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.
Association | Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) | |||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Ruslan Rotan | |||
Captain | Oleksiy Sych | |||
FIFA code | UKR | |||
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First international | ||||
Japan 2–0 Ukraine (Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024) | ||||
Summer Olympic Games | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) |
It is expected to make its 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.
On 4 July 2023 it was announced that according to previous agreements, Ruslan Rotan will be the head coach of the team at 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]
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
25 March 2024 Friendly | Japan | 2–0 | Ukraine | 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 | Egypt | v | Ukraine | France |
19:00 |
6 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | v | Italy | France |
16:00 |
8 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | v | Panama | France |
18:30 |
10 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | v | Japan | France |
15:30 |
24 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Iraq | v | Ukraine | Décines-Charpieu, France |
15:00 | Stadium: Stade de Lyon |
27 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Ukraine | v | Morocco | Saint-Étienne, France |
15:00 | Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard |
30 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Ukraine | v | Argentina | Décines-Charpieu, France |
17:00 | Stadium: Stade de Lyon |
Head coaches edit
- As of 25 March 2024
Manager[7] | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Final tour |
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Ruslan Rotan | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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.[8]
The following players were called up for the friedly match against Japan on 25 March 2024.[9][10]
- Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2024, after the match vs Japan.
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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DF | Andriy Buleza | 25 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | Karpaty Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Artem Bondarenko | 21 August 2000 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Dmytro Kryskiv | 6 October 2000 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Mykola Mykhaylenko | 22 May 2001 | 0 | 0 | Oleksandriya | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Borys Krushynskyi | 10 May 2002 | 0 | 0 | Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
MF | Maksym Khlan | 27 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
FW | Yevheniy Pastukh | 19 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
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Olympic qualification edit
Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23-year-old players, plus three over the age players.[11]
Olympic Games record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | → | Outcome | |
1896–1916 | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | |||||||||||||||
1896 | No football tournament was held | No football tournament was held | |||||||||||||||
1916 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | |||||||||||||||
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) | |||||||||||||||
1932 | No football tournament was held | No football tournament was held | |||||||||||||||
1940–1944 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | |||||||||||||||
1996 | Did not qualify | Eliminated at qualifications | |||||||||||||||
2000 | |||||||||||||||||
2004 | |||||||||||||||||
2008 | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2011 | 4th in Group B | |||||||||
2016 | Eliminated at qualifications | ||||||||||||||||
2020 | |||||||||||||||||
2024 | Qualified | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2023 | Reached semi-finals | ||||||||
2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | 1/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
References edit
- ^ "Збірна України зіграє у футбольному турнірі на Олімпійських іграх". football.ua. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Історичне досягнення: збірна України з футболу вперше пробилася на Олімпійські ігри". tsn.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Олімпіада-2024: стало відомо, хто буде очолювати збірну України з футболу на змаганнях у Франції". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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".
- ^ "OLYMPICS-2024. RUSLAN ROTAN DECIDED ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL TEAM FOR THE FRIENDLY MATCH WITH JAPAN".
- ^ "Бондаренко, Криськів, Дячук та Кухаревич увійшли до складу олімпійської збірної України на контрольний матч із Японією". sportarena.com (in Ukrainian).
- ^ Olympic tournaments
External links edit
- UAF official website
- 2024 Paris football schedule. digitalhub.fifa.com