POLAND
Its been a while since
Poland kicked ball with the
big guns.
However, back in the 70`s
they where one of the best
teams
in the world. In the
1974 World cup they finished
third with a
1-0 win over Brazil and with
striker Grzegorz Lato
winning the
Golden Boot for his seven
goals. Poland had another
third place
result in 1982 beating
France 3–2 in the
third-place play-off.
Poland also won the gold
medal in the 1972 Summer
Olympics in
Munich, and the silver medal
in 1976 in Montreal as well
in 1992
silver medal in Barcelona.
Poland first qualified for
the European Football
Championships
in 2008, although they will
compete as joint hosts with
Ukraine in
Euro 2012, thus have
automatically qualified.
Facts
Head coach:
Franciszek Smuda Meritter:
Bronze in WC 1974 &
82
Olympic gold in 1972,
Olympic silver 1976
& 1992
Euro
qualifivation:
None. Directly
qualified as co-host.
Most acps:
Michal Zewlakow
(102)
Most goals:
Wlodzimierz Lubanski
(48)
Team colours:
White shirts,
red
shorts
Away colours: All
red
Poland
squad 2012
Captain:
Jakub Błaszczykowski
Goalkeepers:
1
Wojciech Szczęsny
(Arsenal)
22
Przemysław Tytoń
(PSV Eindh.)
12
Grzegorz
Sandomierski (Genk)
Defenders:
2
Sebastian Boenisch
(W.Bremen)
4
Marcin Kamiński
(Lech Poznań)
15
Damien Perquis
(Sochaux)
20
Łukasz Piszczek (B.
Dortmund)
13
Marcin Wasilewski
(Anderlecht)
14
Jakub Wawrzyniak
(Legia Warsz.)
3
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak
(Lech Poznań)
Midfielders:
16
Jakub Błaszczykowski
(B.D)
5
Dariusz Dudka
(Auxerre)
21
Kamil Grosicki
(Sivasspor)
6
Adam Matuszczyk
(F.Düsseld.)
18
Adrian Mierzejewski
(Trabz.)
11 Rafal Murawski
(Lech Poz.)
7
Eugen Polanski
(Mainz)
10
Ludovic Obraniak
(Bordeaux)
8
Maciej Rybus (Terek
Grozny)
11
Rafał Wolski (Legia
Warsz.)
Forwards:
23
Paweł Brożek
(Celtic)
9
Robert Lewandowski
(Bor Dor)
17
Artur Sobiech
(Hannove)
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