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1978 FIFA World Cup Group 2
Group 2 of the 1978 FIFA World Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Poland, West Germany, Tunisia and Mexico. Standings Matches West Germany vs Poland Tunisia vs Mexico West Germany vs Mexico Poland vs Tunisia West Germany vs Tunisia Poland vs Mexico See also *Germany at the FIFA World Cup *Mexico at the FIFA World Cup * Poland at the FIFA World Cup * Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup References {{DEFAULTSORT:Group Groups G Poland at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Group A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together. Groups of people * Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity * Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic ide ... Tunisia at the 1978 FIFA World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by the host nation, Argentina, who defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in the final, after extra time. The final was held at River Plate's home stadium, Estadio Monumental, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay, Italy, England, and West Germany) to be both hosts and world champions and the third South American team to win a World Cup. Argentina, the Netherlands, and Brazil were the gold, silver, and bronze medalists, respectively. Iran and Tunisia made their first appearances in the tournament. This was also the last World Cup tournament to use the original inclusion of 16 teams. Since the first World Cup in 1930, only 15 teams (plus the host, who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Flohe
Heinz "Flocke" Flohe (28 January 1948 – 15 June 2013) was a German footballer and manager. Career Flohe played for 1. FC Köln (1966–1979), winning the Bundesliga title in 1978, and the DFB-Pokal in 1968, 1977 and 1978. He also played for TSV 1860 Munich (1979–1980). His career ended after a serious injury in his last match. He earned 39 caps and scored 8 goals for West Germany. He was in the winning squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the UEFA Euro 1976 and the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Personal life On 11 May 2010, Flohe lapsed into coma, after a stroke and died on 15 June 2013, aged 65. Honours Club Köln * Bundesliga: 1977–78; runner-up: 1972–73 * DFB-Pokal: 1967–68, 1976–77, 1977–78; runner-up: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73 International Germany * FIFA World Cup: 1974 * UEFA European Championship: runner-up 1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Deyna
Kazimierz Deyna (; 23 October 1947 – 1 September 1989) was a Polish professional association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vision. Early life Deyna was born in Starogard Gdański to Franciszek (1911–1976) – a dairy worker, and Jadwiga (1917–1981) – a housewife. He had six sisters and two brothers – Henryk and Franciszek, who also were footballers; Henryk played for Włókniarz Starogard Gdański, while Franciszek was a Starogardzki KS player. Club career Legia Warsaw Deyna began playing youth football in 1958 at his local club Włókniarz Starogard Gdański. In 1966 he made one appearance for ŁKS Łódź (on 8 October in a 0–0 draw against Górnik Zabrze). But he was quickly snapped up by Legia Warsaw. In communist Poland each team had its own "sponsor". The Warsaw club was much more powerful as it was the military club. Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohdan Masztaler
Bohdan Masztaler (born 19 September 1949) is a Polish former footballer. During his club career he played for Gwardia Warszawa, Odra Opole, ŁKS Łódź and SV Werder Bremen. He earned 22 caps for the Poland national team, and participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He coached SV Stockerau and SKN St. Pölten Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian footbal .... References Living people 1949 births People from Ostróda County Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Association football midfielders Polish footballers Poland international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players ŁKS Łódź players Odra Opole players SV Werder Bremen players Polish football managers Polish expatriate footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Nawałka
Adam Nawałka (; born 23 October 1957) is a retired Polish football player and former manager of Poland. Player career Club Nawałka comes from a footballing family. His father, Adam, played for the local team Orlęta (Eaglets) Rudawa. Nawałka began his career in 1969 with Wisła Kraków. His debut in Polish top-tier league was on 21 May 1975. He played 190 matches in the highest class of Polish association football, scoring 9 goals. In 1985, he left Wisła to join the United States club, Polish-American Eagles. He played most of his career for ''The White Star''. He started having recurrent injuries in the fall of 1978, and despite repeated surgeries, he had to retire from professional soccer in 1984. In 1985, he emigrated to the United States where he played semi-pro soccer at the Polish-American Eagles as well as performing manual labor jobs (like trimming trees around high-voltage power lines). In 1990, he returned to Poland and started selling Trabant (East German) cars wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Żmuda
Władysław Antoni Żmuda (; born 6 June 1954) is a Polish former professional footballer, who played as a defender for Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Hellas Verona, New York Cosmos and US Cremonese. He earned 91 caps for the Poland national team and is a four-time FIFA World Cup participant. Club career Żmuda was born in Lublin. He spent six years learning his trade with his first club Motor Lublin before finally spreading his wings in 1973 and switching to Gwardia Warsaw, one of the Polish capital's clubs. The 19-year-old Żmuda was instrumental in Gwardia's UEFA Cup campaign of 1973–74 where they narrowly lost out to eventual winners Feyenoord. Żmuda pursued his career in Poland with Śląsk Wrocław and later Widzew Łódź before Italian club Hellas Verona secured permission to sign him from Poland in 1982. After two injury-plagued seasons at Verona, Żmuda spent a brief spell with New York Cosmos before returning to Italy with US Cremonese, playing two of his thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerzy Gorgoń
Jerzy Paweł Gorgoń (born 18 July 1949 in Zabrze) is a Polish former football player who is remembered for his participation in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a 6'4" tall central defender, who became well known in 1967 while playing for Górnik Zabrze. He helped Zabrze to five consecutive Polish cups in 1968–72. Gorgoń participated in the 1974 World Cup in, then, West Germany, winning third place with the Polish National Team and being his squad's defensive pillar. He won 55 international caps overall, and took on the role of captaincy once. He also played in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Gorgoń moved to Argentina in 1978. He had a mostly unsuccessful time there and moved back to Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ... in 1980 to play for F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni Szymanowski
Antoni Jan Szymanowski (born 13 January 1951 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki) is a former Polish football right-back, and a member of the Poland national football team in two FIFA World Cups: 1974 and 1978. During those tournaments his club was Wisła Kraków. Szymanowski was one of the best defenders in Poland during the golden era of Polish football. In the later years of his career he played for the Belgian team Club Brugge KV. Currently he is a manager of Przebój Wolbrom - the club playing in Polish IV Liga . He has also a brother ( Henryk Szymanowski) who was a footballer as well. He also competed for Poland at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Honours Club * Polish Cup: 1967 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1969, 1970 & 1973 * Ekstraklasa: 1978 International * Olympic gold medal: 1972 * Olympic silver medal: 1976 * FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Maculewicz
Henryk Józef Maculewicz (born 24 April 1950) is a retired Polish footballer. During his club career he played for Wisła Kraków and RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), co .... He earned 23 caps for the Poland national football team, and participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. References External links * 1950 births Living people People from Lwówek Śląski County Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Wisła Kraków players RC Lens players Ligue 1 players Paris FC players Footballers from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Ekstraklasa players Men's association football defenders Expatriate men's footballers in France {{Poland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Tomaszewski
Jan Tomaszewski (Polish pronunciation: ; born 9 January 1948) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the 1970s. He kept goal for the Poland national teams that came third at the 1974 World Cup, where he was named Best Goalkeeper, that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and that competed at the 1978 World Cup. He is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Polish football. He was later a football commentator and politician. Club career Tomaszewski grew up in Wrocław where his parents were expelled from Vilnius after World War II. Tomaszewski's club career was mainly at ŁKS Łódź, having been forbidden by Poland's communist government to play abroad before the age of 30, even after coming to international attention. After the 1978 World Cup, he moved abroad, first to Belgian club Beerschot, and then Hércules in Spain, before retiring in 1984 after two more years with Łódź. In all he won 63 caps for P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Schön
Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West German national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including winning the title in 1974, losing in the final in 1966, and coming in third in 1970. In addition, his teams won the European Championship in 1972 and lost in the final in 1976. Biography Schön played as a striker for Dresdner SC, winning the German football championship in 1943 and 1944 as well as the cup in 1941 and 1942. He appeared 16 times for his country between 1937 and 1941, scoring 17 goals. After World War II he began his career in football management in his native state of Saxony, then part of Soviet-occupied East Germany. He was in charge of coaching selections from Saxony and the Soviet occupation zone before political interference to the sport made him flee to Western Germany in 1950. Having played in Hamburg for FC St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Fischer
Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former professional footballer and coach. He was a key player on the West Germany national team that lost the 1982 World Cup final to Italy. As a forward, he was noted for his bicycle kicks, and scored a spectacular overhead kick equalizer in extra-time of a 1982 World Cup semi-final against France. Club career Fischer was born in Kreuzstraßl, near Lindberg ( Bayerischer Wald) in the district of Regen. He moved from SC Zwiesel to TSV 1860 Munich in 1968 and made 535 Bundesliga appearances for 1860 Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Köln and VfL Bochum. With Schalke 04 he won the German Cup in 1972. Schalke 04 were one of the clubs involved in a bribery scandal in season 1970–71 of the Bundesliga. As one of the players involved, Fischer initially received a ban for life, but this punishment was later reduced to a one-year league ban and a five-year ban from national team eligibility. In 1976, he was top scorer in the Bundeslig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
