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Poland
Nickname(s)	Biało-czerwoni ("The-white-and-red") Orły ("The Eagles") Orły Leo ("Leo's 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	23
Highest FIFA ranking	16 (September 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	61 (March 1998)
Elo ranking	33
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)

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
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.

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.

Contents 1 World Cup record 1.1 Football World Cup, Spain 1982 1.2 Football World Cup, Germany 1974 2 European Championship record 2.1 Standings 3 Olympic Games record 3.1 26th Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992 3.2 22nd Olympic Games, Montreal 1976 4 Headline text 5 Headline text 5.1 21st Olympic Games, Munich 1972 6 Current Squad 6.1 Reserve List 6.2 Recently Called Up 7 2006 World Cup information 8 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 9 2010 FIFA World Cup 10 Managers 11 Most capped players 11.1 Top goalscorers 12 Poland Youth National Teams 13 Some memorable matches in 2000 - 2007 14 See also 15 External links

• 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 (top 8)
• 1982 - 3rd place
• 1986 - Round 2 (top 16)
• 1990 to 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Round 1 (top 32)
• 2006 - Round 1 (top 32)

• 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

• 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

Poland will compete at Euro 2012 as a host nation. On November 17, 2007, Poland beat Belgium to secure their place in Euro 2008. This is the first time Poland has qualified for the European Championship. Euzebiusz Smolarek scored a double against Belgium to gain the qualifaction with one round of matches remaining.

• 1960 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2008 - Qualified
• 2012 - Host nation (together with Ukraine)

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

• Polish National Team result: 2nd place
• Coach: Janusz Wójcik
• Players: Dariusz Adamczuk, Marek Bajor, Jerzy Brzęczek, Dariusz Gęsior, Marcin Jałocha, Andrzej Juskowiak, Aleksander Kłak, Andrzej Kobylański, Wojciech Kowalczyk, Marek Koźmiński, Tomasz Łapiński, Grzegorz Mielcarski, Ryszard Staniek, Piotr Świerczewski, Mirosław Waligóra, Tomasz Wałdoch.
• Reserve players: Dariusz Koseła, Arkadiusz Onyszko, Dariusz Szubert, Tomasz Wieszczycki.

• Polish National Team result: 2nd place
• Coach: Kazimierz Górski
• Players: Jan Benigier, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Jerzy Gorgoń, Henryk Kasperczak, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Piotr Mowlik, Roman Ogaza, Wojciech Rudy, Andrzej Szarmach, Antoni Szymanowski, Jan Tomaszewski, Henryk Wawrowski, Henryk Wieczorek, Władysław Żmuda

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• Polish national team result: WINNER
• Coach: Kazimierz Górski
• Players: Zygmunt Anczok, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Robert Gadocha, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zbigniew Gut, Hubert Kostka, Jerzy Kraska, Kazimierz Kmiecik Grzegorz Lato, Włodzimierz Lubański, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Joachim Marx, Marian Ostafiński, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Antoni Szymanowski, Ryszard Szymczak
• Reserve players: Marian Szeja, Andrzej Jarosik

The following players were named for the matches against Belgium on 17 November 2007 and Serbia on 21 November 2007.

Caps and goals through 21 October 2007 inclusive.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Artur Boruc February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) (age 27) 30 0 Celtic 12 GK Łukasz Fabiański April 18, 1985 (1985-04-18) (age 22) 6 0 Arsenal - GK Tomasz Kuszczak March 20, 1982 (1982-03-20) (age 25) 5 0 Manchester United 4 DF Marcin Baszczyński June 07, 1977 (1977-06-07) (age 30) 35 1 Wisła Kraków 6 DF Jacek Bąk March 24, 1973 (1973-03-24) (age 34) 90 3 Austria Wien 3 DF Grzegorz Bronowicki March 28, 1982 (1982-03-28) (age 25) 11 0 Red Star Belgrade 2 DF Mariusz Jop August 3, 1978 (1978-08-03) (age 29) 21 0 FK Moscow 13 DF Marcin Wasilewski June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) (age 26) 23 1 Anderlecht 14 DF Michał Żewłakow April 22, 1976 (1976-04-22) (age 31) 74 2 Olympiakos - DF Jakub Wawrzyniak July 7, 1983 (1983-07-07) (age 24) 4 0 Legia Warszawa - DF Tomasz Kiełbowicz February 21, 1976 (1976-02-21) (age 31) 9 0 Legia Warszawa 16 MF Jakub Błaszczykowski December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14) (age 21) 13 1 Borussia Dortmund 15 MF Wojciech Łobodziński October 20, 1982 (1982-10-20) (age 25) 11 1 Zagłębie Lubin 5 MF Kamil Kosowski August 30, 1977 (1977-08-30) (age 30) 50 4 Wisła Kraków 8 MF Jacek Krzynówek May 15, 1976 (1976-05-15) (age 31) 75 14 Wolfsburg 18 MF Mariusz Lewandowski May 18, 1979 (1979-05-18) (age 28) 42 2 Shakhtar 7 MF Euzebiusz Smolarek January 19, 1981 (1981-01-19) (age 26) 27 13 Racing de Santander 17 MF Radosław Sobolewski December 13, 1976 (1976-12-13) (age 30) 32 1 Wisła Kraków 23 MF Rafał Murawski October 09, 1981 (1981-10-09) (age 26) 5 1 Lech Poznań - MF Łukasz Garguła February 25, 1981 (1981-02-25) (age 26) 7 1 GKS Bełchatów 9 FW Maciej Żurawski September 12, 1976 (1976-09-12) (age 31) 67 16 Celtic 11 FW Grzegorz Rasiak January 12, 1979 (1979-01-12) (age 28) 37 8 Southampton 20 FW Radosław Matusiak January 1, 1982 (1982-01-01) (age 25) 12 5 Heerenveen - FW Marek Saganowski October 31, 1978 (1978-10-31) (age 29) 20 3 Southampton - FW Tomasz Zahorski November 22, 1984 (1984-11-22) (age 23) 2 0 Górnik Zabrze

For the upcoming matches against Belgium and Serbia.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club - GK Jerzy Dudek March 23, 1973 (1973-03-23) (age 34) 56 0 Real Madrid - DF Grzegorz Bartczak April 21, 1985 (1985-04-21) (age 22) 1 0 Zagłębie Lubin - DF Arkadiusz Głowacki March 13, 1979 (1979-03-13) (age 28) 22 0 Wisła Kraków - MF Łukasz Piszczek July 8, 1985 (1985-07-08) (age 22) 4 0 Hertha Berlin - FW Paweł Brożek May 3, 1983 (1983-05-03) (age 24) 8 1 Wisła Kraków - FW Ireneusz Jeleń April 09, 1982 (1982-04-09) (age 25) 13 2 AJ Auxerre

The following players have also been called up during the current Euro qualifying campaign.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club - GK Wojciech Kowalewski May 11, 1977 (1977-05-11) (age 30) 10 0 Spartak Moscow - DF Adam Kokoszka October 06, 1986 (1986-10-06) (age 21) 2 1 Wisła Kraków - MF Dariusz Dudka December 09, 1983 (1983-12-09) (age 24) 21 2 Wisła Kraków - MF Przemysław Kaźmierczak August 8, 1982 (1982-08-08) (age 25) 9 1 Porto - MF Rafał Grzelak June 24, 1982 (1982-06-24) (age 25) 2 0 Boavista - MF Arkadiusz Radomski June 27, 1977 (1977-06-27) (age 30) 24 0 FK Austria Wien - FW Tomasz Frankowski August 16, 1974 (1974-08-16) (age 33) 20 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers

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

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.

The Poland start Euro 2008 qualifying 2 september 2006 was match Poland beetween Finland, on Zawisza Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland loser 1:3. Next match Poland beetween Serbia on Legia Stadium, match was 6 september 2006. Next Poland match, was 7 October 2006 in Ałmaty, Poland beetwen Kazachstan. Poland winner match 1:0. Next match was in 11 October 2006, Poland played match Portugal, and Poland winner 2:1 match beetween Portugal. Next match Poland was match Belgia beetwen Poland in Bruksela, Poland winner match 1:0. Next match was 24 march 2007 in Warsaw. Poland played and winner Azerbaijan. Next Poland challenger was Armenia. Poland winner Armenia. Next Poland match was in Baku - Poland between Azerbaijan, match winner Poland. Next Poland national football team was 6 June 2007, Poland loser match. Next Poland challenger in qualifying Euro2008 was Portugal Football national team. Portugal played Poland in 8 September 2007, and draw to Poland(score:2:2). Next Poland national football team was Finland, Poland draw Finland(score:0:0). Next Poland national football team challenger was Kazakhstan, match was 13 October 2007. Decisive match to Euro 2008 was Poland between Belgium, Poland winner 2:0 and advanced to Euro 2008. Last Match Poland played 21 November 2007 and draw Serbia.

Team Pts Pld  Czech Republic 0 0  Poland 0 0  Northern Ireland 0 0  Slovakia 0 0  Slovenia 0 0  San Marino 0 0

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	2006-08-16	—

As of June 6, 2007, the ten 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.	Władysław Żmuda	1973 - 1986	91	1
4.	Jacek Bąk (*)	1993 - present	86	3
5.	Antoni Szymanowski	1970 - 1980	82	1
6.	Zbigniew Boniek	1976 - 1988	80	24
7.	Tomasz Wałdoch	1991 - 2002	74	2
8.	Jacek Krzynówek (*)	1998 - present	73	13
9.	Piotr Świerczewski	1992 - 2003	70	1
10.	Roman Kosecki	1988 - 1995	69	19

• (*) - still active

As of June 6, 2007, the ten players with the most goals for Poland are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)
1.	Włodzimierz Lubański	1963 - 1980	48 (65)
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

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• Poland - Italy 3-1
• Poland - Portugal 2-1
• Portugal - Poland 2-2
• Poland - Belgium 2-0

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