Poland national under-21 football team

Poland Under-21
Nickname(s)	Biało-czerwoni; ("The white and reds"); Białe Orły; ("The White Eagles")
Association	Polish Football Association ; (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Adam Majewski
FIFA code	POL
First colours	Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1982)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)

The Poland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.

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	did not qualify
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	did not qualify
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	did not qualify
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	Poland	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Final tournament	—	15 Oct '24	26 Mar '24	3–0	5–0	17 Nov
2	Germany	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Play-offs	21 Nov	—	11 Oct '24	22 Mar '24	17 Nov	26 Mar '24
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5		10 Sep '24	2–3	—	1–1	21 Nov	1–0
4	Kosovo	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4		11 Oct '24	0–3	17 Nov	—	2–0	10 Sep '24
5	Estonia	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1		0–1	10 Sep '24	1–1	15 Oct '24	—	6 Sep '24
6	Israel	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0		21 Mar '24	TBD	15 Oct '24	21 Nov	TBD	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 October 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) Friendly	Croatia	2–1	Poland	Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Biuk 32' Ljubičić 45'	90minut.pl	Szymczak 20'	Referee: Marin Vidulin (Croatia)

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) Friendly	Poland	3–2	Turkey	Stadion Mutila, Medulin
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Szymczak 7' Kłudka 45' Szmyt 56'	90minut.pl	Baltacı 62' Bayram 69'	Referee: Matej Bezelj (Croatia)

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) Friendly	Poland	0–0	Austria	Mardan Sports Complex, Aksu, Antalya
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		90minut.pl		Referee: Kemal Ögen (Turkey)

27 March 2023 (2023-03-27) Friendly	Poland	2–0	Albania	Mardan Sports Complex, Aksu, Antalya
15:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Musiałowski 11' Włodarczyk 81'	90minut.pl		Referee: Ramazan Doğanay (Turkey)

15 June 2023 (2023-06-15) Friendly	Poland	1–1	Finland	Polonia Warsaw Stadium, Warsaw
17:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Włodarczyk 90+5' (pen.)	90minut.pl	Walta 15'	Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)

19 June 2023 (2023-06-19) Friendly	Montenegro	1–2	Poland	DG Arena, Podgorica
20:15 CET (UTC+02:00)	Janjić 6'	90minut.pl	Włodarczyk 14', 79'

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	3–0	Kosovo	Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego, Płock
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mosór 25' Rakoczy 30', 44'	UEFA		Referee: Lothar D'hondt (Belgium)

12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Estonia	0–1	Poland	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		UEFA	Szymczak 81'	Attendance: 379 Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)

12 October 2023 (2023-10-12) Friendly	Slovakia	2–2	Poland	Košická futbalová aréna, Košice
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jambor 5' Marcelli 15'	90minut.pl	Buksa 8' Szmyt 60'	Referee: Ondřej Berka (Czech Republic)

17 October 2023 (2023-10-17) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	5–0	Estonia	Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej, Stalowa Wola
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rakoczy 7' Zalewski 22' Szymczak 44', 57' Pieńko 72'	90minut.pl		Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)

17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	v	Israel	Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Germany	v	Poland	Stadion an der Hafenstraße, Essen
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

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 a friendly match against Slovakia on 12 October 2023 and a 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying match against Estonia on 17 October 2023.[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 17 October 2023 after the match against Estonia. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kacper Tobiasz	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002	6	0	Legia Warsaw
12	1GK	Kacper Bieszczad	(2002-09-11) 11 September 2002	4	0	Raków Częstochowa
22	1GK	Jakub Mądrzyk	(2003-12-04) 4 December 2003	0	0	Miedź Legnica

2	2DF	Ariel Mosór	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003	13	1	Piast Gliwice
3	2DF	Maksymilian Pingot	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003	7	0	Lech Poznań
4	2DF	Łukasz Bejger	(2002-01-11) 11 January 2002	10	2	Śląsk Wrocław
5	2DF	Kasjan Lipkowski	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003	5	0	Arka Gdynia
13	2DF	Bartłomiej Smolarczyk	(2003-07-02) 2 July 2003	1	0	Dordrecht
15	2DF	Jakub Szymański	(2002-07-05) 5 July 2002	3	0	Wisła Płock
17	2DF	Arkadiusz Pyrka	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002	7	0	Piast Gliwice
18	2DF	Dominik Marczuk	(2003-11-03) 3 November 2003	2	0	Jagiellonia Białystok
23	2DF	Kamil Lukoszek	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002	3	0	Górnik Zabrze

6	3MF	Jan Biegański	(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002	12	0	Lechia Gdańsk
7	3MF	Kajetan Szmyt	(2002-05-29) 29 May 2002	11	2	Warta Poznań
8	3MF	Mateusz Łęgowski	(2003-01-29) 29 January 2003	11	0	Salernitana
10	3MF	Nicola Zalewski	(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002	6	1	Roma
11	3MF	Michał Rakoczy	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002	9	3	Cracovia
14	3MF	Filip Marchwiński	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002	17	1	Lech Poznań
16	3MF	Maxi Oyedele	(2004-11-07) 7 November 2004	3	0	Manchester United
19	3MF	Tomasz Pieńko	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004	3	1	Zagłębie Lubin
	3MF	Fryderyk Gerbowski	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003	3	0	Wisła Płock

9	4FW	Filip Szymczak	(2002-05-06) 6 May 2002	14	5	Lech Poznań
20	4FW	Szymon Włodarczyk	(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003	9	4	Sturm Graz
21	4FW	Aleksander Buksa	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	9	1	WSG Tirol

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	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004	0	0	ŁKS Łódź	v. Estonia, 12 September 2023
GK	Krzysztof Bąkowski	(2003-01-04) 4 January 2003	3	0	Radomiak Radom	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
GK	Mikołaj Biegański	(2002-04-05) 5 April 2002	1	0	Wisła Kraków	v. Albania, 27 March 2023
GK	Gabriel Kobylak	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002	0	0	Legia Warsaw	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ

DF	Miłosz Matysik	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004	1	0	Jagiellonia Białystok	v. Slovakia, 12 October 2023 ^INJ
DF	Bartłomiej Kłudka	(2002-05-14) 14 May 2002	10	2	Zagłębie Lubin	v. Estonia, 12 September 2023
DF	Patryk Peda	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002	10	0	SPAL	v. Estonia, 12 September 2023
DF	Oskar Krzyżak	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002	1	0	Warta Poznań	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
DF	Krystian Palacz	(2003-07-19) 19 July 2003	1	0	Motor Lublin	v. Albania, 27 March 2023
DF	Marcel Błachewicz	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003	1	0	GKS Tychy	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
DF	Maksymilian Tkocz	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002	0	0	Wisła Puławy	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022

MF	Kacper Kozłowski	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003	10	2	Vitesse	v. Slovakia, 12 October 2023 ^INJ
MF	Tomasz Wójtowicz	(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003	7	0	Ruch Chorzów	v. Estonia, 12 September 2023
MF	Jakub Myszor	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002	6	0	Cracovia	v. Estonia, 12 September 2023
MF	Kacper Urbański	(2004-09-07) 7 September 2004	0	0	Bologna	v. Estonia, 12 September 2023
MF	Jakub Kałuziński	(2002-10-31) 31 October 2002	8	1	Antalyaspor	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF	Marcel Wędrychowski	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002	4	1	Pogoń Szczecin	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF	Kacper Karasek	(2002-03-20) 20 March 2002	3	0	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF	Adrian Bukowski	(2003-03-18) 18 March 2003	1	0	Stal Rzeszów	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF	Adrian Troć	(2003-04-25) 25 April 2003	1	0	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	v. Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF	Mateusz Musiałowski	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003	5	1	Liverpool	v. Albania, 27 March 2023
MF	Bartosz Baranowicz	(2003-01-11) 11 January 2003	0	0	GKS Katowice	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ
MF	Mariusz Fornalczyk	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	8	0	Pogoń Szczecin	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
MF	Adam Ratajczyk	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002	2	0	Zagłębie Lubin	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022

FW	Gabriel Kirejczyk	(2002-02-12) 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[2]
2020–2022 – Maciej Stolarczyk[3]
2022–2023 – Michał Probierz[4]
2023–present – Adam Majewski[5]

References

"eMME: eMME: Kadra na mecze ze Słowacją i Estonią" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
"Czesław Michniewicz trenerem reprezentacji młodzieżowej" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
"Maciej Stolarczyk selekcjonerem reprezentacji Polski U-21" (in Polish). PZPN. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
"Michał Probierz trenerem reprezentacji Polski U-21". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 4 July 2022.
"PZPN ogłosił, że nowym trenerem kadry do lat 21 będzie Adam Majewski". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

Notes

External links

UEFA Under-21 website

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[1] "eMME: eMME: Kadra na mecze ze Słowacją i Estonią" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2023.

[2] "Czesław Michniewicz trenerem reprezentacji młodzieżowej" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[3] "Maciej Stolarczyk selekcjonerem reprezentacji Polski U-21" (in Polish). PZPN. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[4] "Michał Probierz trenerem reprezentacji Polski U-21". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 4 July 2022.

[5] "PZPN ogłosił, że nowym trenerem kadry do lat 21 będzie Adam Majewski". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.