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Poland
v England⁠

1–1

Full time

Poland v England finished 1–1.

England
Rooney 31'
Poland
Glik 70'
Date
Wednesday 17 October 2012 · England in 2012
Kick-off
16:00 UK
Venue
National Stadium, Warsaw

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 22, Danny Welbeck On in the 67'
  • No. 17, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain On in the 73'
  • No. 12, Kyle Walker (not used)
  • No. 13, John Ruddy (not used)
  • No. 14, Leighton Baines (not used)
  • No. 15, Gary Cahill (not used)
  • No. 16, Ryan Shawcross (not used)
  • No. 18, Jonjo Shelvey (not used)
  • No. 19, Aaron Lennon (not used)
  • No. 20, Adam Johnson (not used)
  • No. 21, Andy Carroll (not used)
  • No. 23, Fraser Forster (not used)

Poland

Starting XI

  • No. 22, Przemyslaw Tyton GK
  • No. 9, Robert Lewandowski FW
  • No. 2, Kamil Glik D Yellow card 65'
  • No. 7, Eugen Polanski M Yellow card 11'
  • No. 8, Grzegorz Krychowiak M
  • No. 10, Ludovic Obraniak M Off in the 90'
  • No. 13, Pawel Wszolek M Off in the 63'
  • No. 14, Jakub Wawrzyniak D
  • No. 21, Kamil Grosicki M Off in the 82'
  • No. 26, Lukasz Piszczek D
  • No. 27, Marcin Wasilewski D

Substitutes

  • No. 18, Adrian Mierzejewski On in the 63'
  • No. 17, Arkadiusz Milik On in the 82'
  • No. 6, Ariel Borysiuk On in the 90'
  • No. 1, Tomasz Kuszczak (not used)
  • No. 3, Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (not used)
  • No. 4, Marcin Komorowski (not used)
  • No. 11, Rafal Murawski (not used)
  • No. 12, Lukasz Skorupski (not used)
  • No. 19, Waldemar Sobota (not used)
  • No. 20, Arkadiusz Piech (not used)
  • No. 24, Damien Perquis (not used)
  • No. 25, Artur Sobiech (not used)

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2005

04 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

Żurawski

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

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