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 in the final. Ukraine was also the first of the former Soviet Union to win a FIFA title.

Ukraine Under-20
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachOleksandr Petrakov
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)

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
1977Part of  Soviet Union
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001Round of 1611th412165
2003Did not qualify
2005Round of 1612th411277
2007Did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015Round of 169th4220101
2017Did not qualify
2019Champions1st7610134
TotalChampions4/141910633617

Recent games

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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
 Report
Attendance: 4,310[1]
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Qatar 0–1 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 3,513[2]
Referee: Héctor Martínez (Honduras)
Nigeria 1–1 Ukraine
  • Tijani  51' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 3,143[3]
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Round of 16
Ukraine 4–1 Panama
 Report
Attendance: 7,219[4]
Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Quarter-finals
Colombia 0–1 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 8,443[5]

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

Final
Ukraine 3–1 South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 16,344[7]

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) Leganés
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) Dnipro-1
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

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.
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