Poland national under-21 football team

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Poland Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwoni
("The white and reds")
Białe Orły
("The White Eagles")
AssociationPolish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAdam Majewski
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances7 (first in 1982)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994)

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.

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[edit]

*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[edit]

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
France 1994 Quarter-final 2 0 0 2 1 5
Spain 1996 did not qualify
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002
Germany 2004
Portugal 2006
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 7
Italy San Marino 2019 Group stage 3 2 0 1 4 7
Hungary Slovenia 2021 did not qualify
Romania Georgia (country) 2023
Slovakia 2025 to be determined
Total Quarter-final 16 3 4 9 16 40

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship[edit]

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification[edit]

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group D
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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

Results and fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 June 2023 (2023-06-15) Friendly Poland  1–1  Finland Polonia Warsaw Stadium, Warsaw
17:30 CET (UTC+02:00)
90minut.pl
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)
19 June 2023 (2023-06-19) Friendly Montenegro  1–2  Poland DG Arena, Podgorica
20:15 CET (UTC+02:00)
90minut.pl
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)
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
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)
90minut.pl
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)
90minut.pl Referee: Mohammad Usman Aslam (Norway)
17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  2–1  Israel Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
UEFA
Referee: Jovan Kachevski (North Macedonia)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 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)
21 March 2024 (2024-03-21) 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)
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  0–1  Bulgaria Stadion Śląski, Chorzów
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) UEFA
Attendance: 5,498
Referee: Christian-Petru Ciochirca (Austria)
10 September 2024 (2024-09-10) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying Bulgaria  v  Poland
UEFA
11 October 2024 (2024-10-11) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying Kosovo  v  Poland
UEFA
15 October 2024 (2024-10-15) 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  v  Germany
UEFA

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

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.[1]

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 1GK Kacper Tobiasz (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21) 10 0 Poland Legia Warsaw
12 1GK Kacper Bieszczad (2002-09-11) 11 September 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Poland Raków Częstochowa
22 1GK Jakub Mądrzyk (2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 20) 0 0 Poland Miedź Legnica
2 2DF Ariel Mosór (2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 (age 21) 17 2 Poland Piast Gliwice
4 2DF Łukasz Bejger (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 22) 14 2 Poland Śląsk Wrocław
5 2DF Maksymilian Pingot (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 21) 9 1 Poland Stal Mielec
14 2DF Miłosz Matysik (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 19) 3 1 Cyprus Aris Limassol
15 2DF Jakub Szymański (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 21) 3 0 Poland Wisła Płock
17 2DF Arkadiusz Pyrka (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 21) 11 0 Poland Piast Gliwice
19 2DF Cezary Polak (2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Poland Kotwica Kołobrzeg
2DF Bartłomiej Kłudka (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 21) 10 2 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
2DF Patryk Peda (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 21) 11 0 Italy SPAL
6 3MF Mateusz Łęgowski (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 21) 14 0 Italy Salernitana
7 3MF Kajetan Szmyt (2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 21) 15 3 Poland Warta Poznań
8 3MF Kacper Kozłowski (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 20) 13 2 Netherlands Vitesse
10 3MF Filip Marchwiński (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 22) 21 1 Poland Lech Poznań
11 3MF Michał Rakoczy (2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 22) 13 3 Poland Cracovia
13 3MF Jakub Kamiński (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 21) 16 3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
16 3MF Kacper Urbański (2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 19) 1 0 Italy Bologna
18 3MF Jakub Kałuziński (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 21) 11 1 Turkey Antalyaspor
21 3MF Tomasz Pieńko (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 20) 7 1 Poland Zagłębie Lubin
23 3MF Dominik Marczuk (2003-11-03) 3 November 2003 (age 20) 5 0 Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
9 4FW Filip Szymczak (2002-05-06) 6 May 2002 (age 21) 18 5 Poland Lech Poznań
20 4FW Szymon Włodarczyk (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 21) 12 5 Austria Sturm Graz

Recent call-ups[edit]

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 (age 20) 0 0 Poland ŁKS Łódź v.  Estonia, 12 September 2023
GK Krzysztof Bąkowski (2003-01-04) 4 January 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Poland Polonia Warsaw v.  Montenegro, 19 June 2023
DF Kasjan Lipkowski (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 21) 5 0 Poland Arka Gdynia v.  Germany, 21 November 2023
DF Kamil Lukoszek (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Poland Górnik Zabrze v.  Germany, 21 November 2023
DF Bartłomiej Smolarczyk (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Netherlands Dordrecht v.  Estonia, 17 October 2023
DF Oskar Krzyżak (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Poland Raków Częstochowa v.  Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF Antoni Kozubal (2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 19) 1 0 Poland GKS Katowice v.  Germany, 21 November 2023
MF Jan Biegański (2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 21) 12 0 Poland Lechia Gdańsk v.  Israel, 17 November 2023 INJ
MF Nicola Zalewski (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22) 6 1 Italy Roma v.  Estonia, 17 October 2023
MF Fryderyk Gerbowski (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Poland Wisła Płock v.  Estonia, 17 October 2023
MF Maxi Oyedele (2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 (age 19) 3 0 England Forest Green Rovers v.  Estonia, 17 October 2023
MF Tomasz Wójtowicz (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 20) 7 0 Poland Ruch Chorzów v.  Estonia, 12 September 2023
MF Jakub Myszor (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 (age 21) 6 0 Poland Raków Częstochowa v.  Estonia, 12 September 2023
MF Marcel Wędrychowski (2002-01-13) 13 January 2002 (age 22) 4 1 Poland Pogoń Szczecin v.  Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF Kacper Karasek (2002-03-20) 20 March 2002 (age 22) 3 0 Poland Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza v.  Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF Adrian Bukowski (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Poland Stal Rzeszów v.  Montenegro, 19 June 2023
MF Adrian Troć (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 20) 1 0 Poland Zagłębie Sosnowiec v.  Montenegro, 19 June 2023
FW Aleksander Buksa (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21) 9 1 Austria WSG Tirol v.  Estonia, 17 October 2023
FW Gabriel Kirejczyk (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Poland Piast Gliwice v.  Finland, 15 June 2023 INJ

INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
SEN Withdrew due to a call up to the senior team.

Coaching history[edit]

Note: List is not complete

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "eMME: Kadra reprezentacji Polski na mecze z Izraelem i Bułgarią" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  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.

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