Nickname(s) | Biało-czerwoni ("The white and reds") Białe Orły ("The White Eagles") | ||
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Association | Polish Football Association (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej) | ||
FIFA code | POL | ||
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Summer Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1924 ) | ||
Best result | Gold Medal, 1972 |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Football | ||
1972 Munich | Team | |
1976 Montreal | Team | |
1992 Barcelona | Team |
The Poland national under-23 football team or Poland Olympic football team is the national under-23 football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.
Since 1992, the Olympic team must consist out of under-23 players plus three overage players. [1]
Poland has qualified for only one Olympic competition at 1992, the inaugural edition of the under-23 team, where the team finished second after losing to host Spain in the final. Poland's qualification to Olympics can be decided from the performance of Poland U-21 in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship which served as the qualification stage to the Olympics.
The team has been often coached by the U-21 manager.
Host Nation(s) - Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1896 | no Olympic football tournament | ||||||
1900 | Poland was part of German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Russian Empire | ||||||
1904 | |||||||
1908 | |||||||
1912 | |||||||
1920 | did not enter | ||||||
1924 | Round 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
1928 | did not qualify | ||||||
1932 | no Olympic football tournament | ||||||
1936 | Fourth place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
1948 | did not qualify | ||||||
1952 | Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1956 | did not qualify | ||||||
1960 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
1964 | did not qualify | ||||||
1968 | |||||||
1972 | Gold medalists | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 |
1976 | Silver medalists | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
1980 | did not qualify | ||||||
1984 | |||||||
1988 | |||||||
1992 | Silver medalists | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
1996 | did not qualify | ||||||
2000 | |||||||
2004 | |||||||
2008 | |||||||
2012 | |||||||
2016 | |||||||
2020 | |||||||
2024 | |||||||
Total | 7/27 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 70 | 39 |
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