# Poland national under-21 football team

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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1990 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1992 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 1994 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1996 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1998 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2002 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2004 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2006 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2017 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | Group stage | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | Quarter-finals | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 40 |

## UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
### 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| 1 | Germany | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Poland | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 22 | Final tournament | 3–3 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 15 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Kosovo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 12 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Estonia | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 31 | −24 | 7 | | 1–10 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Israel | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 friendly matches against Denmark and Ukraine on 20 and 25 March 2025.
Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2024 after the match against Iceland. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Kacper Tobiasz | (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 22) | 13 | 0 | Legia Warsaw |
| 1GK | Jakub Mądrzyk | (2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Stal Mielec |
| 1GK | Kacper Trelowski | (2003-08-19) 19 August 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Raków Częstochowa |
| 2DF | Ariel Mosór | (2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 (age 22) | 20 | 2 | Raków Częstochowa |
| 2DF | Patryk Peda | (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 0 | Juve Stabia |
| 2DF | Łukasz Bejger | (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 23) | 15 | 2 | Celje |
| 2DF | Arkadiusz Pyrka | (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22) | 15 | 0 | Piast Gliwice |
| 2DF | Miłosz Matysik | (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 20) | 8 | 1 | Aris Limassol |
| 2DF | Cezary Polak | (2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 0 | Jagiellonia Białystok |
| 2DF | Bartłomiej Smolarczyk | (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Korona Kielce |
| 2DF | Marcel Krajewski | (2004-10-21) 21 October 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Widzew Łódź |
| 2DF | Filip Luberecki | (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Motor Lublin |
| 3MF | Mateusz Łęgowski | (2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 22) | 17 | 0 | Yverdon-Sport |
| 3MF | Jakub Kałuziński | (2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 4 | Antalyaspor |
| 3MF | Michał Rakoczy | (2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 3 | Ankaragücü |
| 3MF | Kajetan Szmyt | (2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 3 | Zagłębie Lubin |
| 3MF | Kacper Kozłowski | (2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 21) | 14 | 2 | Gaziantep |
| 3MF | Mariusz Fornalczyk | (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 22) | 12 | 2 | Korona Kielce |
| 3MF | Tomasz Pieńko | (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 21) | 12 | 2 | Zagłębie Lubin |
| 3MF | Antoni Kozubal | (2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 20) | 5 | 0 | Lech Poznań |
| 3MF | Mateusz Kowalczyk | (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | GKS Katowice |
| 4FW | Filip Szymczak | (2002-05-06) 6 May 2002 (age 22) | 23 | 7 | GKS Katowice |
| 4FW | Szymon Włodarczyk | (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 22) | 14 | 6 | Salernitana |

### 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 | Xavier Dziekoński | (2003-10-06) 6 October 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Korona Kielce | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| GK | Sławomir Abramowicz | (2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Jagiellonia Białystok | v. Germany, 15 October 2024 |
| GK | Oliwier Zych | (2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Aston Villa | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| GK | Kacper Bieszczad | (2002-09-11) 11 September 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Vizela | v. Bulgaria, 26 March 2024 |
| DF | Bartłomiej Kłudka | (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 22) | 11 | 2 | Zagłębie Lubin | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| DF | Maksymilian Pingot | (2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 21) | 11 | 1 | Lech Poznań | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| DF | Patryk Warczak | (2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Stal Rzeszów | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| DF | Jakub Szymański | (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Wisła Płock | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 $^{INJ}$ |
| DF | Kasjan Lipkowski | (2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 0 | Arka Gdynia | v. Bulgaria, 10 September 2024 |
| DF | Igor Drapiński | (2004-05-31) 31 May 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Piast Gliwice | v. Bulgaria, 10 September 2024 |
| DF | Jakub Lewicki | (2005-09-17) 17 September 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Piast Gliwice | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Dominik Marczuk | (2003-11-03) 3 November 2003 (age 21) | 9 | 2 | Real Salt Lake | v. Denmark, 20 March 2025 $^{SEN}$ |
| MF | Jan Biegański | (2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 22) | 13 | 0 | Sivasspor | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| MF | Kamil Lukoszek | (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Górnik Zabrze | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| MF | Fryderyk Gerbowski | (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Stal Mielec | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| MF | Kacper Karasek | (2002-03-20) 20 March 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| MF | Kacper Duda | (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | Wisła Kraków | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| MF | Jan Faberski | (2006-04-22) 22 April 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Jong Ajax | v. Iceland, 17 November 2024 |
| MF | Filip Marchwiński | (2002-01-10) 10 January 2002 (age 23) | 23 | 1 | Lecce | v. Germany, 15 October 2024 |
| MF | Dawid Drachal | (2005-01-31) 31 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | GKS Katowice | v. Bulgaria, 10 September 2024 |
| MF | Tomasz Wójtowicz | (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 21) | 8 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Karol Borys | (2006-09-28) 28 September 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 1 | Maribor | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Łukasz Gerstenstein | (2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Śląsk Wrocław | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Antoni Klimek | (2002-08-04) 4 August 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Puszcza Niepołomice | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Tomasz Neugebauer | (2003-05-08) 8 May 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| MF | Jakub Kamiński | (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 3 | VfL Wolfsburg | v. Bulgaria, 26 March 2024 |
| MF | Kacper Urbański | (2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Monza | v. Bulgaria, 26 March 2024 |
| FW | Wiktor Bogacz | (2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | New York Red Bulls | v. Bulgaria, 10 September 2024 $^{INJ}$ |
| FW | Kacper Sezonienko | (2003-03-23) 23 March 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. North Macedonia, 1 June 2024 |
| $^{INJ}$ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury. |||||||

## 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
* 2020–2022 – Maciej Stolarczyk
* 2022–2023 – Michał Probierz
* 2023–present – Adam Majewski