National teams’ schedule – who and when?

Ahead of Lubomir Šatka and his national teammates are key games in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Slovakia will face Croatia – who is first in the table – and Russian – the group vice leaders – in the October international break. Šatka and his squad are currently ranked third in group H, with 4 points less on their account than Croatia, and in order to compete in the playoffs, they need to win the upcoming two games.

Nika Kvekveskiri has also joined his national team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers after a 4-month break from the international competition. Georgia has two games to play – against Green and Kosovo. However, Kvekveskiri’s squad is ranked last in group B which means they no longer have a chance to play at the World Cup in Qatar.

Jakub Kamiński, Michał Skóraś, Filip Marchwiński and Filip Szymczak have all been called up by Maciej Stolarczyk for the U-21 European Championship qualifiers. The latter – who is currently on loan at GKS Katowice – received a late invitation to join the Polish U-21 squad as Dennis Jastrzembski was deemed unfit to play because of an injury. During the October break, the U-21 squad will face Hungary and San Marino. They need to win both matches as they have, so far, only got one win which ranks them 3^rd in group B.

Meanwhile, the Polish U-19 side is about to kick off the qualifiers for the next year’s Euro. Krzysztof Bąkowski (currently on loan at Stomil Olsztyn), Filip Borowski and Krystian Palacz all have received an invite to attend the U-19 grouping during which the squad will play against Finland, Malta and Ukraine.

The U-17 Polish national team is also fighting to get a spot at the European Championship in their category. Coach Dariusz Gęsior called up Maksymilian Dziuba, Bartosz Tomaszewski and Mikołaj Tudruja, all of whom represent Lech’s older juniors’ team. The Polish youngsters’ schedule includes matches against North Macedonia, Andorra and Ireland.

National teams’ schedule

Lubomir Šatka (Slovakia):

Russia - Slovakia, October 8th, 8:45 pm (Kazan)
Chorwacja - Słowacja, October 11th, 8:45 pm (Osijek)

Nika Kvekveskiri (Georgia):

Georgia - Greece, October 9th, 6:00 pm (Batumi)
Kosovo - Georgia, October 12th, 8:45 pm (Pristina)

Jakub Kamiński, Filip Marchwiński, Michał Skóraś, Filip Szymczak (Poland U-21):

Hungary U-21 – Poland U-21, October 8th, 8:00 pm (Szeged)
Poland U-21 – San Marino U-21, October 12th, godzina 16:30 (Kielce)

Filip Borowski, Krystian Palacz, Krzysztof Bąkowski (Poland U-19):

Poland U-19 – Finland U-19, October 6th, 6:00 pm (Grodzisk Wielkopolski)
Poland U-19 – Malta U-19, October 9th, 3:30 pm (Swarzędz)
Poland U-19 – Ukraine U-19, October 12th, 1:00 pm (Grodzisk Wielkopolski)

Maksymilian Dziuba, Bartosz Tomaszewski, Mikołaj Tudruj (Poland U-17)

Poland U-17 – North Macedonia U-17, October 7th, 3:00 pm (The Mardyke)
Poland U-17 – Andorra U-17, October 10th, 3:00 pm (The Mardyke)
Ireland U-17 – Poland U-17, October 13th, 2:00 pm (Turner’s Cross)