Poland releases 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup

In what could be his last FIFA tournament, Robert Lewandowski will want to shine.

Poland will be desperate to make it through the group stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after managing just one win in the 2018 edition of the tournament. For the first time in their history, Poland have qualified for four successive major tournaments. They are placed in group C alongside mighty Argentina, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

Excluding any major shocks from Saudi Arabia, the tournament's lowest-ranked nation bar one, Mexico and Argentina will be Poland's big rivals for progression from Group C. That sets up the opener against Mexico as a nail-biter.

Both teams will be desperate to get ahead before facing the formidable Lionel Messi and his cavalry of Argentinian superstars.  Czeslaw Michniewicz will be hopeful Poland can advance to the FIFA World Cup last 16 for the first time since 1986 as he has plenty of high-quality options in his squad.

Poland's 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Goalkeepers: Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus).

Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Robert Gumny (FC Augsburg), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), Nicola Zalewski (Roma).

Midfielders: Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Jakub Kaminski (VfL Wolfsburg), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab), Michal Skoras (Lech Poznan), Damian Szymanski (AEK Athens), Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina).

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte FC).