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.
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| Association | Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Ruslan Rotan | ||
| Captain | Danylo Sikan | ||
| Most caps | 3 players (10) | ||
| Top scorer | Maksym Khlan (3) | ||
| FIFA code | UKR | ||
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| 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) | ||
Ukraine made its football debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[1][2] headed by Ruslan Rotan.[3]
History
editOn 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
editThe following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
edit| 25 March 2024 Friendly | Japan | 2–0 | | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan |
| 19:15 UTC+9 | Report | Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Lewis Smith (England) |
| 4 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Indonesia | 0–3 | | Vitrolles, France |
| 19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Jules-Ladoumègue Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa) |
| 6 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 4–0 | | Aubagne, France |
| 16:00 | Khlan Martynyuk Sikan Voloshyn |
Report | Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia) |
| 8 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 2–0 | | Fos-sur-Mer, France |
| 18:30 | Voloshyn Yarmolyuk |
Report | Stadium: Stade Parsemain Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan) |
| 10 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 2–1 | | Aubagne, France |
| 15:30 | Veleten |
Report | Shiogai |
Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru) |
| 16 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 2–2 (5–4 p) | | Salon-de-Provence, France |
| 18:15 | Shostak Khlan |
Ouotro |
Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada) | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Khlan Siheyev Kucheriavyi Krasnopir Yarmolyuk Batahov |
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| 14 July 2024 Friendly | Ukraine | 1–1 | | Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Braharu |
Report | Stadium: Plaine des Sports |
| 18 July 2024 Friendly | Ukraine | 2–2 | | Hagetmau, France |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Khlan Fedor |
Report | Parzajuk Fernández |
Stadium: Alain Lansaman |
| 24 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Iraq | 2–1 | | Décines-Charpieu, France |
| 19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Stade de Lyon Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan) |
| 27 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Ukraine | 2–1 | | Saint-Étienne, France |
| 17:00 | Report | Rahimi |
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) |
| 30 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Ukraine | 0–2 | | Décines-Charpieu, France |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) |
Coaching staff
editCurrently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:[8]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach |
Head coaches
edit- As of 30 July 2024
| Manager[9] | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Olympic tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruslan Rotan | 2024 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 45.45 | 2024 |
Players
editCurrent squad
editAll 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.
Recent call-ups
editThe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ruslan Neshcheret | 22 January 2002 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | 21 April 2001 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Taras Mykhavko | 30 May 2005 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Danil Skorko | 6 April 2002 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Roman Didyk | 2 December 2002 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Kostyantyn Vivcharenko | 10 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Vitaliy Roman | 15 April 2003 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Bohdan Slyubyk | 11 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Maksym Dyachuk | 21 July 2003 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Artem Smolyakov | 29 May 2003 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Yehor Matsenko | 23 January 2002 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Anton Bol | 8 January 2003 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Maryan Faryna | 28 August 2003 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| DF | Andriy Buleza | 25 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Denys Shostak | 24 January 2003 | 5 | 1 | v. | |
| MF | Yehor Yarmolyuk | 1 March 2004 | 4 | 1 | v. | |
| MF | Maksym Kucheriavyi | 9 May 2002 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Nazar Voloshyn | 17 June 2003 | 3 | 2 | v. | |
| MF | Hennadiy Synchuk | 10 July 2006 | 2 | 1 | v. | |
| MF | Ivan Zhelizko | 12 February 2001 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Illya Kvasnytsya | 20 March 2003 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Ivan Nesterenko | 23 July 2003 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Oleksandr Nazarenko | 1 February 2000 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 29 June 2000 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Artem Kulakovskyi | 11 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Eldar Kuliyev | 24 March 2002 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Artem Bondarenko | 21 August 2000 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| MF | Borys Krushynskyi | 10 May 2002 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| FW | Mykola Kukharevych | 1 July 2001 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
| FW | Matviy Ponomarenko | 11 January 2006 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
| FW | Yevheniy Pastukh | 19 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
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Overage players in Olympic Games
editSince 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maksym Talovyerov (DF) | Dmytro Kryskiv (MF) | did not select |
Honours
editHead-to-head record
edit- As of 30 July 2024, after the match against
The following table shows Ukraine Olympic team's all-time international record.
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | CONMEBOL | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | AFC | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | AFC | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | UEFA | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CAF | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | AFC | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CAF | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CONCACAF | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | → | Outcome | |
| 1896–1916 | Part of |
Part of | |||||||||||||||
| No football tournament held | No football tournament held | ||||||||||||||||
| No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | ||||||||||||||||
| Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | ||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1992 | Part of |
Part of | |||||||||||||||
| No football tournament held | No football tournament held | ||||||||||||||||
| 1940–1944 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | |||||||||||||||
| Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2011 | 4th in Group B | ||||||||||
| Eliminated in qualification | |||||||||||||||||
| Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2023 | Semi-finals | ||
| 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 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Офіційно. Щодо головного тренера збірної України з футболу під час Олімпіади-2024". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Олімпійська збірна України в товариському матчі поступилася команді Японії U-23". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Олімпійська збірна України стала переможцем турніру у Франції". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "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