# Ukraine Olympic football team

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, 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.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

### 2024
## Coaching staff

Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ruslan Rotan |
| Assistant coach | Serhiy Kravchenko |

## Head coaches

    As of 30 July 2024
| Manager | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Olympic tournament |
| Ruslan Rotan | | 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. 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.
* 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 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 1 | 1GK | Heorhiy Yermakov | (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Oleksandriya |
| 22 | 1GK | Yakiv Kinareykin | (2003-10-22) 22 October 2003 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Karpaty Lviv |
| 3 | 2DF | Oleksandr Martynyuk | (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22) | 10 | 1 | Oleksandriya |
| 2 | 2DF | Illya Krupskyi | (2004-10-02) 2 October 2004 (age 20) | 9 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 13 | 2DF | Volodymyr Salyuk | (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 16 | 2DF | Arseniy Batahov | (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Zorya Luhansk |
| 19 | 2DF | Yevhen Pavlyuk | (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 4 | 2DF | Maksym Talovyerov | (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 24) | 5 | 0 | LASK |
| 6 | 2DF | Oleksiy Sych | (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 23) | 5 | 0 | Rukh Lviv |
| 11 | 3MF | Maksym Khlan | (2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 21) | 10 | 3 | Lechia Gdańsk |
| 17 | 3MF | Oleh Fedor | (2004-07-23) 23 July 2004 (age 20) | 10 | 2 | Rukh Lviv |
| 5 | 3MF | Valentyn Rubchynskyi | (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 20 | 3MF | Kyrylo Siheyev | (2004-05-16) 16 May 2004 (age 20) | 8 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 15 | 3MF | Vladyslav Veleten | (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 2 | Kolos Kovalivka |
| 8 | 3MF | Mykola Mykhaylenko | (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 23) | 7 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 10 | 3MF | Maksym Braharu | (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 7 | 3MF | Oleh Ocheretko | (2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 18 | 3MF | Dmytro Kryskiv | (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24) | 5 | 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 21 | 3MF | Artem Shulyanskyi | (2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Oleksandriya |
| 14 | 4FW | Danylo Sikan (captain) | (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23) | 9 | 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 9 | 4FW | Ihor Krasnopir | (2002-12-01) 1 December 2002 (age 21) | 8 | 1 | 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 22) | 2 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| DF | Oleksandr Drambayev | (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| DF | Taras Mykhavko | (2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| DF | Danil Skorko | (2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Oleksandriya | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{PRE}$ |
| DF | Roman Didyk | (2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{WD}$ |
| DF | Kostyantyn Vivcharenko | (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{WD}$ |
| DF | Vitaliy Roman | (2003-04-15) 15 April 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{WD}$ |
| DF | Bohdan Slyubyk | (2004-02-11) 11 February 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{WD}$ |
| DF | Maksym Dyachuk | (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{RES}$ |
| DF | Artem Smolyakov | (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{RES}$ |
| DF | Yehor Matsenko | (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Śląsk Wrocław | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| DF | Anton Bol | (2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Zorya Luhansk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| DF | Maryan Faryna | (2003-08-28) 28 August 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| DF | Andriy Buleza | (2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Karpaty Lviv | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 $^{INJ}$ |
| MF | Denys Shostak | (2003-01-24) 24 January 2003 (age 21) | 5 | 1 | Oleksandriya | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| MF | Yehor Yarmolyuk | (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 1 | Brentford | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| MF | Maksym Kucheriavyi | (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | St Johnstone | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| MF | Nazar Voloshyn | (2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| MF | Hennadiy Synchuk | (2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | v. Ivory Coast, 16 June 2024 |
| MF | Ivan Zhelizko | (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{WD}$ |
| MF | Illya Kvasnytsya | (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Rukh Lviv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{WD}$ |
| MF | Ivan Nesterenko | (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{RES}$ |
| MF | Oleksandr Nazarenko | (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Polissia Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| MF | Oleksiy Kashchuk | (2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Qarabağ | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| MF | Artem Kulakovskyi | (2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| MF | Eldar Kuliyev | (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Zira Baku | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 |
| MF | Artem Bondarenko | (2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 $^{INJ}$ |
| MF | Borys Krushynskyi | (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Polissya Zhytomyr | v. Japan, 25 March 2024 $^{U21}$ |
| FW | Mykola Kukharevych | (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Swansea City | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{RES}$ |
| FW | Matviy Ponomarenko | (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Indonesia, 4 June 2024 $^{RES}$ |
| FW | Yevheniy Pastukh | (2004-03-19) 19 March 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | 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.
| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 2024 | Maksym Talovyerov (DF) | Dmytro Kryskiv (MF) | did not select |

## Honours

* Maurice Revello Tournament: 2024

## 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 | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | Olympic Games record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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 Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) | Part of Russian Empire (predominantly) |
| 1896 | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held |
| 1916 | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I | No competitions due to World War I |
| 1920 | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war | Did not enter due to war |
| 1924–1992 | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) | Part of Soviet Union (predominantly) |
| 1932 | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held | No football tournament held |
| 1940–1944 | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II | No competitions due to World War II |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2011 | 4th in Group B |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification | Eliminated in qualification |
| 2024 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2023 | Semi-finals |
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 1/8 | 1/8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | |

## 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