The Poland women's national football team () represents

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in international

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, and is governed by the

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, the governing body for

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. Having played their inaugural game in 1981, the team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from

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onwards. They have clinched their first successful qualification for a major tournament, the

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, after two wins over

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in the second round of the

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History

Poland was one of the earliest nations in Europe to begin developing women's football, having fielded its female team for the first time in 1981, for a friendly against

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away. Poland's debut ended with a 0–3 defeat in

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. Since its inception, Poland has little success at the international stage, and has failed to qualify for any major tournament, although the team has come close in several occasions. This has been largely due to most of its female footballers are not professional, many Polish female footballers are part-timers, unlike the far more successful men's counterparts. Despite their part-time status, the fact that the team has seen its rise in fortune since 2010s, having come very close in qualifying for

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, as well as the

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and

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s were seen as signs of potential growth of the women's team. Since late 2010s, more efforts have been put in order to give the women's national team more recognition. After failing to qualify for the

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, the

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has undertaken the step to bid for the

, with the establishment of a separate women's football department, while the domestic women's league of Poland, Ekstraliga, is also moving toward establishing full-time professionalism in undisclosed dates. In 2024, Poland failed to score a point during their UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying run. However, thanks to winning their 2023–24 UEFA Nations League group, they were ensured of a play-off spot that would grant them a second chance to qualify for the tournament. After winning both play-off legs against

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in October, and their first game against

the following month, Poland sealed their first-ever qualification to a major event on 3 December, 2024, with a 1–0 win (2–0 on agg.) against the Austrians.

Team image

Nicknames

The Poland women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''Biało-czerwone'' (The white and reds)" or "''Orlice'' (The Eaglesses)".

Home stadium

Until 2024, the Poland women's national football team had no

national stadium Many countries have a national sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football ...

. On 30 August that year, it was announced that

Gdańsk Stadium The Gdańsk Stadium (), known for sponsorship reasons as the Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk since May 2021, is a association football, football stadium in Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the hom ...

would serve as the team's home venue for the next three years. The record attendance of 8,449 spectators was recorded during the first game played at Gdańsk Stadium in its new role, a 4–1 UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off win over

on 29 October 2024.

Results and fixtures

* The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend

2024

2025

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the

. Fourth goalkeeper Julia Woźniak will travel with the team for the tournament. ''Caps and goals updated as of 3 June 2025, after the match against

.''

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last twelve months. ^PRE Preliminary squad.
^RET Retired from the national team.

Player records

:''Players in bold are still active with Poland.''

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on

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.''

Olympic Games

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Nations League

Algarve Cup

Notes

References

External links

Official website

FIFA profile
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