Janas' side take on England a week today, but before then they take on Northern Ireland in Belfast this weekend.

Poland are the second seeds in England's group and will be expected to push for the one automatic berth that the group offers.

There are thirteen foriegn-based players in the Polish squad including two players who currently ply their trade in the Premiership - goalkeepers Jerzy Dudek of Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion's Tomasz Kuszczak.

Poland and England have a long history of being drawn together in qualifying for both the World Cup and the European Championship. Since 1986, the two sides have met 11 times, with England winning seven and drawing four.

Poland squad v England, World Cup Qualifier, 08 September 2004

Player

Club

Pos

Caps

Goals

Jerzy Dudek

Liverpool (Eng)

G

43

0

Artur Boruc

Legia Warsaw

 G

4

0

Tomasz Kuszczak

WBA (Eng)

G

2

0

Tomasz Klos

Wisla Krakow

 D

54

4

Arkadiusz Glowacki

Wisla Krakow

D

15

0

Jacek Bak

Lens (Fra)

 D

54

2

Marcin Baszczynuski

Wisla Krakow

D

13

0

Bartosz Bosacki

Lech Posnan

 D

5

0

Michal Zewlakow

Anderlecht (Bel)

D

5

1

Dariusz Dudka

Amica Wronki

 D

2

0

Tomasz Rzasa

Heerenveen (Hol)

D

20

1

Mariusz Kukielka

Wisla Krakow

 M

19

3

Euzebiusz Smolarek

Feyenoord (Hol)

M

3

0

Damian Gorawski

Wisla Krakow

 M

8

1

Sebastian Mila

Groclin

M

11

3

Mariusz Lewandowski

Shakhtar D (Ukr)

 M

17

0

Jacek Krzynowek

Nuremburg (Ger)

M

42

6

Kamil Kosowski

Kaiseslaut'n (Ger)

 M

25

2

Arkadiusz Radomski

Heerenveen (Hol)

M

6

0

Maciej Zurawski

Wisla Krakow

 F

33

6

Andrzej Niedzielan

Nijmegen (Hol)

F

11

5

Piotr Wlodarczyk

Legia Warsaw

 F

3

2

Grzegorz Rasiak

Siena (Ita)

F

13

3

Emmanuel Olisadebe

Panatha'kos (Gre)

 F

25

11


Squad up to date as of Northern Ireland v Poland, 04 Sept 04