Politicization of the FIFA World Cup: the Polish perspective

The aim of this article is to depict the political and social history of the FIFA World Cup as seen from the Polish perspective - including the main aspects of the Polish team's appearance in the tournament's previous editions as well as their social and political context. This serves as a point of departure for an analysis of how football fans transfer their support to other national teams and the social, political and cultural reasons for this. The article's summary includes an attempt at a critical look at the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia to study its main political contexts present in the Polish public debates.