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	Czesław Michniewicz
FIFA code	POL
First colours	Second colours
European Under-21 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 1982)
Best result	Quarter-final (5 times)

The Poland national under-21 football team 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 Football 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-final	2	0	1	1	3	4
1984	Quarter-final	2	0	1	1	3	6
1986	Quarter-final	2	1	0	1	1	5
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Did not qualify
1992	Quarter-final	2	0	1	1	1	6
1994	Quarter-final	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	To be determined
Total	Best: Quarter-final	16	3	4	9	16	40

Recent results

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Latvia	0–1	Poland	Zemgale Olympic Center, Jelgava
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		UEFA 90minut	Klimala 27'	Attendance: 350^[1] Referee: Admir Šehović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	4–0	Estonia	Białystok City Stadium, Białystok
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Płacheta 6' Fila 65' Jóźwiak 80' Dziczek 90+4' (pen.)	UEFA 90minut		Attendance: 6,358^[2] Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Russia	2–2	Poland	Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Utkin 25' Suleymanov 90+1'	UEFA 90minut	Diveyev 10' (o.g.) Klimala 45+1'	Attendance: 16,028^[3] Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	1–0	Serbia	Stadion Widzewa, Łódź
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bogusz 79'	UEFA 90minut		Attendance: 3,628^[4] Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Bulgaria	3–0	Poland	Slavia Stadium, Sofia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Yordanov 43' Ivanov 51', 61'	UEFA 90minut		Attendance: 453^[5] Referee: Yaroslav Kozyk (Ukraine)

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18) Friendly	Montenegro	1–0	Poland	DG Arena, Podgorica
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sekulić 2'	90minut		Referee: Milovan Milačić (Montenegro)

2020 (2020) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	v	Latvia	Białystok City Stadium, Białystok
CET (UTC+01:00)		UEFA [ 90minut]

30 March 2020 (2020-03-30) Friendly	Poland	v	Belarus	Stadion Miejski, Suwałki
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		[ 90minut]

4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Estonia	v	Poland
		UEFA [ 90minut]

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	v	Russia
		UEFA [ 90minut]

9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Serbia	v	Poland
		UEFA [ 90minut]

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	v	Bulgaria
		UEFA [ 90minut]

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Bulgaria and friendly match against Montenegro on 15 and 18 November 2019 respectively.^[6]^[7]
Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2019 after the match against Montenegro.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Marcin Bułka	(1999-10-04) 4 October 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Paris Saint-Germain
1GK	Kamil Grabara	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 25)	16	0	Huddersfield Town
1GK	Karol Niemczycki	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Puszcza Niepołomice

2DF	Karol Fila	(1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 (age 25)	10	1	Lechia Gdańsk
2DF	Robert Gumny	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25)	12	0	Lech Poznań
2DF	Kamil Pestka	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 25)	15	0	Cracovia
2DF	Jan Sobociński	(1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 (age 25)	5	0	ŁKS Łódź
2DF	Sebastian Walukiewicz	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)	5	0	Cagliari
2DF	Przemysław Wiśniewski	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Górnik Zabrze

3MF	Maciej Ambrosiewicz	(1998-05-24) 24 May 1998 (age 26)	6	0	Wisła Płock
3MF	Mateusz Bogusz	(2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 22)	4	0	Leeds United
3MF	Kamil Jóźwiak	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 26)	13	1	Lech Poznań
3MF	Sebastian Kowalczyk	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Pogoń Szczecin
3MF	Marcin Listkowski	(1998-02-10) 10 February 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Pogoń Szczecin
3MF	Sylwester Lusiusz	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 24)	2	0	Cracovia
3MF	Jakub Moder	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Lech Poznań
3MF	Przemysław Płacheta	(1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 26)	5	1	Norwich City
3MF	Piotr Pyrdoł	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Legia Warsaw
3MF	Bartosz Slisz	(1999-03-29) 29 March 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Zagłębie Lubin

4FW	Bartosz Bida	(2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Jagiellonia Białystok
4FW	Patryk Klimala	(1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 25)	6	2	Celtic
4FW	Patryk Szysz	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Zagłębie Lubin
4FW	Paweł Tomczyk	(1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 (age 26)	11	3	Lech Poznań

The following players have been called up for the national team for previous matches in the last year:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Radosław Majecki	(1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Legia Warsaw	v. Estonia, 10 September 2019

DF	Jakub Bednarczyk	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	FC St. Pauli	v. Estonia, 10 September 2019
DF	Adrian Gryszkiewicz	(1999-12-13) 13 December 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Górnik Zabrze	v. Estonia, 10 September 2019
DF	Krystian Bielik	(1998-01-04) 4 January 1998 (age 26)	6	3	Derby County	UEFA EURO U-21, 16–30 June 2019
DF	Mateusz Hołownia	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v. Finland, 11 September 2018

MF	Patryk Dziczek	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26)	17	1	Salernitana	v. Bulgaria, 15 November 2019 ^INJ
MF	Daniel Ściślak	(2000-03-13) 13 March 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Górnik Zabrze	v. Bulgaria, 15 November 2019 ^INJ
MF	Kamil Wojtkowski	(1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Wisła Kraków	v. Russia, 11 October 2019}
MF	Sebastian Milewski	(1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Piast Gliwice	v. Estonia, 10 September 2019
MF	Miłosz Szczepański	(1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Raków Częstochowa	v. Estonia, 10 September 2019
MF	Sebastian Szymański	(1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 (age 25)	16	3	Dynamo Moscow	UEFA EURO U-21, 16–30 June 2019
MF	David Kopacz	(1999-05-29) 29 May 1999 (age 24)	2	0	Górnik Zabrze	v. Denmark, 14 November 2017

^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad.

Coaching History

0000000 – Andrzej Strejlau
1974–75 – Ryszard Kulesza (U-21)
1975–78 – Ryszard Kulesza (U-23)
0000000 – Waldemar Obrębski
0000000 – Edmund Zientara
1987–89 – Bogusław Hajdas
1990–92 – Janusz Wójcik
1992–94 – Wiktor Stasiuk
1994–95 – Mieczysław Broniszewski
1996–97 – Edward Lorens
1998–99 – Paweł Janas
2000–01 – Lesław Ćmikiewicz
2002–03 – Edward Klejndinst
2004–05 – Władysław Żmuda
2006–10 – Andrzej Zamilski
2011–13 – Stefan Majewski
2013–17 – Marcin Dorna
2017–00 – Czesław Michniewicz^[8]

Note:List is not complete

References

^ "Latvia U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Poland U21 vs. Estonia U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Russia U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ "Poland U21 vs. Serbia U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ "Bulgaria U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "U-21: Powołania na mecze z Bułgarią i Czarnogórą". 5 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "U-21: Dodatkowe powołanie na mecze z Bułgarią i Czarnogórą". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Czesław Michniewicz trenerem reprezentacji młodzieżowej" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

External links

UEFA Under-21 website

[1] "Latvia U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[2] "Poland U21 vs. Estonia U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[3] "Russia U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[4] "Poland U21 vs. Serbia U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[5] "Bulgaria U21 vs. Poland U21". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[6] "U-21: Powołania na mecze z Bułgarią i Czarnogórą". 5 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[7] "U-21: Dodatkowe powołanie na mecze z Bułgarią i Czarnogórą". 6 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[8] "Czesław Michniewicz trenerem reprezentacji młodzieżowej" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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