Poland 1982 World Cup Team

Under the auspices of Polish Football Association, Poland has a national football team that represents the country in international competitions. Having played its first match in 1921 against Hungary in Budapest, the Poland national football team has had successful appearances in worldwide competitions such as the FIFA World Cup tournament. In fact, its participations in this event have provided Polish with two main satisfactions in 1974 and 1982 when the team reached semifinals and finished third in both occasions.

Regarding 1982 FIFA World Cup, it is important to point out some of the most relevant facts about this event. It was held in Spain, according to a decision made in 1966 by FIFA. The competition was won by Italy that received its third World Cup title after defeating West Germany in Madrid 3-1. This tournament is considered the second best, after the competition of 1970 played in Mexico. The semifinal between France and West Germany (runner-up) is one of the greatest matches that marked this event.

Poland finished third on July 10, 1982 after defeating France 3-2. The squad responsible for this was leaded by the head coach Antoni Piechniczek. His pupils were Józef Mlynarczyk, Marek Dziuba, Janusz Kupcewicz, Tadeusz Dolny, Pawel Janas, Piotr Skrobowski, Jan Jalocha, Waldemar Matysik, Wladyslaw Zmuda, Stefan Majewski, Wlodzimierz Smolarek, Roman Wójcicki, Andrzej Buncol, Andrzej Palasz, Wlodzimierz Ciolek, Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach, Marek Kusto, Andrzej Iwan, Zbigniew Boniek, Jacek Kazimierski, and Piotr Mowlik.