Ukraine women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Ukraine national football team.

Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Zhinky
Association	Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Українська Асоціація Футболу
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Volodymyr Pyatenko
Captain	Daryna Apanashchenko
Most caps	Daryna Apanashchenko (151)
Top scorer	Daryna Apanashchenko (66) [1]
Home stadium	Arena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression) Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA code	UKR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	35 (13 December 2024) [2]
Highest	16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest	35 (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
Appearances	1 (first in 2009 )
Best result	Group Stage (2009)

Daryna Apanashchenko played numerous games for the women's national football team of Ukraine

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 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

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	Kravchuk 6' Andrukhiv 24' Hlushchenko 82' Shmatko 90'	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 [note 1]
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) [note 1]
		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 [note 1]
		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) [note 1]
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	Eda Karataş OG 14' Lyubov Shmatko 34'	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){ [note 1]
19:00		Report	Ella Van Kerkhoven 20' Tessa Wullaert 90+2'	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)

• Ukraine Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com
• Ukraine Results and Fixtures – FIFA.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

See also: Category:Ukraine women's national football team managers

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

Players

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs matches against Turkey on 29 November and 3 December 2024 respectively. ^{[22] [23] [24]}

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 2 December 2024 ^{[25] [23]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Daryna Bondarchuk	(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)	12	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
12	1 GK	Darya Kelyushyk	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 21)	10	0	Kolos Kovalivka
23	1 GK	Kateryna Samson	(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 36)	51	0	Vorskla Poltava
2	2 DF	Iryna Podolska	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)	28	0	Vorskla Poltava
4	2 DF	Yana Kotyk	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Vorskla Poltava
10	2 DF	Marina Shayniuk	(2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Vorskla Poltava
14	2 DF	Lyubov Shmatko	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 31)	58	6	Fomget GSK
18	2 DF	Kateryna Korsun	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29)	28	2	Vorskla Poltava
22	2 DF	Lesia Olkhova	(2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
	2 DF	Olha Basanska	(1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 33)	87	3	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
3	3 MF	Anna Petryk	(1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27)	43	1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
5	3 MF	Veronika Andrukhiv	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28)	58	7	Kolos Kovalivka
6	3 MF	Dayana Semkiv	(2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 20)	16	0	Kolos Kovalivka
7	3 MF	Yana Kalinina	(1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30)	68	8	Vorskla Poltava
8	3 MF	Viktoriya Hiryn	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24)	18	1	Ladomyr Volodymyr
9	3 MF	Nicole Kozlova	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 24)	38	6	Glasgow City F.C.
11	3 MF	Yana Malakhova	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)	19	1	Mura
13	3 MF	Natia Pantsulaia	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 33)	56	2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
15	3 MF	Yulia Shevchuk	(1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26)	15	0	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
17	3 MF	Daryna Apanashchenko (captain)	(1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 38)	151	66	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
21	3 MF	Tamila Khimich	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 30)	65	5	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
16	3 MF	Olha Ovdiychuk	(1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 31)	90	15	Fomget GSK
19	4 FW	Roksolana Kravchuk	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 27)	30	5	Vorskla Poltava
20	4 FW	Inna Hlushchenko	(2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 20)	22	3	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 21)	1	0	Marseille	v.   Croatia, 16 July 2024
DF	Yana Derkach	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 26)	8	0	Fomget GSK	v.   Croatia, 9 April 2024
DF	Anastasiya Voronina	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31)	3	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.   Bulgaria, 27 February 2024
DF	Iryna Kotiash	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Vorskla Poltava	v.   Poland, 26 September 2023
MF	Iryna Maiborodina	(1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 31)	1	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.   Croatia, 9 April 2024
MF	Khrystyna Pereviznyk	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Fatih Karagümrük	v.   Poland, 26 September 2023
MF	Viktoriya Holovach	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.   Poland, 26 September 2023
MF	Nadiia Kunina	(2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 24)	36	6	Kolos Kovalivka	v.   Croatia, 16 July 2024
MF	Yelyzaveta Molodyuk	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.   Turkey, 29 November 2024

Previous squads

UEFA European Women's Championship

• 2009 UEFA Women's Euro squad

Records

See also: Category:Ukraine women's international footballers

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps Goals 1 Lyudmyla Pekur 1997–2016 110  ?

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

Honours

Other tournaments

• Albena Cup

Champions: 2000

• Turkish Women's Cup

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
1995	Did not qualify										Same as UEFA Euro 1995
1999											8	3	1	4	10	19	1998	2nd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A), lost to Germany in play-off
2003											6	2	1	3	9	12	2003	3rd in Qualifying group 1 (Class A)
2007											8	5	1	2	20	11	2007	2nd in Qualifying group 1 (First Category)
2011											12	5	3	4	24	15	2011	1st in Qualifying group 4, lost to Norway and Italy in play-off
2015											12	7	2	3	37	13	2015	2nd in Qualifying group 6, lost to Italy in play-off
2019											8	4	1	3	9	10	2019	3rd in Qualifying group 4
2023											8	3	1	4	12	20	2023	3rd in Qualifying group B
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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
1993	Did not enter									Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	9	12	–		1995	3rd in Qualifying group 2, relegated to Class B
1997										8	6	1	1	17	5			1997	1st in Qualifying group 8, won over Romania in play-off and promoted to Class A
2001										8	1	2	5	7	18			2001	3rd in Qualifying group 3, lost to England in play-off
2005										8	2	1	5	7	21			2005	4th in Qualifying group 4
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
2013	Did not qualify									10	5	1	4	22	10			2013	2nd in Qualifying group 5, lost to Iceland in play-off
2017										8	4	1	3	14	12			2017	3rd in Qualifying group 3
2022										10	5	0	5	17	25			2022	2nd in Qualifying group I, lost to Northern Ireland in play-off
2025										10	4	3	3	15	9	[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

Qualification record

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	*	27th
2025	B	4	To be determined
Total				8	4	0	4	12	7	27th

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
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
1995 Albena Cup	Final	2nd
1999 Albena Cup	3rd place	4th
2000 Albena Cup	Final	1st
2002 Albena Cup	3rd place	3rd
2005 Albena Cup	Group stage	2nd
2006 Albena Cup	Group stage	3rd
2017 Four Nations Tournament	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	6
2020 Pinatar Cup	Group stage	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	4
2022 Turkish Women's Cup	Group stage	1st	3	3	0	0	5	0

See also

• Sport in Ukraine
  • Football in Ukraine
    • Women's football in Ukraine
• Ukraine women's national under-19 football team
• Ukraine women's national under-17 football team
• Ukraine men's national football team

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. ^[6]

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External links

• Official website
• Ukraine women's national football team – official website at UAF.ua (in English)
• #МиЗбірна: in search of history of 1993–2005 (#МиЗбірна: в пошуках історії 1993–2005 років). Womensfootball.com.ua. 14 February 2020
  • Games by womensfootball: 2018, 2019.
• Усі матчі національної жіночої збірної України за історію (1992—2021). view.officeapps.live.com (uaf.ua)
• Official website
• FIFA profile