POLAND COACH:Pawel Jenas

Former Polish international Pawel Jenas took over the coaching reins on February 12, 2003. Janas started his pro career with Wlókniarz Pabianice, playing there from 1965-73. He represented Poland 53 times and was a member of the 1982 side that finish third in the World Cup.

Born March 4, 1953, Janas turned to coaching as an assistant at Legia Warsaw in 1988, then helped Wladyslaw Stachurski direct the Polish youth team from 1990-1992 and was assistant coach at the 1992 Summer Olympics as Poland won a silver medal. He joined Legia Warsaw as an assistant coach later that year. He finally became a head coach in 1994 at Legia, his team twice winning the Polish league and Polish Cup and advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals in 1996. He went back to the Polish Under-23s from 1996-99 and was vice president and manager of Amica Wrokni until he took over the national reins on December 20, 2002. His first match was a scoreless tie vs. Croatia on February 13, 2003. Despite enjoying success, Janas was heavily criticized for some of his player selections. Grzegorz Raskia has been a favorite of his at forward, although his critics claim there are better players than him.