Ukraine women's national football team

The Ukraine women's national football team represents Ukraine in international women's football. The team is administered by the Ukrainian Association of Football.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Ukraine national football team.
Ukraine
Nickname(s)Zhinky
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachNatalya Zinchenko
CaptainOlena Khodyreva
Most capsLyudmyla Pekur (110)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (34)
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv (following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Gagrina, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 24 2 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest16 (June 2008)
Lowest27 (March–June 2017)
First international
 Ukraine 0–0 Moldova 
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 30 June 1992)[2]
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)
European Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup stage, 4th

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 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3]

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.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020
4 March 2020 2020 Pinatar Cup Ukraine  0–3  Scotland San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
18:00 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arenal
7 March 2020 2020 Pinatar Cup Northern Ireland  0–4  Ukraine San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arenal
10 March 2020 2020 Pinatar Cup Ukraine  0–1  Iceland San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
14:00 Report
Stadium: Pinatar Arenal
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)[note 1] Euro 2021 qualifying Montenegro  1–3  Ukraine Podgorica
20:00
Report
Stadium: DG Arena
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)[note 1] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  4–0  Greece Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)
23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)[note 1] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  1–0  Republic of Ireland Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Euro 2021 qualifying Greece  0–4  Ukraine Athens
16:30 (17:30 EET) Report
Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)[note 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  2–1  Montenegro Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EET)
Report
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)
Pos Team 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

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of November 2020

PositionName
Head coach Natalya Zinchenko

Manager history
Period Manager Ref.
1992-1993 Oleksandr Chubarov [5][6]
1994–2000 Serhiy Kachkarov [7]
2000–2002 Anatoliy Piskovets [8]
2003–2004 Mykola Lytvyn [9]
2005–2006 Volodymyr Kulayev [10]
2007–2014 Anatoliy Kutsev [11]
2015–2018 Volodymyr Reva [12]
2018–present Natalia Zinchenko [13]

Players

Current squad
  • The following players were named for the match against Montenegro on 1 December 2020.[14]
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including 1 December 2020.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Daryna Bondarchuk (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 1 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
12 1GK Iryna Sanina (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 5 0 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
23 1GK Kateryna Samson (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 24 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
2 2DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 5 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
3 2DF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 7 0 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
4 2DF Anastasia Filenko (1990-11-01) 1 November 1990 21 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
6 2DF Olha Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 44 2 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
13 2DF Natia Pantsulaia (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 14 1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
14 2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 12 1 Minsk
18 2DF Kateryna Korsun (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 0 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
22 2DF Darya Kravets (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 27 5 Reims
5 3MF Veronika Andrukhiv (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 17 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
11 3MF Viktoriya Hiryn (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 1 0 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi
15 3MF Iya Andrushchak (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 36 1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
16 3MF Olha Ovdiychuk (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 37 6 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
17 3MF Daryna Apanashchenko (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 60 36 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
21 3MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 23 0 Minsk
7 4FW Yana Kalinina (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 23 1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
9 4FW Nikol Kozlova (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 9 3 Virginia Tech Hokies
10 4FW Nadiia Kunina (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 11 3 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
16 4FW Hanna Voronina (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 5 0 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
19 4FW Roksolana Kravchuk (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 1 0 Zhytlobud-2

Recent call ups
  • The following players have been called up to the Ukraine squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Alla Herasymchuk (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 0 0 Voskhod Stara Maiachka v.  Greece, 27 October 2020
DF Iryna Vasylyuk (1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 43 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv v.  Greece, 27 October 2020
MF Yuliia Khrystiuk (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 1 0 EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia v.  Greece, 27 October 2020
MF Anastasiya Voronina (2002-05-08) 8 May 2002 2 0 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv v.  Greece, 27 October 2020
MF Yana Malakhova (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 4 0 Zhytlobud-2 v.  Greece, 27 October 2020
MF Olha Boychenko (1989-01-06) 6 January 1989 42 12 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv v.  Republic of Ireland, 23 October 2020
MF Tetyana Kitayeva (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 6 0 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 2020 Pinatar Cup
MF Yana Derkach (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 1 0 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 2020 Pinatar Cup
FW Tetyana Romanenko (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 45 9 Reims 2020 Pinatar Cup
FW Valentyna Tarakanova (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 5 0 Akademia Piłkarska LG 2020 Pinatar Cup

Previous squads
UEFA European Women's Championship

Records

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

Honours


Other
Champions: (1) 2000

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
Finals record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did not enter (A part of Soviet Union)
1995Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023To Be Determined
Total0/9-------

Qualification record

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 8 7 0 1 22 2 +20 21 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Denmark 8 5 1 2 22 8 +14 16 Play-offs
3  Ukraine 8 4 1 3 9 10 −1 13
4  Hungary 8 1 1 6 8 26 −18 4
5  Croatia 8 0 3 5 5 20 −15 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

UEFA European Women's Championship
Finals record
Year Result GP W D L GF GA
1993Did not enter
1995Did not qualify
1997
2001
2005
2009Group Stage310224
2013Did not qualify
2017
2022To Be Determined
Total1/8310224

Qualification record

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

Minor tournaments
Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
1995 Albena CupFinal2nd
1999 Albena Cup3rd place4th
2000 Albena CupFinal1st
2002 Albena Cup3rd place3rd
2005 Albena CupGroup stage2nd
2006 Albena CupGroup stage3rd
2017 Four Nations TournamentGroup stage3rd310246
2020 Pinatar CupGroup stage3rd310244

See also

Notes
  1. All matches originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[4] These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played between September and October 2020.
  2. Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. 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
  3. "Standings". UEFA. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  4. "COVID-19: latest updates on UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. 17 March 2020.
  5. Oleksandr Voloshchuk. Mykhailo Yushchenko: Surkis does not like female football (Михайло Ющенко: «Суркіс не любить жіночого футболу»). Vysokyi Val. 23 November 2009
  6. Oleksandr Chubarov. Womensfootball.com.ua.
  7. Serhiy Kachkarov. Womensfootball.com.ua
  8. Anatoliy Piskovets. Womensfootball.com.ua
  9. Mykola Lytvyn. Womensfootball.com.ua
  10. Volodymyr Kulayev. Womensfootball.com.ua
  11. Anatoliy Kutsev. Womensfootball.com.ua
  12. Volodymyr Reva. Womensfootball.com.ua
  13. Офіційно. Наталія Зінченко - головний тренер жіночої збірної України. womensfootball.com.ua. 16.10.2018
  14. https://womensfootball.com.ua/nataliya-zinchenko-ogolosyla-sklad-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-na-ntz-ta-match-z-chornogoriyu/
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