The 2006 FIFA World Cup is Poland's 7th successful World Cup qualifying campaign. In their début in 1938, the Poles were eliminated early on, after a remarkable 6-5 loss to Brazil. Poland enjoyed greater success in 1974, prising third place from Brazil in Germany with a goal by Lato. In 1982, the Polish team repeated their 1974 performance. In the semi-finals they came up against the on-form Italians and lost by 2-0. They went on to defeat France 3-2 and claimed third place overall.

The team will be playing in Group A along with Germany, Costa Rica and Ecudor.

The Star Men are Artur Boruc and Maciej Zurawski, both of Celtic. Artur Boruc, National’s team first choice goalkeeper putting in fantastic displays during their qualifying campaign. Zurawski is a key goal scorer and has netted 15 times in his short international career as well as creating many goal scoring opportunities.