Ukraine
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AssociationUkrainian Association of Football (UAF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRuslan Rotan
FIFA codeUKR
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Summer Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 2024)

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.

It is expected to make its debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris[1][2] headed by 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] Along with the Ukrainian team to the competition also qualified Israel and Spain.

Olympic qualification

Since 1992, the olympic roster may consist out of under-23-year-old players, plus three over the age players.[5]

Olympic Games record UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA → Outcome
1896–1916 Part of Russia Russian Empire (predominantly) Part of Russia Russian Empire (predominantly)
Greece 1896 No football tournament was held No football tournament was held
German Empire 1916 No competitions due to World War I No competitions due to World War I
Belgium 1920 Did not enter due to war Did not enter due to war
1924–1992 Part of  Soviet Union (predominantly) Part of  Soviet Union (predominantly)
United States 1932 No football tournament was held No football tournament was held
1940–1944 No competitions due to World War II No competitions due to World War II
United States 1996 Did not qualify Eliminated at qualifications
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012 3 0 1 2 1 5 20114th in Group B
Brazil 2016 Eliminated at qualifications
Japan 2020
France 2024 Qualified 5 3 1 1 9 8 2023Reached semi-finals
United States 2028 To be determined To be determined
Total 1/8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 3 10 13

Head coaches

Manager[6] Nation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Final tour
Ruslan Rotan Ukraine

References

  1. ↑ "Збірна України зіграє у футбольному турнірі на Олімпійських іграх". football.ua. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  2. ↑ "Історичне досягнення: збірна України з футболу вперше пробилася на Олімпійські ігри". tsn.ua. 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. ↑ "Олімпіада-2024: стало відомо, хто буде очолювати збірну України з футболу на змаганнях у Франції". 24 Канал. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Україна U-21 сенсаційно розбила Францію в чвертьфіналі чемпіонату Європи-2023". football.ua. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  5. ↑ Olympic tournaments
  6. ↑ Ruslan Rotan became the 10th head coach in the history of the Ukrainian youth football team (Руслан Ротань став 10-м головним тренером в історії молодіжної збірної України). Ukrainian Association of Football. 28 December 2018
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