Poland women's national football team

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Poland
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Nickname(s) Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)
ORLICE (The Eaglesses)
Association Polish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Nina Patalon
Captain Ewa Pajor
Most caps Maria Makowska (111) [1]
Top scorer Ewa Pajor (59)
FIFA code POL
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First colours
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Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 32 Decrease2.svg 3 (14 June 2024) [2]
Highest27 (December 2005 – March 2006; June 2007 – March 2008; May 2010)
Lowest36 (June 2018)
First international
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3–0 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg
(Catania, Italy; 27 June 1981)
Biggest win
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0–13 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg
(Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 10–0 Poland  Flag of Poland.svg
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 13 September 2003)
European Championship
Appearances0

The Poland women's national football team represents Poland in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Polish Football Association, has never qualified for a major international tournament.

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

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. [3] 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 UEFA Women's Euro 2013, 2022, as well as the 2011, 2015 and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups 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 UEFA Women's Euro 2022, the PZPN has undertaken the step to bid for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, 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. [4] [5]

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)".

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2023

22 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1–3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Athens
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
  • Markou Soccerball shade.svg24'
Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium,
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) UEFA Nations League B Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Tychy
17:45
Report Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) UEFA Nations League B Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Stara Pazova
19:00 Report
Stadium: Sportski centar FSS
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) UEFA Nations League B Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg0–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Stalowa Wola (Poland)[ citation needed ]
18:00 Report Stadium: Subcarpathian Football Center
Attendance: 1,944
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) UEFA Nations League B Poland  Flag of Poland.svg2–0Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Sosnowiec
19:00 Report Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)

2024

23 February Friendly Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Marbella ,Spain
17:00 Adamek Soccerball shade.svg62'
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
27 February Friendly Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Marbella ,Spain
17:00 Wiankowska Soccerball shade.svg75'Stadium: Marbella Football Center
31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Rostock
20:30
Report Padilla Soccerball shade.svg1'Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 18,765
Referee: Jelena Ćetković (Serbia)
4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Poland  Flag of Poland.svg1–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gdynia
18:00 Grabowska Soccerball shade.svg12' Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni
Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff [6]

PositionName
Head coach Nina Patalon
Assistant coach Maciej Laskowski
Assistant coach Marta Mika
Goalkeeping coach Łukasz Maćkowiak
Physical coach Adam Matuszczak
Analyst Marta Walczak

Manager history

NameFromToSource
Tadeusz Maślak1981-06-271984-06-30
Jerzy Pach1984-07-011985-12-31
Józef Kopeć1986-01-011989-12-31
Józef Drabicki1990-01-011990-12-31
Jerzy Miedziński1991-01-011991-12-31
Władysław Szyngiera1992-01-311998-12-31
Leszek Baczyński1999-01-311999-12-31
Albin Wira2000-02-012003-09-18
Jan Stępczak2003-09-182009-06-10
Robert Góralczyk 2009-06-112011-01-11
Roman Jaszczak2011-01-112013-02-21
Wojciech Basiuk2013-02-212016-06-07 [7]
Miłosz Stępiński 2016-06-072021-03-15 [8] [9]
Nina Patalon 2021-03-23 [10]

Players

Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Kinga Szemik (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27)110 Flag of England.svg West Ham United
121 GK Oliwia Szperkowska (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 22) Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain
221 GK Kinga Seweryn (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 19) Flag of Poland.svg GKS Katowice  [ pl ]

42 DF Oliwia Woś (1999-08-15) 15 August 1999 (age 24)00 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Basel
22 DF Martyna Wiankowska (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 27)453 Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln
52 DF Małgorzata Grec (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 24)70 Flag of France.svg Dijon
72 DF Małgorzata Mesjasz (1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 27)00 Flag of Italy.svg AC Milan
232 DF Adriana Achcińska (2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 22)61 Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln
62 DF Sylwia Matysik (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997 (age 27)290 Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln
2 DF Paulina Dudek (1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 (age 27) Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain

103 MF Aleksandra Zaremba (2001-02-19) 19 February 2001 (age 23) Flag of Spain.svg UD Tenerife
133 MF Martyna Brodzik (2001-07-07) 7 July 2001 (age 23) Flag of Poland.svg Pogoń Szczecin
173 MF Klaudia Lefeld (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 26)101 Flag of Poland.svg Górnik Lęczna
83 MF Kinga Kozak (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 21)131Unattached
143 MF Dominika Grabowska (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25)424 Flag of Germany.svg TSG Hoffenheim
3 MF Nadia Krezyman (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 20) Flag of France.svg Dijon
33 MF Wiktoria Zieniewicz (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)10Unattached
3 MF Emilia Zdunek (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 31) Flag of Poland.svg Pogoń Szczecin

214 FW Kayla Adamek (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29)60 Flag of Sweden.svg Vittsjö
114 FW Ewelina Kamczyk (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28)6514 Flag of France.svg Fleury
194 FW Natalia Padilla (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 21)194 Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla
94 FW Ewa Pajor (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)7055 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona
4 FW Milena Kokosz (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 22) Flag of Norway.svg Åsane  [ no ]

Recent call-ups

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up
GK Katarzyna Kiedrzynek (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 33)560 Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain v. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, 9 April 2024
GK Karolina Klabis (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 33)80 Flag of Poland.svg AZS UJ Kraków  [ pl ]v. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine, 26 September 2023

DF Katja Skupień (2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 19)00 Flag of Poland.svg Górnik Łęczna v. Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine, 26 September 2023

MF Oliwia Domin (2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 20)00 Flag of Poland.svg UKS SMS Łódź  [ pl ]v. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, 9 April 2024
MF Natalia Wróbel (2003-08-09) 9 August 2003 (age 21)90 Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow City v. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, 9 April 2024
MF Tanja Pawollek (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 25)81 Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt v. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece, 5 December 2023
MF Emilia Szymczak (2006-06-17) 17 June 2006 (age 18)00 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona B v. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, 4 June 2024

FW Klaudia Jedlińska (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24)30 Flag of France.svg Dijon v. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria, 9 April 2024
FW Nikol Kaletka (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 29)230 Flag of Poland.svg Czarni Sosnowiec v. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece, 5 December 2023
FW Magdalena Sobal (2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 (age 19)00 Flag of Poland.svg KS Pogoń Tczew v. Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia, 31 October 2023
FW Natalia Oleszkiewicz (2002-03-02) 2 March 2002 (age 22) Flag of Poland.svg Pogoń Szczecin v. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, 4 June 2024
FW Nikola Karczewska (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24)50 Flag of Italy.svg AC Milan v. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, 4 June 2024

Records

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification record
YearResultPldWD *LGFGAPldWDLGFGA
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1991 Did not qualify4004211
Flag of Sweden.svg 1995 6015215
Flag of the United States.svg 1999 8512159
Flag of the United States.svg 2003 8800251
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2007 83051429
Flag of Germany.svg 2011 8512189
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015 105142014
Flag of France.svg 2019 83231612
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 10622289
Flag of Brazil.svg 2027 To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/107035122514998
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResultGPWDLGFGA
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Did not qualify
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016
Flag of Japan.svg 2020
Flag of France.svg 2024 Unable to qualify
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 To be determined
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032
Total-------

UEFA Women's Championship

Poland's national team in 2004 Reprezentacja Polski w pilke nozna kobiet w 2004.jpg
Poland's national team in 2004
UEFA Women's Euro recordQualification record
YearRoundPositionPldWD *LGFGAPldWDLGFGA
1984 Did not enterDid not enter
Flag of Norway.svg 1987
Flag of Germany.svg 1989
Flag of Denmark.svg 1991 Did not qualify4004211
Flag of Italy.svg 1993 4004312
Flag of Germany.svg 1995 6015215
Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Sweden.svg 1997 6303229
Flag of Germany.svg 2001 63211611
Flag of England.svg 2005 8026736
Flag of Finland.svg 2009 82151120
Flag of Sweden.svg 2013 105231711
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2017 83141016
Flag of England.svg 2022 8422165
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2025 To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/1464201133104135

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
SeasonDivisionGroupPosPldWDLGFGAP/RRK
2023–24 B 3 1st6510114Green Arrow Up Darker.svg19th
2025–26 A To be determined
Total18th

Algarve Cup

YearResultPldWDLGFGACoach
2008 11th place410338Jan Stępczak
2009 11th place311259Jan Stępczak
2019 320143 Miłosz Stępiński
TotalRunners-up104161220

See also

Notes

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