Beenhakker makes Poland cut
Thursday, March 20, 2008
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Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has trimmed the UEFA EURO 2008™ finalists' provisional 30-man squad to 22 for next week's friendly at home to the United States.
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Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has trimmed his 30-man squad down to 22 for the friendly against the United States on 26 March in Krakow.
U21 departures
Wisła Kraków defender Adam Kokoszka and BV Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jakub Baszczykowski miss out having not fully recovered from injury, while Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski midfielder Radosław Majewski and the uncapped PFC CSKA Moskva forward Dawid Janczyk are in the Under-21 squad. Defenders Marcin Kuś and Jakub Wawrzyniak, midfielder Michał Goliński and forward Tomasz Zahorski have been placed on standby.
Poland squad
Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Celtic FC), Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United FC), Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal FC).
Defenders: Marcin Wasilewski (RSC Anderlecht), Paweł Golański (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Mariusz Jop (FC Moskva), Jacek Bąk (FK Austria Wien), Michał Żewłakow (Olympiacos CFP), Grzegorz Bronowicki (FK Crvena Zvezda), Arkadiusz Radomski (FK Austria Wien).
Midfielders: Mariusz Lewandowski (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Dariusz Dudka (Wisła Kraków), Wojciech Łobodziński (Wisła Kraków), Rafał Murawski (KKP Lech Poznań), Michał Pazdan (Górnik Zabrze), Łukasz Garguła (GKS Bełchatów), Jacek Krzynówek (VfL Wolfsburg).
Forwards: Maciej Żurawski (Larissa FC), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Real Racing Club Santander), Łukasz Piszczek (Hertha BSC Berlin), Radosław Matusiak (Wisła Kraków), Paweł Brożek (Wisła Kraków).