European Football Championship 2016 / Poland
This article covers the Polish national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . It was the third uninterrupted participation for Poland. The team was eliminated in the quarter-finals after a 5-3 penalty shoot-out against Portugal.
qualification
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Poland completed the qualification for the European Championship in the group D . The Polish team scored the most goals of all 53 qualifying participants and had the top goalscorer with Robert Lewandowski (13 goals). He scored a hat trick against Georgia in the final minutes . In the qualifying games, they also managed to win against Germany for the first time. However, since points were given in some games, the team had to be content with second place behind world champions Germany, against whom the only game was lost. Overall, national coach Adam Nawałka used 28 players, but only Grzegorz Krychowiak and Robert Lewandowski were used in all ten games. Their first international matches came in qualifying Filip Starzyński and Bartosz Kapustka in the two games against Gibraltar. Kapustka also scored his first international goal 11 minutes after being substituted on.
In the course of qualifying, Poland, which had missed the 2014 World Cup, climbed from 61st place in the FIFA world rankings to 30th in July 2015, but then fell back again.
Games
All results from a Polish point of view.
date | Venue | opponent | Result | Goal scorers |
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07.09.2014 | Estádio Algarve , Faro / Loulé , ( PRT ) |
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7: 0 (1: 0) | 1: 0, 2: 0 Kamil Grosicki (11th, 48th), 3: 0, 4: 0 Robert Lewandowski (50th, 53rd), 5: 0 Łukasz Szukała (58th), 6: 0, 7: 0 Robert Lewandowski (86th, 90th + 2 ′) |
10/11/2014 | PGE Narodowy , Warsaw |
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2: 0 (0: 0) | 1: 0 Arkadiusz Milik (51.), 2: 0 Sebastian Mila (88.) |
14/10/2014 | PGE Narodowy , Warsaw |
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2: 2 (1: 1) | 1: 0 Krzysztof Mączyński (11th), 1: 1 Shaun Maloney (18th), 1: 2 Steven Naismith (57th), 2: 2 Arkadiusz Milik (76th) |
11/14/2014 | Boris Paitschadze National Stadium , Tbilisi ( GEO ) |
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4: 0 (0: 0) | 1: 0 Kamil Glik (51.), 2: 0 Grzegorz Krychowiak (71.), 3: 0 Sebastian Mila (73.), 4: 0 Arkadiusz Milik (90. + 2 ′) |
03/29/2015 | Aviva Stadium , Dublin ( IRL ) |
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1: 1 (1: 0) | 1: 0 Sławomir Peszko (26th), 1: 1 Shane Long (90th + 1 ′) |
06/13/2015 | PGE Narodowy , Warsaw |
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4: 0 (0: 0) | 1: 0 Arkadiusz Milik (62nd), 2: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0 Robert Lewandowski (89th, 90th + 2 ′, 90th + 3 ′) |
04.09.2015 | Commerzbank-Arena , Frankfurt am Main , ( DEU ) |
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1: 3 (1: 2) | 1-0 Thomas Müller (12th), 0-2 Mario Götze (19th), 1: 2 Robert Lewandowski (37th), 1: 3 Mario Götze (82nd) |
07.09.2015 | PGE Narodowy , Warsaw |
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8: 1 (4: 0) | 1: 0, 2: 0 Kamil Grosicki (8th, 15th) 3: 0, 4: 0 Robert Lewandowski (18th, 29th), 5: 0, 6: 0 Arkadiusz Milik (56th, 72nd) 7th : 0 Jakub Błaszczykowski (59th / penalty), 8-0 Bartosz Kapustka (73rd), 8-1 Jake Gosling (87th) |
08/10/2015 | Hampden Park , Glasgow ( SCO ) |
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2: 2 (1: 1) | 1: 0 Robert Lewandowski (3rd), 1: 1 Matt Ritchie (45th), 1: 2 Steven Fletcher (62nd), 2: 2 Robert Lewandowski (90th + 4 ′) |
10/11/2015 | PGE Narodowy , Warsaw |
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2: 1 (2: 1) | 1: 0 Grzegorz Krychowiak (13th), 1: 1 Jon Walters (16th / penalty), 2: 1 Robert Lewandowski (42.) |
table
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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10 | 7th | 1 | 2 | 24: 9 | +15 | 22nd |
2. |
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10 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 33:10 | +23 | 21st |
3. |
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19: 7 | +12 | 18th |
4th |
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10 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 22:12 | +10 | 15th |
5. |
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10 | 3 | 0 | 7th | 10:16 | −6 | 9 |
6th |
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2:56 | −54 | 0 |
As of October 11, 2015 |
preparation
After the end of the qualification, the Poles won 4-2 in Warsaw on November 13th against EM newcomer Iceland and four days later another EM participant was defeated by a 3-1 against the Czech Republic , with Paweł Dawidowicz becoming a newcomer its first use came. On March 23, 2016 was in Poznan against Serbia 0 and three days later: 1 Wroclaw against Finland with 5: 0, two teams that could not qualify for the final round. On June 1, they lost a friendly against the Dutch, who were also not qualified for the European Championship, in Gdansk with 1: 2. On June 6, Poland without Robert Lewandowski came to a goalless draw against the also unqualified Lithuanians in Krakow .
Squad
A preliminary roster of 28 players was presented on May 12, 2016. The players came from 24 clubs in 10 countries. Only the Polish champions Legia Warsaw and Lechia Gdańsk provided more than one player with three and two players respectively.
No. | position | Surname | society | birth date |
International matches |
Länderspiel- gates |
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12 | goalkeeper | Artur Boruc |
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Feb. 20, 1980 | 63 | 0 | 2004 | |||||
22nd | goalkeeper | Łukasz Fabiański |
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Apr 18, 1985 | 30th | 0 | 2006 | 4th | ||||
1 | goalkeeper | Wojciech Szczęsny |
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Apr 18, 1990 | 27 | 0 | 2009 | 1 | ||||
4th | Defense | Thiago Cionek |
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Apr 21, 1986 | 6th | 0 | 2014 | 1 | ||||
15th | Defense | Kamil Glik |
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Feb 3, 1988 | 42 | 3 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | |||
3 | Defense | Artur Jędrzejczyk |
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Nov 4, 1987 | 20th | 3 | 2010 | 5 | 2 | |||
2 | Defense | Michał Pazdan |
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21 Sep 1987 | 18th | 0 | 2007 | 5 | 1 | |||
20th | Defense | Łukasz Piszczek |
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3rd June 1985 | 47 | 2 | 2007 | 4th | 1 | |||
18th | Defense | Bartosz Salamon |
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May 1, 1991 | 8th | 0 | 2013 | |||||
14th | Defense | Jakub Wawrzyniak |
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July 7, 1983 | 49 | 1 | 2006 | |||||
16 | midfield | Jakub Błaszczykowski |
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Dec 14, 1985 | 80 | 16 | 2006 | 5 | 2 | |||
6th | midfield | Tomasz Jodłowiec |
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8 Sep 1985 | 45 | 1 | 2008 | 5 | ||||
11 | midfield | Kamil Grosicki |
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June 8, 1988 | 40 | 8th | 2008 | 5 | 1 | |||
21st | midfield | Bartosz Kapustka |
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23 Dec 1996 | 8th | 2 | 2015 | 4th | 3 | |||
10 | midfield | Grzegorz Krychowiak |
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Jan. 29, 1990 | 35 | 2 | 2008 | 5 | ||||
8th | midfield | Karol Linetty |
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Feb. 2, 1995 | 10 | 1 | 2014 | |||||
5 | midfield | Krzysztof Mączyński |
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May 23, 1987 | 17th | 1 | 2013 | 5 | 1 | |||
17th | midfield | Sławomir Peszko |
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Feb. 19, 1985 | 38 | 2 | 2008 | 3 | ||||
23 | midfield | align = "left" Filip Starzyński |
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May 27, 1991 | 3 | 1 | 2014 | 1 | ||||
19th | midfield | Piotr Zieliński |
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May 20, 1994 | 15th | 3 | 2013 | 1 | ||||
9 | attack |
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Aug 21, 1988 | 77 | 34 | 2008 | 5 | 1 | |||
7th | attack | Arkadiusz Milik |
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Feb. 28, 1994 | 27 | 10 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | |||
13 | attack | Mariusz Stępiński |
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May 12, 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2013 |
Coach: Adam Nawałka
Players who were only in the preliminary roster
On May 19, Paweł Wszołek fell out of the European Championship due to a broken forearm during training. In addition, Maciej Rybus has to pass the tournament due to a broken shoulder . The remaining players dropped out of the final squad on May 30th.
position | Surname | society | birth date |
International matches |
Länderspiel- gates |
debut | EM games |
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goal | Przemysław Tytoń |
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Jan. 4, 1987 | 14th | 1 | 2010 | 3 (2012) |
Defense | Paweł Dawidowicz |
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May 20, 1995 | 1 | 0 | 2015 | |
Defense | Maciej Rybus |
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Aug 19, 1989 | 41 | 2 | 2009 | 1 (2012) |
midfield | Paweł Wszołek |
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Apr 30, 1992 | 8th | 2 | 2012 | |
attack | Artur Sobiech |
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June 12, 1990 | 13 | 2 | 2012 | 0 (2012) |
Finals
Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance), district (blue) |
In the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, Poland was placed in Pot 3. Poland was drawn into group C with qualifying opponent Germany. Northern Ireland and Ukraine, the co-hosts of the last European Championship, were drawn as further opponents. Poland has a negative record against all three. Before Germany could only be won in this European Championship qualification, six times it was enough to draw, 13 games were lost, including the first European Championship final game in 2008. Against Northern Ireland and Ukraine, however, the balance was equalized in the final round. Because against the Northern Irish there were three wins, two draws and four defeats in previous nine games and against the Ukraine in seven games two wins, two draws and three defeats, most recently twice in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup .
After a 1-0 win against Northern Ireland, which evened the balance and the Poles won a European Championship game for the first time, but the superiority against the largely defensive Northern Irishmen is not expressed, there was a goalless draw against Germany, with Arkadiusz in particular Milik the winning scorer from the first game missed some very good chances. With a 1-0 win against Ukraine by Jakub Błaszczykowski , who was the first Pole to score the second goal at a European Championship, they then also equalized the record against the Ukrainians and only because of the fewer goals scored were "only" second in the group behind Germany scored one more goal against Ukraine.
In the round of 16 they met Switzerland in Saint-Étienne , who had a two-day break after their last group game. Poland won 5-4 on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Opponents in the quarter-finals were Portugal, who were able to prevail in their round of 16 with a goal in extra time against Croatia, which had relegated the Spaniards to second place in their group. Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored the 1-0 in the second minute. In the 33rd minute, Renatos Sanches scored to equalize. The game was decided 5-3 on penalties for Portugal.
As a result of the European Championship games, Poland moved up eleven places in the FIFA world rankings to 16th place, repeating the best ranking of September 2007.
Group stage
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | +3 | 7th |
2. |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 7th |
3. |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2: 2 | ± 0 | 3 |
4th |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0: 5 | −5 | 0 |
Sun., June 12, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Nice | |||
Poland | - | Northern Ireland | 1: 0 (0: 0) |
Thursday June 16, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Saint-Denis | |||
Germany | - | Poland | 0-0 |
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Marseille | |||
Ukraine | - | Poland | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
Knockout phase
Round of 16: Saturday 25 June 2016 at 3 p.m. in Saint-Étienne | |||
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1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1), 4: 5 in E. |
Quarter-finals: Thursday June 30, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Marseille | |||
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1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1), 3: 5 i. E. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ FIFA World Ranking (August 14, 2014)
- ↑ FIFA World Ranking (July 9, 2015)
- ↑ Poland - Czech Republic 3: 1
- ^ "Lithuania will be the last rival before EURO 2016" , pzpn.pl
- ↑ "Szeroka kadra na EURO 2016" , pzpn.pl
- ↑ "Paweł Wszołek nie pojedzie na EURO 2016" , pzpn.pl
- ↑ Euro 2016 - Maciej Rybus: Popłakałem się , sportowyffekty.wp.pl, May 30, 2016
- ↑ “UEFA EURO 2016 final draw” , uefa.com