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England
v Poland⁠

2–1

Full time

England v Poland finished 2–1.

Poland
Frankowski 45+1'
Date
Wednesday 12 October 2005 · England in 2005
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Old Trafford, Manchester

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Poland

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Artur Boruc GK
  • No. 9, Maciej Zurawski FW Off in the 39'
  • No. 11, Grzegorz Rasiak FW
  • No. 2, Mariusz Jop D
  • No. 4, Marcin Baszczynski D
  • No. 5, Kamil Kosowski M
  • No. 6, Jacek Bak D
  • No. 7, Radoslaw Sobolewski M Off in the 79'
  • No. 8, Ebi Smolarek M Off in the 46'
  • No. 10, Mariusz Lewandowski M
  • No. 14, Michal Zewlakow D

Substitutes

  • No. 17, Tomasz Frankowski On in the 39'
  • No. 18, Jacek Krzynowek On in the 46'
  • No. 16, Arkadiusz Radomski On in the 79'
  • No. 3, Tomasz Rzasa (not used)
  • No. 12, Wojciech Kowalewski (not used)
  • No. 13, Sebastian Mila (not used)
  • No. 15, Tomasz Klos (not used)
  • No. 18, Bartosz Bosacki (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2004

03 27 Mar 1999
UEFA European Championship · Qualifier · Group 5 Wembley, London

England 3–1 Poland England won

England: Scholes 12', Scholes 22', Scholes 70'

Poland: Brzęczek 29'

Match page: England v Poland, 27 March 1999

Official meetings since 1966

England v Poland stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings21In our results database
England wins12England perspective
Draws8Level at full time
Poland wins1Poland victories

England have scored 33 goals to Poland's 13 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

6

Lineker

6 goals against Poland in matches we hold scorer data for.

Poland · Fixture leader

1

Lubański

Poland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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