Ukraine National Under-19 Football Team

The Ukraine national under-19 football team ( uk, Юнацька збірна України з футболу (U-19)) also known as the Junior football team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

It is formed by its head coach who is appointed and directed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine.

* Ukraine national under-18 football team, immediate reserve and formerly the main team before 2002
* Ukraine national under-20 football team, special team that is formed only for the FIFA U-20 World Cup upon successful performance of Ukraine U-19

Overview

Ukraine national under-19 football team is the second youth national football team in the country after the national under-21 football team. Previously it was known as Ukraine national under-18 football team before competitions shifted back in 1999. The team represents Ukraine at the continental championship for under-19 national teams (previously under-18). Most often a lot of its players formerly participated in continental and World competitions for national under-17 football teams. Upon a successful performance at the European championship for the under-19 teams it qualifies for the FIFA U-20 World Cup that is organized for teams of under-20.

Ukraine national under-19 football team has good traditions which it inherited from its parent Soviet national youth football team providing such players like Serhiy Scherbakov and Oleg Salenko for the Ukraine main national team.

The under-19 football team has its reserve team known as under-18 football team that also participates in preparations to the under-19 football competitions.

Until 2002 the team played as the national under-18 football team for Ukraine. Its first game it played in 1994 away against Israel losing it 0–2.

Honours

* Continental competitions ( UEFA European Under-19 Championship):
** champions (1): 2009

* 2005 FIFA Bronze Shoe Award: Oleksandr Aliev
* 2009 UEFA Golden Player Award: Kyrylo Petrov
* 2015 FIFA Golden Shoe Award: Viktor Kovalenko
* 2015 FIFA Fair Play Award

Head coaches

* 1999–2002 Anatoliy Kroshchenko
* 2001–2002 Oleksandr Ryabokon
* 2002-2002 Pavlo Yakovenko
* 2003–2006 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
* 2009-2009 Yuriy Kalitvintsev
* 2010–2012 Oleh Kuznetsov
* 2012–2013 Yuriy Moroz
* 2012–2016 Oleksandr Holovko
* 2015–2016 Oleh Kuznetsov
* 2016–2017 Volodymyr Tsytkin
* 2017-2017 Volodymyr Yezerskiy
* 2017–2018 Oleksandr Petrakov
* 2019–''present'' Serhiy Nahornyak

Tournaments

Official

* FIFA U-20 World Cup (as under-20 team)
* UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

Invitationals

* Valentin Granatkin Memorial (friendly in Saint Petersburg)
* Copa del Atlantico (for under-18)
* Memorial Stevan Cele Vilotic

Official tournaments

Unlike the under-21 team, the continental competitions for under-19 take place on annual basis starting from 1992.

European championship

;''Under-18 competitions''

;''Under-19 competitions''

FIFA U-20 World Cup

* 2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoli Kroschenko)
* 2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko)
* 2015: Round of 16 (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
* 2019: Champions (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)

Recent results

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

;Group B

;1/2 finals

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

;Qualifying round

;Elite round

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Group 6

Results and fixtures

2022

2023

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches against Kosovo, Cyprus and Sweden on 17, 20 and 23 November 2022 respectively.

''Caps and goals correct as of 23 November 2022, after the match vs .''

Recent call-ups

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

;Notes
*^PRE = Preliminary squad – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability.

Honours

* UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2009

See also

* Ukraine (Senior) team
* Ukraine Under-21 team

References

External links

Uefa Under-19 website
Contains full results archive

{{Ukrainian Premier League Reserves

European national under-19 association football teams
Under-19
Youth football in Ukraine