Ukraine national futsal team

Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Team (Збірна)
Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)Zhovto-Blakytni
("the Yellow-Blues")
AssociationFootball Federation of Ukraine
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
FIFA codeUKR
FIFA ranking 8 1 (12 December 2025)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking9 (November 2024 – April 2025)
Lowest FIFA ranking12 (May 2024)
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)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances6 (First in 1996)
Best result Third Place (2024)
AMF World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2003)
Best result1st round (2003)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1996)
Best result 2nd place (2001, 2003)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances2 (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 Qualification
Year Round Rank M W D L GF GA GD M W D L GF GA GD Link
as Part of  Soviet Union as Part of  Soviet Union
1989 Did not invited to participate to the tournament Did not invited to participate to the tournament
as  Ukraine as  Ukraine
1992 Did not invited to participate to the tournament Did not invited to participate to the tournament
1996 Third place play-off 4th 8 3 2 3 36 25 +11 3 1 0 2 9 12 -3
2000 Did not qualify 5 4 0 1 40 5 +35
2004 Second round 6th 6 3 1 2 16 15 +1 4 4 0 0 16 4 +12
2008 Second round 8th 7 3 1 3 24 21 +3 5 4 0 1 20 8 +12
2012 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 1 1 21 13 +8 5 3 0 2 13 10 +3
2016 Round of 16 13th 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 5 5 0 0 29 6 +23
2021 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 19 14 +5
2024 Third place play-off 3rd 7 5 0 2 33 19 +24 4 3 1 0 13 6 +7
2028 TBD TBD
Total:6/10 Third place play-off 3rd 37 19 5 13 138 100 +38 37 26 3 8 159 65 +94

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Rank M W D L GS GA
1996 Fifth-place play-off 5th place 3 0 1 2 9 12
1999 Did not qualify
2001 Final 2nd place 5 2 2 1 18 12
2003 Final 2nd place 5 3 0 2 19 11
2005 Third place play-off 4th place 5 2 0 3 8 12
2007 Group stage 7th place 3 0 0 3 5 13
2010 Quarter-finals 5th place 3 1 1 1 9 9
2012 Quarter-finals 8th place 3 1 1 1 8 8
2014 Quarter-finals 5th place 3 1 1 1 2 2
2016 Quarter-finals 6th place 3 1 0 2 8 9
2018 Quarter-finals 5th place 3 1 0 2 6 8
2022 Third place play-off 4th place 6 2 0 4 19 13
2026 Group stage TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total:11/13 Final 2nd place 42 14 6 22 111 109

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Brazil 2005 did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
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
Brazil 2013
Brazil 2014
Brazil 2015
Brazil 2016
Total 2/11 12 6 4 2 38 22

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022.[2][3]
Head coach: Oleksandr Kosenko

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kyrylo Tsypun (1987-07-30) 30 July 1987 MFC Prodexim Kherson
2 1GK Oleksandr Sukhov (1997-06-08) 8 June 1997 MFC HIT Kyiv
1GK Nazarii-Zenovii Voitovych (1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 Energia Lviv
3 2DF Serhii Malyshko (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 MFC Stalitsa Minsk
4 2DF Oleh Yeromin (1992-12-20) 20 December 1992 Viten
6 4FW Mykola Mykytiuk (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk
7 2DF Mykola Grytsyna (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 MFC Stalitsa Minsk
4FW Mykhailo Grytsyna (1991-10-19) 19 October 1991 MFC Stalitsa Minsk
10 4FW Serhiy Zhurba (1987-03-14) 14 March 1987 MFC HIT Kyiv
11 4FW Artem Fareniuk (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk
13 2DF Ihor Korsun (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 MFC Prodexim Kherson
14 4FW Petro Shoturma (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 MFC Prodexim Kherson
16 4FW Oleksandr Pediash (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 MFC HIT Kyiv
18 2DF Taras Kuz (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987 Energia Lviv
19 2DF Mykhailo Zvarych (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 MFC Prodexim Kherson

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[4]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Yuriy Savenko (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 MFC Prodexim Kherson v. Albania , 31 January 2021
DF Taras Korolyshyn (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 MFC Stalitsa Minsk v. Albania , 31 January 2021
DF Mykola Bilotserkivets (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 MFC Prodexim Kherson v. Albania , 31 January 2021

Head coaches

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

Results and fixtures

2021

31 January 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Albania  3–10  Ukraine Hall Tirana Olimpik Park, Tirana
18:00 Mejzini 9', Brahimi 13', Karaj 34' Report Zvarych 1, 14, 27', Shoturma 6', Bilotserkivets 14', Fareniuk 19, 26', Grytsyna 23', Yeromin 36', Malyshko 40' Referee: Ozan Soykan (Turkey)
3 March 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Croatia  3-2  Ukraine
19:30
7 March 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Ukraine  2-7  Croatia
TBC
7 April 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Denmark  2-6  Ukraine
TBC
11 April 2021 Euro 2022 qualifying Ukraine  8-2  Albania
TBC

2020

1 February 2020 WC 2020 qualifying Serbia  5–2  Ukraine Sportska hala "Čair", Niš
17:30 Pršić 12', Petrov 15', Pršić 22', Tomić 30', Rakić 31' Report Fareniuk 30', Korsun 39'
2 February 2020 WC 2020 qualifying Ukraine  1–3  Spain Sportska hala "Čair", Niš
21:30 Malyshko 31' Report Ortiz 40' (pen.), Lozano 19' (pen.), Lozano 33'
4 February 2020 WC 2020 qualifying France  2–2  Ukraine Sportska hala "Čair", Niš
17:30 Mouhoudine 10', Ramirez 13' (pen.), Report Zhurba 7', Pediash 29'
9 November 2020 Friendly Hungary  1–2  Ukraine Debreceni Egyetemi Sportaréna, Debrecen
20:00 Nagy 4' Report Zvarych 6', Grytsyna 34'
10 November 2020 Friendly Hungary  3–4  Ukraine Debreceni Egyetemi Sportaréna, Debrecen
14:00 Dróth 3, 14', Dávid 28' Report Bilotserkivets 1, 23', Zvarych 22, 33'
8 December 2020 Friendly Ukraine  4–1  Moldova Yunist Sport Hall, Zaporizhzhia
14:00 Shoturma 5, 20', Kuz 24', Fareniuk 26' Report Nikolaychuk 35'
9 December 2020 Friendly Ukraine  8–0  Moldova Yunist Sport Hall, Zaporizhzhia
14:00 Zvarych 6, 12', Korsun 10', Kuz 24', Fareniuk 11, 15', Savenko 26', Kuz 34, 40' Report

2014

30 January 2014 Euro 2014 Romania  0–1  Ukraine Lotto Arena, Antwerp
18:30 Report Sorokin 17' Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)
1 February 2014 Euro 2014 Ukraine  0–0  Belgium Lotto Arena, Antwerp
20:45 Report Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia)
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. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  2. ^ "ЄВРО-2022 З ФУТЗАЛУ" (in Ukrainian). UAF. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Ukraine Squad - Futsal EURO". UEFA. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ Визначено склад збірної України на матчі групового етапу Євро-2022 проти Данії та Албанії (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2021.