The Poland women's national football team Polish : Reprezentacja Polski w piΕce noΕΌnej kobiet represents Poland in international women's football , and is governed by the Polish Football Association , the governing body for football in Poland. Having played their inaugural game in , the team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from UEFA Women's Euro onwards.
They have clinched their first successful qualification for a major tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro , after two wins over Austria in the second round of the qualifying play-offs. Poland was one of the earliest nations in Europe to begin developing women's football, having fielded its female team for the first time in , for a friendly against Italy away. Poland's debut ended with a 0β3 defeat in Catania. Since its inception, Poland has little success at the international stage, and has failed to qualify for any major tournament, although the team has come close in several occasions.
This has been largely due to most of its female footballers are not professional, many Polish female footballers are part-timers, unlike the far more successful men's counterparts.
Since late s, more efforts have been put in order to give the women's national team more recognition. After failing to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro , the PZPN has undertaken the step to bid for the UEFA Women's Euro , with the establishment of a separate women's football department, while the domestic women's league of Poland, Ekstraliga , is also moving toward establishing full-time professionalism in undisclosed dates.
However, thanks to winning their β24 UEFA Nations League group, they were ensured of a play-off spot that would grant them a second chance to qualify for the tournament. The Poland women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as " BiaΕo-czerwone The white and reds " or " Orlice The Eaglesses ". Until , the Poland women's national football team had no national stadium.
