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Wednesday, 8 September 1999
European Championship 2000 Group Five qualification match

Poland 0 England 0 [0-0]
 

 

Match Summary
Poland Squad
England Squad

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Srodmiescie, Warszawa
Attendance: 14,000 to 17,000; Kick-off: 8.30pm local, 7.30pm BST
Live on Channel Five (UK) - Commentator: Jonathan Pearce and Joe Royle

 
England - Martin Keown (12 foul),
Poland - Adam Matyesek (36 dissent), Tomasz Hajto (55), Rafał Siadaczka (57), Tomasz Iwan (74).
Red Card: England - David Batty (84)
Results 1995-2000

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Match Summary

Officials from Austria

Poland

Type

England
Referee (green) - Gunter Benke
44 (-), FIFA-listed 1993.

Assistant Referees - Egon Bereuter and Markus Mayr.

Fourth Official - Konrad Plautz.		   Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Poland Team
 

Rank:

 FIFA (18 August 1999) 27th
EFO ranking
ELO rating 30th to 29th		 Colours: Made by Puma - Red collared jerseys with double white pintrim on sleeves and white side/underarm panels, red shorts with white side panels, trimmed with black, red socks with white calf hoop.
Capt: Tomasz Wałdoch Manager: Janusz Marek Wojcik, 45 (18 November 1953), appointed 23 July 1997,
25th match, W 15 - D 3 - L 7 - F 37 - A 26.
Poland Lineup
1 Matysek, Adam 31 19 July 1968 G Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany 27 GA
2 Kłos, Tomasz, off 89th min. 26 7 March 1973 D Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise, France 13 1
3 Wałdoch, Tomasz 28 15 May 1971 D FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 eV, Germany 54 2
4 Siadaczka, Rafał 27 21 February 1972 D FK Austria Wien, Austria 16 2
5 Zieliński, Jacek 31 10 October 1967 D Legia Warszawa SA 35 1
6 Hajto, Tomasz 26 16 October 1972 D MSV 02 eV Duisburg, Germany 26 4
7 Michalski, Radosław 29 21 September 1969 M RTS Widzew Łodź 26 0
8 Iwan, Tomasz 28 12 June 1971 M Philips Sport Vereniging NV, Netherlands 25 4
9 Trzeciak, Mirosław, off 58th min. 31 11 April 1968 F CA Osasuna, Spain 21 8
10 Nowak, Krzystof 23 27 September 1975 M VfL Wolfsburg eV, Germany 9 1
11 Gilewicz, Radosław, off 63th min. 28 8 May 1971 F FC Tirol Innsbruck, Austria 3 0
Poland Substitutes
17 Świerczewsk, Piotr, on 58th min. for Trzeciak 27 8 April 1972 M SC de Bastia, France 43 1
13 Juskowiak, Andrzej, on 63rd min. for Gilewicz 28 3 November 1970 F VfL Wolfsburg eV, Germany 33 13
14 Bąk, Jacek, on 89th min. for Kłos 27 24 March 1973 D Olympique Lyonnais, France 24 1

unused substitutes:

 12-Jerzy Dudek, 15-Tomasz Rząsa, 16-Jerzy Brzęcek, 18-Sławomir Majak.
 
3-5-2 Matysek -
Kłos (Bąk), Wałdoch, Zieliński -
Hajto, Iwan, Nowak, Michalski, Siadaczka -
Trzeciak (Świerczewsk), Gilewicz (Juskowiak).

Averages:

 Age - Appearances/Goals - -

 

England Team
 

Rank:

 FIFA (18 August 1999) 14th
EFO ranking
ELO rating 9th to 11th		 Colours: The 1999 Umbro home uniform - White shadow horizontal striped crew neck jersey with navy collar/cuffs, white Umbro sleeves trim, navy shorts with navy Umbro side trim, white socks with navy pintrim.
Capt: Alan Shearer, 24th captaincy. Head Coach: Joseph Kevin Keegan OBE, 48 (14 February 1951), appointed as caretaker coach 17 February 1999, full-time 14 May 1999.
6th match, W 2 - D 4 - L 0 - F 11 - A 3.
England Lineup
1 Martyn, A. Nigel 33 11 August 1966 G Leeds United AFC 11 7 GA
2 Neville, Gary A., injured off 19th min. 24 18 February 1975 RB Manchester United FC 34 0
3 Pearce, Stuart 37 24 April 1962 LB West Ham United FC 78 5
4 Batty, David 30 2 December 1968 CM Leeds United AFC 42 0
5 Adams, Tony A. 33 10 October 1966 CD Arsenal FC 59 5
6 Keown, Martin R. 33 24 July 1966 CD Arsenal FC 25 1
7 Beckham, David R.J. 24 2 May 1975 RM Manchester United FC 25 1
8 Scholes, Paul 24 16 November 1974 CM Manchester United FC 18 9
9 Shearer, Alan 29 13 August 1970 F Newcastle United FC 53 27
10 Fowler, Robert B., off 65th min. 24 9 April 1975 F Liverpool FC 11 2
11 McManaman, Steven, off 79th min. 27 11 February 1972 LM

Real Madrid CF, Spain

 26 2
England Substitutes
12 Neville, Philip J., on 19th min. for G.Neville 22 21 January 1977 RB Manchester United FC 19 0
18 Owen, Michael J., on 65th min. for Fowler 19 14 December 1979 F Liverpool FC 15 5
15 Dyer, Kieron C., on 79th min. for McManaman 20 29 December 1978 LM Newcastle United FC 2 0

unused substitutes:

 13-Ian Walker, 14-Gareth Southgate, 16-Ray Parlour, 17-Teddy Sheringham.

team notes:

 David Batty becomes the eighth England player to be sent-off.
 
4-4 Martyn -
 G.Neville (P.Neville), Keown, Adams, Pearce -
Beckham, Batty, Scholes, McManaman (Dyer) -
Fowler (Owen), Shearer.

Averages:

 Age 28.9 Appearances/Goals - -

 
    Match Report by Mike Payne

 

Source Notes

TheFA.com
Original newspaper reports
Rothman's Yearbooks
 F.A. Yearbook
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