Poland national football team

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Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
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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.

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 in Barcelona. In the World Cup, Poland finished third twice: in 1974 and 1982.

World Cup record

  • 1930 - Did not enter
  • 1934 - Withdrew during qualifying
  • 1938 - Round 1 (top 15)
  • 1950 - Did not enter
  • 1954 - Withdrew
  • 1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
  • 1974 - 3rd place
  • 1978 - Round 2 (top 8)
  • 1982 - 3rd place
  • 1986 - Round 2 (top 16)
  • 1990 to 1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Round 1 (top 32)
  • 2006 - Round 1 (top 32)

Football World Cup, Spain 1982

Football World Cup, Germany 1974

Poland's current third kit

European Championship record

Poland's current goalkeepers kit

Olympic Games record

26th Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992

22nd Olympic Games, Montreal 1976

21st Olympic Games, Munich 1972

Current Squad

Following players were named for the match against Russia on 22 August 2007.

Caps and goals as of 22 August 2007, included against Russia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Artur Boruc 20 February 1980 27 0 Scotland Celtic
12 1GK Tomasz Kuszczak 20 March 1982 5 0 England Manchester United
6 2DF Jacek Bąk 24 March 1973 87 3 Austria Austria Wien
3 2DF Grzegorz Bronowicki 4 August 1980 7 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
- 2DF Seweryn Gancarczyk 22 November 1981 3 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
4 2DF Paweł Golański 12 October 1982 6 1 Romania Steaua Bucharest
15 2DF Mariusz Jop 3 August 1978 16 0 Russia FK Moscow
18 2DF Mariusz Lewandowski 18 May 1979 36 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
13 2DF Marcin Wasilewski 9 June 1980 18 1 Belgium RSC Anderlecht
14 2DF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 69 2 Greece Olympiakos
16 3MF Jakub Błaszczykowski 14 December 1985 10 1 Germany Borussia Dortmund
2 3MF Dariusz Dudka 9 December 1983 17 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
10 3MF Maciej Iwański 7 May 1981 3 1 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
8 3MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 71 13 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
19 3MF Wojciech Łobodziński 20 October 1982 7 1 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
- 3MF Rafał Murawski 9 October 1981 3 0 Poland Lech Poznań
20 3MF Radosław Sobolewski 13 December 1976 29 1 Poland Wisła Kraków
11 4FW Radosław Matusiak 1 January 1982 9 4 Italy Palermo
9 4FW Łukasz Piszczek 3 June 1985 2 0 Germany Hertha BSC
7 4FW Euzebiusz Smolarek 9 January 1981 23 8 Germany Borussia Dortmund

Recently Called Up

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
- 1GK Jerzy Dudek 23 March 1973 56 0 Spain Real Madrid
- 1GK Wojciech Kowalewski 11 May 1977 10 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
- 1GK Łukasz Fabiański 18 April 1985 4 0 England Arsenal
- 2DF Marcin Baszczyński 7 June 1977 35 1 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 2DF Arkadiusz Głowacki 13 March 1979 22 0 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 2DF Adam Kokoszka 6 October 1986 2 1 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 2DF Krzysztof Lagiewka 23 January 1983 0 0 Russia FC Krylya Sovetov Samara
- 3MF Grzegorz Bronowicki 4 August 1980 7 0 Serbia FK Crvena Zvezda
- 3MF Przemysław Kaźmierczak 5 May 1982 8 1 Portugal FC Porto
- 3MF Lukasz Gargula 25 February 1981 6 1 Poland GKS Bełchatów
- 3MF Piotr Giza 28 February 1980 4 0 Poland Legia Warszawa
- 3MF Kamil Kosowski 30 August 1977 46 4 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 3MF Rafal Grzelak 24 June 1982 2 0 Portugal Boavista
- 3MF Arkadiusz Radomski 27 June 1977 24 0 Austria FK Austria Wien
- 3MF Sebastian Szalachowski 21 January 1984 3 0 Poland Legia Warszawa
- 4FW Tomasz Frankowski 16 August 1974 20 10 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 4FW Ireneusz Jeleń 9 April 1981 13 2 France AJ Auxerre
- 4FW Grzegorz Rasiak 12 January 1979 34 8 England Southampton
- 4FW Marek Saganowski 31 October 1978 15 3 England Southampton
- 4FW Andrzej Niedzielan 27 February 1979 17 5 Poland Wisła Kraków

2006 World Cup information

Poland lost their first game of 2006 World Cup to Ecuador. The final score was 2-0 with goals from Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado. Poland lost to group leader Germany on June 14th, final score 1-0 with a goal by Oliver Neuville in the 91st minute, thus ensuring their exit from the World Cup 2006. They then beat also eliminated Costa Rica 2-1 with both Polish goals scored by Bosacki.

Most capped players

As of June 6, 2007, the ten players with the most caps for Poland are:

# Name Career Caps Goals
1. Grzegorz Lato 1971 - 1984 100 45
2. Kazimierz Deyna 1968 - 1978 97 41
3. Władysław Żmuda 1973 - 1986 91 1
4. Jacek Bąk (*) 1993 - present 86 3
5. Antoni Szymanowski 1970 - 1980 82 1
6. Zbigniew Boniek 1976 - 1988 80 24
7. Tomasz Waldoch (*) 1991 - 2002 74 2
8. Jacek Krzynowek (*) 1998 - present 70 11
9. Piotr Swierczewski (*) 1992 - 2003 70 1
10. Roman Kosecki 1988 - 1995 69 19
  • (*) - still active

Top goalscorers

As of June 6, 2007, the ten players with the most goals for Poland are:

# Player Career Goals (Caps)
1. Włodzimierz Lubański 1963 - 1980 48 (65)
2. Grzegorz Lato 1971 - 1984 45 (100)
3. Kazimierz Deyna 1968 - 1978 41 (97)
4. Ernest Pol 1955 - 1965 39 (46)
5. Andrzej Szarmach 1973 - 1982 32 (61)
6. Gerard Cieslik 1947 - 1958 27 (45)
7. Zbigniew Boniek 1976 - 1988 24 (80)
8. Ernest Wilimowski 1934 - 1939 21 (22)
9. Dariusz Dziekanowski 1981 - 1990 20 (63)
10. Roman Kosecki 1988 - 1995 19 (69)
  • (*) - still active

Poland Youth National Teams

Poland u-20 National Football Team

Poland u-21 national football team

See also

External links

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