Poland national under-21 football team

Poland Under-21
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwoni (The White and Reds)
Białe Orły (The White Eagles)
AssociationPolish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachJerzy Brzęczek
Most capsArkadiusz Głowacki (32)
Top scorerDawid Kownacki (15)
First colours
Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances8 (first in 1982)
Best resultQuarter-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.

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
1982 Quarter-finals 2 0 1 1 3 4
1984 2 0 1 1 3 6
1986 2 1 0 1 1 5
1988 did not qualify
1990
1992 Quarter-finals 2 0 1 1 1 6
1994 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 3 2 0 1 4 7
2021 did not qualify
2023
2025 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 11
2027 to be determined
Total Quarter-finals 19 3 4 12 18 51

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results from the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

20 March 2025 Friendly Poland  3–3  Denmark Calista Sport Center, Antalya, Turkey
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
  • Kozłowski 15' (pen.)
  • Pyrka 56'
  • Pieńko 88'
90minut.pl Attendance: 134
Referee: Halim Kolancı (Turkey)
25 March 2025 Friendly Poland  3–2  Ukraine Calista Sport Center, Antalya, Turkey
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) 90minut.pl
Referee: Ibrahim Güner (Turkey)
11 June 2025 2025 UEFA Euro group stage Poland  1–2  Georgia Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) UEFA Attendance: 2,218
Referee: Alessandro Dudic (Switzerland)
14 June 2025 2025 UEFA Euro group stage Portugal  5–0  Poland Štadión Sihoť, Trenčín, Slovakia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
UEFA Attendance: 4,469
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
17 June 2025 2025 UEFA Euro group stage France  4–1  Poland Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
UEFA
Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)
5 September 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  3–0  North Macedonia Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium, Kraków
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
UEFA Attendance: 5,874
Referee: Karel Rouček (Czech Republic)
9 September 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying Armenia  0–4  Poland Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) UEFA
Attendance: 950
Referee: Tom Owen (Wales)
10 October 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  2–0  Montenegro Arena Katowice, Katowice
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) UEFA Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
14 October 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying Sweden  0–6  Poland Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping, Sweden
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) UEFA
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Oguzhan Çakir (Turkey)
14 November 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  2–1  Italy Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera, Szczecin
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
UEFA
Attendance: 19,177
Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
18 November 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying North Macedonia  0–1  Poland Petar Miloševski Stadium, Bitola, North Macedonia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) UEFA
  • Kocaba 33'
Attendance: 312
Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)
30 September 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying Poland  v  Sweden
UEFA

Players

Current squad

Players born in or after 2004 are eligible for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were selected for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying matches against Italy and North Macedonia on 14 and 18 November 2025.[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2025 after the match against North Macedonia. 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 Marcel Łubik (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 4 0 Górnik Zabrze
12 1GK Oliwier Zych (2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 1 0 Raków Częstochowa
1GK Aleksander Bobek (2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 0 0 ŁKS Łódź

2 2DF Igor Drapiński (2004-05-31) 31 May 2004 6 0 Piast Gliwice
3 2DF Michał Gurgul (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 8 0 Lech Poznań
5 2DF Kacper Potulski (2007-10-19) 19 October 2007 1 0 Mainz 05
13 2DF Filip Luberecki (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 5 0 Motor Lublin
20 2DF Mariusz Kutwa (2004-02-17) 17 February 2004 3 0 Wisła Kraków
23 2DF Igor Orlikowski (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 1 0 Zagłębie Lubin
2DF Miłosz Matysik (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 15 2 Aris Limassol

6 3MF Antoni Kozubal (2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 15 2 Lech Poznań
7 3MF Wiktor Nowak (2004-09-20) 20 September 2004 4 0 Wisła Płock
8 3MF Kamil Jakubczyk (2004-08-10) 10 August 2004 1 0 Arka Gdynia
10 3MF Tomasz Pieńko (captain) (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 23 6 Raków Częstochowa
11 3MF Wojciech Urbański (2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 1 0 Legia Warsaw
14 3MF Maciej Kuziemka (2006-03-19) 19 March 2006 3 1 Wisła Kraków
15 3MF Filip Kocaba (2004-11-13) 13 November 2004 6 1 Zagłębie Lubin
16 3MF Kacper Duda (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 8 0 Wisła Kraków
17 3MF Oskar Pietuszewski (2008-05-20) 20 May 2008 6 4 Jagiellonia Białystok
18 3MF Jan Faberski (2006-04-22) 22 April 2006 5 0 PEC Zwolle
19 3MF Dawid Drachal (2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 4 0 Jagiellonia Białystok

9 4FW Wiktor Bogacz (2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 6 2 New York Red Bulls

Recent call-ups

The following players (born in 2004 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 Maciej Kikolski (2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 0 0 Widzew Łódź v.  Sweden, 14 October 2025
GK Sławomir Abramowicz (2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 3 0 Jagiellonia Białystok v.  Montenegro, 10 October 2025 INJ

DF Marcel Krajewski (2004-10-21) 21 October 2004 4 1 Widzew Łódź v.  Sweden, 14 October 2025
DF Tommaso Guercio (2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 0 0 Śląsk Wrocław v.  Sweden, 14 October 2025

MF Mateusz Kowalczyk (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 8 0 GKS Katowice v.  Italy, 14 November 2025 INJ
MF Kacper Urbański (2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 3 1 Legia Warsaw v.  Italy, 14 November 2025 INJ
MF Adrian Przyborek (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 0 0 Pogoń Szczecin v.  Sweden, 14 October 2025
MF Filip Rózga (2006-08-07) 7 August 2006 2 0 Sturm Graz v.  Armenia, 9 September 2025
MF Maxi Oyedele (2004-11-07) 7 November 2004 0 0 Strasbourg v.  North Macedonia, 5 September 2025 INJ

FW Marcel Reguła (2006-10-26) 26 October 2006 5 1 Zagłębie Lubin v.  North Macedonia, 18 November 2025 INJ

WD Withdrew from the squad.
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

Coaching history

Note: List is not complete

Honours

Friendly

  • Fajr International Tournament

See also

References

  1. ^ "[U-21] Powołania na mecze z Włochami i Macedonią Północną" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  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.

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