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Nickname: | Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds) Białe Orły (The White Eagles) |
Association: | Polish Football Association (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej) |
Confederation: | UEFA (Europe) |
Coach: | Adam Majewski |
Most Caps: | Arkadiusz Głowacki (32) |
Top Scorer: | Dawid Kownacki (15) |
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Regional Name: | European Under-21 Championship |
Regional Cup Apps: | 7 |
Regional Cup First: | 1982 |
Regional Cup Best: | Quarter-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.
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 Under-21 Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | * | ||||||
1978 | did not qualify | |||||||
1980 | ||||||||
1982 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
1984 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
1986 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
1988 | did not qualify | |||||||
1990 | ||||||||
1992 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
1994 | Quarter-finals | 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 | ||||||||
2025 | to be determined | |||||||
Total | Quarter-finals | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 40 |
See main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group D.
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 . Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
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:
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
SEN Withdrew due to a call up to the senior team.
Note: List is not complete