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Football national side
Poland
National team · Poland
«The White and Reds»
76
Matches
33
wins
18
draws
25
losses
128–98
Goals
+30
Difference
1.7
Scored per game
Form
L
31 Mar · Away Sweden · 2:3
L
31 May · Home Ukraine · 0:2
D
3 Jun · Home Nigeria · 2:2
D
25 Sep · Home Bosnia & Herzegovina · 0:0
L
28 Sep · Away Sweden · 1:3
W
2 Oct · Home Romania · 6:0
The national side traces back to the winter of 1919; two years later, on 18 December 1921, the team took the field for the first time, against Hungary. Membership of FIFA followed in 1923, of UEFA in 1955.
Nothing that came after matched the run under Kazimierz Górski in the first half of the 1970s. His side took Olympic gold in 1972 and finished third at the 1974 World Cup, with Grzegorz Lato top-scoring in West Germany to claim the Golden Boot. Poland added an Olympic silver in 1976, then repeated the World Cup bronze in 1982, before the results thinned out through the late 1980s and into the 1990s.
Warsaw's Kazimierz Górski National Stadium, holding 58,580, has hosted the team through the leaner years as much as the good ones.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 5 Oct | UEFA Nations League |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
A
|
||
| 2 Oct | UEFA Nations League |
Romania
H
|
6:0 | W |
| 28 Sep | UEFA Nations League |
Sweden
A
|
1:3 | L |
| 25 Sep | UEFA Nations League |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
H
|
0:0 | D |
| 3 Jun | Friendlies |
Nigeria
H
|
2:2 | D |
| 31 May | Friendlies |
Ukraine
H
|
0:2 | L |
Standing
UEFA Nations LeagueGroup stage · League B - Group D
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sweden
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:3 | 10 |
| 2 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:3 | 8 |
| 3 |
 Poland
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7:4 | 4 |
| 4 |
Romania
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3:13 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 76
76
Matches
33
wins
18
draws
25
losses
128–98
Goals
+30
Difference
1.7
Scored per game
wins
draws
losses
scored — above the line
conceded — below the line
| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 76 | 45 | 31 |
| Scored | 128 | 81 | 47 |
| Conceded | 98 | 43 | 55 |
| Scored per game | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Conceded per game | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Difference | +30 | +38 | −8 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Piotr Sebastian Zieliński
Midfielder
4 Matches
Robert Lewandowski
Forward
4 Matches
Sebastian Szymański
Midfielder
4 Matches
Mateusz Kochalski
Goalkeeper
4 Matches
Michał Krzysztof Skóraś
Forward
4 Matches
Tomasz Karol Kędziora
Defender
4 Matches
Karol Świderski
Midfielder
4 Matches
Jakub Piotr Kiwior
Defender
4 Matches
Squad of Poland
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Piotr Sebastian Zieliński |
Midfielder | 4 | ||
| 9 | |
 Robert Lewandowski |
Forward | 38 | 4 |
| 20 | |
 Sebastian Szymański |
Midfielder | 27 | 4 |
| 12 |  Mateusz Kochalski |
Goalkeeper | 4 | ||
| 17 |  Michał Krzysztof Skóraś |
Forward | 4 | ||
| 4 |  Tomasz Karol Kędziora |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 11 | |
 Karol Świderski |
Midfielder | 29 | 4 |
| 14 | |
 Jakub Piotr Kiwior |
Defender | 26 | 4 |
| 5 | |
 Jan Bednarek |
Defender | 30 | 4 |
| 6 | |
 Bartosz Slisz |
Midfielder | 27 | 4 |
| 2 |  Matthew Stuart Cash |
Defender | 4 | ||
| 8 | |
 Kacper Urbański |
Midfielder | 22 | 3 |
| 22 | |
 Sławomir Abramowicz |
Goalkeeper | 22 | 3 |
| 16 |  V. Novak |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 19 | |
 Przemysław Adam Frankowski |
Midfielder | 31 | 3 |
| 13 | |
 Mateusz Żukowski |
Forward | 24 | 3 |
| 15 |  Tymoteusz Puchacz |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 18 |  M. Regula |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 21 |  Nicola Zalewski |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 23 |  Kacper Potulski |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 1 |  Marcin Bułka |
Goalkeeper | 3 | ||
| 3 | |
 Przemysław Wiśniewski |
Defender | 28 | 3 |
| 7 |  O. Pietruszewski |
Forward | 2 | ||
| 7 | |
 Jakub Kamiński |
Midfielder | 24 | 2 |
| 3 | |
 Norbert Wojtuszek |
Defender | 25 | 1 |
| 7 | |
 Wojciech Mońka |
Defender | 19 | 1 |
| 11 | |
 Kamil Grosicki |
Midfielder | 38 | 1 |
| 1 |  Kamil Grabara |
Goalkeeper | 1 | ||
| 15 | |
 Arkadiusz Pyrka |
Defender | 24 | 1 |
| 17 |  Filip Rozga |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 22 | |
 Bartłomiej Drągowski |
Goalkeeper | 29 | 1 |
| 8 |  Jakub Piotr Moder |
Midfielder | 1 | ||
| 23 |  Krzysztof Piątek |
Forward | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Jan Zolkowski |
Defender | 1 | ||
| 18 | |
 Bartosz Bereszyński |
Defender | 34 | 1 |
Fixtures of Poland
Honours of Poland
- Olympic Games 1972 1
- Olympic Games 1976, 1992 2
- FIFA World Cup 1974, 1982 2
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