Ukraine Olympic football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |
Association | Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) |
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Ruslan Rotan |
Captain | Danylo Sikan |
Most caps | 3 players (10) |
Top scorer | Maksym Khlan (3) |
FIFA code | UKR |
First international | |
Japan 2–0 Ukraine (Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024) | |
Biggest win | |
Ukraine 4–0 Italy (Aubagne, France; 6 June 2024) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Japan 2–0 Ukraine (Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024) Ukraine 0–2 Argentina (Décines-Charpieu, France; 30 July 2024) | |
Summer Olympic | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 2024 ) |
Best result | Group stage (2024) |
The Ukraine Olympic football team (Ukrainian: Олімпійська збірна України з футболу, also known as Ukraine Under-23) represents Ukraine in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The team is one of the Ukrainian junior football teams and only is called when Ukraine qualifies for Summer Olympics.
Ukraine made its football debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[1] [2] headed by Ruslan Rotan.[3]
History
[edit ]On 2 July 2023 the Ukraine national under-21 football team beat their peers from France at the European Championship quarterfinals and for their first time in its history qualified to the Summer Olympics football tournament.[4] Along with the Ukrainian team to the competition also qualified Israel and Spain.
Ruslan Rotan, the coach of Ukraine under-21 team, became the head coach of the team for the Olympic Games.[5]
The first match of the Olympic team of Ukraine was a control and took place on 25 March 2024 at the Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture against the Japan national under-23 football team (0:2).[6]
The same year in June the Ukraine Olympic participated at the Maurice Revello Tournament and won their first title by defeating Ivory Coast U20 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, after the match had finished in a 2–2 draw.[7]
Results and fixtures
[edit ]The following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
[edit ]- Synchuk 9'
- Mykhaylenko 30'
- Fedor 59'
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Martynyuk 53'
Sikan 63'
Voloshyn 71' Report Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Yarmolyuk 66' Report Stadium: Stade Parsemain
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)
Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru)
(5–4 p) Ivory Coast Salon-de-Provence, France
Khlan 31' Ouotro 45+3', 59' Stadium: Stade d'Honneur
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
Siheyev soccer ball with check mark
Kucheriavyi soccer ball with check mark
Krasnopir soccer ball with check mark
Yarmolyuk soccer ball with check mark
Batahov soccer ball with check mark soccer ball with check mark A. Konaté
soccer ball with check mark Goudouss
soccer ball with red X O. Kouassi
soccer ball with check mark O. Konaté
soccer ball with check mark Agnikoi
soccer ball with red X Zogbe
- Rubchynskyi 53'
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)
Coaching staff
[edit ]Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:[8]
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Ukraine Ruslan Rotan |
Assistant coach | Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko |
Head coaches
[edit ]- As of 30 July 2024
Manager[9] | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Olympic tournament |
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Ruslan Rotan | Ukraine | 2024 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 45.45 | 2024 |
Players
[edit ]Current squad
[edit ]All the players must be born on or after 1 January 2001, with a maximum of three overage players permitted.[10] Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
The following players were called up for the frienaly and 2024 Summer Olympics matches against Egypt, Paraguay, Iraq, Morocco and Argentina on 14, 18, 24, 27 and 30 July 2024, respectively.[11]
- Caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2024, after the match vs Argentina.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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12 | 1GK | Kiril Fesyun | (2002年08月07日) 7 August 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 0 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk |
1 | 1GK | Heorhiy Yermakov | (2002年03月28日) 28 March 2002 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | Ukraine Oleksandriya |
22 | 1GK | Yakiv Kinareykin | (2003年10月22日) 22 October 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Karpaty Lviv |
3 | 2DF | Oleksandr Martynyuk | (2001年11月25日) 25 November 2001 (age 23) | 10 | 1 | Ukraine Oleksandriya |
2 | 2DF | Illya Krupskyi | (2004年10月02日) 2 October 2004 (age 20) | 9 | 0 | Ukraine Vorskla Poltava |
13 | 2DF | Volodymyr Salyuk | (2002年06月25日) 25 June 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa |
16 | 2DF | Arseniy Batahov | (2002年03月05日) 5 March 2002 (age 23) | 6 | 0 | Ukraine Zorya Luhansk |
19 | 2DF | Yevhen Pavlyuk | (2002年08月18日) 18 August 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Ukraine Vorskla Poltava |
4 | 2DF | Maksym Talovyerov | (2000年06月28日) 28 June 2000 (age 24) | 5 | 0 | Austria LASK |
6 | 2DF | Oleksiy Sych | (2001年04月01日) 1 April 2001 (age 24) | 5 | 0 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv |
11 | 3MF | Maksym Khlan | (2003年01月27日) 27 January 2003 (age 22) | 10 | 3 | Poland Lechia Gdańsk |
17 | 3MF | Oleh Fedor | (2004年07月23日) 23 July 2004 (age 20) | 10 | 2 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv |
5 | 3MF | Valentyn Rubchynskyi | (2002年02月15日) 15 February 2002 (age 23) | 8 | 1 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv |
20 | 3MF | Kyrylo Siheyev | (2004年05月16日) 16 May 2004 (age 20) | 8 | 0 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk |
15 | 3MF | Vladyslav Veleten | (2002年10月01日) 1 October 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 2 | Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka |
8 | 3MF | Mykola Mykhaylenko | (2001年05月22日) 22 May 2001 (age 23) | 7 | 1 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv |
10 | 3MF | Maksym Braharu | (2002年07月21日) 21 July 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 1 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv |
7 | 3MF | Oleh Ocheretko | (2003年05月25日) 25 May 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk |
18 | 3MF | Dmytro Kryskiv | (2000年10月06日) 6 October 2000 (age 24) | 5 | 1 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk |
21 | 3MF | Artem Shulyanskyi | (2001年04月11日) 11 April 2001 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Ukraine Oleksandriya |
14 | 4FW | Danylo Sikan (captain) | (2001年04月16日) 16 April 2001 (age 23) | 9 | 1 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk |
9 | 4FW | Ihor Krasnopir | (2002年12月01日) 1 December 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 1 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv |
Recent call-ups
[edit ]The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Ruslan Neshcheret | (2002年01月22日) 22 January 2002 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | (2001年04月21日) 21 April 2001 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
DF | Taras Mykhavko | (2005年05月30日) 30 May 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
DF | Danil Skorko | (2002年04月06日) 6 April 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Oleksandriya | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 PRE |
DF | Roman Didyk | (2002年12月02日) 2 December 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Kostyantyn Vivcharenko | (2002年06月10日) 10 June 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Vitaliy Roman | (2003年04月15日) 15 April 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Bohdan Slyubyk | (2004年02月11日) 11 February 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Maksym Dyachuk | (2003年07月21日) 21 July 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
DF | Artem Smolyakov | (2003年05月29日) 29 May 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
DF | Yehor Matsenko | (2002年01月23日) 23 January 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Poland Śląsk Wrocław | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Anton Bol | (2003年01月08日) 8 January 2003 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Ukraine Zorya Luhansk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Maryan Faryna | (2003年08月28日) 28 August 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Andriy Buleza | (2004年01月25日) 25 January 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Karpaty Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Denys Shostak | (2003年01月24日) 24 January 2003 (age 22) | 5 | 1 | Ukraine Oleksandriya | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
MF | Yehor Yarmolyuk | (2004年03月01日) 1 March 2004 (age 21) | 4 | 1 | England Brentford | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
MF | Maksym Kucheriavyi | (2002年05月09日) 9 May 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Scotland St Johnstone | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
MF | Nazar Voloshyn | (2003年06月17日) 17 June 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 2 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
MF | Hennadiy Synchuk | (2006年07月10日) 10 July 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 1 | Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
MF | Ivan Zhelizko | (2001年02月12日) 12 February 2001 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Poland Lechia Gdańsk | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
MF | Illya Kvasnytsya | (2003年03月20日) 20 March 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
MF | Ivan Nesterenko | (2003年07月23日) 23 July 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Vorskla Poltava | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
MF | Oleksandr Nazarenko | (2000年02月01日) 1 February 2000 (age 25) | 1 | 0 | Ukraine Polissia Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | (2000年06月29日) 29 June 2000 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Azerbaijan Qarabağ | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Artem Kulakovskyi | (2002年02月11日) 11 February 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Ukraine Vorskla Poltava | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Eldar Kuliyev | (2002年03月24日) 24 March 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Azerbaijan Zira Baku | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Artem Bondarenko | (2000年08月21日) 21 August 2000 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Borys Krushynskyi | (2002年05月10日) 10 May 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
FW | Mykola Kukharevych | (2001年07月01日) 1 July 2001 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Wales Swansea City | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
FW | Matviy Ponomarenko | (2006年01月11日) 11 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
FW | Yevheniy Pastukh | (2004年03月19日) 19 March 2004 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Ukraine Rukh Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
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Overage players in Olympic Games
[edit ]Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23-year-old players, plus three over the age players.[12]
Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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Maksym Talovyerov (DF) | Dmytro Kryskiv (MF) | did not select |
Honours
[edit ]Head-to-head record
[edit ]- As of 30 July 2024, after the match against Argentina.
The following table shows Ukraine Olympic team's all-time international record.
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
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Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | CONMEBOL |
Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | AFC |
Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | AFC |
Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | UEFA |
Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CAF |
Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | AFC |
Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CAF |
Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CONCACAF |
Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CONMEBOL |
Against:10 Nations | Played:11 | Won:5 | Drawn:3 | Lost:3 | GF:19 | GA:13 | GD:+6 | Confederations:5 |
Olympic record
[edit ]Olympic Games record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | → | Outcome |
1896–1916 | Part of Russia Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russia Russian Empire (predominantly) | ||||||||||||||
Greece 1896 | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | ||||||||||||||
German Empire 1916 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | ||||||||||||||
Belgium 1920 | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | ||||||||||||||
1924–1992 | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | ||||||||||||||
United States 1932 | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | ||||||||||||||
1940–1944 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | ||||||||||||||
United States 1996 | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | ||||||||||||||
Australia 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
China 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2011 | 4th in Group B | ||||||||
Brazil 2016 | Eliminated in qualification | |||||||||||||||
Japan 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
France 2024 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2023 | Semi-finals |
United States 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | 1/8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Ukrainian players on the Soviet Union roster
[edit ]- 1964: Andriy Biba, Viktor Serebryanikov, Valeriy Lobanovskyi
- 1972: Oleksandr Tkachenko, Vadym Sosnykhin, Stefan Reshko, Viktor Matviyenko, Rostyslav Potochnyak, Viktor Zvyahintsev, Serhiy Bondarenko, Volodymyr Troshkin, Volodymyr Veremeyev, Leonid Buryak, Eduard Kozynkevych, Bohdan Hreshchak, Oleh Blokhin
- 1976: Volodymyr Troshkin, Viktor Zvyahintsev, Leonid Buryak
- 1980: Volodymyr Bezsonov, Sergei Baltacha
- 1984: Oleksandr Sorokalet, Viktor Kaplun, Viktor Kuznetsov, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Viktor Hrachov, Ihor Belanov
- 1988: Oleksiy Cherednyk, Vadym Tyshchenko, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Yevgeny Yarovenko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
References
[edit ]- ^ "Збірна України зіграє у футбольному турнірі на Олімпійських іграх". football.ua. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Історичне досягнення: збірна України з футболу вперше пробилася на Олімпійські ігри". tsn.ua (in Ukrainian). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Олімпіада-2024: стало відомо, хто буде очолювати збірну України з футболу на змаганнях у Франції". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Україна U-21 сенсаційно розбила Францію в чвертьфіналі чемпіонату Європи-2023". football.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023年07月03日.
- ^ "Офіційно. Щодо головного тренера збірної України з футболу під час Олімпіади-2024". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2023年07月04日. Retrieved 2024年04月05日.
- ^ "Олімпійська збірна України в товариському матчі поступилася команді Японії U-23". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2024年03月25日. Retrieved 2024年04月05日.
- ^ "Олімпійська збірна України стала переможцем турніру у Франції". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2024年06月16日. Retrieved 2024年06月26日.
- ^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024" (PDF).
- ^ 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
- ^ "Everything you need to know about the Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2024".
- ^ "Руслан Ротань визначився зі складом олімпійської збірної України для підготовки до літніх Ігор-2024".
- ^ Olympic tournaments
External links
[edit ]- UAF official website
- 2024 Paris football schedule. digitalhub.fifa.com