Grzegorz Lato - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Polish player, who obtained 100 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps; he scored 45 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with 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   3/ 9/72   Regensburg      Denmark         1-1 [*] Olympic Games
  4  20/ 3/73   Lódz            United States   4-0
  5  19/ 8/73   Varna           Bulgaria        2-0
  6  26/ 9/73   Chorzów         Wales           3-0     World Cup Qualifier
  7  10/10/73   Rotterdam       Netherlands     1-1
  8  17/10/73   London          England         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
  9  21/10/73   Dublin          Ireland         0-1
 10  17/ 4/74   Liège           Belgium         1-1
 11  15/ 5/74   Warszawa        Greece          2-0
 12  15/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Argentina       3-2     World Cup
 13  19/ 6/74   München         Haiti           7-0     World Cup
 14  23/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Italy           2-1     World Cup
 15  26/ 6/74   Stuttgart       Sweden          1-0     World Cup
 16  30/ 6/74   Frankfurt       Yugoslavia      2-1     World Cup
 17   3/ 7/74   Frankfurt       West Germany    0-1     World Cup
 18   6/ 7/74   München         Brazil          1-0     World Cup
 19   1/ 9/74   Helsinki        Finland         2-1     European Champ. Qual.
 20   4/ 9/74   Warszawa        East Germany    1-3
 21   7/ 9/74   Wroclaw         France          0-2
 22   9/10/74   Poznan          Finland         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 23  13/11/74   Praha           Czechoslovakia  2-2
 24  26/ 3/75   Poznan          United States   7-0
 25  19/ 4/75   Roma            Italy           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 26  28/ 5/75   Halle           East Germany    2-1
 27  24/ 6/75   Seattle         United States   4-0
 28   6/ 7/75   Montréal        Canada          8-1
 29   9/ 7/75   Toronto         Canada          4-1
 30  10/ 9/75   Chorzów         Netherlands     4-1     European Champ. Qual.
 31   8/10/75   Lódz            Hungary         4-2
 32  15/10/75   Amsterdam       Netherlands     0-3     European Champ. Qual.   
 33  26/10/75   Warszawa        Italy           0-0     European Champ. Qual.
 34  24/ 3/76   Chorzów         Argentina       1-2
 35  24/ 4/76   Lens            France          0-2
 36   6/ 5/76   Athinai         Greece          0-1
 37  11/ 5/76   Basel           Switzerland     1-2
 38  26/ 5/76   Poznan          Ireland         0-2
 39  18/ 7/76   Montréal        Cuba            0-0 [*] Olympic Games
 40  22/ 7/76   Montréal        Iran            3-2 [*] Olympic Games
 41  25/ 7/76   Montréal        North Korea     5-0 [*] Olympic Games
 42  31/ 7/76   Montréal        East Germany    1-3 [*] Olympic Games
 43  16/10/76   Porto           Portugal        2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 44  13/ 4/77   Budapest        Hungary         1-2 
 45  24/ 4/77   Dublin          Ireland         0-0
 46   1/ 5/77   København       Denmark         2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 47  15/ 5/77   Limassol        Cyprus          3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 48  29/ 5/77   Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-3
 49  10/ 6/77   Lima            Peru            3-1
 50  12/ 6/77   La Paz          Bolivia         2-1
 51  19/ 6/77   São Paulo       Brazil          1-3
 52  24/ 8/77   Wien            Austria         1-2
 53   7/ 9/77   Volvograd       Soviet Union    1-4
 54  21/ 9/77   Chorzów         Denmark         4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 55  29/10/77   Chorzów         Portugal        1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 56  22/ 3/78   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      3-1
 57   5/ 4/78   Poznan          Greece          5-2
 58  12/ 4/78   Lódz            Ireland         3-0
 59  26/ 4/78   Warszawa        Bulgaria        1-0    
 60   1/ 6/78   Buenos Aires    West Germany    0-0     World Cup
 61   6/ 6/78   Rosario         Tunisia         1-0     World Cup
 62  10/ 6/78   Rosario         Mexico          3-1     World Cup
 63  14/ 6/78   Rosario         Argentina       0-2     World Cup
 64  18/ 6/78   Mendoza         Peru            1-0     World Cup
 65  21/ 6/78   Mendoza         Brazil          1-3     World Cup
 66   6/ 9/78   Reykjavik       Iceland         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 67  11/10/78   Bucuresti       Romania         0-1
 68  15/ 8/78   Wroclaw         Switzerland     2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 69  18/ 2/79   Tunis           Tunisia         2-0
 70  21/ 3/79   Algiers         Algeria         1-0
 71   4/ 4/79   Chorzów         Hungary         1-1
 72  18/ 4/79   Leipzig         East Germany    1-2     European Champ. Qual.
 73   2/ 5/79   Chorzów         Netherlands     2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 74  29/ 8/79   Warszawa        Romania         3-0
 75  12/ 9/79   Lausanne        Switzerland     2-0     European Champ. Qual.  
 76  26/ 9/79   Chorzów         East Germany    1-1     European Champ. Qual.
 77  10/10/79   Kraków          Iceland         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
 78  17/10/79   Amsterdam       Netherlands     1-1     European Champ. Qual.   
 79  26/ 3/80   Budapest        Hungary         1-2
 80   2/ 4/80   Brussel         Belgium         1-2
 81  19/ 4/80   Torino          Italy           2-2
 82  26/ 4/80   Borovo          Yugoslavia      1-2
 83  13/ 5/80   Frankfurt       West Germany    1-3
 84  28/ 5/80   Poznan          Scotland        1-0
 85  22/ 6/80   Warszawa        Iraq            3-0
 86  29/ 6/80   São Paulo       Brazil          1-1 
 87   3/ 7/80   Santa Cruz      Bolivia         1-0
 88  10/ 7/80   Bogotá          Colombia        4-1
 89  24/ 9/80   Chorzów         Czechoslovakia  1-1     
 90   2/ 5/81   Chorzów         East Germany    1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 91  10/10/81   Leipzig         East Germany    3-2     World Cup Qualifier
 92  18/11/81   Lódz            Spain           2-3
 93  14/ 6/82   Vigo            Italy           0-0     World Cup 
 94  19/ 6/82   La Coruña       Cameroon        0-0     World Cup
 95  22/ 6/82   La Coruña       Peru            5-1     World Cup
 96  28/ 6/82   Barcelona       Belgium         3-0     World Cup
 97   4/ 7/82   Barcelona       Soviet Union    0-0     World Cup
 98   8/ 7/82   Barcelona       Italy           0-2     World Cup
 99  10/ 7/82   Alicante        France          3-2     World Cup
100  17/ 4/84   Warszawa        Belgium         0-1

[*] these matches are not considered official by FIFA but they are 
    official for the Polish FA

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
   100    51   21   28  177- 102     123      61.50

Types of Matches
Friendlies             50      
World Cup Qualifiers    9      
World Cup              20
European Champ. Qual.  16
Olympic Games           5

Total                 100

Goals:

Cap   5     2 goals
Cap   6     1 goal
Cap  11     1 goal
Cap  12     2 goals
Cap  13     2 goals
Cap  15     1 goal
Cap  16     1 goal
Cap  18     1 goal
Cap  19     1 goal
Cap  20     1 goal
Cap  22     1 goal
Cap  24     2 goals
Cap  26     1 goal
Cap  27     1 goal
Cap  28     3 goals
Cap  30     1 goal
Cap  41     2 goals
Cap  42     1 goal
Cap  43     2 goals
Cap  47     1 goal
Cap  48     1 goal
Cap  50     1 goal
Cap  53     1 goal
Cap  54     1 goal
Cap  57     1 goal
Cap  59     1 goal
Cap  61     1 goal
Cap  65     1 goal
Cap  66     1 goal
Cap  70     1 goal
Cap  71     1 goal
Cap  74     1 goal
Cap  79     1 goal
Cap  80     1 goal
Cap  85     1 goal
Cap  86     1 goal
Cap  95     1 goal

Total:     45 goals


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Thanks to Piotr Banasiak for corrections

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Last updated: 15 Aug 2013

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