Poland in the World Cup Finals

Poland qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on October 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Poland's 7th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Third -- Germany 74 and Spain 82.

Poland World Cup Preparations

Poland Team Hotel
Gilde Sporthotel Fuchsbachtal:
Bergstrasse 54, Barsinghausen.
Like Paraguay, Poland are not interested in a luxury stay at an historic Castle during the World Cup Finals, rather they've chosen the Sportschule Barsinghausen Gilde, near Hannover, as their base.

Hotels in Hannover:
Hannover would be a good base for Polish fans, during the group phase at least. Poland play their last game in Hannover, while both Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen are only a couple of hours away by train, or easily reached by motorway. Fans can also reach Barsinghausen by S-Bahn in half an hour and the # 501 bus goes from the station to the Sporthotel.

If you'd rather stay in Barsinghausen, check out the Echo Hotel; a modern, friendly hotel with bright and comfortable rooms.

Poland Friendly Matches
Lost to USA (0-1), Wednesday March 1st. (Kaiserslautern)

Beat Saudi Arabia (2-1), Tuesday 28th March. (Riyadh)
Goals from: Lukasz Sosin (7) and (63).

Lost to Lithuania (0-1), Tuesday 2nd May. (Belchatow)

Beat Faroe Islands (4-0), Sunday 14th May. (Wronki)
Goalscorers: Sebastian Mila (15), Grzegorz Rasiak (48) (84), Marek Saganowski (73).

Colombia, Tuesday 30th May. (Chorzow)

Croatia, Saturday 3rd June. (Wolfsburg)

Poland in the 2006 World Cup
Group A
Friday, 9th June
Poland vs Ecuador
Gelsenkirchen -- (21:00)

Wednesday, 14th June
Germany vs Poland
Dortmund -- (21:00)

Tuesday, 20th June
Costa Rica vs Poland
Hannover -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group A winner travels to Munich and the runner-up goes to Stuttgart.

Poland World Cup Squad 2006
Bialo-czerwoni

Goalkeepers:
1 Artur Boruc (Celtic, Scotland)
12 Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion, England)
22 Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw)

Defenders:
2 Mariusz Jop (FK Moscow, Russia)
3 Seweryn Gancarczyk (Metallist Charkow, Ukraine)
4 Marcin Baszczynski (Wisla Krakow)
6 Jacek Bak (Al Rayan, Qatar)
14 Michal Zewlakow (Anderlecht, Belgium)
17 Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakow)
18 Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)

Drafted in:
Bartosz Bosacki (Lech Poznan)

Midfielders:
5 Kamil Kosowski (Southampton, England)
7 Radoslaw Sobolewski (Wisla Krakow)
8 Jacek Krzynowek (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
10 Miroslaw Szymkowiak (Trabzonspor, Turkey)
13 Sebastian Mila (Austria Vienna, Austria)
15 Ebi Smolarek (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
16 Arek Radomski (Austria Vienna, Austria)
19 Damian Gorawski (FK Moscow, Russia) - OUT
20 Piotr Giza (Cracovia)

Forwards:
9 Maciej Zurawski (Celtic, Scotland)
11 Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton, England)
21 Ireneusz Jelen (Wisla Plock)
23 Pawel Brozek (Wisla Krakow)

Trainer:
Pawel Janas.

Players to watch:
9 Maciej Zurawski (Celtic, Scotland)
15 Ebi Smolarek (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)

Destination Poland

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