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Ukraine women's national football team

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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
CaptainDaryna Apanashchenko
Most capsDaryna Apanashchenko (151)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (66)[1]
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv
(following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 34 Increase 1 (6 March 2025)[2]
Highest16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest35 (December 2021 – March 2022; June – December 2024)
First international
 Ukraine 0–0 Moldova 
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 30 June 1992)[3]
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 (Ukrainian: Жіноча збірна України з футболу) 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 Doroshchuk – Tetyana Shvets, Iryna Serhiyenko, Lyudmyla Pokotylo, Halyna Prykhodko – Tetyana Verezubova, Svitlana Frishko; and substitutes: Valentyna Ryabichenko (goalkeeper) – Inesa Titova – Yulia Bayeka, Natalia Melnychenko, Lyudmyla Protsenko – Olena Vdovyka, Tetyana Vyshnyakova, Halyna Zonova.[4]

The first 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.[5]

Team image

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Nicknames

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The Ukraine women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Zhinky".

Home stadium

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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

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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

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5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Kosovo Antalya, Turkey[note 1]
17:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Attendance: 45
Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)
9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Croatia  1–0  Ukraine Podujevo, Croatia
16:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Attendance: 517
Referee: Zulema González (Spain)
31 May UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Wales  1–1  Ukraine Llanelli, Wales
20:15 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 4,046
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
4 June UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–2  Wales Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
20:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Stadion Dyskobolii
Attendance: 88
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)
12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Kosovo  0–4  Ukraine Podujevo, Kosovo
18:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Zahir Pajaziti Stadium
Attendance: 347
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
16 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying Ukraine  2–0  Croatia Skopje, North Macedonia
19:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Petar Miloševski Training Centre
Attendance: 30
Referee: Louise Thompson (Northern Ireland)
25 October UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final 1st leg Turkey  1–1  Ukraine Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Esenler Erokspor Stadium
Attendance: 1,688
Referee: Henrikke Nervik (Norway)
29 October UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off semi-final 2nd leg Ukraine  2–0  Turkey Chișinău, Moldova
17:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Zimbru Stadium
Attendance: 438
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
29 November UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off final 1st leg Ukraine  0–2  Belgium Antalya, Turkey
18:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
Attendance: 312
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
3 December UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying play-off final 2nd leg Belgium  2–1  Ukraine Leuven, Belgium
20:15 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Den Dreef
Attendance: 4,027
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

2025

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21 February 2025 UEFA Nations League Albania  1–2  Ukraine Durrës, Albania
18:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium
Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)
25 February 2025 UEFA Nations League Ukraine  2–1  Croatia Elbasan, Albania[note 2]
18:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Attendance: 10
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
4 April 2025 UEFA Nations League Ukraine  1–0  Czech Republic Polkowice, Poland
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)
8 April 2025 UEFA Nations League Czech Republic  1–1  Ukraine Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
17:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 2,184
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)
30 May 2025 UEFA Nations League Ukraine  v  Albania TBD
TBD Report
3 June 2025 UEFA Nations League Croatia  v  Ukraine Croatia
--:-- UTC+2 Report

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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As of 21 August 2023[7]

Role Name
Head coach Volodymyr Pyatenko[8][9]
Assistant coach Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Oleksandr Mytko
Administrator Oleksandr Harbuzyuk
Team manager Serhiy Novikov
Doctor Oleksandr Vokhmintsev

Manager history

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See also: Category:Ukraine women's national football team managers
Period Manager Ref.
1992–1993 Ukraine Oleksandr Chubarov [10][11]
1994–2000 Ukraine Serhiy Kachkarov [12]
2000–2002 Ukraine Anatoliy Piskovets [13]
2003–2004 Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn [14]
2005–2006 Ukraine Volodymyr Kulayev [15]
2007–2014 Ukraine Anatoliy Kutsev [16]
2015–2018 Ukraine Volodymyr Reva [17]
2018–2021 Ukraine Natalya Zinchenko [18]
2021–2023 Spain Lluís Cortés [19][20][21]
2023–present Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko

Players

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See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Current squad

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Caps and goals accurate up to and including 2 December 2024[23][24]
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
18 2DF Kateryna Korsun (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29) 28 2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
2 2DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 30) 28 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
10 2DF Marina Shayniuk (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
17 3MF Daryna Apanashchenko (captain) (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38) 151 66 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2DF Olha Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 33) 87 3 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
14 2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 31) 58 6 Turkey Fomget GSK
2DF Yana Derkach (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 26) 8 0 Turkey Fomget GSK-
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
21 3MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30) 65 5 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
8 3MF Viktoriya Hiryn (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24) 18 1 Ukraine Ladomyr Volodymyr
13 3MF Natia Pantsulaia (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 33) 56 2 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
15 3MF Yulia Shevchuk (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26) 15 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3 3MF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27) 43 1 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
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 30) 19 1 Slovenia Mura
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

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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 21) 1 0 France Marseille v.  Croatia, 16 July 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
DF Yana Kotyk (2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 21) 4 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Belgium, 3 December 2024
DF Lesia Olkhova (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 21) 0 0 Ukraine Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Belgium, 3 December 2024
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 25) 36 6 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka v.  Croatia, 16 July 2024
MF Yelyzaveta Molodyuk (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Turkey, 29 November 2024

Records

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

Competitive record

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FIFA Women's World Cup

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  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
MexicoUnited States 2031 2031
United Kingdom 2035 2035
Total 0/8 62 29 10 23 121 100
* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

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Main article: UEFA Women's Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D* L GF GA P/R RK → 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 10th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Squad 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[a] 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

UEFA Women's Nations League

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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 RK
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

Minor tournaments

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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

Honours

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Friendly

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Champions: 2000
Champions: 2022

See also

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Notes

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  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.[6]
  2. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Darya Apanashchenko profile Archived 2023-05-08 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 3 May 2023
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  3. ^ Viktor Zahlada. The retrospective. On 30 June 1992 there was the first official game of the women's national football team (Ретроспектива. 30.06.92 – перший офіційний матч жіночої збірної). Womensfootball.com.ua. 23 March 2020
  4. ^ Україна – Молдова Archived 2024-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.com.ua. 30 June 1992
  5. ^ "Standings". UEFA. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Composition: Women's National Team – Official site of the Ukrainian Football Association". uaf.ua. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. ^ "ОГОЛОШЕНО СКЛАД ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ НА МАТЧІ ЛІГИ НАЦІЙ УЄФА". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 13 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ^ "НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ЖІНОЧА ЗБІРНА | УКРАЇНСЬКА ДЕЛЕГАЦІЯ ПРИБУЛА ДО ГДАНСЬКА". womensfootball.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. ^ Oleksandr Voloshchuk. Mykhailo Yushchenko: Surkis does not like female football (Михайло Ющенко: «Суркіс не любить жіночого футболу»). Vysokyi Val. 23 November 2009
  11. ^ Oleksandr Chubarov. Womensfootball.com.ua.
  12. ^ Serhiy Kachkarov Archived 2020-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
  13. ^ Anatoliy Piskovets Archived 2020-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
  14. ^ Mykola Lytvyn Archived 2020-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
  15. ^ Volodymyr Kulayev Archived 2020-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
  16. ^ Anatoliy Kutsev Archived 2020-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
  17. ^ Volodymyr Reva Archived 2020-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
  18. ^ Офіційно. Наталія Зінченко – головний тренер жіночої збірної України Archived 2020-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.com.ua. 16.10.2018
  19. ^ [1] Archived 2021-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.com.ua. 17.11.2021
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  23. ^ Team's roster Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.com.ua. Accessed on 2 December 2024
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