Ukraine Under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachTBA
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Chile 2–4 Ukraine
(Mendoza, Argentina, 17 June 2001)
Biggest win
 Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine
(Whangarei, New Zealand, 2 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
 Chile 4–2 Ukraine
(Mendoza, Argentina, 17 June 2001)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2001)
Best resultChampions (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 in the final.

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
Tunisia 1977 Part of  Soviet Union
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993 Did not qualify
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001 Round of 16 11th 4 1 2 1 6 5
United Arab Emirates 2003 Did not qualify
Netherlands 2005 Round of 16 12th 4 1 1 2 7 7
Canada 2007 Did not qualify
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015 Round of 16 9th 4 2 2 0 10 1
South Korea 2017 Did not qualify
Poland 2019 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 13 4
Indonesia 2023 To be determined
Total Champions 4/14 19 10 6 3 36 17

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
Ukraine 2–1 United States
  • Buletsa 26'
  • Popov 51'
 Report
Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała
Attendance: 4,310[1]
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Qatar 0–1 Ukraine
Report
Tychy Stadium, Tychy
Attendance: 3,513[2]
Referee: Héctor Martínez (Honduras)
Nigeria 1–1 Ukraine
 Report
Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała
Attendance: 3,143[3]
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Round of 16

Ukraine 4–1 Panama
 Report
Tychy Stadium, Tychy
Attendance: 7,219[4]
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Quarter-finals

Colombia 0–1 Ukraine
Report
Łódź Stadium, Łódź
Attendance: 8,443[5]
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Semi-finals

Ukraine 1–0 Italy
 Report
Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia
Attendance: 7,776[6]
Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Final

Ukraine 3–1 South Korea
 Report
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]

Head coach: Oleksandr Petrakov

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Andriy Lunin (1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 20) Spain Real Madrid
12 1GK Vladyslav Kucheruk (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
20 1GK Dmytro Riznyk (1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2 2DF Valeriy Bondar (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
3 2DF Oleksandr Safronov (1999-06-11)11 June 1999 (aged 19) Ukraine Desna Chernihiv
4 2DF Denys Popov (1999-02-17)17 February 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
5 2DF Oleh Veremiyenko (1999-02-13)13 February 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Kalush
9 2DF Viktor Korniyenko (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
13 2DF Danylo Beskorovainyi (1999-02-07)7 February 1999 (aged 20) Slovakia Zemplín
17 2DF Yukhym Konoplia (1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 19) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19 2DF Ihor Snurnitsyn (2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 19) Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk
6 3MF Maksym Chekh (1999-01-03)3 January 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
7 3MF Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (2000-11-18)18 November 2000 (aged 18) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
8 3MF Oleksiy Khakhlyov (1999-02-06)6 February 1999 (aged 20) Spain Alavés
10 3MF Serhiy Buletsa (1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
15 3MF Kyrylo Dryshlyuk (1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 19) Ukraine Oleksandriya
16 3MF Mykola Musolitin (1999-01-21)21 January 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Chornomorets Odesa
21 3MF Oleksiy Kashchuk (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 18) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
11 4FW Vladyslav Supriaha (2000-02-15)15 February 2000 (aged 19) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
14 4FW Danylo Sikan (2001-04-16)16 April 2001 (aged 18) Ukraine Mariupol
18 4FW Denys Ustymenko (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 20) Ukraine Oleksandriya

Honours

References

  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. ^ "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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