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 Polish 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

Name	Club	Name	Club
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	FC Nürnberg	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	Tottenham Hotspur
Marek Saganowski	Vitória SC	Bartosz Ślusarski	Groclin
Maciej Żurawski	Celtic FC

U-21 Polish national team 2004

U-21 teams for the friendly match with Ukraine in L'viv on 10 July, 2004

• coach: Władysław Żmuda
• goalkeepers: Radoslaw Cierzniak (Aluminium Konin), Sebastian Krakowiak (Wisła Płock)
• players: Piotr Brożek (Wisła Kraków), Paweł Strak (Wisła Kraków), Aleksander Kwiek (Wisła Kraków), Grzegorz Fonfara (Dospel Katowice), Karol Gregorek (Arka Gdynia), Marcin Kikut (Amica Wronki), Dawid Kucharski (Amica Wronki), Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Amica Wronki), Marcin Klatt (Kujawiak Hydrobudowa Włocławek), Klaudiusz Zabecki (Wisła Płock), Antoni Łukasiewicz (Polonia Warszawa), Jakub Rzeźniczak (Legia Warszawa), Mariusz Zganiacz (Legia Warszawa), Sebastian Szałachowski (Górnik Łęczna), Blazej Telichowski (Lech Poznań), Paweł Wojciechowski (Górnik Zabrze).

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

  Comments

  Kalinowski, Jan.  ? Played soccer for the Polish national team.  Worked for TECO, or some other utility-type company. Died of stomach cancer in 1980 or '81, or '82.  Was treated at Tampa General.  Anyone know of him or surviving relatives?  Do you have an obituary?  I knew him in the hospital.  He would have played before 1980.

  Does anyone out there in cyber space have an answer? We will keep on looking.

  I love the polish teamm! they are awesome!!!!!!!!! you guys never change!!