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Poland

Poland

Nickname	Biało-czerwoni (The White and Red)
Association	Polish Football Association
Coach	Paweł Janas, 2002-
Most caps	Grzegorz Lato (95)
Top scorer	Włodzimierz Lubański (48)
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 -)
Best result	-

The Poland national football team (Polish: polska reprezentacja narodowa) is the national football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.

It played its first international match on 18 December 1921 in Budapest against Hungary and was defeated 0:1. Poland won the Gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the Silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the World Cup, Poland finished third twice: in 1974 and 1982.

World Cup record

1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Withdrew during qualifying
1938 - Round 1 (top 15)
1950 - Did not enter
1954 - Withdrew
1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Third place
1978 - Round 2 (quarterfinals)
1982 - Third place
1986 - Round 2 (top 16)
1990 to 1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Round 1 (top 32)
2006 - Qualified

Football World Cup, Spain 1982

Polish national team result: 3rd place
Coach: Antoni Piechniczek
Players: Zbigniew Boniek

Football World Cup, Germany 1974

Polish national team result: 3rd place
Coach: Kazimierz Górski
Players: Andrzej Szarmach, Grzegorz Lato, Robert Gadocha, Kazimierz Deyna

European Championship record

1960 to 2004 - Did not qualify

Olympic Games record

26th Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992

Polish national team result: 2nd place
Coach: Janusz Wójcik

22nd Olympic Games, Montreal 1976

Polish national team result: 2nd place
Coach: Kazimierz Górski
Players: J.Beniger, L.Ćmikiewicz, K.Deyna, J.Gorgoń, H.Kasperczak, K.Kmiecik, G.Lato, Z.Maszczyk, P.Mowlik, R.Ogaza, W.Rudy, A.Szarmach, A.Szymanowski, J.Tomaszewski, H.Wawrowski, H.Wieczorek, W.Żmuda

21st Olympic Games, Munich 1972

• Polish national team result: WINNER
• Coach: Kazimierz Górski
• Players: Zygmunt Anczok, Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Kazimierz Deyna, Robert Gadocha, Jerzy Gorgoń, Zbigniew Gut, Hubert Kostka, Jerzy Kraska, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Grzegorz Lato, Włodzimierz Lubański, Zygmunt Maszczyk, Joachim Marx, Marian Ostafinski, Zygfryd Szołtysik, Antoni Szymanowski, Ryszard Szymczak
• Reserve players: Marian Szeja, Andrzej Jarosik

Polish national team 2005

U-21 Polish national team 2006

U-21 teams for the friendly match with Hungry in Warsaw on 29 March, 2006

coach: Andrzej Zamilski
players: Dawid Kucharski (Amica Wronki), Paweł Linka (Amica Wronki), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Amica Wronki), Marcin Kowalczyk (GKS Bełchatów), Mariusz Pawelec (Górnik Łęczna), Michał Trzeciakiewicz (Jagiellonia Białystok), Mariusz Zganiacz (Korona Kielce), David Topolski (Lech Poznań), Jakub Rzeźniczak (Legia Warszawa), Tomasz Podgórski (Piast Gliwice), Grzegorz Kmiecik (Polonia Warszawa), Jakub Ławecki (Szczakowianka Jaworzno), Piotr Celeban (Śląsk Wrocław), Radosław Janukiewicz (Śląsk Wrocław), Łukasz Trałka (Widzew Łódź), Grzegorz Bartczak (Zagłębie Lubin), Piotr Klepczarek (Zawisza Bydgoszcz SA), Marcin Tarnowski (Zawisza Bydgoszcz SA).

Top goal scorers

1. Włodzimierz Lubański - 48
2. Grzegorz Lato - 45
3. Kazimierz Deyna- 41
4. Ernest Pol - 39
5. Andrzej Szarmach - 32
6. Gerard Cieślik - 27
7. Zbigniew Boniek - 24
8. Ernest Wilimowski - 21
9. Dariusz Dziekanowski - 20
10. Roman Kosecki - 19
11. Lucjan Brychczy - 18

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