Ukraine have appeared in only three UEFA European Championships – Euro 2012 , Euro 2016 , and Euro 2020 . Before 1996, some of its players played for the Soviet Union national team and CIS national team – Oleksiy Mykhailychenko , Hennadiy Lytovchenko , Oleh Luzhnyi , Ivan Hetsko and others.
For Euro 2012, they qualified automatically as one of the host countries. This marked their début at the major European football tournament. In their opening game against Sweden , Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv . Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England , all in Donetsk . The UEFA Euro 2012 was the second ever international final that Ukraine appeared following their international finals debut in the 2006 FIFA World Cup .
For Euro 2016, Ukraine qualified via the play-offs , defeating Slovenia . They qualified for Euro 2020 by finishing top of their qualifying group , and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16 after extra time , before being eliminated by England .
Euro 2012 [ ]
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
England 3
2
1
0
5
3
+2
7
Advance to knockout phase
2
France 3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
3
Ukraine (H)
3
1
0
2
2
4
−2
3[a]
4
Sweden 3
1
0
2
5
5
0
3[a]
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers (H) Host
Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.
Euro 2016 [ ] Main article: UEFA Euro 2016
Ukraine squad UEFA Euro 2016
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Germany 3
2
1
0
3
0
+3
7[a]
Advance to knockout phase
2
Poland 3
2
1
0
2
0
+2
7[a]
3
Northern Ireland 3
1
0
2
2
2
0
3
4
Ukraine 3
0
0
3
0
5
−5
0
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers Notes:
^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Euro 2020 [ ]
Group stage [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Netherlands (H)
3
3
0
0
8
2
+6
9
Advance to knockout phase
2
Austria 3
2
0
1
4
3
+1
6
3
Ukraine 3
1
0
2
4
5
−1
3
4
North Macedonia 3
0
0
3
2
8
−6
0
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification:
Group stage tiebreakers (H) Host
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos
Grp
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
F
Portugal 3
1
1
1
7
6
+1
4
Advance to knockout phase
2
D
Czech Republic 3
1
1
1
3
2
+1
4
3
A
Switzerland 3
1
1
1
4
5
−1
4
4
C
Ukraine 3
1
0
2
4
5
−1
3
5
B
Finland 3
1
0
2
1
3
−2
3
6
E
Slovakia 3
1
0
2
2
7
−5
3
Source:
UEFA Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6)
European Qualifiers overall ranking .
Knockout phase [ ] Round of 16 Quarter-finals Overall record [ ] Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
UEFA European Championship record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
Campaign
as part of Soviet Union
as part of Soviet Union
1960
Champions 1st
2
2
0
0
5
1
2
2
0
0
4
1
1960
1964
Runners-up 2nd
2
1
0
1
4
2
4
2
2
0
7
3
1964
1968
Fourth Place
4th
2
0
1
1
0
2
8
6
0
2
19
8
1968
1972
Runners-up 2nd
2
1
0
1
1
3
8
5
3
0
16
4
1972
1976
Did not qualify
8
4
1
3
12
10
1976
1980
6
1
3
2
7
8
1980
1984
6
4
1
1
11
2
1984
1988
Runners-up 2nd
5
3
1
1
7
4
8
5
3
0
14
3
1988
as part of CIS
1992
Group stage
8th
3
0
2
1
1
4
8
5
3
0
13
2
1992
as Ukraine
as Ukraine
1996
Did not qualify
10
4
1
5
11
15
1996
2000
12
5
6
1
16
7
2000
2004
8
2
4
2
11
10
2004
2008
12
5
2
5
18
16
2008
2012
Group stage
13th
3
1
0
2
2
4
Qualified as hosts
2016
24th
3
0
0
3
0
5
12
7
2
3
17
5
2016
2020
Quarter-finals
8th
5
2
0
3
6
10
8
6
2
0
17
4
2020
2024
To be determined
To be determined
Total
Quarter-finals
3/7
11
3
0
8
8
19
62 29 17 16 90 57 –
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out . **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. ***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil. See also [ ]
Association football portal Ukraine portal
References [ ]
General Venues Statistics Players Goals World Cup Finals European Finals Matches Other Ukrainian teams
1
England
France
Ukraine (H)
Sweden
Germany
Poland
Northern Ireland
Netherlands (H)
Austria
North Macedonia
Portugal
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Finland
Slovakia
Soviet Union
1964
1968
1972
1976
CIS
2020
