Ukraine Olympic football team

In this article, we will explore the impact Ukraine Olympic football team has had on modern society. Since its emergence, Ukraine Olympic football team has captured the attention and interest of people of all ages and backgrounds, becoming a topic of discussion in different social circles. Over the years, Ukraine Olympic football team has been evolving and adapting to cultural and technological changes, staying relevant in a constantly changing world. In this exploration, we will look at how Ukraine Olympic football team has influenced our lives, from its implications in politics and economics, to its impact on popular culture and entertainment.

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)

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  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 soccer ball with red X
Siheyev soccer ball with check mark
Kucheriavyi soccer ball with check mark
Krasnopir soccer ball with check mark
Yarmolyuk soccer ball with check mark
Batahov soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark A. Konaté
soccer ball with check mark Goudouss
soccer ball with red X O. Kouassi
soccer ball with check mark O. Konaté
soccer ball with check mark Agnikoi
soccer ball with red X 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 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  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 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
1 1GK Heorhiy Yermakov (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Ukraine Oleksandriya
22 1GK Yakiv Kinareykin (2003-10-22) 22 October 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
3 2DF Oleksandr Martynyuk (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 23) 10 1 Ukraine Oleksandriya
2 2DF Illya Krupskyi (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20) 9 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
13 2DF Volodymyr Salyuk (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 22) 7 0 Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa
16 2DF Arseniy Batahov (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22) 6 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
19 2DF Yevhen Pavlyuk (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 22) 6 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
4 2DF Maksym Talovyerov (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 24) 5 0 Austria LASK
6 2DF Oleksiy Sych (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) 5 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv
11 3MF Maksym Khlan (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 22) 10 3 Poland Lechia Gdańsk
17 3MF Oleh Fedor (2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 20) 10 2 Ukraine Rukh Lviv
5 3MF Valentyn Rubchynskyi (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 23) 8 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
20 3MF Kyrylo Siheyev (2004-05-16) 16 May 2004 (age 20) 8 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
15 3MF Vladyslav Veleten (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 22) 7 2 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
8 3MF Mykola Mykhaylenko (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 23) 7 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
10 3MF Maksym Braharu (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 22) 7 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
7 3MF Oleh Ocheretko (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 21) 6 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
18 3MF Dmytro Kryskiv (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24) 5 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
21 3MF Artem Shulyanskyi (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23) 2 0 Ukraine Oleksandriya
14 4FW Danylo Sikan (captain) (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23) 9 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
9 4FW Ihor Krasnopir (2002-12-01) 1 December 2002 (age 22) 8 1 Ukraine Rukh Lviv

Recent call-ups

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 23) 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
DF Oleksandr Drambayev (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23) 2 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
DF Taras Mykhavko (2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
DF Danil Skorko (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Ukraine Oleksandriya v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 PRE
DF Roman Didyk (2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Kostyantyn Vivcharenko (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Vitaliy Roman (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Bohdan Slyubyk (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
DF Maksym Dyachuk (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
DF Artem Smolyakov (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
DF Yehor Matsenko (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 23) 1 0 Poland Śląsk Wrocław v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
DF Anton Bol (2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 22) 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
DF Maryan Faryna (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
DF Andriy Buleza (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv v.  Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ
MF Denys Shostak (2003-01-24) 24 January 2003 (age 22) 5 1 Ukraine Oleksandriya v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Yehor Yarmolyuk (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 20) 4 1 England Brentford v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Maksym Kucheriavyi (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Scotland St Johnstone v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Nazar Voloshyn (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 21) 3 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Hennadiy Synchuk (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 18) 2 1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024
MF Ivan Zhelizko (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 24) 1 0 Poland Lechia Gdańsk v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
MF Illya Kvasnytsya (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 WD
MF Ivan Nesterenko (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
MF Oleksandr Nazarenko (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 25) 1 0 Ukraine Polissia Zhytomyr v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Oleksiy Kashchuk (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Artem Kulakovskyi (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 23) 1 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Eldar Kuliyev (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Azerbaijan Zira Baku v.  Japan, 25 March 2024
MF Artem Bondarenko (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Japan, 25 March 2024 INJ
MF Borys Krushynskyi (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22) 0 0 Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr v.  Japan, 25 March 2024 U21
FW Mykola Kukharevych (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23) 1 0 Wales Swansea City v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
FW Matviy Ponomarenko (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Indonesia, 4 June 2024 RES
FW Yevheniy Pastukh (2004-03-19) 19 March 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Ukraine 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

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
2024
 Maksym Talovyerov (DF) Dmytro Kryskiv (MF) did not select

Honours

Head-to-head record

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

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 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  Soviet Union (predominantly) Part of  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

Ukrainian players on the Soviet Union roster

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