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	Michał Probierz
FIFA code	POL
First colours	Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1982)
Best result	Quarter-final (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 Football 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
Total	Quarter-final	16	3	4	9	16	40

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	9	0	1	32	9	+23	27	Final tournament	—	3–2	0–4	4–0	4–0	4–0
2	Israel	10	6	1	3	19	10	+9	19	Play-offs	0–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–0
3	Poland	10	5	3	2	26	9	+17	18		1–2	1–2	—	1–1	5–0	3–0
4	Hungary	10	4	2	4	16	17	−1	14		1–5	1–2	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
5	Latvia	10	2	1	7	5	19	−14	7		1–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	2–0
6	San Marino	10	0	1	9	0	34	−34	1		0–6	0–4	0–5	0–4	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Israel	2–2	Poland	HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva
17:30 UTC+1 (18:30 UTC+2)	Abada 50' Gandelman 73'	UEFA	Benedyczak 10' Kamiński 78'	Attendance: 3,870[1] Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

29 March 2022 (2022-03-29) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	1–1	Hungary	Arena Zabrze, Zabrze
16:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Skóraś 90+5' (pen.)	UEFA	Németh 35'	Attendance: 4,668 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	San Marino	0–5	Poland	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
20:30 CET (UTC+02:00)		UEFA	Białek 4' (89), pen.' Łopata 17' Skóraś 33' Kałuziński 82'	Referee: Luka Bilbija, (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	1–2	Germany	ŁKS Municipal Stadium, Łódź
18:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Białek 35'	UEFA	Moukoko 25' (85)	Referee: Manfredas Lukjancukas (Lithuania)

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) Friendly	Poland	0–1	Greece	Municipal Stadium, Białystok
16:30 CET (UTC+02:00)		PZPN	Kosidis 49'	Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) Friendly	Poland	1–1	Latvia	Municipal Stadium, Suwałki
17:30 CET (UTC+02:00)	Kłudka 71'	PZPN	Kaušelis 59'	Referee: Paweł Malec (Poland)

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)

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 the friendly matches against Austria and Albania on 24 and 27 March 2023.[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2023, after the match against Albania. 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	Krzysztof Bąkowski	(2003-01-04) 4 January 2003	3	0	Stal Rzeszów
12	1GK	Kacper Bieszczad	(2002-09-11) 11 September 2002	2	0	Zagłębie Lubin
22	1GK	Mikołaj Biegański	(2002-04-05) 5 April 2002	1	0	Wisła Kraków

2	2DF	Ariel Mosór	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003	9	0	Piast Gliwice
4	2DF	Patryk Peda	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002	6	0	S.P.A.L.
5	2DF	Maksymilian Pingot	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003	4	0	Odra Opole
13	2DF	Kasjan Lipkowski	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003	1	0	KKS 1925 Kalisz
15	2DF	Krystian Palacz	(2003-07-19) 19 July 2003	1	0	Sandecja Nowy Sącz
16	2DF	Jakub Szymański	(2002-07-05) 5 July 2002	1	0	Wisła Płock
17	2DF	Kamil Lukoszek	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002	1	0	Skra Częstochowa
23	2DF	Bartłomiej Kłudka	(2002-05-14) 14 May 2002	6	2	Zagłębie Lubin

3	3MF	Tomasz Wójtowicz	(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003	4	0	Ruch Chorzów
6	3MF	Jan Biegański	(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002	6	0	GKS Tychy
7	3MF	Mateusz Musiałowski	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003	5	1	Liverpool
8	3MF	Mateusz Łęgowski	(2003-01-29) 29 January 2003	7	0	Pogoń Szczecin
10	3MF	Filip Marchwiński	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002	12	1	Lech Poznań
11	3MF	Michał Rakoczy	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002	5	0	Cracovia
14	3MF	Kajetan Szmyt	(2002-05-29) 29 May 2002	5	1	Warta Poznań
18	3MF	Jakub Kałuziński	(2002-10-31) 31 October 2002	6	1	Lechia Gdańsk
19	3MF	Kacper Karasek	(2002-03-20) 20 March 2002	1	0	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

20	4FW	Szymon Włodarczyk	(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003	3	1	Górnik Zabrze
21	4FW	Aleksander Buksa	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	4	0	SL16 FC

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	Gabriel Kobylak	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002	0	0	Radomiak Radom	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ
GK	Kacper Tobiasz	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002	1	0	Legia Warsaw	v. Croatia, 17 November 2022 ^SEN
GK	Kacper Trelowski	(2003-08-19) 19 August 2003	1	0	Raków Częstochowa	v. Latvia, 27 September 2022

DF	Łukasz Bejger	(2002-01-11) 11 January 2002	6	2	Śląsk Wrocław	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ
DF	Marcel Błachewicz	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003	1	0	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
DF	Maksymilian Tkocz	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002	0	0	Odra Opole	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
DF	Oskar Krzyżak	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002	0	0	Skra Częstochowa	v. Latvia, 27 September 2022
DF	Dominik Marczuk	(2003-11-01) 1 November 2003	0	0	Stal Rzeszów	v. Latvia, 27 September 2022

MF	Arkadiusz Pyrka	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002	2	0	Piast Gliwice	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ
MF	Marcel Wędrychowski	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002	2	1	Pogoń Szczecin	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ
MF	Bartosz Baranowicz	(2003-01-11) 11 January 2003	0	0	Skra Częstochowa	v. Austria, 24 March 2023 ^INJ
MF	Mariusz Fornalczyk	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	8	0	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
MF	Jakub Myszor	(2002-06-07) 7 June 2002	5	0	Cracovia	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
MF	Fryderyk Gerbowski	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003	2	0	Stal Mielec	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
MF	Adam Ratajczyk	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002	2	0	Stal Mielec	v. Turkey, 21 November 2022
MF	Kacper Kozłowski	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003	8	2	Vitesse	v. Croatia, 17 November 2022 ^INJ
MF	Daniel Dudziński	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002	1	0	GKS Katowice	v. Latvia, 27 September 2022
MF	Dawid Hanc	(2002-07-10) 10 July 2002	1	0	Chrobry Głogów	v. Latvia, 27 September 2022
MF	Tomasz Pieńko	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004	1	0	Zagłębie Lubin	v. Germany, 7 June 2022
MF	Jakub Kamiński	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002	12	3	VfL Wolfsburg	v. Hungary, 29 March 2022
MF	Nicola Zalewski	(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002	4	0	Roma	v. Hungary, 29 March 2022

FW	Filip Szymczak	(2002-05-06) 6 May 2002	10	2	Lech Poznań	v. Albania, 27 March 2023 ^INJ
FW	Dawid Kocyła	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002	3	0	Wisła Płock	v. Latvia, 27 September 2022
FW	Kacper Sezonienko	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003	0	0	Lechia Gdańsk	v. Germany, 7 June 2022
^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^SEN Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team.

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[3]
2020–2022 – Maciej Stolarczyk[4]
2022–present – Michał Probierz[5]

References

"לדרמן: "רוצה לשחק בפולין, מאמינים בי" - ספורט 5".
"Reprezentacja młodzieżowa: Kadra na mecze towarzyskie z Austrią i Albanią" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 17 March 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.

Notes

External links

UEFA Under-21 website

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[1] "לדרמן: "רוצה לשחק בפולין, מאמינים בי" - ספורט 5".

[2] "Reprezentacja młodzieżowa: Kadra na mecze towarzyskie z Austrią i Albanią" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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

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

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