Poland national football team

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Poland

Nickname(s)

Biało-czerwoni
("The-white-and-red")

Orły
("The Eagles")

Association

Polish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)

Head coach

Leo Beenhakker

Captain

Maciej Żurawski

Most caps

Grzegorz Lato (100)

Top scorer

Włodzimierz Lubański (48)

FIFA code

POL

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

16 (September 2007)

Lowest FIFA ranking

61 (March 1998)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

1 (Oct 1975)

Lowest Elo ranking

55 (Aug 1956, Apr 1998)





First kit





Second kit

First international

Hungary 1 - 0 Poland

(Budapest, Hungary; 18 December 1921)

Biggest win

Poland 9 - 0 Norway

(Szczecin, Poland; 4 September 1963)

Biggest defeat

Denmark 8 - 0 Poland

(Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 June 1948)

World Cup

Appearances

7 (First in 1938)

Best result

3rd place (1974, 1982)

European Championship

Appearances

1 (First in 2008)

Best result

Men's Football
Olympic medal record
Silver	1992 Barcelona	Team
Silver	1976 Montreal	Team
Gold	1972 Munich	Team

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 (PZPN).

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.

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Withdrew during Qualifying	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Round 1 (Top 15)	1	0	0	1	5	6
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	3rd place	7	6	0	1	16	5
1978	Round 2	6	3	1	2	6	6
1982	3rd place	7	3	3	1	11	5
1986	Round 2	4	1	1	2	1	7
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Round 1 (top 32)	3	1	0	2	3	7
2006	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	4
2010	Qualifying in Progress	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/18	31	15	5	11	44	40

[edit] Football World Cup, Spain 1982

Polish National Team result: 3rd place
Coach: Antoni Piechniczek
Players: Zbigniew Boniek, Andrzej Buncol, Włodzimierz Ciołek, Marek Dziuba, Andrzej Iwan, Jan Jałocha, Paweł Janas, Janusz Kupcewicz, Marek Kusto, Grzegorz Lato, Stefan Majewski, Waldemar Matysik, Józef Młynarczyk, Andrzej Pałasz, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Andrzej Szarmach, Roman Wójcicki, Władysław Żmuda
Reserve players: Tadeusz Dolny, Jacek Kazimierski, Piotr Mowlik, Piotr Skrobowski

[edit] Football World Cup, Germany 1974

Polish National Team result: 3rd place
Coach: Kazimierz Górski
Players: Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jan Domarski, Robert Gadocha, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zbigniew Gut, Zdzisław Kapka, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Adam Musiał, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Władysław Żmuda, Włodzimierz Smolarek
Reserve players: Mirosław Bulzacki, Andrzej Fischer, Roman Jakóbczak, Zygmunt Kalinowski, Marek Kusto, Henryk Wieczorek

[edit] Football World Cup, France 1938

For more information about Poland's performance, see Poland v Brazil (1938)

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Qualified	2	0	1	1	1	3
2012	Host	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		2	0	1	1	1	3

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] Olympic Games record

[edit] Recent and Upcoming Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Type	Score
February 2, 2008	Paphos, Cyprus	Poland - Finland	friendly	W 1-0
February 6, 2008	Larnaca, Cyprus	Poland - Czech Republic	friendly	W 2-0
February 27, 2008	Wronki, Poland	Poland - Estonia	friendly	W 2-0
March 26, 2008	Kraków, Poland	Poland - USA	friendly	L 0-3
May 26, 2008	Reutlingen, Germany	Poland - FYR Macedonia	friendly	D 1-1
May 27, 2008	Reutlingen, Germany	Poland - Albania	friendly	W 1-0
June 1, 2008	Chorzów, Poland	Poland - Denmark	friendly	D 1-1
June 8, 2008	Klagenfurt, Austria	Germany - Poland	Euro 2008	L 0-2
June 12, 2008	Vienna, Austria	Austria - Poland	Euro 2008	D 1-1
June 16, 2008	Klagenfurt, Austria	Poland - Croatia	Euro 2008
September 6, 2008	, Poland	Poland - Slovenia	World Cup Qual.
September 10, 2008	, San Marino	San Marino - Poland	World Cup Qual.
October 11, 2008	, Poland	Poland - Czech Republic	World Cup Qual.
October 15, 2008	, Slovakia	Slovakia - Poland	World Cup Qual.
March 28, 2009	, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland - Poland	World Cup Qual.
April 1, 2009	, Poland	Poland - San Marino	World Cup Qual.
September 5, 2009	, Poland	Poland - Northern Ireland	World Cup Qual.
September 9, 2009	, Slovenia	Slovenia - Poland	World Cup Qual.
October 10, 2009	, Czech Republic	Czech Republic - Poland	World Cup Qual.
October 14, 2009	, Poland	Poland - Slovakia	World Cup Qual.

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were named by coach Leo Beenhakker for Euro 2008. Caps and goals correct as of June 2, 2008.

Goalkeepers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Artur Boruc	February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) (age 28)	34	Celtic
22	GK	Łukasz Fabiański	April 18, 1985 (1985-04-18) (age 23)	8	Arsenal
12	GK	Wojciech Kowalewski*	May 11, 1977 (1977-05-11) (age 31)	10	Korona Kielce

Defenders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
6	DF	Jacek Bąk	March 24, 1973 (1973-03-24) (age 35)	94	3	Austria Vienna
4	DF	Paweł Golański	October 12, 1982 (1982-10-12) (age 25)	10	1	Steaua Bucharest
2	DF	Mariusz Jop	August 3, 1978 (1978-08-03) (age 29)	24	0	FC Moscow
23	DF	Adam Kokoszka	October 6, 1986 (1986-10-06) (age 21)	7	2	Wisła Kraków
13	DF	Marcin Wasilewski	June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) (age 27)	27	1	RSC Anderlecht
3	DF	Jakub Wawrzyniak	July 7, 1983 (1983-07-07) (age 24)	11	0	Legia Warszawa
14	DF	Michał Żewłakow	April 22, 1976 (1976-04-22) (age 32)	76	2	Olympiakos

Midfielders

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	MF	Łukasz Piszczek*	June 3, 1985 (1985-06-03) (age 23)	3	0	Hertha BSC Berlin
5	MF	Dariusz Dudka	December 9, 1983 (1983-12-09) (age 24)	26	2	Wisła Kraków
10	MF	Łukasz Garguła	February 25, 1981 (1981-02-25) (age 27)	12	1	GKS Bełchatów
8	MF	Jacek Krzynówek	May 15, 1976 (1976-05-15) (age 32)	79	15	VfL Wolfsburg
18	MF	Mariusz Lewandowski	May 18, 1979 (1979-05-18) (age 29)	47	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
19	MF	Rafał Murawski	October 9, 1981 (1981-10-09) (age 26)	9	1	Lech Poznań
15	MF	Michał Pazdan	September 21, 1987 (1987-09-21) (age 20)	5	0	Górnik Zabrze
20	MF	Roger Guerreiro	May 25, 1982 (1982-05-25) (age 26)	2	0	Legia Warszawa
17	MF	Wojciech Łobodziński	October 20, 1982 (1982-10-20) (age 25)	16	2	Wisła Kraków

Strikers

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
11	FW	Marek Saganowski	October 31, 1978 (1978-10-31) (age 29)	23	3	Southampton
7	FW	Euzebiusz Smolarek	January 19, 1981 (1981-01-19) (age 27)	31	13	Racing de Santander
21	FW	Tomasz Zahorski	November 22, 1984 (1984-11-22) (age 23)	9	1	Górnik Zabrze
9	FW	Maciej Żurawski	September 12, 1976 (1976-09-12) (age 31)	71	17	Larissa FC

^*Replaced the injured Jakub Błaszczykowski and Tomasz Kuszczak

[edit] Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Poland squad in the last two years. Bold font indicates players who are on the reserve list for Euro 2008.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Tomasz Kuszczak	March 20, 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 26)	Manchester United	6 (0)
Jerzy Dudek	March 23, 1973 (1973-03-23) (age 35)	Real Madrid	58 (0)
Mariusz Pawełek	March 17, 1981 (1981-03-17) (age 27)	Wisła Kraków	3 (0)
Sebastian Przyrowski	November 30, 1981 (1981-11-30) (age 26)	Groclin Dyskobolia	4 (0)

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Grzegorz Bronowicki	March 28, 1982 (1982-03-28) (age 26)	Red Star Belgrade	14 (0)
Arkadiusz Radomski	June 27, 1977 (1977-06-27) (age 30)	Austria Vienna	30 (0)
Arkadiusz Głowacki	March 13, 1979 (1979-03-13) (age 29)	Wisła Kraków	26 (0)
Tomasz Kiełbowicz	September 13, 1976 (1976-21-13) (age 31)	Legia Warszawa	8 (0)

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Jakub Błaszczykowski	December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14) (age 22)	Borussia Dortmund	13 (1)
Radosław Majewski	December 15, 1986 (1986-12-15) (age 21)	Groclin Dyskobolia	4 (0)
Michał Goliński	March 17, 1981 (1981-03-17) (age 27)	Zagłębie Lubin	5 (1)
Przemysław Kaźmierczak	August 8, 1982 (1982-08-08) (age 25)	F.C. Porto	9 (1)
Kamil Kosowski	August 30, 1977 (1977-08-30) (age 30)	Cádiz CF	46 (4)
Marek Zieńczuk	December 3, 1978 (1978-12-03) (age 29)	Wisła Kraków	9 (0)

Strikers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Artur Wichniarek	February 28, 1977 (1977-02-28) (age 31)	Arminia Bielefeld	17 (4)
Ireneusz Jeleń	April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09) (age 26)	AJ Auxerre	18 (2)
Radosław Matusiak	January 1, 1982 (1982-01-01) (age 26)	SC Heerenveen	15 (7)
Marek Saganowski	October 31, 1978 (1978-10-31) (age 29)	Southampton	24 (3)
Paweł Brożek	April 21, 1983 (1983-04-21) (age 25)	Wisła Kraków	11 (1)
Grzegorz Rasiak	January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12) (age 29)	Southampton	37 (8)

Poland's current third kit

Coach: Leo Beenhakker
Assistant coach: Adam Nawałka
II Assistant coach: Bogusław Kaczmarek
II Assistant coach: Dariusz Dziekanowski
Goalkeeper coach: Andrzej Dawidziuk
Consultant: Jan de Zeeuw
Goalkeeper coach-consultant: Frans Hoek

[edit] 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.

[edit] UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Poland	28	14	8	4	2	24	12	+12
Portugal	27	14	7	6	1	24	10	+14
Serbia	24	14	6	6	2	22	11	+11
Finland	24	14	6	6	2	13	7	+6
Belgium	18	14	5	3	6	14	16	-2
Kazakhstan	10	14	2	4	8	11	21	-10
Armenia	9	12*	2	3	7	4	13	-9
Azerbaijan	5	12*	1	2	9	6	28	-22

Poland began its Euro 2008 qualifying campaign on September 2, 2006 with a 1-3 loss against Finland at Zawisza Stadium in Bydgoszcz. They followed that up with a 1-1 tie against Serbia at Legia Stadium in Warszawa on September 6, 2006. Their first win came against Kazakhstan on October 7, 2006 (final score 0:1).

Poland then faced Portugal on October 11, 2006, winning 2-1 in Chorzów. Next they headed to Brussels where they defeated Belgium 1:0. They recorded wins against Azerbaijan (5-0) and Armenia (1-0) at home in Poland, and away to Azerbaijan (1-3), however they failed to pick up any points in Armenia on June 6, 2007 (0-1).

Poland then travelled to Lisbon to face Portugal, the match ending in a 2-2 draw. They returned from Helsinki with another point (0-0). A power outage briefly marred the rematch against Kazakhstan but Poland collected three points (3-1). Poland clinched its Euro 2008 berth with a 2-0 victory against Belgium in Chorzów and followed that up with a draw (2-2) against Serbia in Belgrade. Poland finished its qualifying campaign as group leaders.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0


–	14 Oct '09	10 Oct '09	9 Sep '09	1 Apr '09	15 Oct '08
10 Sep '08	–	28 Mar '09	15 Oct '08	9 Sep '09	1 Apr '09
11 Oct '08	5 Sep '09	–	1 Apr '09	14 Oct '09	6 Sep '08
19 Nov '08	11 Feb '09	10 Sep '08	–	11 Oct '08	14 Oct '09
5 Sep '09	6 Sep '08	15 Oct '08	6 Jun '09	–	10 Oct '09
28 Mar '09	11 Oct '08	9 Sep '09	19 Aug '09	10 Sep '08	–

[edit] Managers

POLAND NATIONAL TEAM MANAGERS SINCE 1922	FROM	TO
Józef Lustgarten, Adam Obrubański and Stanisław Ziemiański	1922-05-14	1922-09-03
Kazimierz Glabisz, Adam Obrubański and Tadeusz Kuchar	1923-06-03	1923-11-01
Adam Obrubański	1924-08-10	1924-08-31
Tadeusz Kuchar	1925-07-19	1925-07-19
Tadeusz Synowiec	1925-08-30	1927-06-19
Tadeusz Kuchar	1928-06-10	1928-06-10
Stefan Loth	1928-07-01	1931-10-25
Józef Kałuża	1932-05-29	1939-08-27
Henryk Reyman	1947-06-11	1947-08-31
Andrzej Przeworski, Czesław Krug and Karol Bergtal	1947-09-14	1947-10-26
Zygmunt Alfus	1948-04-04	1948-09-19
Andrzej Przeworski, Czesław Krug and Jan Nowak	1948-10-10	1948-10-17
Mieczysław Szymkowiak, Ignacy Izdebski, Stefan Kisieliński, Czesław Krug and Kazimierz Śmiglak	1949-05-08	1949-11-06
Mieczysław Szymkowiak, Mieczysław Kaczanowski and Stanisław Szymaniak	1950-05-01	1950-10-22
Ryszard Koncewicz	1953-05-10	1956-07-22
Alfred Nowakowski	1956-08-26	1956-08-26
Czesław Krug	1956-10-28	1956-11-16
Henryk Reyman	1957-05-19	1958-10-05
Czesław Krug	1959-05-20	1962-11-28
Wiesław Motoczyński	1963-05-15	1965-11-01
Ryszard Koncewicz	1966-01-05	1966-01-05
Antoni Brzeżańczyk, Kazimierz Górski and Klemens Nowak	1966-05-03	1966-07-05
Alfred Nowakowski	1966-09-11	1966-10-22
Michał Matyas	1966-11-17	1967-10-29
Ryszard Koncewicz	1968-04-24	1970-10-25
Kazimierz Górski	1971-05-05	1976-07-31
Jacek Gmoch	1976-10-16	1978-09-06
Ryszard Kulesza	1978-10-11	1980-12-07
Antoni Piechniczek	1981-01-25	1986-06-16
Wojciech Łazarek	1986-10-07	1989-06-03
Andrzej Strejlau	1989-08-23	1993-09-22
Lesław Ćmikiewicz	1993-10-13	1993-11-17
Henryk Apostel	1994-02-09	1995-11-15
Władysław Stachurski	1996-02-19	1996-05-01
Antoni Piechniczek	1996-06-02	1997-05-31
Krzysztof Pawlak	1997-06-14	1997-06-14
Janusz Wójcik	1997-09-06	1999-10-09
Jerzy Engel	2000-01-26	2002-06-14
Zbigniew Boniek	2002-07-15	2002-11-20
Paweł Janas	2003-02-12	2006-06-20
Leo Beenhakker	2006-07-11	—

[edit] Most capped players

As of June 2, 2008 the 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.	Jacek Bąk (*)	1993 - present	95	3
4.	Władysław Żmuda	1973 - 1986	91	1
5.	Antoni Szymanowski	1970 - 1980	82	1
6.	Zbigniew Boniek	1976 - 1988	80	24
7.	Jacek Krzynówek (*)	1998 - present	79	15
8.	Michał Żewłakow (*)	1999 - present	76	2
9.	Włodzimierz Lubański	1963 - 1980	75	48
10.	Tomasz Wałdoch	1991 - 2002	74	2

(*) - still active

[edit] Top goalscorers

As of June 2, 2008 the ten players with the most goals for Poland are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)
1.	Włodzimierz Lubański	1963 - 1980	48 (75)
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 Cieślik	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

[edit] Poland versus other countries

Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Albania	7	3	1	11
Algeria	2	0	0	2
Argentina	2	2	6	10
Armenia	3	1	1	5
Austria	4	1	3	8
Azerbaijan	5	1	0	6
Belarus	1	2	2	5
Belgium	6	6	7	19
Bolivia	2	0	0	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
Brazil	1	2	9	12
Bulgaria	11	8	5	24
Cameroon	0	2	0	2
Canada	5	0	0	5
China PR	2	0	0	2
Colombia	2	0	3	5
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3
Croatia	1	1	1	3
Cuba	0	1	0	1
Cyprus	4	3	0	7
Czech Republic	2	0	1	3
Czechoslovakia	4	5	10	19
Denmark	6	2	10	18
East Germany	10	4	5	19
Ecuador	1	0	1	2
Egypt	0	1	1	2
England	1	6	10	17
Estonia	6	1	0	7
Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3
Finland	20	7	3	30
France	2	5	7	14
FYR Macedonia	1	1	0	2
Georgia	1	0	1	2
Germany	0	4	12	16
Ghana	1	0	0	1
Greece	9	1	3	13
Guatemala	1	1	0	2
Haiti	2	0	1	3
Hungary	6	4	20	30
Iceland	4	1	0	5
India	1	0	0	1
Iran	3	0	0	3
Iraq	2	1	1	4
Republic of Ireland	9	8	5	22
Israel	4	4	2	10
Italy	3	6	4	13
Japan	4	0	2	6
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3
Korea DPR	1	1	0	2
Korea Republic	0	0	1	1
Kuwait	1	1	0	2
Latvia	7	2	2	11
Libya	1	0	0	1
Lithuania	3	2	1	6
Luxembourg	6	1	0	7
Malta	4	0	0	4
Morocco	2	2	1	5
Mexico	3	1	2	6
Moldova	2	0	0	2
Netherlands	3	6	5	14
New Zealand	1	1	0	2
Northern Ireland	3	1	3	7
Norway	10	3	4	17
Paraguay	0	0	1	1
Peru	3	0	0	3
Portugal	3	2	4	9
Romania	4	15	13	32
Russia	0	1	1	2
San Marino	3	0	0	3
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3
Scotland	3	3	1	7
Serbia	2	2	0	4
Slovakia	2	1	1	4
Slovenia	1	1	0	2
Spain	1	1	7	9
Sweden	8	4	12	24
Switzerland	4	4	1	9
Tunisia	3	0	1	4
Turkey	11	3	3	17
Ukraine	2	1	0	3
United Arab Emirates	2	0	0	2
Uruguay	1	1	0	2
USA	7	2	7	16
USSR	3	3	8	14
Wales	4	2	1	7
Yugoslavia	6	4	9	19