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.

Ukraine Olympic
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football (UAF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRuslan Rotan
CaptainDanylo Sikan
Most caps3 players (10)
Top scorerMaksym Khlan (3)
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Japan 2–0 Ukraine 
(Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024)
Biggest win
 Ukraine 4–0 Italy 
(Aubagne, France; 6 June 2024)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 2–0 Ukraine 
(Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024)
 Ukraine 0–2 Argentina 
(Décines-Charpieu, France; 30 July 2024)
Summer Olympic
Appearances1 (first in 2024)
Best resultGroup stage (2024)

Ukraine made its football debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,[1][2] headed by Ruslan Rotan.[3]

History

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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]

In June 2024 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

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The following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

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25 March 2024 Friendly Japan   2–0   Ukraine Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
19:15 UTC+9
  • Sato   48'
  • Tanaka   76'
Report Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Referee: Lewis Smith (England)
4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament Indonesia   0–3   Ukraine Vitrolles, France
19:00 Report
Stadium: Stade Jules-Ladoumègue
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
6 June 2024 (2024-06-06) 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 (2024-06-08) 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 (2024-06-10) 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 (2024-06-16) 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
14 July 2024 Friendly Ukraine   1–1   Egypt Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
19:00 UTC+2 Braharu   12' Report Stadium: Plaine des Sports
18 July 2024 Friendly Ukraine   2–2   Paraguay Hagetmau, France
19:00 UTC+2 Khlan   31'
Fedor   83'
Report Parzajuk   86'
Fernández   89'
Stadium: Alain Lansaman
24 July 2024 (2024-07-24) Summer Olympics – Group stage Iraq   2–1   Ukraine Décines-Charpieu, France
19:00
Report
Stadium: Stade de Lyon
Attendance: 10,637
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)
27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) Summer Olympics – Group stage Ukraine   2–1   Morocco Saint-Étienne, France
17:00
Report Rahimi   64' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) Summer Olympics – Group stage Ukraine   0–2   Argentina Décines-Charpieu, France
17:00 Stadium: Stade de Lyon
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Coaching staff

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Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:[8]

Position Name
Head coach   Ruslan Rotan
Assistant coach   Serhiy Kravchenko

Head coaches

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As of 30 July 2024
Manager[9] Nation Ukraine career Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Olympic tournament
Ruslan Rotan   2024 11 5 3 3 19 13 45.45 2024

Players

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Current squad

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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   Egypt,   Paraguay,   Iraq,   Morocco and   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   Argentina.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Kiril Fesyun (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 22) 8 0   Shakhtar Donetsk
1 1GK Heorhiy Yermakov (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22) 4 0   Oleksandriya
22 1GK Yakiv Kinareykin (2003-10-22) 22 October 2003 (age 20) 0 0   Karpaty Lviv

3 2DF Oleksandr Martynyuk (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22) 10 1   Oleksandriya
2 2DF Illya Krupskyi (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 19) 9 0   Vorskla Poltava
13 2DF Volodymyr Salyuk (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 22) 7 0   Chornomorets Odesa
16 2DF Arseniy Batahov (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22) 6 0   Zorya Luhansk
19 2DF Yevhen Pavlyuk (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 21) 6 0   Vorskla Poltava
4 2DF Maksym Talovyerov (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 24) 5 0   LASK
6 2DF Oleksiy Sych (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 5 0   Rukh Lviv

11 3MF Maksym Khlan (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21) 10 3   Lechia Gdańsk
17 3MF Oleh Fedor (2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 20) 10 2   Rukh Lviv
5 3MF Valentyn Rubchynskyi (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22) 8 1   Dynamo Kyiv
20 3MF Kyrylo Siheyev (2004-05-16) 16 May 2004 (age 20) 8 0   Shakhtar Donetsk
15 3MF Vladyslav Veleten (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 21) 7 2   Kolos Kovalivka
8 3MF Mykola Mykhaylenko (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 23) 7 1   Dynamo Kyiv
10 3MF Maksym Braharu (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 22) 7 1   Dynamo Kyiv
7 3MF Oleh Ocheretko (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 21) 6 0   Shakhtar Donetsk
18 3MF Dmytro Kryskiv (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 23) 5 1   Shakhtar Donetsk
21 3MF Artem Shulyanskyi (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23) 2 0   Oleksandriya

14 4FW Danylo Sikan (captain) (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23) 9 1   Shakhtar Donetsk
9 4FW Ihor Krasnopir (2002-12-01) 1 December 2002 (age 21) 8 1   Rukh Lviv

Recent call-ups

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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
GK Ruslan Neshcheret (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22) 2 0   Dynamo Kyiv v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024

DF Oleksandr Drambayev (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23) 2 0   Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
DF Taras Mykhavko (2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 19) 2 0   Dynamo Kyiv v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
DF Danil Skorko (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Oleksandriya v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 PRE
DF Roman Didyk (2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 21) 1 0   Rukh Lviv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Kostyantyn Vivcharenko (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Dynamo Kyiv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Vitaliy Roman (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Rukh Lviv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Bohdan Slyubyk (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Rukh Lviv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Maksym Dyachuk (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21) 1 0   Dynamo Kyiv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
DF Artem Smolyakov (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Polissya Zhytomyr v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
DF Yehor Matsenko (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Śląsk Wrocław v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
DF Anton Bol (2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 21) 1 0   Zorya Luhansk v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
DF Maryan Faryna (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 20) 1 0   Shakhtar Donetsk v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
DF Andriy Buleza (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Karpaty Lviv v.   Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ

MF Denys Shostak (2003-01-24) 24 January 2003 (age 21) 5 1   Oleksandriya v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Yehor Yarmolyuk (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 20) 4 1   Brentford v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Maksym Kucheriavyi (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22) 4 0   St Johnstone v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Nazar Voloshyn (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 21) 3 2   Dynamo Kyiv v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Hennadiy Synchuk (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 18) 2 1   Metalist Kharkiv v.   Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Ivan Zhelizko (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23) 1 0   Lechia Gdańsk v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
MF Illya Kvasnytsya (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Rukh Lviv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
MF Ivan Nesterenko (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21) 0 0   Vorskla Poltava v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
MF Oleksandr Nazarenko (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24) 1 0   Polissia Zhytomyr v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Oleksiy Kashchuk (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Unattached v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Artem Kulakovskyi (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Vorskla Poltava v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Eldar Kuliyev (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 22) 1 0   Zira Baku v.   Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Artem Bondarenko (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 23) 0 0   Shakhtar Donetsk v.   Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ
MF Borys Krushynskyi (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Polissya Zhytomyr v.   Japan, 25 March 2024 U21

FW Mykola Kukharevych (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23) 1 0   Swansea City v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
FW Matviy Ponomarenko (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 18) 0 0   Dynamo Kyiv v.   Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
FW Yevheniy Pastukh (2004-03-19) 19 March 2004 (age 20) 0 0   Rukh Lviv v.   Japan, 25 March 2024 U21

Notes
  • U21 = Was called up to national U21 squad instead.
  • WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
  • INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury.
  • RES = Reserves squad – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability.
  • PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.

Overage players in Olympic Games

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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

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Head-to-head record

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As of 30 July 2024, after the match against   Argentina.

The following table shows Ukraine Olympic team's all-time international record.

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Confederation
  Argentina 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 CONMEBOL
  Egypt 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 CAF
  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 AFC
  Iraq 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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
  Morocco 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 CAF
  Panama 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 CONCACAF
  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

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Olympic Games record UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
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 held No football tournament 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 held No football tournament held
1940–1944 No competitions due to World War II No competitions due to World War II
  1996 Did not qualify Eliminated in qualification
  2000
  2004
  2008
  2012 3 0 1 2 1 5 2011 4th in Group B
  2016 Eliminated in qualification
  2020
  2024 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 3 5 5 3 1 1 9 8 2023 Semi-finals
  2028 To be determined To be determined
Total 1/8 3 1 0 2 3 5 8 3 2 3 10 13

Ukrainian players on the Soviet Union roster

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References

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  9. ^ 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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  12. ^ Olympic tournaments
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