Ukraine Olympic football team
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) | |||
Best result | TBD (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.
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 | Indonesia | 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