Ukraine Olympic football team
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 | Danylo Sikan | |||
Most caps | Oleh Fedor, Kyrylo Siheyev (6 each) | |||
Top scorer | 3 players (2 each) | |||
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) | |||
Best result | TBD (2024) |
It is expected to make its 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.
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]
In June 2024 the Ukraine Olympic participated at the Maurice Revello Tournament and won their first title by defeating Ivory Coast 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
edit25 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 | Indonesia | 0–3 | Ukraine | 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 | Italy | Aubagne, France |
16:00 | Khlan 31' Martynyuk 53' Sikan 63' Voloshyn 71' |
Report | Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia) |
8 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 2–0 | Panama | Fos-sur-Mer, France |
18:30 | Voloshyn 62' Yarmolyuk 66' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Parsemain Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan) |
10 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 2–1 | Japan | Aubagne, France |
15:30 | Veleten 42', 55' | Report | Shiogai 81' | Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru) |
16 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Ivory Coast | Salon-de-Provence, France |
18:15 | Shostak 7' Khlan 31' |
Ouotro 45+3', 59' | Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada) | |
Penalties | ||||
Khlan Siheyev Kucheriavyi Krasnopir Yarmolyuk Batahov |
A. Konaté Goudouss O. Kouassi O. Konaté Agnikoi Zogbe |
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 16 June 2024
Manager[8] | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Olympic tournament |
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Ruslan Rotan | 2024 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 66.67 | 2024 |
Players
editCurrent squad
editAll the players must be born on or after 1 January 2001, with a maximum of three overage players permitted.[9] Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
The following players were called up for the 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament matches against Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Japan and Ivory Coast on 4, 6, 8, 10 and 16 June 2024, respectively.[10]
- Caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2024, after the match vs Ivory Coast.
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 |
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GK | Yakiv Kinareykin | 22 October 2003 | 0 | 0 | Dnipro-1 | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
DF | Danil Skorko | 6 April 2002 | 0 | 0 | Oleksandriya | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 PRE |
DF | Oleksiy Sych | 1 April 2001 | 1 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Roman Didyk | 2 December 2002 | 1 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Kostyantyn Vivcharenko | 10 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Vitaliy Roman | 15 April 2003 | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Bohdan Slyubyk | 11 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
DF | Maksym Dyachuk | 21 July 2003 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
DF | Artem Smolyakov | 29 May 2003 | 0 | 0 | Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
DF | Yehor Matsenko | 23 January 2002 | 1 | 0 | Śląsk Wrocław | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Anton Bol | 8 January 2003 | 1 | 0 | Zorya Luhansk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Maryan Faryna | 28 August 2003 | 1 | 0 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
DF | Andriy Buleza | 25 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | Karpaty Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ |
MF | Ivan Zhelizko | 12 February 2001 | 1 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
MF | Illya Kvasnytsya | 20 March 2003 | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD |
MF | Artem Shulyanskyi | 11 April 2001 | 1 | 0 | Oleksandriya | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
MF | Ivan Nesterenko | 23 July 2003 | 0 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
MF | Oleksandr Nazarenko | 1 February 2000 | 1 | 0 | Polissia Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | 29 June 2000 | 1 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Artem Kulakovskyi | 11 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | Oleksandriya | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
MF | Eldar Kuliyev | 24 March 2002 | 1 | 0 | Zira Baku | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
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 | Borys Krushynskyi | 10 May 2002 | 0 | 0 | Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
FW | Mykola Kukharevych | 1 July 2001 | 1 | 0 | Swansea City | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
FW | Matviy Ponomarenko | 11 January 2006 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES |
FW | Yevheniy Pastukh | 19 March 2004 | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 U21 |
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Overage players in Olympic Games
editTournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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Head-to-head record
edit- As of 16 June 2024, after the match against Japan.
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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Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 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 |
Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CONCACAF |
Against:5 Nations | Played:6 | Won:4 | Drawn:1 | Lost:1 | GF:13 | GA:5 | GD:+8 | Confederations:4 |
Olympic qualification
editSince 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.
- ^ "Олімпійська збірна України стала переможцем турніру у Франції". UAF Official Website (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ 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".
- ^ "Олімпійська збірна України відправилася до Марселя для участі в престижному турнірі".
- ^ Olympic tournaments
External links
edit- UAF official website
- 2024 Paris football schedule. digitalhub.fifa.com