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	Jerzy Brzęczek
Most caps	Arkadiusz Głowacki (32)
Top scorer	Dawid Kownacki (15)
First colours	Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1982)
Best result	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.

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-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	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
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	did not qualify
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	Jørgensen 64' Kjerrumgaard 69' Hansen 86'	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)	Włodarczyk 49' Fornalczyk 78' Szymczak 89'	90minut.pl	Vyunnyk 19', 67'	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)	Kałuziński 73' (pen.)	UEFA	Lominadze 55' Gordeziani 90+4'	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)	Quenda 16', 24' Araújo 30' Bernardo 41' Gomes 63'	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)	Zézé 18' Cissé 19', 29' Abline 82'	UEFA	Mosór 61'	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)	Zendelovski 22' (o.g.) Reguła 65' Pietuszewski 68'	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	Pietuszewski 36', 82' Matysik 45+4' Bogacz 56'	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)	Kozubal 4' Pietuszewski 23'	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	Pieńko 6', 31' (pen.), 90+3' Urbański 45+2' Kozubal 83' Krajewski 89'	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)	Bogacz 83' Kuziemka 86'	UEFA	Pisilli 61'	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)

27 March 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	v	Armenia
		UEFA

31 March 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying	Montenegro	v	Poland
		UEFA

30 September 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	v	Sweden
		UEFA

5 October 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying	Italy	v	Poland
		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	Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza

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	Porto
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	Cracovia

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	Carrarese	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	Lazio	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

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^[2]
2020–2022 – Maciej Stolarczyk^[3]
2022–2023 – Michał Probierz^[4]
2023–2025 – Adam Majewski^[5]
2025–present – Jerzy Brzęczek

Honours

Friendly

Fajr International Tournament
- Champions: 1986

References

^ "[U-21] Powołania na mecze z Włochami i Macedonią Północną" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
^ "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.
^ "Michał Probierz trenerem reprezentacji Polski U-21". pzpn.pl (in Polish). 4 July 2022.
^ "PZPN ogłosił, że nowym trenerem kadry do lat 21 będzie Adam Majewski". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

Notes

External links

UEFA Under-21 website

[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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