Ukraine have appeared in four
UEFA European Championships, all consecutively:
Euro 2012
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,
Euro 2016
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,
Euro 2020
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and
Euro 2024
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. Before 1996, some of its players played for the
Soviet Union national team and
CIS national team –
Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the U ...
,
Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Hennadiy Volodymyrovych Lytovchenko (also known as Gennadiy Vladimirovich Litovchenko, Russian-language variant; uk, Геннадій Володимирович Литовченко; russian: Геннадий Владимирович Лито ...
,
Oleh Luzhnyi,
Ivan Hetsko and others.
For UEFA Euro 2012, Ukraine qualified automatically as one of the host countries, marking their début at the major European football tournament. In their opening game against
Sweden
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, Ukraine won 2–1 in
Kyiv. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to
France and a 0–1 loss to
England, both in
Donetsk. Euro 2012 was the second international tournament at which Ukraine appeared, following the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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.
For Euro 2016, Ukraine qualified via the
play-offs, defeating
Slovenia. At the finals in France, they lost all three matches without scoring a goal.
Ukraine qualified for Euro 2020 by finishing top of their
qualifying group, and reached the
quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16 after
extra time
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, before being eliminated by England.
Ukraine qualified for Euro 2024 via the
play-offs, following a 2–1 victory against
Iceland. Despite finishing the
group stage with four points, Ukraine still finished bottom due to their inferior goal difference, and were eliminated.
UEFA Euro 2012
Group stage
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UEFA Euro 2016
Group stage
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UEFA Euro 2020
Group stage
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;Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
;Round of 16
;Quarter-finals
UEFA Euro 2024
Group stage
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Overall record
Champions Runners-up Third place
:''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via
penalty shoot-out.''
:''**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.''
:''***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.''
Head-to-head record
See also
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Russia at the UEFA European Championship (records for Soviet Union)
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Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup
References
{{UEFA Euro Countries
Countries at the UEFA European Championship