Poland Women Euro 2025 squad: Nina Patalon's full team

Poland Women Euro 2025 squad has been confirmed and they will make history this summer.

They don't have one of the more recognisable Euro 2025 squads but qualification for the Euros was a huge moment, as it is the first time the women's side have ever qualified for the European Championship.

Poland attempted to reach a first major women’s tournament by hosting it, but came third in the Euro 2025 vote behind a joint bid from the four Nordic countries. Instead, they have made it the (very) hard way.

The Eaglesses fought back from six defeats out of six in their qualifying group by overcoming Romania and Austria home and away in the ensuing play-offs, no mean feat given they lost to the latter by an aggregate of 6-2 in that first phase.

A brutal group makes progress unlikely, though. They face Germany, Denmark and Sweden and while none of the groups would have been easy to progress through, Poland's group is one of the toughest.

Still, with Barcelona’s Ewa Pajor up front, anything is possible. Pajor is one of the world’s best in her position right now – and she’s doing it for the elite, too, plundering a career-high 30-plus haul in her first season at Barcelona. Poland’s hopes will rest on their 28-year-old all-time leading goalscorer’s broad shoulders.

Can the Poles find more magic to get into the knockouts? It's going to be a tough ask – but these players will become all-time legends if they can.

England Women's Euros squad

Poland Women Euro 2025 squad

The official 23-player squad for the tournament was announced as follows:

• GK: Kinga Szemik (West Ham)
• GK: Natalia Radkiewicz (Pogoń Szczecin)
• GK: Kinga Seweryn (GKS Katowice)
• DF: Kayla Adamek (Ottawa Rapid)
• DF: Paulina Dudek (PSG)
• DF: Sylwia Matysik (FC Köln)
• DF: Emilia Szymczak (Barcelona)
• DF: Malgorzata Mesjasz (Milan)
• DF: Martyna Wiankowska (FC Köln)
• DF: Olivia Wos (FC Basel)
• DF: Wiktoria Zieniewicz (FC Basel)
• MF: Adriana Achcińska (1. FC Köln)
• MF: Dominika Grabowska (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
• MF: Ewelina Kamczyk (FC Fleury 91)
• MF: Milena Kokosz (Asane)
• MF: Tanja Pawollek (Eintracht Frankfurt)
• MF: Klaudia Słowińska (GKS Katowice)
• FW: Klaudia Jedlińska (Dijon FCO)
• FW: Nadia Krezyman (Dijon FCO)
• FW: Natalia Padilla-Bidas (Sevilla)
• FW: Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
• FW: Paulina Tomasiak (GKS Górnik Leczna)
• FW: Weronika Zawistowska (Bayern Munich)

Predicted line-up

4-3-3: Szemik; Zieniewicz, Wos, Dudek, Wiankowska; Achcinska, Pawollek, Kamczyk; Padilla, Pajor, Tomasiak

Poland fixtures and results

Euro 2025 qualifying

April 5 2025: Iceland 3-0 Poland, Kópavogsvöllur, Kopavogur, Iceland
April 9 2025: Poland 1-3 Austria, Stadion Miejski w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland
May 31 2024: Germany 4-1 Poland, Ostseestadion, Rostock, Germany
June 3 2024: Poland 1-3 Germany, Stadion Miejski w Gdyni, Gdynia, Poland
July 12 2024: Austria 3-1 Poland, Cashpoint-Arena, Altach, Poland
July 16 2024: Poland 0-1 Iceland, Zagłębiowski Park Sportowy, Sosnowiec, Poland
October 25 2024: Romania 1-2 Poland, Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania
October 29 2024: Poland 4-1 Romania, Gdansk Stadium, Gdansk, Poland
November 29 2024: Poland 1-0 Austria, Gdansk Stadium, Gdansk, Poland
December 3 2024: Austria 0-1 Poland, Viola Park, Vienna, Austria

Women's Nations League

February 21 2025: Poland 2-0 Northern Ireland, Gdansk Stadium, Gdansk, Poland
February 25 2025: Romania 0-1 Poland, Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania
April 4 2025: Poland 5-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina, Gdansk Stadium, Gdansk, Poland
April 8 2025: Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-1 Poland, FF BH Football Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina
May 30 2025: Northern Ireland 0-4 Poland, Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland
June 3 2025: Poland 3-0 Romania, Gdansk Stadium, Gdansk, Poland

Euro 2025

July 4 2025: Germany v Poland, Arena St. Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland
July 9 2025: Poland v Sweden, Luzern Arena, Lucerne, Switzerland
July 12 2025: Poland v Denmark, Luzern Arena, Lucerne, Switzerland

Everything you need to know about Poland

LESSON FROM QUALIFYING

Keep the positivity. It would have been easy to mope after those six defeats, but this is a proud team that’s far from a one-woman band. Sevilla loanee Natalia Padilla came up clutch in the play-offs, scoring in three of Poland’s four outings, before the irrepressible Pajor sealed qualification in injury time.

STRENGTHS

The Eaglesses’ pair of 1-0 play-off wins against Austria provide the blueprint – after all, defences win tournaments. PSG central defender Paulina Dudek is back from injury to partner Oliwia Wos, and with left-back Martyna Wiankowska on the overlap, coach Nina Patalon has discovered a settled back four. Having fit-again Bayern Munich attacker Weronika Zawistowska available strengthens the bench.

WEAKNESSES

First-time nerves. While there’s plenty of experience in a squad peppered with players from the German and Spanish top flights, an inaugural major tournament remains a step into the unknown.

MOST LIKELY TO…

Feed a gluttonous Barça forward and hope. It hasn’t worked for Robert Lewandowski at multiple tournaments, so how about Pajor?

LEAST LIKELY TO…

Wear anything not red and white.

WHAT THEY HOPE WILL HAPPEN

Beat Germany after two qualifying defeats to make it out of the group.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN

A plucky group-stage elimination.

Poland manager: Nina Patalon

Nina Patalon is a young manager at just 39 but she has a wealth of experience to try and guide Poland to history this summer.

She has worked with the Polish youth teams as well as a spell in charge of Medyk Konin. Patalon took up the head coach role in 2021 and her most significant wins came against Austria in their two-leg Euro play-off in 2024.

She has already brought historic moments to Polish football and will forever remembered as the first Polish women's manager to qualify for a Euros.

Poland's star player

Ewa Pajor

Ewa Pajor is not only the standout star in the Poland squad but she is one of the best players in Europe. She rose to fame in the Wolfsburg team before joining Spanish giants Barcelona in 2024.

Pajor, who is one of the most expensive women's footballers in the world, has over 20 club trophies to her name already but will be itching to bring trophy glory to her national team too.

Although it would be one of the biggest upsets if Poland won, if any player can enable it to happen it is Pajor.

She has won Poland player of the year five times and was the Golden Player at the 2013 U17 Euro Championship which Poland won.