Ukraine women's national football team
The Ukraine women's national football team represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Ukrainian Association of Football.
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| Nickname(s) | Zhinky | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Українська Асоціація Футболу | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Lluís Cortés | ||
| Captain | Olena Khodyreva | ||
| Most caps | Lyudmyla Pekur (110) | ||
| Top scorer | Daryna Apanashchenko (44)[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Arena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression) Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv | ||
| FIFA code | UKR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 32  1 (24 March 2023)[2] | ||
| Highest | 16 (June 2008) | ||
| Lowest | 35 (December 2021) | ||
| 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, 4th | ||
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 (and so far only) 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.[4]
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
2022
| 24 June 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup B | Ukraine | 0–4 |  Scotland | Rzeszów, Poland[5] |
| 20:15 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Rzeszowie Referee: Triinu Laos (Estonia) |
| 28 June 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup B | Ukraine | 2–0 |  Hungary | Rzeszów, Poland[5] |
| 20:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Rzeszowie Referee: Fatemeh Zangeneh (Norway) |
| 2 September 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification– UEFAGroup B | Faroe Islands  | 0–3 | Ukraine | Tórshavn |
| Report | Stadium: Tórsvøllur Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland) |
| 6 September World Cup 2023 qualifying | Spain  | 5–0 | Ukraine | Las Rozas de Madrid |
| 21:00 | Report | Stadium: La Ciudad del Fútbol Referee: Jelena Cvetković (Serbia) |
2023
| 11 April Friendly | Estonia  | 0–1 | Ukraine | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Stadium: Sportland Arena |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
As of 31 March 2021[6]
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Lluís Cortés |
| Assistant coach | Jaume Joan Rius |
| Assistant coach | Jordi Escura |
| Goalkeeping coach | Oleksandr Mytko |
| Administrator | Oleksandr Harbuzyuk |
| Team Manager | Sergii Novikov |
| Doctor | Oleksandr Vokhmintsev |
Manager history
| Period | Manager | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1992–1993 | Oleksandr Chubarov |
[7][8] |
| 1994–2000 | Serhiy Kachkarov |
[9] |
| 2000–2002 | Anatoliy Piskovets |
[10] |
| 2003–2004 | Mykola Lytvyn |
[11] |
| 2005–2006 | Volodymyr Kulayev |
[12] |
| 2007–2014 | Anatoliy Kutsev |
[13] |
| 2015–2018 | Volodymyr Reva |
[14] |
| 2018–2021 | Natalya Zinchenko |
[15] |
| 2021– | Lluís Cortés |
[16] |
Players
Current squad
- The following players were named for ...
- Caps and goals accurate up to and including 2 May 2023.[17]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Daryna Bondarchuk | 20 May 1998 | 11 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 12 | GK | Iryna Sanina | 8 October 1985 | 17 | 0 | Kolos Kovalivka |
| 23 | GK | Kateryna Samson | 5 July 1988 | 45 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava |
| GK | Darya Kelyushyk | 21 November 2003 | 0 | 0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 2 | DF | Iryna Podolska | 14 March 1995 | 23 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 4 | DF | Yana Derkach | 10 July 1998 | 6 | 0 | Unattached |
| 14 | DF | Lyubov Shmatko | 25 October 1993 | 41 | 3 | Unattached |
| DF | Tetyana Romanenko | 3 October 1990 | 59 | 11 |  Saint-Étienne | |
| DF | Darya Kravets | 21 March 1994 | 60 | 8 |  Como | |
| DF | Natia Pantsulaia | 28 December 1991 | 43 | 2 | Kolos Kovalivka | |
| DF | Kateryna Korsun | 28 August 1995 | 15 | 1 | Vorskla Poltava | |
| DF | Olha Basanska | 6 January 1992 | 75 | 2 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 3 | MF | Anna Petryk | 26 October 1997 | 26 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 8 | MF | Tetyana Kitayeva | 28 October 1995 | 21 | 0 | Kolos Kovalivka |
| 9 | MF | Nicole Kozlova | 8 July 2000 | 25 | 5 |  HB Køge |
| 10 | MF | Yuliia Shevchuk | 25 June 1998 | 15 | 0 | Unattached |
| 11 | MF | Nadiia Kunina | 29 March 2000 | 34 | 6 |  Austria Wien |
| 16 | MF | Olha Ovdiychuk | 16 December 1993 | 75 | 13 | Unattached |
| 20 | MF | Yana Malakhova | 17 February 1995 | 15 | 1 | Pradejón |
| 21 | MF | Iryna Kochnyeva | 1 September 1994 | 20 | 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| MF | Daryna Apanashchenko (captain) | 16 May 1986 | 88 | 44 | Unattached | |
| MF | Tamila Khimich | 13 September 1994 | 54 | 4 | Unattached | |
| MF | Iryna Kotiash | 7 May 2001 | 2 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava | |
| 7 | FW | Yana Kalinina | 14 November 1994 | 54 | 6 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 18 | FW | Viktoriya Hiryn | 24 October 2000 | 10 | 0 | Ladomyr Volodymyr |
| 22 | FW | Inna Hlushchenko | 12 May 2004 | 5 | 1 | Reims |
| FW | Roksolana Kravchuk | 7 November 1997 | 14 | 2 | Vorskla Poltava | |
| FW | Polina Yanchuk | 25 April 2001 | 0 | 0 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
Recent call ups
- The following players have been called up to a Ukraine squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Records
- Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 | Did not enter (A part of USSR) | UEFA Euro 1991 | ||||||||||||||
 1995 | Did not qualify | UEFA Euro 1995 | ||||||||||||||
 1999 |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | |||||||||
| 2003 |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | |||||||||
| 2007 |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | |||||||||
| 2011 |
12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | +9 | |||||||||
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12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 13 | +24 | |||||||||
| 2019 |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | |||||||||
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | |||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62 | 29 | 10 | 23 | 121 | 100 | +21 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Qualification record
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Spain |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | +53 | 24 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | — | 8–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 12–0 | |
| 2 | Scotland |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 16 | Play-offs | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | |
| 3 | Ukraine |
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | 0–6 | 0–4 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Hungary |
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 4–2 | — | 7–0 | ||
| 5 | Faroe Islands |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 56 | −54 | 0 | 0–10 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 1–7 | — |
UEFA Women's Championship
| UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1993 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||||||
 1997 |
8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2001 |
8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||||||||
 2005 |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||
 2009 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 10 | |||||||
 2017 |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
| 2022 |
10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 25 | ||||||||
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be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 113 | 106 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Qualification record
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Germany |
8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1 | +45 | 24 | Final tournament | — | 8–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 10–0 | |
| 2 | Ukraine |
8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 15 | Play-offs | 0–8 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland |
8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 13 | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Greece |
8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 7 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Montenegro |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — |
Source: UEFA
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 |
See also
References
- Darya Apanashchenko profile. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 3 May 2023
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- Viktor Zahlada. The retrospective. On 30 June 1992 there was the first official game of the women's national football team (Ретроспектива. 30.06.92 – перший офіційний матч жіночої збірної). Womensfootball.com.ua. 23 March 2020
- "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
- "Decisions from UEFA executive committee meeting 25 February 2022". UEFA. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- "Composition: Women's National Team – Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association". uaf.ua. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- Oleksandr Voloshchuk. Mykhailo Yushchenko: Surkis does not like female football (Михайло Ющенко: «Суркіс не любить жіночого футболу»). Vysokyi Val. 23 November 2009
- Oleksandr Chubarov. Womensfootball.com.ua.
- Serhiy Kachkarov. Womensfootball.com.ua
- Anatoliy Piskovets. Womensfootball.com.ua
- Mykola Lytvyn. Womensfootball.com.ua
- Volodymyr Kulayev. Womensfootball.com.ua
- Anatoliy Kutsev. Womensfootball.com.ua
- Volodymyr Reva. Womensfootball.com.ua
- Офіційно. Наталія Зінченко – головний тренер жіночої збірної України. womensfootball.com.ua. 16.10.2018
- . womensfootball.com.ua. 17.11.2021
- Team's roster. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 2 May 2023
External links
- Official website
- Ukraine women's national football team – official website at UAF.ua (in English)
- #МиЗбірна: in search of history of 1993–2005 (#МиЗбірна: в пошуках історії 1993–2005 років). Womensfootball.com.ua. 14 February 2020
- Official website
- FIFA profile
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