Shirt badge/Association crest
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Nickname(s) |
The Team (Збірна) Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)Zhovto-Blakytni ("the Yellow-Blues") |
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Association | Football Federation of Ukraine |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
FIFA code | UKR |
FIFA ranking | 8 |
First international | |
Belarus 1–2 Ukraine (Minsk, Belarus; 5 June 1994) |
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Biggest win | |
Ukraine 20–1 Armenia (Litija, Slovenia; 17 February 2000) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Brazil 16–0 Ukraine (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 13 December 1998) |
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World Cup | |
Appearances | 5 (First in 1996) |
Best result | 4th place, (1996) |
European Championship | |
Appearances | 9 (First in 1996) |
Best result | 2nd place, (2001, 2003) |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 1 (First in 2003) |
Best result | 1st round, (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.
The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.