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Image via @FCPorto on Twitter In what will almost certainly be the most hyped transfer of a Polish player this winter window, Oskar Pietuszewski was officially announced as a Porto player yesterday afternoon.  A reported transfer fee of €8 million, potentially rising to €10 million, sets an Ekstraklasa record sale for Jagiellonia Białystok.  Personally I think this is a great move in developing Pietuszewski’s career, as it’s obviously a definite step up but not one which woul

Reflecting on 2025, looking ahead to 2026 It’s virtually a tradition at this point to pen an article at year’s end, and this year is no different.  This won’t be a long diatribe, because I think many of 2025’s events in Polish football have been well covered. It is of course still worth reflecting upon, and always having a positive look ahead to the coming 12 months.  Looking at the Polish national team, 2024 ended in rough shape and halfway through 2025 it practically implod

Images via @Inter_en and @fckoeln on Twitter This article has been gestating in my head for a while now, so it’s about time I finally got around to putting it out there.  What I’m writing about is not earth-shattering and is fairly obvious, but it’s still something I think needs to be said, particularly as we often get told by pundits and indeed managers or coaches themselves how vital versatility can prove to be.  I thought it would be interesting to look at both Piotr Zieli

Images via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Last Friday evening saw the excruciating two hour long draw to determine the World Cup group stages. A truly embarrassing and wholly overlong event, and I think those of us who speak about football would be united in that viewpoint. Well, that’s me never getting invited to any Fifa events. Moving on, we did just about find out who Poland would potentially play in next summer’s tournament, as in-between the excesses there was actually a set

Images via @OHLeuven, @Udinese_1896, @1913parmacalcio and @OUFCOfficial on Twitter It’s been a bit of a minor hiatus on the website the past few weeks, but there have been a few ideas gestating and hopefully you’ll be seeing more articles posted in the coming days. There’s a lot to discuss, from Poland’s potential World Cup group should they qualify to the minor reinvention of specific Polish players which has benefited them both at club and international level.  Today howeve

Images via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter At today’s draw in Zurich, Poland’s opponent’s for March’s World Cup play-offs were revealed.  In the first semi-final, at which Poland are the designated home team, they will play Albania. Should they win, they face the task of travelling to play either Sweden or Ukraine.  It was very interesting to hear what Jan Urban made of the draw. He emphasised that a lot, both positive and negative, can change in four months between now and the nex

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter A very uncontrolled display from Poland saw them just about win away to Malta in Ta’Qali, with goals from Robert Lewandowski, Paweł Wszołek and Piotr Zieliński.  It was however a very uneven and disjointed Polish performance, especially in defence. Jan Urban kept quite a strong group of players from Friday’s positive 1-1 draw with the Dutch, only choosing to rotate in Bartłomiej Drągowski and Wszołek, as well as bringing back in Bartosz Sli

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Poland are taking on Malta later today in what will be the final World Cup qualifier Poland play prior to next spring’s play-offs.  Realistically, there is little for Poland to play for here, having secured passage to the play-offs already thanks to results on Friday. In practice however, things are quite different and Jan Urban was at pains to point that out in yesterday’s press conference.  Urban said that even when it may appear there is

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter A slightly under-strength Poland managed to earn a 1-1 draw against the Dutch at Stadion Narodowy in Warszawa.  Jakub Kamiński’s opener at the close of the first half was cancelled out by a Memphis delay leveller shortly after the second half began, although it has to be said that for large parts of both halves it was Poland who were the more threatening team.  Nicola Zalewski missed a gilt-edged chance barely a minute into the contest, as

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Poland play Holland tonight at Stadion Narodowy in Warszawa, in what looks set to be something of a key match for the hosts.  Judging from what I’ve read of the Dutch press, and indeed reading between the lines of coach Ronald Koeman’s words as well, the visitors appear happy to settle for a draw.  Part of me thinks this is largely due to the fact that Poland earned a slightly unexpected draw in the return leg in Rotterdam two months ago, i

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Articles are coming thick and fast on the website these last few days, but for good reason: there’s an awful lot going on in the world of Polish football, and I feel a lot of it really is worth commenting on.  Firstly I think it’s best discussing this afternoon’s press conference, at which both captain Robert Lewandowski and Selekcjoner Jan Urban spoke to the assembled media.  Lewandowski has certainly been in the headlines this past 48 hou

Images via @LaczyNasPilka, @FCBarcelona and @LegiaWarszawa on Twitter A fairly entertaining weekend for Polish football as we head into the last international break of 2025, with both good and bad occurring within the context of the national team and Polish football as a whole.  By far the things which will most affect the two games Poland play against Holland and Malta are the two injuries which have struck down two members of the squad you assume would be nailed-on starters

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter This morning, Jan Urban announced his latest Poland squad for November’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Holland and Malta. Whilst you would assume the Biało-Czerwoni to be underdogs in their initial game against the Dutch in Warszawa, they should be considered comfortable favourites away to the Maltese. That being said, it was a very pleasant surprise when Poland navigated a 1-1 draw away in Rotterdam, so there is every chance that in

Images via @AVFCOfficial on Twitter and Mikolaj Barbanell/Shutterstock Sitting down to write this article almost feels like a mammoth task before I’ve concluded the headline, so in order to save time if you’re reading for a particular reason, I’ll attempt a rapid rundown of the topics mentioned in the following paragraphs. Today’s we’ll be speaking about Matty Cash getting his great form rewarded with a new contract at Aston Villa, Grzegorz Krychowiak hanging up his boots, th

Images via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter With the conclusion of October’s international break, I thought it’d be worth taking a look at it as a whole in retrospect, plus throwing it forward to the potential problems of the next international break as well as the stunning work being done by Jerzy Brzęczek and the players at U-21 level. In hindsight, all the worrying and negativity in the light of the narrow friendly win over New Zealand seemed like ancient history after the partic

Image via @LaczyNasPilka With goals from Sebastian Szymański and Robert Lewandowski, Poland were victorious against a tough Lithuania...

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Poland will take on Lithuania tonight in Kaunas as they seek to continue the positive results earned...

Images via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Seeing as I was unable to watch Poland’s friendly with New Zealand live, it would’ve been a bit...

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter In their first match of the October international break, Poland take on New Zealand in a friendly at...

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter In the near-month since an article was last posted to this website, there’s been a number of things...