Poland at the UEFA European Championship information
Poland have participated in five UEFA European Championships so far, all consecutively: Euro 2008, Euro 2012, Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024.
While the UEFA European Championship was first established in 1960, it took Poland as many as 48 years to qualify, by which time they had managed to attend five FIFA World Cup finals and win third place in two of them. By the end of the Cold War, Poland were the second most populated UEFA member state to have yet to compete in a Euro tournament (the most populated being Turkey), behind quite a few of their smaller neighbors, such as Czechoslovakia. Even some of the best coaches to ever run the Poland team, namely Kazimierz Górski and Antoni Piechniczek proved unable to break the humiliating succession of defeats. In 1996, Turkey and newly independent Russia made their Euro debuts, making Poland and newly independent Ukraine the only major UEFA member states to not have qualified for a European tournament (with Poland eventually beating Ukraine to making their debut first). Overall, Poland missed twelve European tournaments before qualifying for one for a first time.
The long-awaited qualification finally came in 2008 although Poland proved disappointing, ending last in the group stage, a scenario which would be repeated four years later, though drawing against Greece, Russia and the Czech Republic. The 2012 performance was especially criticized, with many suggesting that Poland would not have even qualified for the tournament had it not been one of the hosts. The next tournament, Euro 2016, proved historic as Poland got their first win in a European Championship with a 1–0 win over Northern Ireland and eventually made it to the quarter-finals before losing to Portugal on penalties and securing the best result for the Poland team since their well-remembered third place at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
and 28 Related for: Poland at the UEFA European Championship information
Poland have participated in five UEFAEuropeanChampionships so far, all consecutively: Euro 2008, Euro 2012, Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. While...
This is a list of records and statistics of theUEFAEuropeanChampionship. As of UEFA Euro 2024 Notes Includes results of West Germany between 1972–1988...
The 2012 UEFAEuropean Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th EuropeanChampionship for men's...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations)...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations)...
TheUEFAEuropean Football Championship, less formally theEuropeanChampionship and informally the Euros, is the primary association football tournament...
participated in eleven UEFAEuropeanChampionships; three as Czechoslovakia and eight as the Czech Republic. As Czechoslovakia, they became European champions in...
Group D of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 16 to 25 June 2024. The group contained Poland, the Netherlands, Austria and France. Notes TheEuropean Qualifiers...
Italy have participated in ten UEFAEuropeanChampionships (with an ongoing eleventh participation in 2024), and reached the final on four occasions. They...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is the main football competition of the men's national teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations)...
of theUEFAEuropeanChampionship, with an ongoing ninth appearance in 2024. Their first tournament was in 1984, and the side have advanced past the group...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960, whose finals stage has been held...
The Netherlands national football team has appeared in ten UEFAEuropeanChampionship tournaments, with an ongoing eleventh appearance in 2024. They first...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations)...
scored in games atthe men's 17 final tournaments of theUEFAEuropeanChampionship, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. Since the first goal...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations)...
TheUEFAEuropeanChampionship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960. The finals stage of the tournament...
four UEFAEuropeanChampionships, all consecutively: Euro 2012, Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Before 1996, some of its players played for the Soviet...
participated in twelve UEFAEuropeanChampionships, the second-most among all participants of the Euro after Germany, five of which were as the Soviet Union and...
at five UEFAEuropeanChampionships between 1984 and 2016, with an ongoing sixth appearance in 2024. Their best performance so far was reaching the quarter-finals...
17th edition of theUEFAEuropeanChampionship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for theEuropean men's national teams...
The 2016 UEFAEuropean Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA...
Atthe end of each UEFAEuropeanChampionship tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest...
Global Information