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
CaptainAlicja Majewska
Most capsMaria Makowska (111)[1]
Top scorerEwa Pajor (51)
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 30 Steady (24 March 2023)[2]
Highest27 (December 2005)
Lowest36 (June 2018)
First international
Italy Italy 3–0 Poland Poland
(Catania, Italy; 27 June 1981)
Biggest win
Israel Israel 0–13 Poland Poland
(Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998)
Biggest defeat
Iceland Iceland 10–0 Poland Poland
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 13 September 2003)
European Championship
Appearances0
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.

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.[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 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.[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
  • 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
29 June Friendly Poland  1–3  Iceland Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
  • Pajor 45+2'
Stadium: Stadion Dyskobolii Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Referee: Michalina Diakow (Poland)
1 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup F Albania  1–2  Poland Elbasan, Albania
 Report
Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)
6 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup F Poland  7–0  Kosovo Lublin, Poland
 Report Stadium: Arena Lublin
Referee: Triinu Laos (Estonia)
6 October Friendly Poland  4–0  Morocco Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
19:30
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín
9 October Friendly Argentina  2–2  Poland Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
16:30 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)

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
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

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

Current squad
  • The following players called up for a friendly match against Sweden on 13 April 2021.[11]
  • Caps and goals (unofficial) are updated as of 7 March 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Katarzyna Kiedrzynek (1991-03-19) 19 March 1991 56 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
12 1GK Anna Palińska (1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 3 0 Poland Górnik Łęczna
22 1GK Oliwia Szperkowska (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 Unknown
2 2DF Martyna Wiankowska (1996-12-24) 24 December 1996 45 3 Poland Czarni Sosnowiec
4 2DF Paulina Dudek (1997-06-16) 16 June 1997 37 4 France Paris Saint-Germain
5 2DF Anna Rędzia (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 14 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
7 2DF Małgorzata Mesjasz (1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 20 2 Italy Milan
13 2DF Katarzyna Konat (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 8 0 Italy Pomigliano
15 2DF Aleksandra Dudziak (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 Unknown
17 2DF Zofia Buszewska (2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 2 0 Poland GKS Katowice
3 3MF Gabriela Grzywińska (1996-02-18) 18 February 1996 42 2 Russia ZFK Zenit Saint Petersburg
6 3MF Wiktoria Zieniewicz (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 0 0 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
10 3MF Joanna Wróblewska (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 9 0 Poland WKS Śląsk Wrocław
14 3MF Dominika Grabowska (1998-12-26) 26 December 1998 47 6 France Fleury
16 3MF Klaudia Jedlińska (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 Unknown
21 3MF Emilia Zdunek (1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 30 1 Poland Górnik Łęczna
23 3MF Adriana Achcińska (2002-04-22) 22 April 2002 6 1 Poland UKS SMS Łódź
8 4FW Kinga Kozak (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 2 0 Poland GKS Katowice
9 4FW Ewa Pajor (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
11 4FW Ewelina Kamczyk (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 65 14 France Fleury
18 4FW Nikol Kaletka (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 Poland Medyk Konin
19 4FW Natalia Padilla (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 Switzerland Servette
20 4FW Nikola Karczewska (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 5 0 England Tottenham Hotspur

Recent call-ups
  • The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.[12]
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Kinga Szemik (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 3 0 France Reims v.  Kosovo, 6 September 2022

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 4004211
Sweden 1995 6015215
United States 1999 8512159
United States 2003 8800251
China 2007 83051429
Germany 2011 8512189
Canada 2015 105142014
France 2019 83231612
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 10622289
Total0/9––––––7035122514998
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA
United States 1996Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
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
Total0/14–––––––64201133104135

Algarve Cup
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Coach
200811th place410338Jan Stępczak
200911th place311259Jan Stępczak
2019 Runners-up320143Miłosz Stępiński
TotalRunners-up104161220–

See also

Notes

    References
    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. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
    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".
    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).
    10. "Nina Patalon oficjalnie selekcjonerem reprezentacji kobiet". TVP Sport (in Polish). 23 March 2021.
    11. "[KADRA KOBIET] Pełna lista powołanych na mecz z Hiszpanią" (in Polish). PZPN. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
    12. "Łączy Nas Piłka 2018 Match Calendar" (in Polish). Polish Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
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