National sports 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 ,[ 1] [ 2] 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] 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.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2024
Coaching staff
Currently approved for the 2024 Summer Olympics:[ 8]
Head coaches
As of 30 July 2024
Manager[ 9]
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.[ 10] 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.[ 11]
Caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2024, after the match vs Argentina .
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
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
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.
Olympic record
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
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