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	6 (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.

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	Qualification in progress
Total	Best: Quarter-final	13	1	4	8	12	33

Recent results

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Georgia	0–3	Poland	Gori, Georgia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kownacki 58' (pen.), 65' Kapustka 71'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	3–3	Finland	Łódź, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kownacki 7', 71' (pen.) Tomczyk 68'	Report	Dahlström 8' Kairinen 61' F. Jensen 76'	Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Attendance: 8,538 Referee: Nenad Djokić (Serbia)

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Lithuania	0–2	Poland	Gargždai, Lithuania
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Tomczyk 62' Michalak 80'	Stadium: Gargždai Stadium Referee: Stavros Mantalos (Greece)

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Faroe Islands	2–2	Poland	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	M. Olsen 52' (pen.) Petersen 80'	Report	Kownacki 35' (pen.) Bartosz 90+4'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	3–1	Denmark	Gdynia, Poland
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Michalak 15' Tomczyk 24' Żurkowski 74'	Report	Laursen 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion GOSiR Attendance: 3,812 Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) UEFA EURO U-21 qualification	Poland	1–0	Lithuania	Lublin, Poland
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kownacki 78'	Report		Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 7,823 Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Faroe Islands and Finland on 7 and 11 September 2018 respectively.^[1]
Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2018 after the match against Lithuania.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Kamil Grabara	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Liverpool
22	1GK	Tomasz Loska	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)	2	0	Górnik Zabrze
	1GK	Bartłomiej Drągowski	(1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27)	5	0	Fiorentina

5	2DF	Paweł Bochniewicz	(1996-01-30) 30 January 1996 (age 28)	7	0	Górnik Zabrze
4	2DF	Kamil Pestka	(1998-08-22) 22 August 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Cracovia
3	2DF	Mateusz Wieteska	(1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27)	6	0	Górnik Zabrze
	2DF	Wiktor Biedrzycki	(1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Górnik Zabrze
	2DF	Mateusz Hołownia	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Legia Warsaw
	2DF	Dominik Jończy	(1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała
	2DF	Paweł Stolarski	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Lechia Gdańsk

16	3MF	Patryk Dziczek	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Piast Gliwice
7	3MF	Damian Gąska	(1996-11-24) 24 November 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Wigry Suwałki
18	3MF	Filip Jagiełło	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Zagłębie Lubin
14	3MF	Kamil Jóźwiak	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Lech Poznań
17	3MF	Bartosz Kapustka	(1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 27)	8	1	OH Leuven
23	3MF	Konrad Michalak	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 26)	5	2	Wisła Płock
8	3MF	Jakub Piotrowski	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 26)	6	0	Pogoń Szczecin
10	3MF	Sebastian Szymański	(1999-05-10) 10 May 1999 (age 25)	5	0	Legia Warsaw
	3MF	Kamil Dankowski	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Śląsk Wrocław
	3MF	Szymon Żurkowski	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 26)	5	1	Górnik Zabrze

9	4FW	Dawid Kownacki	(1997-03-14) 14 March 1997 (age 27)	14	10	Sampdoria
13	4FW	Karol Świderski	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)	5	0	Jagiellonia Białystok
	4FW	Patryk Klimala	(1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Jagiellonia Białystok
	4FW	Paweł Tomczyk	(1998-05-04) 4 May 1998 (age 26)	5	3	Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała

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	Mateusz Kuchta	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Odra Opole	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018
GK	Jakub Wrąbel	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 28)	10	0	Śląsk Wrocław	v. Denmark, 14 November 2017

DF	Jakub Bartosz	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 28)	4	1	Sandecja Nowy Sącz	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018
DF	Jan Bednarek	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)	10	0	Southampton	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018
DF	Robert Gumny	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Lech Poznań	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018
DF	Krystian Miś	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Korona Kielce	v. Denmark, 14 November 2017

MF	David Kopacz	(1999-05-29) 29 May 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Borussia Dortmund	v. Denmark, 14 November 2017
MF	Damian Rasak	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Wisła Płock	v. Denmark, 14 November 2017
MF	Maciej Ambrosiewicz	(1998-05-24) 24 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Górnik Zabrze	v. Lithuania, 10 October 2017

FW	Karol Angielski	(1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Piast Gliwice	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018
FW	Marcin Urynowicz	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Górnik Zabrze	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018
FW	Oskar Zawada	(1996-02-01) 1 February 1996 (age 28)	4	0	Wisła Płock	v. Lithuania, 27 March 2018

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^[2]

Note:List is not complete

References

^ "U-21: POWOŁANIA NA MECZE Z WYSPAMI OWCZYMI I FINLANDIĄ" (in Polish). pzpn.pl. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^ "Czesław Michniewicz trenerem reprezentacji młodzieżowej" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

External links

UEFA Under-21 website

[1] "U-21: POWOŁANIA NA MECZE Z WYSPAMI OWCZYMI I FINLANDIĄ" (in Polish). pzpn.pl. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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

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