Poles one decision away from World Cup squad

Poland have all but named their squad for the 2002 World Cup finals next month.

Coach Jerzy Engel has named a 24-man squad for a training camp in Germany from May 12th to 17th.

Engel has to finalise a squad of 23 for the finals by a May 21st deadline and baring unforeseen injuries all but one of the players named today will travel to Korea and Japan.

The Poles were undefeated in World Cup qualifying but have since lost form as they prepare for their first appearance at a finals since Mexico in 1986.

The squad in full -

Goalkeepers - Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool), Radoslaw Majdan (Goeztepe Izmir) and Adam Matysek (RKS Radomsko).

Defenders - Michal Zewlakow (Mouscron), Marek Kozminski (Ancona), Tomasz Waldoch (Schalke 04), Jacek Zielinski (Legia Warsaw), Jacek Bak (Lens), Tomasz Hajto (Schalke 04), Tomasz Klos (Kaiserslautern) and Arkadiusz Glowacki (Wisla Krakow).

Midfielders - Tomasz Rzasa (Feyenoord), Jacek Krzynowek (Nurnberg), Rodoslaw Kaluzny (Energie Cottbus), ArkadiuszBak (Widzew Lodz), Piotr Swierczerwski (OM), Bartosz Karwan (Legia Warsaw), Maciej Murawski (Legia Warsaw) and Pawel Sibik (Odra Wodzislaw).

Strikrs - Emmanuel Olisadebe (Panathinaikos), Pawel Kryszalowicz (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maciej Zurawski (Wisla Krakow), Marcin Zewlakow (Mouscron) and Cezary Kucharski (Legia Warsaw).