FIFA ranking: Poland move up to 57

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Polish clubs fail in Europe - at home

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Sparta home winner disappoints Lech

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Polonia snap up Smolarek

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FIFA ranking: Poland move up to 57

By Mika Jenssen (Polish SOCA! NY) Wednesday, 03 February 2010 15:15

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0 #5 michal 2010-02-04 22:17

Our league is reshifting itself, hard to believe a team like Lech was in the 3rd division at the start of the decade.

I like the way our league is heading actually, we will soon have tons of good mid table clubs, which will force our clubs into hard competition. Tough competition between the league is what will make it improve as opposed to 2 or 3 teams leading the league every year that other countries suffer.

Legia Warsaw, Lech Poznan, Polonia Warsaw, Slask Wroclaw, Ruch Chorzow, Jagiellonia Bialystok, GKS Belchatow, Wisla Krakow, GKS Katowice (maybe if sponsership works out) and Lechia Gdansk.

Sounds like a superb first division! What do you think? Perfect way to enter the new decade imo. Only clubs missing is Gornik Zabrze and Zagielbie Lubin.

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0 #4 a 2010-02-04 01:19

However, things are looking up for Polish football. We have all heard the empty promises before, and without surprise, failed to deliver. But this time around, hosting the Euros will bring something tangible. A solid foundation will be put in place and everything else will take care of itself. A growing number of clubs appear to be doing thing right, like Legia Warsaw, Lech Poznan, Polonia Warsaw, Slask Wroclaw, Ruch Chorzow, Jagiellonia, even Wisla just to name a few. Some are further along than other but the evidence is starting to show.

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-1 #3 a 2010-02-04 01:12

I believe the games in Thailand were not official FIFA sanctioned matches. That is why they only used EK players.

"Shamefully low position"? How do you figure. Consider how poorly football is managed in Poland and how corrupt the EK is/was. Let's not forget the lack of proper infrastructure. Also, interest in football is probably at an all time low. There is a general lack of passion for EK teams. Football is not supported well enough to warrant a higher ranking. For us, the level of play in the EK determines where we rank as a nation on a global scale. Relying on foreign clubs to develop our talent has not been working as well as some other countries, perfect example of that is Croatia. Overall, I'd say the FIFA ranking is, unfortunately, reasonably accurate. So we can complain and point out what is wrong with Polish football but at the end of the day it does not change anything. It just adds to the pessimism and defeatist attitude.

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