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World Cup - Poland

Even the most diehard Polish supporters were pleasantly surprised at their team's success in qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™ in advance of their last group match away to England.
The venue of the 2006 finals has been a happy hunting ground for the Poles in the past, as the East Europeans sealed the greatest triumph in their footballing history on German soil with third place at the 1974 finals, a feat they were to repeat at Spain 1982.

The current team coached by Pawel Janas lost home and away to England but won all their remaining eight qualifiers, and are now determined to open a new chapter in their country's football lore. As keeper Jerzy Dudek declares: "We want to make new history."

The time is certainly ripe, as the glories of the past are rapidly fading from the collective memory in Poland. They won gold at the Olympic Football Tournament in Munich before the third-place finish at the 1974 finals again in Germany two years later - Grzegorz Lato's seventh goal of the tournament proving enough to pip the Brazilians to the consolation honor.

Read more at: FIFA World Cup - Yahoo!