UEFA Euro Team Watch – Poland

                                              

Poland is placed in Group A in this European Championship. Being one of the hosts of the competition, they want positive results to start the campaign. Poland is expected to do better this time with relatively easier group and the home support.

Group A opponents - Greece, Russia, Czech Republic

Past Records in Euro

Poland marked their first appearance in Euro in 2008. The qualifying campaign was great for the Polish team as they edged Portugal to the top spot. Ebi Smolarek was their top scorer with 9 goals. Finishing the qualifiers at the top of the table, they were placed in a group that consisted Germany, Austria and Croatia. They could not make it to the next stage in the campaign.

Results

Loss – Germany 2-0

Draw – Austria 1-1

Loss – Croatia 1-0

Euro 2012
Road to Qualification
Poland qualified for the tournament finals as host.

     Probable Line-up

            Szczesny

Piszczek - Perquis - Wasilewski - Wawrzyniak

                   Dudka - Polanski

     Błaszczykowski(c) - Obraniak - Rybus

                      Lewandowski

Most capped Players

Dariusz Dudka – 61 caps (2 goals)

Jakub Błaszczykowski – 49 caps (8 goals)

Marcin Wasilewski – 45 caps (1 goal)

Top goalscorers

Robert Lewandowski – 13 goals

Jakub Błaszczykowski (Captain) – 8 goals

Paweł Brożek – 8 goals

Man to Watch

                                                      

                                                     Robert Lewandowski

He is considered the second youngest player in Poland to score in his debut. Just after three weeks after his 20^th birthday in 2008, he made the senior team debut and scored as a sub.

2011/12 season has been good for him, as he finished pinned his place in the team as 3^rd top scorer in German Bundesliga and won the title with Borussia Dortmund.