Ukraine national student football team

Ukraine

Nickname(s)

Zhovto-Blakytni
(the Yellow-Blues)

Association

Football Federation of Ukraine

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Anatoliy Buznik^[1]^[2]
Stepan Yurchyshyn (assistant)^[2]

FIFA code

UKR

First colours

Second colours

The Ukraine student football team represents Ukraine in international student football competitions and is controlled by the FFU, the governing body for football in Ukraine, and sports section of the Ministry of Education.

History

Until fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukrainian student footballers had chance to compete at Universiades as part of the Soviet Union football team.^[3] The Soviet football team debuted at the 1987 Universiades and won the tournament.^[3] It was based primarily on the Vilnius team of FK Zalgiris (all Lithuanian team).^[3]

The Ukraine student football team debuted in 1995 in Japan.^[3] The team was mainly based on FC CSKA Kyiv (not to be confused with its other contemporary FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv) that was recently promoted to the 1995–96 Ukrainian Second League.^[3] The team was led by Volodymyr Lozynskyi and Volodymyr Bezsonov reached semifinal where it lost and later for the third place it also yielded to Russia student football team (based on FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny).^[3] The Ukrainian forward Pavlo Matviychenko with 5 goal tallies became the top scorer of the tournament in Japan.^[3]

In 1997 the team departed under leadership of former Soviet international footballer and Ukrainian head coach Anatoliy Konkov who had on his team such Ukrainian footballers like Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Andriy Vorobey, Andrei Karyaka, as well as Serhiy Perkhun.^[3] The team however did not disclose its full potential by placing fourth repeating achievement of the previous Bezsonov-Lozynskyi's squad.^[3]

To the 1999 tournament the team was formed by Viktor Zhylin and was based on FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka that was managed by Zhylin at that time.^[3]

In 2001 the team led by Anatoliy Buznik won its first medals when in final game Ukraine lost to the team of Japan.^[3] The Ukraine student football team of Buznik was also helped by Ihor Yakubovskyi and consisted of following players^[3]

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Kozachenko (Nafkom-Akademia Irpin), Vadym Zhukov (Olkom Melitopol)
Defenders: Vasyl Hrechanyi (Podillia Khmelnytskyi), Yevhen Bredun, Oleh Shkred (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Kondratovych (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yerokhin (Chornomorets Odesa)
Midfielders: Vitaliy Bielikov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Klyuchyk (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Oleksandr Batrachenko, Ivan Oleksiyenko (both Metalurh Zaporizhia), Volodymyr Brayila (Metalurh Mariopol), Dmytro Bermudes (Metalist Kharkiv)
Forwards: Oleksandr Antonenko, Ivan Kozoriz (both Systema-Boreks Borodyanka), Oleksiy Telyatnykov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Myroslav Bundash (FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod), Yaroslav Skydan (Shakhtar Donetsk)

The winning squads of 2007 and 2009 tournaments were led by Volodymyr Lozynskyi and assisted by Ivan Shepelenko.^[3] The 2007 consisted of following players^[3]

Goalkeepers: Volodymyr Ikonnykov (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Artem Shtanko (Illichivets Mariupol)
Defenders: Andriy Zaporozhan (Enerhetyk Burshtyn), Anton Monakhov (Krymteplytsia Molodizhne), Roman Bochkur (Chornomorets Odesa), Andriy Bashlay (Dynamo Kyiv)
Midfielders: Artem Starhorodskyi (Arsenal Kyiv), Roman Voynarovskyi (Krymteplytsia Molodizhne), Andriy Misyaylo (Illichivets Mariupol), Ihor Hordya (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Dmytro Pronevych (Dnipro Cherkasy), Roman Lutsenko (MFC Mykolaiv), Mykola Revutskyi (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Vadym Hostiev (Podillya Khmelnytskyi), Oleh Herasymyuk (Dynamo Kyiv)
Forwards: Ihor Khudobyak (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Andriy Shevchuk (PFC Sevastopol), Dmytro Hunchenko (Illichivets Mariupol)

The 2009 consisted of following players^[3]

Goalkeepers: Yuriy Bakhtiyarov (Bukovyna Chernivtsi), Yuriy Kyslytsia (Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine)
Defenders: Vladyslav Piskun, Andriy Bashlay (both PFC Sevastopol), Anton Monakhov (Tavriya Simferopol), Ihor Hrebynskyi (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Andriy Zaporozhan (PFC Oleksandriya)
Midfielders: Oleksiy Repa, Artem Starhorodskyi (both Arsenal Kyiv), Vladyslav Mykulyak (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod), Oleksandr Krokhmalyuk (CSKA Kyiv), Ihor Hordya (Metalurh Donetsk), Andriy Misyaylo (Vorskla Poltava), Mykola Revutskyi (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Vasyl Chornyi (Nyva Ternopil)
Forwards: Ihor Khudobyak (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Andriy Shevchuk (PFC Sevastopol), Dmytro Hunchenko (Illichivets Mariupol), Matviy Bobal (Tavriya Simferopol)

On 17 August 2018 there first gathered Ukraine national female student football team for the 2019 Universiade preparation.^[4] The head coach of the team was appointed the head coach of Ukraine women's national football team Natalya Zinchenko.

Competitive record

Universiade

Summer Universiade^[5]
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1979-1991	part of the Soviet Union
1979	did not enter (unofficial)
1981	no tournament
1983	no tournament
1985	did not enter
1987	part of the Soviet Union
1989	no tournament
1991	part of the Soviet Union
1993	did not enter
1995	Semifinals	6	2	2	2	9	11	-2	8
1997	Semifinals	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
1999	Group stage	6	2	2	2	10	11	-1	8
2001	Final	6	4	0	2	4	3	+1	12
2003	Group stage	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	10
2005	did not qualify
2007	Winners	5	5	0	0	11	4	+7	15
2009	Winners	6	2	4	0	7	5	+2	10
2011	Group stage	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1	7
2013	Quarterfinals	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3	7
2015	Group stage	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6	5
2017	Quarterfinals	6	3	0	3	8	10	-3	9
2019	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	5	6	-1	7
Total	2 titles	70	30	17	23	93	89	+4	107

Last games

Group B

5 July 2019

18:00

Ukraine	0–2	Italy
	Report	Mercadante 38' Strada 43'

Stadio Simonetta Lamberti

Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

7 July 2019

18:00

Ukraine	1–0	Mexico
Kostyshyn 75'	Report

Stadio Marcello Torre

Referee: Luis Quiroz Prado (Ecuador)

Quarterfinals

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09)

21:00 CEST

Brazil	2–1	Ukraine
R. Dos Santos 80' Milioransa 90'	Report	Kostyshyn 9'

Arena di Cercola Stadium, Naples

Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

5th–8th place semifinals

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)

17:00 CEST

Republic of Ireland	1–2	Ukraine
Hollywood 67'	Report	Doroshenko 56' Udod 90+1'

Stadio San Francesco d'Assisi, Nocera Inferiore

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Fifth place match

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13)

17:00 CEST

Ukraine	1–1	South Korea
Radchenko 45'	Report	Kim Hyeon-woo 60'
Penalties
	1–3

Stadio Alberto Pinto, Caserta

Referee: Luis Quiroz (Ecuador)

Current squad

Squad as of 01 July 2019^[6]^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Vadym Soldatenko (Captain)	(1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 27)	Avanhard Kramatorsk
12	1GK	Artem Pospyelov	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 26)	Mariupol

15	2DF	Oleksiy Lobov	(1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 26)	Avanhard Kramatorsk
5	2DF	Dmytro Yukhymovych	(1996-07-27) 27 July 1996 (age 27)	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
4	2DF	Bohdan Kushnirenko	(1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 28)	Mykolaiv
3	2DF	Andriy Spivakov	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 28)	Berkut-Lehion Brovary
20	2DF	Ernest Astakhov	(1998-08-21) 21 August 1998 (age 25)	Kremin Kremenchuk
2	2DF	Oleh Sokolov	(1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 (age 24)	Oleksandriya

16	3MF	Roman Tolochko	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 25)	Karpaty Lviv
8	3MF	Maksym Hrysyo	(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 27)	Karpaty Lviv
7	3MF	Taras Zaviyskyi	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 28)	Buchonia Flieden
6	3MF	Andriy Ponedelnik	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27)	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
14	3MF	Artur Dumanyuk	(1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 27)	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
13	3MF	Arsentiy Doroshenko	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23)	Kolos Kovalivka
9	3MF	Artem Radchenko	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995 (age 29)	Mykolaiv
10	3MF	Yevhen Chumak	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995 (age 28)	Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
18	3MF	Denys Kostyshyn	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 26)	Kolos Kovalivka

17	4FW	Andriy Shtohrin	(1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 25)	Chornomorets Odesa
19	4FW	Mykhaylo Udod	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)	Unattached
11	4FW	Anatoliy Nuriyev	(1996-05-20) 20 May 1996 (age 27)	Mynai

Coaching Staff

Head coach: Anatoliy Buznik
Assistant: Stepan Yurchyshyn
Assistant: Oleksiy Yatsenko

Former coaches

Top scorers

Since 2009

Anton Kotlyar – 6
Serhiy Kravchenko – 4
Alisher Yakubov – 2
Ihor Kurylo – 2
Vladyslav Piskun – 2

Achievements

Football at the Summer Universiade
- Winners (2): 2007, 2009 (details)
- Runners-up (1): 2001

References

^ Ukraine student football team departed for the Universiade in Taipei (Студентська збірна України з футболу вирушила на Універсіаду в Тайбей). UNIAN. 16 August 2017
^ ^a ^b Mykhailov, V. Ukraine team through Amsterdam flies for victories to Taiwan (Сборная Украины через Амстердам летит за победами на Тайвань). Zbirna. 15 August 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Valerko, Artur. Analysis of the football team: one more team of Ukraine departed for medals (Розбір збірної: ще одна команда України вирушила за медалями). Sport Arena. 4 July 2019
^ Historical assembly of Ukrainian female student football team (Історичний збір жіночої студентської збірної України з футболу). Womensfootball.com.ua. 14 August 2018
^ Summer Universiades - Football Tournaments. RSSSF
^ "Ukraine's Student Team Goes to Italy at World University - Official site of Ukrainian Football Association".
^ Botsyun, Kostiantyn. Ukraine student football team at the 2019 Summer Universiade: announcements, forecasts, games schedule, where to watch them (Сборная Украины на Летней Универсиаде-2019: анонс, прогнозы, расписание игр, где смотреть). Footboom. 1 July 2019

External links

Student football Archived 22 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine at the Football Federation of Ukraine website
Ukraine student football team at the All-Ukrainian Football Association of Students

Football in Ukraine

Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF / FFU / FF UkrSSR)

League system

Men	Premier League First League Second League Third League (defunct) Amateur Championship Regional championships Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)
Women	Ukrainian Women's League Top league First league Winter challenge
Youth	UPL (U-21 & U-19) PFL (U-19) WFPL (U-18, U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Students' League (Universities) Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11) FFU Cup of hopes

Domestic cups

Men	Ukrainian Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Amateur Cup FFU Regions' Cup Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct) Ukrainian League Cup (defunct) Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct) Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)
Women	Women's Cup Winter Cup

National teams

Men	National team Olympic U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Students Beach soccer team Futsal team
Women	National team U-19 U-17 Beach soccer team Futsal team
Hosted	Euro 2012 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Viktor Bannikov Memorial 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

Governing bodies

UAF committees	Committee of Referees Control and Disciplinary Committee National Teams Committee
Collective members	Ukrainian Premier League Professional Football League Ukrainian Youth Football League Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football All-Ukrainian Association of Student's Football Association of Football among Handicapped Association of Football among Veterans Ukrainian Association of Mini-Football Trade Union of Footballers All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches MON Sports CSK ZSU Spartak Dynamo Kolos Ukraine Regional football associations
Regional associations	AR Crimea Cherkasy Chernihiv Chernivtsi Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk Ivano-Frankivsk Kharkiv Kherson Khmelnytskyi Kyiv Kirovohrad Luhansk Lviv Mykolaiv Odesa Poltava Rivne Sumy Ternopil Vinnytsia Volyn Zakarpattia Zaporizhzhia Zhytomyr