Ukraine national under-20 football team

The Ukraine national under-20 football team is primarily a special team that is formed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a successful performance of the Ukraine national under-19 football team. The team is also used as an immediate reserve of the Ukraine national under-21 football team. In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Ukraine won their first title in the nation's history after defeating South Korea 3-1 in the final. They remained champions for almost 4 years, being that the 2021 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19 until they failed to qualify for the 2023 edition in which Uruguay won and became champions.

Ukraine Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Chile 2–4 Ukraine 
(Mendoza, Argentina, 17 June 2001)
Biggest win
 Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine 
(Whangārei, New Zealand, 2 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 1–2 Paraguay 
(Mendoza, Argentina; 28 June 2001)
 China 3–2 Ukraine 
(Utrecht, Netherlands; 14 June 2005)
 Nigeria 1–0 Ukraine 
(Doetinchem, Netherlands; 22 June 2005)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2001)
Best resultChampions (2019)

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.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Squad
  1977 Part of   Soviet Union
  1979
  1981
  1983
  1985
  1987
  1989
  1991
  1993 Did not enter
  1995 Did not qualify
  1997
  1999
  2001 Round of 16 11th 4 1 2 1 6 5 Squad
  2003 Did not qualify
  2005 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 7 7 Squad
  2007 Did not qualify
  2009
  2011
  2013
  2015 Round of 16 9th 4 2 2 0 10 1 Squad
  2017 Did not qualify
  2019 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 13 4 Squad
  2023 Did not qualify
  2025 Qualified
Total Champions 5/15 19 10 6 3 36 17 -

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (best Ukraine's result)

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Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Ukraine (A) 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2   United States (A) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Nigeria (A) 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4   Qatar (E) 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Ukraine  2–1  United States
  • Buletsa   26'
  • Popov   51'
Report
Qatar  0–1  Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 3,513[2]
Nigeria  1–1  Ukraine
Report

Round of 16

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Ukraine  4–1  Panama
Report
Attendance: 7,219[4]

Quarter-finals

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Colombia  0–1  Ukraine
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Semi-finals

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Ukraine  1–0  Italy
Report
Attendance: 7,776[6]

Final

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Ukraine  3–1  South Korea
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Squad

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The following 21 players have been called up to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8] On 15 July 2019 all players of the squad were awarded by the presidential decree the Order of Merit, 3rd degree, while Petrakov's coaching staff were honored with title "Honored state functionary of physical culture and sport of Ukraine".[9]

Head coach: Oleksandr Petrakov

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Andriy Lunin (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 20)   Real Madrid
12 1GK Vladyslav Kucheruk (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 20)   Dynamo Kyiv
20 1GK Dmytro Riznyk (1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 20)   Vorskla Poltava

2 2DF Valeriy Bondar (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 (aged 20)   Shakhtar Donetsk
3 2DF Oleksandr Safronov (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 19)   Desna Chernihiv
4 2DF Denys Popov (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 (aged 20)   Dynamo Kyiv
5 2DF Oleh Veremiyenko (1999-02-13)13 February 1999 (aged 20)   Kalush
9 2DF Viktor Korniyenko (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 20)   Shakhtar Donetsk
13 2DF Danylo Beskorovainyi (1999-02-07)7 February 1999 (aged 20)   Zemplín
17 2DF Yukhym Konoplia (1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 19)   Shakhtar Donetsk
19 2DF Ihor Snurnitsyn (2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 19)   Olimpik Donetsk

6 3MF Maksym Chekh (1999-01-03)3 January 1999 (aged 20)   Shakhtar Donetsk
7 3MF Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 18)   Dynamo Kyiv
8 3MF Oleksiy Khakhlyov (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 (aged 20)   Alavés
10 3MF Serhiy Buletsa (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 20)   Dynamo Kyiv
15 3MF Kyrylo Dryshlyuk (1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 19)   Oleksandriya
16 3MF Mykola Musolitin (1999-01-21)21 January 1999 (aged 20)   Chornomorets Odesa
21 3MF Oleksiy Kashchuk (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 18)   Shakhtar Donetsk

11 4FW Vladyslav Supriaha (2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 19)   Dynamo Kyiv
14 4FW Danylo Sikan (2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 18)   Mariupol
18 4FW Denys Ustymenko (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 20)   Oleksandriya

Honours

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Ukrainian footballers in the Soviet Union squads

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References

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  1. ^ "Match report – Group D – Ukraine v USA" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Match report – Group D – Qatar v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Match report – Group D – Nigeria v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Ukraine v Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Colombia v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Match report – Semi-finals – Ukraine v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Match report – Final – Ukraine v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ^ "U-19:підготовку до Євро-2015 розпочато" (in Ukrainian). FFU. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  9. ^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №521/2019. www.president.gov.ua. 15 July 2019
  10. ^ "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019.