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	Maciej Stolarczyk
FIFA code	POL
First colours	Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1982)
Best result	Quarter-final (5 times)

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	To be determined
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	8	7	0	1	26	8	+18	21	Final tournament	—	3–2	0–4	3 Jun	4–0	4–0
2	Israel	8	5	1	2	17	9	+8	16	Play-offs	0–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–1	7 Jun
3	Poland	8	4	3	1	20	7	+13	15		7 Jun	1–2	—	1–1	5–0	3–0
4	Hungary (Y)	8	3	2	3	14	13	+1	11		1–5	1–2	2–2	—	1–0	4–0
5	Latvia (E)	8	1	1	6	4	17	−13	4		1–3	2 Jun	0–2	7 Jun	—	2–0
6	San Marino (E)	8	0	1	7	0	27	−27	1		0–6	0–4	2 Jun	0–4	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, may only advance to play-offs

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

26 March 2021 (2021-03-26) Friendly	Poland	7–0	Saudi Arabia	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Żurawski 7' Walukiewicz 45' Benedyczak 57', 80' (pen.), 90' Kubica 68' Marchwiński 70'			Referee: Alfonso Ros Gómez (Spain)

29 March 2021 (2021-03-29) Friendly	Austria	2–0	Poland	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adamu 19', 22'			Referee: José Joaquín Gallego Gambín (Spain)

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Latvia	0–2	Poland	Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		UEFA	Skóraś 55' Poręba 86'	Referee: Keith Kennedy (Northern Ireland)

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	1–2	Israel	Arena Lublin, Lublin
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Smoliński 7'	UEFA	Walukiewicz 34' (o.g.) Karzev 49'	Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

8 October 2021 (2021-10-08) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Hungary	2–2	Poland	Szent Gellért Fórum, Szeged
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Németh 49', 90+5'	UEFA	Benedyczak 34' (pen.) Wędrychowski 81'	Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	3–0	San Marino	Suzuki Arena, Kielce
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bogusz 29' Kamiński 61' Bejger 66'	UEFA		Attendance: 4126 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

12 November 2021 (2021-11-12) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Germany	0–4	Poland	Mechatronik Arena, Aspach
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)		UEFA	Benedyczak 5', 12' Skóraś 15' Kozłowski 90'	Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	5–0	Latvia	Cracovia Stadium, Kraków
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benedyczak 32' (pen.) Bejger 45' Śpiewak 45+1', 63' Kozłowski 51'	UEFA		Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Robertas Valikonis (Lithuania)

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 UEFA EURO U-21 qualification

San Marino

v

Poland

7 June 2022 UEFA EURO U-21 qualification

Poland

v

Germany

Players

Current squad

Players born in or after 2000 are eligible for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were selected for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Israel and Hungary on 24 and 29 March 2022.[2][3]

Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Hungary. 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	Cezary Miszta	(2001-10-30) 30 October 2001	6	0	Legia Warszawa
12	1GK	Filip Majchrowicz	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000	1	0	Radomiak Radom
22	1GK	Jakub Stolarczyk	(2000-12-19) 19 December 2000	1	0	Dunfermline Athletic

2	2DF	Łukasz Bejger	(2002-01-11) 11 January 2002	6	2	Śląsk Wrocław
4	2DF	Kamil Piątkowski	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000	7	0	Red Bull Salzburg
5	2DF	Konrad Gruszkowski	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001	5	0	Wisła Kraków
14	2DF	Jakub Kiwior	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000	14	1	Spezia
15	2DF	Ariel Mosór	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003	1	0	Piast Gliwice
16	2DF	Michał Karbownik	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001	6	0	Olympiacos

3	3MF	Krzysztof Kubica	(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000	3	1	Górnik Zabrze
6	3MF	Łukasz Poręba	(2000-03-13) 13 March 2000	8	1	Zagłębie Lubin
7	3MF	Jakub Kamiński	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002	12	3	Lech Poznań
8	3MF	Maciej Żurawski	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000	5	1	Pogoń Szczecin
10	3MF	Kacper Kozłowski	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003	4	2	Union SG
11	3MF	Filip Marchwiński	(2002-01-10) 10 January 2002	8	1	Lech Poznań
13	3MF	Mateusz Łęgowski	(2003-01-29) 29 January 2003	1	0	Pogoń Szczecin
18	3MF	Ben Lederman	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000	1	0	Raków Częstochowa
19	3MF	Maksymilian Sitek	(2000-12-04) 4 December 2000	1	0	Stal Mielec
20	3MF	Nicola Zalewski	(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002	4	0	Roma
21	3MF	Michał Skóraś	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000	8	3	Lech Poznań
23	3MF	Mariusz Fornalczyk	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	2	0	Pogoń Szczecin
	3MF	Marcel Wędrychowski	(2002-01-13) 13 January 2002	2	1	Górnik Łęczna
	3MF	Michał Rakoczy	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002	0	0	Cracovia

9	4FW	Adrian Benedyczak	(2000-11-24) 24 November 2000	10	8	Parma
17	4FW	Bartosz Białek	(2001-11-11) 11 November 2001	8	1	VfL Wolfsburg

Recent call-ups

The following players (born in 2000 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	Kacper Trelowski	(2003-08-19) 19 August 2003	0	0	Raków Częstochowa	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
GK	Marcel Lotka	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001	2	0	Hertha BSC II	v. Israel, 7 September 2021
GK	Kacper Tobiasz	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002	0	0	Stomil Olsztyn	v. Israel, 7 September 2021

DF	Maik Nawrocki	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001	4	0	Legia Warszawa	v. Israel, 24 March 2022 ^INJ
DF	Kamil Kruk	(2000-03-13) 13 March 2000	3	0	Zagłębie Lubin	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
DF	Patryk Peda	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002	0	0	S.P.A.L.	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
DF	Aleksander Paluszek	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001	1	0	Skra Częstochowa	v. Germany, 12 November 2021 ^INJ
DF	Kryspin Szcześniak	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001	0	0	Górnik Łęczna	v. San Marino, 12 October 2021
DF	Sebastian Walukiewicz	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000	10	1	Cagliari	v. Hungary, 8 October 2021 ^INJ

MF	Mateusz Bogusz	(2001-08-22) 22 August 2001	18	4	Ibiza	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
MF	Daniel Szelągowski	(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002	6	0	Warta Poznań	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
MF	Mateusz Żukowski	(2001-11-23) 23 November 2001	4	0	Rangers	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
MF	Piotr Starzyński	(2004-01-22) 22 January 2004	1	0	Wisła Kraków	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
MF	Dennis Jastrzembski	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000	1	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v. Germany, 12 November 2021 ^WD
MF	Mateusz Młyński	(2001-02-01) 1 February 2001	3	0	Wisła Kraków	v. San Marino, 12 October 2021
MF	Szymon Czyż	(2001-07-08) 8 July 2001	2	0	Raków Częstochowa	v. San Marino, 12 October 2021
MF	Kacper Smoliński	(2001-02-07) 7 February 2001	4	1	Pogoń Szczecin	v. Hungary, 8 October 2021 ^INJ
MF	Mateusz Praszelik	(2000-09-26) 26 September 2000	5	0	Hellas Verona	v. Israel, 7 September 2021
MF	Wiktor Długosz	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000	2	0	Raków Częstochowa	v. Israel, 7 September 2021
MF	Patryk Plewka	(2000-01-02) 2 January 2000	0	0	Wisła Kraków	v. Israel, 7 September 2021
MF	Kacper Skibicki	(2001-10-11) 11 October 2001	0	0	Legia Warszawa	v. Israel, 7 September 2021

FW	Kacper Śpiewak	(2000-05-30) 30 May 2000	2	2	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	v. Latvia, 16 November 2021
FW	Kacper Sezonienko	(2003-03-23) 23 March 2003	0	0	Lechia Gdańsk	v. Germany, 12 November 2021 ^WD
FW	Filip Szymczak	(2002-05-06) 6 May 2002	5	0	GKS Katowice	v. San Marino, 12 October 2021
^WD Withdrew from the squad. ^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad.

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[4]
2020–current – Maciej Stolarczyk[5]

References

"לדרמן: "רוצה לשחק בפולין, מאמינים בי" - ספורט 5".
"U-21: Powołania na mecze z Izraelem i Węgrami" (in Polish). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
"U-21: Zmiana w powołaniach na mecze z Izraelem i Węgrami" (in Polish). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
"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.

Notes

External links

UEFA Under-21 website

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

[2] "U-21: Powołania na mecze z Izraelem i Węgrami" (in Polish). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[3] "U-21: Zmiana w powołaniach na mecze z Izraelem i Węgrami" (in Polish). Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

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

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