Beenhakker backs Bełchatów pair

Łukasz Garguła and Radosław Matusiak are the debutants in Poland coach Leo Beenhakker's squad for the UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifiers against Finland on 2 September, and against Serbia four days later.

Bełchatów pairing
The GKS Bełchatów strikers have been rewarded after combining to score five goals in the Ekstraklasa leaders' opening four games of the season, all victories. Southampton FC forward Grzegorz Rasiak misses out but another England-based attacker Tomasz Frankowski, still to see action with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC this term, has been selected. Wisła Kraków have the largest presence in the squad while champions Legia Warszawa have been overlooked completely.

Poland squad
Goalkeepers: Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool FC), Wojciech Kowalewski (FC Spartak Moskva), Artur Boruc (Celtic FC).

Defenders: Michał Żewłakow (Olympiacos CFP), Mariusz Jop (FC Moskva), Jacek Bąk (Al Rayyan), Paweł Golański (Korona Kielce), Arkadiusz Głowacki (Wisła Kraków), Marcin Wasilewski (Lech Poznań).

Midfielders: Radosław Sobolewski (Wisła Kraków), Mariusz Lewandowski (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Mirosław Szymkowiak (Trabzonspor), Arkadiusz Radomski (FK Austria Wien), Sebastian Mila (FK Austria Wien), Euzebiusz Smolarek (BV Borussia Dortmund), Jacek Krzynówek (VfL Wolfsburg), Jakub Błaszczykowski (Wisła Kraków), Łukasz Garguła (GKS Bełchatów).

Forwards: Tomasz Frankowski (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC), Maciej Żurawski (Celtic FC), Ireneusz Jeleń (AJ Auxerre), Radosław Matusiak (GKS Bełchatów).