Poland Olympic football team

The Poland national under-23 football team or Poland Olympic football team is the national under-23 football team of Poland and is controlled by the Polish Football Association.

Poland Under-23
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwoni
("The white and reds")
Białe Orły
("The White Eagles")
AssociationPolish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
Head coachCzesław Michniewicz
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances7 (first in 1924)
Best resultGold Medal, 1972
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
1972 Munich Team
1976 Montreal Team
1992 Barcelona Team

Olympic record

Since 1992, the Olympic team must consist out of under-23 players plus three overage players.[1]

Poland has qualified for only one Olympic competition at 1992, the inaugural edition of the under-23 team, where the team finished second after losing to host Spain in the final. Poland's qualification to Olympics can be decided from the performance of Poland U-21 in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship which served as the qualification stage to the Olympics.

The team has been often coached by the U-21 manager.

Host Nation(s) - Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1896no Olympic football tournament
1900Did not enter
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924Round 1100105
1928Did not qualify
1932no Olympic football tournament
1936Fourth place42021110
1948Did not qualify
1952Round 1210123
1956Did not qualify
1960Group stage310275
1964Did not qualify
1968
1972Gold medalists7610215
1976Silver medalists5311115
1980Did not qualify
1984
1988
1992Runners-up6411176
1996Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Total 7/272817477039

Current squad

Coach Stefan Majewski has called up the following squad for the U-23 match against Wales on September 8, 2009 in Warsaw, Poland.[2][3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Rafał Gikiewicz (1987-10-26) October 26, 1987 Jagiellonia Białystok
1GK Adam Stachowiak (1986-12-18) December 18, 1986 Górnik Zabrze
2DF Krzysztof Król (1987-02-06) February 6, 1987 Jagiellonia Białystok
2DF Mariusz Pawelec (1986-04-14) April 14, 1986 Śląsk Wrocław
2DF Piotr Polczak (1986-08-25) August 25, 1986 Cracovia
2DF Jakub Rzeźniczak (1986-10-26) October 26, 1986 Legia Warszawa
2DF Mateusz Kowalski (1986-09-30) September 30, 1986 Wisła Kraków
2DF Artur Jędrzejczyk (1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 Legia Warszawa
3MF Jakub Tosik (1987-05-21) May 21, 1987 Polonia Warszawa
3MF Krzysztof Janus (1986-03-25) March 25, 1986 Cracovia
3MF Adrian Mierzejewski (1986-11-06) November 6, 1986 Polonia Warszawa
3MF Łukasz Hanzel (1986-09-16) September 16, 1986 Zagłębie Lubin
3MF Radosław Majewski (1986-12-15) December 15, 1986 Nottingham Forest F.C.
3MF Piotr Tomasik (1987-10-31) October 31, 1987 Polonia Bytom
4FW Adrian Paluchowski (1987-08-19) August 19, 1987 Górnik Łęczna
4FW Jakub Smektała (1987-08-26) August 26, 1987 Piast Gliwice
4FW Piotr Ćwielong (1986-06-23) June 23, 1986 Śląsk Wrocław
4FW Przemysław Trytko (1987-08-28) August 28, 1987 Jagiellonia Białystok
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See also

References
  1. Olympic tournaments
  2. http://www.90minut.pl/news/100/news1008947-U-23-Powolania-na-mecz-z-Walia.html
  3. http://www.90minut.pl/news/101/news1010760-Kadra-na-mecze-z-Irlandia-Polnocna-i-Slowenia.html
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