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Jan Urban Restores Lewandowski as Poland Captain for World Cup Qualifiers

Urban presents the armband decision as final to settle a June rift that triggered a brief retirement.

Overview

  • The Polish FA announced Urban’s squad on its X account, confirming Robert Lewandowski’s return.
  • Poland will face the Netherlands on September 4 in Rotterdam and Finland on September 7 in Chorzow in World Cup qualifying.
  • Urban said the captaincy issue is closed and he will not comment on it further.
  • Lewandowski, 37, is a striker for FC Barcelona and has 157 caps and 84 goals for Poland, according to the announcement.
  • The recall follows June’s turmoil when then-coach Michal Probierz removed the armband and later resigned after poor results.