Grzegorz Lato - International Appearances and Goals


The outstanding Polish player, who scored 42 international goals for his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

  
Caps   Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1  17/11/71   Hamburg         West Germany    0-0     European Champ. Qual.
  2   5/12/71   Izmir           Turkey          0-1     European Champ. Qual.
  -   3/ 9/72   Regensburg      Denmark         1-1     Olympic Games
  3  20/ 3/73   Lódz            United States   4-0
  4  19/ 8/73   Varna           Bulgaria        2-0
  5  26/ 9/73   Chorzów         Wales           3-0     World Cup Qualifier
  6  10/10/73   Rotterdam       Netherlands     1-1
  7  17/10/73   London          England         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  8  21/10/73   Dublin          Ireland         0-1
  9  17/ 4/74   Liège           Belgium         1-1
 10  15/ 5/74   Warszawa        Greece          2-0
 11  15/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Argentina       3-2     World Cup
 12  19/ 6/74   München         Haiti           7-0     World Cup
 13  23/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Italy           2-1     World Cup
 14  26/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Sweden          1-0     World Cup
 15  30/ 6/74   Frankfurt       Yugoslavia      2-1     World Cup
 16   3/ 7/74   Frankfurt       West Germany    0-1     World Cup
 17   6/ 7/74   München         Brazil          1-0     World Cup
 18   1/ 9/74   Helsinki        Finland         2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 19   4/ 9/74   Warszawa        East Germany    1-3
 20   7/ 9/74   Wroclaw         France          0-2
 21   9/10/74   Poznan          Finland         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 22  13/11/74   Praha           Czechoslovakia  2-2
 23  26/ 3/75   Poznan          United States   7-0
 24  19/ 4/75   Roma            Italy           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 25  28/ 5/75   Halle           East Germany    2-1
 26  24/ 6/75   Seattle         United States   4-0
 27   6/ 7/75   Montréal        Canada          8-1
 28   9/ 7/75   Toronto         Canada          4-1
 29  10/ 9/75   Chorzów         Netherlands     4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 30   8/10/75   Lódz            Hungary         4-2
 31  15/10/75   Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-3     European Champ. Qual.   
 32  26/10/75   Warszawa        Italy           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 33  24/ 3/76   Chorzów         Argentina       1-2
 34  24/ 4/76   Lens            France          0-2
 35   6/ 5/76   Athinai         Greece          0-1
 36  11/ 5/76   Basel           Switzerland     1-2
 37  26/ 5/76   Poznan          Ireland         0-2
  -  18/ 7/76   Montréal        Cuba            0-0     Olympic Games
  -  22/ 7/76   Montréal        Iran            3-2     Olympic Games
  -  25/ 7/76   Montréal        North Korea     5-0     Olympic Games
  -  31/ 7/76   Montréal        East Germany    1-3     Olympic Games
 38  16/10/76   Porto           Portugal        2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 39  13/ 4/77   Budapest        Hungary         1-2 
 40  24/ 4/77   Dublin          Ireland         0-0
 41   1/ 5/77   København       Denmark         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 42  15/ 5/77   Limassol        Cyprus          3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 43  29/ 5/77   Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-3
 44  10/ 6/77   Lima            Peru            3-1
 45  12/ 6/77   La Paz          Bolivia         2-1
 46  19/ 6/77   São Paulo       Brazil          1-3
 47  24/ 8/77   Wien            Austria         1-2
 48   7/ 9/77   Volvograd       Soviet Union    1-4
 49  21/ 9/77   Chorzów         Denmark         4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 50  29/10/77   Chorzów         Portugal        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 51  22/ 3/78   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      3-1
 52   5/ 4/78   Poznan          Greece          5-2
 53  12/ 4/78   Lódz            Ireland         3-0
 54  26/ 4/78   Warszawa        Bulgaria        1-0    
 55   1/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    West Germany    0-0     World Cup
 56   6/ 6/78   Rosario         Tunisia         1-0     World Cup
 57  10/ 6/78   Rosario         Mexico          3-1     World Cup
 58  14/ 6/78   Rosario         Argentina       0-2     World Cup
 59  18/ 6/78   Mendoza         Peru            1-0     World Cup
 60  21/ 6/78   Mendoza         Brazil          1-3     World Cup
 61   6/ 9/78   Reykjavik       Iceland         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 62  11/10/78   Bucuresti       Romania         0-1
 63  15/ 8/78   Wroclaw         Switzerland     2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 64  18/ 2/79   Tunis           Tunisia         2-0
 65  21/ 3/79   Algiers         Algeria         1-0
 66   4/ 4/79   Chorzów         Hungary         1-1
 67  18/ 4/79   Leipzig         East Germany    1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 68   2/ 5/79   Chorzów         Netherlands     2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 69  29/ 8/79   Warszawa        Romania         3-0
 70  12/ 9/79   Lausanne        Switzerland     2-0     European Champ. Qual.  
 71  26/ 9/79   Chorzów         East Germany    1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 72  10/10/79   Kraków          Iceland         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 73  17/10/79   Amsterdam       Netherlands     1-1     European Champ. Qual.   
 74  26/ 3/80   Budapest        Hungary         1-2
 75   2/ 4/80   Brussel         Belgium         1-2
 76  19/ 4/80   Torino          Italy           2-2
 77  26/ 4/80   Borovo          Yugoslavia      1-2
 78  13/ 5/80   Frankfurt       West Germany    1-3
 79  28/ 5/80   Poznan          Scotland        1-0
 80  22/ 6/80   Warszawa        Iraq            3-0
 81  29/ 6/80   São Paulo       Brazil          1-1 
 82   3/ 7/80   Santa Cruz      Bolivia         1-0
 83  10/ 7/80   Bogotá          Colombia        4-1
 84  24/ 9/80   Chorzów         Czechoslovakia  1-1     
 85   2/ 5/81   Chorzów         East Germany    1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 86  10/10/81   Leipzig         East Germany    3-2     World Cup Qualifier
 87  18/11/81   Lódz            Spain           2-3
 88  14/ 6/82   Vigo            Italy           0-0     World Cup 
 89  19/ 6/82   La Coruña       Cameroon        0-0     World Cup
 90  22/ 6/82   La Coruña       Peru            5-1     World Cup
 91  28/ 6/82   Barcelona       Belgium         3-0     World Cup
 92   4/ 7/82   Barcelona       Soviet Union    0-0     World Cup
 93   8/ 7/82   Barcelona       Italy           0-2     World Cup
 94  10/ 7/82   Alicante        France          3-2     World Cup
 95  17/ 4/84   Warszawa        Belgium         0-1

NB: The matches against Spain (10/11/71, Olympic Games Qual.), Spain
    (26/ 4/72, Olympic Games Qual.), Brazil (30/ 6/76, U-21), and Brazil
    (27/ 7/76, Olympic Games) in which Lato played, are not considered full
    internationals and therefore not included here.

Total Record  

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    95    49   19   27  167-  96     117      61.58

Types of Matches
Friendlies             50      
World Cup Qualifiers    9      
World Cup              20
European Champ. Qual.  16

Total                  95

NB: note that 5 Olympic matches have been removed from the list
    after a FIFA decision in 1999.

Goals:

Cap   4     2 goals
Cap   5     1 goal
Cap  10     1 goal
Cap  11     2 goals
Cap  12     2 goals
Cap  14     1 goal
Cap  15     1 goal
Cap  17     1 goal
Cap  18     1 goal
Cap  19     1 goal
Cap  21     1 goal
Cap  23     2 goals
Cap  25     1 goal
Cap  26     1 goal
Cap  27     3 goals
Cap  29     1 goal
Cap  38     2 goals
Cap  42     1 goal
Cap  43     1 goal
Cap  45     1 goal
Cap  48     1 goal
Cap  49     1 goal
Cap  52     1 goal
Cap  54     1 goal
Cap  56     1 goal
Cap  60     1 goal
Cap  61     1 goal
Cap  65     1 goal
Cap  66     1 goal
Cap  69     1 goal
Cap  74     1 goal
Cap  75     1 goal
Cap  80     1 goal
Cap  81     1 goal
Cap  90     1 goal

Total:     42 goals


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Thanks to Piotr Banasiak for corrections

Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 2 Jul 2005

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