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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Narodowy - Warsaw Sunday 11 October 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Poland Group D - Matchday -3 Republic of Ireland Last updated 12/07/2021 18:24CET 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 - Republic of Ireland Sunday 11 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Long 90+1; Peszko 29/03/2015 QR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Poland 1-1 Dublin 26 EURO '92 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Czachowski 59, Furtok 77, Urban 86; 16/10/1991 PR (GS) Poland - Republic of Ireland 3-3 Poznan McGrath 12, Townsend 64, Cascarino 68 01/05/1991 PR (GS) Republic of Ireland - Poland 0-0 Dublin 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 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 - - - - 3 0 3 0 4 4 Republic of Ireland 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 3 0 3 0 4 4 FIFA* Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Republic of Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 10 7 6 37 24 Republic of Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 6 7 10 24 37 Total Poland 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 - - - - 26 10 10 6 41 28 Republic of Ireland 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 26 6 10 10 28 41 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Poland - Republic of Ireland Sunday 11 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Match background Poland and the Republic of Ireland go into their final UEFA EURO 2016 Group D game having drawn all of their previous competitive encounters and with an automatic finals berth hanging in the balance. • A win for either side will ensure automatic qualification for the finals, with the losers entering the play-offs. Should Germany avoid defeat at home to Georgia, a 0-0 or 1-1 draw would bring automatic qualification for Poland but a draw of 2-2 or higher would send Ireland through. • If Germany lose, any draw will put both Poland and Ireland into the top two positions and send Germany into the play-offs, with Ireland winning the section on a three-way head to head. Previous meetings • Shane Long levelled at the death as the Irish snatched a 1-1 draw against Poland in their Group D meeting in Dublin on 29 March. • The sides have thus drawn all three of their competitive fixtures to date, since both their matches in EURO '92 qualifying ended level – 0-0 in Dublin and 3-3 in Poznan. • Poland's overall record in 26 games against Ireland is W10 D10 L6. It was 0-0 when they last met in Poland, in a Poznan friendly on 19 November 2013. Form guide • Poland are unbeaten in six competitive home qualifiers (W4 D2) since a 3-1 loss to Ukraine in March 2013. • Ireland have lost only one of their four Group D away matches so far – 1-0 in Scotland. They drew in Germany and beat Georgia and Gibraltar in the others. Disciplinary • The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html. Trivia and links • Ireland defender Seamus Coleman turns 27 on 11 October, the day of the Republic's trip to Warsaw. • Robbie Keane has scored 67 international goals and needs one more to catch West Germany's Gerd Müller and become the joint-fourth highest-scoring European in international football history. The top three are Ferenc Puskás (84 goals), Sándor Kocsis (75) and Miroslav Klose (71). • The nations' clubs have met in eight UEFA competition fixtures, with the Irish sides having the record W2 D1 L5. Most recently, Legia Warszawa overcame Saint Patrick's Athletic FC in last season's UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, winning 5-0 in Dublin after a 1-1 draw in Warsaw. • In 11 UEFA age-group competition encounters with Ireland, Poland's record is W7 D2 L2. 3 Poland - Republic of Ireland Sunday 11 October 2015 - 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 35 Bournemouth - 0 0 0 0 60 - - Łukasz Fabiański 18/04/1985 30 Swansea - 5 0 0 0 27 - - Wojciech Szczęsny 18/04/1990 25 Roma - 4 0 0 0 23 - Defenders - Łukasz Szukała 26/05/1984 31 Osmanlıspor - 8 1 0 0 15 1 - Łukasz Piszczek 03/06/1985 30 Dortmund - 6 0 0 0 42 2 - Artur Jędrzejczyk 04/11/1987 27 Krasnodar - 3 0 0 0 14 2 - Kamil Glik 03/02/1988 27 Torino - 8 1 0 0 34 3 - Jakub Wawrzyniak 07/07/1983 32 Lechia - 4 0 0 0 42 1 - Michał Pazdan 21/09/1987 28 Legia - 2 0 0 0 10 - - Thiago Cionek 21/04/1986 29 Modena - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Paweł Olkowski 13/02/1990 25 Köln - 5 0 0 0 12 - Midfielders - Sebastian Mila 10/07/1982 33 Lechia - 5 2 0 0 37 8 - Sławomir Peszko 19/02/1985 30 Lechia - 3 1 0 0 33 2 - Jakub Błaszczykowski 14/12/1985 29 Fiorentina - 4 1 0 0 73 15 - Grzegorz Krychowiak 29/01/1990 25 Sevilla - 9 1 0 0 29 1 - Kamil Grosicki 08/06/1988 27 Rennes - 8 4 0 0 31 4 - Ariel Borysiuk 29/07/1991 24 Lechia - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Krzysztof Mączyński 23/05/1987 28 Wisła - 7 1 0 0 11 1 - Piotr Zieliński 20/05/1994 21 Empoli - 1 0 0 0 10 3 - Karol Linetty 02/02/1995 20 Lech - 1 0 0 0 6 1 - Bartosz Kapustka 23/12/1996 18 Cracovia - 1 1 0 0 1 1 Forwards - Robert Lewandowski 21/08/1988 27 Bayern - 9 12 0 0 71 32 - Artur Sobiech 12/06/1990 25 Hannover - 0 0 0 0 11 2 Coach - Adam Nawalka 23/10/1957 57 - 9 0 0 0 18 - 4 Poland - Republic of Ireland Sunday 11 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Republic of Ireland Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - David Forde 20/12/1979 35 Millwall - 4 0 0 0 23 - - Darren Randolph 12/05/1987 28 West Ham - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Rob Elliot 30/04/1986 29 Newcastle - 0 0 0 0 3 - Defenders - John O'Shea 30/04/1981 34 Sunderland - 9 1 0 0 106 3 - Paul McShane 06/01/1986 29 Reading - 0 0 0 0 32 - - Marc Wilson 17/08/1987 28 Stoke - 5 0 0 0 23 1 - Richard Keogh 11/08/1986 29 Derby - 2 0 0 0 8 1 - Seamus Coleman 11/10/1988 26 Everton - 5 0 0 0 29 - - Cyrus Christie 30/09/1992 23 Derby - 2 1 0 0 3 1 Midfielders - Glenn Whelan 13/01/1984 31 Stoke - 6 0 0 0 65 2 - Wes Hoolahan 20/05/1982 33 Norwich - 7 1 0 0 23 2 - Aiden McGeady 04/04/1986 29 Everton - 6 2 0 0 76 5 - Darron Gibson 25/10/1987 27 Everton - 3 0 0 0 24 1 - James McCarthy 12/11/1990 24 Everton - 6 0 0 0 30 - - Robbie Brady 14/01/1992 23 Norwich - 8 0 0 0 17 3 - David Meyler 29/05/1989 26 Hull - 4 0 0 0 14 - - James McClean 22/04/1989 26 West Brom - 6 2 0 0 31 4 - Jeff Hendrick 31/01/1992 23 Derby - 7 0 0 0 16 - Forwards - Robbie Keane 08/07/1980 35 LA Galaxy - 8 5 0 0 141 67 - Jon Walters 20/09/1983 32 Stoke - 8 2 0 0 35 7 - Daryl Murphy 15/03/1983 32 Ipswich - 3 0 0 0 16 - - Shane Long 22/01/1987 28 Southampton - 7 3 0 0 57 14 - David McGoldrick 29/11/1987 27 Ipswich - 0 0 0 0 2 - Coach - Martin O'Neill 01/03/1952 63 - 9 0 0 0 19 - 5 Poland - Republic of Ireland Sunday 11 October 2015 - 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.