Ukraine national under-21 football team
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.
Nickname(s) | Молодіжка (Young men) | ||
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Association | Ukrainian Association of Football | ||
Head coach | Ruslan Rotan | ||
Captain | Nazariy Rusyn | ||
Most caps | Oleksandr Yatsenko (38) | ||
Top scorer | Pylyp Budkivskyi (18) | ||
Home stadium | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium | ||
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First international | |||
Ternopil,[2] Ukraine; 28 October 1992 | |||
Biggest win | |||
Kiev, Ukraine; 13 October 1998 | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Paris, France; 26 March 1999 matches only. | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Runner-up (2006) |
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, Kostyantyn Pinchuk, Oleg Solovyov, Ruslan Romanchuk, Oleksandr Karabuta.[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.
UEFA U-21 European Championship record
UEFA European Under-21 Championship | UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1960–1994 | Part of |
Part of | |||||||||||||
Did Not Qualify | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | |||||||||
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | ||||||||||
12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||
8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||
Runner-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 11 | ||
Did Not Qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | ||||||||||
Group Stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | ||
Did Not Qualify | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | |||||||||
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | ||||||||||
10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||||
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | ||||||||||
Total | Runner-up | 2/13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 114 | 59 | 22 | 33 | 201 | 121 |
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.
Host Nation(s) - Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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1896 - 1992 | preceded with Soviet Union | ||||||
Did not qualify | |||||||
to be determined | |||||||
Total | 0/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Important friendlies
Lobanovsky tournament (2006– )
- Winners (2): 2009, 2019
- Runners-up (4): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Head Coaches
Manager[5] | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Qualifying cycle | Final tour |
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Volodymyr Muntian | 1992–1994 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 53.33 | 1996 | ||
Viktor Kolotov | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 42.86 | 1996 | ||
Oleksandr Ischenko | 1996–1997 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 63.64 | 1998 | ||
Viktor Kolotov | 1998–1999 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 50 | 2000 | ||
Volodymyr Onyschenko | 1999–2001 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 42.86 | 2000, 2002 | ||
Anatoliy Kroshchenko[6] | 2002 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2004 | ||
Pavlo Yakovenko | 2002–2004 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 40 | 2004, 2006 | ||
Hennadiy Lytovchenko | 2003–2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 50 | |||
Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko | 2004–2007 | 41 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 51.22 | 2006, 2007, 2009 | 2006 | |
Volodymyr Muntian (caretaker) | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
Pavlo Yakovenko | 2008–2012 | 70 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 109 | 66 | 44.29 | 2009, 2011, 2013 | 2011 | |
Serhiy Kovalets | 2013–2015 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2013, 2015 | |||
Oleksandr Holovko | 2015–2018 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2017, 2019 | |||
Ruslan Rotan | 2018–present | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Coaching staff
Currently approved:[7]
Head coach | ||
Coach | ||
Coach | ||
Coach | ||
Goalkeeper Coach | ||
Forthcoming fixtures
2021 UEFA qualifications
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Final tournament | — | 2–1 | 13 Oct | 4 Sep | 2–1 | 5–1 | ||
2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Final tournament if among five best runners-up | TBD | — | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 13 Oct | ||
3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 0–1 | 4 Sep | — | 8 Sep | 1–1 | 4–0 | |||
4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | 2–3 | 9 Oct | 0–2 | — | TBD | 4–0 | |||
5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | 8 Sep | 0–0 | 9 Oct | 13 Oct | — | 0–0 | |||
6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | 9 Oct | 8 Sep | TBD | TBD | 4 Sep | — |
Recent matches
0–2 | Ukraine | |
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Ukraine | 2–3 | |
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Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up to the training camp on March 2020.[8]
Name | DOB | Club | Caps (goals) | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||
Oleh Bilyk | January 11, 1998 | 7 (0) | ||
Ruslan Neshcheret | January 22, 2002 | 2 (0) | ||
Dmytro Riznyk | January 30, 1999 | 0 (0) | ||
Defenders | ||||
Vladyslav Babohlo | November 14, 1998 | 5 (0) | ||
Valeriy Bondar | February 27, 1999 | 3 (0) | ||
Oleksiy Bykov | March 29, 1998 | 9 (0) | ||
Yevhen Cheberko | January 23, 1998 | 13 (0) | ||
Yukhym Konoplya | August 26, 1999 | 3 (0) | ||
Viktor Korniyenko | February 14, 1999 | 3 (0) | ||
Denys Popov | February 17, 1999 | 8 (1) | ||
Oleksandr Syrota | June 11, 2000 | 0 (0) | ||
Roman Vantukh | August 4, 1998 | 6 (0) | ||
Midfielders | ||||
Arseniy Batahov | March 5, 2002 | 0 (0) | ||
Bohdan Biloshevskyi | January 12, 2000 | 2 (0) | ||
Artem Bondarenko | August 21, 2000 | 0 (0) | ||
Serhiy Buletsa | February 16, 1999 | 3 (0) | ||
Andriy Kravchuk | February 26, 1999 | 3 (0) | ||
Bohdan Lyednyev | April 7, 1998 | 16 (4) | ||
Oleksandr Nazarenko | February 1, 2000 | 2 (0) | ||
Mykola Shaparenko | October 4, 1998 | 10 (2) | ||
Yevhen Smyrnyi | August 18, 1998 | 8 (1) | ||
Dmytro Topalov | March 12, 1998 | 11 (3) | ||
Heorhiy Tsitaishvili | November 18, 2000 | 4 (2) | ||
Strikers | ||||
Nazariy Rusyn | October 25, 1998 | 12 (7) | ||
Vladyslav Supriaha | February 15, 2000 | 4 (0) | ||
Recent call-ups
The following players are still eligible and have been called up within the last match.[9][10][11]
Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Latest call-up |
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Goalkeepers | ||||
Andriy Kozhukhar | July 20, 1999 | 4 (0) | v | |
Yevhen Kucherenko | August 27, 1999 | 1 (0) | v | |
Vladyslav Kucheruk | February 14, 1999 | 2 (0) | v | |
Dani Ltayf | May 1, 2000 | 0 (0) | ||
Andriy Lunin | February 11, 1999 | 5 (0) | v | |
Anatoliy Trubin | August 1, 2001 | 1 (0) | v | |
Defenders | ||||
Illya Bryukhov | August 8, 1998 | 2 (0) | v | |
Vladyslav Dubinchak | July 1, 1998 | 5 (0) | v | |
Orest Lebedenko | September 23, 1998 | 5 (0) | v | |
Oleksandr Matkobozhyk | January 3, 1998 | 0 (0) | v | |
Myroslav Mazur | August 11, 1998 | 0 (0) | ||
Bogdan Milovanov | April 19, 1998 | 6 (0) | v | |
Vitaliy Mykolenko | May 29, 1999 | 4 (0) | v | |
Kyrylo Prokopchuk | February 14, 1998 | 0 (0) | ||
Oleksandr Romanchuk | December 16, 1999 | 3 (0) | v | |
Ivan Semenikhin | September 28, 1998 | 4 (0) | v | |
Tymur Stetskov | January 27, 1998 | 6 (0) | v | |
Midfielders | ||||
Akhmed Alibekov | May 29, 1998 | 10 (0) | v | |
Maksym Chekh | January 3, 1999 | 7 (0) | v | |
Artem Kozak | May 28, 1998 | 6 (0) | v | |
Dmytro Kryskiv | October 6, 2000 | 2 (0) | v | |
Erik Kusnyír | February 7, 2000 | 0 (0) | ||
Bohdan Lytvyak | May 5, 1998 | 0 (0) | ||
Maksym Lunyov | May 22, 1998 | 12 (0) | v | |
Nazar Mosiichuk | January 11, 2000 | 0 (0) | ||
Mykhaylo Mudryk | January 5, 2001 | 5 (1) | v | |
Mykola Musolitin | January 21, 1999 | 0 (0) | ||
Oleksandr Petrusenko | March 26, 1998 | 1 (0) | v | |
Illya Putrya | May 15, 1998 | 3 (0) | v | |
Maksym Rizie | April 9, 1998 | 3 (0) | v | |
Vladyslav Vakula | April 29, 1999 | 3 (0) | v | |
Volodymyr Yakimets | March 3, 1998 | 5 (0) | v | |
Vadym Yanchak | February 7, 1999 | 1 (1) | v | |
Strikers | ||||
Vladyslav Alekseyev | April 29, 1998 | 0 (0) | ||
Stanislav Bilenkyi | August 22, 1998 | 7 (2) | v | |
Yevhen Isayenko | August 7, 2000 | 0 (0) | ||
Jeka | April 24, 1998 | 2 (0) | v | |
Oleh Kozhushko | February 17, 1998 | 4 (1) | v | |
Danylo Sikan | April 16, 2001 | 1 (1) | v | |
Yuriy Shpyrka | April 22, 1998 | 1 (0) | v | |
Andriy Shtohrin | December 14, 1998 | 0 (0) | ||
Notes:
- INJ Injured or recovering from surgery
- WD Withdrew
All-time team record
The following table shows Ukraine Under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 11 October 2010.[12]
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | |
10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | +28 | |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | |
9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | +16 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
Total | 166 | 82 | 39 | 51 | 255 | 177 | 78 |
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 |
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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 | |
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
References
- Game report. UAF footpass.
- Game report. ukr-football.org.ua
- Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments
- Olympic tournaments
- 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
- Info who was chosen to be the head coach of the Under-21 team. Football Federation of Ukraine (old website).
- https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/u-21/1548691516-ffu-utverdila-trenerskiy-shtab-ukrainskoy-molodezhki.html
- https://en.uaf.ua/teams/structure/9
- https://ffu.ua/teams/structure/9
- https://ffu.ua/article/36697
- https://ffu.ua/article/36725
- "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
External links
- UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- UEFA Ukraine U-21 page Contains rosters and photographs.
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
- Ukrainian Football Federation Under-21 Team web site (in Ukrainian)
- Andrei Kudyrko. The Ukrainian youth: 1973 – 1983. Generation after generation (Украинская молодежь: 1973 - 1983. Поколение за поколением). UA-Football. 7 June 2006.