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4 unusual facts about Poland national football team


Arthur W. Barton

He was a top-class football referee: he refereed the Semi-final between Austria and Poland in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, and was linesman in the 1936 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield United.

Fredrikstad FK

The seventh and final iteration of Fredrikstad's kit was introduced after a match between Norway and Poland at Fredrikstad stadion, on 7 October 1926.

Lukas Jutkiewicz

In addition to his country of birth, England, Jutkiewicz is also eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland through his Irish grandmother, and Poland by way of his Polish grandfather, although the player has made no decision on which country to represent.

Olimpia Elbląg

Most famous players which career has started in Olimpia youth teams are: Adam Fedoruk (former Poland International, UEFA Champions League participant with Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Białkowski (Southampton F.C. goalkeeper) and Maciej Bykowski (former Panathinaikos Athens player).


Abelardo Fernández

He was also an essential member of the squad that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, netting in both the semifinals (2–0, Ghana) and the final (3–2 over Poland).

Andrzej Juskowiak

Andrzej Mieczysław Juskowiak (born 3 November 1970 in Gostyń) is a former Polish football striker who played for Polish national team.

Dejan Damjanović

On 6 September 2013, during a 2014 World Cup qualifier, Damjanović provided the only goal for the Montenegrin side as they tied 1-1 Poland in Warsaw, Poland.

Gabriele Oriali

He was also part of the team that defeated the strong teams of Argentina and Brazil, and defeated Poland in the semi-final.

German minority in Poland

Kamil Glik,a professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Torino and the Poland national football team.

Henryk Apostel

He managed Pogoń Siedlce, Poland U-18, Poland U-21, Śląsk Wrocław, Lech Poznań, Orły Chicago, Górnik Zabrze, Poland, Wisła Kraków and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

Ilija Mitić

He played one 'A' international for the United States national soccer team, on October 10, 1973 at Candlestick Park, as the U.S. lost to Poland 0-1 in a friendly.

Jamie Ward

After a promising start to his career at Sheffield United, Ward was called into the senior team in March 2009 ahead of two World Cup Qualifiers against Poland and Slovenia.

Jerzy Engel

He became manager of the Polish national team in 1999 and after failing to achieve qualification for the UEFA Euro 2000, was instrumental in securing Emmanuel Olisadebe's naturalisation as a Polish national.

Józef Korbas

In the history of the Polish national football team only two players managed to score a hat-trick in their first game, the other being Zygmunt Steuermann.

Józef Młynarczyk

Młynarczyk gained 42 caps for Poland during seven years, the first arriving in 1979 whilst in the ranks of lowly Odra Opole.

Kent Nielsen

Following two under-21 games, he made his debut for the senior Danish national team on 5 October 1983 in a 1984 Summer Olympics qualification game against Poland, making him the last Brønshøj player until this date, to represent the club on the national squad.

Marian Spoida

Spoida in the 1920s represented both Warta Poznań and the Polish National Team.

Mário Moinhos

He made his debut on 24 April 1975 in a 2–0 friendly win in Paris with France, and appeared for the last time on 16 October 1976 in a 0–2 home loss against Poland, at the beginning of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Miroslav Vulićević

Vulićević made his international debut for Serbia in a friendly match, on 14 December 2008, against Poland in Antalya.

Octávio Machado

Machado's last international was against Poland on 29 October 1977 in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, a 1–1 draw.

Ólafur Stígsson

He made his senior international debut on 15 August 2001, coming on as a substitute for Auðun Helgason in the 1–1 draw with Poland.

Philippe Vorbe

Having qualified by first knocking out Puerto Rico in a play-off, then topping the final group in the capital Port-au-Prince, Haïti was drawn into a very difficult group featuring two-time champions Italy, future champions Argentina, and Poland, who managed third place in the tournament.

Rui Rodrigues

Rodrigues' last appearance was on 16 October 1976 against Poland, in a 0–2 home defeat for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos

He became the first player to be sent off at UEFA Euro 2012 during the opening game of the tournament against co-hosts Poland, after receiving two yellow cards, following what pundits decried as two poor decisions by the referee Carlos Velasco Carballo.

Stadion Edwarda Szymkowiaka

The venue is named after Edward Szymkowiak, legendary Polonia Bytom and Polish national team goalkeeper.

Super Express

The newspaper has come under criticism from the Bundestag, the German parliament, after publishing a photo-montage picturing Polish national football team coach Leo Beenhakker carrying the severed heads of German national football team head coach Joachim Löw and captain Michael Ballack in the build up of their UEFA Euro 2008 Group B opener against the Germans in Klagenfurt (Austria).

UEFA Euro 1984

Having eliminated 1982 World Cup third-place finisher Poland and a strong USSR side was a label of quality for a talented young "golden generation" around midfielder Fernando Chalana or strikers Diamantino and Rui Jordão.

Zygmunt Steuermann

He also played twice in the Poland national football team scoring four goals: three in a match against Turkey in 1926 and one against the USA in 1928.


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