
Rio Ave 4-4 Jagiellonia
Jagiellonia win 5-4 on aggregate
Europa League Third Qualifying Round
Jagiellonia 0-1 Gent
Gent 3-1 Jagiellonia
Jagiellonia lose 4-1 on aggregate and are knocked out of the Europa League
Lech Poznan (3rd in EK 2017/18)
Beat Gandzasar, beat Shakhtyor Soligorsk, lost to Genk
First Qualifying Round Europa League
Lech 2-0 Gandzasar
Gandzasara 2-1 Lech
Lech win 3-2 on aggregate
Second Qualifying Round Europa League
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1-1 Lech
Lech 3-1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (AET)
Lech win 4-3 on aggregate
Third Qualifying Round
Genk 2-0 Lech
Lech 1-2 Genk
Lech lose 4-1 on aggregate and are knocked out of Europa League
Gornik Zabrze (4th in the league 2017/18)
Beat Zaria, lost to Trencin
First Qualifying Round EL
Gornik 1-0 Zaria
Zaria 1-1 Gornik
Gornik win 2-1 on aggregate
Second Qualifying Round
Gornik 0-1 Trencin
Gornik 1-4 Trencin
Gornik lose 5-1 on aggregate and are knocked out of the Europa League