Ukraine national under-20 football team

The Ukraine national under-20 football team is primarily a special team that is formed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a successful performance of the Ukraine national under-19 football team. The team is also used as an immediate reserve of the Ukraine national under-21 football team. In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Ukraine won their first title in the nation's history after defeating South Korea 3-1 in the final. They remained champions for almost 4 years, being that the 2021 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19 until they failed to qualify for the 2023 edition in which Uruguay won and became champions.

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.

FIFA U-20 World Cup

• 2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoli Kroschenko)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksiy Byelik 3 goals
• 2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksandr Aliev 5 goals
• 2015: Round of 16 (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Viktor Kovalenko 5 goals
• 2019: Champions (led by Oleksandr Petrakov)
  • Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Danylo Sikan 4 goals

2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup (best Ukraine's result)

Group stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Squad

The following 21 players have been called up to the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. On 15 July 2019 all players of the squad were awarded by the presidential decree the Order of Merit, 3rd degree, while Petrakov's coaching staff were honored with title "Honored state functionary of physical culture and sport of Ukraine".

Head coach: Oleksandr Petrakov

• Coach: Andriy Annenkov
• Coach: Vyacheslav Kernozenko
• Coach: Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev

Honours

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2019

Ukrainian footballers in the Soviet Union squads

• 1977 winners (9/18): Valentyn Kryachko, Sergei Baltacha, Viktor Kaplun, Andriy Bal, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Hryhoriy Batych, Oleksandr Sopko, Serhiy Zharkov, Yuriy Syvukha
• 1979 runners-up (9/18): Viktor Chanov, (Aleksandr Polukarov), Yaroslav Dumansky, Mykhaylo Olefirenko, Valeriy Zubenko, Oleh Taran, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Anatoliy Radenko, Oleksandr Zavarov, Serhiy Krakovskyi (head coach Sergei Korshunov represented Ukraine in 1956)
• 1983 (6/18): Valeriy Palamarchuk, Vadym Karatayev, Pavlo Yakovenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Ihor Petrov, Oleh Protasov
• 1985 (6/18): Ihor Kutepov, Volodymyr Horilyi, Serhiy Khudozhilov, Vyacheslav Medvid, (Sergei Savchenko), Oleh Serdyuk, Oleksandr Yesipov
• 1989 (8/18): Oleh Benko, Serhiy Zayets, Serhiy Bezhenar, Oleg Salenko, Oleh Matvyeyev, Yuri Nikiforov, Yuri Moroz, Viktor Onopko
• 1991 third (7/18): Oleksandr Pomazun, Sergei Mamchur, Dmytro Mykhaylenko, Serhiy Scherbakov, Serhiy Konovalov, Volodymyr Sharan, Yevhen Pokhlebayev

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