Poland women's national football team explained

Type:Women
Poland
Badge:Herb Polski.svg
Badge Size:180
Nickname:Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)
ORLICE (The Eaglesses)
Association:Polish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Nina Patalon
Captain:Ewa Pajor
Most Caps:Maria Makowska (111)[1]
Top Scorer:Ewa Pajor (59)
Fifa Trigramme:POL
Fifa Max:27
Fifa Max Date:December 2005 – March 2006; June 2007 – March 2008; May 2010
Fifa Min:36
Fifa Min Date:June 2018
First Game: 3–0
(Catania, Italy; 27 June 1981)
Largest Win: 0–13
(Ramat Gan, Israel; 24 February 1998)
Largest Loss: 10–0
(Reykjavík, Iceland; 13 September 2003)
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Regional Name:European Championship
Regional Cup Apps: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.

History

Poland was one of the earliest nations 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.[2] 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.[3] [4]

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

Legend

2024

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff[5]

Position Name
Head coachNina Patalon
Assistant coachMaciej Laskowski
Assistant coachMarta Mika
Goalkeeping coachŁukasz Maćkowiak
Physical coachAdam Matuszczak
AnalystMarta Walczak

Manager history

NameFromToSource
Tadeusz Maślak1981-06-271984-06-30
Jerzy Pach1984-07-011985-12-31
Józef Kopeć1986-01-011989-12-31
Józef Drabicki1990-01-011990-12-31
Jerzy Miedziński1991-01-011991-12-31
Władysław Szyngiera1992-01-311998-12-31
Leszek Baczyński1999-01-311999-12-31
Albin Wira2000-02-012003-09-18
Jan Stępczak2003-09-182009-06-10
Robert Góralczyk2009-06-112011-01-11
Roman Jaszczak2011-01-112013-02-21
Wojciech Basiuk 2013-02-212016-06-07[6]
Miłosz Stępiński2016-06-072021-03-15[7] [8]
Nina Patalon2021-03-23[9]

Players

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

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Records

Most capped players

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification record
YearResult *
Did not qualify4004211
19956015215
19998512159
20038800251
200783051429
20118512189
2015105142014
201983231612
202310622289
2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/1070 35 12 25 149 98

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResultGPWDLGFGA
1996Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024Unable to qualify
2028To be determined
2032
Total-------

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Euro recordQualification record
YearRoundPosition *
1984Did not enterDid not enter
1987
1989
1991Did not qualify4004211
19934004312
19956015215
19976303229
200163211611
20058026736
200982151120
2013105231711
201783141016
20228422165
2025To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/1464201133104135

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
SeasonDivisionGroupwidth=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=28width=35width=28
2023–24B31st651011419th
2025–26ATo be determined
Total18th

Algarve Cup

width=85 Yearwidth=110Resultwidth=50 width=50 width=50 width=50 width=50 width=50 Coach
200811th place410338Jan Stępczak
200911th place311259Jan Stępczak
2019Runners-up320143Miłosz Stępiński
TotalRunners-up104161220

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA. FIFA Women's Century Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108152222/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/60/womenscenturyclub.pdf. dead. 8 November 2012. 2009-08-25.
  2. Web site: Piłkarska Ekstraliga Kobiet .
  3. Web site: UEFA.com . 2022-06-28 . Poland – PZPN establishes separate women's football department Inside UEFA . 2022-08-13 . UEFA.com . en.
  4. Web site: Where is the next Women's Euros? Countries bidding to be hosts for UEFA Women's EURO 2025 . 31 July 2022 .
  5. Web site: Sztab szkoleniowy .
  6. Web site: Sztab szkoleniowy. PZPN - Łączy nas piłka. pl.
  7. Web site: Miłosz Stępiński trenerem piłkarskiej reprezentacji kobiet - Sport . eurosport.onet.pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923213541/http://eurosport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/milosz-stepinski-trenerem-pilkarskiej-reprezentacji-kobiet/e0ry02 . 2016-09-23.
  8. Web site: Zmiana trenera reprezentacji Polski w piłce nożnej kobiet. Dymisja Miłosza Stępińskiego. Sport.pl. 15 March 2021 . pl.
  9. Web site: Nina Patalon oficjalnie selekcjonerem reprezentacji kobiet. TVP Sport. 23 March 2021 . pl.
  10. Web site: Selekcjonerka reprezentacji Polski . . 12 July 2024 .