[2] When the Wehrmacht invaded Poland in September 1939, all Polish institutions and associations were dissolved, including the PZPN.

The German occupying forces forbade Poles to organise football matches.

[4] One year earlier, the Polish sports ministry also made an attempt to address corruption within the Polish Football Association, but was threatened with suspension by FIFA, which forbids any form of government intervention.

On 26 October 2012, Zbigniew Boniek was elected president after winning 61 votes from 118 delegates.

In 2019, Józef Klotz, who had played for the Poland national football team and was killed in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust, was honored by the Association.