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.

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)

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

Bulgaria  v  Poland

10 September 2024 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Bulgaria	1–3	Poland	Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov, Sofia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tsenov 29'	UEFA	Szymczak 52' Pieńko 56' Kałuziński 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 475 Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)

Kosovo  v  Poland

11 October 2024 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Kosovo	0–4	Poland	Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		UEFA	Fornalczyk 21' Szymczak 25' Marczuk 31' Kałuziński 45+2' (pen.)	Referee: Ladislav Szikszay (Czech Republic)

Poland  v  Germany

15 October 2024 2025 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	3–3	Germany	Widzew Stadium, Łódź
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marczuk 17' Kałuziński 50' Fornalczyk 59'	UEFA	Tresoldi 3' Wanner 21' Arrey-Mbi 30'	Attendance: 11,496 Referee: Dario Bel (Croatia)

Poland  v  Iceland

17 November 2024 Friendly	Poland	1–2	Iceland	Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Włodarczyk 74' (pen.)	90minut.pl	Andrésson 15' Mikaelsson 71'	Referee: Jose David Martínez Montalban (Spain)

Poland  v  Denmark

20 March 2025 Friendly	Poland	3–3	Denmark	Calista Sport Center, Antalya, Turkey
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kozłowski 15' (pen.) Pyrka 56' Mosór 88'	90minut.pl	Jørgensen 64' Kjerrumgaard 69' Hansen 86'	Attendance: 134 Referee: Halim Kolancı (Turkey)

Poland  v  Ukraine

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)

Poland  v  Georgia

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)

Portugal  v  Poland

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)

France  v  Poland

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)

Poland  v  North Macedonia

5 September 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying	Poland	v	North Macedonia	Józef Piłsudski Cracovia Stadium, Kraków
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Armenia  v  Poland

9 September 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying	Armenia	v	Poland	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Poland  v  Montenegro

10 October 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Poland

v

Montenegro

Arena Katowice, Katowice

Sweden  v  Poland

14 October 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Sweden

v

Poland

Stadsparksvallen, Jönköping, Sweden

Poland  v  Italy

14 November 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Poland

v

Italy

North Macedonia  v  Poland

18 November 2025 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

North Macedonia

v

Poland

Poland  v  Armenia

27 March 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Poland

v

Armenia

Montenegro  v  Poland

31 March 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Montenegro

v

Poland

Poland  v  Sweden

30 September 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Poland

v

Sweden

Italy  v  Poland

5 October 2026 2027 UEFA Euro qualifying

Italy

v

Poland

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 17 June 2025 after the match against France. 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	Kacper Tobiasz (captain)	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 22)	16	0	Legia Warsaw
12	1GK	Kacper Trelowski	(2003-08-19) 19 August 2003 (age 22)	3	0	Raków Częstochowa
22	1GK	Sławomir Abramowicz	(2004-06-09) 9 June 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Jagiellonia Białystok
2	2DF	Ariel Mosór	(2003-02-19) 19 February 2003 (age 22)	25	4	Raków Częstochowa
3	2DF	Patryk Peda	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 23)	21	0	Palermo
4	2DF	Miłosz Matysik	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 (age 21)	11	1	Aris Limassol
5	2DF	Łukasz Bejger	(2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 23)	19	2	Celje
13	2DF	Filip Luberecki	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Motor Lublin
14	2DF	Arkadiusz Pyrka	(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)	19	1	FC St. Pauli
15	2DF	Michał Gurgul	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Lech Poznań
23	2DF	Bartłomiej Smolarczyk	(2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 22)	4	0	Korona Kielce
6	3MF	Mateusz Łęgowski	(2003-01-29) 29 January 2003 (age 22)	22	0	Salernitana
7	3MF	Kajetan Szmyt	(2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 23)	21	3	Zagłębie Lubin
8	3MF	Jakub Kałuziński	(2002-10-31) 31 October 2002 (age 22)	21	5	Antalyaspor
10	3MF	Kacper Kozłowski	(2003-10-16) 16 October 2003 (age 21)	19	3	Gaziantep
11	3MF	Michał Rakoczy	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 23)	19	3	Cracovia
16	3MF	Antoni Kozubal	(2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 21)	9	0	Lech Poznań
17	3MF	Mariusz Fornalczyk	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 22)	17	3	Widzew Łódź
18	3MF	Dominik Marczuk	(2003-11-03) 3 November 2003 (age 21)	12	2	Real Salt Lake
19	3MF	Mateusz Kowalczyk	(2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 21)	4	0	GKS Katowice
21	3MF	Tomasz Pieńko	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 21)	17	2	Raków Częstochowa
9	4FW	Filip Szymczak	(2002-05-06) 6 May 2002 (age 23)	28	8	Lech Poznań
20	4FW	Wiktor Bogacz	(2004-07-14) 14 July 2004 (age 21)	1	0	New York Red Bulls

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	Jakub Mądrzyk	(2003-12-04) 4 December 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Raków Częstochowa	2025 UEFA Euro Under-21 PRE
GK	Xavier Dziekoński	(2003-10-06) 6 October 2003 (age 21)	2	0	Korona Kielce	v.  Iceland, 17 November 2024
DF	Cezary Polak	(2003-05-31) 31 May 2003 (age 22)	7	0	Jagiellonia Białystok	v.  Ukraine, 25 March 2025
DF	Marcel Krajewski	(2004-10-21) 21 October 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Widzew Łódź	v.  Ukraine, 25 March 2025
DF	Bartłomiej Kłudka	(2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 23)	11	2	Zagłębie Lubin	v.  Iceland, 17 November 2024
DF	Maksymilian Pingot	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 22)	11	1	Górnik Zabrze	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 23)	4	0	Polonia Bytom	v.  Iceland, 17 November 2024 INJ
DF	Kasjan Lipkowski	(2003-03-28) 28 March 2003 (age 22)	5	0	GKS Tychy	v.  Bulgaria, 10 September 2024
DF	Igor Drapiński	(2004-05-31) 31 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Piast Gliwice	v.  Bulgaria, 10 September 2024
MF	Jan Biegański	(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 22)	13	0	Pogoń Szczecin	v.  Iceland, 17 November 2024
MF	Kamil Lukoszek	(2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 23)	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 23)	4	0	Motor Lublin	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 19)	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	Jagiellonia Białystok	v.  Bulgaria, 10 September 2024
FW	Szymon Włodarczyk	(2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 22)	16	7	Excelsior	2025 UEFA Euro Under-21 PRE
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad.

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

See also

• Poland national football team
• Poland Olympic football team
• Poland national under-20 football team
• Poland national under-19 football team
• Poland national under-18 football team
• Poland national under-17 football team
• Poland national under-16 football team