Ukraine have appeared in three UEFA European Championships – Euro 2012, Euro 2016, and Euro 2020. Before 1996, some of its players played for the Soviet Union national team and CIS national team – Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleh Luzhnyi, Ivan Hetsko and others.

For Euro 2012, they qualified automatically as one of the host countries. This marked their début at the major European football tournament. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, all in Donetsk. The UEFA Euro 2012 was the second ever international final that Ukraine appeared following their international finals debut in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

For Euro 2016, Ukraine qualified via the play-offs, defeating Slovenia. They qualified for Euro 2020 by finishing top of their qualifying group, and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16 after extra time, before being eliminated by England.

UEFA Euro 2012

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout phase
2  France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Ukraine (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3[a]
4  Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.
Ukraine 2–1 Sweden
  • Shevchenko 55', 62'
 Report
Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 64,290[1]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Ukraine 0–2 France
Report
Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,000[2]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
England 1–0 Ukraine
 Report
Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,700[3]
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

UEFA Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7[a] Advance to knockout phase
2  Poland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7[a]
3  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
 Report
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Attendance: 43,035[4]
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
Ukraine 0–2 Northern Ireland
Report
Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu
Attendance: 51,043[5]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Ukraine 0–1 Poland
Report
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 58,874[6]
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

UEFA Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  North Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 3–2 Ukraine
 Report
Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 15,837[7]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Ukraine 2–1 North Macedonia
 Report
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 10,001[8]
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
Ukraine 0–1 Austria
Report
Arena Națională, Bucharest
Attendance: 10,472[9]
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Portugal 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Advance to knockout phase
2 D  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 C  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 B  Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
6 E  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout phase

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout phase
Round of 16
Sweden 1–2 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
 Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 9,221[10]
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Quarter-finals
Ukraine 0–4 England
Report
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 11,880[11]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Overall record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA Campaign
as part of  Soviet Union as part of  Soviet Union
France 1960 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1960
Spain 1964 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 2 2 0 7 3 1964
Italy 1968 Fourth Place 4th 2 0 1 1 0 2 8 6 0 2 19 8 1968
Belgium 1972 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 1 3 8 5 3 0 16 4 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Did not qualify 8 4 1 3 12 10 1976
Italy 1980 6 1 3 2 7 8 1980
France 1984 6 4 1 1 11 2 1984
West Germany 1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 4 8 5 3 0 14 3 1988
as part of  CIS
Sweden 1992 Group stage 8th 3 0 2 1 1 4 8 5 3 0 13 2 1992
as  Ukraine as  Ukraine
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 4 1 5 11 15 1996
Belgium Netherlands 2000 12 5 6 1 16 7 2000
Portugal 2004 8 2 4 2 11 10 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 5 2 5 18 16 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group stage 13th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Qualified as hosts
France 2016 24th 3 0 0 3 0 5 12 7 2 3 17 5 2016
European Union 2020 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 0 3 6 10 8 6 2 0 17 4 2020
Germany 2024 To be determined To be determined
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028
Italy Turkey 2032
Total Quarter-finals 3/7 11 3 0 8 8 19 62 29 17 16 90 57 –
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Full-time report Ukraine-France" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Full-time report England-Ukraine" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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  5. ^ "Full Time Summary – Ukraine v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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  7. ^ "Full Time Summary – Netherlands v Ukraine" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Full Time Summary – Ukraine v North Macedonia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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