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Poland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwoni
("The-white-and-red") Orły
("The Eagles")
AssociationPolski Związek Piłki Nożnej
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNetherlands Leo Beenhakker
CaptainMaciej Żurawski
Most capsGrzegorz Lato (100)
Top scorerWłodzimierz Lubański (48)
Home stadiumSilesia Stadium
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current18
Highest16 (September 2005)
Lowest61 (March 1998)
First international
Template:HUNfold 1 - 0 Poland Poland
(Budapest, Hungary; 18 December, 1921)
Biggest win
Poland Poland 9 - 0 Template:NORf2
(Szczecin, Poland; 4 September, 1963)
Biggest defeat
Template:DENf 8 - 0 Poland Poland
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 June, 1948)
World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1938)
Best result3rd place, 1974, 1982
European Championship
Appearances- (first in -)
Best result-
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
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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 (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)

Football World Cup, Spain 1982

Football World Cup, Germany 1974

Poland's current third kit

European Championship record

Poland's current goalkeepers kit

Olympic Games record

26th Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992

22nd Olympic Games, Montreal 1976

21st Olympic Games, Munich 1972

Current Squad

Following players were named for the matches against Azerbaijan on 2 June 2007 and Armenia on 6 June 2007.

Caps and goals as of 28 March 2007, included against Armenia.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
- 1GK Artur Boruc 20 February 1980 24 0 Scotland Celtic
- 1GK Łukasz Fabiański 18 April 1985 4 0 England Arsenal F.C.
- 1GK Wojciech Kowalewski 11 May 1977 10 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
- 1GK Tomasz Kuszczak 20 March 1982 4 0 England Manchester United
- 2DF Jacek Bąk 24 March 1973 84 3 Qatar Al-Rayyan
- 2DF Grzegorz Bronowicki 4 August 1980 5 0 Poland Legia Warszawa
- 2DF Dariusz Dudka 9 December 1983 14 2 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 2DF Arkadiusz Głowacki 13 March 1979 19 0 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 2DF Paweł Golański 12 October 1982 5 1 Poland Korona Kielce
- 2DF Marcin Wasilewski 9 June 1980 15 1 Belgium Anderlecht
- 2DF Jakub Wawrzyniak 7 July 1983 2 0 Poland Widzew Łódź
- 2DF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 66 2 Greece Olympiakos
- 3MF Jakub Błaszczykowski 14 December 1985 7 0 Poland Wisła Kraków
- 3MF Łukasz Garguła 25 February 1981 6 1 Poland GKS Bełchatów
- 3MF Przemysław Kaźmierczak 5 May 1982 8 1 Portugal Boavista
- 3MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 68 10 Germany Wolfsburg
- 3MF Mariusz Lewandowski 18 May 1979 33 1 Ukraine Shakhtar
- 3MF Wojciech Łobodziński 20 October 1982 4 1 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
- 3MF Rafał Murawski 9 October 1981 3 0 Poland Lech Poznań
- 3MF Euzebiusz Smolarek 9 January 1981 21 7 Germany Dortmund
- 4FW Radosław Matusiak 1 January 1982 8 4 Italy Palermo
- 4FW Grzegorz Rasiak 12 January 1979 34 8 England Southampton
- 4FW Marek Saganowski 31 October 1978 16 3 England Southampton
- 4FW Mariusz Ujek 6 December 1977 0 0 Poland GKS Bełchatów
- 4FW Maciej Żurawski (captain) 12 September 1976 61 16 Scotland Celtic

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.

Top goal scorers

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

See also

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