Team profile: Poland
In winning eight of their ten qualifying matches, Poland will have hoped to have fostered the sort of winning culture which saw them reach the semi finals the last time the World Cup was held in Germany.
FIFA Ranking: 29
Coach: Pawel Janas
Key players: Maciej Zurawski, Kamil Kosowski, Miroslav Szymkowiak
World Cup record: Sixth appearance
Best Finish: Third 1974, 1982
Last appearance: First round 2002
Qualifying route: One of the best two European group runners-up.
Key question: This team with few big names turned plenty heads in qualification, can they do the same on the big stage?
Squad:
| Goalkeepers | # |
| Artur Boruc | 1 |
| Tomasz Kuszczak | 12 |
| Lukasz Fabianski | 21 |
| Defenders | |
| Mariusz Jop | 2 |
| Seweryn Gancarczyk | 3 |
| Marcin Baszczynski | 4 |
| Jacek Bak | 6 |
| Michal Zewlakow | 14 |
| Mariusz Lewandowski | 18 |
| Dariusz Dudka | 17 |
| Bartosz Bosacki | 19 |
| Midfielders | |
| Kamil Kosowski | 5 |
| Radoslaw Sobolewski | 7 |
| Jacek Krzynowek | 8 |
| Miroslav Szymkowiak | 10 |
| Sebastian Mila | 13 |
| Euzebiusz Smolarek | 15 |
| Arkadiusz Radomski | 16 |
| Piotr Giza | 20 |
| Forwards | |
| Maciej Zurawski | 9 |
| Grzegorz Rasiak | 11 |
| Ireneusz Jelen | 21 |
| Pawel Brozek | 23 |
Group matches:
v Ecuador, 19:00 GMT, Friday 9th June – Gelsenkirchen
v Germany, 19:00 GMT, Wednesday 14th June – Dortmund
v Cost Rica, 14:00 GMT, Tuesday 20th June – Hanover