Poland Under-20 | |
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Fifa Trigramme: | POL |
Nickname: | Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds) Białe Orły (The White Eagles) |
Association: | Polish Football Association (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej) |
Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
Coach: | Miłosz Stępiński[1] |
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Regional Name: | FIFA U-20 World Cup |
Regional Cup Apps: | 5 |
Regional Cup First: | 1979 |
Regional Cup Best: | Third place (1983) |
The Poland national under-20 football team represents Poland in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland.
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.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | |||||||
1977 | did not qualify | |||||||
1979 | Fourth place | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
1981 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
1983 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | |
1985 | qualified, did not enter | |||||||
1987 | did not qualify | |||||||
1989 | ||||||||
1991 | ||||||||
1993 | ||||||||
1995 | ||||||||
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1999 | ||||||||
2001 | ||||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2005 | ||||||||
2007 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
2009 | did not qualify | |||||||
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2013 | ||||||||
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2017 | ||||||||
2019 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
2023 | did not qualify | |||||||
2025 | ||||||||
Total | Best: Third place | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 28 |
With the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship hosted on home soil, the tournament started badly for Poland, with a demoralizing 0–1 loss to Austria. However, the players roused themselves for their crucial second fixture and registered a convincing 4–1 victory over Belgium. A semi-final berth was at stake in the final group fixture against the Czech Republic, but the hopes of qualifying for the final four evaporated in a 0–2 defeat to the Czechs. The Poles had done enough to secure a third-place finish in Group A, and with it, a ticket to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Being the host of the tournament, Poland automatically qualified. With an inexperienced youth squad, having previously unable to qualify for any major U-19 European Championship and only competed in much smaller Under 20 Elite League, Poland put the tournament with pressure. They were grouped with Colombia, Senegal and Tahiti.
Poland managed to finish third in their group, after managing a lone 5–0 win over Tahiti and holding Senegal goalless draw, previously lost 0–2 to Colombia. This helped Poland to qualify to the round of sixteen, where they were unfortunate to face juggernaut Italy. Despite its resistance, Poland still lost by a penalty, thus for the second time Poland was eliminated from the round of sixteen.
The following players were selected for the Elite League matches against Italy and England on 15 and 19 November 2024.[2]
Caps and goals updated as of 19 November 2024 after the match against . Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
The following players (born in 2003 or later) have previously been called up to the Poland under-20 squad in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent:
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SEN Withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team.