Poland national football team

The Poland national football team (Polish: Polska reprezentacja narodowa) is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Football Association.

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.

World Cup record

1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Withdrew during qualifying
1938 - Round 1 (top 15)
1950 - Did not enter
1954 - Withdrew
1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - 3rd place
1978 - Round 2 (quarterfinals)
1982 - 3rd place
1986 - Round 2 (top 16)
1990 to 1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 1 (top 32)
2006 - Round 1 (top 32)

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

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
Reserve players: Mirosław Bulzacki, Andrzej Fischer, Roman Jakóbczak, Zygmunt Kalinowski, Marek Kusto, Henryk Wieczorek

European Championship record

1960 to 2004 - Did not qualify

Olympic Games record

Polish national team 2006

Current Squad

Coach: Leo Beenhakker

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2006 World Cup information

Poland surprisingly lost their first game of 2006 World Cup to underdogs 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. Then they beat also eliminated Costa Rica 2-1 with both Polish goals scored by Bosacki.

U-21 Polish national team 2006

U-21 teams for the friendly match with Hungary in Warsaw on 29 March, 2006

Coach: Andrzej Zamilski
Players: Dawid Kucharski (Amica Wronki), Paweł Linka (Amica Wronki), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Amica Wronki), Marcin Kowalczyk (GKS Bełchatów), Mariusz Pawelec (Górnik Łęczna), Michał Trzeciakiewicz (Jagiellonia Białystok), Mariusz Zganiacz (Korona Kielce), David Topolski (Lech Poznań), Jakub Rzeźniczak (Legia Warszawa), Tomasz Podgórski (Piast Gliwice), Grzegorz Kmiecik (Polonia Warszawa), Jakub Ławecki (Szczakowianka Jaworzno), Piotr Celeban (Śląsk Wrocław), Radosław Janukiewicz (Śląsk Wrocław), Łukasz Trałka (Widzew Łódź), Grzegorz Bartczak (Zagłębie Lubin), Piotr Klepczarek (Zawisza Bydgoszcz SA), Marcin Tarnowski (Zawisza Bydgoszcz SA)

Top goal scorers

1. Włodzimierz Lubański - 48
2. Grzegorz Lato - 45
3. Kazimierz Deyna - 41
4. Ernest Pol - 39
5. Andrzej Szarmach - 32
6. Gerard Cieślik - 27
7. Zbigniew Boniek - 24
8. Ernest Wilimowski - 21
9. Dariusz Dziekanowski - 20
10. Roman Kosecki - 19
11. Lucjan Brychczy - 18

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