Soccer World Cup 1986 / Poland

This article covers the Polish national team at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico .

qualification

Poland met Belgium , Albania and Greece in qualifying group one . Although the Poles lost 2-0 in Belgium and only achieved a goalless draw at home, they ultimately prevailed due to the better goal difference against the Red Devils. Decisive for the group victory of Poland was the 0-2 defeat of the Belgians in Albania.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Poland	10: 6	8: 4
2	Belgium	7: 3	8: 4
3	Albania	6: 9	4: 8
4th	Greece	5:10	4: 8

Poland	-	Greece	3: 1 (0: 1)
Poland	-	Albania	2: 2 (1: 0)
Belgium	-	Poland	2: 0 (1: 0)
Greece	-	Poland	1: 4 (0: 1)
Albania	-	Poland	0: 1 (0: 1)
Poland	-	Belgium	0-0

Polish contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Józef Młynarczyk	FC Porto	09/20/1953	4th	0	0	0
12	Jacek Kazimierski	Legia Warsaw	08/17/1959	0	0	0	0
19th	Józef Wandzik	Górnik Zabrze	08/13/1963	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Kazimierz Przybyś	Widzew Łódź	07/11/1960	1	0	0	0
3	Wladyslaw Żmuda	US Cremonese	06/06/1954	1	0	0	0
4th	Marek Ostrowski	Pogoń Szczecin	11/22/1959	4th	0	0	0
5	Roman Wójcicki	Widzew Łódź	01/08/1958	4th	0	1	0
10	Stefan Majewski	1. FC Kaiserslautern	January 31, 1956	4th	0	0	0
14th	Dariusz Kubicki	Legia Warsaw	06/06/1963	0	0	0	0
18th	Krzysztof Pawlak	Lech poses	02/12/1958	2	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Waldemar Matysik	Górnik Zabrze	09/27/1961	3	0	0	0
7th	Ryszard Tarasiewicz	Śląsk Wrocław	04/27/1962	1	0	0	0
9	Jan Karaś	Legia Warsaw	03/17/1959	3	0	0	0
11	Włodzimierz Smolarek	Widzew Łódź	07/16/1957	4th	1	1	0
13	Ryszard Komornicki	Górnik Zabrze	08/14/1959	3	0	0	0
15th	Andrzej Buncol	Legia Warsaw	09/21/1959	2	0	0	0
20th	Zbigniew Boniek	AS Roma	03/03/1956	4th	0	1	0
striker
8th	Jan Urban	Górnik Zabrze	05/14/1962	4th	0	0	0
16	Andrzej Pałasz	Górnik Zabrze	07/22/1960	0	0	0	0
17th	Andrzej Zgutczyński	AJ Auxerre	01/01/1958	1	0	0	0
21st	Dariusz Dziekanowski	Legia Warsaw	09/30/1962	4th	0	2	0
22nd	Jan Furtok	GKS Katowice	03/09/1962	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Antoni Piechniczek		05/03/1942

Polish games

In 1986 Poland was convinced that one of the European superstars Boniek was a much more powerful group than in 1982. The disillusionment took place in the first group game against Morocco : They couldn't get past a 0-0. A new mode that also allowed third-placed players to advance to the next round made the decision in the second game. A 1-0 win over Portugal was a preliminary decision for qualifying for the round of 16. The 3-0 defeat against England was no longer significant. However, the tournament ended in the round of 16 with a clear 4-0 defeat against top favorites Brazil . It would take 16 years before a Polish national team could qualify for a World Cup.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Morocco	3: 1	4: 2
2	England	3: 1	3: 3
3	Poland	1: 3	3: 3
4th	Portugal	2: 4	2: 4

Preliminary round
Morocco	-	Poland		0-0
Poland	-	Portugal		1: 0 (0: 0)
Poland	-	England		0: 3 (0: 3)
Round of 16
Brazil	-	Poland		4: 0 (1: 0)