Soccer World Cup 1982 / Poland

This article covers the Polish national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain .

qualification

Poland qualified for the World Cup in Spain without any problem. The decisive game took place on October 10, 1981 in Leipzig . Poland won against the GDR 3-2 and qualified with one matchday before the end. They finished group 7 without losing points.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Poland	12: 2	8-0
2	German Democratic Republic	9: 6	4: 4
3	Malta	2:15	0: 8

Malta	-	Poland	0: 2 (0: 0)
Poland	-	GDR	1: 0 (0: 0)
GDR	-	Poland	2: 3 (0: 2)
Poland	-	Malta	6: 0 (1: 0)

Polish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Józef Młynarczyk	Widzew Łódź	09/20/1953	7th	0	0	0
21st	Jacek Kazimierski	Legia Warsaw	08/17/1959	0	0	0	0
22nd	Piotr Mowlik	Lech poses	04/21/1951	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Marek Dziuba	ŁKS Łódź	December 19, 1955	5	0	0	0
4th	Tadeusz Dolny	Górnik Zabrze	05/07/1958	0	0	0	0
5	Paweł Janas	Legia Warsaw	03/04/1953	6th	0	0	0
6th	Piotr Skrobowski	Wisła Krakow	06.10.1961	0	0	0	0
9	Wladyslaw Żmuda	Widzew Łódź	06/06/1954	7th	0	1	0
10	Stefan Majewski	Legia Warsaw	January 31, 1956	7th	1	1	0
12	Roman Wójcicki	Śląsk Wrocław	01/08/1958	1	0	1	0
midfield player
3	Janusz Kupcewicz	Arka Gdynia	December 9, 1955	5	1	0	0
7th	Jan Jałocha	Wisła Krakow	07/18/1957	4th	0	0	0
8th	Waldemar Matysik	Górnik Zabrze	09/27/1961	6th	0	0	0
11	Włodzimierz Smolarek	Widzew Łódź	07/16/1957	4th	1	1	0
13	Andrzej Buncol	Legia Warsaw	09/21/1959	4th	1	2	0
15th	Włodzimierz Ciołek	FKS Stal Mielec	March 24, 1956	4th	1	0	0
20th	Zbigniew Boniek	Widzew Łódź	03/03/1956	6th	4th	2	0
striker
14th	Andrzej Pałasz	Górnik Zabrze	07/22/1960	2	0	1	0
16	Grzegorz Lato	Sporting Lokeren	04/08/1950	7th	1	0	0
17th	Andrzej Szarmach	AJ Auxerre	10/03/1950	2	1	0	0
18th	Marek Kusto	Legia Warsaw	04/29/1954	3	0	0	0
19th	Andrzej Ivan	Wisła Krakow	11/10/1959	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Antoni Piechniczek		05/03/1942

Polish games at the 1982 World Cup

Preliminary round

•  Poland - Italy 0: 0 
•  Poland - Cameroon 0: 0 
•  Poland - Peru 5-1 - goals: 1-0 Smolarek (55th min.), 2-0 Lato (58th min.), 3-0 Boniek (61th min.), 4-0 Buncol (68th min.) .), 5: 0 Ciołek (76th min.), 5: 1 La Rosa (83th min.) 

Poland came first in the group ahead of eventual world champions Italy .

Intermediate round

•  Poland - Belgium 3: 0 - Goals: 1: 0 Boniek (4 min.), 2: 0 Boniek (26 min.), 3: 0 Boniek (52 min.) 
•  Poland - Soviet Union 0: 0 

Poland came first in the group and had to face Italy again in the semi-finals.

Semifinals

•  Poland - Italy 0: 2 - Goals: 0: 1 Rossi (22 min.), 0: 2 Rossi (72 min.) 

Third place game

•  Poland - France 3: 2 - Goals: 0: 1 Girard (. 13 min), 1: 1 Szarmach (. 41 min), 2: 1 Majewski (44th min.), 3: 1 Kupcewicz (46. min .), 3: 2 Couriol (73rd min.) 

With this victory over France, Poland finished third in a soccer world championship for the second time after the 1974 soccer world championship in Germany .