Poland national under-21 football team

National under-21 football team of Poland

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

*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 Football Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

Results and fixtures

  Win  Draw  Loss

Poland  v  Finland

Montenegro  v  Poland

Poland  v  Kosovo

Estonia  v  Poland

Slovakia  v  Poland

Poland  v  Estonia

Poland  v  Israel

Germany  v  Poland

Israel  v  Poland

Poland  v  Bulgaria

Poland  v  North Macedonia

Bulgaria  v  Poland

Kosovo  v  Poland

Poland  v  Germany

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 North Macedonia on 1 June 2024.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 1 June 2024 after the match against  North Macedonia. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

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:

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]

See also

• Poland national football team
• Poland Olympic football team
• Poland national under-20 football team
• Poland national under-19 football team
• Poland national under-18 football team
• Poland national under-17 football team
• Poland national under-16 football team

References

1. "Reprezentacja młodzieżowa: Powołania na mecz towarzyski z Macedonią Północną" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 21 May 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.

Notes

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website