Ukraine national under-20 football team

Ukraine Under-20
Association	Ukrainian Association of Football
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code	UKR
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
Appearances	4 (first in 2001)
Best result	Champions (2019)

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.

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

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	-

2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoli Kroschenko)
- Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksiy Byelik 3 goals
2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko)
- Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksandr Aliev 5 goals
2015: Round of 16 (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
- Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Viktor Kovalenko 5 goals
2019: Champions (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
- Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Danylo Sikan 4 goals

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

Group stage

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

24 May 2019

20:30

Ukraine	2–1	United States
Buletsa 26' Popov 51'	Report	Servania 32'

Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała

Attendance: 4,310^[1]

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

27 May 2019

18:00

Qatar	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Popov 59'

Tychy Stadium, Tychy

Attendance: 3,513^[2]

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

30 May 2019

20:30

Nigeria	1–1	Ukraine
Tijani 51' (pen.)	Report	Sikan 30'

Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała

Attendance: 3,143^[3]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Round of 16

3 June 2019

17:30

Ukraine	4–1	Panama
Sikan 23', 45+1' Popov 41' Buletsa 83'	Report	Walker 50'

Tychy Stadium, Tychy

Attendance: 7,219^[4]

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Quarter-finals

7 June 2019

15:30

Colombia	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Sikan 11'

Łódź Stadium, Łódź

Attendance: 8,443^[5]

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Semi-finals

11 June 2019

17:30

Ukraine	1–0	Italy
Buletsa 65'	Report

Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia

Attendance: 7,776^[6]

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Final

15 June 2019

18:00

Ukraine	3–1	South Korea
Supriaha 34', 54' Tsitaishvili 89'	Report	Lee Kang-in 5' (pen.)

Łódź Stadium, Łódź

Attendance: 16,344^[7]

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Squad

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

FIFA U-20 World Cup:
- Champions (1): 2019^[10]
Maurice Revello Tournament:
- Champions (1): 2024

Ukrainian footballers in the Soviet Union squads

1977 winners (9/18): Valentyn Kryachko, Sergei Baltacha, Viktor Kaplun, Andriy Bal, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Hryhoriy Batych, Oleksandr Sopko, Serhiy Zharkov, Yuriy Syvukha
1979 runners-up (9/18): Viktor Chanov, ~~(Aleksandr Polukarov)~~, Yaroslav Dumansky, Mykhaylo Olefirenko, Valeriy Zubenko, Oleh Taran, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Anatoliy Radenko, Oleksandr Zavarov, Serhiy Krakovskyi (head coach Sergei Korshunov represented Ukraine in 1956)
1983 (6/18): Valeriy Palamarchuk, Vadym Karatayev, Pavlo Yakovenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Ihor Petrov, Oleh Protasov
1985 (6/18): Ihor Kutepov, Volodymyr Horilyi, Serhiy Khudozhilov, Vyacheslav Medvid, ~~(Sergei Savchenko)~~, Oleh Serdyuk, Oleksandr Yesipov
1989 (8/18): Oleh Benko, Serhiy Zayets, Serhiy Bezhenar, Oleg Salenko, Oleh Matvyeyev, Yuri Nikiforov, Yuri Moroz, Viktor Onopko
1991 third (7/18): Oleksandr Pomazun, Sergei Mamchur, Dmytro Mykhaylenko, Serhiy Scherbakov, Serhiy Konovalov, Volodymyr Sharan, Yevhen Pokhlebayev

References

^ "Match report – Group D – Ukraine v USA" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Group D – Qatar v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Group D – Nigeria v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Ukraine v Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Colombia v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Semi-finals – Ukraine v Italy" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Final – Ukraine v Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ "U-19:підготовку до Євро-2015 розпочато" (in Ukrainian). FFU. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №521/2019. www.president.gov.ua. 15 July 2019
^ "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.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Ukraine's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
China	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Italy	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Panama	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Senegal	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
South Korea	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Turkey	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
United States	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	066.67
Total	19	10	6	3	36	17	+19	052.63

[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

[:0-10] "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.

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