Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Kozaki (The Cossacks)
EmblemTrident
UnionNational Rugby Federation of Ukraine
Head coachValerii Kochanov
CaptainTBC
Home stadiumVarious
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current36 (as of 16 January 2023)
Highest24 (2004)
Lowest42 (2018)
First international
Georgia (country) Georgia 19–15 Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Tbilisi, Georgia 21 November 1991)
Biggest win
Austria 0–78 Ukraine
(Vienna, Austria 14 May 1994)
Biggest defeat
Romania 97–0 Ukraine
(Bucharest, Romania 19 March 2005)
Websitewww.rugby.org.ua

The Ukraine national rugby union team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з регбі) represents Ukraine in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed The Cossacks (Kozaki), is one of the tier 3 teams in Europe that currently compete in the second division of the Rugby Europe International Championships in the Rugby Europe Trophy, a competition which is just below the Rugby Europe Championship where the top 6 countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the Six Nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup.

History

Ukraine made their international debut in 1991 against Georgia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, losing the close game 15-19. The two nations played again three days later, where Georgia won again with the score of 6-0. The following year Ukraine met Georgia once more for a two match series, losing both matches. In their first match of 1993, they defeated Hungary 41-3 for their first ever win since their independence. This was followed by another three wins in succession, against Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. This streak would however end in 1994 with a loss to Denmark.

In 1996 Ukraine defeated Latvia 19-3; the match would be the start of a nine match winning streak) which would be the longest thus far. The wins carried on until 1998, where they lost to the Netherlands 13-35. The late 1990s, Ukraine saw mixed results and defeated teams like Poland and the Czech Republic, but they lost games to the likes of their neighbours Russia, Georgia and Romania.

Ukraine played in the first division of 2005-06 European Nations Cup, the tournament where the best teams in Europe outside of the Six Nations and the tournament that also served as a qualifier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Ukraine lost all ten of their fixtures and were relegated to Division 2A while within the qualifiers, the bottom three teams went on to Round 4 of the European World Cup qualifiers, so Ukraine would find their selves playing against Russia twice to determine who goes through to the next round of the qualifiers. Ukraine lost both games by the scores 11-25 and 37-17.

Record

World Cup

World Cup record World Cup Qualification record
Year Round P W D L F A P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987Part of USSR: Not an independent countryPart of USSR: Not an independent country
United KingdomIrelandFrance 1991Part of USSR: Not an independent countryPart of USSR: Not an independent country
South Africa 1995did not enterdid not enter
Wales 1999did not qualify8602274108
Australia 2003430110054
France 2007120012105618
New Zealand 201110505150203
England 201510505267228
Japan 2019500552215
France 2023Automatically eliminated
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 19 0 30 948 1426

European Competitions

Season Division G W D L PF PA +/− Pts Pos
2000European Nations Cup Second Division410354135-8163rd
2000-01European Nations Cup Second Division54016561+4132nd
2002-04European Nations Cup Second Division Pool A871020074+126231st
2004-06European Nations Cup First Division10001077556-479106th
2006-08European Nations Cup Second Division 2A8305117128-11144th
2008-10European Nations Cup Second Division 2A8503140109+31181st
2010-12European Nations Cup First Division 1A10109124442-31856th
2012-14European Nations Cup First Division 1B105052272270243rd
2014-16European Nations Cup First Division 1B10802244165+79362nd
2016-17Rugby Europe Trophy500552215-16306th
2017-18Rugby Europe Conference 1 North42119263+29122nd
2018-19Rugby Europe Conference 1 North430111329+84141st
2019-20Rugby Europe Trophy52216074-19143rd
2021-22*Rugby Europe Trophy21016364-153rd

Overall

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Ukraine national XV at test level up until 18 March 2023:

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn  % Won
 Austria2200100%
 Belgium945044.44%
 Croatia541080%
 Czech Republic945044.44%
 Denmark321066.67%
 Georgia90900%
 Germany935133.33%
 Hungary320166.67%
 Israel1100100%
 Latvia321066.67%
 Lithuania642066.67%
 Luxembourg1100100%
 Moldova1147036.36%
 Netherlands963066.67%
 Poland14113078.57%
 Portugal514020%
 Romania70700%
 Russia90900%
 Spain20200%
 Serbia and Montenegro1100100%
 Slovenia1100100%
 Sweden9900100%
  Switzerland523040%
Total1336467248.12%

Recent Matches

Current Players

The following players were selected for the 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy match against Lithuania Lithuania.[1]

  • Head Coach: Ukraine Valerii Kochanov

Caps updated:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Serhii Sukhikh Prop (1978-10-28) 28 October 1978 Ukraine RC Olymp
Mykola Kirsanov Hooker (1980-04-24) 24 April 1980 Ukraine RC Olymp
Oleksii Novikov Prop (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 Ukraine RC Olymp
Matvii Bocharov Lock (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 Ukraine RC Olymp
Oleksandr Lomakin Lock (1980-05-02) 2 May 1980 Ukraine RC Olymp
Serhii Nikitin Back row (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 Ukraine RC Polytechnic
Vitaly Orlov Back row (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 Ukraine RC Olymp
Serhii Cherniachenko Back row (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 Ukraine RC Olymp
Vadym Sivak Scrum-half (1992-08-26) 26 August 1992 Ukraine RC Podillya
Volodymyr Voitov Fly-half (1988-08-10) 10 August 1988 Ukraine RC Olymp
Dmytro Prodeus Wing (1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 Ukraine RC Polytechnic
Viacheslav Ponomarenko Centre (1982-09-27) 27 September 1982 Ukraine RC Olymp
Oleh Kosariev Centre (1988-10-06) 6 October 1988 Ukraine RC Olymp
Denys Primushenetskiy Wing (1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 Ukraine RC Polytechnic
Myroslav Shuliak Fullback (1993-10-10) 10 October 1993 Ukraine RC Podillya
Serhii Liutyi ?? (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 Ukraine RC Epokha-Polytechnic
Valentyn Porokhonchuk Hooker (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Oleg Valius ?? (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 Ukraine RC Podillya
Daniil Korovin ?? (1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 Ukraine RC Epokha-Polytechnic
Andrii Tsarevskyi ?? (1987-01-17) 17 January 1987 Ukraine RC Olymp
Oleksandr Marshuba Scrum-half (1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 Ukraine RC Olymp
Narek Manukyan Wing (1992-06-04) 4 June 1992 Ukraine RC Rebels
Denys Zakhlivnyi ?? (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 Ukraine RC Epokha-Polytechnic

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Player Pos Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
Vitalii Kramarenko Prop Poland Budowlani Łódź v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Ruslan Radchuk Lock 29 November 1986 (age 34) Ukraine RC Kredo-63 v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Daniil Hapon Scrum-half 18 November 2001 (age 19) Ukraine SC Sokil v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Oleh Zarovnyi Fullback 19 September 2002 (age 19) Ukraine Odesa National Team v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Dmytro Mokretsov 24 March 1988 (33) Poland Ogniwo Sopot v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Oleksandr Khomenko 28 November 1990 (age 30) Ukraine RC Podillya v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Eduard Vertyletskyi Poland Pogoń Siedlce v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Roman Kulakivskyi Lock 5 November 1986 (age 34) Ukraine RC Kredo-63 v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021
Yaroslav Davydov 1 January 2001 (age 20) Ukraine RC Olymp v. Poland Poland, 9 October 2021

Coaches

Current coaching staff

Name Nationality Role
Maksym Kravchenko UKRManager
Valerii Kochanov UKRHead coach
Oleh Kvasnytsia UKRCoach
Olena Zadorozhna UKRPhysio

Former coaches

Name Years Tests Won Drew Lost Win percentage
Ukraine Valerii Kochanov

Notable players

See also

References

  1. "Lithuania vs Ukraine match report". Rugby Europe. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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