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 (caretaker)
Captain	Olena Khodyreva
Most caps	Lyudmyla Pekur (110)
Top scorer	Daryna Apanashchenko (44) [1]
Home stadium	Arena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression) Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA code	UKR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	34 1 (15 March 2024) [2]
Highest	16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest	35 (December 2021 – March 2022)
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, 4th

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 (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. ^[4]

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

2023

Portugal   v   Ukraine

7 July 2023 Friendly	Portugal	2–0	Ukraine	Porto
	Silva 19', 45+2'	Report Report		Stadium: Estádio do Bessa Attendance: 20,123

Ukraine   v   Serbia

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B	Ukraine	1–2	Serbia	Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański
15:00	Ovdiychuk 20'	Report	Čanković 64' Damjanović 79'	Attendance: 173 Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

Poland   v   Ukraine

26 September 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B	Poland	2–1	Ukraine	Gdynia
18:00	Pajor 22', 67'	Report	Shmatko 80'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni, Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Greece   v   Ukraine

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Greece	2–1	Ukraine	Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium
10:00	Markou 36' Spyridonidou 72'	Report	Kalinina 3'	Attendance: Heraklion Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)

Ukraine   v   Greece

31 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Ukraine	1–0	Greece	Heraklion, Greece
17:00	Apanashchenko 32'	Report		Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)

Ukraine   v   Poland

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Ukraine	0–1	Poland	Stalowa Wola, Poland
		Report	Achcińska 10'	Stadium: Stal Stalowa Wola Stadium Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)

Serbia   v   Ukraine

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Serbia	0–1	Ukraine	Stara Pazova, Serbia
		Report	Hiryn 55'	Stadium: Sports Center of FA of Serbia - Pitch 1 Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

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 [lower-alpha 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	v	Ukraine
		Report

Ukraine   v   Wales

4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	v	Wales	TBD [note 1]
		Report

• 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 (interim)

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 matches against Kosovo and the Croatia on 5 and 9 April 2024 respectively. ^[22]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 27 February 2024. ^[23]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	1 GK	Kateryna Samson	(1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 (age 35)	49	0	Vorskla Poltava
	1 GK	Darya Kelyushyk	(2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
	1 GK	Kateryna Boklach	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Olympique de Marseille
	2 DF	Kateryna Korsun	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 28)	23	1	Vorskla Poltava
	2 DF	Yana Kotyk	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 20)	1	1	Vorskla Poltava
2	2 DF	Iryna Podolska	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)	28	0	Vorskla Poltava
2	2 DF	Olga Basanska	(1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32)	79	2	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
14	2 DF	Lyubov Shmatko	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 30)	50	5	Galatasaray
4	2 DF	Yana Derkach	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 25)	8	0	Fomget GSK
	3 MF	Iryna Maiborodina	(1993-05-22) 22 May 1993 (age 30)	1	0	Kolos Kovalivka
3	3 MF	Anna Petryk	(1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 26)	35	0	Vorskla Poltava
	3 MF	Veronika Andrukhiv	(1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 27)	50	6	Vorskla Poltava
9	3 MF	Nicole Kozlova	(2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 (age 23)	31	5	Vorskla Poltava
7	3 MF	Yana Kalinina	(1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 29)	60	7	Vorskla Poltava
11	3 MF	Nadiia Kunina	(2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 (age 24)	36	6	Kolos Kovalivka
	3 MF	Yelyzaveta Molodyuk	(2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
	3 MF	Dayana Semkiv	(2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 (age 19)	8	0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
	3 MF	Tamila Khimich	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 29)	58	4	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
	3 MF	Natiya Pantsulaya	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32)	51	2	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
	3 MF	Daryna Apanashchenko (captain)	(1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 37)	143	64	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
16	3 MF	Olha Ovdiychuk	(1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 (age 30)	82	15	Fomget GSK
	4 FW	Roksolana Kravchuk	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 26)	22	3	Vorskla Poltava
22	4 FW	Inna Hlushchenko	(2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 (age 19)	14	3	Nice

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	Daryna Bondarchuk	(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 25)	12	0	Vorskla Poltava	v.   Portugal, 7 July 2023
GK	Marina Dudnik	(2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.   Portugal, 7 July 2023
DF	Tetyana Romanenko	(1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 33)	68	11	Saint-Étienne	retired [24]
DF	Iryna Kotiash	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 22)	3	0	Vorskla Poltava	v.   Poland, 26 September 2023
DF	Marina Shayniuk	(2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Vorskla Poltava	v.   Greece,31 October 2023
DF	Anastasiya Voronina	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 30)	3	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.   Bulgaria,27 February 2024
MF	Tetyana Kitayeva	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 28)	22	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.   Portugal, 7 July 2023
MF	Iryna Kochnyeva	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 29)	21	1	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	v.   Portugal, 7 July 2023
MF	Khrystyna Pereviznyk	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Fatih Karagümrük	v.   Poland, 26 September 2023
MF	Viktoriya Holovach	(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.   Poland, 26 September 2023
MF	Viktoriya Hiryn	(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 23)	16	1	Ladomyr Volodymyr	v.   Serbia, 5 December 2023
MF	Yana Malakhova	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)	18	1	Mura	v.   Bulgaria,27 February 2024
FW	Polina Yanchuk	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	v.   Portugal, 7 July 2023

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	→	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, won over 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	To be determined									To be determined						2025
Total	1/8		3	1	0	2	2	4	68	34	8	26	113	106

Qualification record

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	8	0	0	46	1	+45	24	Final tournament		—	8–0	3–0	6–0	10–0
2	Ukraine	8	5	0	3	16	21	−5	15	Play-offs		0–8	—	1–0	4–0	2–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	4	1	3	11	10	+1	13			1–3	3–2	—	1–0	2–0
4	Greece	8	2	1	5	6	21	−15	7			0–5	0–4	1–1	—	1–0
5	Montenegro	8	0	0	8	2	28	−26	0			0–3	1–3	0–3	0–4	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Women's Nations League

Main article: UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2023–24	B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Poland (P)	6	5	1	0	11	4	+7	16	Promotion to League A		—	2–1	2–1	2–0
2	Serbia	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–1	—	0–1	4–0
3	Ukraine (O)	6	2	0	4	5	7	−2	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–1	1–2	—	1–0
4	Greece (R)	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3	Relegation to League C		1–3	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice. ^[5]

1. 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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2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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11. Oleksandr Chubarov. Womensfootball.com.ua.
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13. Anatoliy Piskovets. Womensfootball.com.ua
14. Mykola Lytvyn. Womensfootball.com.ua
15. Volodymyr Kulayev. Womensfootball.com.ua
16. Anatoliy Kutsev. Womensfootball.com.ua
17. Volodymyr Reva. Womensfootball.com.ua
18. Офіційно. Наталія Зінченко – головний тренер жіночої збірної України . womensfootball.com.ua. 16.10.2018
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20. Жіноча збірна України з футболу залишилася без головного тренера: іспанець Луїс Кортес залишив команду. suspilne.media. 8 August 2023
21. ЛУЇС КОРТЕС ЗАЛИШАЄ ПОСАДУ ГОЛОВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ. womensfootball.com.ua. 9 August 2023
22. [*The following players were called up for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Wales and the Ukraine on 5 and 9 April 2024 respectively. "СКЛАД ЗБІРНОЇ УКРАЇНИ НА МАТЧІ ВІДБОРУ ЄВРО-2025 З КОСОВО ТА ХОРВАТІЄЮ"] (in Ukrainian). womensfootball.com.ua. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
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24. ТЕТЯНА РОМАНЕНКО ЗАВЕРШУЄ ПРОФЕСІЙНУ КАР’ЄРУ ФУТБОЛІСТКИ. womensfootball.com.ua. 26 July 2023

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