Ukraine national student football team

Until fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukrainian student footballers had chance to compete at Universiades as part of the Soviet Union football team.[3] The Soviet football team debuted at the 1987 Universiades and won the tournament.[3] It was based primarily on the Vilnuis team of FK Zalgiris (all Lithuanian team).[3]

The Ukraine student football team debuted in 1995 in Japan.[3] The team was mainly based on FC CSKA Kyiv (not to be confused with its other contemporary FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv) that was recently promoted to the 1995–96 Ukrainian Second League.[3] The team was led by Volodymyr Lozynskyi and Volodymyr Bezsonov reached semifinal where it lost and later for the third place it also yielded to Russia student football team (based on FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny).[3] The Ukrainian forward Pavlo Matviychenko with 5 goal tallies became the top scorer of the tournament in Japan.[3]

In 1997 the team departed under leadership of former Soviet international footballer and Ukrainian head coach Anatoliy Konkov who had on his team such Ukrainian footballers like Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Andriy Vorobey, Andrei Karyaka, as well as Serhiy Perkhun.[3] The team however did not disclose its full potential by placing fourth repeating achievement of the previous Bezsonov-Lozynskyi's squad.[3]

To the 1999 tournament the team was formed by Viktor Zhylin and was based on FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka that was managed by Zhylin at that time.[3]

In 2001 the team led by Anatoliy Buznik won its first medals when in final game Ukraine lost to the team of Japan.[3] The Ukraine student football team of Buznik was also helped by Ihor Yakubovskyi and consisted of following players[3]

• Goalkeepers: Dmytro Kozachenko (Nafkom-Akademia Irpin), Vadym Zhukov (Olkom Melitopol)
• Defenders: Vasyl Hrechanyi (Podillia Khmelnytskyi), Yevhen Bredun, Oleh Shkred (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Kondratovych (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Yerokhin (Chornomorets Odesa)
• Midfielders: Vitaliy Bielikov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Klyuchyk (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Oleksandr Batrachenko, Ivan Oleksiyenko (both Metalurh Zaporizhia), Volodymyr Brayila (Metalurh Mariopol), Dmytro Bermudes (Metalist Kharkiv)
• Forwards: Oleksandr Antonenko, Ivan Kozoriz (both Systema-Boreks Borodyanka), Oleksiy Telyatnykov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Myroslav Bundash (FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod), Yaroslav Skydan (Shakhtar Donetsk)

The 2007 Summer Universiade

The winning squads of 2007 and 2009 tournaments were led by Volodymyr Lozynskyi and assisted by Ivan Shepelenko.[3] The 2007 consisted of following players[3]

• Goalkeepers: Volodymyr Ikonnykov (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Artem Shtanko (Illichivets Mariupol)
• Defenders: Andriy Zaporozhan (Enerhetyk Burshtyn), Anton Monakhov (Krymteplytsia Molodizhne), Roman Bochkur (Chornomorets Odesa), Andriy Bashlay (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Midfielders: Artem Starhorodskyi (Arsenal Kyiv), Roman Voynarovskyi (Krymteplytsia Molodizhne), Andriy Misyaylo (Illichivets Mariupol), Ihor Hordya (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Dmytro Pronevych (Dnipro Cherkasy), Roman Lutsenko (MFC Mykolaiv), Mykola Revutskyi (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Vadym Hostiev (Podillya Khmelnytskyi), Oleh Herasymyuk (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Forwards: Ihor Khudobyak (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Andriy Shevchuk (PFC Sevastopol), Dmytro Hunchenko (Illichivets Mariupol)

The 2009 consisted of following players[3]

• Goalkeepers: Yuriy Bakhtiyarov (Bukovyna Chernivtsi), Yuriy Kyslytsia (Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine)
• Defenders: Vladyslav Piskun, Andriy Bashlay (both PFC Sevastopol), Anton Monakhov (Tavriya Simferopol), Ihor Hrebynskyi (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Andriy Zaporozhan (PFC Oleksandriya)
• Midfielders: Oleksiy Repa, Artem Starhorodskyi (both Arsenal Kyiv), Vladyslav Mykulyak (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod), Oleksandr Krokhmalyuk (CSKA Kyiv), Ihor Hordya (Metalurh Donetsk), Andriy Misyaylo (Vorskla Poltava), Mykola Revutskyi (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Vasyl Chornyi (Nyva Ternopil)
• Forwards: Ihor Khudobyak (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk), Andriy Shevchuk (PFC Sevastopol), Dmytro Hunchenko (Illichivets Mariupol), Matviy Bobal (Tavriya Simferopol)

On 17 August 2018 there first gathered Ukraine national female student football team for the 2019 Universiade preparation.[4] The head coach of the team was appointed the head coach of Ukraine women's national football team Natalya Zinchenko.

Squad as of 01 July 2019[6][7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Vadym Soldatenko (Captain)	(1996-05-28) 28 May 1996		Avanhard Kramatorsk
12	1GK	Artem Pospyelov	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998		Mariupol
15	2DF	Oleksiy Lobov	(1997-08-16) 16 August 1997		Avanhard Kramatorsk
5	2DF	Dmytro Yukhymovych	(1996-07-27) 27 July 1996		Ahrobiznes Volochysk
4	2DF	Bohdan Kushnirenko	(1995-11-02) 2 November 1995		Mykolaiv
3	2DF	Andriy Spivakov	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995		Berkut-Lehion Brovary
20	2DF	Ernest Astakhov	(1998-08-21) 21 August 1998		Kremin Kremenchuk
2	2DF	Oleh Sokolov	(1999-07-12) 12 July 1999		Oleksandriya
16	3MF	Roman Tolochko	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998		Karpaty Lviv
8	3MF	Maksym Hrysyo	(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996		Karpaty Lviv
7	3MF	Taras Zaviyskyi	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995		Buchonia Flieden
6	3MF	Andriy Ponedelnik	(1997-02-28) 28 February 1997		Bukovyna Chernivtsi
14	3MF	Artur Dumanyuk	(1996-11-15) 15 November 1996		Ahrobiznes Volochysk
13	3MF	Arsentiy Doroshenko	(2000-06-27) 27 June 2000		Kolos Kovalivka
9	3MF	Artem Radchenko	(1995-01-02) 2 January 1995		Mykolaiv
10	3MF	Yevhen Chumak	(1995-08-25) 25 August 1995		Shevardeni-1906 Tbilisi
18	3MF	Denys Kostyshyn	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997		Kolos Kovalivka
17	4FW	Andriy Shtohrin	(1998-12-14) 14 December 1998		Chornomorets Odesa
19	4FW	Mykhaylo Udod	(1997-02-17) 17 February 1997		Unattached
11	4FW	Anatoliy Nuriyev	(1996-05-20) 20 May 1996		Mynai

• Head coach: Anatoliy Buznik
• Assistant: Stepan Yurchyshyn
• Assistant: Oleksiy Yatsenko

Since 2009

• Anton Kotlyar – 6
• Serhiy Kravchenko – 4
• Alisher Yakubov – 2
• Ihor Kurylo – 2
• Vladyslav Piskun – 2

• Football at the Summer Universiade
  • Winners (2): 2007, 2009 (details)
  • Runners-up (1): 2001

• Volodymyr Lozynskyi
• Burevestnik (Ukraine), Soviet students sports society

• Student football at the Football Federation of Ukraine website
• Ukraine student football team at the All-Ukrainian Football Association of Students