Ukraine national under 19 football team

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Most caps Denys Harmash (27) FIFA code UKR Location Ukraine		Top scorer Dmytro Korkishko (15) Head coach Volodymyr Yezerskiy Confederation UEFA (Europe)

Best result Winners of 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Association Football Federation of Ukraine

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.

Overview

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.

Head coaches

1999-2002 Anatoliy Kroshchenko (at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship he was a coach of the under-20 team)

2002-2002 Pavlo Yakovenko

2003-2006 Yuriy Kalitvintsev

2009-2009 Yuriy Kalitvintsev

2010-2012 Oleh Kuznetsov

2012-2016 Oleksandr Holovko

2016-2017 Volodymyr Tsytkin

2017-present Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Official

Youth World Cup (as under-20 team)

UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship

Invitationals

Valentin Granatkin Memorial (friendly in Saint Petersburg)

Copa del Atlantico (for under-18)

Memorial Stevan Cele Vilotic

Official tournaments

Unlike the under-21 team, the continental competitions for under-19 take place on annual basis starting from 1992.

European championship

1994: Elite round qualification

1995: Elite round qualification

1996: First round qualification

1997: First round qualification

1998: First round qualification

1999: First round qualification

2000: Runners-up (2000 qualifications); qualification for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

2001: Group state (2001 qualifications)

shift to under-19 competitions

2002: First round qualification

2003: First round qualification

2004: Semifinals (2004 qualifications); qualification for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

2005: Elite round qualification

2006: Elite round qualification

2007: First round qualification

2008: Elite round qualification

2009: Winner (Event Host)

2010: Elite round qualification

2011: Elite round qualification

2012: Elite round qualification

2013: Elite round qualification

2014: Group stage

2015: Group stage; qualification for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2016: Elite round qualification

2017: ongoing qualification (elite round)

World Cup

2001: Round of 16

2005: Round of 16

2015: Round of 16

Latest squad

On 21 June 2015, Ukraine announced 23-man preliminary list for the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.

Head coach: Oleksandr Holovko

References

Ukraine national under-19 football team Wikipedia

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