Tuesday, May 1, 2018

WORLD CUP 2018 NATION PRESENTATION: POLAND


NICKNAME: The White and Reds

MANAGER: Adam Nawalka

MOST CAPS: Current most capped player is Michal Zewlakow with 102 caps from 1999 to 2011
5 caps behind him is still active player Jakub Blaszczykowski- 97 caps from 2006

TOP SCORER: Robert Lewandowski- 52 goals from 2008

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: This will be 8th World Cup for Poland, first since 2006. They first appeared in 1938.

BEST RESULT: Poland best result on WC is 3rd place from 1974 and 1982. In 1974 Poland finished first in their group with Argentina, Italy and Haiti. They won all three matches. In second group stage Poland played with Sweden, Yugoslavia and West Germany. They won first two matches while they lost in 3rd from W. Germany. Poland took second place and it meant that they are going to play match for 3rd place. Runner-up in second group was Brazil. Poland was better with one goal from Grzegorz Lato. With 7 goals Lato was top scorer of the tournament and Poland best player.

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