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| Federation founded: 1919 |
| FIFA member since: 1923 |
| Confederation: UEFA |
| Colours: White and red |
| Nickname: Biale Orly (The White Eagles) |
| World Cups qualified for: 8 (of 21) |
| Best results: 3rd place 1974, 1982 |
|
 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 34
|
W 16
|
D 5
|
L 13
|
GF 46
|
GA 45
|
Pts 53
|
|
Poland
is 15th on the all-time table.
|
|
TEAM RECORDS
|
| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
1974, 1982 |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
1978 |
| Biggest win |
7-0 vs Haiti 1974 |
| Biggest loss |
0-4 vs Brazil 1986
0-4 vs Portugal 2002 |
| Most wins in a row |
5 |
| Most losses in a row |
4 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
5 |
| Longest run without win |
4 |
| Longest run qualifying |
4 (1974-86) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
6 (1950-70) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
- |
| POL vs Europe |
W6 - D3 - L5 |
| POL vs South America |
W4 - D0 - L6 |
| POL vs Asia |
W1 - D0 - L1 |
| POL vs Africa |
W1 - D2 - L1 |
| POL vs N/C America |
W4 - D0 - L0 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Wladislaw Zmuda |
21 |
1974-86 |
| Grzegorz Lato |
20 |
1974-82 |
| Zbigniew Boniek |
16 |
1978-86 |
| Kazimierz Deyna |
13 |
1974-78 |
| Henryk Kasperczak |
13 |
1974-78 |
| Andrzej Szarmach |
13 |
1974-82 |
| Antoni Szymanowski |
13 |
1974-78 |
| Jerzy Gorgon |
12 |
1974-78 |
|
MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Grzegorz Lato |
10 |
1974-82 |
| Andrzej Szarmach |
7 |
1974-82 |
| Zbigniew Boniek |
6 |
1978-86 |
| Kazimierz Deyna |
4 |
1974-78 |
| Ernst Willimowski |
4 |
1938 |
| Bartosz Bosacki |
2 |
2006 |
| Wlodzimierz Smolarek |
2 |
1982-86 |
|
YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1938 1R Brazil [aet] L 5-6
1974 1R Argentina W 3-2
1R Haiti W 7-0
1R Italy W 2-1
2Ph Sweden W 1-0
2Ph Yugoslavia W 2-1
2Ph West Germany L 0-1
3/4 Brazil W 1-0
1978 1R West Germany D 0-0
1R Tunisia W 1-0
1R Mexico W 3-1
2Ph Argentina L 0-2
2Ph Peru W 1-0
2Ph Brazil L 1-3
1982 1R Italy D 0-0
1R Cameroon D 0-0
1R Peru W 5-1
2Ph Belgium W 3-0
2Ph Soviet Union D 0-0
SF Italy L 0-2
3/4 France W 3-2
1986 1R Morocco D 0-0
1R Portugal W 1-0
1R England L 0-3
2R Brazil L 0-4
2002 1R South Korea L 0-2
1R Portugal L 0-4
1R United States W 3-1
2006 1R Ecuador L 0-2
1R Germany L 0-1
1R Costa Rica W 2-1
2018 1R Senegal L 1-2
1R Colombia L 0-3
1R Japan W 1-0
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