Ukraine women's national football team

Ukraine
NicknameZhinky
AssociationUkrainian Association of Football (UAF)
Українська Асоціація Футболу
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVolodymyr Pyatenko
CaptainDaryna Apanashchenko
Most capsDaryna Apanashchenko (151)
Top scorerDaryna Apanashchenko (66)[1]
Home stadiumArena Lviv, Lviv
(following Russian aggression)
Stadion imeni Haharyna, Chernihiv
FIFA codeUKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 34 (11 December 2025)[2]
Highest16 (June 2008 – June 2009)
Lowest35 (December 2021 – March 2022; June – December 2024; June 2025)
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
Appearances1 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup stage (2009)

The Ukraine women's national football team (Ukrainian: Жіноча збірна України з футболу, romanized: Zhinocha zbirna Ukraini z futbolu) 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 from 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 with Belarus in 1993. The first team consisted of the following players: Tetyana Ovcharenko (goalkeeper) – Olena Mazurenko, Svitlana Balynska, Olena Chubarova, Alina Doroshchuk – Tetyana Shvets, Iryna Serhiyenko, Lyudmyla Pokotylo, Halyna Prykhodko – Tetyana Verezubova, Svitlana Frishko; and substitutes: Valentyna Ryabichenko (goalkeeper) – Inesa Titova – Yulia Bayeka, Natalia Melnychenko, Lyudmyla Protsenko – Olena Vdovyka, Tetyana Vyshnyakova, Halyna Zonova.[4]

The first major tournament Ukraine qualified for was the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 hosted in Finland.[5]

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 (before the Russian aggression games were hosted 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   Loss   Fixture

2025

21 February 2025 UEFA Nations League Albania  1–2  Ukraine Durrës, Albania
18:00 UTC+1
  • Berisha 90+5'
 Report
Stadium: Niko Dovana Stadium
Attendance: 2,520
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer (Germany)
25 February 2025 UEFA Nations League Ukraine  2–1  Croatia Elbasan, Albania[note 1]
18:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Elbasan Arena
Attendance: 10
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
4 April 2025 UEFA Nations League Ukraine  1–0  Czech Republic Polkowice, Poland
18:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ainara Acevedo (Spain)
8 April 2025 UEFA Nations League Czech Republic  1–1  Ukraine Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
17:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 2,184
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)
30 May 2025 UEFA Nations League Ukraine  2–1  Albania Varaždin, Croatia
19:00 UTC+2
Report
  • Berisha 10'
 Stadium: Stadion Varteks
Attendance: 50
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)
3 June 2025 UEFA Nations League Croatia  2–0  Ukraine Karlovac, Croatia
19:00 UTC+2
  • Vračević 11'
  • Živković 52'
 Report Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Attendance: 238
Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)
27 June Friendly Poland  4–0  Ukraine Mielec, Poland
15:30 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Stadion Stali Mielec
Referee: Patrycja Turczyn (Poland)
25 October Friendly Slovakia  1–2  Ukraine Senec, Slovakia
17:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: NTC Senec
Referee: Réka Molnár (Hungary)
28 October Friendly Romania  1–1  Ukraine Chiajna, Romania
17:30 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Concordia Stadium
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
28 November Friendly Ukraine  1–1  Scotland Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
12:00 UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Chapín
Referee: Gabriela Arce (Paraguay)
1 December Friendly Ukraine  3–2  Austria Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain
12:00 UTC+1
Report
  • Hillebrand 1'
  • Kotyk 28' (o.g.)
 Stadium: Estadio El Palmar
Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

2026

3 March 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Ukraine  v  England TBD
--:-- 
7 March 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Ukraine  v  Spain TBD
--:-- 
14 April 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Iceland  v  Ukraine Iceland
--:-- UTC+0
18 April 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Spain  v  Ukraine Spain
--:-- UTC+2
5 June 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Ukraine  v  Iceland TBD
--:-- 
9 June 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification England  v  Ukraine England
--:-- UTC+1

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

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

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly matches against Scotland and Austria on 27 and 30 November 2025, respectively.[22]

Caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2025, after the match against Austria.[23]
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kateryna Boklach (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 3 0 Nantes
12 1GK Darya Kelyushyk (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 16 0 Kolos Kovalivka
23 1GK Kateryna Samson (1988-07-05) 5 July 1988 56 0 Vorskla Poltava
4 2DF Yana Kotyk (2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 14 2 Vorskla Poltava
5 2DF Alina Savka (2008-10-22) 22 October 2008 2 0 Vorskla Poltava
8 2DF Marina Shayniuk (2000-10-26) 26 October 2000 6 0 Vorskla Poltava
14 2DF Lyubov Shmatko (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 66 8 Fomget GSK
18 2DF Kateryna Korsun (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 37 2 Vorskla Poltava
21 2DF Solomiya Kupyak (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 4 0 Kolos Kovalivka
22 2DF Olga Basanska (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 96 5 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
24 2DF Iryna Kotiash (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 4 0 Vorskla Poltava
2 3MF Svitlana Kohut (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 2 0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
3 3MF Anna Petryk (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 54 2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
6 3MF Dayana Semkiv (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 27 0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
7 3MF Yana Malakhova (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 23 1 Mura
9 3MF Nicole Kozlova (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 50 8 Glasgow City F.C.
10 3MF Viktoria Radionova (2005-06-13) 13 June 2005 4 0 Vorskla Poltava
13 3MF Natia Pantsulaia (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 64 2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
15 3MF Nadiia Kunina (2000-03-29) 29 March 2000 40 6 Kolos Kovalivka
17 3MF Lidia Zaborovets (2006-04-04) 4 April 2006 2 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
16 4FW Olga Ovdiychuk (captain) (1993-12-16) 16 December 1993 101 18 Fomget GSK
19 4FW Roksolana Kravchuk (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 41 5 Vorskla Poltava
20 4FW Inna Hlushchenko (2004-05-12) 12 May 2004 34 3 Lille

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within 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 13 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
GK Iryna Slavych (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 0 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
DF Lesia Olkhova (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 2 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
DF Oleksandra Krevska (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 0 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
DF Daryna Apanashchenko (captain) (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 155 66 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Croatia, 3 June 2025
DF Iryna Podolska (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 29 0 Vorskla Poltava v.  Croatia, 3 June 2025
DF Yana Derkach (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 8 0 Fomget GSK v.  Croatia, 25 February 2025
MF Viktoriya Hiryn MED (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 26 1 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Slovakia, 25 October 2025
MF Tamila Khimich (1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 70 6 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
MF Daria Ivkova (1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 9 1 SeaSters FC v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
MF Tetiana Tril (1998-09-27) 27 September 1998 6 0 Polissia Zhytomyr v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
MF Yulia Khrystyuk (2003-04-07) 7 April 2003 5 1 Old Dominion v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
MF Viktoriya Holovach (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 1 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
MF Yana Kalinina (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 75 9 Vorskla Poltava v.  Croatia, 3 June 2025
MF Veronika Andrukhiv (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 66 7 Kolos Kovalivka v.  Croatia, 3 June 2025
MF Yulia Shevchuk (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 15 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Czech Republic, 8 April 2025
MF Svitlana Kohut (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 1 0 Kolos Kovalivka v.  Romania, 28 October 2025
MF Dayana Semkiv (2004-07-29) 29 July 2004 26 0 Kolos Kovalivka v.  Romania, 28 October 2025
MF Viktoria Radionova (2005-06-13) 13 June 2005 3 0 Vorskla Poltava v.  Romania, 28 October 2025
MF Lidia Zaborovets (2006-04-04) 4 April 2006 1 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Romania, 28 October 2025
FW Yelyzaveta Molodyuk MED (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 9 0 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v.  Slovakia, 25 October 2025
FW Tanya Boychuk (2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 0 0 Montreal Roses FC v.  Poland, 27 June 2025
Notes
  • INJ = Withdrew due to injury
  • MED = Withdrew due to medical reasons
  • PRE = Preliminary squad
  • RET = Retired from national team


Records

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
2031 2031
2035 2035
Total 0/8 62 29 10 23 121 100
* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Main article: UEFA Women's Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D* L GF GA P/R RK → 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 10th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Squad 10 8 1 1 20 3 2009 2nd in Qualifying group 5, beat 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 10 4 3 3 15 9 [a] 22nd 2025 2nd in qualifying group B4, beat Turkey in play-off round 1, lost to Belgium in play-off round 2
2029 To be determined To be determined
Total 1/10 3 1 0 2 2 4 78 38 11 29 128 115 22nd

UEFA Women's Nations League

Main article: UEFA Women's Nations League
UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season League Group Pos Pld W D L GF GA P/R RK
2023–24 B 3 3rd 8 4 0 4 12 7 * 27th
2025 B 4 1st 6 4 1 1 8 6 20th
Total 14 8 1 5 20 13 27th and 20th
Promoted at end of season
No movement at end of season
Relegated at end of season
* Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

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

Honours

Friendly

Champions: 2000
Champions: 2022

See also

Notes

  1. ^ From Euro 2025 onwards a new qualifying format was introduced, linked to the Women's Nations League where teams are divided into leagues with promotion/relegation between the leagues at the end of each cycle.
  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. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
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  16. ^ Anatoliy Kutsev Archived 2020-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. Womensfootball.com.ua
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  23. ^ Ukrainian Squad
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