Ukraine national under-19 football team

Ukraine national under-19 football team
The Ukraine national under-19 football team 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.
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
Continental competitions (UEFA European Under-19 Championship):
champions (1): 2009
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
Head coaches
2001–2002 Oleksandr Ryabokon
2002-2002 Pavlo Yakovenko
2003–2006 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
2009-2009 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
since 2023 Oleh Kuznetsov
Tournaments
Official
FIFA U-20 World Cup (as under-20 team)
UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
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
FIFA U-20 World Cup
2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoli Kroschenko)
2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko)
2015: Round of 16 (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
2019: Champions (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
Recent results
2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Group 6
Results and fixtures
2022
2023
Current squad
Players born in 2005 or later are eligible for the representation.
The following players were selected for the 2023 Seoul Cup matches against South Korea, Vietnam and Morocco on 10, 12 and 15 October 2023 respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2023, after the match vs .
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
Honours
UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2009
See also
Ukraine (Senior) team
Ukraine Under-21 team
References
External links
Uefa Under-19 website Contains full results archive
European national under-19 association football teams
Under-19