Poland women's national football team

The Poland women's national football team represents Poland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Polish Football Association, has never qualified for a major international tournament.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Poland national football team.

Poland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)
ORLICE (The Eaglesses)
AssociationPolish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNina Patalon
CaptainEwa Pajor
Most capsMaria Makowska (111)[1]
Top scorerEwa Pajor (52)
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 30 Increase 1 (25 August 2023)[2]
Highest27 (December 2005 – March 2006; June 2007 – March 2008; May 2010)
Lowest36 (June 2018)
First international
 Italy 3–0 Poland 
(Catania, Italy; 27 June 1981)
Biggest win
 Israel 0–13 Poland 
(Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998)
Biggest defeat
 Iceland 10–0 Poland 
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 13 September 2003)
European Championship
Appearances0

History

Poland is one of the earliest nation in Europe to begin developing women's football, having fielded its female team for the first time in 1981, for a friendly against Italy away. Poland's debut ended with a 0–3 defeat in Catania.

Since its inception, Poland has little success at the international stage, and has failed to qualify for any major tournament, although the team has come close in several occasions. This has been largely due to most of its female footballers are not professional, many Polish female footballers are part-timers, unlike the far more successful men's counterparts.[3] Despite their part-time status, the fact that the team has seen its rise in fortune since 2010s, having come very close in qualifying for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, 2022, as well as the 2011, 2015 and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups were seen as signs of potential growth of the women's team.

Since late 2010s, more efforts have been put in order to give the female national team more recognition. After failing to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, the PZPN has undertaken the step to bid for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, with the establishment of a separate women's football department, while the domestic women's league of Poland, Ekstraliga, is also moving toward establishing full-time professionalism in undisclosed dates.[4][5]

Team image

Nicknames

The Poland women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)" or "ORLICE (The Eaglesses)".

Results and fixtures
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022
11 November Friendly Poland  6–0  Romania Poland

2023
17 February Friendly Poland  0–0   Switzerland
21 February Friendly Poland  1–1   Switzerland
6 April Friendly Poland  2–1  Costa Rica
11 April Friendly Netherlands  4–1  Poland Rotterdam
20:00
Report
Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)
22 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Greece  1–3  Poland Athens
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium,
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
26 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Poland  2–1  Ukraine Gdynia
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni,
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
27 October 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Poland  v  Serbia Tychy
17:45 Report Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
31 October 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Serbia  v  Poland Stara Pazova
19:00 Report Stadium: Sportski centar FSS
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff[6]
PositionName
Head coach Nina Patalon
Assistant coach Maciej Laskowski
Assistant coach Marta Mika
Goalkeeping coach Łukasz Maćkowiak
Physical coach Adam Matuszczak
Analyst Marta Walczak

Manager history
Name From To Source
Tadeusz Maślak 1981-06-27 1984-06-30
Jerzy Pach 1984-07-01 1985-12-31
Józef Kopeć 1986-01-01 1989-12-31
Józef Drabicki 1990-01-01 1990-12-31
Jerzy Miedziński 1991-01-01 1991-12-31
Władysław Szyngiera 1992-01-31 1998-12-31
Leszek Baczyński 1999-01-31 1999-12-31
Albin Wira 2000-02-01 2003-09-18
Jan Stępczak 2003-09-18 2009-06-10
Robert Góralczyk 2009-06-11 2011-01-11
Roman Jaszczak 2011-01-11 2013-02-21
Wojciech Basiuk 2013-02-21 2016-06-07 [7]
Miłosz Stępiński 2016-06-07 2021-03-15 [8][9]
Nina Patalon 2021-03-23 [10]

Players

Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Katarzyna Kiedrzynek (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 56 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
1GK Kinga Szemik (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 11 0 France Reims
22 1GK Oliwia Szperkowska (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 Unknown
23 2DF Adriana Achcińska (2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 6 1 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
2 2DF Małgorzata Grec (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 7 0 France Dijon
2 2DF Sylwia Matysik 29 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2 2DF Emilia Szymczak (2006-06-17) 17 June 2006 0 0 Spain Barcelona B
2 2DF Martyna Wiankowska (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 45 3 Poland Czarni Sosnowiec
2 2DF Oliwia Woś 0 0 Switzerland Zürich
6 3MF Wiktoria Zieniewicz (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 1 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
14 3MF Dominika Grabowska (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 42 4 France Fleury
2 3MF Oliwia Domin 0 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
8 3MF Kinga Kozak (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 13 1 Scotland Glasgow City
2 3MF Klaudia Lefeld 10 1 Switzerland Grasshopper
2 3MF Tanja Pawollek (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 8 1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
2 3MF Natalia Wróbel 9 0 Denmark Brøndby
2 4FW Kayla Adamek (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 6 0 Sweden Vittsjö
16 4FW Klaudia Jedlińska (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 3 0 France Dijon
18 4FW Nikol Kaletka (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 23 0 Poland Medyk Konin
11 4FW Ewelina Kamczyk (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 65 14 France Fleury
20 4FW Nikola Karczewska (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 5 0 England Tottenham Hotspur
19 4FW Natalia Padilla (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 19 4 Germany 1. FC Köln
9 4FW Ewa Pajor (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 70 55 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
19 4FW Magdalena Sobal 0 0 Poland KS Pogoń Tczew

Recent call-ups
  • The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.[12]
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Karolina Klabis 8 0 Poland AZS UJ Kraków v.  Ukraine, 26 September 2023
DF Katja Skupień 0 0 Poland Górnik Łęczna v.  Ukraine, 26 September 2023

Records
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify 4004211
Sweden 1995 6015215
United States 1999 8512159
United States 2003 8800251
China 2007 83051429
Germany 2011 8512189
Canada 2015 105142014
France 2019 83231612
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 10622289
2027To be determined To be determined
Total0/10––––––7035122514998
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA
United States 1996Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024To be determined
United States 2028
Australia 2032
Total-------

UEFA Women's Championship
Poland's national team in 2004
UEFA Women's Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1984 Did not enter Did not enter
Norway 1987
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 2 11
Italy 1993 4 0 0 4 3 12
Germany 1995 6 0 1 5 2 15
Norway Sweden 1997 6 3 0 3 22 9
Germany 2001 6 3 2 1 16 11
England 2005 8 0 2 6 7 36
Finland 2009 8 2 1 5 11 20
Sweden 2013 10 5 2 3 17 11
Netherlands 2017 8 3 1 4 10 16
England 2022 8 4 2 2 16 5
Switzerland2025 To be determined To be determined
Total0/14–––––––64201133104135

Algarve Cup
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Coach
200811th place410338Jan Stępczak
200911th place311259Jan Stępczak
2019 Runners-up320143Miłosz Stępiński
TotalRunners-up104161220–

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "FIFA Women's Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2012.
    2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
    3. "Piłkarska Ekstraliga Kobiet".
    4. UEFA.com (28 June 2022). "Poland – PZPN establishes separate women's football department | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
    5. "Where is the next Women's Euros? Countries bidding to be hosts for UEFA Women's EURO 2025". 31 July 2022.
    6. "Sztab szkoleniowy".
    7. "Sztab szkoleniowy". PZPN - Łączy nas piłka (in Polish).
    8. "Miłosz Stępiński trenerem piłkarskiej reprezentacji kobiet - Sport". eurosport.onet.pl. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
    9. "Zmiana trenera reprezentacji Polski w piłce nożnej kobiet. Dymisja Miłosza Stępińskiego". Sport.pl (in Polish). 15 March 2021.
    10. "Nina Patalon oficjalnie selekcjonerem reprezentacji kobiet". TVP Sport (in Polish). 23 March 2021.
    11. "Selekcjonerka reprezentacji Polski Nina Patalon powołała 24 zawodniczki na październikowe mecze Ligi Narodów z Serbią!". PZPN. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
    12. "Łączy Nas Piłka 2018 Match Calendar" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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