The Poland national under-21 football team () is the national under-21

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team of

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and is controlled by the

Polish Football Association The Polish Football Association ( PZPN) is the governing body of association football in Poland. It organizes the Polish football leagues (without the ), the national cups, and manages the men's and women's national teams. It also runs the nati ...

. 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

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

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

1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1990–92), had 32 entrants. Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team since 1964. Italy U-21s won the co ...

, but managed to finish second in the tournament.

Competitive record

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on

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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

Results and fixtures

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the

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. ''Caps and goals updated as of 14 June 2025 after the match against

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. 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.
^PRE Preliminary squad.

Coaching history

Note: List is not complete * 1972–1974 – Andrzej Strejlau * 1974–1975 –

Ryszard Kulesza Ryszard Kulesza (28 September 1931 – 19 May 2008) was a Polish football player, manager and executive, one of managers of the Poland national team. His father was killed during the Warsaw Uprising, and Kulesza himself, who was 13, was lucky t ...

(U-21) * 1975–1978 –

(U-23) * 1979–1982 – Waldemar Obrębski * 1983–1986 – Edmund Zientara * 1987–1989 –

Bogusław Hajdas Bogusław Hajdas (born 21 July 1939) is a Polish former profeesional footballer and manager. Playing career Hajdas played for Warta Zawiercie, Lotnik Warsaw and AZS-AWF Warsaw. Coaching career Hajdas managed Gwardia Warsaw, Pogoń Szczecin, ...

* 1990–1992 –

Janusz Wójcik Janusz Marek Wójcik (18 November 1953 – 20 November 2017) was a Polish politician, football player and manager. Playing career He played in several clubs at home and abroad, including Agrykola, Gwardia, Ursus and Hutnik Warsaw, Ravalpandi ...

* 1992–1994 – Wiktor Stasiuk * 1994–1995 – Mieczysław Broniszewski * 1996–1997 – Edward Lorens * 1998–1999 –

Paweł Janas Paweł Janas (; born 4 March 1953) is a Polish former football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was voted the Polish Coach of the Year four times. Career Club He began his playing career for the Włókniarz Pabianice te ...

* 2000–2001 –

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

* 2002–2003 – Edward Klejndinst * 2004–2005 –

Władysław Żmuda Władysław Antoni Żmuda (; born 6 June 1954) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender for Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Hellas Verona, New York Cosmos and US Cremonese. He earned 91 caps for the Poland nation ...

* 2006–2010 – Andrzej Zamilski * 2011–2012 –

Stefan Majewski Stefan Majewski (born 31 January 1956) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who was most recently the sporting director of Ekstraklasa club Cracovia. Club career Majewski was born in Bydgoszcz. He played for clubs such as ...

* 2013–2017 – Marcin Dorna * 2017–2020 –

Czesław Michniewicz Czesław Michniewicz (; born 12 February 1970) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Botola Pro side AS FAR. He managed the Poland national team in 2022. Managerial career Early years In Septemb ...

* 2020–2022 –

Maciej Stolarczyk Maciej Stolarczyk (born 15 January 1972 in Słupsk) is a Polish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He was most recently in c ...

* 2022–2023 – Michał Probierz * 2023–''present'' – Adam Majewski

References

Notes

External links

UEFA Under-21 website
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