The Poland national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of

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and is controlled by the

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. 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

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. Since the team's foundation, Poland only managed to qualify once, the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

thanked for having the best coefficence point among losing quarter-finalists in the

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, but managed to finish second in the tournament.

Competitive record

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.'' :''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 Football Championship

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Results and fixtures

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 the

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matches against

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and

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on 17 and 21 November 2022. ''Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2022, after the match against . Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.''

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:
^INJ Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^SEN Player withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the senior team.

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 –

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* 1983–1986 – Edmund Zientara * 1987–1989 –

Bogusław Hajdas Bogusław Hajdas (born 21 July 1939) is a Polish football player and coach. Career Playing career Bogusław Hajdas played for Warta Zawiercie, Lotnik Warszawa and AZS-AWF Warszawa. Coaching career Bogusław Hajdas managed Gwardia Warszawa, Po ...

* 1990–1992 – Janusz Wójcik * 1992–1994 – Wiktor Stasiuk * 1994–1995 – Mieczysław Broniszewski * 1996–1997 – Edward Lorens * 1998–1999 – Paweł Janas * 2000–2001 –

Lesław Ćmikiewicz Lesław Ćmikiewicz (born 25 August 1948 in Wrocław) is a retired Polish football player and manager. He played for Polish clubs including Śląsk Wrocław and Legia Warsaw. He also played for the New York Arrows and Chicago Horizon in the ...

* 2002–2003 –

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* 2004–2005 – Władysław Żmuda * 2006–2010 – Andrzej Zamilski * 2011–2012 –

Stefan Majewski Stefan Majewski (born 31 January 1956) is a Polish former professional footballer and football manager. Club career Majewski was born in Bydgoszcz. He played for clubs such as Gwiazda Bydgoszcz, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Legia Warsaw, 1. FC Kaisersl ...

* 2013–2017 – Marcin Dorna * 2017–2020 – Czesław Michniewicz * 2020–2022 – Maciej Stolarczyk * 2022–''present'' –

Michał Probierz Michał Probierz (born 24 September 1972) is a Polish football manager and former player who manages Poland U21. As a player, he played as a midfielder, spending most of his career with Górnik Zabrze. As a manager, he won both the Polish Cup ...

References

Notes

External links

UEFA Under-21 website
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