Poland's large squad for friendly game against Greece: Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic FC), Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal FC), Sebastian Przyrowski (Polonia Warszawa), Łukasz Załuska (Celtic FC). Defenders: Bartosz Bosacki (Lech Poznań), Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre), Paweł Golański (Steaua Bukareszt), Tomasz Jodłowiec (Polonia Warszawa), Marcin Komorowski (Legia Warszawa), Piotr Polczak (Cracovia), Jakub Rzeźniczak (Legia Warszawa), Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Michał Żewłakow (Olympiakós SFP (Pireus). Midfielders: Tomasz Bandrowski (Lech Poznań), Jakub Błaszczykowski (BV Borussia 1909 (Dortmund)), Roger (Legia Warszawa), Grzegorz Krychowiak (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Jacek Krzynówek (Hannoverscher SV von 1896), Mariusz Lewandowski (Szachtar Donieck), Wojciech Łobodziński (Wisła Kraków), Rafał Murawski (Rubin Kazań), Ludovic Joseph Obraniak (Lille OSC), Łukasz Trałka (Polonia Warszawa), Jakub Wilk (Lech Poznań). Forwards: Paweł Brożek (Wisła Kraków), Ireneusz Jeleń (AJ Auxerre), Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznań), Marek Saganowski (Southampton FC), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Real Racing Club de Santander), Łukasz Sosin (AS Anórthossis Ammochóstou). Source: http://90minut.pl/news/98/news980894-Szeroka-kadra-Polski-na-mecz-z-Grecja.html Call-up for Ludovic Obraniak who just received Polish citizenship is probably most interesting news about it, but statisticians may look for an information when - if it happened before at all - two goalkeepers from the same club were called up to Poland's national squad.
Yep, not bad at all. I'm not big on friendlies, but the WC qualifying campaign has stalled a bit, never mind the San Marino match. SO it would be good to have some momentum, going into the September double vs Northern Ireland and Slovenia.
Unfortunately there are doubts over Jelen's performance in this game. A few weeks off due to health problems seem probable. http://sport.onet.pl/74456,1248770,2014232,,francja_klopoty_jelenia,wiadomosc.html
He should call Rafal Grzelak too from Steaua, he trained a lot and his fitness is good. And also Golanski because now he is regular after Ogararu left to Ajax. Watch his magic phase against Motherwell and also his goal with Ujpest: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kd6cbOt22w"]YouTube - Rafal Grzelak (Faza golului 3 Steaua - Motherwell)[/ame] -magic phase [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Jp4p_k0mQ"]YouTube - Ujpest -STEAUA GoooooL Grzelak[/ame] - his first goal at Steaua Anyway, you should change your stupid coach Beenhakker, he knows nothing about football and also using Golanski as left defender. He cant play in that posiition!
squad for Greece: Bramkarze: Artur Boruc (Celtic Glasgow), Łukasz Załuska (Celtic Glasgow) Obrońcy: Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht), Jakub Rzeźniczak (Legia Warszawa), Michał Żewłakow (Olympiakos Pireus), Tomasz Jodłowiec (Polonia Warszawa), Bartosz Bosacki (Lech Poznań), Marcin Komorowski (Legia Warszawa) Pomocnicy: Dariusz Dudka (Auxerre), Mariusz Lewandowski (Szachtar Donieck), Jacek Krzynówek (Hannover '96), Rafał Murawski (Rubin Kazań), Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warszawa), Ludovic Obraniak (OSC Lille) Napastnicy: Jakub Błaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund), Wojciech Łobodziński (Wisła Kraków), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Racing Santander), Jakub Wilk (Lech Poznań), Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznań), Marek Saganowski (Southampton FC), Pawel Brożek (Wisła Kraków) Na liście rezerwowej znaleźli się: Sebastian Przyrowski (Polonia Warszawa), Piotr Polczak (Cracovia Kraków), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Girondins de Bordeaux), Paweł Golański (Steaua Bukareszt), Łukasz Trałka (Polonia Warszawa), Tomasz Bandrowski (Lech Poznań), Łukasz Sosin (Anorthosis Famagusta), Sławomir Peszko (Lech Poznań). http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,65046,6898184,Kadra_na_mecz_Polska_Grecja.html
can anyone remember if we ever (or any other national team for that matter) had both goalies from the same club on the squad?
wozniak and szczesny from widzew in 1996? great question though... btw.... I can't wait to see Obraniak - his arrival should demote Krzynowek to the long awaited bench..I love Krzyniu but his time is over
here's the brake down of their time with Widzew around the year 96 the number after the team indicates times played http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=2100 Maciej Szczęsny 1995/96 [Polska] Legia Warszawa 34 1996/97 [Polska] Widzew Łódź 31 1997/98 [Polska] Widzew Łódź 0 http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=2417 Andrzej Woźniak 1994/95 [Polska] Widzew Łódź 33 1995/96 [Polska] Widzew Łódź 32 1996/97 [Portugalia] FC Porto 7 i've included links... did they overlap for a short time to be both on WL and called up to the national team? it would have been in 96 anyway... REP
I don't know about you guys but I cannot wait to see Obraniak today. Obraniak and Kuba (if healthy) can provide us with some potent attacks on the flank....
and the starting 11 is .. Artur Boruc - Marcin Wasilewski, Michał Żewłakow, Dariusz Dudka, Jacek Krzynówek - Jakub Błaszczykowski, Mariusz Lewandowski, Rafał Murawski, Roger, Euzebiusz Smolarek - Robert Lewandowski. Ebi in the starting 11? Really? The NT has to stop being the club team.
Poland 2-0 Greece Ludovic Joseph Obraniak 47, 79 Poland: 1. Artur Boruc - 13. Marcin Wasilewski, 5. Dariusz Dudka, 14. Michał Żewłakow, 8. Jacek Krzynówek - 16. Jakub Błaszczykowski (83, 11. Marek Saganowski), 18. Mariusz Lewandowski, 10. Rafał Murawski (75, 2. Tomasz Jodłowiec), 6. Roger (75, 21. Wojciech Łobodziński), 7. Euzebiusz Smolarek (46, 15. Ludovic Joseph Obraniak) - 20. Robert Lewandowski (54, 9. Paweł Brożek). Greece: 1. Konstantínos Chalkiás - 24. Loukás Výdra, 19. Sokrátis Papastathópoulos, 23. Evangélos Móras (53, 18. Avraám Papadópoulos), 4. Nikólaos Spyrópoulos - 14. Dimítrios Salpingídis (46, 20. Ioánnis Amanatídis), 22. Aléxandros Tziólis (80, 33. Nikólaos Liberópoulos), 10. Geórgios Karagoúnis (64, 3. Chrístos Patsatzóglou), 21. Konstantínos Katsouránis, 7. Geórgios Samarás - 9. Ángelos Charistéas (46, 17. Theofánis Gékas). Thank you Mr. Obraniak
Damn, I had to miss the game 'cause of work. Does anyone have any insights other then those on Polish news sites? Obraniak, way to go, hopefully its a start of a beautiful relationship...
I heard Obraniak is also a French citizen, so will he play for Poland in the qualifiers or France? OK I found it, we need more players like him, who are not ashamed of their polish heritage Obraniak has made an appearance for the France under-21 squad, however, since it was not a match for points FIFA does not consider him permanently capped. This was later confirmed by FIFA's decision to remove the age limit on nationality switches of players who had only been capped at youth level.[3] Due to having Polish roots through his grandfather[4], Ludovic has been the subject of interest from the Poland national football team.[5] He applied for citizenship of the country[6]and has stated that he would be interested in representing Poland, however, his citizenship application was not inspired by footballing reasons but rather a desire to reconnect with his heritage. Since his grandfather had never renounced Polish citizenship, according to Polish laws Obraniak's citizenship did not need to be granted by the Polish government but simply verified by the Masovian voivode. Obraniak was confirmed as a Polish citizen on June 5, 2009.[7] On 23 July 2009, he was officially called up the Poland team by coach Leo Beenhakker for the squad's friendly against Greece,[8] where Obraniak scored the only two goals in the match making the final score a 2-0 victory for Poland.
Good game yesterday!! i was pleased to see a very open game (although i only watched the second half at work) Hopefully this got the blood flowing through the boys legs!!