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Poland - World Cup 2006

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	National team - Poland
	Capital City- Warsaw
	Continent- Europe
	Manager- Pawel Janas

Star Man- Artur Boruc and Maciej Zurawski both of Celtic are key players in the Polish national team. Artur Boruc is the National’s team first choice goalkeeper putting in fantastic displays during their qualifying campaign including a great display against England which led to teams such as Arsenal being interested in Artur. Zurawski is a key goal scorer and has netted 15 times in his short international career as well as creating many goal scoring opportunities. He finished number 5 in the top scoring rankings of the European zone netting 7 times.

How did they qualify - Poland came through a difficult group with ease, the group included; England (eventual group winners by 1 point), Austria, Northern Ireland, Wales & Azerbaijan. Poland finished second in this group 1 point behind England and 9 ahead of third placed Austria. Poland had many fine displays including a 3-1 away win over third place Austria and an emphatic 8-0 home drubbing of Azerbaijan. Poland can now go to Germany full of confidence after a fine qualifying campaign.

Take a look at the Poland National team photo above.

Team History
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
Current Notable Players:	Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc - Celtic F.C. Jerzy Dudek - Liverpool F.C. Wojciech Kowalewski - Spartak Moscow Sebastian Przyrowski - Groclin Defenders: Marcin Adamski - SK Rapid Wien Jacek Bak - Al Rayan Jaroslaw Bieniuk - Amica Wronki Marcin Baszczynski - Wisla Krakow Bartosz Bosacki - FC Nurnberg Dariusz Dudka - Wisla Krakow Arkadiusz Glowacki - Wisla Krakow Tomasz Hajto - Southampton F.C. Mariusz Jop - FC Moskva Tomasz Kielbowicz - Legia Warszawa Pawel Kaczorowski - Lech Poznan Tomasz Klos - Wisla Krakow Tomasz Rzasa - ADO Den Haag Maciej Stolarczyk - Wisla Krakow Marcin Wasilewski - Wisla Plock Michal Zewlakow - Anderlecht Dariusz Zuraw - Hannover 96 Midfielders: Marcin Burkhardt - Legia Warszawa Piotr Giza - Cracovia Krakow Knrad Golos - Wisla Krakow Damian Gorawski - FC Moskva Marcin Kaczmarek - Korona Kielce Radoslaw Kaluzny - LR Ahlen Bartosz Karwan - Legia Warszawa Przemyslaw Kazmierczak - Korona Kielce Kamil Kosowski - Southampton F.C. Jacek Krzynowek - Bayer Leverkusen Mariusz Lewandowski - FC Shakhtar Donetsk Sebastian Mila - Austria Wien Patryk Rachwal - Wisla Plock Arkadiusz Radomski - Austria Wien Euzebiusz Smolarek - Borussia Dortmund Radoslaw Sobolewski - Wisla Krakow Miroslaw Szymkowiak -Trabzonspor Marcin Zajac - Groclin Marek Zienczuk - Wisla Krakow Forwards: Pawel Brozek - Wisla Krakow Tomasz Frankowski - Elche CF Ireneusz Jelen - Wisla Plock Andrzej Niedzielan - NEC Nijmegen Grzegorz Piechna - Korona Kielce Grzegorz Rasiak - Tottenham Hotspur Marek Saganowski - Vitoria SC Bartosz Slusarski - Groclin Maciej Zurawski - Celtic FC