Ukraine Olympic football team
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| 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 | |||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg (Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 4–0 Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg (Aubagne, France; 6 June 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2–0 Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg (Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024) File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 0–2 Argentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg (Décines-Charpieu, France; 30 July 2024) | |||
| Summer Olympic | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2024) | ||
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. Ukraine made its football debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[1][2] headed by Ruslan Rotan.[3]
History
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. 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
The following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
| 25 March 2024 Friendly | Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg 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 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg | 0–3 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Vitrolles, France |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Jules-Ladoumègue Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa) |
| 6 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 4–0 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | Aubagne, France |
| 16:00 | Khlan File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Martynyuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Sikan File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Voloshyn File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Report | Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia) |
| 8 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama | Fos-sur-Mer, France |
| 18:30 | Voloshyn File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Yarmolyuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Parsemain Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan) |
| 10 June 2024 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Aubagne, France |
| 15:30 | Veleten File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 55' | Report | Shiogai File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' | Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Milagros Arruela (Peru) |
| 14 July 2024 Friendly | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Braharu File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' | Report | Stadium: Plaine des Sports |
| 18 July 2024 Friendly | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay | Hagetmau, France |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Khlan File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Fedor File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' |
Report | Parzajuk File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' Fernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' |
Stadium: Alain Lansaman |
| 24 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Iraq File:Flag of Iraq.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Décines-Charpieu, France |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de Lyon Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan) |
| 27 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | Saint-Étienne, France |
| 17:00 | Report | Rahimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' (pen.) | Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras) |
| 30 July 2024 Summer Olympics – Group stage | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Décines-Charpieu, France |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade de Lyon Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania) |
Coaching staff
Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:[8]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Ukraine Ruslan Rotan |
| Assistant coach | Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko |
Head coaches
- As of 30 July 2024
| Manager[9] | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Olympic tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruslan Rotan | Ukraine | 2024 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 45.45 | 2024 |
Players
Current squad
All 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 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt, File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay, File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq, File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco and File:Flag of Argentina.svg 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 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
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Overage players in Olympic Games
Since 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
Head-to-head record
- As of 30 July 2024, after the match against File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina.
The following table shows Ukraine Olympic team's all-time international record.
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | CONMEBOL |
| File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF |
| File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | AFC |
| File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | AFC |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | UEFA |
| File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CAF |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | AFC |
| File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | CAF |
| File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | CONCACAF |
| File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay | 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
| Olympic Games record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | → | Outcome | |
| 1896–1916 | Part of Russia Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russia Russian Empire (predominantly) | |||||||||||||||
| Greece 1896 | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | |||||||||||||||
| German Empire 1916 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium 1920 | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | |||||||||||||||
| 1924–1992 | Part of File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (predominantly) | |||||||||||||||
| United States 1932 | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | |||||||||||||||
| 1940–1944 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | |||||||||||||||
| United States 1996 | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | |||||||||||||||
| Australia 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| China 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2011 | 4th in Group B | |||||||||
| Brazil 2016 | Eliminated in qualification | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| France 2024 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2023 | Semi-finals | |
| United States 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 1/8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||||
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Ukrainian players on the Soviet Union roster
- 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
- ↑ "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 українська). 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 українська). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ "Україна U-21 сенсаційно розбила Францію в чвертьфіналі чемпіонату Європи-2023". football.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ↑ "Офіційно. Щодо головного тренера збірної України з футболу під час Олімпіади-2024". UAF Official Website (in українська). 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "Олімпійська збірна України в товариському матчі поступилася команді Японії U-23". UAF Official Website (in українська). 2024-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ↑ "Олімпійська збірна України стала переможцем турніру у Франції". UAF Official Website (in українська). 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
- UAF official website
- 2024 Paris football schedule. digitalhub.fifa.com