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Nickname(s) | Молодіжка (Young men) | |||
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Association | Ukrainian Association of Football | |||
Head coach | ![]() | |||
Captain | Arseniy Batahov | |||
Most caps | Oleksandr Yatsenko (38) | |||
Top scorer | Pylyp Budkivskyi (18) | |||
Home stadium | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium | |||
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First international | ||||
![]() ![]() Ternopil,[2] Ukraine; 28 October 1992 | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
![]() ![]() Kyiv, Ukraine; 13 October 1998 | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() Paris, France; 26 March 1999 Note: Records for competitive matches only. | ||||
Olympic Games | ||||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2024) | |||
Best result | TBD (2024) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | ||||
Appearances | 3 (first in 2006) | |||
Best result | Runners-up (2006) |
The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Молодіжна збірна України) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Ukrainian Association of Football staff, committee of national teams. The team participates in qualifications to the Olympic competitions and the continental (UEFA) U-21 competitions.
Their first game the team played was on 28 October 1992. Its first competition the team entered in 1994 the qualification round for the 1996 European Under-21 Championship. The team has qualified for a tournament twice. The under-21s not only qualified for the 2006 European Under-21 Championship, but also reached the final, where they lost to Netherlands on 4 June 2006 by 3–0. The under-21s also qualified to the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that was held in Denmark.