Ukraine national under-21 football team

Ukraine Under-21

Nickname(s)	Молодіжка (Young men)
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
First colours Second colours
First international
Ukraine 0–0 Belarus Ternopil, Ukraine; 28 October 1992
Biggest win
Ukraine 8–0 Armenia Kiev, 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
Appearances	2 (first in 2006)
Best result	Runner-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). The game ended in scoreless tie and was attended by 4,000 people. 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. 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.

• 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
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960–1994	Part of Soviet Union									Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did Not Qualify									10	6	2	2	24	12
1998										8	5	1	2	14	4
2000										8	3	2	3	16	12
2002										12	6	1	5	16	17
2004										8	2	5	1	8	5
2006	Runner-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	4	6		14	8	2	4	27	11
2007	Did Not Qualify									2	1	0	1	2	4
2009										8	5	0	3	16	7
2011	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	5		10	5	4	1	16	8
2013	Did Not Qualify									10	5	2	3	21	10
2015										10	6	1	3	20	13
2017										10	4	2	4	14	12
2019										10	5	2	3	18	12
2021
Total	Runner-up	2/13	8	2	2	4	5	11		114	59	22	33	201	121

  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.

• 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
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024	to be determined
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0

Important friendlies

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (2012–2014)

Further information: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

• Winner (1): 2014
• Runner-up (1): 2013

Lobanovsky tournament (2006– )

Further information: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament

• Winners (2): 2009, 2019
• Runners-up (4): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

Head Coaches

Manager	Nation	Ukraine career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Qualifying cycle	Final tour
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		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	0
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:

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

Forthcoming fixtures

2021 UEFA qualifications

Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	8	2	0	21	9	+12	26	Final tournament		—	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	5–1
2	Romania	10	6	2	2	22	7	+15	20			1–1	—	3–0	4–1	3–0	4–1
3	Ukraine	10	5	1	4	17	11	+6	16			2–3	1–0	—	0–2	3–0	4–0
4	Finland	10	4	1	5	14	15	−1	13			0–1	1–3	0–2	—	1–1	4–0
5	Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	7	13	−6	9			0–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	—	0–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	4	30	−26	1			1–3	0–3	1–4	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Recent matches

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

18:30 (18:30 EET)

Romania	3–0	Ukraine
Moruțan 75' Petre 80', 90'	Report

Ilie Oană Stadium, Ploiești

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

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14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

16:00 (16:00 EET)

Greece	0–2	Ukraine
		Shaparenko 53' Rusyn 58'

Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens

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11 November 2019 (2019-11-11)

16:30 (16:30 EET)

Ukraine	2–3	Denmark
Olsen 5', 24', 59'	Report	Rusyn 63' Tsitaishvili 73'

Arena Lviv, Lviv

Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

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19 November 2019 (2019-11-19)

14:00 (14:00 AZT)

Azerbaijan	1–1	Ukraine
Kökçü 48'		Rusyn 65'

Dalga Arena, Mərdəkan

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up to the training camp on March 2020.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Oleh Bilyk	(1998-01-11) January 11, 1998	FC Oleksandriya	7 (0)
Ruslan Neshcheret	(2002-01-22) January 22, 2002	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)
Dmytro Riznyk	(1999-01-30) January 30, 1999	FC Vorskla Poltava	0 (0)
Defenders
Vladyslav Babohlo	(1998-11-14) November 14, 1998	FC Oleksandriya	5 (0)
Valeriy Bondar	(1999-02-27) February 27, 1999	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	3 (0)
Oleksiy Bykov	(1998-03-29) March 29, 1998	FC Mariupol	9 (0)
Yevhen Cheberko	(1998-01-23) January 23, 1998	FC Zorya Luhansk	13 (0)
Yukhym Konoplya	(1999-08-26) August 26, 1999	FC Desna Chernihiv	3 (0)
Viktor Korniyenko	(1999-02-14) February 14, 1999	FC Mariupol	3 (0)
Denys Popov	(1999-02-17) February 17, 1999	FC Dynamo Kyiv	8 (1)
Oleksandr Syrota	(2000-06-11) June 11, 2000	FC Dynamo Kyiv	0 (0)
Roman Vantukh	(1998-08-04) August 4, 1998	FC Oleksandriya	6 (0)
Midfielders
Arseniy Batahov	(2002-03-05) March 5, 2002	SC Dnipro-1	0 (0)
Bohdan Biloshevskyi	(2000-01-12) January 12, 2000	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)
Artem Bondarenko	(2000-08-21) August 21, 2000	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)
Serhiy Buletsa	(1999-02-16) February 16, 1999	SC Dnipro-1	3 (0)
Andriy Kravchuk	(1999-02-26) February 26, 1999	FC Olimpik Donetsk	3 (0)
Bohdan Lyednyev	(1998-04-07) April 7, 1998	FC Zorya Luhansk	16 (4)
Oleksandr Nazarenko	(2000-02-01) February 1, 2000	SC Dnipro-1	2 (0)
Mykola Shaparenko	(1998-10-04) October 4, 1998	FC Dynamo Kyiv	10 (2)
Yevhen Smyrnyi	(1998-08-18) August 18, 1998	FC Kolos Kovalivka	8 (1)
Dmytro Topalov	(1998-03-12) March 12, 1998	FC Mariupol	11 (3)
Heorhiy Tsitaishvili	(2000-11-18) November 18, 2000	FC Dynamo Kyiv	4 (2)
Strikers
Nazariy Rusyn	(1998-10-25) October 25, 1998	FC Dynamo Kyiv	12 (7)
Vladyslav Supriaha	(2000-02-15) February 15, 2000	SC Dnipro-1	4 (0)

Recent call-ups

The following players are still eligible and have been called up within the last match.

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Latest call-up
Goalkeepers
Andriy Kozhukhar	(1999-07-20) July 20, 1999	Valmieras FK	4 (0)	v Israel, June 05, 2019
Yevhen Kucherenko	(1999-08-27) August 27, 1999	FC Kolos Kovalivka	1 (0)	v Latvia, March 26, 2019
Vladyslav Kucheruk	(1999-02-14) February 14, 1999	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)	v Azerbaijan, November 19, 2019
Dani Ltayf	(2000-05-01) May 1, 2000	CD Vitoria	0 (0)
Andriy Lunin	(1999-02-11) February 11, 1999	Real Oviedo	5 (0)	v Scotland, October 12, 2018
Anatoliy Trubin	(2001-08-01) August 1, 2001	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (0)	v Israel, June 05, 2019
Defenders
Illya Bryukhov	(1998-08-08) August 8, 1998	FC Avanhard Kramatorsk	2 (0)	v Latvia, September 01, 2017
Vladyslav Dubinchak	(1998-07-01) July 1, 1998	FC Dynamo Kyiv	5 (0)	v Romania, October 10, 2019
Orest Lebedenko	(1998-09-23) September 23, 1998	FC Olimpik Donetsk	5 (0)	v Greece, October 14, 2019
Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	(1998-01-03) January 3, 1998	FC Mynai	0 (0)	v England, November 10, 2017
Myroslav Mazur	(1998-08-11) August 11, 1998	Umeå FC	0 (0)
Bogdan Milovanov	(1998-04-19) April 19, 1998	Sporting de Gijón B	6 (0)	v Azerbaijan, November 19, 2019
Vitaliy Mykolenko	(1999-05-29) May 29, 1999	FC Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	v Netherlands, October 16, 2018
Kyrylo Prokopchuk	(1998-02-14) February 14, 1998	FC Oleksandriya	0 (0)
Oleksandr Romanchuk	(1999-12-16) December 16, 1999	FC Dynamo Kyiv	3 (0)	v Latvia, March 26, 2019
Ivan Semenikhin	(1998-09-28) September 28, 1998	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (0)	v Israel, June 5, 2019
Tymur Stetskov	(1998-01-27) January 27, 1998	FC Oleksandriya	6 (0)	v Azerbaijan, November 19, 2019
Midfielders
Akhmed Alibekov	(1998-05-29) May 29, 1998	FC Slovan Liberec	10 (0)	v Azerbaijan, November 19, 2019
Maksym Chekh	(1999-01-03) January 3, 1999	FC Mariupol	7 (0)	v Azerbaijan, November 19, 2019
Artem Kozak	(1998-05-28) May 28, 1998	FC Karpaty Lviv	6 (0)	v Finland, September 6, 2019
Dmytro Kryskiv	(2000-10-06) October 6, 2000	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	2 (0)	v Greece, October 14, 2019
Erik Kusnyír	(2000-02-07) February 7, 2000	Debreceni VSC	0 (0)
Bohdan Lytvyak	(1998-05-05) May 5, 1998	MFC Kremin Kremenchuk	0 (0)
Maksym Lunyov	(1998-05-22) May 22, 1998	FC Zorya Luhansk	12 (0)	v Israel, June 5, 2019
Nazar Mosiichuk	(2000-01-11) January 11, 2000	FC Vorskla Poltava	0 (0)
Mykhaylo Mudryk	(2001-01-05) January 5, 2001	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	5 (1)	v Romania, October 10, 2019
Mykola Musolitin	(1999-01-21) January 21, 1999	Valmieras FK	0 (0)
Oleksandr Petrusenko	(1998-03-26) March 26, 1998	FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	1 (0)	v Georgia, November 16, 2018
Illya Putrya	(1998-05-15) May 15, 1998	FC Mariupol	3 (0)	v Latvia, March 26, 2019
Maksym Rizie	(1998-04-09) April 9, 1998	FC Košice	3 (0)	v Latvia, March 26, 2019
Vladyslav Vakula	(1999-04-29) April 29, 1999	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	3 (0)	v Finland, September 06, 2019
Volodymyr Yakimets	(1998-03-03) March 3, 1998	FC Karpaty Lviv	5 (0)	v Israel, June 5, 2019
Vadym Yanchak	(1999-02-07) February 7, 1999	FK Poprad	1 (1)	v Georgia, November 16, 2018
Strikers
Vladyslav Alekseyev	(1998-04-29) April 29, 1998		0 (0)
Stanislav Bilenkyi	(1998-08-22) August 22, 1998	FC Rukh Lviv	7 (2)	v Georgia, November 16, 2018
Yevhen Isayenko	(2000-08-07) August 7, 2000	FC Dynamo Kyiv	0 (0)
Jeka	(1998-04-24) April 24, 1998	Boavista F.C.	2 (0)	v Latvia, March 26, 2019
Oleh Kozhushko	(1998-02-17) February 17, 1998	FC Kolos Kovalivka	4 (1)	v Greece, October 14, 2019
Danylo Sikan	(2001-04-16) April 16, 2001	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (1)	v Malta, September 10, 2019
Yuriy Shpyrka	(1998-04-22) April 22, 1998	FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	1 (0)	v Georgia, November 16, 2018
Andriy Shtohrin	(1998-12-14) December 14, 1998	FC Chornomorets Odesa	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.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6
Armenia	10	8	2	0	31	3	+28
Belarus	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2
Belgium	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3
Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	9	9	0
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
China	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Chile	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Croatia	3	1	1	1	3	3	+2
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Denmark	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1
Egypt	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
England	1	0	0	1	1	3	+2
Estonia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
France	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4
Georgia	9	5	2	2	22	6	+16
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6
Greece	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3
Hungary	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Iran	3	2	1	0	7	2	+2
Iceland	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1
Israel	5	2	2	1	4	2	+2
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Libya	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	11	10	+1
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
North Korea	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
North Macedonia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Malta	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Moldova	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3
Montenegro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4
Norway	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6
Poland	6	2	3	1	14	10	+4
Portugal	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
Romania	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7
Russia	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Scotland	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Serbia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	4	+2
Syria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Turkey	8	2	2	4	8	12	−4
United States	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Wales	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Yugoslavia	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
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

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.