This team isn't based on sole international performance, but the best players from this nation in a suitable formation.
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STARTING XI
REMAINING SQUAD MEMBERS
3 best players not in the squad:
6 players from the team that finished 3rd at the 1974 World Cup make this starting XI, with a further 3 on the bench. Of all the 25 nations I created squads for, this is the one that is most dominated by a single decade. Despite this, modern day striker Robert Lewandowski has probably become the country's greatest ever player. There is not much at all between Tomaszewski and Mylnarcyk for the starting goalkeeper position, it was a close call. Despite a few performances that made Tomaszewski a big name, Mylnarcyk was probably steadier in bigger matches over his career. Piszczek can act as a back-up right back and 4th centre-back if necessary. Wozniak makes it as a back-up left-back over Adam Musial - Musial's reputation I found to be quite heavily based on the World Cup alone, where he replaced Anczok due to injury. Krychowiak and Brychczy are enough to cover the deeper midfield 3 here. Bernard Blaut was not far from Szoltysik's deep lying spot in the team. I have Boniek 1 place above Deyna in my attacking-midfielder rankings, which may be considered harsh on Deyna. But ultimately he was not allowed to join a major European club, and it can only be assumed that he would have been a success - with Boniek nothing is left to imagination. Pohl, Lubanski, Wilimowski and Szarmach can then be alternatives for the front three, with Szarmach just picked ahead of Gerard Cieslik. Gadocha made it as my final pick as the next best player not yet included. Players by Decade: 1970's (10), 1960's (4), 1950's (4), 2010's (2), 1980's (2), 2020's (1), 1940's (1) |
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Top 10 Polish Players of All-Time
(& their all-time positional rank)
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