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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Narodowy - Warsaw Tuesday 14 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Poland Group D - Matchday -10 Scotland Last updated 12/07/2021 17:05CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Poland - Scotland Tuesday 14 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached McNeill 14; Pohl 85, 13/10/1965 QR (GS) Scotland - Poland 1-2 Glasgow Sadek 87 23/05/1965 QR (GS) Poland - Scotland 1-1 Chorzow Lentner 52; Law 76 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Scotland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIFA* Poland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 2 Scotland 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 0 1 1 2 3 Friendlies Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 2 2 7 7 Scotland - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 2 2 7 7 Total Poland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 8 3 3 2 10 9 Scotland 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - 8 2 3 3 9 10 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Poland - Scotland Tuesday 14 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Match background Poland will want to atone for a friendly defeat earlier this year as Adam Nawałka's side take on Gordon Strachan's Scotland in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group D looking to build on Saturday's historic 2-0 win at home to Germany. Match background • Poland's record in eight encounters with Scotland is W3 D3 L2 (W1 D1 in competitive games), although their home statistics against Scotland are a less impressive W1 D2 L2. • The teams last met in Warsaw on 5 March this year, Scott Brown (77) scoring the only goal as Gordon Strachan's men got the better of Nawałka and company. • Scotland got off the mark in Group D with a 1-0 win at home to Georgia on Saturday, when Poland moved onto six points as they claimed their first ever victory over Germany in Warsaw. It was the world champions' first defeat in an away qualifier for 16 years. • In 21 matches between the nations' clubs in UEFA competition, the Scottish representatives' record is W10 D4 L7. The most recent of these fixtures was Celtic FC's away goals defeat of Legia Warszawa in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round – Celtic being awarded a 3-0 forfeit victory in the second leg due to Legia fielding an ineligible player. • Poland's Tomasz Brzyski, Jakub Rzeźnicak, Tomasz Jodłowiec, Michał Żyro, Bartosz Bereszyński and Michał Kucharczyk all featured for Legia in the course of that tie; Scotland's Charlie Mulgrew, Callum McGregor, Leigh Griffiths and James Forrest appeared for Celtic. • Poland have won seven of the nine encounters between these countries in UEFA age-group competitions, with Scotland prevailing just once. 3 Poland - Scotland Tuesday 14 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Squad list Poland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Artur Boruc 20/02/1980 34 Southampton - 0 0 0 0 58 - - Łukasz Fabiański 18/04/1985 29 Swansea - 0 0 0 0 21 - - Wojciech Szczęsny 18/04/1990 24 Arsenal - 2 0 0 0 20 - Defenders 1860 - Grzegorz Wojtkowiak 26/01/1984 30 - 0 0 0 0 23 - München - Łukasz Szukała 26/05/1984 30 Steaua - 2 1 0 0 8 1 - Łukasz Piszczek 03/06/1985 29 Dortmund - 1 0 0 0 37 2 - Artur Jędrzejczyk 04/11/1987 26 Krasnodar - 1 0 0 0 11 1 - Kamil Glik 03/02/1988 26 Torino - 2 0 0 0 26 2 - Jakub Wawrzyniak 07/07/1983 31 Amkar - 2 0 0 0 40 1 - Thiago Cionek 21/04/1986 28 Modena - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Paweł Olkowski 13/02/1990 24 Köln - 1 0 0 0 7 - Midfielders - Sebastian Mila 10/07/1982 32 Śląsk - 1 1 0 0 31 7 - Grzegorz Krychowiak 29/01/1990 24 Sevilla - 2 0 0 0 21 - - Maciej Rybus 19/08/1989 25 Terek - 2 0 0 0 30 2 - Kamil Grosicki 08/06/1988 26 Rennes - 2 2 0 0 24 2 Guizhou - Krzysztof Mączyński 23/05/1987 27 - 1 0 0 0 4 - Renhe - Michał Żyro 20/09/1992 22 Legia - 0 0 0 0 2 - Forwards - Robert Lewandowski 21/08/1988 26 Bayern - 2 4 0 0 63 23 - Michał Kucharczyk 20/03/1991 23 Legia - 0 0 0 0 6 1 - Lukasz Teodorczyk 03/06/1991 23 Dynamo Kyiv - 0 0 0 0 5 1 - Waldemar Sobota 19/05/1987 27 Club Brugge - 2 0 0 0 15 4 - Arkadiusz Milik 28/02/1994 20 Ajax - 2 1 0 0 15 5 - Filip Starzyński 27/05/1991 23 Ruch - 1 0 0 0 1 - Coach - Adam Nawalka 23/10/1957 56 - 2 0 0 0 9 - 4 Poland - Scotland Tuesday 14 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Scotland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Craig Gordon 31/12/1982 31 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 40 - - David Marshall 05/03/1985 29 Cardiff - 2 0 0 0 13 - - Matthew Gilks 04/06/1982 32 Burnley - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - Steven Whittaker 16/06/1984 30 Norwich - 1 0 0 0 25 - - Alan Hutton 30/11/1984 29 Aston Villa - 2 0 0 0 42 - - Christophe Berra 31/01/1985 29 Ipswich - 0 0 0 0 28 2 - Gordon Greer 14/12/1980 33 Brighton - 0 0 0 0 4 - - Craig Forsyth 24/02/1989 25 Derby - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Russell Martin 04/01/1986 28 Norwich - 2 0 0 0 13 - - Andrew Robertson 11/03/1994 20 Hull - 1 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Shaun Maloney 24/01/1983 31 Wigan - 2 0 0 0 34 2 Man. - Darren Fletcher 01/02/1984 30 - 1 0 0 0 63 5 United Nottm - Chris Burke 02/12/1983 30 - 0 0 0 0 7 2 Forest - James Morrison 25/05/1986 28 West Brom * 2 0 0 0 33 3 - Scott Brown 25/06/1985 29 Celtic - 1 0 0 0 39 4 Crystal - James McArthur 07/10/1987 27 - 2 0 0 0 17 1 Palace Crystal - Barry Bannan 01/12/1989 24 - 1 0 0 0 18 - Palace - Craig Bryson 06/11/1986 27 Derby - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Ikechi Anya 03/01/1988 26 Watford - 2 1 0 0 8 2 Forwards - Steven Fletcher 26/03/1987 27 Sunderland - 2 0 0 0 16 1 - Steven Naismith 14/09/1986 28 Everton - 2 0 0 0 31 3 Sheff. - Stevie May 03/11/1992 21 - 0 0 0 0 - - Wednesday - Chris Martin 04/11/1988 25 Derby - 1 0 0 0 2 - Coach - Gordon Strachan 09/02/1957 57 - 2 0 0 0 14 - 5 Poland - Scotland Tuesday 14 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Head coach Adam Nawałka Date of birth: 23 October 1957 Nationality: Polish Playing career: Wisła Kraków, PAAC Eagles Coaching career: GKS Świt Krzeszowice, Wisła Kraków (three times), Zagłębie Lubin, MKS Sandecja Nowy Sącz, Jagiellonia Białystok, GKS Katowice, Górnik Zabrze, Poland • Nawałka, part of Poland's squad at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, spent most of his playing days in the Wisła midfield before ending his career in the late 1980s in Chicago. • Having qualified as a coach, he took charge of Krzeszowice in 1996 before returning to Wisła two years later to head their youth set-up. He twice had spells at the senior helm, winning the 2001 Polish League Cup. • After several adventures in the dugouts of clubs in Poland's top two divisions, culminating in a 2006–07 return to Wisła, Nawałka had a short stint as assistant to national coach Leo Beenhakker, aiding their UEFA EURO 2008 qualification. • Soon back in club coaching with Katowice, at the start of 2010 Nawałka switched to Górnik and within six months had guided them to promotion. • With Górnik top of the Polish First Division in October 2013, Nawałka agreed to take the Poland job, beginning the following month. Gordon Strachan Date of birth: 9 February 1957 Nationality: Scottish Playing career: Dundee FC, Aberdeen FC, Manchester United FC, Leeds United AFC, Coventry City FC Coaching career: Coventry City FC, Southampton FC, Celtic FC, Middlesbrough FC, Scotland • An energetic and talented midfielder, Strachan was capped 50 times by Scotland and helped Aberdeen FC lift the European Cup Winners' Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson. Began in management while still a player at Coventry in November 1996 before ending his on-field career aged 40 to concentrate on coaching, keeping the club in the Premier League until 2001. • Although sacked early the following season, he was swiftly appointed by Southampton – whom he guided to eighth place in the English top flight in 2002/03 and the 2003 FA Cup final. Strachan stepped down in March 2004 to concentrate on media work. • Installed as Martin O'Neill's successor at Celtic in summer 2005, Strachan proceeded to win the Scottish Premier League in record time and also lifted the Scottish League Cup in his first campaign.