Poland National Under-21 Football Team
The Poland national under-21 football team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski U-21 w piłce nożnej) is the national under-21 football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.
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| Nickname(s) | Biało-czerwoni ("The white and reds") Białe Orły ("The White Eagles") | ||
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| Association | Polish Football Association (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Adam Majewski | ||
| FIFA code | POL | ||
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| European Under-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1982) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994) | ||
This team is for Polish players aged 21 or under at the start of a two-year European Under-21 Championship campaign, so players can be, and often are, up to 23 years old.
The performance of Poland in the U-21 Euro is used to decide if Poland can qualify for the Summer Olympics. Since the team's foundation, Poland only managed to qualify once, the 1992 Summer Olympics thanked for having the best coefficence point among losing quarter-finalists in the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but managed to finish second in the tournament.
Competitive record
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- Silver background colour indicates second place finish.
- Bronze background colour indicates third place finish.
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
UEFA European U-21 Championship
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | |
| 1978 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||
| 1982 | Quarter-final | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1984 | Quarter-final | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1986 | Quarter-final | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1988 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1992 | Quarter-final | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
 1994 | Quarter-final | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
 1996 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1998 | ||||||||
 2000 | ||||||||
 2002 | ||||||||
 2004 | ||||||||
 2006 | ||||||||
 2007 | ||||||||
 2009 | ||||||||
 2011 | ||||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||
 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
  2019 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
  2021 | did not qualify | |||||||
 2023 | ||||||||
| 2025 | to be determined | |||||||
| Total | Quarter-final | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 40 | |
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | |  |  |  | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 11 Oct '24 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Poland | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 15 | Play-offs | 15 Oct '24 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 12 | 2–3 | 10 Sep '24 | — | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Kosovo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 9 | 0–3 | 11 Oct '24 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Estonia (E) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 | 10 Sep '24 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 15 Oct '24 | — | 7 Sep '24 | ||
| 6 | Israel (E) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | 4 Sep '24 | 1–2 | 15 Oct '24 | 10 Sep '24 | 10 Oct '24 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Loss
Finland | 15 June 2023 Friendly | Poland | 1–1 | Finland | Polonia Warsaw Stadium, Warsaw |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+02:00) |
| 90minut.pl |
| Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland) |
Poland | 19 June 2023 Friendly | Montenegro  | 1–2 | Poland | DG Arena, Podgorica |
| 20:15 CET (UTC+02:00) |
| 90minut.pl |
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Kosovo | 8 September 2023 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying | Poland | 3–0 | Kosovo | Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego, Płock |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | UEFA | Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium) |
Poland | 12 September 2023 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying | Estonia | 0–1 | Poland | Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | UEFA |
| Attendance: 379 Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria) |
Poland | 12 October 2023 Friendly | Slovakia | 2–2 | Poland | Košická futbalová aréna, Košice |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 90minut.pl | Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic) |
Estonia | 17 October 2023 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying | Poland | 5–0 | Estonia | Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej, Stalowa Wola |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | 90minut.pl | Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway) |
Israel | 17 November 2023 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying | Poland | 2–1 | Israel | Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź |
| 16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| UEFA |
| Referee: Jovan Kachevski (North Macedonia) |
Poland | 21 November 2023 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying | Germany | 3–1 | Poland | Stadion an der Hafenstraße, Essen |
| 18:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | UEFA |
| Attendance: 8,559 Referee: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus) |
Poland | 21 March 2024 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying | Israel | 1–2 | Poland | Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena, Germany |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| UEFA | Attendance: 0 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste (France) |
Players
Current squad
Players born in or after 2002 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The following players were selected for 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Israel and Bulgaria on 21 and 26 March 2024.
Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2024 after the match against Bulgaria. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Kacper Tobiasz | 4 November 2002 | 10 | 0 | Legia Warsaw |
| 12 | GK | Kacper Bieszczad | 11 September 2002 | 4 | 0 | Raków Częstochowa |
| 22 | GK | Jakub Mądrzyk | 4 December 2003 | 0 | 0 | Miedź Legnica |
| 2 | DF | Ariel Mosór | 19 February 2003 | 17 | 2 | Piast Gliwice |
| 4 | DF | Łukasz Bejger | 11 January 2002 | 14 | 2 | Śląsk Wrocław |
| 5 | DF | Maksymilian Pingot | 1 April 2003 | 9 | 1 | Stal Mielec |
| 14 | DF | Miłosz Matysik | 26 April 2004 | 3 | 1 |  Aris Limassol |
| 15 | DF | Jakub Szymański | 5 July 2002 | 3 | 0 | Wisła Płock |
| 17 | DF | Arkadiusz Pyrka | 20 September 2002 | 11 | 0 | Piast Gliwice |
| 19 | DF | Cezary Polak | 31 May 2003 | 1 | 0 | Kotwica Kołobrzeg |
| DF | Bartłomiej Kłudka | 14 May 2002 | 10 | 2 | Zagłębie Lubin | |
| DF | Patryk Peda | 16 April 2002 | 11 | 0 | SPAL | |
| 6 | MF | Mateusz Łęgowski | 29 January 2003 | 14 | 0 | Salernitana |
| 7 | MF | Kajetan Szmyt | 29 May 2002 | 15 | 3 | Warta Poznań |
| 8 | MF | Kacper Kozłowski | 16 October 2003 | 13 | 2 | Vitesse |
| 10 | MF | Filip Marchwiński | 10 January 2002 | 21 | 1 | Lech Poznań |
| 11 | MF | Michał Rakoczy | 30 March 2002 | 13 | 3 | Cracovia |
| 13 | MF | Jakub Kamiński | 5 June 2002 | 16 | 3 | VfL Wolfsburg |
| 16 | MF | Kacper Urbański | 7 September 2004 | 1 | 0 | Bologna |
| 18 | MF | Jakub Kałuziński | 31 October 2002 | 11 | 1 |  Antalyaspor |
| 21 | MF | Tomasz Pieńko | 5 January 2004 | 7 | 1 | Zagłębie Lubin |
| 23 | MF | Dominik Marczuk | 3 November 2003 | 5 | 0 | Jagiellonia Białystok |
| 9 | FW | Filip Szymczak | 6 May 2002 | 18 | 5 | Lech Poznań |
| 20 | FW | Szymon Włodarczyk | 5 January 2003 | 12 | 5 |  Sturm Graz |
Recent call-ups
The following players (born in 2002 or later) have previously been called up to the Poland under-21 squad in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent:
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Aleksander Bobek | 7 April 2004 | 0 | 0 | ŁKS Łódź | v. Estonia, 12 September 2023 |
| GK | Krzysztof Bąkowski | 4 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | Polonia Warsaw | v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023 |
| DF | Kasjan Lipkowski | 28 March 2003 | 5 | 0 | Arka Gdynia | v. Germany, 21 November 2023 |
| DF | Kamil Lukoszek | 4 April 2002 | 4 | 0 | Górnik Zabrze | v. Germany, 21 November 2023 |
| DF | Bartłomiej Smolarczyk | 2 July 2003 | 1 | 0 | Dordrecht | v. Estonia, 17 October 2023 |
| DF | Oskar Krzyżak | 24 January 2002 | 1 | 0 | Raków Częstochowa | v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023 |
| MF | Antoni Kozubal | 18 August 2004 | 1 | 0 | GKS Katowice | v. Germany, 21 November 2023 |
| MF | Jan Biegański | 4 December 2002 | 12 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. Israel, 17 November 2023 INJ |
| MF | Nicola Zalewski | 23 January 2002 | 6 | 1 | Roma | v. Estonia, 17 October 2023 |
| MF | Fryderyk Gerbowski | 17 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | Wisła Płock | v. Estonia, 17 October 2023 |
| MF | Maxi Oyedele | 7 November 2004 | 3 | 0 |  Forest Green Rovers | v. Estonia, 17 October 2023 |
| MF | Tomasz Wójtowicz | 19 December 2003 | 7 | 0 | Ruch Chorzów | v. Estonia, 12 September 2023 |
| MF | Jakub Myszor | 7 June 2002 | 6 | 0 | Raków Częstochowa | v. Estonia, 12 September 2023 |
| MF | Marcel Wędrychowski | 13 January 2002 | 4 | 1 | Pogoń Szczecin | v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023 |
| MF | Kacper Karasek | 20 March 2002 | 3 | 0 | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023 |
| MF | Adrian Bukowski | 18 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | Stal Rzeszów | v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023 |
| MF | Adrian Troć | 25 April 2003 | 1 | 0 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023 |
| FW | Aleksander Buksa | 15 January 2003 | 9 | 1 | WSG Tirol | v. Estonia, 17 October 2023 |
| FW | Gabriel Kirejczyk | 12 February 2002 | 0 | 0 | Piast Gliwice | v. Finland, 15 June 2023 INJ |
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury. | ||||||
Coaching history
Note: List is not complete
- 1972–1974 – Andrzej Strejlau
- 1974–1975 – Ryszard Kulesza (U-21)
- 1975–1978 – Ryszard Kulesza (U-23)
- 1979–1982 – Waldemar Obrębski
- 1983–1986 – Edmund Zientara
- 1987–1989 – Bogusław Hajdas
- 1990–1992 – Janusz Wójcik
- 1992–1994 – Wiktor Stasiuk
- 1994–1995 – Mieczysław Broniszewski
- 1996–1997 – Edward Lorens
- 1998–1999 – Paweł Janas
- 2000–2001 – Lesław Ćmikiewicz
- 2002–2003 – Edward Klejndinst
- 2004–2005 – Władysław Żmuda
- 2006–2010 – Andrzej Zamilski
- 2011–2012 – Stefan Majewski
- 2013–2017 – Marcin Dorna
- 2017–2020 – Czesław Michniewicz
- 2020–2022 – Maciej Stolarczyk
- 2022–2023 – Michał Probierz
- 2023–present – Adam Majewski
See also
References
Notes
External links
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