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Ukraine Under-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Молодіжка (Young men)
AssociationFootball Federation of Ukraine
Head coachOleksandr Holovko
CaptainPavlo Lukyanchuk
Most capsOleksandr Yatsenko (38)
Top scorerPylyp Budkivskyi (18)
Home stadiumValeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ukraine 0–0 Belarus 
Ternopil,[1] 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
Appearances2 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunner-up (2006)

The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine (Template:Lang-uk) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Football Federation of Ukraine 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 Football Championship that was held in Denmark.

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.[2]

  • 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.
  • 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2006: Runner-up
  • 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
  • 2013: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2015: Did not qualify. Lost in playoffs during qualification phase.

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
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 6 2 2 2 11 6
Total Runner-up 2/11 8 2 2 4 5 11 110 56 22 32 194 115
  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.[3]

  • 1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2008: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 2012: Did not qualify. Eliminated in UEFA U-21 Championship Group Stage.
  • 2016: Did not qualify. Eliminated in playoffs during qualification stage.

Olympic record

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

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
Total 0/5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Important friendlies

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

Further information: Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

Lobanovsky tournament

Further information: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament
  • 2006: third
  • 2007: third
  • 2008: third
  • 2009: winner
  • 2011: runner-up
  • 2013: runner-up
  • 2015: runner-up
  • 2016: third

Head Coaches

Manager 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 Ischenko 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[5] 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–present ? ? ? ? ? ? 2017, 2019

Coaching staff

Currently approved:

Head coach Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko
Coach Ukraine Vasyl Kardash
Coach Ukraine Oleksandr Melaschenko
Coach Ukraine Tolyat Sheykhametov
Goalkeeper Coach Ukraine Valeriy Palamarchuk

Forthcoming fixtures

2019 UEFA qualifications

Template:2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4

Recent matches

6 June 2017 Int'l Friendly Ukraine  2–1  Montenegro Ukraine Kiev
18:00 (GMT+3) Hutsulyak 8'
Zinchenko 18'		 Vusurović 6' Stadium: Dynamo Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the matches against  Netherlands on 10 October 2017.[6]

Caps & Goals as of 8 June 2017 after match vs  Finland.

Name DOB Club Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Dmytro Bezruk 30.03.1996 Ukraine FC Chornomorets Odesa 7 (0)
Danylo Kanevtsev 26.07.1996 Ukraine FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 2 (0)
Defenders
Pavlo Lukyanchuk (captain) 19.05.1996 Ukraine FC Olimpik Donetsk 11 (0)
Ihor Kyriukhantsev 29.01.1996 Ukraine FC Mariupol 11 (0)
Oleksandr Osman 18.04.1996 Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv 4 (0)
Oleksandr Tymchyk 20.01.1997 Ukraine FC Stal Kamianske 2 (0)
Ivan Zotko 09.07.1996 Spain Valencia CF Mestalla 1 (0)
Vasyl Kravets 20.08.1997 Spain CD Lugo 0 (0)
Oleksandr Matkobozhyk 03.01.1998 Ukraine FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 0 (0)
Midfielders
Valeriy Luchkevych 11.01.1996 Belgium Standard Liège 15 (0)
Beka Vachiberadze 05.03.1996 Spain Betis Deportivo Balompié 11 (2)
Yuriy Vakulko 10.11.1997 Ukraine FC Arsenal Kyiv 8 (2)
Maksym Tretyakov 06.03.1996 Ukraine FC Chornomorets Odesa 4 (0)
Yevhen Cheberko 23.01.1998 Ukraine FC Zorya Luhansk 2 (0)
Maryan Mysyk 02.10.1996 Ukraine FC Stal Kamianske 2 (0)
Maksym Lunyov 22.05.1998 Ukraine FC Zorya Luhansk 0 (0)
Oleksandr Pikhalyonok 07.05.1997 Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0 (0)
Strikers
Oleksandr Zubkov 03.08.1996 Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
Oleksiy Hutsulyak 25.12.1997 Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv 5 (1)
Stanislav Bilenkyi 22.08.1998 Ukraine FC Olimpik Donetsk 0 (0)
Artem Dovbyk 21.06.1997 Ukraine FC Dnipro 0 (0)
Maksym Pryadun 17.02.1997 Ukraine FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 0 (0)

Recent call-ups

The following players are still eligible and have been called up within the last match.[7][8][9][10]

Name Date of birth Club Caps (goals) Latest call-up
Goalkeepers
Nazar Fedorivskyi 17.04.1996 Ukraine FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 0 (0) v  Andorra, September 5, 2017
Volodymyr Makhankov 29.10.1997 Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv 1 (0) v  Serbia, March 28, 2017
Defenders
Illia Briukhov 08.08.1998 Italy S.S.D. Potenza Calcio 1 (0) v  Andorra, September 5, 2017
Bohdan Mykhaylychenko 21.03.1997 Ukraine FC Stal Kamianske 0 (0) v  Andorra, September 5, 2017
Danylo Sahutkin 18.04.1996 Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (0) training camp, August 21, 2017
Ivan Lobay 21.05.1996 Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv 2 (0) v  Finland, June 8, 2017
Dmytro Lytvyn 21.11.1996 Portugal Real S.C. 1 (0) v  Finland, June 8, 2017
Oleh Ostapenko 11.06.1997 Ukraine FC Vorskla Poltava 0 (0) v  Serbia, March 28, 2017
Midfielders
Yevhen Tsymbalyuk 19.06.1996 Ukraine FC Olimpik Donetsk 0 (0) v  Andorra, September 5, 2017
Bohdan Lyednyev 07.04.1998 Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0) v  Andorra, September 5, 2017
Maryan Shved 16.07.1997 Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv 8 (0) v  Finland, June 8, 2017
Oleksandr Zinchenko 15.12.1996 England Manchester City F.C. 6 (1) v  Finland, June 8, 2017
Vladyslav Kocherhin 30.04.1996 Ukraine FC Zorya Luhansk 4 (0) v  Finland, June 8, 2017
Oleksiy Zbun 09.06.1997 Ukraine FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 2 (0) v  Finland, June 8, 2017
Artem Dudik 02.01.1997 Ukraine FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1 (0) v  Serbia, March 28, 2017
Ihor Kohut 07.03.1996 Ukraine SC Dnipro-1 1 (0) v  Serbia, March 28, 2017
Strikers
Andriy Boryachuk 23.04.1996 Ukraine FC Mariupol 7 (4) v  Andorra, September 5, 2017
Serhiy Petrov 21.05.1997 Ukraine FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 1 (0) v  Serbia, March 28, 2017

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.[11]

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

References

  1. ^ Game report. ukr-football.org.ua
  2. ^ Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments
  3. ^ Olympic tournaments
  4. ^ Olympic tournaments
  5. ^ Info who was chosen to be the head coach of the Under-21 team. Football Federation of Ukraine (old website).
  6. ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16937/
  7. ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16218/
  8. ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16526/
  9. ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16747/
  10. ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16796/
  11. ^ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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