Ukraine national under-19 football team

The Ukraine national under-19 football team (Ukrainian: Юнацька збірна України з футболу (U-19)) also known as the Junior football team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Ukraine Under-19
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachDmytro Mykhaylenko
CaptainMaksym Melnychenko
Most capsDenys Harmash (27)
Top scorerDmytro Korkishko (15)
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
First international
Ukraine 3–0  Andorra
(2001)
Biggest win
 San Marino 0–6 Ukraine
San Marino; (26 September 2006)
 Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine
Whangarei, New Zealand; (2 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 3–0 Ukraine
(20 August 2006)
European Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (2009)

It is formed by its head coach who is appointed and directed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine.

  • Ukraine national under-18 football team, immediate reserve and formerly the main team before 2002
  • Ukraine national under-20 football team, special team that is formed only for the FIFA U-20 World Cup upon successful performance of Ukraine U-19

Overview

Ukraine national under-19 football team is the second youth national football team in the country after the national under-21 football team. Previously it was known as Ukraine national under-18 football team before competitions shifted back in 1999. The team represents Ukraine at the continental championship for under-19 national teams (previously under-18). Most often a lot of its players formerly participated in continental and World competitions for national under-17 football teams. Upon a successful performance at the European championship for the under-19 teams it qualifies for the FIFA U-20 World Cup that is organized for teams of under-20.

Ukraine national under-19 football team has good traditions which it inherited from its parent Soviet national youth football team providing such players like Serhiy Scherbakov and Oleg Salenko for the Ukraine main national team.

The under-19 football team has its reserve team known as under-18 football team that also participates in preparations to the under-19 football competitions.

Until 2002 the team played as the national under-18 football team for Ukraine. Its first game it played in 1994 away against Israel losing it 0–2.

Honours

  • 2005 FIFA Bronze Shoe Award: Oleksandr Aliev
  • 2009 UEFA Golden Player Award: Kyrylo Petrov
  • 2015 FIFA Golden Shoe Award: Viktor Kovalenko
  • 2015 FIFA Fair Play Award

Tournaments

Official

Invitationals

  • Valentin Granatkin Memorial (friendly in Saint Petersburg)
  • Copa del Atlantico (for under-18)
  • Memorial Stevan Cele Vilotic

Official tournaments

Unlike the under-21 team, the continental competitions for under-19 take place on annual basis starting from 1992.

European championship

Under-18 competitions
Under-19 competitions
UEFA European Under-19 Championship record Elite Round
Year Round GP W D* L GF GA Squad GP W D L GF GA
Norway 2002did not qualify Qualification round
Liechtenstein 2003
Switzerland 2004Semi-finals413032Squad 321062
Northern Ireland 2005did not qualify 320155
Poland 2006 320154
Austria 2007 Qualification round
Czech Republic 2008 320153
Ukraine 2009Champions532083Squad Bye as host
France 2010did not qualify 311153
Romania 2011 302112
Estonia 2012 320153
Lithuania 2013 310224
Hungary 2014Group stage311123Squad 321050
Greece 2015Group stage301237Squad 321073
Germany 2016did not qualify 311143
Georgia (country) 2017 310234
Finland 2018Semi-finals421147Squad 321042
Armenia 2019did not qualify 311187
Northern Ireland 2020Tournament Canceled Tournament Canceled
Romania 2021
Slovakia 2022did not qualify 321064
Malta 2023 300328
Northern Ireland 2024qualified 330080
Romania 2025to be determined to be determined
Wales 2026
Israel 2026
Total5/22197842022512610158157

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Tunisia 1977Part of the  Soviet Union
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993did not qualify
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001Round of 1611th412165
United Arab Emirates 2003did not qualify
Netherlands 2005Round of 1612th411277
Canada 2007did not qualify
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015Round of 169th4220101
South Korea 2017did not qualify
Poland 2019Champions1st7610134
Argentina 2023did not qualify
Chile 2025To be determined
TotalChampions4/161910633617

Head coaches

  • 1999–2001 Anatoliy Kroshchenko
  • 2001 Valentyn Lutsenko
  • 2001–2002 Oleksandr Ryabokon
  • 2002 Pavlo Yakovenko
  • 2002–2005 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
  • 2009 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
  • 2010–2012 Oleh Kuznetsov
  • 2012–2013 Yuriy Moroz
  • 2012–2016 Oleksandr Holovko
  • 2015–2016 Oleh Kuznetsov
  • 2016–2017 Volodymyr Tsytkin
  • 2017 Volodymyr Yezerskyi
  • 2017–2018 Oleksandr Petrakov
  • 2019 Serhiy Nahornyak
  • 2021–2022 Volodymyr Yezerskyi
  • 2022–2023 Serhiy Nahornyak
  • 2023 Oleh Kuznetsov
  • 2024– Dmytro Mykhaylenko

Recent results

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Qualified for the final tournament
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1
4  North Macedonia (H) 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Results and fixtures

2023

10 October 2023 (2023-10-10) 2023 Seoul Cup South Korea  4–2  Ukraine South Korea
13:30 Report
12 October 2023 (2023-10-12) 2023 Seoul Cup Vietnam  2–3  Ukraine South Korea
10:00 Report
15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 2023 Seoul Cup Ukraine  4–3  Morocco South Korea
6:30 Report
15 November 2023 (2023-11-15) 2024 Euro qualification Ukraine  3–1  Malta Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta
10:30
  • Manuylov 17'
  • Attard 71' (o.g.)
  • Tuterov 88'
Report
  • Ponomarenko 59' (o.g.)
Referee: Chrysovalantis Theouli (Cyprus)
18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2024 Euro qualification Ukraine  0–4  Kosovo Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta
11:00 Report
  • Gashijan 22', 79'
  • Bujupi 64'
  • Rama 90+2'
Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)
21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2024 Euro qualification Slovakia  0–4  Ukraine Centenary Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta
10:30 Report
  • Yermachkov 30'
  • Derkach 36'
  • Mykhavko 39'
  • Ponomarenko 84'
Referee: Robert Schröder (Germany)

2024

20 March 2024 (2024-03-20) 2024 Euro qualification North Macedonia  0–2  Ukraine Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje
14:00 Report
  • Krevsun 45+1'
  • Ponomarenko 48'
Attendance: 315
Referee: Marek Radina (Czechia)
23 March 2024 (2024-03-23) 2024 Euro qualification Ukraine  3–0  Latvia Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje
14:00
  • Ponomarenko 34', 60' (p.)
  • Tutierov 89'
Report Attendance: 315
Referee: Marek Radina (Czechia)
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) 2024 Euro qualification Ukraine  3–0   Switzerland Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje
14:00
  • Synchuk 63'
  • Ponomarenko 68', 78'
Report Referee: Granit Maqedonci (Sweden)
15 July 2024 (2024-07-15) 2024 Euro Championship Northern Ireland  v  Ukraine Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland
21:00 Report
18 July 2024 (2024-07-18) 2024 Euro Championship Norway  v  Ukraine Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland
17:30 Report
21 July 2024 (2024-07-21) 2024 Euro Championship Ukraine  v  Italy Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland
21:00 Report

Current squad

Players born in 2005 or later are eligible for the current representation.

The following players were called up for the training camp on 30 April 2024.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024, after the match vs   Switzerland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (2005-06-25) 25 June 2005 3 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1
1GK Markiyan Bakus (2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv

2DF Danylo Harazha (2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 0 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1
2DF Daniel Vernattus (2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 0 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
2DF Yehor Abramov (2006-03-06) 6 March 2006 0 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
2DF Yehor Potapenko (2006-03-17) 17 March 2006 0 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

3MF Maksym Melnychenko (captain) (2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 6 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1
3MF Artur Shakh (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 0 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
3MF Samuel Obinaya (2005-08-25) 25 August 2005 0 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3MF Nazariy Turko (2006-01-21) 21 January 2006 0 0 Ukraine Rukh Lviv
3MF Matviy Panchenko (2006-02-04) 4 February 2006 0 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3MF Illya Kaplunov (2006-03-21) 21 March 2006 0 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

4FW Ramik Hadzhyiev (2005-08-14) 14 August 2005 3 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1
4FW Oleksandr Fetko (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 0 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
4FW Vadym Sydun (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 0 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
4FW Artem Husol (2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 0 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka

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 Vladyslav Kravets (2005-01-28) 28 January 2005 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
GK Davyd Fesyuk (2005-04-24) 24 April 2005 4 0 Croatia Croatia Zmijavci v.  North Macedonia, 20 March 2024 PRE
GK Vyacheslav Surkis (2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 1 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Malta, 15 November 2023 WD

DF Taras Mykhavko (2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 8 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
DF Oleksiy Husyev (2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 7 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
DF Mykola Oharkov (2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 5 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
DF Ivan Yermachkov (2005-06-08) 8 June 2005 3 1 Germany Wuppertaler SV v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
DF Anton Drozd (2005-08-06) 6 August 2005 2 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
DF Maksym Stryukov (2005-08-13) 13 August 2005 2 0 Germany Hannover 96 v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
DF Nazar Balaba (2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 3 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  North Macedonia, 20 March 2024 WD
DF Stepan Lysenko (2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 4 0 Croatia Hajduk Split v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
DF Denys Dykyi (2006-09-04) 4 September 2006 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
DF Danil Bilokon (2005-08-14) 14 August 2005 2 0 Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023
DF Yehor Syzonyuk (2005-09-09) 9 September 2005 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023

MF Daniil Vashchenko (2005-10-02) 2 October 2005 9 0 Ukraine Oleksandriya v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
MF Danylo Krevsun (2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 3 1 Germany Borussia Dortmund v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
MF Hennadiy Synchuk (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 3 1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
MF Andriy Matkevych (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 3 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
MF Viktor Tsukanov (2006-02-04) 4 February 2006 3 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
MF Illya Badenko (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 2 0 Ukraine Dnipro-1 v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
MF Dmytro Kremchanin (2005-03-22) 22 March 2005 6 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
MF Yevheniy Mykytyuk (2005-09-21) 21 September 2005 6 0 Ukraine Polissya Zhytomyr v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
MF Maksym Derkach (2005-02-22) 22 February 2005 5 1 Portugal Estoril Praia v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
MF Vitaliy Mykhayliv (2005-10-11) 11 October 2005 5 0 Ukraine Mynai v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
MF Bohdan Manuylov (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 3 1 Spain San José v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
MF Roman Salenko (2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 3 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
MF Maksym Vasylets (2005-08-15) 15 August 2005 3 1 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023
MF Nazar Yanchyshyn (2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 3 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023
MF Diyar Shamuzov (2005-10-05) 5 October 2005 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023

FW Matviy Ponomarenko (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 8 8 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
FW Timur Tutierov (2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 6 2 England Sunderland v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
FW Mykhaylo Dubrovnyi (2005-10-09) 9 October 2005 3 0 Belgium Gent v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
FW Kristian Shevchenko (2006-11-10) 10 November 2006 2 0 England Watford v.   Switzerland, 26 March 2024
FW Serhiy Panchenko (2005-02-09) 9 February 2005 5 2 Ukraine Rukh Lviv v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
FW Oleksandr Pyshchur (2005-01-24) 24 January 2005 1 0 Hungary Puskás Akadémia v.  Slovakia, 21 November 2023
FW Dmytro Hodya (2005-03-10) 10 March 2005 3 0 Ukraine Veres Rivne v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023
FW Mykyta Dzen (2005-03-09) 9 March 2005 1 0 Ukraine Veres Rivne v.  Morocco, 15 October 2023

Honours

See also

References

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