Ukraine national under-21 football team

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Ukraine Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Молодіжка (Young men)
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
Head coachRuslan Rotan
CaptainNazariy Rusyn
Most capsOleksandr Yatsenko (38)
Top scorerPylyp Budkivskyi (18)
Home stadiumValeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ukraine 0–0[1] Belarus 
Ternopil,[2] Ukraine; 28 October 1992
Biggest win
 Ukraine 8–0 Armenia 
Kyiv, Ukraine; 13 October 1998
Biggest defeat
 France 4–0 Ukraine
Paris, France; 26 March 1999
Note: Records for competitive
matches only.
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunner-up (2006)

The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Молодіжна збірна України) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Ukrainian Association of Football staff, committee of national teams. The team participates in qualifications to the Olympic competitions and the continental (UEFA) U-21 competitions.

Their first game the team played was on October 28, 1992. Its first competition the team entered in 1994 the qualification round for the 1996 European Under-21 Championship. The team has qualified for a tournament twice. The under-21s not only qualified for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship, but also reached the final, where they lost to Netherlands on 4 June 2006 by 3–0. The under-21s also qualified to the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that was held in Denmark.

History[]

Its first game under national flag the team played on 28 October 1992 by hosting Belarus national under-21 football team in a friendly game in Ternopil (Ternopil City Stadium).[1] The game ended in scoreless tie and was attended by 4,000 people.[1] The initial squad consisted of following players Sergei Aleksandrov, Dmytro Parfenov, Serhiy Fedorov, Oleksandr Koval, Vladyslav Vashchuk, Vitaliy Kosovskyi, Ihor Luchkevych, Serhiy Onopko, Vladimir Lebed, Hennadiy Moroz, Vitaliy Pushkutsa, , Oleg Solovyov, Ruslan Romanchuk, .[1] Later two out of the squad Lebed and Aleksandrov continued to play for Russian national teams.

In August 1993, the Ukraine youth squad took part in its first tournament where it contested few teams outside of Europe. Its first competitive tournament became the Youth Euro 1996 where it was eliminated in qualification group. Its first game Ukraine U-21 played at home against its opponents from Lithuania on 6 September 1994.

It took Ukraine another 10 years to finally qualify to the tournament final when in 2006 it almost won the tournament losing in the final game to Netherlands which earned its first title instead.

Tournaments[]

UEFA U-21 Championship[]

Since 1984, it is an official U-21 European championship. Since 1992, the tournament doubles as qualifying competition for the Olympic Games every four years.[3]

  • 1994: Did not enter.
  • 1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off to Switzerland.
  • 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2006: Runner-up. Finished 2nd of 7 in qualification group. Won qualification play-off over Belgium.
  • 2007: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 2009: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2011: Group Stage. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Won qualification play-off over Netherlands
  • 2013: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2015: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off to Germany.
  • 2017: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2019: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2021: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.

UEFA U-21 European Championship record[]

UEFA European Under-21 Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1960–1992 Part of  Soviet Union Part of  Soviet Union
France 1994 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain 1996 Did Not Qualify 10 6 2 2 24 12
Romania 1998 8 5 1 2 14 4
Slovakia 2000 8 3 2 3 16 12
Switzerland 2002 12 6 1 5 16 17
Germany 2004 8 2 5 1 8 5
Portugal 2006 Runner-up 2nd 5 2 1 2 4 6 14 8 2 4 27 11
Netherlands 2007 Did Not Qualify 2 1 0 1 2 4
Sweden 2009 8 5 0 3 16 7
Denmark 2011 Group Stage 8th 3 0 1 2 1 5 10 5 4 1 16 8
Israel 2013 Did Not Qualify 10 5 2 3 21 10
Czech Republic 2015 10 6 1 3 20 13
Poland 2017 10 4 2 4 14 12
Italy San Marino 2019 10 5 2 3 18 12
Hungary Slovenia 2021 10 5 1 4 17 11
Romania Georgia (country) 2023
Total Runner-up 2/14 8 2 2 4 5 11 124 64 23 37 218 132
  Summer Olympics years

Olympic qualification[]

Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23 year old players, plus three over the age players.[4]

  • 1996: Did not qualify. Eliminated in European qualifications.
  • 2000: Did not qualify. Eliminated in European qualifications.
  • 2004: Did not qualify. Eliminated in European qualifications.
  • 2008: Did not qualify. Eliminated in European qualifications.
  • 2012: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 4 in Group Stage of the UEFA final tournament.
  • 2016: Did not qualify. Eliminated in European qualifications.
  • 2020: Did not qualify. Eliminated in European qualifications.
Further information: Football at the Summer Olympics
Host Nation(s) - Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1896 - 1992 preceded with Soviet Union
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024 to be determined
Total 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0

Important friendlies[]

Lobanovsky tournament (2006– )[]

Further information: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament
  • Winners (2): 2009, 2019
  • Runners-up (4): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (2012–2014)[]

Further information: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
  • Winner (1): 2014
  • Runner-up (1): 2013

Head coaches[]

Manager[5] Nation Ukraine career Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Qualifying cycle Final tour
Volodymyr Muntian Ukraine 1992–1994 15 8 5 2 25 12 53.33 1996
Viktor Kolotov Ukraine 1995 7 3 2 2 17 10 42.86 1996
Oleksandr Ishchenko Ukraine 1996–1997 11 7 2 2 19 6 63.64 1998
Viktor Kolotov Ukraine 1998–1999 12 6 3 3 32 16 50 2000
Volodymyr Onyschenko Ukraine 1999–2001 21 9 3 9 23 31 42.86 2000, 2002
Anatoliy Kroshchenko[6] Ukraine 2002 10 1 6 3 10 12 10 2004
Pavlo Yakovenko Ukraine 2002–2004 20 8 6 6 24 20 40 2004, 2006
Hennadiy Lytovchenko Ukraine 2003–2004 2 1 1 0 4 2 50
Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko Ukraine 2004–2007 41 21 6 14 4 2 51.22 2006, 2007, 2009 2006
Volodymyr Muntian (caretaker) Ukraine 2008 5 0 2 3 2 8 0
Pavlo Yakovenko Ukraine 2008–2012 70 31 25 14 109 66 44.29 2009, 2011, 2013 2011
Serhiy Kovalets Ukraine 2013–2015 ? ? ? ? ? ? 2013, 2015
Oleksandr Holovko Ukraine 2015–2018 ? ? ? ? ? ? 2017, 2019
Ruslan Rotan Ukraine 2018–present ? ? ? ? ? ?

Coaching staff[]

Currently approved:[7]

Head coach Ukraine Ruslan Rotan
Coach Ukraine Oleksandr Melaschenko
Coach Ukraine Oleksiy Chystyakov
Coach Ukraine Vasyl Kardash
Goalkeeper Coach Ukraine Vitaliy Reva

Forthcoming fixtures[]

2023 UEFA qualifications[]

Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 6 5 1 0 20 1 +19 16 Final tournament — 5–0 3–0 24 Mar 3 Jun 7–0
2  Ukraine 6 4 1 1 7 8 −1 13 Play-offs 29 Mar — 7 Jun 1–0 2–1 2–1
3  North Macedonia 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 0–1 1–1 — 29 Mar 0–0 2 Jun
4  Faroe Islands 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 6 1–1 2 Jun 1–1 — 7 Jun 2–0
5  Serbia 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 0–3 0–1 24 Mar 0–0 — 29 Mar
6  Armenia (Y) 6 1 0 5 5 17 −12 3 7 Jun 24 Mar 1–2 2–0 1–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2021. Source: UEFA
(Y) Best reach the Play-offs

Recent matches[]

Serbia 0–1 Ukraine
Report Kryskiv 14'
, Stara Pazova
Attendance: 212
Referee: (Hungary)
Ukraine 2–1 Armenia
Kryskiv 20'
Mudryk 62'		 Report 45+4'
Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka
Attendance: 2,940
Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)
France 5–0 Ukraine
Kalimuendo 40'
Diop 43'
Adli 54'
Cherki 68', 80'		 Report Talovyerov Red card 27'
Attendance: 4,546
Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)
Ukraine 1–0 Faroe Islands
24' (o.g.) Report
Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia
Attendance: 1,470
Referee: (Croatia)
North Macedonia 1–1 Ukraine
Grozdanovski 58' Report Syrota 43'
Attendance: 482
Referee: (Norway)
Ukraine 2–1 Serbia
Kryskiv 9'
Sudakov 81'		 Report Mitrović 78'
Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 4,771
Referee: (Hungary)

Players[]

Current squad[]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Kyrylo Fesyun (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
1GK (2001-08-10) 10 August 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
1GK Mykyta Turbayevskyi (2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Ukraine Mariupol
2DF Oleksandr Drambayev (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 20) 1 0 Ukraine Mariupol
2DF Denys Kuzyk (2002-09-18) 18 September 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa
2DF Nazariy Muravskyi (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
2DF Ihor Snurnitsyn (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
2DF Maksym Talovierov (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Czech Republic Slavia Prague
2DF (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
3MF Danylo Alefirenko (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
3MF Arseniy Batahov (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 19) 7 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1
3MF (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 20) 4 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
3MF Danylo Kravchuk (2001-07-02) 2 July 2001 (age 20) 2 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3MF Ivan Lytvynenko (2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv
3MF Mykhaylo Mudryk (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21) 9 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
3MF Oleh Ocheretko (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 18) 3 0 Ukraine Mariupol
3MF Artur Remenyak (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Lviv
3MF Yehor Yarmolyuk (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 17) 3 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1
4FW Danylo Sikan (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 20) 5 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
4FW Vladyslav Supriaha (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 21) 7 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
4FW Vladyslav Vanat (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 20) 0 0 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa
4FW Bohdan Viunnyk (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 19) 1 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk

Recent call-ups[]

The following players are still eligible and have been called up within the last match.[9][10][11]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Andriy Chekotun (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
GK (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1 vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Artem Bondarenko (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Ukraine Mariupol vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Maksym Braharu (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Oleksiy Kashchuk (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Mariupol vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Oleksandr Nazarenko (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 21) 5 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1 vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Ostap Prytula (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Heorhiy Sudakov (2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Oleksiy Sych (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
MF Ivan Zhelizko (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Latvia Valmiera vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
FW Yevhen Isayenko (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 21) 2 1 Ukraine FC Chornomorets Odesa vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021
FW Mykola Kukharevych (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 20) 2 3 Belgium OH Leuven vs.  Slovakia, 29 March 2021

Head-to-head record[]

The following table shows Ukraine Under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 29 March 2021.[12]


Key
Positive balance (more wins)
Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative balance (more losses)
Against Confederation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Albania UEFA 7 6 1 0 17 2 +15
 Andorra UEFA 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Armenia UEFA 10 8 2 0 31 3 +28
 Austria UEFA 3 1 1 1 2 2 +0
 Azerbaijan UEFA 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1
 Bahrain AFC 1 1 0 0 4 3 +1
 Belarus UEFA 14 6 6 2 19 12 +7
 Belgium UEFA 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3
 Bulgaria UEFA 6 2 0 4 10 11 -1
 Chile CONMEBOL 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
 China PR AFC 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Croatia UEFA 6 2 2 2 6 7 -1
 Czech Republic UEFA 8 1 1 6 5 13 -8
 Cyprus UEFA 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Denmark UEFA 11 3 4 4 13 15 -2
 Egypt CAF 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
 England UEFA 5 0 1 4 2 9 -7
 Estonia UEFA 5 3 2 0 13 5 +8
 Finland UEFA 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1
 France UEFA 9 1 5 3 8 14 -6
 Georgia UEFA 11 5 4 2 28 12 +16
 Germany UEFA 6 0 1 5 2 14 -12
 Greece UEFA 8 5 3 0 11 2 +9
 Hungary UEFA 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2
 Iceland UEFA 5 3 0 2 13 10 +3
 Iran AFC 5 2 2 1 10 7 +3
 Northern Ireland UEFA 8 4 3 1 13 6 +7
 Israel UEFA 9 4 4 1 8 7 +1
 Italy UEFA 5 1 0 4 3 6 -3
 Kazakhstan UEFA 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7
 South Korea AFC 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
 Kosovo UEFA 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 Kyrgyzstan AFC 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6
 Latvia UEFA 8 6 2 0 19 6 +13
 Liechtenstein UEFA 4 4 0 0 16 3 +13
 Lithuania UEFA 11 6 3 2 23 14 +9
 Libya CAF 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
 North Macedonia UEFA 5 2 0 3 5 5 +0
 Malta UEFA 6 5 1 0 19 4 +15
 Moldova UEFA 11 7 4 0 23 5 +18
 Montenegro UEFA 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
 Netherlands UEFA 9 2 3 4 6 13 -7
 Norway UEFA 5 0 0 5 2 10 -8
 Poland UEFA 8 3 3 2 15 14 +1
 Portugal UEFA 5 3 0 2 3 3 +0
 Romania UEFA 5 2 0 3 4 13 -9
 Russia UEFA 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1
 Saudi Arabia AFC 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5
 Scotland UEFA 5 3 2 0 13 5 +8
 Slovakia UEFA 7 0 5 2 4 6 -2
 Slovenia UEFA 10 7 2 1 18 6 +12
 Serbia UEFA 6 1 4 1 5 7 -2
 Spain UEFA 4 1 1 2 2 6 -4
 Sweden UEFA 3 1 0 2 7 3 +4
  Switzerland UEFA 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1
 Syria AFC 3 1 1 1 2 2 +0
 Tajikistan AFC 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
 Turkey UEFA 13 6 3 4 19 14 +5
 Turkmenistan AFC 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
 United States CONCACAF 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0
 Uzbekistan AFC 5 2 3 0 7 3 +4
 Wales UEFA 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
  • Serbia and Montenegro +1=1-1 2-4 (Yugoslavia)
  • Kyrgyzstan national +1=0-0 4-0
  • Norway u-23 +0=0-1 0-2
  • England C +0=0-1 0-2

Home venues record[]

Since the game Ukraine v Belarus (28 October 1992), Ukraine youth team have played their home games at 19 different stadiums.

Venue City Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Points per game
VVL Dynamo Kyiv 43 20 17 6 76 36 1.79
Bannikov Kyiv 13 8 3 2 24 11 2.08
Obolon Arena Kyiv 12 5 6 1 22 8 1.75
Boreks Borodianka 5 3 1 1 8 6 2
Tsentralnyi Cherkasy 5 3 0 2 7 5 1.8
Shakhtar Chervonohrad 3 3 0 0 11 0 3
Dynamo Training Center Kyiv, Koncha-Zaspa 3 2 1 0 7 1 2.33
CSK ZSU Kyiv 2 2 0 0 8 2 3
Lokomotyv Donetsk 2 2 0 0 3 1 3
Kolos Boryspil 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
Sevastopol Sevastopol 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
Slavutych-Arena Zaporizhia 2 1 0 1 5 2 1.5
Arena Lviv Lviv 2 1 0 1 4 2 1.5
Auto ZAZ Zaporizhia 1 1 0 0 5 0 3
SKA Odessa 1 1 0 0 4 0 3
Metalist Kharkiv 1 1 0 0 4 0 3
Ternopilsky Ternopil 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Ukraina Lviv 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Illichivets Mariupol 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
Totals 102 55 32 15 196 79 1.94
Last updated: 2 June 2016. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

See also[]

  • Ukraine national football team
  • European Under-21 Football Championship
  • 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
  • 2006 UEFA Under-21 Championship Finalists

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Game report. UAF footpass.
  2. ^ Game report. ukr-football.org.ua
  3. ^ Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments
  4. ^ Olympic tournaments
  5. ^ Ruslan Rotan became the 10th head coach in the history of the Ukrainian youth football team (Руслан Ротань став 10-м головним тренером в історії молодіжної збірної України). Ukrainian Association of Football. 28 December 2018
  6. ^ Info who was chosen to be the head coach of the Under-21 team. Football Federation of Ukraine (old website).
  7. ^ "ФФУ утвердила тренерский штаб украинской молодежки ᐉ UA-Футбол".
  8. ^ https://en.uaf.ua/article/42221
  9. ^ "Склад: Молодіжна збірна U-21 - Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу". Archived from the original on 2019-06-02.
  10. ^ https://ffu.ua/article/36697
  11. ^ https://ffu.ua/article/36725
  12. ^ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 11 October 2010.

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