Nickname(s) | Biało-czerwone (The white and reds) ORLICE (The Eaglesses) | ||
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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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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 29 (15 March 2024) [2] | ||
Highest | 27 (December 2005 – March 2006; June 2007 – March 2008; May 2010) | ||
Lowest | 36 (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 | |||
Appearances | 0 |
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.
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. [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]
The Poland women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)" or "ORLICE (The Eaglesses)".
Win Draw Lose Fixture
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) |
27 October 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Poland | 2–1 | Serbia | Tychy |
17:45 | Report |
| Stadium: Stadion Miejski Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia) |
31 October 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Serbia | 1–1 | Poland | Stara Pazova |
19:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Sportski centar FSS Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria) |
1 December 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Ukraine | 0–1 | Poland | Stalowa Wola (Poland)[ citation needed ] |
18:00 | Report |
| Stadium: Podkarpackie Centrum Piłki Nożnej Attendance: 1,944 Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania) |
5 December 2023 UEFA Nations League B | Poland | 2–0 | Greece | Sosnowiec |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia) |
23 February Friendly | Poland | 1–4 | Switzerland | Marbella ,Spain |
17:00 | Adamek 62' |
| Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
27 February Friendly | Poland | 1–0 | Switzerland | Marbella ,Spain |
17:00 | Wiankowska 75' | Stadium: Marbella Football Center |
5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying | Iceland | 3–0 | Poland | Kopavogur |
18:45 | Report | Stadium: Kópavogsvöllur Referee: Frida Klarlund (Denmark) |
9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying | Poland | 1–3 | Austria | Gdynia |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France) |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Nina Patalon |
Assistant coach | Maciej Laskowski |
Assistant coach | Marta Mika |
Goalkeeping coach | Łukasz Maćkowiak |
Physical coach | Adam Matuszczak |
Analyst | Marta Walczak |
Name | From | To | Source |
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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 | [7] |
Miłosz Stępiński | 2016-06-07 | 2021-03-15 | [8] [9] |
Nina Patalon | 2021-03-23 | [10] | |
Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Katarzyna Kiedrzynek | 19 March 1991 | 56 | 0 | VfL Wolfsburg |
GK | Kinga Szemik | 25 June 1997 | 11 | 0 | Reims | |
22 | GK | Oliwia Szperkowska | 27 August 2001 | Unknown | ||
2 | DF | Małgorzata Grec | 11 September 1999 | 7 | 0 | Dijon |
2 | DF | Sylwia Matysik | 29 | 0 | Bayer Leverkusen | |
2 | DF | Małgorzata Mesjasz | 0 | 0 | AC Milan | |
2 | DF | Oliwia Woś | 0 | 0 | Zürich | |
6 | MF | Wiktoria Zieniewicz | 9 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | UKS SMS Łódź |
8 | MF | Martyna Brodzik | ||||
14 | MF | Dominika Grabowska | 26 December 1998 | 42 | 4 | Fleury |
2 | MF | Oliwia Domin | 0 | 0 | UKS SMS Łódź | |
8 | MF | Kinga Kozak | 15 October 2002 | 13 | 1 | Glasgow City |
8 | MF | Nadia Krezyman | ||||
2 | MF | Klaudia Lefeld | 10 | 1 | Grasshopper | |
2 | MF | Natalia Wróbel | 9 | 0 | Brøndby | |
2 | FW | Kayla Adamek | 1 February 1995 | 6 | 0 | Vittsjö |
16 | FW | Klaudia Jedlińska | 9 February 2000 | 3 | 0 | Dijon |
11 | FW | Ewelina Kamczyk | 22 February 1996 | 65 | 14 | Fleury |
20 | FW | Nikola Karczewska | 16 October 1999 | 5 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
19 | FW | Natalia Padilla | 6 November 2002 | 19 | 4 | 1. FC Köln |
9 | FW | Ewa Pajor | 3 December 1996 | 70 | 55 | VfL Wolfsburg |
19 | FW | Natalia Oleszkiewicz |
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Karolina Klabis | 8 | 0 | AZS UJ Kraków | v. Ukraine, 26 September 2023 | |
DF | Katja Skupień | 0 | 0 | Górnik Łęczna | v. Ukraine, 26 September 2023 | |
DF | Adriana Achcińska | 22 April 2002 | 6 | 1 | UKS SMS Łódź | v. Greece, 5 December 2023 |
DF | Martyna Wiankowska | 24 December 1996 | 45 | 3 | Czarni Sosnowiec | v. Switzerland,27 February 2024 |
DF | Emilia Szymczak | 17 June 2006 | 0 | 0 | Barcelona B | v. Switzerland,27 February 2024 |
MF | Tanja Pawollek | 18 January 1999 | 8 | 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | v. Greece, 5 December 2023 |
FW | Magdalena Sobal | 0 | 0 | KS Pogoń Tczew | v. Serbia, 31 October 2023 | |
FW | Nikol Kaletka | 6 February 1995 | 23 | 0 | Medyk Konin | v. Greece, 5 December 2023 |
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1991 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
1995 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
1999 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||
2003 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||||||||
2007 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 29 | ||||||||
2011 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||
2015 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | ||||||||
2019 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | ||||||||
2023 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | ||||||||
2027 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||
Total | 0/10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 35 | 12 | 25 | 149 | 98 |
Summer Olympics record | |||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||
2000 | |||||||
2004 | |||||||
2008 | |||||||
2012 | |||||||
2016 | |||||||
2020 | |||||||
2024 | Unable to qualify | ||||||
2028 | To be determined | ||||||
2032 | |||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
UEFA Women's Euro record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1984 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1987 | ||||||||||||||||
1989 | ||||||||||||||||
1991 | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
1993 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
1995 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||
1997 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | ||||||||||
2001 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||
2005 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 36 | ||||||||||
2009 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | ||||||||||
2013 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||
2017 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||
2022 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||||
2025 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | 0/14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 64 | 20 | 11 | 33 | 104 | 135 |
Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Coach |
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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 | – |
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