Poland_national_under-20_football_team

Poland national under-20 football team

Poland national under-20 football team

Sports team

The Poland national under-20 football team represents Poland in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland.

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Competitive record

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
Silver background colour indicates second-place finish.
Bronze background colour indicates third-place finish.
Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Road to FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007

Team overview

Poland enjoyed a highly successful UEFA U-19 European Championship. The Central Europeans excelled in their role as tournament hosts, and the Polish U-19s also sealed a much sought-after berth at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, where the team coached by Michal Globisz could easily prove one of the surprise packages.

Qualifying

The U-19-European Championships on home soil started badly for the home team with a demoralizing 1-0 Group A reverse against Austria. However, the players roused themselves for their crucial second fixture and registered a convincing 4-1 victory over Belgium. A semi-final berth was at stake in the final group fixture against the Czech Republic, but although home dreams of a place in the last four evaporated in a 2-0 defeat to the Czechs, the Poles had done enough to secure a third-place finish in the Group and with it a ticket to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007.

Road to FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019

Being the host of the tournament, Poland automatically qualified. With an inexperienced youth squad, having previously unable to qualify for any major U-19 European Championship and only competed in much smaller Under 20 Elite League, Poland put the tournament with pressure. They were grouped with Colombia, Senegal and Tahiti.

Poland managed to finish third in their group, after managing a lone 5–0 win over Tahiti and holding Senegal goalless draw, previously lost 0–2 to Colombia. This helped Poland to qualify to the round of sixteen, where they were unfortunate to face juggernaut Italy. Despite its resistance, Poland still lost by a penalty, thus for the second time Poland was eliminated from the round of sixteen.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) Elite League Poland  4–0  Portugal Łomża, Poland
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
PZPN Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)
11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) Elite League Poland  1–1  Germany Legnica, Poland
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
90minut
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Referee: Marcin Kochanek (Poland)
13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) Elite League Italy  1–0  Poland Catanzaro, Italy
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
90minut Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Referee: Alberto Santoro (Italy)
17 November 2023 (2023-11-17) Elite League Czech Republic  0–1  Poland Pardubice, Czech Republic
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) 90minut
  • Śmiglewski 62'
 Stadium: CFIG Arena
Attendance: 1,889
Referee: Adam Trska (Czech Republic)
22 March 2024 (2024-03-22) Elite League Poland  1–5  England Białystok, Poland
17:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
90minut
Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Referee: Łukasz Kuźma (Poland)
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) Elite League Romania  1–1  Poland Târgoviște, Romania
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Eugen Popescu Stadium
Referee: Mihai Motan (Romania)

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the Elite League matches against England and Romania on 22 and 26 March 2024.[2]

Caps and goals updated as of 26 March 2024 after the match against  Romania.

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Recent call-ups

The following players (born in 2003 or later) have previously been called up to the Poland under-20 squad in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent:

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mariusz Rumak i Miłosz Stępiński trenerami reprezentacji młodzieżowych". Łączy nas piłka (in Polish).
  2. [2]
    "U-20: Powołania na mecze z Anglią i Rumunią" (in Polish). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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