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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Biało-czerwoni
("The white and reds")
Białe Orły
("The White Eagles")
AssociationPolish Football Association
(Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej)
FIFA codePOL
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances7 (first in 1924)
Best resultGold Medal, 1972
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team

Olympic record edit

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
  1896 no Olympic football tournament
  1900 Poland was part of German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Russian Empire
  1904
  1908
  1912
  1920 did not enter
  1924 Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
  1928 did not qualify
  1932 no Olympic football tournament
  1936 Fourth place 4 2 0 2 11 10
  1948 did not qualify
  1952 Round 1 2 1 0 1 2 3
  1956 did not qualify
  1960 Group stage 3 1 0 2 7 5
  1964 did not qualify
  1968
  1972 Gold medalists 7 6 1 0 21 5
  1976 Silver medalists 5 3 1 1 11 5
  1980 did not qualify
  1984
  1988
  1992 Silver medalists 6 4 1 1 17 6
  1996 did not qualify
  2000
  2004
  2008
  2012
  2016
  2020
  2024
Total 7/27 28 17 4 7 70 39

Current squad edit

References edit

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