Ukraine national under-21 football team

European national under-21 football team
Name = Ukraine Under-21
Badge = Ukraine_football_association.gif
Nickname = Zbirna, Molodizhka
Association = Федерація Футболу
України
Coach = Pavlo Yakovenko
Most caps = "Dmytro Chygrynskiy" (19)
"Oleh Dopilka" (19)
Top scorer = "Oleksandr Aliev" (8)
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First game = Flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine 3 - 2 nftu21|Lithuania Flagicon|Lithuania
Kiev, Ukraine; 6 September, 1994
Largest win = Flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine 8 - 0 nftu21|Armenia Flagicon|Armenia
Kiev, Ukraine; 13 October, 1998
Largest loss = Flagicon|France nftu21|France 4 - 0 Ukraine Flagicon|Ukraine
Paris, France; 26 March, 1999

"Note: Records for competitive
matches only."

UEFAu21Champ apps = 1
UEFAu21Champ first = 2006
UEFAu21Champ best = Runner-up (2006)

The Ukraine national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union on (on December 26, 1991), the Ukraine senior team played their first match in April 1992. The under-21s played their first competitive matches in 1994, in the qualification round for the 1996 European Under-21 Championship.

The team has not had a good record, but like their senior counterparts, have qualified for a tournament for the first time. The under-21s managed to not only qualify for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship, but also reach the final, where they lost to nftu21|Netherlands on 2006-06-04 by 3-0.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

* 1994: Did not enter.
* 1996: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 6 in qualification group.
* 1998: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
* 2000: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 5 in qualification group.
* 2002: Did not qualify. Finished 1st of 5 in qualification group. Lost qualification play-off.
* 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
* 2006: Runner-up

Coaches

*1992-1994 Volodymyr Muntian
*1995 Viktor Kolotov
*1996-1997 Oleksandr Ischenko
*1998-1999 Viktor Kolotov
*1999-2001 Volodymyr Onyschenko
*2002 "Kroschenko"
*2002-2004 Pavlo Yakovenko, Gennadiy Litovchenko
*2004-2007 Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko
*2008 Volodymyr Muntian (caretaker)
*2008 Pavlo Yakovenko

Forthcoming Fixtures

Fixtures and Results at FFU [http://www.ffu.org.ua/ Ukraine under-21 fixtures and results] .

Defenders

Former team

Players that does not participate anylonger in the U-21 team matches.

Goalkeepers

Forwards

References

See also

* Ukraine national football team
* European Under-21 Football Championship
* 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
* 2006 UEFA under-21 Championship Finalists

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21 UEFA Under-21 website] Contains full results archive
** * [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/Under21/Teams/Team=57166/index.html UEFA Ukraine U-21 page] Contains rosters and photographs.
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/europe-u21.html The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation] Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.