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Ukraine national under-21 football team
Sports team
Sports team
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The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine () is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Ukrainian Association of Football 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 28 October 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 on 4 June 2006 by 3–0. The under-21s also qualified to the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that was held in Denmark.
History
Its first game under national flag the team played on 28 October 1992 by hosting Belarus national under-21 football team in a friendly game in Ternopil (Ternopil City Stadium). The game ended in scoreless tie and was attended by 4,000 people. The initial squad consisted of following players Sergei Aleksandrov, Dmytro Parfenov, Serhiy Fedorov, Oleksandr Koval, Vladyslav Vashchuk, Vitaliy Kosovskyi, Ihor Luchkevych, Serhiy Onopko, Vladimir Lebed, Hennadiy Moroz, Vitaliy Pushkutsa, Kostyantyn Pinchuk, Oleg Solovyov, Ruslan Romanchuk, Oleksandr Karabuta. Later two out of the squad Lebed and Aleksandrov continued to play for Russian national teams.
In August 1993, the Ukraine youth squad took part in its first tournament where it contested few teams outside of Europe. Its first competitive tournament became the Youth Euro 1996 where it was eliminated in qualification group. Its first game Ukraine U-21 played at home against its opponents from Lithuania on 6 September 1994.
It took Ukraine another 10 years to finally qualify to the tournament final when in 2006 it almost won the tournament losing in the final game to Netherlands which earned its first title instead.
Tournaments
Summer Olympics record
As U-23 team ;Rules:
- 1996–present: u-23 national teams (with three 'no age limit' players allowed, after an agreement between FIFA and OIC) ;Note:
- No tournament held in 1932
| Olympic Games record | Year | Host | Round | Pos. | Pld. | W | D | L | GF | GA | Total | 1/30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
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| 1900 | 1900 to 1912 as Part of RU1, 1922 to 1988 as Part of Soviet Union, 1992 as member Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2028 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2032 |
:*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out. :**Since 1968, Spain has sent its under-23 national team.
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.
- 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 to Switzerland.
- 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
- 2006: Runner-up. Finished 2nd of 7 in qualification group. Won qualification play-off over Belgium.
- 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. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Won qualification play-off over Netherlands
- 2013: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
- 2015: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off to Germany.
- 2017: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 6 in qualification group.
- 2019: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
- 2021: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
- 2023: Qualified. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group. Won qualification play-off over Slovakia.
- 2025: Qualified. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960–1992 | Part of | Part of | ||||||||||||||
| France 1994 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| ITA SMR 2019 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | ||||||||||
| HUN SVN 2021 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||
| ROM GEO 2023 | Semi-Finals | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | ||
| SVK 2025 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | |||
| Total | Runner-up | 4/16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 134 | 72 | 23 | 39 | 238 | 139 |
Important friendlies
Lobanovsky tournament (2006– )
- Winners (2): 2009, 2019
- Runners-up (4): 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (2012–2014)
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 | 1996 | |||
| Viktor Kolotov | Ukraine | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1996 | |||
| Oleksandr Ishchenko | Ukraine | 1996–1997 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1998 | |||
| Viktor Kolotov | Ukraine | 1998–1999 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 2000 | |||
| Volodymyr Onyschenko | Ukraine | 1999–2001 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 2000, 2002 | |||
| Anatoliy Kroshchenko | Ukraine | 2002 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2004 | |||
| Pavlo Yakovenko | Ukraine | 2002–2004 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 2004, 2006 | |||
| Hennadiy Lytovchenko | Ukraine | 2003–2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko | Ukraine | 2004–2007 | 41 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2006, 2007, 2009 | 2006 | ||
| Volodymyr Muntian (caretaker) | Ukraine | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Pavlo Yakovenko | Ukraine | 2008–2012 | 70 | 31 | 25 | 14 | 109 | 66 | 2009, 2011, 2013 | 2011 | ||
| Serhiy Kovalets | Ukraine | 2013–2015 | 47 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 94 | 50 | 2013, 2015 | |||
| Oleksandr Holovko | Ukraine | 2015–2018 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 34 | 2017, 2019 | |||
| Ruslan Rotan | Ukraine | 2018–2023 | 47 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 79 | 55 | 2021, 2023 | 2023 | ||
| Unai Melgosa | ESP | 2023–present | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 30 | 2025 | 2025 |
Coaching staff
Currently approved:
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | ESP Unai Melgosa |
| Assistant coach | |
| UKR Kyrylo Mazur | |
| UKR Vitaliy Vernydub | |
| Goalkeeping coach | UKR Vitaliy Reva |
| Fitness coach | UKR Andriy Shabalin |
Results and fixtures
2025
- Veleten
- Viunnyk
- Kvasnytsya
- Voloshyn
- Braharu
- Bischoff
- Bøving
- Osula
- Vanat
- Braharu
- Valente
- Van Bergen
- Krevsun
- Korniychuk
- Synchuk
- Hadzhyiev
- Stepanov
- Matkevych
- Krupskyi
- Tuboly
- Molnár
- Fenyő
- Grgić
- İlkhan
2026
Players
Players born in 2004 or later are eligible for the U21 Euro 2027 Qualification. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team. Names in italics denote players who not available for calling up anymore, because of the age limits.
Current squad
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The following players were called up for the U21 Euro 2027 Qualification match against Turkey U21 and friendly match against Albania U21 on 14 and 17 November 2025, respectively.
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Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2025, after the match against the Albania U21.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months. ;Notes
- UKR = Called up to the Ukraine national squad instead.
- INJ = Player withdrew from the squad because of injury.
- WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
- RES = Reserves squad – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability.
Player records
Top goalscorers
| 2011–2013 |
|---|
| 2 |
| 9 |
| 19 |
|
| 2019–2023 |
|---|
| 8 |
| 30 |
|
| 2003–2006 |
|---|
| 8 |
| 36 |
|
| 2021–2025 |
|---|
| 7 |
| 11 |
|
| 2018–2019 |
|---|
| 7 |
| 12 |
|
| 2013 |
|---|
| - |
| 7 |
| 17 |
|
| 1993–1995 |
|---|
| 7 |
| 17 |
|
| 2015–2017 |
|---|
| 7 |
| 20 |
|
| 2005–2008 |
|---|
| 7 |
| 29 |
|
| 2000–2003 |
|---|
| 7 |
| 31 |
| |2003–2006 |}
Head-to-head record
The following table shows Ukraine Under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 29 March 2021.
| Negative balance (more losses) |
|---|
| Against | Confederation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | |
| UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | |
| UEFA | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3 | +28 | |
| UEFA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | |
| UEFA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
| AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | |
| UEFA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | |
| UEFA | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | |
| CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
| AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -8 | |
| UEFA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
| UEFA | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -1 | |
| CAF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
| UEFA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | |
| UEFA | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | |
| UEFA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -12 | |
| UEFA | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | |
| UEFA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | |
| AFC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | |
| UEFA | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | |
| UEFA | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | |
| UEFA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | |
| AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | |
| UEFA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |
| AFC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | |
| UEFA | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | +13 | |
| UEFA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | |
| UEFA | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | +9 | |
| CAF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | |
| UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | +0 | |
| UEFA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | |
| UEFA | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | |
| UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | |
| UEFA | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -8 | |
| UEFA | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +0 | |
| UEFA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -8 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | |
| AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | |
| UEFA | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
| UEFA | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | |
| UEFA | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | |
| UEFA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | |
| UEFA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |
| UEFA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | |
| AFC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | |
| AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
| UEFA | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | |
| AFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | |
| CONCACAF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | |
| AFC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | |
| UEFA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
- Serbia and Montenegro +1=1-1 2-4 (Yugoslavia)
- Kyrgyzstan national +1=0-0 4-0
- Norway u-23 +0=0-1 0-2
- England C +0=0-1 0-2
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 | Totals | 102 | 55 | 32 | 15 | 196 | 79 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVL Dynamo | Kyiv | 43 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 76 | 36 | ||||||||
| Bannikov | Kyiv | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | ||||||||
| Obolon Arena | Kyiv | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||
| Boreks | Borodianka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tsentralnyi | Cherkasy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
| Shakhtar | Chervonohrad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dynamo Training Center | Kyiv, Koncha-Zaspa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| CSK ZSU | Kyiv | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||
| Lokomotyv | Donetsk | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kolos | Boryspil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sevastopol | Sevastopol | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Slavutych-Arena | Zaporizhzhia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| Arena Lviv | Lviv | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| Auto ZAZ | Zaporizhzhia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| SKA | Odesa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Metalist | Kharkiv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ternopilsky | Ternopil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ukraina | Lviv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Illichivets | Mariupol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
:Last updated: 2 June 2016. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.
Notes
References
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190525035349/https://ffu.ua/article/35578 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
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