Poland women's national football team

Poland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)
ORLICE (The Eaglesses)
AssociationPolish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNina Patalon
CaptainEwa Pajor
Most capsMaria Makowska (111)
Top scorerEwa Pajor (52)
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 30 Increase 1 (25 August 2023)
Highest27 (December 2005 – March 2006; June 2007 – March 2008; May 2010)
Lowest36 (June 2018)
First international
 Italy 3–0 Poland 
(Catania, Italy; 27 June 1981)
Biggest win
 Israel 0–13 Poland 
(Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998)
Biggest defeat
 Iceland 10–0 Poland 
(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.

History

Poland is one of the earliest nation 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. 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 female 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.

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

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

 Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2022

6 October Friendly Poland  4–0  Morocco Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
19:30
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín
11 November Friendly Poland  6–0  Romania Poland

2023

17 February Friendly Poland  0–0   Switzerland
21 February Friendly Poland  1–1   Switzerland
6 April Friendly Poland  2–1  Costa Rica
11 April Friendly Netherlands  4–1  Poland Rotterdam
20:00
Report
Stadium: Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Nanna Løf Andersen (Denmark)
22 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Greece  1–3  Poland Athens
19:00 (20:00 EEST)
Report
Stadium: Georgios Kamaras Stadium,
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
26 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League Poland  2–1  Ukraine Gdynia
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni,
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name
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

Name From To Source
Tadeusz Maślak 1981-06-27 1984-06-30
Jerzy Pach 1984-07-01 1985-12-31
Józef Kopeć 1986-01-01 1989-12-31
Józef Drabicki 1990-01-01 1990-12-31
Jerzy Miedziński 1991-01-01 1991-12-31
Władysław Szyngiera 1992-01-31 1998-12-31
Leszek Baczyński 1999-01-31 1999-12-31
Albin Wira 2000-02-01 2003-09-18
Jan Stępczak 2003-09-18 2009-06-10
Robert Góralczyk 2009-06-11 2011-01-11
Roman Jaszczak 2011-01-11 2013-02-21
Wojciech Basiuk 2013-02-21 2016-06-07
Miłosz Stępiński 2016-06-07 2021-03-15
Nina Patalon 2021-03-23

Players

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

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Katarzyna Kiedrzynek (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 32) 56 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
1GK Kinga Szemik (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 26) 11 0 France Reims
1GK Karolina Klabis 8 0 Poland AZS UJ Kraków

2 2DF Kayla Adamek (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 28) 6 0 Sweden Vittsjö
2 2DF Małgorzata Grec (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 24) 7 0 France Dijon
2 2DF Sylwia Matysik 29 0 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2 2DF Katja Skupień 0 0 Poland Górnik Łęczna
2 2DF Emilia Szymczak (2006-06-17) 17 June 2006 (age 17) 0 0 Spain Barcelona B
2 2DF Martyna Wiankowska (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 26) 45 3 Poland Czarni Sosnowiec
2 2DF Oliwia Woś 0 0 Switzerland Zürich
6 3MF Wiktoria Zieniewicz (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 21) 1 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź

14 3MF Dominika Grabowska (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 24) 42 4 France Fleury
2 3MF Oliwia Domin 0 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
8 3MF Kinga Kozak (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 20) 13 1 Scotland Glasgow City
2 3MF Klaudia Lefeld 10 1 Switzerland Grasshopper
2 3MF Tanja Pawollek (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 24) 8 1 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
2 3MF Natalia Wróbel 9 0 Denmark Brøndby

16 4FW Klaudia Jedlińska (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 23) 3 0 France Dijon
18 4FW Nikol Kaletka (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 28) 23 0 Poland Medyk Konin
11 4FW Ewelina Kamczyk (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 27) 65 14 France Fleury
19 4FW Natalia Padilla (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 20) 19 4 Germany 1. FC Köln
9 4FW Ewa Pajor (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 26) 70 55 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
19 4FW Magdalena Sobal 0 0 Poland KS Pogoń Tczew

Recent call-ups

  • The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Anna Palińska (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 28) 3 0 Poland Górnik Łęczna
GK Oliwia Szperkowska (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 22) Unknown

DF Paulina Dudek (1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 (age 26) 37 4 France Paris Saint-Germain
DF Anna Rędzia (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 26) 14 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
DF Małgorzata Mesjasz (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 25) 20 2 Italy Milan
DF Katarzyna Konat (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 27) 8 0 Italy Pomigliano
DF Aleksandra Dudziak (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 20) Unknown
DF Zofia Buszewska (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 (age 21) 2 0 Poland GKS Katowice

MF Gabriela Grzywińska (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 (age 27) 42 2 Russia ZFK Zenit Saint Petersburg
MF Joanna Wróblewska (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 27) 9 0 Poland WKS Śląsk Wrocław
MF Emilia Zdunek (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 31) 30 1 Poland Górnik Łęczna
MF Adriana Achcińska (2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 21) 6 1 Poland UKS SMS Łódź

FW Nikola Karczewska (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 23) 5 0 England Tottenham Hotspur

Records

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 2 11
Sweden 1995 6 0 1 5 2 15
United States 1999 8 5 1 2 15 9
United States 2003 8 8 0 0 25 1
China 2007 8 3 0 5 14 29
Germany 2011 8 5 1 2 18 9
Canada 2015 10 5 1 4 20 14
France 2019 8 3 2 3 16 12
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 10 6 2 2 28 9
2023 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/10 70 35 12 25 149 98
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024 To be determined
United States 2028
Australia 2032
Total - - - - - - -

UEFA Women's Championship

Poland's national team in 2004
UEFA Women's Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1984 Did not enter Did not enter
Norway 1987
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 2 11
Italy 1993 4 0 0 4 3 12
Germany 1995 6 0 1 5 2 15
Norway Sweden 1997 6 3 0 3 22 9
Germany 2001 6 3 2 1 16 11
England 2005 8 0 2 6 7 36
Finland 2009 8 2 1 5 11 20
Sweden 2013 10 5 2 3 17 11
Netherlands 2017 8 3 1 4 10 16
England 2022 8 4 2 2 16 5
Switzerland2025 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/14 64 20 11 33 104 135

Algarve Cup

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Coach
2008 11th place 4 1 0 3 3 8 Jan Stępczak
2009 11th place 3 1 1 2 5 9 Jan Stępczak
2019 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 4 3 Miłosz Stępiński
Total Runners-up 10 4 1 6 12 20

See also


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