Poland Football Team

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Poland Soccer Team General Information
National team - Poland
Poland Capital- Warsaw
Continent- Europe
Manager- Pawel Janas

Poland Soccer Team History
Founded 1919
Affiliated 1923

WC participations 6 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002)
WC honours 3rd place (1974, 1982)
Continental Titles None

World Cup Record:
Year Host Performance
1930 Uruguay -
1934 Italy -
1938 France First Round (last 16)
1950 Brazil -
1954 Switzerland -
1958 Sweden -
1962 Chile -
1966 England -
1970 Mexico -
1974 West Germany Third place
1978 Argentina Second Group phase
1982 Spain Third place
1986 Mexico Second Round (last 16)
1990 Italy -
1994 U.S.A. -
1998 France -
2002 S.Korea/Japan Fourth, Group D
2006 Germany in Group A with Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador
POLAND Football Team for 2006 FIFA World Cup

Coach:
Pawel Janas

Goalkeepers:
Artur Boruc, Tomasz Kuszczak, Lukasz Fabianski.

Defenders:
Mariusz Jop, Seweryn Gancarczyk, Jacek Bak, Michal Zewlakow, Dariusz Dudka, Mariusz Lewandowski, Marcin Baszczynski.

Midfielders:
Kamil Kosowski, Radoslaw Sobolewski, Jacek Krzynowek, Miroslaw Szymkowiak, Sebastian Mila, Euzebiusz 'Ebi' Smolarek, Arkadiusz Radomski, Damian Gorawski, Piotr Giza.

Forwards:
Maciej Zurawski, Grzegorz Rasiak, Ireneusz Jelen, Pawel Brozek.

Poland Statistics in Group A with Germany, Costa Rica, Ecuador

Jersey No. Name of the Player
1 Artur Boruc
2 Mariusz Jop
3 Seweryn Gancarczyk
4 Marcin Baszczynski
5 Kamil Kosowski
6 Jacek Bak
7 Radoslaw Sobolewski
8 Jacek Krzynowek
9 Maciej Zurawski
10 Miroslaw Szymkowiak
11 Grzegorz Rasiak
12 Tomasz Kuszczak
13 Sebastian Mila
14 Michal Zewlakow
15 Euzebiusz 'Ebi' Smolarek
16 Arkadiusz Radomski
17 Dariusz Dudka
18 Mariusz Lewandowski
19 Damian Gorawski
20 Piotr Giza
21 Ireneusz Jelen
22 Lukasz Fabianski
23 Pawel Brozek

Poland Soccer Team is playing in Group A along with Germany, Costa Rica and Ecuador. Poland has participated in the World Cup six times in 1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 and 2002. This time the Polish team surprised everyone by qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup before its last group match away to England.

The Poles will be in high spirits this time as the Poles scored their greatest triumph in footballing history on German Soil with the third place at the 1974 finals.

The polish team lost both at home and away to England. But they emerged triumphant in all the remaining eight qualifiers. The team under the guidance of coach Pawel Janas is all prepared to make history this time.

Poland Soccer Team has earlier won the gold at the Olympic Football Tournament in Munich. It secured a third-place finish at the 1974 finals in Germany two years later. Poland defeated France at Spain 82 to secure the third place. Poland reappeared at the FIFA World Cup finals after a 16-year gap. At South Korea/Japan 2002, the Polish suffered a first-round exit from the finals.

The Polish team failed to reach the UEFA EURO 2004 finals. This time the Poles want to prove themselves by putting forth a commendable performance at Germany 2006.

Poland Soccer Team put forth an impressive performance in the qualifying matches. The pair of Maciej Zurawski and Tomas Frankowski scored a total of 14 goals in the qualifying matches. Maciej Zurawski was also named the Polish player of the year in 2002.