Ukraine national under-19 football team
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Association | Ukrainian Association of Football | ||
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Dmytro Mykhaylenko | ||
| Captain | Matviy Ponomarenko | ||
| Most caps | Denys Harmash (27) | ||
| Top scorer | Dmytro Korkishko (15) | ||
| FIFA code | UKR | ||
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| First international | |||
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3–0 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra (2001) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino 0–6 Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg San Marino; (26 September 2006) File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Whangārei, New Zealand; (2 June 2015) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3–0 Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg (20 August 2006) | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2004) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2009) | ||
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The Ukraine national under-19 football team (Ukrainian: Юнацька збірна України з футболу (U-19)) also known as the Junior football team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. It is formed by its head coach who is appointed and directed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine.
- Ukraine national under-18 football team, immediate reserve and formerly the main team before 2002
- Ukraine national under-20 football team, special team that is formed only for the FIFA U-20 World Cup upon successful performance of Ukraine U-19
Overview
Ukraine national under-19 football team is the second youth national football team in the country after the national under-21 football team. Previously it was known as Ukraine national under-18 football team before competitions shifted back in 1999. The team represents Ukraine at the continental championship for under-19 national teams (previously under-18). Most often a lot of its players formerly participated in continental and World competitions for national under-17 football teams. Upon a successful performance at the European championship for the under-19 teams it qualifies for the FIFA U-20 World Cup that is organized for teams of under-20. Ukraine national under-19 football team has good traditions which it inherited from its parent Soviet national youth football team providing such players like Serhiy Scherbakov and Oleg Salenko for the Ukraine main national team. The under-19 football team has its reserve team known as under-18 football team that also participates in preparations to the under-19 football competitions. Until 2002 the team played as the national under-18 football team for Ukraine. Its first game it played in 1994 away against Israel losing it 0–2.
Honours
- Continental competitions (UEFA European Under-19 Championship):
- champions (1): 2009
- 2005 FIFA Bronze Shoe Award: Oleksandr Aliev
- 2009 UEFA Golden Player Award: Kyrylo Petrov
- 2015 FIFA Golden Shoe Award: Viktor Kovalenko
- 2015 FIFA Fair Play Award
Tournaments
Official
- FIFA U-20 World Cup (as under-20 team)
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
Invitationals
- Valentin Granatkin Memorial (friendly in Saint Petersburg)
- Copa del Atlantico (for under-18)
- Memorial Stevan Cele Vilotic
Official tournaments
Unlike the under-21 team, the continental competitions for under-19 take place on annual basis starting from 1992.
European championship
- Under-18 competitions
- Under-19 competitions
| UEFA European Under-19 Championship record | Elite Round | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Norway 2002 | did not qualify | Qualification round | |||||||||||||
| Liechtenstein 2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland 2004 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Northern Ireland 2005 | did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| Poland 2006 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| Austria 2007 | Qualification round | ||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic 2008 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| Ukraine 2009 | Champions | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | Squad | Bye as host | ||||||
| France 2010 | did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||
| Romania 2011 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Estonia 2012 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| Lithuania 2013 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hungary 2014 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Greece 2015 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Germany 2016 | did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| Georgia (country) 2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Finland 2018 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Armenia 2019 | did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland |
Tournament Canceled | Tournament Canceled | |||||||||||||
| Romania | |||||||||||||||
| Slovakia 2022 | did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| Malta 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| Northern Ireland 2024 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Romania 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | |||||||||||||
| Wales 2026 | |||||||||||||||
| Israel 2027 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 6/21 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 51 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 81 | 57 | ||
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FIFA U-20 World Cup
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| Tunisia 1977 | Part of the File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | |||||||
| Japan 1979 | ||||||||
| Australia 1981 | ||||||||
| Mexico 1983 | ||||||||
| Soviet Union 1985 | ||||||||
| Chile 1987 | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia 1989 | ||||||||
| Portugal 1991 | ||||||||
| Australia 1993 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Qatar 1995 | ||||||||
| Malaysia 1997 | ||||||||
| Nigeria 1999 | ||||||||
| Argentina 2001 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates 2003 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Netherlands 2005 | Round of 16 | 12th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| Canada 2007 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Egypt 2009 | ||||||||
| Colombia 2011 | ||||||||
| Turkey 2013 | ||||||||
| New Zealand 2015 | Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| South Korea 2017 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Poland 2019 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Argentina 2023 | did not qualify | |||||||
| Chile 2025 | Qualified | |||||||
| Total | Champions | 4/16 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 17 |
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- 2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoliy Kroshchenko)
- 2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko)
- 2015: Round of 16 (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
- 2019: Champions (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
Head coaches
- 1999–2001 Anatoliy Kroshchenko
- 2001 Valentyn Lutsenko
- 2001–2002 Oleksandr Ryabokon
- 2002 Pavlo Yakovenko
- 2002–2005 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
- 2009 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
- 2010–2012 Oleh Kuznetsov
- 2012–2013 Yuriy Moroz
- 2012–2016 Oleksandr Holovko
- 2015–2016 Oleh Kuznetsov
- 2016–2017 Volodymyr Tsytkin
- 2017 Volodymyr Yezerskyi
- 2017–2018 Oleksandr Petrakov
- 2019 Serhiy Nahornyak
- 2021–2022 Volodymyr Yezerskyi
- 2022–2023 Serhiy Nahornyak
- 2023 Oleh Kuznetsov
- 2024– Dmytro Mykhaylenko
Recent results
2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Group 7
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Qualified for the final tournament |
| 2 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Results and fixtures
2024
| 20 March 2024 2024 Euro qualification | North Macedonia File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje |
| 14:00 | Report | Attendance: 315 Referee: Marek Radina (Czechia) |
| 23 March 2024 2024 Euro qualification | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje |
| 14:00 |
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Report | Attendance: 315 Referee: Marek Radina (Czechia) |
| 26 March 2024 2024 Euro qualification | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje |
| 14:00 | Report | Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden) |
| 15 July 2024 2024 Euro Championship | Northern Ireland File:Ulster Banner.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland |
| 21:00 | Report | Referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 18 July 2024 2024 Euro Championship | Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 17:30 | Report | Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan (Armenia) |
| 21 July 2024 2024 Euro Championship | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 3–2 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland |
| 21:00 | Report | Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece) |
| 25 July 2024 2024 Euro Championship Semi-final | France File:Flag of France.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| 20:00 | Report | Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta) |
| 6 September 2024 Friendly | Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Sportpark Bergholz, Wil, Switzerland |
| 19:30 |
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Report |
| 9 September 2024 Friendly | Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Sportpark Bergholz, Wil, Switzerland |
| 15:00 | Report |
| 11 October 2024 2024 Marbella Cup | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Marbella, Spain |
| 20:00 | Report |
| 14 October 2024 2024 Marbella Cup | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 1–3 | File:Flag of England.svg England | Marbella, Spain |
| 14:30 | Report |
| 13 November 2024 2025 Euro qualification | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 1–2 | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | Sportpark Marsdijk, Assen, Netherlands |
| 20:00 | Report |
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Referee: Ante Čulina (Croatia) |
| 16 November 2024 2025 Euro qualification | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | De Langeleegte, Veendam, Netherlands |
| 13:00 | Report | Referee: Radoslav Gidzhenov (Bulgaria) |
| 19 November 2024 2025 Euro qualification | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | De Langeleegte, Veendam, Netherlands |
| 20:00 | Report |
Current squad
Players born in 2006 or later are eligible for the current representation. The following players were called up for the 2025 Euro qualification matches in November 2024.[1]
- Match dates: 13, 16 and 19 November 2024
- Opposition: File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan, File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia and File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands.
- Caps and goals correct as of: 19 November 2024, after the match vs File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
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Honours
See also
References
External links
- Uefa Under-19 website Contains full results archive