2018: results of the year for Ukraine U-21 team

The youth national team of Ukraine once again did not reach the final part of the European Championship. This time - in 2019. This is the 11th selection for our U-21 team, which ended at the qualifying stage, out of 13 held.

It will be recalled that Ukraine reached the final only twice - at Euro 2006 and Euro 2011. In the first case, Oleksiy Mykhailychenko's wards played brilliantly and became the vice-champions of the continent, in the second case Pavlo Yakovenko's team did not leave the group.

Once again - during the Euro-2002 cycle - the Ukrainian youth team lost to Switzerland in the playoffs (although Volodymyr Onyschenko's boys took first place in the qualifying group, the regulations sent them to the playoffs).

Oleksandr Holovko's team did not fulfill the tournament task - they won five qualifying matches out of 10, suffered three defeats and took third place after England and Holland.

In general, the youth team in 2018 played surprisingly few games - two in March, September and October. In November, we already saw a completely new team - from players born in 1998-1999, who are waiting selection for Euro-2021.

Usually, the youngster plays two more matches at the traditional Valery Lobanovsky Memorial in May, but this year the U-19 team was preparing for the final of Euro-2018, where Alexander Petrakov's wards eventually became bronze medalists.

But Golovko coped with the task of giving the best performers to the national team. Among those who did not even play in the youth team in 2018, but were constantly involved in Andriy Shevchenko, we will mention Mykola Matvienko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Viktor Tsygankov and Artem Besedin.

Both teams were represented by Andriy Lunin, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Viktor Kovalenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Maryan Shved and Andriy Boryachuk. Pavlo Lukyanchuk, Vasyl Kravets and Volodymyr Shepelev were called up to the national team but did not play in it in 2018.

In terms of staffing the national team, the youth team worked very well. However, Oleksandr Golovko's term has come to an end, other coaches will work with the new youth team.

Note also that in seven matches of 2018 Golovko involved 44 players. This is a lot, but 21 of them are already representatives of the new wave, a potential basis for the future team. Including 16 players born in 1998-1999 came on the field in sparring with Georgia.

The matches of the youth team of Ukraine in 2018

date

Category

Rival (field)

Score

Goals

22.03.2018

sociable

Slovenia (d)

3:2

White, Zotko, Dovbik

27.03.2018

Euro-2019 (U-21, selection)

England (d)

1:2

Shaparenko

07.09.2018

Euro-2019 (U-21, selection)

Latvia (e)

3:2

Popov, Swede, Kovalenko

11.09.2018

Euro-2019 (U-21, selection)

Andorra (e)

1:0

Swede

12.10.2018

Euro-2019 (U-21, selection)

Scotland (e)

3:1

Zubkov (2), Kovalenko

16.10.2018

Euro-2019 (U-21, selection)

Netherlands (g)

0:3

 

16.11.2018

sociable

Georgia (e)

3:3

Rusyn, Lednev, Yanchak

Personnel potential

Goalkeepers

D.B.

Club

Games

Minutes

Goals

Danilo KANEVTSEV

26.07.1996

Metalist 1925

2

180

3c

Andrii LUNIN

11.02.1999

Leganes (Spain)

2

180

3c

Vladimir MAKHANKOV

29.10.1997

Dynamo

2

135

3c

Andrii KOZHUKHAR

20.07.1999

Chornomorets

1

90

3c

Dmitry BESRUK

30.03.1996

Chornomorets

1

45

1c

Defenders

D.B.

Club

Games

Minutes

Goals

Vitalii MYKOLENKO

29.05.1999

Dynamo

4

360

0

Bohdan MYKHAILICHENKO

21.03.1997

Zorya Luhansk

4

360

0

Denys POPOV

17.02.1999

Dynamo

4

360

1

Igor KYRIUKHANTSEV

29.01.1996

Mariupol.

3

225

0

Valery LUCHKEVICH

11.01.1996

Standard (Belgium)

3

180

0

Ivan ZOTKO

09.07.1996

Elche (Spain)

2

180

1

Pavlo LUKYANCHUK

19.05.1996

Kishvarda (Hungary)

2

180

0

Oleksandr TYMCHYK

20.01.1997

Zorya Luhansk

2

170

0

Vasily KRAVETS

20.08.1997

Lugo (Spain)

2

121

0

Oleksii BYKOV

29.03.1998

Mariupol.

1

90

0

Vladyslav DUBINCHAK

01.07.1998

Arsenal-Kyiv

1

90

0

Orest LEBEDENKO

23.09.1998

Karpaty

1

90

0

Yevhen CHEBERKO

23.01.1998

Zorya Luhansk

1

59

0

Midfielders

D.B.

Club

Games

Minutes

Goals

Maxim Tretyakov

06.03.1996

Danube Streda (Slovakia)

6

226

0

Viktor KOVALENKO

14.02.1996

Shakhtar

5

450

2

Maxym LUNYOV

22.05.1998

Zorya Luhansk

5

263

0

Alexander PAHALONOK

07.05.1997

Mariupol.

4

360

0

Oleksandr ZUBKOV

03.08.1996

Mariupol.

4

234

2

Mykola SHAPARENKO

04.10.1998

Dynamo

4

163

1

Volodymyr SHEPELYEV

01.06.1997

Dynamo

3

270

0

Bohdan LYEDNYEV

07.04.1998

Zorya Luhansk

3

225

1

Yuriy VAKULKO

10.11.1997

Arsenal-Kyiv

3

218

0

Yegor NAZARINA

10.07.1997

Antwerp (Belgium)

1

90

0

Oleksandr PETRUSENKO

26.03.1998

Dynamo

1

90

0

Yevhen SMYRNYI

18.08.1998

Dynamo

1

90

0

Volodymyr YAKIMETS

03.03.1998

Shakhtar

1

62

0

Roman VANTUKH

04.07.1998

Dynamo

1

45

0

Dmytro TOPALOV

12.03.1998

Shakhtar

1

45

0

Yevhen CIMBALYUK

19.06.1996

Donetsk

1

24

0

Vadym YANCHAK

07.02.1999

Lviv

1

24

1

Yevgeny PROTASOV

23.07.1997

Oleksandriya

1

8

0

Forwards

D.B.

Club

Games

Minutes

Goals

Maryan SHVED

16.07.1997

Karpaty

5

346

2

Andriy Boryachuk

23.04.1996

Mariupol.

4

143

0

Nazarii RUSYN

25.10.1998

Dynamo

3

147

1

Artem DOVBYK

21.06.1997

Midtjylland (Denmark)

2

118

1

Stanislav BILENKYI

22.08.1998

Danube Streda (Slovakia)

2

80

1

Alexey GUTULYAK

25.12.1997

Karpaty

2

55

0

Vladyslav VAKULA

29.04.1999

Mariupol.

1

28

0

Yurii SHPYRKA

22.04.1998

Dynamo

1

10

0

Coach

 

 

Games

 

 

Oleksandr Holovko

06.01.1972

 

7

 

 

 

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