Euro 2008- Poland: Poland has qualified to play in Euro Cup 2008, hosted by Austria and Switzerland in June.
Poland is included in Euro Cup 2008 Group B team along with Germany, Croatia and Austria. Poland has exhibited outstanding performances in the qualifying rounds of the Euro Cup matches. Leo Beenhakker, the coach of Poland led the team to reach Euro Cup 2008.
Poland began their qualifying match against Finland on 2nd September 2006. After that the team played against Serbia, Portugal, Belgium, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Poland confirmed its Euro 2008 seat with a 2-0 victory against Belgium and after that they drew against Serbia. At the end of the qualifying round, Poland was the group leaders with one point forward of Portugal.
The statistics of Poland after the end of the qualifying round was:
Pld: 14
W: 8
D: 4
L: 2
GF: 24
GA: 12
Pts: 28
The schedule of the Group B matches of Poland is:
8th June 2008 Poland vs. Germany, Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
12th June 2008 Poland vs. Austria, Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
16th June 2008 Poland vs. Croatia, Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
The squad of Euro 2008- Poland is:
Defenders:
- Marcin Baszczynski
- Jacek Bak
- Arkadiusz Glowacki
- Dariusz Dudka
- Mariusz Jop
- Pawel Golanski
- Adam Kokoszka
- Tomasz Kielbowicz
- Marcin Wasilewski
- Krzysztof Lagiewka
- Michal Zewlakow
- Jakub Wawrzyniak
Goalkeepers
- Jerzy Dudek
- Artur Boruc
- Wojciech Kowalewski
- Lukasz Fabianski
- Tomasz Kuszczak
Forwards
- Tomasz Frankowski
- Maciej Zurawski
- Radoslaw Matusiak
- Ireneusz Jelen
- Marek Saganowski
- Grzegorz Rasiak
- Tomasz Zahorski
Midfielders
- Grzegorz Bronowicki
- Jakub Blaszczykowski
- Piotr Giza
- Lukasz Gargula
- Rafal Grzelak
- Konrad Golos
- Kamil Kosowski
- Przemyslaw Kazmierczak
- Mariusz Lewandowski
- Jacek Krzynówek
- Rafal Murawski
- Wojciech Lobodzinski
- Euzebiusz Smolarek
- Arkadiusz Radomski
- Sebastian Szalachowski
- Radoslaw Sobolewski
- Miroslaw Szymkowiak
