| 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 |
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STATISTICS
|
| Played |
31
|
| Won |
15
|
| Drawn |
5
|
| Lost |
11
|
| Goals for |
44
|
| Goals against |
40
|
| Points |
50
|
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Poland
are 13th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
7-0 vs Haiti
in 1974.
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Biggest
defeat:
0-4 vs Brazil
in 1986 and Portugal in 2002.
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Overall
topscorer:
Grzegorz Lato,
10 goals.
|
Most
appearances:
Wladislaw
Zmuda, 21 matches.
|
Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part, but POLAND
chose not to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 5)
15.Oct 33 POLAND 1-2 Czechoslovakia
15.Apr 34 Czechoslovakia 2-0 POLAND
POLAND failed to qualify for Italy 1934.
1938
(WCQ Group 3)
10.Oct 37 POLAND 4-0 Yugoslavia
03.Apr 38 Yugoslavia 1-0 POLAND
POLAND qualified for France 1938.
1950 to 1954
POLAND did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.
1958
(UEFA Group 6)
23.Jun 57 Soviet Union 3-0 POLAND
05.Jul 57 Finland 1-3 POLAND
20.Oct 57 POLAND 2-1 Soviet Union
03.Nov 57 POLAND 4-0 Finland
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Soviet Union 4 3 0 1 16- 3 6
POLAND 4 3 0 1 9- 5 6
3.Finland 4 0 0 4 2-19 0
Play-off [in Leipzig (GDR)]
24.Nov 57 Soviet Union 2-0 POLAND
POLAND failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 10)
04.Jun 61 Yugoslavia 2-1 POLAND
25.Jun 61 POLAND 1-1 Yugoslavia
POLAND failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 8)
18.Apr 65 POLAND 0-0 Italy
23.May 65 POLAND 1-1 Scotland
26.Sep 65 Finland 2-0 POLAND
13.Oct 65 Scotland 1-2 POLAND
24.Oct 65 POLAND 7-0 Finland
01.Nov 65 Italy 6-1 POLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Italy 6 4 1 1 17- 3 9
2.Scotland 6 3 1 2 8- 8 7
3.POLAND 6 2 2 2 11-10 6
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 5-20 2
POLAND failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 8)
20.Apr 69 POLAND 8-1 Luxembourg
07.May 69 Netherlands 1-0 POLAND
15.Jun 69 Bulgaria 4-1 POLAND
07.Sep 69 POLAND 2-1 Netherlands
12.Oct 69 Luxembourg 1-5 POLAND
09.Nov 69 POLAND 3-0 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Bulgaria 6 4 1 1 12- 7 9
2.POLAND 6 4 0 2 19- 8 8
3.Netherlands 6 3 1 2 9- 5 7
4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 4-24 0
POLAND failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 5)
28.Mar 73 Wales 2-0 POLAND
06.Jun 73 POLAND 2-0 England
26.Sep 73 POLAND 3-0 Wales
17.Oct 73 England 1-1 POLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.POLAND 4 2 1 1 6- 3 5
2.England 4 1 2 1 3- 4 4
3.Wales 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
POLAND qualified for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 1)
16.Oct 76 Portugal 0-2 POLAND
31.Oct 76 POLAND 5-0 Cyprus
01.May 77 Denmark 1-2 POLAND
15.May 77 Cyprus 1-3 POLAND
21.Sep 77 POLAND 4-1 Denmark
29.Oct 77 POLAND 1-1 Portugal
P W D L Gls Pts
1.POLAND 6 5 1 0 17- 4 11
2.Portugal 6 4 1 1 12- 6 9
3.Denmark 6 2 0 4 14-12 4
4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-24 0
POLAND qualified for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 7)
07.Dec 80 Malta 0-2 POLAND
02.May 81 POLAND 1-0 East Germany
10.Oct 81 East Germany 2-3 POLAND
15.Nov 81 POLAND 6-0 Malta
P W D L Gls Pts
1.POLAND 4 4 0 0 12- 2 8
2.East Germany 4 2 0 2 9- 6 4
3.Malta 4 0 0 4 2-15 0
POLAND qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 1)
17.Oct 84 POLAND 3-1 Greece
31.Oct 84 POLAND 2-2 Albania
01.May 85 Belgium 2-0 POLAND
19.May 85 Greece 1-4 POLAND
30.May 85 Albania 0-1 POLAND
11.Sep 85 POLAND 0-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts
1.POLAND 6 3 2 1 10- 6 8
2.Belgium 6 3 2 1 7- 3 8
3.Albania 6 1 2 3 6- 9 4
4.Greece 6 1 2 3 5-10 4
POLAND qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 2)
19.Oct 88 POLAND 1-0 Albania
07.May 89 Sweden 2-1 POLAND
03.Jun 89 England 3-0 POLAND
11.Oct 89 POLAND 0-0 England
25.Oct 89 POLAND 0-2 Sweden
15.Nov 89 Albania 1-2 POLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 6 4 2 0 9- 3 10
2.England 6 3 3 0 10- 0 9
3.POLAND 6 2 1 3 4- 8 5
4.Albania 6 0 0 6 3-15 0
POLAND failed to qualify for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 2)
23.Sep 92 POLAND 1-0 Turkey
14.Oct 92 Netherlands 2-2 POLAND
28.Apr 93 POLAND 1-0 San Marino
19.May 93 San Marino 0-3 POLAND
29.May 93 POLAND 1-1 England
08.Sep 93 England 3-0 POLAND
22.Sep 93 Norway 1-0 POLAND
13.Oct 93 POLAND 0-3 Norway
27.Oct 93 Turkey 2-1 POLAND
17.Nov 93 POLAND 1-3 Netherlands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Norway 10 7 2 1 25- 5 16
2.Netherlands 10 6 3 1 29- 9 15
3.England 10 5 3 2 26- 9 13
4.POLAND 10 3 2 5 10-15 8
5.Turkey 10 3 1 6 11-19 7
6.San Marino 10 0 1 9 2-46 1
POLAND failed to qualify for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 2)
09.Oct 96 England 2-1 POLAND
10.Nov 96 POLAND 2-1 Moldova
02.Apr 97 POLAND 0-0 Italy
30.Apr 97 Italy 3-0 POLAND
31.May 97 POLAND 0-2 England
14.Jun 97 POLAND 4-1 Georgia
07.Oct 97 Moldova 0-3 POLAND
11.Oct 97 Georgia 3-0 POLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 8 6 1 1 15- 2 19
2.Italy 8 5 3 0 11- 1 18
3.POLAND 8 3 1 4 10-12 10
4.Georgia 8 3 1 4 7- 9 10
5.Moldova 8 0 0 8 2-21 0
POLAND failed to qualify for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 5)
02.Sep 00 Ukraine 1-3 POLAND
07.Oct 00 POLAND 3-1 Belarus
11.Oct 00 POLAND 0-0 Wales
24.Mar 01 Norway 2-3 POLAND
28.Mar 01 POLAND 4-0 Armenia
02.Jun 01 Wales 1-2 POLAND
06.Jun 01 Armenia 1-1 POLAND
01.Sep 01 POLAND 3-0 Norway
05.Sep 01 Belarus 4-1 POLAND
06.Oct 01 POLAND 1-1 Ukraine
P W D L Gls Pts
1.POLAND 10 6 3 1 21-11 21
2.Ukraine 10 4 5 1 13- 8 17
3.Belarus 10 4 3 3 12-11 15
4.Norway 10 2 4 4 12-14 10
5.Wales 10 1 6 3 10-12 9
6.Armenia 10 0 5 5 7-19 5
POLAND qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 6)
04.Sep 04 Northern Ireland 0-3 POLAND
08.Sep 04 POLAND 1-2 England
09.Oct 04 Austria 1-3 POLAND
13.Oct 04 Wales 2-3 POLAND
26.Mar 05 POLAND 8-0 Azerbaijan
30.Mar 05 POLAND 1-0 Northern Ireland
04.Jun 05 Azerbaijan 0-3 POLAND
03.Sep 05 POLAND 3-2 Austria
07.Sep 05 POLAND 1-0 Wales
12.Oct 05 England 2-1 POLAND
P W D L Gls Pts
1.England 10 8 1 1 17- 5 25
2.POLAND 10 8 0 2 27- 9 24
3.Austria 10 4 3 3 15-12 15
4.Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 10-18 9
5.Wales 10 2 2 6 10-15 8
6.Azerbaijan 10 0 3 7 1-21 3
POLAND qualified for Germany 2006.
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