Association | Football Federation of Ukraine |
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Volodymyr Yezerskiy |
Most caps | Denys Harmash (27) |
Top scorer | Dmytro Korkishko (15) |
FIFA code | UKR |
First international | |
Belarus 1 - 0 Ukraine (21 August 2005) |
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Biggest win | |
San Marino 0 - 6 Ukraine San Marino; (26 September 2006) Myanmar 0 - 6 Ukraine Whangarei, New Zealand; (2 June 2015) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Spain 3 - 0 Ukraine (20 August 2006) |
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Best result | Winners of 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship |
The Ukraine national under-19 football team also known as Ukraine national under-18 football team or Junior [football] team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and finals of the FIFA World Youth Championship (under-20). It is controlled by Football Federation of Ukraine, the governing body for football in Ukraine.
Ukraine national under-19 football team is the second youth national football team in the country after the national under-21 football team. It represents Ukraine at the continental championship for under-19 national teams. Most often a lot of its players formerly participated in continental and World competitions for national under-17 football teams. Upon a successful performance at the European championship for the under-19 teams it qualifies for the Youth World Cup that is organized for teams of under-20.
The under-19 football team has its reserve team known as under-18 football team that also participates in preparations to the under-19 football competitions.
Until 2002 the team played as the national under-18 football team for Ukraine. Its first game it played in 1994 away against Israel losing it 0-2.
Unlike the under-21 team, the continental competitions for under-19 take place on annual basis starting from 1992.