Ukraine women's national football team

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Ukraine
Nickname(s)Zhinky
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachLluís Cortés
CaptainOlena Khodyreva
Most capsLyudmyla Pekur (110)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (34)
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 35 Decrease 4 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest16 (June 2008)
Lowest31 (April 2021)
First international
 Ukraine 0–0 Moldova 
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 30 June 1992)[2]
Biggest win
 Ukraine 8–0 Belarus 
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 August 2014)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 0–8 Germany 
(Lviv, Ukraine; 3 September 2019)
 Germany 8–0 Ukraine 
(Aachen, Germany; 5 October 2019)
 Japan 8–0 Ukraine 
(Hiroshima, Japan; 10 June 2021)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup stage, 4th

The Ukraine women's national football team represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

The team has been playing since 30 June 1992 when it hosted a team of Moldova. Before its first official tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying phase, the Ukraine women's team played at least four more friendlies all with Belarus in 1993.

The first (and so far only) major tournament they played in was the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. Their most recent competition is qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Ukraine women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Zhinky".

Home stadium[]

The Ukraine women's national football team hosts their home matches at Arena Lviv, while before the Russian aggression at Stadion imeni Gagarina.

  • record since 2007
Venue City Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Points per game
Stadion imeni Gagarina Chernihiv 13 8 2 3 29 12 2
Arena Lviv Lviv 13 6 3 4 28 23 1.62
Obolon Arena Kyiv 3 3 0 0 7 1 3
Sevastopol Sports Complex Sevastopol 3 1 0 2 7 4 1
Stadion Illichivets Mariupol 2 2 0 0 8 1 3
Stadion Ukrayina Lviv 2 1 1 0 3 2 2
Stadion imeni Bannikova Kyiv 1 1 0 0 8 0 3
Ternopilsky Misky Stadion Ternopil 1 1 0 0 2 0 3

Results and fixtures[]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

20 February Turkish Women's Cup Ukraine  1–1  Serbia Kargıcak, Turkey
13:00
  • Ovdiychuk Goal 43'
 Report
Stadium:
23 February Turkish Women's Cup India  2–3  Ukraine Kargıcak, Turkey
13:00
Report
Stadium:
9 April UEFA Women's Euro Play-Offs Ukraine  1–2  Northern Ireland Kovalivka, Ukraine
18:00
Report (UEFA)
Report (Soccerway)
Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
13 April UEFA Women's Euro Play-Offs Northern Ireland  2–0  Ukraine Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45
Report (UEFA)
Report (Soccerway)		 Stadium: Seaview
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
10 June Friendly Japan  8–0  Ukraine Hiroshima, Japan
15:15 UTC+9
  • Shiokoshi Goal 5', 41'
  • Iwabuchi Goal 30', 58'
  • Takarada Goal 38'
  • Sugita Goal 80'
  • Tanaka Goal 89' (pen.)
  • Momiki Goal 90'
 Report (JFA)
Report (Soccerway)		 Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
21 September Friendly Ukraine  1–0  Turkey
21 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B Ukraine  4–0  Faroe Islands Kovalivka
 Report Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Referee: Tatyana Sorokopudova (Kazakhstan)
26 October 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B Ukraine  0–6  Spain Kovalivka
Report
Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Referee: (Bulgaria)
26 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B Scotland  1–1  Ukraine Glasgow
 Report
Stadium: Hampden Park
Referee: (Croatia)
30 November 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B Hungary  4–2  Ukraine Kisvárda
 Report
Stadium: Várkerti Stadion
Referee: (Republic of Ireland)

2022[]

12 April 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B Ukraine  v  Hungary Chernihiv
Report Stadium: Chernihiv Stadium

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 31 March 2021[4]

Role Name
Head coach Spain Lluís Cortés
Assistant coach
Assistant coach Jordi Escura
Goalkeeping coach
Administrator
Doctor Vyacheslav Popov

Manager history[]

See also: Category:Ukraine women's national football team managers
Period Manager Ref.
1992-1993 Ukraine Oleksandr Chubarov [5][6]
1994–2000 Ukraine Serhiy Kachkarov [7]
2000–2002 Ukraine Anatoliy Piskovets [8]
2003–2004 Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn [9]
2005–2006 Ukraine Volodymyr Kulayev [10]
2007–2014 Ukraine Anatoliy Kutsev [11]
2015–2018 Ukraine Volodymyr Reva [12]
2018–2021 Ukraine Natalia Zinchenko [13]
2021- Spain Lluís Cortés [14]

Players[]

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Current squad[]

The following players were named for the match against  Japan on 10 June 2021.[15]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 9 April 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Daryna Bondarchuk (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 23) 1 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
12 1GK Iryna Sanina (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 36) 6 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
2 2DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 26) 5 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
4 2DF Anastasia Filenko (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 (age 31) 22 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
6 2DF Olha Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 29) 45 2 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
14 2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 28) 13 1 Belarus Minsk
15 2DF Maryna Shaynyuk (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi
18 2DF (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 26) 1 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
3 3MF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 24) 8 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
5 3MF Veronika Andrukhiv (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 25) 18 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
7 3MF Yana Kalinina (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 27) 24 1 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
8 3MF Yuliia Khrystiuk (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Ukraine EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia
10 3MF Nadiia Kunina (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 21) 12 3 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
11 3MF Viktoriya Hiryn (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi
13 3MF Khrystyna Pereviznyk (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 24) 0 0 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi
16 3MF Olha Ovdiychuk (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 28) 40 8 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
20 3MF (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 26) 4 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2
21 3MF (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 27) 2 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
22 3MF (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
9 4FW Nicole Kozlova (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 21) 10 3 United States Virginia Tech Hokies
19 4FW (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 29) 5 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv

Recent call ups[]

The following players have been called up to a Ukraine squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Kateryna Samson (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 33) 24 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Darya Kravets (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 27) 54 5 France Reims v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Natia Pantsulaia (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 29) 18 2 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Daryna Apanashchenko (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 35) 61 37 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Olha Boychenko (1989-01-06) 6 January 1989 (age 32) 42 12 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Iya Andrushchak (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 34) 37 1 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 27) 24 0 Belarus Minsk v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE
FW Roksolana Kravchuk (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 24) 4 0 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 v.  Japan, 10 June 2021 PRE

Previous squads[]

UEFA European Women's Championship

Records[]

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Honours[]

Other tournaments[]

Med 1.png Champions: (1) 2000

Competitive record[]

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter (A part of USSR) UEFA Euro 1991
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 8 3 1 4 10 19 -9
United States 2003 6 2 1 3 9 12 -3
China 2007 8 5 1 2 20 11 +9
Germany 2011 12 5 3 4 24 15 +9
Canada 2015 12 7 2 3 37 13 +24
France 2019 8 4 1 3 9 10 -1
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined To be determined
Total - - - - - - - - 54 26 9 19 109 80 +29
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Qualification record

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 8 7 0 1 22 2 +20 21 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Denmark 8 5 1 2 22 8 +14 16 Play-offs
3  Ukraine 8 4 1 3 9 10 −1 13
4  Hungary 8 1 1 6 8 26 −18 4
5  Croatia 8 0 3 5 5 20 −15 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

UEFA Women's Championship[]

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GP W D* L GF GA
Italy 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
Germany 1995 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 9 12
Norway 1997 8 7 1 0 17 5
Germany 2001 8 1 2 5 7 18
England 2005 8 2 1 5 7 21
Finland 2009 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 8 1 1 20 3
Sweden 2013 Did not qualify 10 5 1 4 22 10
Netherlands 2017 8 4 1 3 14 12
England 2022 10 5 0 5 17 25
Total - 3 1 0 2 2 4 68 34 8 26 113 106
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Qualification record

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group I
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 8 8 0 0 46 1 +45 24 Final tournament — 8–0 3–0 6–0 10–0
2  Ukraine 8 5 0 3 16 21 −5 15 Play-offs 0–8 — 1–0 4–0 2–1
3  Republic of Ireland 8 4 1 3 11 10 +1 13 1–3 3–2 — 1–0 2–0
4  Greece 8 2 1 5 6 21 −15 7 0–5 0–4 1–1 — 1–0
5  Montenegro 8 0 0 8 2 28 −26 0 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–4 —
Source: UEFA

Minor tournaments[]

Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
Bulgaria 1995 Albena Cup Final 2nd
Bulgaria 1999 Albena Cup 3rd place 4th
Bulgaria 2000 Albena Cup Final 1st
Bulgaria 2002 Albena Cup 3rd place 3rd
Bulgaria 2005 Albena Cup Group stage 2nd
Bulgaria 2006 Albena Cup Group stage 3rd
China 2017 Four Nations Tournament Group stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 4 6
Spain 2020 Pinatar Cup Group stage 3rd 3 1 0 2 4 4

See also[]

References[]

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