Having played their inaugural game in 1981, the team have attempted to qualify for each major tournament from UEFA Women's Euro 1991 onwards.

They have clinched their first successful qualification for a major tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, 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 1981, for a friendly against Italy away.

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.

[7] The Poland women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Biało-czerwone (The white and reds)" or "Orlice (The Eaglesses)".