Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Zhinky
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football (UAF)
Українська Асоціація Футболу
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVolodymyr Pyatenko (caretaker)
CaptainOlena Khodyreva
Most capsLyudmyla Pekur (110)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (44)[1]
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 33 Steady (15 December 2023)[2]
Highest16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest35 (December 2021 – March 2022)
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, 4th

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 (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

2023

11 April Friendly Estonia  0–1  Ukraine Tallinn, Estonia
Report Ovdiychuk 45' Stadium: Sportland Arena
Referee: Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
7 July 2023 Friendly Portugal  2–0  Ukraine Porto
Silva 19', 45+2' Report
Report		 Stadium: Estádio do Bessa
Attendance: 20,123
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
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)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3 Ukraine  0–1  Poland Stalowa Wola, Poland
Report
Stadium: Stal Stalowa Wola Stadium
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)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 21 August 2023[5]

Role Name
Head coach Volodymyr Pyatenko[6][7]
Assistant coach Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Oleksandr Mytko
Administrator Oleksandr Harbuzyuk
Team Manager Serhiy Novikov
Doctor Oleksandr Vokhmintsev

Manager history

Period Manager Ref.
1992–1993 Ukraine Oleksandr Chubarov [8][9]
1994–2000 Ukraine Serhiy Kachkarov [10]
2000–2002 Ukraine Anatoliy Piskovets [11]
2003–2004 Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn [12]
2005–2006 Ukraine Volodymyr Kulayev [13]
2007–2014 Ukraine Anatoliy Kutsev [14]
2015–2018 Ukraine Volodymyr Reva [15]
2018–2021 Ukraine Natalya Zinchenko [16]
2021–2023 Spain Lluís Cortés [17][18][19]
2023–present Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for two UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Poland and Serbia on 1 and 5 December 2023, respectively.[20]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 2 May 2023.[21]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
23 1GK Kateryna Samson (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 45 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
1GK Darya Kelyushyk (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 0 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1GK Kateryna Boklach (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 0 0 France Olympique de Marseille
2DF Kateryna Korsun (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 15 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2DF Yana Kotyk (2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 0 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2 2DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 23 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2 2DF Olga Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
14 2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 41 3 Turkey Galatasaray
4 2DF Yana Derkach (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 6 0 Turkey Fomget GSK
3MF Iryna Maiborodina (1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 0 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
11 3MF Nadiia Kunina (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 34 6 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
3MF Veronika Andrukhiv (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 29 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3 3MF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 26 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
9 3MF Nicole Kozlova (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 25 5 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
18 3MF Viktoriya Hiryn (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 10 0 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr
3MF Dayana Semkiv (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 1 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
3MF Daryna Apanashchenko (captain) (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 89 44 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
3MF Natiya Pantsulaya (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 40 2 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
3MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 54 4 Croatia Split
7 4FW Yana Kalinina (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 54 6 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
4FW Roksolana Kravchuk (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 14 2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
16 3MF Olha Ovdiychuk (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 75 13 Turkey Fomget GSK
22 4FW Inna Hlushchenko (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 5 1 France Nice

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
GK Daryna Bondarchuk (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 11 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Portugal, 7 July 2023
GK Marina Dudnik (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 0 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Portugal, 7 July 2023
DF Tetyana Romanenko (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 59 11 France Saint-Étienne v.  Estonia, 11 April 2023
DF Iryna Kotiash (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 2 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Poland,26 September 2023
DF Marina Shayniuk (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Greece,31 October 2023
DF Anastasiya Voronina (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 3 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Greece,31 October 2023
MF Tetyana Kitayeva (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 21 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Portugal, 7 July 2023
MF Iryna Kochnyeva (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 20 1 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v.  Portugal, 7 July 2023
MF Yana Malakhova (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 15 1 Slovenia Mura v.  Portugal, 7 July 2023
MF Khrystyna Pereviznyk (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 2 0 Turkey Fatih Karagümrük v.  Poland,26 September 2023
MF Viktoriya Holovach (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 0 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Poland,26 September 2023
FW Polina Yanchuk (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 0 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v.  Portugal, 7 July 2023

Previous squads

UEFA European Women's Championship

Records

  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Honours


Other tournaments

Champions: 2000
Champions: 2022

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
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify Same as UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 8 3 1 4 10 19 19982nd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A), lost to Germany in play-off
United States 2003 6 2 1 3 9 12 20033rd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A)
China 2007 8 5 1 2 20 11 20072nd in Qualifying group 1 (First Category)
Germany 2011 12 5 3 4 24 15 20111st in Qualifying group 4, lost to Norway and Italy in play-off
Canada 2015 12 7 2 3 37 13 20152nd in Qualifying group 6, lost to Italy in play-off
France 2019 8 4 1 3 9 10 20193rd in Qualifying group 4
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 8 3 1 4 12 20 20233rd in Qualifying group B
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

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

  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 19953rd in Qualifying group 2, relegated to Class B
Norway 1997 8 6 1 1 17 5 19971st in Qualifying group 8, won over Romania in play-off and promoted to Class A
Germany 2001 8 1 2 5 7 18 20013rd in Qualifying group 3, lost to England in play-off
England 2005 8 2 1 5 7 21 20054th in Qualifying group 4
Finland 2009 Group Stage 10 3 1 0 2 2 4 10 8 1 1 20 3 20092nd in Qualifying group 5, won over Slovenia in play-off
Sweden 2013 Did not qualify 10 5 1 4 22 10 20132nd in Qualifying group 5, lost to Iceland in play-off
Netherlands 2017 8 4 1 3 14 12 20173rd in Qualifying group 3
England 2022 10 5 0 5 17 25 20222nd 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

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

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Year Division Group Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
2023–24 B 3 000000Same position

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Poland Serbia Ukraine Greece
1  Poland 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 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–1 1–2 — 1–0
4  Greece 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 Relegation to League C 1–3 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Minor tournaments

Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
Bulgaria 1995 Albena CupFinal2nd
Bulgaria 1999 Albena Cup3rd place4th
Bulgaria 2000 Albena CupFinal1st
Bulgaria 2002 Albena Cup3rd place3rd
Bulgaria 2005 Albena CupGroup stage2nd
Bulgaria 2006 Albena CupGroup stage3rd
China 2017 Four Nations TournamentGroup stage3rd310246
Spain 2020 Pinatar CupGroup stage3rd310244
Turkey 2022 Turkish Women's CupGroup stage1st330050

See also

References

  1. ↑ Darya Apanashchenko profile. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 3 May 2023
  2. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  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. ↑ "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Composition: Women's National Team – Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association". uaf.ua. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "ОГОЛОШЕНО СКЛАД ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ НА МАТЧІ ЛІГИ НАЦІЙ УЄФА". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ЖІНОЧА ЗБІРНА | УКРАЇНСЬКА ДЕЛЕГАЦІЯ ПРИБУЛА ДО ГДАНСЬКА". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Oleksandr Voloshchuk. Mykhailo Yushchenko: Surkis does not like female football (Михайло Ющенко: «Суркіс не любить жіночого футболу»). Vysokyi Val. 23 November 2009
  9. ↑ Oleksandr Chubarov. Womensfootball.com.ua.
  10. ↑ Serhiy Kachkarov. Womensfootball.com.ua
  11. ↑ Anatoliy Piskovets. Womensfootball.com.ua
  12. ↑ Mykola Lytvyn. Womensfootball.com.ua
  13. ↑ Volodymyr Kulayev. Womensfootball.com.ua
  14. ↑ Anatoliy Kutsev. Womensfootball.com.ua
  15. ↑ Volodymyr Reva. Womensfootball.com.ua
  16. ↑ Офіційно. Наталія Зінченко – головний тренер жіночої збірної України. womensfootball.com.ua. 16.10.2018
  17. ↑ . womensfootball.com.ua. 17.11.2021
  18. ↑ Жіноча збірна України з футболу залишилася без головного тренера: іспанець Луїс Кортес залишив команду. suspilne.media. 8 August 2023
  19. ↑ ЛУЇС КОРТЕС ЗАЛИШАЄ ПОСАДУ ГОЛОВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ. womensfootball.com.ua. 9 August 2023
  20. ↑ "ОГОЛОШЕНО СКЛАД ЖІНОЧОЇ ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ НА ПОЄДИНКИ ЛІГИ НАЦІЙ ІЗ ПОЛЬЩЕЮ ТА СЕРБІЄЮ" (in Ukrainian). uaf.ua. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Team's roster. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 2 May 2023
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