Poles To Watch In Europe

Recently the first and second qualifying matchups were drawn for both the Champions League and Europa League. Last year we saw Arsenal keeper Łukasz Fabiański play in the CL quarterfinals and his club made it to the semi-finals. We also saw Mariusz Lewandowski play in the finals of the UEFA Cup with his club Shakhtar Donetsk and defeat Werder Bremen. Who will we see this season? As things are right now, these are the Poles to watch for in both tournaments. (Highlighted are players who have recently been called-up to the Polish NT.)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
First Round:
None
Second Round:
APOEL F.C. (Kosowski, Ma.Żewłakow, Sikora) (5-0 agg) EB
Wisła Kraków (1-2 agg) Levadia
Third Round (Champions):
Kamil Kosowski (APOEL F.C.) (2-1 agg) FK Partizan
Marcin Żewłakow (APOEL F.C.) (2-1 agg) FK Partizan
Adrian Sikora (APOEL F.C.) (2-1 agg) FK Partizan
Michał Żewłakow (Olympiacos F.C.) (4-0 agg) Slovan Bratislava
Third Round (non-Champions):
Mariusz Lewandowski (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) (2-2a agg) Timişoara
Artur Boruc (Celtic F.C.) (2-1 agg) Dynamo Moscow
Łukasz Załuska (Celtic F.C.) (2-1 agg) Dynamo Moscow
Marcin Wasilewski (R.S.C. Anderlecht) (6-3 agg) Sivasspor
Marcin Kowalczyk (Dynamo Moscow) (1-2 agg) Celtic F.C.
Playoff Round:
Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal F.C.) (3-1 agg) Celtic F.C.
Wojciech Szczęsny (Arsenal F.C.) (3-1 agg) Celtic F.C.
Artur Boruc (Celtic F.C.) (1-3 agg) Arsenal F.C.
Łukasz Załuska (Celtic F.C.) (1-3 agg) Arsenal F.C.
Marcin Wasilewski (R.S.C. Anderlecht) (2-8 agg) Lyon
Michał Żewłakow (Olympiacos F.C.) (3-0 agg) Sheriff Tiraspol
Kamil Kosowski (APOEL F.C.) (3-2 agg) Copenhagen
Marcin Żewłakow (APOEL F.C.) (3-2 agg) Copenhagen
Adrian Sikora (APOEL F.C.) (3-2 agg) Copenhagen
Group Stage:
Tomasz Kuszczak (Manchester United F.C.)
Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid C.F.)
Grzegorz Krychowiak (Bordeaux)
Rafał Murawski (FC Rubin Kazan)
Michał Żewłakow (Olympiacos F.C.)
Kamil Kosowski (APOEL F.C.)
Marcin Żewłakow (APOEL F.C.)
Adrian Sikora (APOEL F.C.)
Łukasz Fabiański (Arsenal F.C.)
Wojciech Szczęsny (Arsenal F.C.)
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EUROPA LEAGUE
First qualifying round:
Competed (Łukasz Sosin and Polonia Warszawa move on to second qualifying round)
Second qualifying round:
Łukasz Sosin (Anorthosis Famagusta FC) (3-4 agg) Petrovac
Maciej Żurawski (AC Omonia) (8-1 agg) HB
Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucureşti) (4-1 agg) Újpest
Rafał Grzelak (Steaua Bucureşti) (4-1 agg) Újpest
Arkadiusz Malarz (Larissa F.C.) (1-3 agg) KR
Sebastian Kosiorowski (Motherwell) (8-2 agg) Flamurtari
Polonia Warszawa (5-0 agg) Juvenes/Dogana
Legia Warszawa (4-0 agg) Olimpi Rustavi
Third qualifying round:
Maciej Żurawski (AC Omonia) (1-3 agg) Vaslui
Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucureşti) (6-1 agg) Motherwell
Rafał Grzelak (Steaua Bucureşti) (6-1 agg) Motherwell
Sebastian Kosiorowski (Motherwell) (1-6 agg) Steaua Bucureşti
Ludovic Obraniak (Lille) (4-0 agg) Sevojno
Jacek Bąk (Austria Wien) (5-3 agg) Vojvodina
Seweryn Gancarczyk (Metalist Kharkiv) (4-1 agg) NK Rijeka *sold to Lech Poznan
Mirosław Sznaucner (PAOK) (2a-2 agg) Vålerenga
Lech Poznań (7-3 agg) Fredrikstad
Polonia Warszawa (1-4 agg) NAC Breda
Legia Warszawa (3-3a agg) Brondby
Play-off round:
Mirosław Sznaucner (PAOK) (1-1a agg) Heerenveen
Zbigniew Zakrzewski (FC Sion) (2-4 agg) Fenerbahce
Łukasz Piszczek (Hertha BSC) (4-3 agg) Brondby
Artur Wichniarek (Hertha BSC) (4-3 agg) Brondby
Dawid Kucharski (Heart of Midlothian) vs Dinamo Zagreb
Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucureşti) (5-1 agg) St. Patrick's Athletic
Rafał Grzelak (Steaua Bucureşti) (5-1 agg) St. Patrick's Athletic
Ludovic Obraniak (Lille) (6-3 agg) Racing Genk
Jacek Bąk (Austria Wien) (5-4 agg)Metalurh Donetsk
Mariusz Lewandowski (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) vs Sivasspor
Marcin Kowalczyk (Dynamo Moscow) (1-2 agg) CSKA Sofia
Lech Poznań (1-1a agg) Club Brugge

Group Stage:
Łukasz Piszczek (Hertha BSC)
Artur Wichniarek (Hertha BSC)
Paweł Golański (Steaua Bucureşti)
Rafał Grzelak (Steaua Bucureşti)
Ludovic Obraniak (Lille)
Jacek Bąk (Austria Wien)
Mariusz Lewandowski (FC Shakhtar Donetsk)
Artur Boruc (Celtic F.C.)
Łukasz Załuska (Celtic F.C.)

**last updated Aug 28, 2009.