Although Poland is a country steeped in football tradition this summer will be the first time they have appeared at a European Championship.
Nerves are unlikely to get in the way of Poland's desire to impress in Austria and Switzerland after they impressively qualified for the tournament by winning qualification Group A ahead of the likes of Portugal and Serbia.
Leo Beenhakker's side lost just two of their 14 qualifiers, winning eight in the process and finishing with a healthy plus 12 goal difference, helped by a 5-0 thrashing of Azerbaijan.
One of Poland's major obstacles that needs overcoming could be their crunch clash against Germany. Poland have never beaten their ill-loved neighbours, against whom they their Group B campaign this summer.
Poland also do battle with England's conquerors Croatia while their other Group B game will be no easy test as it pitches them against one of the home nations, Austria.
At 65-years-old Poland's Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker is one of the most experienced managers in modern day football.
Although Beenhakker managed only an amateur playing career he has gone on to coach three different countries in three different World Cups.
After guiding Holland to the knock-out stage of Italia '90 he coached Saudi Arabia and Trinidad and Tobago in the 1994 and 2006 World Cups respectively.
Beenhakker made history in July 2006 when he was named Poland's first ever foreign manager.
Just 16 months later he achieved another first in the country's history when a 2-0 win over Belgium booked their place at Euro 2008 and their first appearance in a European Championship.
