Poland national American football team


The Poland National American Football team represents Poland in international American football competitions. The team is controlled by the Polish American Football Association. The team was formed in 2012, consisting mainly of Polish American Football League players and coaching staff. In addition to players from the Polish league, players from the York Lions, Braunschweig Lions, Kouvola Indians and Kristiansand Gladiators have also participated in games.

History

The first international American football game played by Poland was played 2 February 2013 in the Atlas Arena in Łódź, when the Polish national team met the Swedish national team in an Arena football game. Polish teams had previously played unofficial matches, beginning in 2005.
There are many Poles and players with Polish roots currently playing in NFL; for example Sebastian Janikowski, Tom Zbikowski, Chris, Dan, Rob Gronkowski, and in the past: Rich Szaro, Chester Marcol, Stas Maliszewski, Ron Jaworski, Zeke Bratkowski. For more persons of Polish descent, see National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and list of Polish Americans. The latest addition is a son of Nigerian and a Polish woman, Babatunde Aiyegbusi who signed up with Minnesota Vikings after playing basketball as well as North American football for many Polish, Czech, and German clubs.

Roster for the 2017 World Games

European Championship

In 2015 Poland is competing in the IFAF level qualifying playoff circuit for the first time.

IFAF World Championship record

Head coaches

DateOpponentVenueResultCompetitionResult
13 November 2005 Pardubice StallionsZgorzelec2–12Friendly Loss
2 February 2013Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland14–27Arena Football Friendly gameLoss
14 September 2013Polonia Stadium, Warsaw, Poland14–37Friendly gameLoss
12 September 2015Stadion GOSiR, Gdynia, Poland
27–20
Friendly gameWin
27 September 2015Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland
7–0
Friendly gameWin
11 October 2015Letní stadion, Pardubice, Czech Republic7–14European Championship QualifyingLoss
6 August 2016COS-OPO Cetniewo, Cetniewo, Poland35–37Friendly gameLoss
10 September 2016Stadion MOSiR Ząbki, Ząbki, Poland21–28Friendly gameLoss
24 September 2016First Field, Székesfehérvár, Hungary22–23Friendly gameLoss
8 November 2016Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland42-14Friendly gameWin
22 July 2017Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, Poland2–28World GamesLoss
24 July 2017 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, Poland7–14World GamesLoss
16 September 2017Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland13–6Friendly gameWin