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Poland women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Poland national football team.

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
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)[1]
Top scorerEwa Pajor (59)
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 29 Steady (15 March 2024)[2]
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

History edit

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]

Team image edit

Nicknames edit

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 edit

  • 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

2023 edit

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 (2023-10-27) UEFA Nations League B Poland   2–1   Serbia Tychy
17:45
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) UEFA Nations League B Serbia   1–1   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   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 (2023-12-05) UEFA Nations League B Poland   2–0   Greece Sosnowiec
19:00 Report Stadium: Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)

2024 edit

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)

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff[6] edit

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 edit

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 [7]
Miłosz Stępiński 2016-06-07 2021-03-15 [8][9]
Nina Patalon 2021-03-23 [10]

Players edit

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

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Katarzyna Kiedrzynek (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 (age 33) 56 0   VfL Wolfsburg
1GK Kinga Szemik (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 26) 11 0   Reims
22 1GK Oliwia Szperkowska (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 22) Unknown
2 2DF Małgorzata Grec (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 24) 7 0   Dijon
2 2DF Sylwia Matysik 29 0   Bayer Leverkusen
2 2DF Małgorzata Mesjasz 0 0   AC Milan
2 2DF Oliwia Woś 0 0   Zürich
6 3MF Wiktoria Zieniewicz (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 21) 1 0   UKS SMS Łódź
8 3MF Martyna Brodzik
14 3MF Dominika Grabowska (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 (age 25) 42 4   Fleury
2 3MF Oliwia Domin 0 0   UKS SMS Łódź
8 3MF Kinga Kozak (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 21) 13 1   Glasgow City
8 3MF Nadia Krezyman
2 3MF Klaudia Lefeld 10 1   Grasshopper
2 3MF Natalia Wróbel 9 0   Brøndby
2 4FW Kayla Adamek (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29) 6 0   Vittsjö
16 4FW Klaudia Jedlińska (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 24) 3 0   Dijon
11 4FW Ewelina Kamczyk (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 (age 28) 65 14   Fleury
20 4FW Nikola Karczewska (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24) 5 0   Tottenham Hotspur
19 4FW Natalia Padilla (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 21) 19 4   1. FC Köln
9 4FW Ewa Pajor (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27) 70 55   VfL Wolfsburg
19 4FW Natalia Oleszkiewicz

Recent call-ups edit

  • 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 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 (2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 (age 22) 6 1   UKS SMS Łódź v.   Greece, 5 December 2023
DF Martyna Wiankowska (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 (age 27) 45 3   Czarni Sosnowiec v.   Switzerland,27 February 2024
DF Emilia Szymczak (2006-06-17) 17 June 2006 (age 17) 0 0   Barcelona B v.   Switzerland,27 February 2024
MF Tanja Pawollek (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 25) 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 (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 29) 23 0   Medyk Konin v.   Greece, 5 December 2023

Records edit

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

Competitive record edit

FIFA Women's World Cup edit

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
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
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games edit

Summer Olympics record
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 Championship edit

 
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
  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

Algarve Cup edit

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 edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 25 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2012.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Piłkarska Ekstraliga Kobiet".
  4. ^ UEFA.com (28 June 2022). "Poland – PZPN establishes separate women's football department | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Where is the next Women's Euros? Countries bidding to be hosts for UEFA Women's EURO 2025". 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Sztab szkoleniowy".
  7. ^ "Sztab szkoleniowy". PZPN - Łączy nas piłka (in Polish).
  8. ^ "Miłosz Stępiński trenerem piłkarskiej reprezentacji kobiet - Sport". eurosport.onet.pl. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Zmiana trenera reprezentacji Polski w piłce nożnej kobiet. Dymisja Miłosza Stępińskiego". Sport.pl (in Polish). 15 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Nina Patalon oficjalnie selekcjonerem reprezentacji kobiet". TVP Sport (in Polish). 23 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Łączy nas piłka kobieca @laczynaskobieca W kwietniu widzimy się w takim składzie". PZPN. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links edit

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