Poland national football team

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Poland

Nickname(s)	Biało-czerwoni ("The white and reds") Białe Orły ("The White Eagles")
Association	Polish Football Association (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
Head coach	Leo Beenhakker
Captain	Michał Żewłakow
Most caps	Grzegorz Lato (100)
Top scorer	Włodzimierz Lubański (48)
FIFA code	POL
FIFA ranking	34
Highest FIFA ranking	16 (September 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	61 (March 1998)
Elo ranking	T36
Highest Elo ranking	1 (October 1975)
Lowest Elo ranking	55 (August 1956, April 1998)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Hungary 1 - 0  Poland (Budapest, Hungary; 18 December 1921)
Biggest win
Poland 9 - 0 Norway  (Szczecin, Poland; 4 September 1963)
Biggest defeat
Denmark 8 - 0  Poland (Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 June 1948)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1938)
Best result	3rd place (1974, 1982)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2008)
Best result	Round 1, 2008

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver	1992 Barcelona[1]	Team
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team
Gold	1972 Munich	Team

The Poland national football team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Football Association (PZPN).

It played its first international match on 18 December 1921 in Budapest against Hungary and was defeated 0:1. Poland won the gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1992 Summer Olympics^[1] in Barcelona. In the World Cup, Poland picked up the bronze medal twice: in 1974 and 1982.

Contents 1 World Cup record 1.1 Football World Cup, Spain 1982 1.2 Football World Cup, Germany 1974 1.3 Football World Cup, France 1938 2 European Championship record 3 Olympic Games record 3.1 26th Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992[1] 3.2 22nd Olympic Games, Montreal 1976 3.3 21st Olympic Games, Munich 1972 3.4 15th Olympic Games, Rome 1960 3.5 13th Olympic Games, Helsinki 1952 3.6 11th Olympic Games, Berlin 1936 3.7 8th Olympic Games, Paris 1924 4 Honors 5 Recent and Upcoming Matches 6 Current squad 7 Other recent callups 8 Coaching staff 9 2006 World Cup information 10 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 11 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 Managers 13 Most capped players 13.1 Top goalscorers 14 National kits 15 Poland versus other countries 16 Notes 17 See also 18 External links

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Withdrew during Qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Round 1 (Top 15)	1	0	0	1	5	6
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	3rd place	7	6	0	1	16	5
1978	Round 2	6	3	1	2	6	6
1982	3rd place	7	3	3	1	11	5
1986	Round 2	4	1	1	2	1	7
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1 (top 32)	3	1	0	2	3	7
2006	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	4
2010	Qualifying in Progress	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/18	31	15	5	11	44	40

[edit] Football World Cup, Spain 1982

• Polish National Team result: 3rd place
• Coach: Antoni Piechniczek
• Players: Zbigniew Boniek, Andrzej Buncol, Włodzimierz Ciołek, Marek Dziuba, Andrzej Iwan, Jan Jałocha, Paweł Janas, Janusz Kupcewicz, Marek Kusto, Grzegorz Lato, Stefan Majewski, Waldemar Matysik, Józef Młynarczyk, Andrzej Pałasz, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Andrzej Szarmach, Roman Wójcicki, Władysław Żmuda
• Reserve players: Tadeusz Dolny, Jacek Kazimierski, Piotr Mowlik, Piotr Skrobowski

[edit] Football World Cup, Germany 1974

• Polish National Team result: 3rd place
• Coach: Kazimierz Górski
• Players: Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jan Domarski, Robert Gadocha, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zbigniew Gut, Zdzisław Kapka, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Adam Musiał, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Władysław Żmuda, Włodzimierz Smolarek
• Reserve players: Mirosław Bulzacki, Andrzej Fischer, Roman Jakóbczak, Zygmunt Kalinowski, Marek Kusto, Henryk Wieczorek

[edit] Football World Cup, France 1938

For more information about Poland's performance, see Poland v Brazil (1938)

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	3
2012	Host	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/13	3	1	0	2	1	3

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Olympic Games record

[edit] 26th Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992^[1]

• Polish National Team result: 2nd place
• Coach: Janusz Wójcik
• Players: Dariusz Adamczuk, Marek Bajor, Jerzy Brzęczek, Dariusz Gęsior, Marcin Jałocha, Andrzej Juskowiak, Aleksander Kłak, Andrzej Kobylański, Wojciech Kowalczyk, Marek Koźmiński, Tomasz Łapiński, Grzegorz Mielcarski, Ryszard Staniek, Piotr Świerczewski, Mirosław Waligóra, Tomasz Wałdoch.
• Reserve players: Dariusz Koseła, Arkadiusz Onyszko, Dariusz Szubert, Tomasz Wieszczycki.

[edit] 22nd Olympic Games, Montreal 1976

• Polish National Team result: 2nd place
• Coach: Kazimierz Górski
• Players: Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, Władysław Żmuda

[edit] 21st Olympic Games, Munich 1972

• Polish national team result: WINNER
• Coach: Kazimierz Górski
• Players: Zygmunt Anczok, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Robert Gadocha, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zbigniew Gut, Hubert Kostka, Jerzy Kraska, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Włodzimierz Lubański, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Joachim Marx, Marian Ostafiński, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Antoni Szymanowski, Ryszard Szymczak
• Reserve players: Marian Szeja, Andrzej Jarosik

[edit] 15th Olympic Games, Rome 1960

• Polish national team result: first round, after beating Tunisia 6-0 and losing 1-2 to Denmark and 0-2 to Argentina
• Coach: Czeslaw Krug
• Players: Lucjan Brychczy, Zygmunt Gadecki, Henryk Grzybowski, Stanislaw Hachorek, Roman Lentner, Hubert Pala, Ernest Pol, Tomasz Stefaniszyn, Marceli Strzykalski, Henryk Szczepanski, Edward Szymkowiak
• Reserve players: Eugeniusz Faber, Stefan Florenski, Ryszard Grzegorczyk, Engelbert Jarek, Marian Norkowski

[edit] 13th Olympic Games, Helsinki 1952

• Polish national team result: second round, after beating France 2-1 and losing to Denmark 0-2.
• Coach: Michał Matyas
• Players: Henryk Alszer, Hubert Banisz, Ewald Cebula, Gerard Cieslik, Władysław Gędłek, Kazimierz Kaszuba, Jerzy Krasówka, Jozef Mamon, Pawel Sobek, Tomasz Stefaniszyn, Czeslaw Suszczyk, Edward Szymkowiak, Kazimierz Trampisz, Jan Wisniewski
• Reserve players: Tadeusz Glimas, Zbigniew Jaskowski
• Reserve players, who stayed in Poland: Zdzislaw Bieniek, Oskar Brajter, Henryk Janduda, Zdzislaw Mordarski, Henryk Skromny, Teodor Wieczorek

[edit] 11th Olympic Games, Berlin 1936

• Polish national team result: 4th place
• Coach: Jozef Kaluza
• Players: Spirydion Albanski, Franciszek Cebulak, Ewald Dytko, Hubert Gad, Antoni Galecki, Wilhelm Góra, Walerian Kisielinski, Jozef Kotlarczyk, Edward Madejski, Henryk Martyna, Michał Matyas, Walenty Musielak, Teodor Peterek, Ryszard Piec, Fryderyk Scherfke, Władysław Szczepaniak, Jan Wasiewicz, Gerard Wodarz
• Reserve players, who stayed in Poland: Marian Fontowicz, Wilhelm Piec, Alojzy Sitko, Jerzy Wostal

[edit] 8th Olympic Games, Paris 1924

• Polish National Team result: first round, after losing 0-5 to Hungary
• Coach: Adam Obrubanski
• Players: Mieczyslaw Batsch, Stanislaw Cikowski, Wawrzyniec Cyl, Stefan Fryc, Jozef Kaluza, Wacław Kuchar, Henryk Reyman, Leon Sperling, Marian Spoida, Zdzislaw Styczen, Mieczyslaw Wisniewski
• Reserve players: Ludwik Gintel, Emil Goerlitz, Wladyslaw Krupa, Juliusz Miller, Jan Reyman, Wawrzyniec Stalinski, Tadeusz Synowiec

[edit] Honors

Biggest Success of the Polish national team.

• FIFA World Cup

• Third Place (2): 1974, 1982

• Football at the Summer Olympics

• Gold medal (1) 1972
• Silver Medal (2) 1976, 1992^[1]

[edit] Recent and Upcoming Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Type	Score	Attendance
February 2, 2008	Paphos, Cyprus	Poland -  Finland	friendly	W 1-0
February 6, 2008	Larnaca, Cyprus	Poland -  Czech Republic	friendly	W 2-0
February 27, 2008	Wronki, Poland	Poland -  Estonia	friendly	W 2-0	5,000
March 26, 2008	Kraków, Poland	Poland -  United States	friendly	L 0-3	21,000
May 26, 2008	Reutlingen, Germany	Poland -  FYR Macedonia	friendly	D 1-1	2,200
May 27, 2008	Reutlingen, Germany	Poland -  Albania	friendly	W 1-0	2,200
June 1, 2008	Chorzów, Poland	Poland -  Denmark	friendly	D 1-1
June 8, 2008	Klagenfurt, Austria	Germany - Poland	Euro 2008	L 0-2	30,461
June 12, 2008	Vienna, Austria	Austria - Poland	Euro 2008	D 1-1	51,428
June 16, 2008	Klagenfurt, Austria	Poland -  Croatia	Euro 2008	L 0-1	30,461
August 20, 2008	Lviv, Ukraine	Poland -  Ukraine	friendly	L 0-1	20,000
September 6, 2008	Wrocław, Poland	Poland -  Slovenia	World Cup Qual.	D 1-1	8,400
September 10, 2008	Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino - Poland	World Cup Qual.	W 2-0	2,374
October 11, 2008	Chorzów, Poland	Poland -  Czech Republic	World Cup Qual.	W 2-1	50,000
October 15, 2008	Bratislava, Slovakia	Slovakia - Poland	World Cup Qual.	L 1-2
November 19, 2008	Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland - Poland	friendly	W 3-2	50,000
December 14, 2008	Antalya, Turkey	Serbia - Poland	friendly	W 1-0
February 7, 2009	, Portugal	Lithuania - Poland[2]	friendly
February 11, 2009	Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal	Wales - Poland	friendly
March 28, 2009	, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland - Poland	World Cup Qual.
April 1, 2009	Kielce, Poland	Poland -  San Marino	World Cup Qual.
September 5, 2009	Szczecin, Poland	Poland -  Northern Ireland	World Cup Qual.
September 9, 2009	, Slovenia	Slovenia - Poland	World Cup Qual.
October 10, 2009	, Czech Republic	Czech Republic - Poland	World Cup Qual.
October 14, 2009	, Poland	Poland -  Slovakia	World Cup Qual.

[edit] Current squad

The following players were named by coach Leo Beenhakker for the friendly against the Republic of Ireland. Regular goalkeeper Artur Boruc missed the match due to knee surgery.^[3] Michał Żewłakow, Rafał Murawski, and Euzebiusz Smolarek also withdrew and were replaced by Bartosz Bosacki, Sławomir Peszko and Tomasz Bandrowski.^[4][5]

Caps and goals correct as of November 19, 2008.

Goalkeepers No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Łukasz Fabiański April 18, 1985 (1985-04-18) (age 23) 12 0 Arsenal 12 GK Łukasz Załuska June 16, 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 26) 0 0 Dundee United

Defenders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 19 DF Bartosz Bosacki December 20, 1975 (1975-12-20) (age 33) 15 2 Lech Poznań 5 MF Dariusz Dudka December 9, 1983 (1983-12-09) (age 25) 33 2 AJ Auxerre 2 DF Tomasz Jodłowiec March 22, 1985 (1985-03-22) (age 23) 2 0 Polonia Warszawa 13 DF Marcin Wasilewski June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) (age 27) 34 1 Anderlecht 4 DF Jakub Wawrzyniak July 7, 1983 (1983-07-07) (age 25) 14 0 Legia Warszawa 3 DF Grzegorz Wojtkowiak January 26, 1984 (1984-01-26) (age 24) 2 0 Lech Poznań

Midfielders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 17 MF Tomasz Bandrowski September 18, 1984 (1984-09-18) (age 24) 1 0 Lech Poznań 16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14) (age 23) 19 2 Borussia Dortmund 9 MF Rafał Boguski June 9, 1984 (1984-06-09) (age 24) 2 0 Wisła Kraków 10 MF Łukasz Garguła February 25, 1981 (1981-02-25) (age 27) 14 1 GKS Bełchatów 8 MF Jacek Krzynówek May 15, 1976 (1976-05-15) (age 32) 88 15 VfL Wolfsburg 18 MF Mariusz Lewandowski May 18, 1979 (1979-05-18) (age 29) 56 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 MF Radosław Majewski December 15, 1986 (1986-12-15) (age 22) 4 0 Polonia Warszawa 15 MF Sławomir Peszko February 19, 1985 (1985-02-19) (age 23) 1 0 Lech Poznań 6 MF Roger Guerreiro May 25, 1982 (1982-05-25) (age 26) 11 2 Legia Warszawa

Strikers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 11 FW Paweł Brożek April 21, 1983 (1983-04-21) (age 25) 14 2 Wisła Kraków 14 FW Robert Lewandowski August 21, 1988 (1988-08-21) (age 20) 4 2 Lech Poznań

[edit] Other recent callups

The following players have also appeared for the Polish NT in the last two years or are on the standby list for the next match (in bold).

Goalkeepers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Artur Boruc February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) (age 28) 39 0 Celtic 12 GK Wojciech Kowalewski May 11, 1977 (1977-05-11) (age 31) 10 0 Iraklis - GK Tomasz Kuszczak March 20, 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 26) 6 0 Manchester United - GK Sebastian Przyrowski November 30, 1981 (1981-11-30) (age 27) 4 0 Polonia Warszawa

Defenders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club - DF Grzegorz Bronowicki March 28, 1982 (1982-03-28) (age 26) 14 0 Red Star Belgrade (Friendly v. Ukraine, 20 August 2008) 4 DF Seweryn Gancarczyk October 11, 1981 (1981-10-11) (age 27) 3 0 Metalist Kharkiv 4 DF Paweł Golański October 12, 1982 (1982-10-12) (age 26) 13 1 Steaua Bucharest (Friendly v. Ukraine, 20 August 2008) 2 DF Mariusz Jop August 3, 1978 (1978-08-03) (age 30) 27 0 FC Moscow 2 DF Adam Kokoszka October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06) (age 22) 8 1 Empoli (Friendly v. Ukraine, 20 August 2008) 15