(The White and Red)
Hungary 1 - 0 Poland
(Budapest, Hungary; 18 December 1921)
Poland 9 - 0 Norway
(Szczecin, Poland; 4 September 1963)
Denmark 8 - 0 Poland
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 June 1948)
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| 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) |
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| Largest win Poland 9 - 0 Norway (Szczecin, Poland; 4 September 1963) |
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| Worst defeat Denmark 8 - 0 Poland (Copenhagen, Denmark; 26 June 1948) |
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| 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.
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
Polish national team result: 3rd place
Coach: Antoni Piechniczek
Players: Zbigniew Boniek
Polish national team result: 3rd place
Coach: Kazimierz Górski
Players: Andrzej Szarmach, Grzegorz Lato, Robert Gadocha, Kazimierz Deyna
1960 to 2004 - Did not qualify
Polish national team result: 2nd place
Coach: Janusz Wójcik
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
| Name | Club | Name | Club |
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| Coach Paweł Janas | |||
| 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 Bąk | Al Rayan |
| Jarosław Bieniuk | Amica Wronki | Marcin Baszczyński | Wisła Kraków |
| Bartosz Bosacki | Lech Poznań | Dariusz Dudka | Wisła Kraków |
| Arkadiusz Głowacki | Wisła Kraków | Tomasz Hajto | Derby County |
| Mariusz Jop | FC Moskva | Tomasz Kiełbowicz | Legia Warszawa |
| Paweł Kaczorowski | Legia Warszawa | Tomasz Kłos | Wisła Kraków |
| Tomasz Rząsa | ADO Den Haag | Maciej Stolarczyk | Wisła Kraków |
| Marcin Wasilewski | Wisła Płock | Michał Żewłakow | Olympiacos |
| Dariusz Żuraw | Hannover 96 | ||
| Midfielders | |||
| Marcin Burkhardt | Legia Warszawa | Piotr Giza | Cracovia Kraków |
| Knrad Gołoś | Wisła Kraków | Damian Gorawski | FC Moskva |
| Marcin Kaczmarek | Korona Kielce | Radosław Kałużny | LR Ahlen |
| Bartosz Karwan | Legia Warszawa | Przemysław Kaźmierczak | Korona Kielce |
| Kamil Kosowski | Southampton F.C. | Jacek Krzynówek | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Mariusz Lewandowski | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Sebastian Mila | Austria Wien |
| Patryk Rachwał | Wisła Płock | Arkadiusz Radomski | Austria Wien |
| Euzebiusz Smolarek | Borussia Dortmund | Radosław Sobolewski | Wisła Kraków |
| Mirosław Szymkowiak | Trabzonspor | Marcin Zając | Groclin |
| Marek Zieńczuk | Wisła Kraków | ||
| Strikers | |||
| Paweł Brożek | Wisła Kraków | Tomasz Frankowski | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Ireneusz Jeleń | Wisła Płock | Andrzej Niedzielan | NEC Nijmegen |
| Grzegorz Piechna | Korona Kielce | Grzegorz Rasiak | Southampton F.C. |
| Marek Saganowski | Vitória SC | Bartosz Ślusarski | Groclin |
| Maciej Żurawski | Celtic FC | ||
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).
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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