Club football goes on pause for a week as national teams face their final match-ups in the UEFA Nations League. For Jan Urban, Poland National Team head coach, a few Poland National Team debutants could make their senior appearances in the remaining matches against Romania and Sweden.
Poland’s current UEFA Nations League situation sees the White and Reds third in their group, six points behind group leaders Sweden and four points behind second-placed Bosnia and Herzegovina. For Poland to have any chance at battling for a place in League A, they need to aim for two wins from their remaining two matches and hope that the Bosnians do not pick up any points in their remaining fixtures.
Ahead of their clash against Romania on Saturday, November 14, Jan Urban has called in some young guns that could make their impact and potentially help Poland get the required points they need to return back to League A.
Poland National Team Debutants – Slawomir Abramowicz
Called upon by head coach Urban as an emergency replacement for the injured Bartlomiej Dragowski in the September/October international break, Slawomir Abramowicz has been called up once again, with his performance improving since last month’s camp.
The 22-year-old had a torrid record to begin the Ekstraklasa season, failing to keep a clean sheet from his opening six Ekstraklasa matches and conceding 12 goals. However, since returning to club football, his next five matches have only seen him concede five goals and keep two clean sheets.
Matched up against two more experienced goalkeepers in Dragowski and Matuesz Kochalski, his upturn in form may give Urban a slight selection headache in between the sticks, but his limited senior national team experience might see him down the pecking order and playing his part from the bench and in warm-ups.
Poland National Team Debutants – Oskar Kubiak
The Arka Gdynia Academy product is flourishing in the Czech Republic with Slavia Prague, alongside Poland’s newfound midfield gem, Wiktor Nowak. Oskar Kubiak is still only 20 and has been a regular for the Czech side, regularly getting minutes in the league and in the UEFA Champions League.
The left wing-back, who can also operate as a left midfielder, left-back or even a right winger, has enjoyed a healthy start to his life at Slavia Prague. After not starting for the first three matches, he has featured in the next 11 matches, starting three of the four UEFA Champions League matches and providing his first assist for the club in a 5-0 thrashing of Jablonec.
In only his second season as a senior professional, Kubiak has clearly proven his talent to head coach Urban. After last season’s loan move to II Liga’s Sokol Kleszcow, where he scored 14 goals in 18 matches, the 20-year-old has transitioned to a wing-back role and has been given the chance to develop, with the call-up to be one of the new Poland National Team debutants a reward for his hard work.
Poland National Team Debutants – Bartosz Mazurek
Next is one of Poland’s young gems who has been performing wonders for RB Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga. Potentially one of the brightest Poland National Team debutants, Bartosz Mazurek is a 19-year-old midfielder and has been a revelation for Die Roten Bullen during the 2026/27 season. In 23 appearances in all competitions, Mazurek has provided two goals and six assists, which has seen his market value skyrocket.
After a breakthrough season at Jagiellonia Bialystok last season, RB Salzburg signed the midfielder for €6 million and have not looked back. In all honesty, the transfer now looks like a bargain, as Mazurek has continued to improve, maintain his ability to supply a goal and/or assist, and become an important player for Die Roten Bullen.
Mazurek currently has the most league assists at the club with five, sits joint second for goal contributions with six and has an average rating of 7.55 in the Austrian Bundesliga. The 19-year-old has the chance to be one of the successful Poland National Team debutants, but will Urban give the midfielder the freedom to do so?
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Poland National Team Debutants – Lukasz Poreba
The oldest on the list of potential Poland National Team debutants, Lukasz Poreba helped his side, Elversberg, to promotion from the 2. Bundesliga last season, as they finished in second place and achieved automatic promotion, pipping third-placed Paderborn on goal difference.
Schwarz und Weiß have adapted well to life in the top flight, with Poreba starting all nine matches in the Bundesliga so far this season. As a defensive midfielder, the 26-year-old has a different profile from that of Mazurek. Poreba focuses more on the defensive side of the game, which is highlighted by his blocks, interceptions and recoveries.
With Elversberg in seventh place after the opening nine matches of the Bundesliga season, Poreba may not be a world beater, but he is one of those players who gets on with his game and puts in consistent performances that usually go under the radar. However, ahead of the November international break, Urban has clearly highlighted Poreba as an asset and rewarded his good start to the season with a call-up.
Poland National Team Debutants – Adrian Bendedyczak
Finally, a striker who was in line to feature in the Poland National Team debutants last month, if it wasn’t for an injury that ruled him out of action. Since his transfer to Turkey, Adrian Benedyczak has enjoyed a welcome return to goalscoring, with the striker on fire in the Super Lig over the last two seasons.
Kasımpaşa have only lost once this season in the league, and a lot of it can be credited to the goalscoring form of Benedyczak, who has scored seven of the 17 goals scored by Apaçiler. Amongst the top goalscorers in the division, the former Poland under-21 striker has enjoyed a new lease of life in Turkey after two poor seasons in Parma. A new chapter and a new beginning may have been needed for Benedyczak to get himself back within the Poland National Team fold.
Over four years after his final Poland under-21 appearance, Benedyczak has the chance to become one of the latest Poland National Team debutants, and with the current form that he is on and Poland screaming for a new striker to replace the ageing Robert Lewandowski, can the 25-year-old striker be the man that Urban needs up top?
Extra Time Notes
With a need for Poland to get back to winning ways to have any chance of fighting for a place in League A, the Poland National Team debutants may bring the hunger and fight that is needed for Jan Urban’s side. With the youth of Mazurek, Kubiak and Abramowicz to the more experienced Poreba and Benedyczak, the White and Reds have some exciting players at their disposal in the November international break.
Poland face tricky games against Romania in Bucharest and against group leaders Sweden in Poland. The White and Reds are four points away from second-place Bosnia and Herzegovina, who currently occupy a place that would see them face a League A side for a chance of promotion. After relegation down to League B, Poland will look to get back to League A as quickly as they can. With that being said, remaining in League B may help the new Poland National Team debutants embed themselves and make bigger impacts once a rebuild has taken place.
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