Ukraine national under-18 football team

Ukraine under-18
Association	Федерація Футболу України
Head coach	Oleksandr Petrakov
First international
	Israel 2 - 0 Ukraine; Israel (1993)
Biggest win
	Ukraine 5 - 1 Georgia; Israel (1993) ; Ukraine 5 - 1 Armenia; Ukraine (1994)
Biggest defeat
	Israel 2 - 0 Ukraine; Israel (1993) ; Switzerland 2 - 0 Ukraine; Malta (1997)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2000)
Best result	Finalist (2000)

The Ukraine national under-18 football team (Ukrainian: Юнацька збірна України з футболу (U-18)) is one of several junior national teams of the Football Federation of Ukraine. It serves as a reserve of under-19 team in preparation to continental under-19 football competitions. Until 2001 it served as the base team, before UEFA transitioned competitions to under-19 age requirements.

History

Head coaches

1999-2000 Anatoliy Kroshchenko
2001 Valentyn Lutsenko

European championship

UEFA European Under-18 Championship									Round 2 play-offs
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1993	did not enter								did not enter
1994	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	2	2
1995									2	1	0	1	3	3
1996									Qualification round
1997
1998
1999
2000	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	3	2	Squad	2	1	1	0	3	2
2001	Group stage	3	0	1	2	4	6	Squad	2	1	1	0	2	1
Total	2/8	7	2	2	3	7	8		8	4	2	2	10	8

In 2001 Ukraine U-18 qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Honours

Continental competitions (UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship):
- runners-up (1): 2000

Recent results

28 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Czech Republic	0–1	Ukraine
15:00		Report	Vachiberadze 42'

29 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Slovakia	1–2	Ukraine
11:00	Vestenický 34'	Report (in Ukrainian)	Arendaruk 24', 57'

1 May 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Ukraine	3–1	United Arab Emirates
15:00	Kochergin 3' Klyots 45' Chobotenko 54'	Report (in Ukrainian)	Alameri 63'

2 May 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Ukraine	0–1	Russia
14:00		Report (in Ukrainian)	Golovin 28'

Current squad

The following players have been called up for 2014 Slovakia Cup.^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Dmytro Bezruk	(1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Chornomorets Odesa
1GK	Oleh Mozil	(1996-04-07) 7 April 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Karpaty Lviv

2DF	Serhiy Chobotenko	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Dynamo Kyiv
2DF	Ihor Kyryukhantsev	(1996-01-29) 29 January 1996 (age 28)	8	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
2DF	Serhiy Palyukh	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 28)	5	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2DF	Stanislav Shtanenko	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Karpaty Lviv
2DF	Ivan Zotko	(1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 28)	6	2	Metalist Kharkiv

3MF	Denys Arendaruk	(1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
3MF	Dmytro Klyots	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Karpaty Lviv
3MF	Vladyslav Kocherhin	(1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 28)	4	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3MF	Oleh Kvych	(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 28)	11	2	Zbrojovka Brno
3MF	Maryan Mysyk	(1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Metalurh Donetsk
3MF	Valeriy Luchkevych	(1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)	12	1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3MF	Maksym Tretyakov	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3MF	Beka Vachiberadze	(1996-03-05) 5 March 1996 (age 28)	7	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
3MF	Oleksandr Zubkov	(1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 28)	5	2	Shakhtar Donetsk

4FW	Andriy Boryachuk	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28)	7	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
4FW	Yevhen Shevchenko	(1996-02-05) 5 February 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Wisła Kraków

References

^ "U-18: Олександр Головко візьме 18 футболістів для участі у «Slovakia Cup-2014»". ФЕДЕРАЦІЯ ФУТБОЛУ УКРАЇНИ (in Ukrainian).

[1] "U-18: Олександр Головко візьме 18 футболістів для участі у «Slovakia Cup-2014»". ФЕДЕРАЦІЯ ФУТБОЛУ УКРАЇНИ (in Ukrainian).

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