Ukraine women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Ukraine national football team.

The Ukraine women's national football team (Ukrainian: Жіноча збірна України з футболу, romanized: Zhinocha zbirna Ukraini z futbolu) represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Zhinky
Association	Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Українська Асоціація Футболу
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Volodymyr Pyatenko
Captain	Daryna Apanashchenko
Most caps	Daryna Apanashchenko (151)
Top scorer	Daryna Apanashchenko (66)[1]
Home stadium	Arena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression) Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv
FIFA code	UKR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	34 1 (7 August 2025)[2]
Highest	16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest	35 (December 2021 – March 2022; June – December 2024; June 2025)
First international
Ukraine 0–0 Moldova  (Kyiv, Ukraine; 30 June 1992)[3]
Biggest win
Ukraine 8–0 Belarus  (Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 August 2014)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine 0–8 Germany  (Lviv, Ukraine; 3 September 2019)  Germany 8–0 Ukraine  (Aachen, Germany; 5 October 2019)  Japan 8–0 Ukraine  (Hiroshima, Japan; 10 June 2021)
European Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 2009)
Best result	Group stage (2009)

The team has been playing since 30 June 1992 when it hosted a team of Moldova. Before its first official tournament, the UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying phase, the Ukraine women's team played at least four more friendlies all with Belarus in 1993. The first team consisted of the following players: Tetyana Ovcharenko (goalkeeper) – Olena Mazurenko, Svitlana Balynska, Olena Chubarova, Alina Doroshchuk – Tetyana Shvets, Iryna Serhiyenko, Lyudmyla Pokotylo, Halyna Prykhodko – Tetyana Verezubova, Svitlana Frishko; and substitutes: Valentyna Ryabichenko (goalkeeper) – Inesa Titova – Yulia Bayeka, Natalia Melnychenko, Lyudmyla Protsenko – Olena Vdovyka, Tetyana Vyshnyakova, Halyna Zonova.^[4]

The first major tournament they played in was the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 in Finland. Their most recent competition is qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.^[5]

Team image

Nicknames

The Ukraine women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Zhinky".

Home stadium

The Ukraine women's national football team hosts their home matches at Arena Lviv, while before the Russian aggression at Stadion imeni Gagarina.

• record since 2007

Venue	City	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points per game
Stadion imeni Gagarina	Chernihiv	13	8	2	3	29	12	2
Arena Lviv	Lviv	13	6	3	4	28	23	1.62
Obolon Arena	Kyiv	3	3	0	0	7	1	3
Sevastopol Sports Complex	Sevastopol	3	1	0	2	7	4	1
Stadion Illichivets	Mariupol	2	2	0	0	8	1	3
Stadion Ukrayina	Lviv	2	1	1	0	3	2	2
Stadion imeni Bannikova	Kyiv	1	1	0	0	8	0	3
Ternopilsky Misky Stadion	Ternopil	1	1	0	0	2	0	3

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

Ukraine  v  Kosovo

5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	2–0	Kosovo	Antalya, Turkey[note 1]
17:00 UTC+3	Petryk 28' (pen.) Khimich 34'	Report		Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Attendance: 45 Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

Croatia  v  Ukraine

9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Croatia	1–0	Ukraine	Podujevo, Croatia
16:00 UTC+2	Lojna 18'	Report		Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium Attendance: 517 Referee: Zulema González (Spain)

Wales  v  Ukraine

31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Wales	1–1	Ukraine	Llanelli, Wales
20:15 UTC+1	Barton 64' (pen.)	Report	Andrukhiv 3'	Stadium: Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 4,046 Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Ukraine  v  Wales

4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	2–2	Wales	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
20:00 UTC+2	Kalinina 34' Kozlova 90+8'	Report	Barton 74' (pen.) Fishlock 77'	Stadium: Stadion Dyskobolii Attendance: 88 Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

Kosovo  v  Ukraine

12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Kosovo	0–4	Ukraine	Podujevo, Kosovo
18:00 UTC+2		Report	Apanashchenko 3' Khimich 8' Basanska 21' Kravchuk 27'	Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium Attendance: 347 Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Ukraine  v  Croatia

16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	2–0	Croatia	Skopje, North Macedonia
19:00 UTC+2	Korsun 31' Kravchuk 35'	Report		Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre Attendance: 30 Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)

Turkey  v  Ukraine

25 October UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final 1st leg	Turkey	1–1	Ukraine	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3	Keskin 51'	Report	Apanaschenko 31'	Stadium: Esenler Erokspor Stadium Attendance: 1,688 Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)

Ukraine  v  Turkey

29 October UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final 2nd leg	Ukraine	2–0	Turkey	Chișinău, Moldova
17:00 UTC+3	Karataş 14' (o.g.) Shmatko 34'	Report		Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 438 Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Ukraine  v  Belgium

29 November UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off final 1st leg	Ukraine	0–2	Belgium	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 UTC+3		Report	Van Kerkhoven 21' Wullaert 90+3'	Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Attendance: 312 Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

Belgium  v  Ukraine

3 December UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off final 2nd leg	Belgium	2–1	Ukraine	Leuven, Belgium
20:15 UTC+1	Toloba 67' Wullaert 90'	Report	Shmatko 79'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

2025

Albania  v  Ukraine

21 February 2025 UEFA Nations League	Albania	1–2	Ukraine	Durrës, Albania
18:00 UTC+1	Berisha 90+5'	Report	Ovdiychuk 31' Kozlova 48'	Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium Attendance: 2,520 Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)

Ukraine  v  Croatia

25 February 2025 UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	2–1	Croatia	Elbasan, Albania[note 2]
18:00 UTC+1	Kotyk 2' Kalinina 61'	Report	Nevrkla 69'	Stadium: Elbasan Arena Attendance: 10 Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Ukraine  v  Czech Republic

4 April 2025 UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	1–0	Czech Republic	Polkowice, Poland
18:00 UTC+2	Ovdiychuk 57'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 500 Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)

Czech Republic  v  Ukraine

8 April 2025 UEFA Nations League	Czech Republic	1–1	Ukraine	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
17:30 UTC+2	Svitková 4'	Report	Petryk 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 2,184 Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

Ukraine  v  Albania

30 May 2025 UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	2–1	Albania	Varaždin, Croatia
19:00 UTC+2	Ovdiychuk 19' Basanska 41'	Report	Berisha 10'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks Attendance: 50 Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

Croatia  v  Ukraine

3 June 2025 UEFA Nations League	Croatia	2–0	Ukraine	Karlovac, Croatia
19:00 UTC+2	Vračević 11' Živković 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek Attendance: 238 Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Poland  v  Ukraine

27 June Friendly	Poland	4–0	Ukraine	Mielec, Poland
15:30 UTC+2	Jedlińska 18' Tomasiak 64' Adamek 90+4' Kokosz 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Stali Mielec Referee: Patrycja Turczyn (Poland)

• Ukraine Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 21 August 2023^[7]

Role	Name
Head coach	Volodymyr Pyatenko[8][9]
Assistant coach	Vacant
Assistant coach	Vacant
Goalkeeping coach	Oleksandr Mytko
Administrator	Oleksandr Harbuzyuk
Team manager	Serhiy Novikov
Doctor	Oleksandr Vokhmintsev

Manager history

See also: Category:Ukraine women's national football team managers

Period	Manager	Ref.
1992–1993	Oleksandr Chubarov	[10][11]
1994–2000	Serhiy Kachkarov	[12]
2000–2002	Anatoliy Piskovets	[13]
2003–2004	Mykola Lytvyn	[14]
2005–2006	Volodymyr Kulayev	[15]
2007–2014	Anatoliy Kutsev	[16]
2015–2018	Volodymyr Reva	[17]
2018–2021	Natalya Zinchenko	[18]
2021–2023	Lluís Cortés	[19][20][21]
2023–present	Volodymyr Pyatenko

Players

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Poland on 27 June 2025, respectively. ^[22]

Caps and goals are correct as of 3 June 2025, after the match against the Croatia. ^[23]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Daryna Bondarchuk	(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 27)	12	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
12	1GK	Kateryna Boklach	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Nantes
12	1GK	Iryna Slavych		0	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv-
2	2DF	Solomiya Kupyak			0	Kolos Kovalivka
4	2DF	Yana Kotyk	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 22)	10	2	Vorskla Poltava
10	2DF	Marina Shayniuk	(2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Vorskla Poltava
14	2DF	Lesia Olkhova	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
14	2DF	Oleksandra Krevska			0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
6	3MF	Dayana Semkiv	(2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 21)	23	0	Kolos Kovalivka
13	3MF	Natia Pantsulaia	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 33)	61	2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
21	3MF	Tamila Khimich	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)	69	6	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
15	3MF	Daria Ivkova	(1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 32)	8	1	SeaSters FC
8	3MF	Viktoriya Radionova				Vorskla Poltava
8	3MF	Viktoriya Holovach				Shakhtar Donetsk
8	3MF	Tetiana Tril				Polissia Zhytomyr
9	3MF	Nicole Kozlova	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 25)	46	7	Glasgow City F.C.
21	3MF	Yana Malakhova	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 30)	20	1	Mura
14	3MF	Yulia Khrystyuk	(2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 (age 22)	4	1	Old Dominion
11	4FW	Yelyzaveta Molodyuk	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 21)	8	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
20	4FW	Inna Hlushchenko	(2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 21)	30	3	Lille
20	4FW	Tanya Boychuk	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 25)			Montreal Roses

Recent call ups

The following players were called up to the squad within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Darya Kelyushyk	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 21)	14	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.  Czech Republic, 8 April 2025
GK	Kateryna Samson	(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 37)	55	0	Vorskla Poltava	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
DF	Yana Derkach	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 27)	8	0	Fomget GSK	v.  Croatia, 25 February 2025
DF	Anastasiya Voronina	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 32)	3	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.  Bulgaria, 27 February 2024
DF	Iryna Podolska	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 30)	29	0	Vorskla Poltava	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
DF	Lyubov Shmatko	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 31)	63	7	Fomget GSK	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
DF	Daryna Apanashchenko (captain)	(1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 39)	155	66	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
DF	Kateryna Korsun	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29)	35	2	Vorskla Poltava	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
DF	Olga Basanska	(1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 33)	93	4	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
MF	Yulia Shevchuk	(1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 27)	15	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	v.  Czech Republic, 8 April 2025
MF	Nadiia Kunina	(2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 25)	37	6	Kolos Kovalivka	v.  Croatia, 16 July 2024
MF	Iryna Maiborodina	(1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 32)	1	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.  Croatia, 9 April 2024
MF	Anna Petryk	(1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27)	51	2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
MF	Veronika Andrukhiv	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 29)	66	7	Kolos Kovalivka	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
MF	Yana Kalinina	(1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30)	75	9	Vorskla Poltava	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
MF	Viktoriya Hiryn	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24)	26	1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
FW	Olga Ovdiychuk	(1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 31)	98	18	Fomget GSK	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
FW	Roksolana Kravchuk	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 27)	38	5	Vorskla Poltava	v.  Poland,27 June 2025
Notes INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad RET = Retired from national team

Records

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Most capped players # Player[24] Year(s) Caps Goals 1 Darya Apanashchenko 2002–present 155 66 2 Lyudmyla Pekur 1997–2016 102 24 3 Olha Ovdiychuk 2012–present 96 17 4 Olha Basanska 2010–present 92 3 5 Vira Dyatel 2000–2018 89 21 6 Olena Mazurenko 1992–2009 83 4 7 Svitlana Frishko 1992–2011 79 31 8 Tetyana Chorna 1997–2015 74 5 9 Yana Kalinina 2015–present 73 9 10 Tamila Khimych 2015–present 69 6

Top goalscorers # Player[24] Year(s) Goals Caps 1 Daryna Apanashchenko 2002–present 66 155 2 Svitlana Frishko 1992–2011 31 79 3 Lyudmyla Pekur 1997–2016 24 102 4 Nataliya Zinchenko 1994–2009 23 66 5 Vira Dyatel 2000–2018 21 89 6 Olha Boychenko 2008–2021 17 63 Tetyana Verezubova 1992–2006 17 64 Olha Ovdiychuk 2012–present 17 96 9 Tetyana Romanenko 2009–2023 11 68 10 Nadiya Mishchenko 1995–2002 9 39 Olena Khodyryeva 2001–2014 9 53 Yana Kalinina 2015–present 9 73

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA Women's World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	→	Outcome
1991 as Part of  Soviet Union											1991 as Part of  Soviet Union
as  Ukraine											as  Ukraine
1995	Did not qualify										Same as UEFA Euro 1995
1999											8	3	1	4	10	19	1998	2nd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A), lost to Germany in play-off
2003											6	2	1	3	9	12	2003	3rd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A)
2007											8	5	1	2	20	11	2007	2nd in Qualifying group 1 (First Category)
2011											12	5	3	4	24	15	2011	1st in Qualifying group 4, lost to Norway and Italy in play-off
2015											12	7	2	3	37	13	2015	2nd in Qualifying group 6, lost to Italy in play-off
2019											8	4	1	3	9	10	2019	3rd in Qualifying group 4
2023											8	3	1	4	12	20	2023	3rd in Qualifying group B
2027	To be determined										To be determined						2027
2031																	2031
2035																	2035
Total	0/8										62	29	10	23	121	100

* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Main article: UEFA Women's Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA Women's Championship record											Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK	→	Outcome
1984 to 1991 as part of  Soviet Union											1984 to 1991 as part of  Soviet Union
as  Ukraine											as  Ukraine
1993	Did not enter										Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify										6	2	1	3	9	12	–		1995	3rd in Qualifying group 2, relegated to Class B
1997											8	6	1	1	17	5			1997	1st in Qualifying group 8, won over Romania in play-off and promoted to Class A
2001											8	1	2	5	7	18			2001	3rd in Qualifying group 3, lost to England in play-off
2005											8	2	1	5	7	21			2005	4th in Qualifying group 4
2009	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad		10	8	1	1	20	3			2009	2nd in Qualifying group 5, beat Slovenia in play-off
2013	Did not qualify										10	5	1	4	22	10			2013	2nd in Qualifying group 5, lost to Iceland in play-off
2017											8	4	1	3	14	12			2017	3rd in Qualifying group 3
2022											10	5	0	5	17	25			2022	2nd in Qualifying group I, lost to Northern Ireland in play-off
2025											10	4	3	3	15	9	[a]	22nd	2025	2nd in qualifying group B4, beat Turkey in play-off round 1, lost to Belgium in play-off round 2
Total	1/10		3	1	0	2	2	4			78	38	11	29	128	115	22nd

UEFA Women's Nations League

Main article: UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season	League	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2023–24	B	3	3rd	8	4	0	4	12	7	*	27th
2025	B	4	To be determined
Total				8	4	0	4	12	7	27th

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Minor tournaments

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1995 Albena Cup	Final	2nd
1999 Albena Cup	3rd place	4th
2000 Albena Cup	Final	1st
2002 Albena Cup	3rd place	3rd
2005 Albena Cup	Group stage	2nd
2006 Albena Cup	Group stage	3rd
2017 Four Nations Tournament	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	6
2020 Pinatar Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	4
2022 Turkish Women's Cup	Group stage	1st	3	3	0	0	5	0

Honours

Friendly

• Albena Cup

Champions: 2000

• Turkish Women's Cup

Champions: 2022

See also

• Sport in Ukraine
  • Football in Ukraine
    • Women's football in Ukraine
• Ukraine women's national under-19 football team
• Ukraine women's national under-17 football team
• Ukraine men's national football team

Notes

1. From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.

1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[6]
2. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[6]