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.
With the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Championship hosted on home soil, the tournament started badly for Poland, with a demoralizing 0âÂÂ1 loss to Austria. However, the players roused themselves for their crucial second fixture and registered a convincing 4âÂÂ1 victory over Belgium. A semi-final berth was at stake in the final group fixture against the Czech Republic, but the hopes of qualifying for the final four evaporated in a 0âÂÂ2 defeat to the Czechs. The Poles had done enough to secure a third-place finish in Group A, and with it, a ticket to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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 5âÂÂ0 win over Tahiti and holding Senegal goalless draw, previously lost 0âÂÂ2 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.
The following is a list of match results from the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following players were called up for the Elite League matches against Romania and Germany on 27 and 31 March 2026.
Caps and goals updated as of 31 March 2026 after the match against Germany. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
The following players (born in 2004 or later) have previously been called up to the Poland under-20 squad in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent:<br />
<sup>WD</sup> Withdrew from the squad due to a non-injury issue.<br/> <sup>INJ</sup> Withdrew from the squad due to an injury.<br /> <sup>PRE</sup> Preliminary squad.<br /> <sup>U21</sup> Withdrew from the squad due to a call up to the under-21 team.<br />