Poland

22 entrants predicted Poland to win the World Cup

141 entrants are supporting Poland

Top 10 Poland supporters

Pos	Name	Po
1	Pav Leeds	96
2	Mike Poland	95
3	Mark Lewicki   Dearborn, MI	94
3	Neil Spring   Dublin	94
5	David Rappaport UK	93
5	Bartosz  Puerto Rico	93
7	Andrew Kolodziej USA	92
8	anto Ireland	91
8	Eoghan Clifford   Galway	91
8	Jonny New York	91

Group matches

Team profile

• Coach: Paweł Janas, 2002-
• World Cup appearances: 7
• First World Cup: 1938
• Best performance at World Cup: Third place, 1974, 1982

The Poland 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

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