Olympic football tournament 1972 / Poland

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This article covers the Polish Olympic selection during the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Olympic qualification

Poland prevailed against Greece in the first round and moved into the decisive second round. There, after three wins and one defeat, they narrowly prevailed over Bulgaria and qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .

1 round

date place pairing To Back total
05/26/1971 Poses Poland - Greece 7-0 1-0 8-0
06/09/1971 Larisa
March 24, 1971 London United Kingdom - Bulgaria 1-0 0: 5 1: 5
05/05/1971 Sofia
05/05/1971 Salamanca Spain - Turkey 3-0 1-0 4-0
05/19/1971 Ankara

2nd round

Closing table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Poland 1944Poland Poland  4th  3  0  1 008: 300  +5 06: 20
 2. Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria  4th  2  1  1 014:100  +4 05: 30
 3. Spain 1945Spain Spain  4th  0  1  3 006:150  −9 01: 70

Game results

11/10/1971 Gijón Spain - Poland 0: 2
11/24/1971 Sofia Bulgaria - Spain 8: 3
04/16/1972 Stara Sagora Bulgaria - Poland 3: 1
04/26/1972 Szczecin Poland - Spain 2-0
05/07/1972 Warsaw Poland - Bulgaria 3-0
05/31/1972 Burgos Spain - Bulgaria 3: 3

Qualified for the next continental round. Qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games

Olympic finals

Squad

No. player Club before the start of the Olympics Date of birth Olympia 1972
games / goals		 yellow cards Red cards
goalkeeper
01 Hubert Kostka Górnik Zabrze May 27, 1940 7th - - -
18th Marian Szeja Zagłębie Wałbrzych 08/20/1941 - - - -
Defense
02 Antoni Szymanowski Gwardia Warsaw 01/13/1951 6th - - -
03 Jerzy Gorgoń Górnik Zabrze 07/18/1949 7th 2 - -
04th Zygmunt Anczok Górnik Zabrze March 14, 1946 7th - - -
05 Lesław Ćmikiewicz Legia Warsaw 08/25/1948 7th - 1 -
14th Marian Ostafiński Stal Rzeszów December 8, 1946 3 - - -
19th Zbigniew Good Odra Opole 04/17/1949 4th - - -
midfield
06th Zygmunt Maszczyk Ruch Chorzów 05/03/1945 6th - - -
07th Ryszard Szymczak Gwardia Warsaw December 14, 1944 2 - - -
08th Zygfryd Szołtysik Górnik Zabrze October 24, 1942 5 1 1 -
09 Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw 10/23/1947 7th 9 - -
13 Jerzy Kraska Gwardia Warsaw 12/24/1951 6th - - -
attack
10 Włodzimierz Lubański (C)Captain of the crew Górnik Zabrze 02/28/1947 7th 2 - -
11 Robert Gadocha Legia Warsaw 01/10/1946 7th 6th - -
12 Kazimierz Kmiecik Wisła Krakow 09/19/1951 3 1 - -
15th Grzegorz Lato FKS Stal Mielec 04/08/1950 1 - - -
16 Joachim Marx Ruch Chorzów 08/31/1944 2 - - -
17th Andrzej Jarosik Zagłębie Sosnowiec 11/26/1944 - - - -
Trainer
Kazimierz Górski 03/02/1921

Games

With three wins in the preliminary round against Colombia, Ghana and the GDR, Poland moved into the intermediate round. In this one started with a draw against Denmark, which was followed by two victories against the Soviet Union and Mexico. As group winners they now played in the final against defending champions Hungary, who were defeated by two goals from Deyna .

Preliminary round ( group 4 )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Poland 1944Poland Poland  3  3  0  0 011: 200  +9 06-00
 2. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR  3  2  0  1 011: 300  +8 04: 20
 3. ColombiaColombia Colombia  3  1  0  2 005:120  −7 02: 40
 4th GhanaGhana Ghana  3  0  0  3 001:110 −10 00: 60
August 28, 1972 in Ingolstadt (ESV Stadium)
Poland - Colombia 5: 1 (3: 0)
August 30, 1972 in Ingolstadt (ESV Stadium)
Poland - Ghana 4: 0 (1: 0)
September 1, 1972 in Nuremberg (municipal stadium)
Poland - GDR 2: 1 (1: 0)

Intermediate round ( group B )

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Poland 1944Poland Poland  3  2  1  0 008: 200  +6 05: 10
 2. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union  3  2  0  1 008: 200  +6 04: 20
 3. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  1  1  1 004: 400  ± 0 03: 30
 4th MoroccoMorocco Morocco  3  0  0  3 001:110 −10 00: 60
September 3, 1972 in Regensburg (Jahnstadion)
Denmark - Poland 1: 1 (1: 1)
September 5, 1972 in Augsburg (Rosenaustadion)
Poland - Soviet Union 2: 1 (0: 1)
September 8, 1972 in Nuremberg (municipal stadium)
Poland - Morocco 5: 0 (3: 0)

final

September 10, 1972 in Munich (Olympiastadion)
Poland 1944Poland Poland - Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 2: 1 (0: 1)

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