Ukraine national futsal team

Ukraine

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Team (Збірна) Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)Zhovto-Blakytni ("the Yellow-Blues")
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	8 [1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Belarus 1–2 Ukraine  (Minsk, Belarus; 5 June 1994)
Biggest win
Ukraine 20–1 Armenia  (Litija, Slovenia; 17 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 16–0 Ukraine  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 13 December 1998)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1996)
Best result	4th place, (1996)
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1996)
Best result	2nd place, (2001, 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2003)
Best result	1st round, (2003)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	2 (First in 2008)
Best result	3rd place, (2008)

The Ukraine national futsal team represents Ukraine in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine.

History

In the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification stage Ukraine finished top of Group 10 ahead of Israel, Moldova and Bulgaria. In the knockout stage of the qualification process, they advanced after beating Hungary 6:5 on aggregate (3:1 home, 3:4 away). The last stage of the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup took place from 30 September 2008 till 19 October 2008 in Rio, Brazil and was the largest ever edition of the tournament at the time containing 20 teams. Ukraine has history in the tournament, having a fourth-place finish in 1996 and a top eight finish in 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter
Spain 1996	4th place	8	3	2	3	36	25
Guatemala 2000	Did not qualify
Taiwan 2004	6th place (Round 2)	6	3	1	2	16	15
Brazil 2008	8th place (Round 2)	7	3	1	3	24	21
Thailand 2012	5th place (Quarterfinal)	5	3	1	1	21	13
Colombia 2016	Qualified	4	2	0	2	8	7
Total	5/8	30	14	5	11	105	81

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Spain 1996	5th place	3	0	1	2	9	12
Spain 1999	Did not qualify
Russia 2001	2nd place	5	2	2	1	18	12
Italy 2003	2nd place	5	3	0	2	19	11
Czech Republic 2005	4th place	5	2	0	3	8	12
Portugal 2007	7th place (Group stage)	3	0	0	3	5	13
Hungary 2010	5th place (Quarterfinal)	3	1	1	1	9	9
Croatia 2012	8th place (Quarterfinal)	3	1	1	1	8	8
Belgium 2014	5th place (Quarterfinal)	3	1	1	1	2	2
Serbia 2016	6th place (Quarterfinal)	3	1	0	2	8	9
Slovenia 2018	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	9/11	33	11	6	16	86	88

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Brazil 2005	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	3rd place	6	4	1	1	25	13
Brazil 2009	6th place	6	2	3	1	13	9
Brazil 2010	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2011	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2015	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2016	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/11	12	6	4	2	38	22

Head coaches

• Gennadiy Lisenchuk – from 1994 till 2012
• Yevgen Ryvkin – from 9 January 2013

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Yevgen Ivanyak	28 September 1982 (aged 31)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
12	GK	Kyrylo Tsypun	30 July 1987 (aged 26)			Uragan Ivano-Frankovsk
16	GK	Dmytro Lytvynenko	16 April 1987 (aged 26)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
4	DF	Dmytro Bondar	12 October 1983 (aged 30)			Energy Lviv
5	DF	Mykola Bilotserkivets	5 December 1986 (aged 27)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
6	DF	Yevgen Valenko	1 November 1984 (aged 29)			Ekonomac Kragujevac
8	DF	Yevgen Rogachov	30 August 1983 (aged 30)			Energy Lviv
10	DF	Dmytro Klochko	17 February 1987 (aged 26)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2	FW	Petro Shoturma	27 June 1992 (aged 21)			Uragan Ivano-Frankovsk
3	FW	Vitaliy Kiselyov	20 February 1983 (aged 30)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
7	FW	Maxym Pavlenko	15 September 1975 (aged 38)			Energy Lviv
9	FW	Dmytro Sorokin	14 July 1988 (aged 25)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
11	FW	Denys Ovsyannikov	10 December 1984 (aged 29)			Energy Lviv
13	FW	Oleksandr Sorokin	13 August 1987 (aged 26)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
	FW	Volodymyr Razuvanov	1 August 1992 (aged 21)			MFK Progress
8	DF	Sergiy Koval	23 August 1986 (aged 27)			Energy Lviv
	DF	Mykhailo Grytsyna	19 October 1991 (aged 22)			Energy Lviv
	DF	Mykola Grytsyna	13 June 1989 (aged 24)			Energy Lviv
	FW	Serhiy Zhurba	14 March 1987 (aged 26)			MFK Lokomotiv Kharkiv
	FW	Olexiy Fetko	3 January 1988 (aged 26)			Sportleader

Results and Fixtures

2014

Romania  v  Ukraine

30 January 2014 Euro 2014	Romania	0–1	Ukraine	Lotto Arena, Antwerp
18:30		Report	Sorokin  17'	Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Ukraine  v  Belgium

1 February 2014 Euro 2014	Ukraine	0–0	Belgium	Lotto Arena, Antwerp
20:45		Report		Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia)

Ukraine  v  Portugal

3 February 2014 Euro 2014	Ukraine	1–2	Portugal	Sportpaleis, Antwerp
18:00	Valenko  13'	Report	Cardinal  3', 23'	Referee: Balázs Farkas (Hungary)

References

1. Futsal World Ranking

External links

• Futsal Association of Ukraine (ukr)