Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship
International football delegation
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Ukraine have appeared in four UEFA European Championships, all consecutively: Euro 2012, Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Before 1996, some of its players played for the Soviet Union national team and CIS national team – Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleh Luzhnyi, Ivan Hetsko and others.
For UEFA Euro 2012, Ukraine qualified automatically as one of the host countries, marking their début at the major European football tournament. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, both in Donetsk. Euro 2012 was the second international tournament at which Ukraine appeared, following the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
For Euro 2016, Ukraine qualified via the play-offs, defeating Slovenia. At the finals in France, they lost all three matches without scoring a goal.
Ukraine qualified for Euro 2020 by finishing top of their qualifying group, and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16 after extra time, before being eliminated by England.
Ukraine qualified for Euro 2024 via the play-offs, following a 2–1 victory against Iceland. Despite finishing the group stage with four points, Ukraine still finished bottom due to their inferior goal difference, and were eliminated.
UEFA Euro 2012
Group stage
- Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.
Ukraine  | 2–1 |  Sweden |
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UEFA Euro 2016
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7[a] | |
| 3 |  Northern Ireland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
- Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
UEFA Euro 2020
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Netherlands (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  North Macedonia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Ukraine |
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| Ukraine | 2–1 | North Macedonia |
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- Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | F |  Portugal |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | D |  Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | A |  Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | C | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | B |  Finland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | E |  Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.
Knockout stage
- Round of 16
- Quarter-finals
UEFA Euro 2024
Overall record
Champions Runners-up Third place
| UEFA European Championship record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | → | Outcome | |
Part of  Soviet Union and  CIS (1960 to 1992) |
Part of Soviet Union and CIS (1960 to 1992) | ||||||||||||||||
| as Ukraine |
as Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
 1996 |
Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1996 | 4th in Qualifying group 4 | ||||||||
 2000 |
12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2000 | 2nd in Qualifying group 4, lost to Slovenia in play-off | |||||||||
| 2004 |
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2004 | 3rd in Qualifying group 6 | |||||||||
| 2008 |
12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2008 | 4th in Qualifying group B | |||||||||
| 2012 |
Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Host nation | 2012 | Qualified as host nation | ||||||
 2016 |
24th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 2016 | 3rd in Qualifying group C, won against Slovenia in play-off | ||
 2020 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2020 | Winner of Qualifying group B | |
| 2024 |
Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2024 | 3rd in Qualifying group C, won against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in play-offs | |
  2028 |
To be determined | To be determined | 2028 | ||||||||||||||
  2032 |
2032 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 4/8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 72 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 105 | 67 | |||
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
- ***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.
Head-to-head record
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
See also
- Russia at the UEFA European Championship (records for Soviet Union)
- Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup