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Ukraine women's national football team

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Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Zhinky
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football (UAF)
Українська Асоціація Футболу
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVolodymyr Pyatenko
CaptainOlena Khodyreva
Most capsDaryna Apanashchenko (143)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (64)[1]
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 35 Steady (16 August 2024)[2]
Highest16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest35 (December 2021 – March 2022; June – August 2024)
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
Appearances1 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup Stage (2009)

The Ukraine women's national football team represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

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 (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.[5]

Team image

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Nicknames

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

Home stadium

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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

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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

2023

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22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B Ukraine  1–2  Serbia Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański
15:00
  • Ovdiychuk 20'
 Report
Attendance: 173
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
26 September 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B Poland  2–1  Ukraine Gdynia
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni,
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3 Greece  2–1  Ukraine Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
10:00
Report
Attendance: Heraklion
Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)
31 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3 Ukraine  1–0  Greece Heraklion, Greece
17:00
Report Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3 Ukraine  0–1  Poland Stalowa Wola, Poland
Report
Stadium: Subcarpathian Football Center
Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3 Serbia  0–1  Ukraine Stara Pazova, Serbia
Report
Stadium: Sports Center of FA of Serbia - Pitch 1
Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

2024

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23 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches Bulgaria  0–4  Ukraine Kardzhali
15:00 (16:00 EET) Report
Stadium: Arena Arda
27 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches Ukraine  3–0
(7–0 agg.)		  Bulgaria Antalya, Turkey[a]
14:00 (16:00 TRT) Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Note: Ukraine won 7–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.
5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Kosovo Antalya (Turkey)[note 1]
Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)
9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Croatia  1–0  Ukraine Podujevo
Report Attendance: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Wales  1–1  Ukraine
Report
4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–2  Wales TBD[note 1]
Report
12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Kosovo  0–4  Ukraine Podujevo, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
16 July Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Croatia Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje (North Macedonia)[note 1]
19:00 Report

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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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

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

Players

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See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Current squad

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Caps and goals accurate up to and including 27 February 2024.[23]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Kateryna Samson (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36) 49 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
1GK Darya Kelyushyk (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20) 4 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1GK Daryna Bondarchuk 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2DF Kateryna Korsun (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29) 23 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2DF Yana Kotyk (2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 21) 1 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) 28 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2DF Lesia Olkhova Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2DF Olha Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32) 79 2 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 31) 50 5 Turkey Galatasaray
3MF Viktoriya Hiryn (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24) 16 1 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr
3MF Veronika Andrukhiv (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) 50 6 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3MF Dayana Semkiv (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 20) 8 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
3MF Yana Kalinina (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30) 60 7 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3MF Yelyzaveta Molodyuk (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
3MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30) 58 4 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3MF Yulia Shevchuk Ukraine
3MF Daryna Apanashchenko (captain) (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) 143 64 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3MF Natia Pantsulaia (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32) 51 2 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3MF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27) 35 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3MF Nicole Kozlova (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24) 31 5 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3MF Olha Ovdiychuk (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 30) 82 15 Turkey Fomget GSK
4FW Roksolana Kravchuk (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 27) 22 3 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
4FW Inna Hlushchenko (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20) 14 3 France Nice

Recent call ups

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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
GK Kateryna Boklach (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20) 1 0 France Marseille v.  Croatia, 16 July 2024
DF Yana Derkach (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 26) 8 0 Turkey Fomget GSK v.  Croatia, 9 April 2024
DF Anastasiya Voronina (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31) 3 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Bulgaria, 27 February 2024
DF Iryna Kotiash (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23) 3 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Poland, 26 September 2023
DF Marina Shayniuk (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Croatia, 16 July 2024
MF Iryna Maiborodina (1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 31) 1 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Croatia, 9 April 2024
MF Khrystyna Pereviznyk (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük v.  Poland, 26 September 2023
MF Viktoriya Holovach (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Poland, 26 September 2023
MF Nadiia Kunina (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 24) 36 6 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Croatia, 16 July 2024
MF Yana Malakhova (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29) 18 1 Slovenia Mura v.  Croatia, 16 July 2024

Previous squads

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UEFA European Women's Championship

Records

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See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Honours

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Other tournaments

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Champions: 2000
Champions: 2022

Competitive record

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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  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
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify Same as UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 8 3 1 4 10 19 1998 2nd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A), lost to Germany in play-off
United States 2003 6 2 1 3 9 12 2003 3rd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A)
China 2007 8 5 1 2 20 11 2007 2nd in Qualifying group 1 (First Category)
Germany 2011 12 5 3 4 24 15 2011 1st in Qualifying group 4, lost to Norway and Italy in play-off
Canada 2015 12 7 2 3 37 13 2015 2nd in Qualifying group 6, lost to Italy in play-off
France 2019 8 4 1 3 9 10 2019 3rd in Qualifying group 4
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 8 3 1 4 12 20 2023 3rd in Qualifying group B
Brazil 2027 To be determined To be determined 2027
Total Never qualified 62 29 10 23 121 100
* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

Qualification record

Main article: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Scotland Ukraine Hungary Faroe Islands
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 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

UEFA Women's Championship

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Main article: UEFA Women's Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA → Outcome
1984 to 1991 as Part of  Soviet Union 1984 to 1991 as Part of  Soviet Union
as  Ukraine as  Ukraine
Italy 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
Germany 1995 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 9 12 1995 3rd in Qualifying group 2, relegated to Class B
Norway 1997 8 6 1 1 17 5 1997 1st in Qualifying group 8, won over Romania in play-off and promoted to Class A
Germany 2001 8 1 2 5 7 18 2001 3rd in Qualifying group 3, lost to England in play-off
England 2005 8 2 1 5 7 21 2005 4th in Qualifying group 4
Finland 2009 Group Stage 10 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 8 1 1 20 3 2009 2nd in Qualifying group 5, won over Slovenia in play-off
Sweden 2013 Did not qualify 10 5 1 4 22 10 2013 2nd in Qualifying group 5, lost to Iceland in play-off
Netherlands 2017 8 4 1 3 14 12 2017 3rd in Qualifying group 3
England 2022 10 5 0 5 17 25 2022 2nd in Qualifying group I, lost to Northern Ireland in play-off
Switzerland 2025 To be determined To be determined 2025
Total 1/8 3 1 0 2 2 4 68 34 8 26 113 106

Qualification record

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group I
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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

UEFA Women's Nations League

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Main article: UEFA Women's Nations League
UEFA Women's Nations League record
Year Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
2023–24 B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Same position

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Poland Serbia Ukraine Greece
1  Poland (P) 6 5 1 0 11 4 +7 16 Promotion to League A — 2–1 2–1 2–0
2  Serbia 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 Qualification for promotion play-offs 1–1 — 0–1 4–0
3  Ukraine (O) 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–1 1–2 — 1–0
4  Greece (R) 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 Relegation to League C 1–3 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Minor tournaments

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

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ Darya Apanashchenko profile. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 3 May 2023
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Україна – Молдова. womensfootball.com.ua. 30 June 1992
  5. ^ "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Composition: Women's National Team – Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association". uaf.ua. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. ^ "ОГОЛОШЕНО СКЛАД ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ НА МАТЧІ ЛІГИ НАЦІЙ УЄФА". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ^ "НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ЖІНОЧА ЗБІРНА | УКРАЇНСЬКА ДЕЛЕГАЦІЯ ПРИБУЛА ДО ГДАНСЬКА". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. ^ Oleksandr Voloshchuk. Mykhailo Yushchenko: Surkis does not like female football (Михайло Ющенко: «Суркіс не любить жіночого футболу»). Vysokyi Val. 23 November 2009
  11. ^ Oleksandr Chubarov. Womensfootball.com.ua.
  12. ^ Serhiy Kachkarov. Womensfootball.com.ua
  13. ^ Anatoliy Piskovets. Womensfootball.com.ua
  14. ^ Mykola Lytvyn. Womensfootball.com.ua
  15. ^ Volodymyr Kulayev. Womensfootball.com.ua
  16. ^ Anatoliy Kutsev. Womensfootball.com.ua
  17. ^ Volodymyr Reva. Womensfootball.com.ua
  18. ^ Офіційно. Наталія Зінченко – головний тренер жіночої збірної України. womensfootball.com.ua. 16.10.2018
  19. ^ [1]. womensfootball.com.ua. 17.11.2021
  20. ^ Жіноча збірна України з футболу залишилася без головного тренера: іспанець Луїс Кортес залишив команду. suspilne.media. 8 August 2023
  21. ^ ЛУЇС КОРТЕС ЗАЛИШАЄ ПОСАДУ ГОЛОВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ. womensfootball.com.ua. 9 August 2023
  22. ^ "Жіноча збірна України оголосила склад на матчі першого раунду плей-оф відбору Євро-2025" (in Ukrainian). womensfootball.com.ua. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  23. ^ Team's roster. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 2 May 2023
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