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Poland


Federation founded: 1919
FIFA member since: 1923

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - Did not qualify
1938 - First round exit
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - Did not participate
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - 3rd place
1978 - Second phase exit
1982 - 3rd place
1986 - Second round exit
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - First round exit
2006 - First round exit

 
STATISTICS
Played
31
Won
15
Drawn
5
Lost
11
Goals for
44
Goals against
40
Points
50
Poland are 13th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
7-0 vs Haiti in 1974.
Biggest defeat:
0-4 vs Brazil in 1986 and Portugal in 2002.
Overall topscorer:
Grzegorz Lato, 10 goals.
Most appearances:
Wladislaw Zmuda, 21 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Grzegorz Lato
Jan Tomaszewski
Zbigniew Boniek
Wladislaw Zmuda
Andrzej Szarmach

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


  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


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