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Ukraine Under-21
Nickname(s)	Молодіжка (Young men)
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Head coach	Oleksandr Holovko
Captain	Pavlo Lukyanchuk
Most caps;	; Oleksandr Yatsenko (38)
Top scorer	; Pylyp Budkivskyi (18)
Home stadium	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; First colours;	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Second colours;
	;
First international
	; Ukraine 0–0 Belarus ; Ternopil,Ukraine; 28 October 1992
Biggest win
	; Ukraine 8–0 Armenia ; Kiev, Ukraine; 13 October 1998
Biggest defeat
	; France 4–0 Ukraine ; Paris, France; 26 March 1999; Note: Records for competitive; matches only.;
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2006)
Best result	Runner-up (2006)

The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Молодіжна збірна України) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Football Federation of Ukraine staff, committee of national teams. The team participates in qualifications to the Olympic competitions and the continental (UEFA) U-21 competitions.

Their first game the team played was on October 28, 1992. Its first competition the team entered in 1994 the qualification round for the 1996 European Under-21 Championship. The team has qualified for a tournament twice. The under-21s not only qualified for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship, but also reached the final, where they lost to Netherlands on 4 June 2006 by 3–0. The under-21s also qualified to the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship that was held in Denmark.

Tournaments

UEFA U-21 Championship

Since 1984, it is an official U-21 European championship. Since 1992, the tournament doubles as qualifying competition for the Olympic Games every four years.^[2]

1994: Did not enter.

1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.

1998: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.

2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.

2002: Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.

2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.

2006: Runner-up

2007: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

2009: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.

2011: Group Stage

2013: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.

2015: Did not qualify. Lost in playoffs during qualification phase.

UEFA U-21 European Championship record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship									UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960–1994	Part of Soviet Union								Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did Not Qualify								10	6	2	2	24	12
1998									8	5	1	2	14	4
2000									8	3	2	3	16	12
2002									12	6	1	5	16	17
2004									8	2	5	1	8	5
2006	Runner-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	4	6	14	8	2	4	27	11
2007	Did Not Qualify								2	1	0	1	2	4
2009	Did Not Qualify								8	5	0	3	16	7
2011	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	5	10	5	4	1	16	8
2013	Did Not Qualify								10	5	2	3	21	10
2015									10	6	1	3	20	13
2017									10	4	2	4	14	12
2019									6	2	2	2	11	6
Total	Runner-up	2/11	8	2	2	4	5	11	110	56	22	32	194	115

Summer Olympics years

Olympic qualification

Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23 year old players, plus three over the age players.^[3]

1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.

2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.

2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.

2008: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.

2012: Did not qualify. Eliminated in UEFA U-21 Championship Group Stage.

2016: Did not qualify. Eliminated in playoffs during qualification stage.

Olympic record

Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23 year old players, plus three over the age players.^[4]

Host Nation(s) - Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1896 - 1992	preceded with Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
Total	0/5	0	0	0	0	0	0

Important friendlies

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

2012: semi-final

2013: runner-up

2014: winner

Lobanovsky tournament

2006: third

2007: third

2008: third

2009: winner

2011: runner-up

2013: runner-up

2015: runner-up

2016: third

Head Coaches

Manager	Ukraine career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Qualifying cycle	Final tour
Volodymyr Muntian	1992–1994	15	8	5	2	25	12	53.33	1996
Viktor Kolotov	1995	7	3	2	2	17	10	42.86	1996
Oleksandr Ischenko	1996–1997	11	7	2	2	19	6	63.64	1998
Viktor Kolotov	1998–1999	12	6	3	3	32	16	50	2000
Volodymyr Onyschenko	1999–2001	21	9	3	9	23	31	42.86	2000, 2002
Anatoliy Kroshchenko^[5]	2002	10	1	6	3	10	12	10	2004
Pavlo Yakovenko	2002–2004	20	8	6	6	24	20	40	2004, 2006
Hennadiy Lytovchenko	2003–2004	2	1	1	0	4	2	50
Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko	2004–2007	41	21	6	14	4	2	51.22	2006, 2007, 2009	2006
Volodymyr Muntian (caretaker)	2008	5	0	2	3	2	8	0
Pavlo Yakovenko	2008–2012	70	31	25	14	109	66	44.29	2009, 2011, 2013	2011
Serhiy Kovalets	2013–2015	?	?	?	?	?	?		2013, 2015
Oleksandr Holovko	2015–present	?	?	?	?	?	?		2017, 2019

Coaching staff

Currently approved:

Head coach	Oleksandr Holovko
Coach	Vasyl Kardash
Coach	Oleksandr Melaschenko
Coach	Tolyat Sheykhametov
Goalkeeper Coach	Valeriy Palamarchuk

Forthcoming fixtures

2019 UEFA qualifications

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	23	4	+19	26	Final tournament	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	7–0
2	Netherlands	10	5	3	2	21	6	+15	18		1–1	—	3–0	1–2	3–0	8–0
3	Ukraine	10	5	2	3	18	12	+6	17		0–2	1–1	—	3–1	3–2	1–0
4	Scotland	10	4	2	4	13	13	0	14		0–2	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	3–0
5	Latvia	10	0	4	6	5	18	−13	4		1–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–0
6	Andorra	10	0	3	7	1	28	−27	3		0–1	0–1	0–6	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Recent matches

Ukraine

v

Montenegro

6 June 2017 Int'l Friendly	Ukraine	2–1	Montenegro	Kiev
18:00 (GMT+3)	Hutsulyak 8' Zinchenko 18'		Vusurović 6'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the matches against Netherlands on 10 October 2017.^[6]

Caps & Goals as of 8 June 2017 after match vs Finland.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Dmytro Bezruk	30.03.1996	FC Chornomorets Odesa	7 (0)
Danylo Kanevtsev	26.07.1996	FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2 (0)
Defenders
Pavlo Lukyanchuk (captain)	19.05.1996	FC Olimpik Donetsk	11 (0)
Ihor Kyriukhantsev	29.01.1996	FC Mariupol	11 (0)
Oleksandr Osman	18.04.1996	FC Karpaty Lviv	4 (0)
Oleksandr Tymchyk	20.01.1997	FC Stal Kamianske	2 (0)
Ivan Zotko	09.07.1996	Valencia CF Mestalla	1 (0)
Vasyl Kravets	20.08.1997	CD Lugo	0 (0)
Oleksandr Matkobozhyk	03.01.1998	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0 (0)
Midfielders
Valeriy Luchkevych	11.01.1996	Standard Liège	15 (0)
Beka Vachiberadze	05.03.1996	Betis Deportivo Balompié	11 (2)
Yuriy Vakulko	10.11.1997	FC Arsenal Kyiv	8 (2)
Maksym Tretyakov	06.03.1996	FC Chornomorets Odesa	4 (0)
Yevhen Cheberko	23.01.1998	FC Zorya Luhansk	2 (0)
Maryan Mysyk	02.10.1996	FC Stal Kamianske	2 (0)
Maksym Lunyov	22.05.1998	FC Zorya Luhansk	0 (0)
Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	07.05.1997	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)
Strikers
Oleksandr Zubkov	03.08.1996	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	9 (1)
Oleksiy Hutsulyak	25.12.1997	FC Karpaty Lviv	5 (1)
Stanislav Bilenkyi	22.08.1998	FC Olimpik Donetsk	0 (0)
Artem Dovbyk	21.06.1997	FC Dnipro	0 (0)
Maksym Pryadun	17.02.1997	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	0 (0)

Recent call-ups

The following players are still eligible and have been called up within the last match.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Latest call-up
Goalkeepers
Nazar Fedorivskyi	17.04.1996	FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	0 (0)	v Andorra, September 5, 2017
Volodymyr Makhankov	29.10.1997	FC Dynamo Kyiv	1 (0)	v Serbia, March 28, 2017
Defenders
Illia Briukhov	08.08.1998	S.S.D. Potenza Calcio	1 (0)	v Andorra, September 5, 2017
Bohdan Mykhaylychenko	21.03.1997	FC Stal Kamianske	0 (0)	v Andorra, September 5, 2017
Danylo Sahutkin	18.04.1996	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	3 (0)	training camp, August 21, 2017
Ivan Lobay	21.05.1996	FC Karpaty Lviv	2 (0)	v Finland, June 8, 2017
Dmytro Lytvyn	21.11.1996	Real S.C.	1 (0)	v Finland, June 8, 2017
Oleh Ostapenko	11.06.1997	FC Vorskla Poltava	0 (0)	v Serbia, March 28, 2017
Midfielders
Yevhen Tsymbalyuk	19.06.1996	FC Olimpik Donetsk	0 (0)	v Andorra, September 5, 2017
Bohdan Lyednyev	07.04.1998	FC Dynamo Kyiv	0 (0)	v Andorra, September 5, 2017
Maryan Shved	16.07.1997	FC Karpaty Lviv	8 (0)	v Finland, June 8, 2017
Oleksandr Zinchenko	15.12.1996	Manchester City F.C.	6 (1)	v Finland, June 8, 2017
Vladyslav Kocherhin	30.04.1996	FC Zorya Luhansk	4 (0)	v Finland, June 8, 2017
Oleksiy Zbun	09.06.1997	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2 (0)	v Finland, June 8, 2017
Artem Dudik	02.01.1997	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (0)	v Serbia, March 28, 2017
Ihor Kohut	07.03.1996	SC Dnipro-1	1 (0)	v Serbia, March 28, 2017
Strikers
Andriy Boryachuk	23.04.1996	FC Mariupol	7 (4)	v Andorra, September 5, 2017
Serhiy Petrov	21.05.1997	FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	1 (0)	v Serbia, March 28, 2017

Notes:

^INJ Injured or recovering from surgery

^WD Withdrew

All-time team record

The following table shows Ukraine Under-21s all-time international record, correct as of 11 October 2010.^[11]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6
Armenia	10	8	2	0	31	3	+28
Belarus	8	3	2	3	10	8	+2
Belgium	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3
Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	9	9	0
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
China PR	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Chile	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Croatia	3	1	1	1	3	3	+2
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Denmark	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1
Egypt	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
England	1	0	0	1	1	3	+2
Estonia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6
France	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4
Georgia	9	5	2	2	22	6	+16
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6
Greece	6	3	3	0	5	2	+3
Hungary	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Iran	3	2	1	0	7	2	+2
Iceland	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1
Israel	5	2	2	1	4	2	+2
Italy	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Libya	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	11	10	+1
Liechtenstein	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
North Korea	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Macedonia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Malta	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Moldova	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3
Montenegro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4
Norway	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6
Poland	6	2	3	1	14	10	+4
Portugal	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
Romania	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7
Russia	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Scotland	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Serbia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Serbia and Montenegro	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	4	+2
Syria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Turkey	8	2	2	4	8	12	−4
United States	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Wales	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Yugoslavia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Total	166	82	39	51	255	177	78

Home venues record

Since the game Ukraine v Belarus (28 October 1992), Ukraine youth team have played their home games at 19 different stadiums.

Venue	City	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points per game
VVL Dynamo	Kyiv	43	20	17	6	76	36	1.79
Bannikov	Kyiv	13	8	3	2	24	11	2.08
Obolon Arena	Kyiv	12	5	6	1	22	8	1.75
Boreks	Borodianka	5	3	1	1	8	6	2
Tsentralnyi	Cherkasy	5	3	0	2	7	5	1.8
Shakhtar	Chervonohrad	3	3	0	0	11	0	3
Dynamo Training Center	Kyiv, Koncha-Zaspa	3	2	1	0	7	1	2.33
CSK ZSU	Kyiv	2	2	0	0	8	2	3
Lokomotyv	Donetsk	2	2	0	0	3	1	3
Kolos	Boryspil	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
Sevastopol	Sevastopol	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
Slavutych Arena	Zaporizhia	2	1	0	1	5	2	1.5
Arena Lviv	Lviv	2	1	0	1	4	2	1.5
Auto ZAZ	Zaporizhia	1	1	0	0	5	0	3
SKA	Odessa	1	1	0	0	4	0	3
Metalist	Kharkiv	1	1	0	0	4	0	3
Ternopilsky	Ternopil	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Ukraina	Lviv	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
Illichivets	Mariupol	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Totals		102	55	32	15	196	79	1.94

Last updated: 2 June 2016. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

References

^ Game report. ukr-football.org.ua

^ Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments

^ Olympic tournaments

^ Olympic tournaments

^ Info who was chosen to be the head coach of the Under-21 team. Football Federation of Ukraine (old website).

^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16937/

^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16218/

^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16526/

^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16747/

^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16796/

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External links

UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive

UEFA Ukraine U-21 page Contains rosters and photographs.

The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

Ukrainian Football Federation Under-21 Team web site (in Ukrainian)

[1] Game report. ukr-football.org.ua

[2] Europe – U-23/U-21 Tournaments

[3] Olympic tournaments

[4] Olympic tournaments

[5] Info who was chosen to be the head coach of the Under-21 team. Football Federation of Ukraine (old website).

[6] ttp://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16937/

[7] ttp://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16218/

[8] ttp://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16526/

[9] ttp://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16747/

[10] ttp://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_u21/16796/

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