The Ukraine Olympic football team (, 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, headed by Ruslan Rotan.
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. 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.
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).
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.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of all match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2024
Coaching staff Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics: PositionNameHead coach Ruslan RotanAssistant coach Serhiy Kravchenko
Head coaches
ManagerRuslan 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 2018NationUkraine careerPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAWin %Olympic tournamentRuslan Rotan20241153319132024
Players
Current squad All the players must be born on or after 1 January 2001, with a maximum of three overage players permitted. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.
The following players were called up for the friendly and 2024 Summer Olympics matches against Egypt, Paraguay, Iraq, Morocco and Argentina on 14, 18, 24, 27 and 30 July 2024, respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2024, after the match vs Argentina.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
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 of under-23 players, plus three over-age players.Olympic tournaments TournamentPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 Maksym Talovyerov (DF) Dmytro Kryskiv (MF)did not select
Honours
Maurice Revello Tournament: 2024
Head-to-head record , after the match against Argentina.
The following table shows Ukraine Olympic team's all-time international record.
AgainstPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDConfederation 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 CONMEBOL 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 CAF 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 AFC 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 AFC 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 UEFA 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 CAF 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 AFC 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 CAF 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 CONCACAF 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 CONMEBOLAgainst:10 NationsPlayed:11Won:5Drawn:3Lost:3GF:19GA:13GD:+6Confederations:5
Olympic record Olympic Games recordUEFA European Under-21 Championship recordYearRoundPositionOutcome1896–1916Part of Russian Empire Part of Russian Empire 1896No football tournament heldNo football tournament held 1916No competitions due to World War INo competitions due to World War I 1920Did not enter due to warDid not enter due to war1924–1992Part of Soviet Union Part of Soviet Union 1932No football tournament heldNo football tournament held1940–1944No competitions due to World War IINo competitions due to World War II 1996Did not qualifyEliminated in qualification 2000 2004 2008 2012301215 2011 4th in Group B 2016Eliminated in qualification 2020 2024Group stage9th310235531198 2023 Semi-finals 2028Did not qualifyEliminated in qualificationTotal:1/8Group stage9th31023583231013
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
External links UAF official website 2024 Paris football schedule. digitalhub.fifa.com