Ukraine national futsal team
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Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)Zhovto-Blakytni
("the Yellow-Blues")
 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 (12 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 8 (December 2025) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 12 (May 2024) | ||
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| 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 | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result |  Third Place (2024) | ||
| AMF World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2003) | ||
| Best result | 1st round (2003) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 11 (First in 1996) | ||
| Best result |  2nd place (2001, 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.
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 match | Fourth place | 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 | 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 match | Third place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 19 | +24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | ||
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||||||
| Total:6/10 | Third place match | Third place | 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2001 | Final | Runners-up | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 |
 2003 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | ||
 2005 | Third place match | Fourth Place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
 2007 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
 2010 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 |
 2012 | 8th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | |
 2014 | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
 2016 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |
 2018 | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2022 | Third place match | Fourth Place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 |
 2026 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| Total:11/13 | Final | Runners-up | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 123 | 119 |
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 | GK | Kyrylo Tsypun | 30 July 1987 | MFC Prodexim Kherson | ||
| 2 | GK | Oleksandr Sukhov | 8 June 1997 | MFC HIT Kyiv | ||
| GK | Nazarii-Zenovii Voitovych | 5 July 1998 | Energia Lviv | |||
| 3 | DF | Serhii Malyshko | 4 October 1994 | MFC Stalitsa Minsk | ||
| 4 | DF | Oleh Yeromin | 20 December 1992 | Viten | ||
| 6 | FW | Mykola Mykytiuk | 13 September 1996 | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| 7 | DF | Mykola Grytsyna | 3 June 1989 | MFC Stalitsa Minsk | ||
| FW | Mykhailo Grytsyna | 19 October 1991 | MFC Stalitsa Minsk | |||
| 10 | FW | Serhiy Zhurba | 14 March 1987 | MFC HIT Kyiv | ||
| 11 | FW | Artem Fareniuk | 9 November 1992 | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| 13 | DF | Ihor Korsun | 15 June 1993 | MFC Prodexim Kherson | ||
| 14 | FW | Petro Shoturma | 27 June 1992 | MFC Prodexim Kherson | ||
| 16 | FW | Oleksandr Pediash | 4 March 1994 | MFC HIT Kyiv | ||
| 18 | DF | Taras Kuz | 18 January 1987 | Energia Lviv | ||
| 19 | DF | Mykhailo Zvarych | 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 | 21 January 1992 | MFC Prodexim Kherson |
v. Albania  , 31 January 2021 | ||
| DF | Taras Korolyshyn | 18 February 1993 | MFC Stalitsa Minsk |
v. Albania , 31 January 2021 | ||
| DF | Mykola Bilotserkivets | 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
