Ukraine Olympic football team explained

Ukraine Olympic
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Fifa Trigramme:UKR
Association:Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF)
Confederation:UEFA (Europe)
Coach:Ruslan Rotan
Captain:Danylo Sikan
Most Caps:3 players (10)
Top Scorer:Maksym Khlan (3)
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First Game: 2–0
(Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024)
Largest Win: 4–0
(Aubagne, France; 6 June 2024)
Largest Loss: 2–0
(Kitakyushu, Japan; 25 March 2024)
0–2
(Décines-Charpieu, France; 30 July 2024)
Regional Name:Summer Olympic
Regional Cup Apps:1
Regional Cup First:2024
Regional Cup Best:Group 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.

2024

Coaching staff

Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:[8]

PositionName
Head coach Ruslan Rotan
Assistant coach Serhiy Kravchenko

Head coaches

Manager[9] NationUkraine careerwidth=50pxPlayedwidth=50pxWonwidth=50pxDrawnwidth=50pxLostwidth=50pxGFwidth=50pxGAwidth=50pxWin %width=75pxOlympic tournament
Ruslan Rotan20241153319132024

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,,, and on 14, 18, 24, 27 and 30 July 2024, respectively.[11]

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Notes

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]

Honours

2024

Head-to-head record

, after the match against .

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

style=background:blue;color:white Againststyle=background:blue;color:white Playedstyle=background:blue;color:white Wonstyle=background:blue;color:white Drawnstyle=background:blue;color:white Loststyle=background:blue;color:white GFstyle=background:blue;color:white GAstyle=background:blue;color:white GDstyle=background:blue;color:white Confederation
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 CONMEBOL
style=background:blue;color:white Against:10 Nationsstyle=background:blue;color:white Played:11style=background:blue;color:white Won:5style=background:blue;color:white Drawn:3style=background:blue;color:white Lost:3style=background:blue;color:white GF:19style=background:blue;color:white GA:13style=background:blue;color:white GD:+6style=background:blue;color:white Confederations:5

Olympic record

Olympic Games recordUEFA European Under-21 Championship record
YearRoundPositionOutcome
1896–1916Part 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 war
1924–1992Part of Part of
1932No football tournament heldNo football tournament held
1940–1944No competitions due to World War IINo competitions due to World War II
bgcolor= 1996Did not qualifyEliminated in qualification
bgcolor= 2000
bgcolor= 2004
bgcolor= 2008
bgcolor= 20123012154th in Group B
bgcolor= 2016Eliminated in qualification
bgcolor= 2020
style= 2024Group stage9th310235531198align=left style="background:#c96"Semi-finals
style= 2028To be determinedTo be determined
Total1/831023583231013

Ukrainian players on the Soviet Union roster

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Збірна України зіграє у футбольному турнірі на Олімпійських іграх. football.ua. 3 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Історичне досягнення: збірна України з футболу вперше пробилася на Олімпійські ігри. tsn.ua. uk. 3 July 2023. 3 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Олімпіада-2024: стало відомо, хто буде очолювати збірну України з футболу на змаганнях у Франції. 24 Канал. uk. 4 July 2023. 4 July 2023.
  4. Web site: Україна U-21 сенсаційно розбила Францію в чвертьфіналі чемпіонату Європи-2023. football.ua. uk. 2023-07-03.
  5. Web site: Офіційно. Щодо головного тренера збірної України з футболу під час Олімпіади-2024 . UAF Official Website. uk. 2023-07-04. 2024-04-05.
  6. Web site: Олімпійська збірна України в товариському матчі поступилася команді Японії U-23 . UAF Official Website. uk. 2024-03-25. 2024-04-05.
  7. Web site: Олімпійська збірна України стала переможцем турніру у Франції . UAF Official Website. uk. 2024-06-16. 2024-06-26.
  8. Web site: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20190525035349/https://ffu.ua/article/35578 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)
  10. Web site: Everything you need to know about the Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2024.
  11. Web site: Руслан Ротань визначився зі складом олімпійської збірної України для підготовки до літніх Ігор-2024 .
  12. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/olympics.html Olympic tournaments