Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship

Ukraine have appeared in four UEFA European Championships, all consecutively: Euro 2012, Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Before 1996, some of its players played for the Soviet Union national team and CIS national team – Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleh Luzhnyi, Ivan Hetsko and others.

For UEFA Euro 2012, Ukraine qualified automatically as one of the host countries, marking their début at the major European football tournament. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, both in Donetsk. Euro 2012 was the second international tournament at which Ukraine appeared, following the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

For Euro 2016, Ukraine qualified via the play-offs, defeating Slovenia. At the finals in France, they lost all three matches without scoring a goal.

Ukraine qualified for Euro 2020 by finishing top of their qualifying group, and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16 after extra time, before being eliminated by England.

Ukraine qualified for Euro 2024 via the play-offs, following a 2–1 victory against Iceland. Despite finishing the group stage with four points, Ukraine still finished bottom due to their inferior goal difference, and were eliminated.

UEFA Euro 2012

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Ukraine (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3[a]
4  Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Ukraine 2–1 Sweden.
Ukraine 2–1 Sweden
  • Shevchenko 55', 61'
 Report
Attendance: 64,290[1]
Ukraine 0–2 France
Report
Attendance: 48,000[2]
England 1–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 48,700[3]

UEFA Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Poland 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7[a]
3  Northern Ireland 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
Germany 2–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 43,035[4]
Ukraine 0–2 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 51,043[5]
Ukraine 0–1 Poland
Report
Attendance: 58,874[6]

UEFA Euro 2020

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  North Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Netherlands 3–2 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 15,837[7]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Ukraine 2–1 North Macedonia
 Report
Attendance: 10,001[8]
Ukraine 0–1 Austria
Report
Attendance: 10,472[9]
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Portugal 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 D  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 C  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 B  Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
6 E  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage
Round of 16
Sweden 1–2 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 9,221[10]
Quarter-finals
Ukraine 0–4 England
Report
Attendance: 11,880[11]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

UEFA Euro 2024

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024

Group stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
Source: UEFA
Romania 3–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 61,591[12]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Slovakia 1–2 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 43,910[13]
Ukraine 0–0 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 54,000[14]

Overall record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place  

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA → Outcome
Part of  Soviet Union and  CIS (1960 to 1992) Part of  Soviet Union and  CIS (1960 to 1992)
as  Ukraine as  Ukraine
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 4 1 5 11 15 1996 4th in Qualifying group 4
Belgium Netherlands 2000 12 5 6 1 16 7 2000 2nd in Qualifying group 4, lost to Slovenia in play-off
Portugal 2004 8 2 4 2 11 10 2004 3rd in Qualifying group 6
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 5 2 5 18 16 2008 4th in Qualifying group B
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Host nation 2012 Qualified as host nation
France 2016 24th 3 0 0 3 0 5 12 7 2 3 17 5 2016 3rd in Qualifying group C, won against Slovenia in play-off
Europe 2020 Quarter-finals 8th 5 2 0 3 6 10 8 6 2 0 17 4 2020 Winner of Qualifying group B
Germany 2024 Group stage 17th 3 1 1 1 2 4 10 6 2 2 15 10 2024 3rd in Qualifying group C, won against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in play-offs
United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 2028 To be determined To be determined 2028
Italy Turkey 2032 2032
Total Quarter-finals 4/8 14 4 1 9 10 23 72 35 19 18 105 67
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Head-to-head record

Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Austria 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Belgium 1 0 1 0 0 0
 England 2 0 0 2 0 5
 France 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Germany 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 2 3
 Northern Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 2
 North Macedonia 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Poland 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Romania 1 0 0 1 0 3
 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Sweden 2 2 0 0 4 2
Total 14 4 1 9 10 23

See also

References

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