Ukraine national futsal team

Summary

The Ukraine national futsal team represents Ukraine in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.

Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Team (Збірна)
Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)Zhovto-Blakytni
("the Yellow-Blues")
AssociationFootball Federation
of Ukraine
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
FIFA codeUKR
FIFA ranking9 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
First international
 Belarus 1–2 Ukraine 
(Minsk, Belarus; 5 June 1994)
Biggest win
 Ukraine 20–1 Armenia 
(Litija, Slovenia; 17 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 16–0 Ukraine 
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 13 December 1998)
World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1996)
Best result4th place (1996)
European Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1996)
Best resultSilver 2nd place (2001, 2003)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2003)
Best result1st round (2003)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances2 (First in 2008)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, (2008)

History edit

In the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification stage Ukraine finished top of Group 10 ahead of Israel, Moldova and Bulgaria. In the knockout stage of the qualification process, they advanced after beating Hungary 6:5 on aggregate (3:1 home, 3:4 away). The last stage of the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup took place from 30 September 2008 till 19 October 2008 in Rio, Brazil and was the largest ever edition of the tournament at the time containing 20 teams. Ukraine has history in the tournament, having a fourth-place finish in 1996 and a top eight finish in 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Tournament records edit

FIFA Futsal World Cup edit

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Netherlands 1989 did not enter
Hong Kong 1992 did not enter
Spain 1996 4th place 8 3 2 3 36 25
Guatemala 2000 did not qualify
Taiwan 2004 6th place (Round 2) 6 3 1 2 16 15
Brazil 2008 8th place (Round 2) 7 3 1 3 24 21
Thailand 2012 5th place (Quarterfinal) 5 3 1 1 21 13
Colombia 2016 13th place (round of 16) 4 2 0 2 8 7
Lithuania 2021 did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2024 Qualified
Total 6/10 30 14 5 11 105 81

UEFA European Futsal Championship edit

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996 5th place 3 0 1 2 9 12
Spain 1999 did not qualify
Russia 2001 2nd place 5 2 2 1 18 12
Italy 2003 2nd place 5 3 0 2 19 11
Czech Republic 2005 4th place 5 2 0 3 8 12
Portugal 2007 7th place (group stage) 3 0 0 3 5 13
Hungary 2010 5th place (Quarterfinal) 3 1 1 1 9 9
Croatia 2012 8th place (Quarterfinal) 3 1 1 1 8 8
Belgium 2014 5th place (Quarterfinal) 3 1 1 1 2 2
Serbia 2016 6th place (Quarterfinal) 3 1 0 2 8 9
Slovenia 2018 5th place (Quarterfinal) 3 1 0 2 6 8
Netherlands 2022 4th place 6 2 0 4 19 13
Latvia/Lithuania 2026 To be determined
Total 11/13 42 14 6 22 111 109

Grand Prix de Futsal edit

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Brazil 2005 did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
Brazil 2008 3rd place 6 4 1 1 25 13
Brazil 2009 6th place 6 2 3 1 13 9
Brazil 2010 did not enter
Brazil 2011
Brazil 2013
Brazil 2014
Brazil 2015
Brazil 2016
Total 2/11 12 6 4 2 38 22

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022.[2][3]
Head coach: Oleksandr Kosenko

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kyrylo Tsypun (1987-07-30) 30 July 1987 (age 36)   MFC Prodexim Kherson
2 1GK Oleksandr Sukhov (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997 (age 26)   MFC HIT Kyiv
1GK Nazarii-Zenovii Voitovych (1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 (age 25)   Energia Lviv
3 2DF Serhii Malyshko (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 29)   MFC Stalitsa Minsk
4 2DF Oleh Yeromin (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992 (age 31)   Viten
6 4FW Mykola Mykytiuk (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 27)   Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk
7 2DF Mykola Grytsyna (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 (age 34)   MFC Stalitsa Minsk
4FW Mykhailo Grytsyna (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 (age 32)   MFC Stalitsa Minsk
10 4FW Serhiy Zhurba (1987-03-14) 14 March 1987 (age 37)   MFC HIT Kyiv
11 4FW Artem Fareniuk (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 31)   Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk
13 2DF Ihor Korsun (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 30)   MFC Prodexim Kherson
14 4FW Petro Shoturma (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 (age 31)   MFC Prodexim Kherson
16 4FW Oleksandr Pediash (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 30)   MFC HIT Kyiv
18 2DF Taras Kuz (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 (age 37)   Energia Lviv
19 2DF Mykhailo Zvarych (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 31)   MFC Prodexim Kherson

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[4]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Yuriy Savenko (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)   MFC Prodexim Kherson v. Albania  , 31 January 2021
DF Taras Korolyshyn (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)   MFC Stalitsa Minsk v. Albania  , 31 January 2021
DF Mykola Bilotserkivets (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 37)   MFC Prodexim Kherson v. Albania  , 31 January 2021

Head coaches edit

  • Gennadiy Lisenchuk – from 1994 till 2012
  • Yevgen Ryvkin – from 9 January 2013

Results and fixtures edit

2021 edit

31 January 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Albania   3–10   Ukraine Hall Tirana Olimpik Park, Tirana
18:00 Mejzini   9', Brahimi   13', Karaj   34' Report Zvarych   1, 14, 27', Shoturma   6', Bilotserkivets   14', Fareniuk   19, 26', Grytsyna   23', Yeromin   36', Malyshko   40' Referee: Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
3 March 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Croatia     Ukraine
19:30
7 March 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Ukraine     Croatia
TBC
7 April 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Denmark     Ukraine
TBC
11 April 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Ukraine     Albania
TBC

2020 edit

1 February 2020 WC 2020 qualifying Serbia   5–2   Ukraine Sportska hala "Čair", Niš
17:30 Pršić   12', Petrov   15', Pršić   22', Tomić   30', Rakić   31' Report Fareniuk   30', Korsun   39'
2 February 2020 WC 2020 qualifying Ukraine   1–3   Spain Sportska hala "Čair", Niš
21:30 Malyshko   31' Report Ortiz   40' (pen.), Lozano   19' (pen.), Lozano   33'
4 February 2020 WC 2020 qualifying France   2–2   Ukraine Sportska hala "Čair", Niš
17:30 Mouhoudine   10', Ramirez   13' (pen.), Report Zhurba   7', Pediash   29'
9 November 2020 Friendly Hungary   1–2   Ukraine Debreceni Egyetemi Sportaréna, Debrecen20:00 Nagy   4' Report Zvarych   6', Grytsyna   34'
10 November 2020 Friendly Hungary   3–4   Ukraine Debreceni Egyetemi Sportaréna, Debrecen14:00 Dróth   3, 14', Dávid   28' Report Bilotserkivets   1, 23', Zvarych   22, 33'
8 December 2020 Friendly Ukraine   4–1   Moldova Yunist Sport Hall, Zaporizhzhia
14:00 Shoturma   5, 20', Kuz   24', Fareniuk   26' Report Nikolaychuk   35'
9 December 2020 Friendly Ukraine   8–0   Moldova Yunist Sport Hall, Zaporizhzhia
14:00 Zvarych   6, 12', Korsun   10', Kuz   24', Fareniuk   11, 15', Savenko   26', Kuz   34, 40' Report

2014 edit

30 January 2014 Euro 2014 Romania   0–1   Ukraine Lotto Arena, Antwerp
18:30 Report Sorokin   17' Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
1 February 2014 Euro 2014 Ukraine   0–0   Belgium Lotto Arena, Antwerp
20:45 Report Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia)
3 February 2014 Euro 2014 Ukraine   1–2   Portugal Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00 Valenko   13' Report Cardinal   3', 23' Referee: Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

References edit

  1. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ^ "ЄВРО-2022 З ФУТЗАЛУ" (in Ukrainian). UAF. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Ukraine Squad - Futsal EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ Визначено склад збірної України на матчі групового етапу Євро-2022 проти Данії та Албанії (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 January 2021.

External links edit

  • Futsal Association of Ukraine (ukr)