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Poland national football team
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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.
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 |
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, Włodzimierz Smolarek
- Reserve players: Mirosław Bulzacki, Andrzej Fischer, Roman Jakóbczak, Zygmunt Kalinowski, Marek Kusto, Henryk Wieczorek
Football World Cup, France 1938
For more information about Poland's performance, see Poland v Brazil (1938)
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 |
Round 1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
  2012 |
Host |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
1/13 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
- *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.
- 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
- 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
- Polish national team result: first round, after beating Tunisia 6-0 and losing 1-2 to Denmark and 0-2 to Argentina
- Coach: Czeslaw Krug
- Players: Lucjan Brychczy, Zygmunt Gadecki, Henryk Grzybowski, Stanislaw Hachorek, Roman Lentner, Hubert Pala, Ernest Pol, Tomasz Stefaniszyn, Marceli Strzykalski, Henryk Szczepanski, Edward Szymkowiak
- Reserve players: Eugeniusz Faber, Stefan Florenski, Ryszard Grzegorczyk, Engelbert Jarek, Marian Norkowski
- Polish national team result: second round, after beating France 2-1 and losing to Denmark 0-2.
- Coach: Michał Matyas
- Players: Henryk Alszer, Hubert Banisz, Ewald Cebula, Gerard Cieslik, Władysław Gędłek, Kazimierz Kaszuba, Jerzy Krasówka, Jozef Mamon, Pawel Sobek, Tomasz Stefaniszyn, Czeslaw Suszczyk, Edward Szymkowiak, Kazimierz Trampisz, Jan Wisniewski
- Reserve players: Tadeusz Glimas, Zbigniew Jaskowski
- Reserve players, who stayed in Poland: Zdzislaw Bieniek, Oskar Brajter, Henryk Janduda, Zdzislaw Mordarski, Henryk Skromny, Teodor Wieczorek
- Polish national team result: 4th place
- Coach: Jozef Kaluza
- Players: Spirydion Albanski, Franciszek Cebulak, Ewald Dytko, Hubert Gad, Antoni Galecki, Wilhelm Góra, Walerian Kisielinski, Jozef Kotlarczyk, Edward Madejski, Henryk Martyna, Michał Matyas, Walenty Musielak, Teodor Peterek, Ryszard Piec, Fryderyk Scherfke, Władysław Szczepaniak, Jan Wasiewicz, Gerard Wodarz
- Reserve players, who stayed in Poland: Marian Fontowicz, Wilhelm Piec, Alojzy Sitko, Jerzy Wostal
- Polish National Team result: first round, after losing 0-5 to Hungary
- Coach: Adam Obrubanski
- Players: Mieczyslaw Batsch, Stanislaw Cikowski, Wawrzyniec Cyl, Stefan Fryc, Jozef Kaluza, Wacław Kuchar, Henryk Reyman, Leon Sperling, Marian Spoida, Zdzislaw Styczen, Mieczyslaw Wisniewski
- Reserve players: Ludwik Gintel, Emil Goerlitz, Wladyslaw Krupa, Juliusz Miller, Jan Reyman, Wawrzyniec Stalinski, Tadeusz Synowiec
Honors
Biggest Success of the Polish national team.
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- Third Place (2): 1974, 1982
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- Gold medal (1)
 1972
- Silver Medal (2)
 1976, 1992
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 |
L 0-1 |
| August 20, 2008 |
Lviv, Ukraine |
Poland - Ukraine |
friendly |
L 0-1 |
| September 6, 2008 |
Wrocław, Poland |
Poland -  Slovenia |
World Cup Qual. |
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| September 10, 2008 |
, San Marino |
 San Marino - Poland |
World Cup Qual. |
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| October 11, 2008 |
, Poland |
Poland - Czech Republic |
World Cup Qual. |
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| October 15, 2008 |
, Slovakia |
 Slovakia - Poland |
World Cup Qual. |
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| November 19, 2008 |
Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
 Republic of Ireland - Poland |
friendly |
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| February 11, 2009 |
Cardiff, Wales |
 Wales - Poland |
friendly |
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| March 28, 2009 |
, Northern Ireland |
 Northern Ireland - Poland |
World Cup Qual. |
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| April 1, 2009 |
, Poland |
Poland - San Marino |
World Cup Qual. |
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| September 5, 2009 |
, Poland |
Poland - Northern Ireland |
World Cup Qual. |
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| September 9, 2009 |
, Slovenia |
Slovenia - Poland |
World Cup Qual. |
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| October 10, 2009 |
, Czech Republic |
Czech Republic - Poland |
World Cup Qual. |
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| October 14, 2009 |
, Poland |
Poland - Slovakia |
World Cup Qual. |
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Current squad
The following players were named by coach Leo Beenhakker for the qualifying matches against Slovenia and San Marino.[1] Caps and goals correct as of August 20, 2008.
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Strikers
Other recent callups
The following players have also appeared for the Polish NT in the last two years or are on the reserve list for the next match (in bold).
- Goalkeepers
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Strikers
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