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Football: Poland manager names 47-man squad for World Cup

20.10.2022 22:30
The Poland manager has named an extended 47-man squad for this year’s football World Cup in Qatar.
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The lineup announced by Czesław Michniewicz on Thursday includes Barcelona star striker Robert Lewandowski and other regulars such as Napoli midfielder Piotr Zieliński and Juventus forward Arkadiusz Milik.

There are also some fresh faces, such as Artur Jędrzejczyk, Maik Nawrocki and Patryk Dziczek from Polish premier-league clubs, state news agency PAP reported.

Michniewicz is due to name the final 26-man lineup for the World Cup on November 10.

Six days later, Poland will play a pre-World Cup friendly against Chile at the National Stadium in Warsaw.

Poland, captained bLewandowski, qualified for the 2022 World Cup after defeating Sweden 2-0 in a playoff at home in late March.

They have been drawn to play Argentina, Mexico and Saudi Arabia in the group stage of the tournament.

The 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar from November 20 to December 18.

Here's the preliminary 47-man Poland squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar:

GoalkeepersBartłomiej Drągowski (Spezia), Kamil Grabara (FC Copenhagen), Radosław Majecki (Cercle Brugge), Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus);

DefendersJan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria), Paweł Bochniewicz (Heerenveen), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Paweł Dawidowicz (Hellas Verona), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Robert Gumny (FC Augsburg), Michał Helik (Huddersfield Town), Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Tomasz Kędziora (Dynamo Kyiv), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Maik Nawrocki (Legia Warsaw), Tymoteusz Puchacz (Union Berlin), Arkadiusz Reca (Spezia), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont Foot 63);

MidfieldersKrystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Patryk Dziczek (Piast Gliwice), Przemysław Frankowski (RC Lens), Jacek Góralski (VfL Bochum), Kamil Grosicki (Pogoń Szczecin), Kamil Jóźwiak (Charlotte FC), Jakub Kamiński (VfL Wolfsburg), Michał Karbownik (Fortuna Duesseldorf), Mateusz Klich (Leeds United), Kacper Kozłowski (Vitesse Arnhem), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al Shabab), Patryk Kun (Raków Częstochowa), Karol Linetty (Torino), Mateusz Łęgowski (Pogoń Szczecin), Jakub Piotrowski (Ludogorets Razgrad), Michał Skóraś (Lech Poznań), Damian Szymański (AEK Athens), Sebastian Szymański (Feyenoord Rotterdam), Nicola Zalewski (AS Roma), Piotr Zieliński (Napoli), Szymon Żurkowski (Fiorentina);

ForwardsAdam Buksa (RC Lens), Dawid Kownacki (Fortuna Duesseldorf), Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piątek (Salernitana), Karol Świderski (Charlotte FC).

(gs)

Source: PAP