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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 (151)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (66)
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 35 Steady (13 December 2024)
Highest16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest35 (December 2021 – March 2022; June – December 2024)
First international
 Ukraine 0–0 Moldova 
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 30 June 1992)
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 DoroshchukTetyana Shvets, Iryna Serhiyenko, Lyudmyla Pokotylo, Halyna PrykhodkoTetyana Verezubova, Svitlana Frishko; and substitutes: Valentyna Ryabichenko (goalkeeper) – Inesa TitovaYulia Bayeka, Natalia Melnychenko, Lyudmyla ProtsenkoOlena Vdovyka, Tetyana Vyshnyakova, Halyna Zonova.

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.

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

2024

Bulgaria  v  Ukraine
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
Ukraine  v  Bulgaria
27 February 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches Ukraine  3–0
(7–0 agg.)
 Bulgaria Antalya, Turkey
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.
Ukraine  v  Kosovo
5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Kosovo Antalya (Turkey)
Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)
Croatia  v  Ukraine
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)
Wales  v  Ukraine
31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Wales  1–1  Ukraine Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Report
Ukraine  v  Wales
4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–2  Wales Stadion Respect Energy, Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
Report
Kosovo  v  Ukraine
12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Kosovo  0–4  Ukraine Podujevo, Kosovo
Report Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Ukraine  v  Croatia
16 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Croatia Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje (North Macedonia)
19:00 Report
Turkey  v  Ukraine
25 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final 1st leg Turkey  1–1  Ukraine Esenler Erokspor Stadium, Istanbul
17:00 Elif Keskin 61' Report Daryna Apanashchenko 31' Attendance: 1688
Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)
Ukraine  v  Turkey
29 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final 2nd leg Ukraine  2–0  Turkey Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău
17:00 Report Attendance: 438
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
Ukraine  v  Belgium
29 November UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-off final 1st leg Ukraine  0–2  Belgium Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya (Turkey){
19:00 Report Attendance: 312
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
Belgium  v  Ukraine
3 December UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-off final 2nd leg Belgium  2–1  Ukraine Den Dreef, Leuven
20:15 Report Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 21 August 2023

Role Name
Head coach Volodymyr Pyatenko
Assistant coach Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Oleksandr Mytko
Administrator Oleksandr Harbuzyuk
Team manager Serhiy Novikov
Doctor Oleksandr Vokhmintsev

Manager history

See also: Category:Ukraine women's national football team managers
Period Manager Ref.
1992–1993 Ukraine Oleksandr Chubarov
1994–2000 Ukraine Serhiy Kachkarov
2000–2002 Ukraine Anatoliy Piskovets
2003–2004 Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn
2005–2006 Ukraine Volodymyr Kulayev
2007–2014 Ukraine Anatoliy Kutsev
2015–2018 Ukraine Volodymyr Reva
2018–2021 Ukraine Natalya Zinchenko
2021–2023 Spain Lluís Cortés
2023–present Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko

Players

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Current squad

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 2 December 2024
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Daryna Bondarchuk (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26) 12 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
12 1GK Darya Kelyushyk (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 21) 10 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
23 1GK Kateryna Samson (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36) 51 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava

2 2DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) 28 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
4 2DF Yana Kotyk (2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 21) 4 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
10 2DF Marina Shayniuk (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
14 2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 31) 58 6 Turkey Fomget GSK
18 2DF Kateryna Korsun (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29) 28 2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
22 2DF Lesia Olkhova (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2DF Olha Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32) 87 3 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

3 3MF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27) 43 1 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
5 3MF Veronika Andrukhiv (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28) 58 7 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
6 3MF Dayana Semkiv (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 20) 16 0 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
7 3MF Yana Kalinina (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30) 68 8 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
8 3MF Viktoriya Hiryn (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24) 18 1 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr
9 3MF Nicole Kozlova (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24) 38 6 Scotland Glasgow City F.C.
11 3MF Yana Malakhova (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29) 19 1 Slovenia Mura
13 3MF Natia Pantsulaia (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32) 56 2 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
15 3MF Yulia Shevchuk (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26) 15 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
17 3MF Daryna Apanashchenko (captain) (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) 151 66 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
21 3MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30) 65 5 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

16 3MF Olha Ovdiychuk (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 31) 90 15 Turkey Fomget GSK
19 4FW Roksolana Kravchuk (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 27) 30 5 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
20 4FW Inna Hlushchenko (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20) 22 3 France Lille

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 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

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 Yelyzaveta Molodyuk (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Turkey, 29 November 2024

Previous squads

UEFA European Women's Championship

Records

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

Most capped players

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2020)
# Player Year(s) Caps Goals
1 Lyudmyla Pekur 1997–2016 110 ?

Top goalscorers

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# Player Year(s) Goals Caps
1 Daryna Apanashchenko 2002–???? 64 141

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 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

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 P/R Rnk 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, beat 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 10 4 3 3 15 9 Same position 22nd 2025 2nd in qualifying group B4, beat Turkey in play-off round 1, lost to Belgium in play-off round 2
Total 1/10 3 1 0 2 2 4 78 38 11 29 128 115 22nd

Qualification record

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B § Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Wales Ukraine Croatia Kosovo
1  Wales (P) 6 4 2 0 18 3 +15 14 Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A 1–1 4–0 2–0
2  Ukraine 6 3 2 1 11 4 +7 11 Advance to play-offs 2–2 2–0 2–0
3  Croatia 6 3 0 3 4 9 −5 9 0–3 1–0 2–0
4  Kosovo (R) 6 0 0 6 0 17 −17 0 Relegation to League C 0–6 0–4 0–1
Source: UEFA
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

UEFA Women's Nations League

Main article: UEFA Women's Nations League
UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season League Group Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R Rnk
2023–24 B 3 3rd 8 4 0 4 12 7 Same position* 27th
2025 B 4 To be determined
Total 8 4 0 4 12 7 27th
Rise Promoted at end of season
Same position No movement at end of season
Fall Relegated at end of season
* Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

Qualification record

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B § Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Czech Republic Ukraine Croatia Albania
1  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A 8 Apr 30 May 25 Feb
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs 4 Apr 25 Feb 30 May
3  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C 21 Feb 3 Jun 8 Apr
4  Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 3 Jun 21 Feb 4 Apr
First match(es) will be played: 21 February 2025. Source: UEFA

Minor tournaments

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

Notes

  1. From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.
  1. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.

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