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 |
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