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Ukraine national futsal team

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FIFA code
  
UKR

Appearances
  
5 (First in 1996)

Confederation
  
UEFA (Europe)

FIFA ranking
  
8

Best result
  
4th place, (1996)

Nickname(s)
  
The Team (Збірна) Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)Zhovto-Blakytni ("the Yellow-Blues")

Association
  
Football Federation of Ukraine

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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.

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History

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.

Head coaches

  • Gennadiy Lisenchuk – from 1994 till 2012
  • Yevgen Ryvkin – from 9 January 2013
  • Current squad

    The following players were named for UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.

    References

    Ukraine national futsal team Wikipedia