Legia Warszawa was founded in 1916 by soldiers of the Polish Legions ,which were based in the Wolyn region during World War I, who formed their own football team, and initially competed against rival army clubs. After the war, the Legion Team - as it was called in those days - moved to Warsaw and established itself as Warsaw's prime football club – Legia Warszawa. In 1927, the Polish First League was established and Legia has been successfully competing in the First League ever since. Legia Warszawa's major successes came after World War II, when for two consecutive years in 1955 and 1956, Legia Warszawa won both the Championship Poland and the Polish Cup. Legia Warszawa repeated this success in 1969 and 1970, when it also reached the semi-finals of the European Champion's Cup, the predecessor of today Champions League. After these achievements, it took Legia another 20 years to deliver a success of a comparable magnitude. In the early nineties, Legia Warszawa became again the leading team in Poland, winning the Polish Championship, Polish Cup and Polish Super Cup several times. In 1995, Legia became the first Polish team playing in the UEFA Champions League advancing to the quarter-finals. In 2002, Legia once more repeated its double victory winning two of the most important Polish soccer trophies - the Polish Championship and the League Cup.
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