A number of the male footballers who have reached international status with Poland were not born in the country. Some were born outside of the country and moved there at a young age while others became naturalised citizens of Poland. The Poland national football team was formed in 1921 and exists to this day, with a break between 1939 and 1946 during World War II. During this period, Poland underwent significant territorial changes after the war, involving the loss of its eastern territories to the Soviet Union and the acquisition of western lands previously belonging to Germany. The following list takes these changes into account. For example, Kazimierz Górski, born in 1921 in Lviv, is not included on this list, whereas Taras Romanczuk, born in 1991 in Kovel, is, because both cities were part of Poland before 1945, but since then they are part of Ukraine.
List of players
NamePoland capsYears activeDate of Country of birthPlace of birthJerzy Bułanow221922–1935MoscowAleksander Tupalski31925–1926GelsenkirchenStefan Kisieliński61926–1928 (then )Moravská OstravaWitold Wypijewski51928–1934 (then )TashkentLeon Radojewski11932Datteln Hieronim Schwartz 1 1936 BerlinAntoni Böttcher11937BerlinAdolf Krzyk61937–1939 (then )Moravská OstravaFranciszek Sobkowiak11938EssenJózef Oprych11948 (then )Moravská OstravaHenryk Bobula51948OmskRudolf Patkolo31949–1952BudapestJan Wiśniewski91949–1952Ringsted Czesław Ciupa 3 1956–1957 Mont-BonvillersJan Liberda351959–196726 November 1936BytomMarian Kielec11962Câmpulung MoldovenescPaweł (Werner) Orzechowski41964–196615 December 1941BytomJan Banaś311964–1973BerlinPiotr Czaja21970LindenbrückTadeusz Polak21972 (then )Kleinreifling Emmanuel Olisadebe 25 2000–2004 Warri Vahan Gevorgyan 1 2004 Yerevan Roger Guerreiro 25 2008–2011 São PauloLudovic Obraniak342009–2014Longeville-lès-Metz Damien Perquis 14 2011–2013 Troyes Thiago Cionek 21 2014–2018 Curitiba Taras Romanczuk 5 2018– Kovel Matty Cash 25 2021– Slough Nicola Zalewski 34 2021– TivoliMaxi Oyedele22024–Salford
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See also List of Poland international footballers Polish nationality law
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