Poland national football team. EURO 2008. Group B
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The Poland national football team ( Polish : Reprezentacja Polski w pilce noznej ) is the national football team of Poland , under the auspices of the Polish Football Association (PZPN).
Polish Football Association - founded in 1919 the Polish Football Association received FIFA affiliation in 1923 and UEFA affiliation in 1955.
It played its first international match on 18 December 1921 in Budapest against Hungary and was defeated 0:1.In their debut in 1938, the Poles were eliminated early on, after a remarkable 6-5 loss to Brazil. Poland won the Gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Poland enjoyed greater success in 1974, prising third place from Brazil in Germany with a goal by Lato. They won Silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and in the 1992 on Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the World Cup, Poland finished third twice: in 1974 and 1982. In the semi-finals they came up against the on-form Italians and lost by 2-0. They went on to defeat France 3-2 and claimed third place overall. The 2006 FIFA World Cup is Poland's 7th successful World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Star Men are Artur Boruc and Maciej Zurawski, both of Celtic. Artur Boruc, National's team first choice goalkeeper putting in fantastic displays during their qualifying campaign. Zurawski is a key goal scorer and has netted 15 times in his short international career as well as creating many goal scoring opportunities.
Statistic of Poland national football team
First International: |
Hungary 1 - 0 Poland (Budapest, Hungary; 18 December 1921) |
Largest win: |
Poland 9 - 0 Norway (Szczecin, Poland; 4 September 1963) |
Worst defeat: |
Denmark 8 - 0 Poland (Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 June 1948) |
World Cup
Appearances: |
7 (First in 1938) Best result Third place, 1974, 1982 |
European Championship Appearances: |
0 (First in -) |
World Cup Record: |
1930 - Did not enter 1934 - Withdrew during qualifying 1938 - Round 1 1950 - Did not enter 1954 - Withdrew 1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify 1974 - Third place 1978 - Round 2 1982 - Third place 1986 - Round 1 1990 to 1998 - Did not qualify 2002 - Round 1 2006 - Qualified |
Squard list for EURO 2008.
| No | Player | Club |
| Goalkeepers | ||
| 1 | Artur Boruc | Celtic |
| 22 | Lukasz Fabianski | Arsenal F.C. |
| 12 | Tomasz Kuszczak | Manchester United |
| Defenders | ||
| 6 | Jacek Bak | Austria Vienna |
| 4 | Pawel Golanski | Steaua Bucharest |
| 2 | Mariusz Jop | FC Moscow |
| 23 | Adam Kokoszka | Wisla Kraków |
| 13 | Marcin Wasilewski | RSC Anderlecht |
| 3 | Jakub Wawrzyniak | Legia Warszawa |
| 14 | Michal Zewlakow | Olympiakos |
| 15 | Michal Pazdan | Górnik Zabrze |
| Midfielders | ||
| 16 | Jakub Blaszczykowski | Borussia Dortmund |
| 5 | Dariusz Dudka | Wisla Kraków |
| 10 | Lukasz Gargula | GKS Belchatów |
| 8 | Jacek Krzynówek | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 18 | Mariusz Lewandowski | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 19 | Rafal Murawski | Lech Poznan |
| 20 | Roger Guerreiro | Legia Warszawa |
| 17 | Wojciech Lobodzinski | Wisla Kraków |
| 7 | Euzebiusz Smolarek | Racing de Santander |
| Forwards | ||
| 11 | Marek Saganowski | Southampton |
| 21 | Tomasz Zahorski | Górnik Zabrze |
| 9 | Maciej Zurawski | Larissa FC |