The Biało-czerwoni Squad for the matches against Albania, San Marino and England  September 2021
←Last Polish Squad that faced England (1012)
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Bednarek, Jan Kacper	12 April 1996	25	CD	Southampton FC, England	34	1
Bereszyński, Bartosz	12 July 1992	29	RB	UC Sampdoria, Italy	36	0
	Bereszyński is injured for the match against San Marino, and then England
Buksa, Adam	12 July 1996	25	CF	New England Revolution, United States	2	4
Dawidowicz, Paweł Marek	20 March 1995	26	CD	Hellas Verona FC, Italy	5	0
Drągowski, Bartłomiej	19 August 1997	24	G	AC Fiorentina, Italy	1	0
Frankowski, Przemysław	12 April 1995	26	M	Le Racing Club de Lens, France	17	1
Glik, Kamil Jacek	3 February 1988	33	CD	Benevento Calcio, Italy	87	6
Helik, Michał Sławomir	9 September 1995	25	CD	Barnsley FC, England	4	0
Jóźwiak, Kamil Jan	22 April 1998	23	M	Derby County FC, England	18	2
Kamiński, Jakub	5 June 2002	19	LM	KKS Lech Poznań	1	0
	Kamiński was drafted into the squad on 30 August to replace those with injuries
Kędziora, Tomasz Karol	11 June 1994	27	RD	FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine	24	0
Klich, Mateusz Andrzej	13 June 1990	31	M	Leeds United AFC, England	34	2
	Klich withdrew from the squad on 30 August after testing positive for CoVid19
Kownacki, Dawid Igor	14 March 1997	24	F	Fortuna Dusseldorf, Germany	7	1
	Kownacki withdrew from the squad on 30 August because of injury
Kozłowski, Kacper	16 October 2003	17	M	MKS Pogoń Szczecin	5	0
	Kozłowski withdrew from the squad on 30 August because of injury
Krychowiak, Grzegorz	29 January 1990	31	DM	FC Krasnodar, Russia	83	5
Lewandowski, Robert	21 August 1988	33	F	FC Bayern München, Germany	124	72
Linetty, Karol	2 February 1995	26	M	Torino FC, Italy	36	5
Moder, Jakub Piotr	7 April 1999	22	M	Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England	14	2
Piątek, Krzysztof	1 July 1995	26	F	Hertha, Berliner SC, Germany	18	8
	Piątek withdrew from the squad on 30 August because of injury
Piątowski, Kamil	21 June 2000	21	D	FC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria	3	0
	Piątowski was drafted into the squad on 30 August to replace those with injuries
Puchacz, Tymoteusz	23 January 1999	22	LB	1.FC Union Berlin, Germany	6	0
Rybus, Maciej	18 August 1989	32	LB	FC Lokomotiv Moskva, Russia	64	2
Slisz, Bartosz Piotr	29 March 1999	22	M	Legia Warszawa SA	1	0
	Slisz was drafted into the squad on 30 August to replace those with injuries
Skorupski, Łukasz	5 May 1991	30	G	Bologna FC 1909, Italy	5	0
Świderski, Karol	23 January 1997	24	F	Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinopolitón FC, Greece	9	3
Szczęsny, Wojciech Tomasz	18 April 1990	31	G	Juventus FC, Italy	58	0
Szymański, Damian	16 June 1995	26	M	Athlitikí Énosis Konstadinoupóleos, Greece	5	0
	Szymański was drafted into the squad on 30 August to replace those with injuries
Szymański, Sebastian	10 May 1999	22	M	FC Dinamo Moskva, Russia	11	1
	Szymański withdrew from the squad on 30 August because of injury
Zalewski, Nicola	23 January 2002 in Tivoli, Italy	19	LM	AS Roma, Italy	1	0
Zieliński, Piotr Sebastian	20 May 1994	27	M	SSC Napoli, Italy	63	7
	Zieliński is injured for the matches against Albania & San Marino, and then England

Squad details correct up to and including Poland's match against San Marino on 5 September 2021.
Tallies taken from PZPN.pl

Diary

Sunday, 8 August 2021 - The PZPN have announced this afternoon that West Ham United goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański has retired from international duty after making 56 appearances for his country. He debuted for the Eagles in March 2006.

Monday, 16 August 2021 - New coach Paulo Sousa has announced his first Polish squad of the new season, consisting of 26 players, for the World Cup qualification matches against Albania in Budapest, San Marino in Serravalle and England back in Warsaw. The biggest surprise is the inclusion of 19 year old Nicola Zalewski, who has played just 24 minutes of senior football so far. Another new face is Adam Buksa, who has scored eight goals in twenty MLS appearances this season for New England Revolution.

Monday, 30 August 2021 - Following the final weekend of league football across Europe before the International break, Paulo Sousa has announced numerous changes to his squad. Dawid Kownacki, Kacper Kozłowski, Krzysztof Piątek and Sebastian Szymański all miss out because of various injuries. Mateusz Klich misses out after testing positive for coronavirus. Piotr Zieliński will miss the first two matches of the campaign window, but Sousa hopes he will be available for the match against England. Initially, Sousa added Lech Poznań's Jakub Kamiński and Red Bull Salzburg's Kamil Piątkowski into the squad as replacements, and these were joined by Legia Warsaw's Bartosz Slisz and AEK's Damian Szymański.
The squad begin training later this afternoon in Legia.

Thursday, 2 September 2021 - Poland 4 Albania 1 - Robert Lewandowski led Poland to an emphatic 4-1 win as Paulo Sousa's side climbed to second in the Group I table. Talismanic captain Lewandowski opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a close range header, but Albania equalised thirteen minutes later when a long pass from Klaus Gjasula found striker Sokol Cikalleshi and he put the ball past Wojciech Szczęsny. Poland regained the lead against the run of play just before half-time through a header from Adam Buksa, who was making his debut. Nine minutes in the second half, Grzegorz Krychowiak tapped in a pass from Lewandowski, after the striker had dribbled past three Albania players. Just before the final whistle, Karol Linetty fired the ball in off the crossbar to secure a convincing win for Poland.

Saturday, 4 September 2021 - Bartosz Bereszyński will miss the match against San Marino tomorrow after limping off the field on Thursday night. He will return to training on Monday in preparation for the match against England.

Sunday 5 September 2021 - San Marino 1 Poland 7 - Poland warmed up for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier with England by smashing San Marino to stay second behind Gareth Southgate's Group I leaders. Striker Robert Lewandowski scored twice, with Karol Świderski and Karol Linetty also netting in the first half. Nicola Nanni pulled one back with San Marino's first home World Cup qualifying goal in eight years. Substitute Adam Buksa then stole the show, scoring a hat-trick to make it four goals in two Poland appearances.

Tuesday, 7 September 2021 - Piotr Zieliński is still not ready to make the tea, and will miss the match against England tomorrow night. Bartosz Bereszyński has not recovered enough to feature in the match either.

Wednesday, 8 September 2021 - The English national anthem was drowned out by almost 60,000 whistling supporters in attendance before the England's players were booed for taking the knee. Then players from both sides were dragged into a furious scuffle after the half-time whistle was blown, caused by Kamil Gilk grabbing Kyle Walker's throat. Both Glik and Harry Maguire were cautioned after the row.
Although the Polish team did not take the knee, they instead pointed to the 'respect' symbol on their left arm.

Thursday, 9 September 2021 - Polish FA chiefs have rejected any insinuation that their players racially abused England players. Their spokesman, Jakub Kwiatkowski said "It was a football incident. Passions were running very high. There was some pushing between Glik and Walker at a freekick. There was a lot of tension and some pushing but no racism."

Wednesday, 13 October 2021 - FIFA will take no disciplinary action over the confrontation between Kyle Walker and Kamil Glik due to lack ofidence. Both associations were asked for their observations on the incident by FIFA, which has decided there is insufficientidence to open proceedings.

Friday, 15 October 2021 - The head of Poland FA, Cezary Kulesza, will ask FIFA to take action against the people who made what it says are false accusations of racism against Kamil Glik. "I made a decision that the Polish Football Association will apply to FIFA to punish those who have unjustifiably accused Kamil Glik of racist behaviour during the match against England. I was convinced from the outset that these allegations were completely false, so we will officially intervene."

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