Legia with a lucky draw

Polish football champions Legia Warszawa, has been drawn in group L of the Europa League along with Ukrainian Metalist Kharkov, Turkish Trabzonspor and Belgian Lokeren. Legia is the sole Polish club that advanced into group stage of this year's European club competition, defeating Kazakh FK Aktobe in the last qualifying round. Other Polish clubs - Ruch Chorzów, Zawisza Bydgoszcz and Lech Poznań failed to qualify. Initially, Legia played in the Champions League qualifying phase, but was disqualified for fielding an ineligible player during the game against Scottish champions Celtic and was thrown out of the competition despite winning both matches.