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 3−1 in the final. They remained champions for almost 4 years, being that the 2021 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19 until they failed to qualify for the 2023 edition in which Uruguay won and became champions.

Ukraine Under-20

Association	Ukrainian Association of Football
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Dmytro Mykhaylenko
Captain	Matviy Ponomarenko
FIFA code	UKR
First colours Second colours
First international
Chile 2–4 Ukraine  (Mendoza, Argentina, 17 June 2001)
Biggest win
Myanmar 0–6 Ukraine  (Whangārei, New Zealand, 2 June 2015)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine 1–2 Paraguay  (Mendoza, Argentina; 28 June 2001)  China 3–2 Ukraine  (Utrecht, Netherlands; 14 June 2005)  Nigeria 1–0 Ukraine  (Doetinchem, Netherlands; 22 June 2005)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2001)
Best result	Champions (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	Squad
1977	Part of  Soviet Union
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001	Round of 16	11th	4	1	2	1	6	5	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Round of 16	12th	4	1	1	2	7	7	Squad
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015	Round of 16	9th	4	2	2	0	10	1	Squad
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	13	4	Squad
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Qualified
Total	Champions	5/15	19	10	6	3	36	17	-

• 2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoli Kroschenko)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksiy Byelik 3 goals
• 2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksandr Aliev 5 goals
• 2015: Round of 16 (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Viktor Kovalenko 5 goals
• 2019: Champions (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Danylo Sikan 4 goals

Results and fixtures

2025

Ukraine  v  Northern Ireland

22 March 2025 (2025-03-22) Friendly	Ukraine	1–0	Northern Ireland	Turkey
16:00	Chaban 51'	Report

Ukraine  v  Norway

25 March 2025 (2025-03-25) Friendly	Ukraine	1–0	Norway	Turkey
14:00	Hodya 78'	Report

Ukraine  v  Morocco

6 June 2025 (2025-06-06) Friendly

Ukraine

cancelled

Morocco

San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain

Ukraine  v  United States

10 June 2025 (2025-06-10) Friendly	Ukraine	1–1	United States	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00	Hadzhiyev 40'	Report

South Korea  v  Ukraine

27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup	South Korea	v	Ukraine	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile
17:00		Report

Panama  v  Ukraine

30 September 2025 (2025-09-30) 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Panama	v	Ukraine	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile
17:00		Report

Ukraine  v  Paraguay

3 October 2025 (2025-10-03) 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Ukraine	v	Paraguay	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile
17:00		Report

Current squad

Players born in 2005 or later are eligible for the current representation.

The following players were called up for the friendly matches in March 2025.^[1]

• Match dates: 6 and 10 June 2025
• Opposition: Morocco and the United States.
• Caps and goals correct as of: vs the United States on 10 June 2025.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Illya Popovych	(2005-11-30) 30 November 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Kisvárda
	1GK	Illya Voloshyn	(2007-01-15) 15 January 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Real Madrid
	1GK	Denys Marchenko	(2007-02-05) 5 February 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Obolon Kyiv
	2DF	Maksym Melnychenko (captain)	(2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Polissya Zhytomyr
	2DF	Mykola Oharkov	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
	2DF	Oleksiy Husyev	(2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Zorya Luhansk
	2DF	Mykola Kyrychok	(2006-05-16) 16 May 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Karpaty Lviv
	2DF	Vladyslav Zakharchenko	(2006-06-16) 16 June 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Dynamo Kyiv
	2DF	Kyrylo Dihtyar	(2007-11-25) 25 November 2007 (age 17)	3	0	Metalist Kharkiv
	2DF	Vitaliy Katrych	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Inhulets Petrove
	2DF	Oleksandr Zhovtenko	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Inhulets Petrove
	3MF	Ramik Hadzhyiev	(2005-08-14) 14 August 2005 (age 20)	3	1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
	3MF	Ivan Chaban	(2006-07-24) 24 July 2006 (age 19)	3	1	Karpaty Lviv
	3MF	Artur Shakh	(2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Karpaty Lviv
	3MF	Roman Salenko	(2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Dynamo Kyiv
	3MF	Daniil Vashchenko	(2005-10-02) 2 October 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Oleksandriya
	3MF	Yaroslav Karaman	(2006-06-08) 8 June 2006 (age 19)	3	0	Polissya Zhytomyr
	3MF	Danylo Krevsun	(2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Borussia Dortmund
	3MF	Bohdan Budko	(2006-01-07) 7 January 2006 (age 19)	1	0	AZ Alkmaar
	3MF	Viktor Tsukanov	(2006-02-04) 4 February 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
	3MF	Dmytro Kremchanin	(2005-03-22) 22 March 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Dynamo Kyiv
	3MF	Maksym Len	(2006-11-25) 25 November 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	4FW	Artem Husol	(2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Kolos Kovalivka

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Vladyslav Krapyvtsov	(2005-06-25) 25 June 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Girona	v.  Norway, 25 March 2025
GK	Maksym Voronov	(2006-06-09) 9 June 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Athletico Paranaense	v.  Norway, 25 March 2025
DF	Anton Drozd	(2005-08-06) 6 August 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.  Morocco, 6 June 2025 RES
DF	Ivan Yermachkov	(2005-06-08) 8 June 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Viktoria 1889 Berlin	v.  Norway, 25 March 2025
DF	Daniel Vernattus	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Metalist Kharkiv	v.  Norway, 25 March 2025
MF	Andriy Matkevych	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Zorya Luhansk	v.  Morocco, 6 June 2025 RES
MF	Dmytro Hodya	(2005-03-10) 10 March 2005 (age 20)	2	1	Veres Rivne	v.  Norway, 25 March 2025
MF	Timur Tutyerov	(2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Sunderland	v.  Northern Ireland, 20 March 2025 WD
FW	Vladyslav Herych	(2005-11-07) 7 November 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  United States, 10 June 2025 INJ
FW	Matviy Ponomarenko	(2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Morocco, 6 June 2025 RES
FW	Artem Stepanov	(2007-08-10) 10 August 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	v.  Morocco, 6 June 2025 RES
FW	Fedir Zadorozhnyi	(2006-11-16) 16 November 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Norway, 25 March 2025
Notes WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

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

24 May 2019 (2019-05-24)

20:30

Ukraine	2–1	United States
Buletsa 26' Popov 51'	Report	Servania 32'

Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała

Attendance: 4,310^[2]

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

27 May 2019 (2019-05-27)

18:00

Qatar	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Popov 59'

Tychy Stadium, Tychy

Attendance: 3,513^[3]

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)

20:30

Nigeria	1–1	Ukraine
Tijani 51' (pen.)	Report	Sikan 30'

Bielsko-Biała Stadium, Bielsko-Biała

Attendance: 3,143^[4]

Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

Round of 16

3 June 2019 (2019-06-03)

17:30

Ukraine	4–1	Panama
Sikan 23', 45+1' Popov 41' Buletsa 83'	Report	Walker 50'

Tychy Stadium, Tychy

Attendance: 7,219^[5]

Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

Quarter-finals

7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)

15:30

Colombia	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Sikan 11'

Łódź Stadium, Łódź

Attendance: 8,443^[6]

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Semi-finals

11 June 2019 (2019-06-11)

17:30

Ukraine	1–0	Italy
Buletsa 65'	Report

Gdynia Stadium, Gdynia

Attendance: 7,776^[7]

Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

Final

15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)

18:00

Ukraine	3–1	South Korea
Supriaha 34', 54' Tsitaishvili 89'	Report	Lee Kang-in 5' (pen.)

Łódź Stadium, Łódź

Attendance: 16,344^[8]

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

2019 squad

The following 21 players have been called up to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[9] On 15 July 2019 all players of the squad were awarded by the presidential decree the Order of Merit, 3rd degree, while Petrakov's coaching staff were honored with title "Honored state functionary of physical culture and sport of Ukraine".^[10]

Head coach: Oleksandr Petrakov

• Coach: Andriy Annenkov
• Coach: Vyacheslav Kernozenko
• Coach: Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Andriy Lunin	(1999-02-11)11 February 1999 (aged 20)	Real Madrid
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)	Desna Chernihiv
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 Michalovce
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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Ukraine's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
China	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Colombia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Italy	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Panama	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Senegal	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
South Korea	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Turkey	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
United States	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	066.67
Total	19	10	6	3	36	17	+19	052.63

Honours

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Champions (1): 2019^[11]
• Maurice Revello Tournament:
  • Champions (1): 2024

Ukrainian footballers in the Soviet Union squads

• 1977 winners (9/18): Valentyn Kryachko, Sergei Baltacha, Viktor Kaplun, Andriy Bal, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Hryhoriy Batych, Oleksandr Sopko, Serhiy Zharkov, Yuriy Syvukha
• 1979 runners-up (9/18): Viktor Chanov, (Aleksandr Polukarov), Yaroslav Dumansky, Mykhaylo Olefirenko, Valeriy Zubenko, Oleh Taran, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Anatoliy Radenko, Oleksandr Zavarov, Serhiy Krakovskyi (head coach Sergei Korshunov represented Ukraine in 1956)
• 1983 (6/18): Valeriy Palamarchuk, Vadym Karatayev, Pavlo Yakovenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Ihor Petrov, Oleh Protasov
• 1985 (6/18): Ihor Kutepov, Volodymyr Horilyi, Serhiy Khudozhilov, Vyacheslav Medvid, (Sergei Savchenko), Oleh Serdyuk, Oleksandr Yesipov
• 1989 (8/18): Oleh Benko, Serhiy Zayets, Serhiy Bezhenar, Oleg Salenko, Oleh Matvyeyev, Yuri Nikiforov, Yuri Moroz, Viktor Onopko
• 1991 third (7/18): Oleksandr Pomazun, Sergei Mamchur, Dmytro Mykhaylenko, Serhiy Scherbakov, Serhiy Konovalov, Volodymyr Sharan, Yevhen Pokhlebayev