Ukraine’s futsal team triumphantly qualifies for Euro 2026
16 April 2025 10:49
Ukraine’s national men’s futsal team has qualified for the 2026 European Championships. For the first time in its history, the Ukrainian national team won all six matches of the qualifying tournament, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
All results of Ukraine in the qualifiers for Euro 2026
- round 1: Cyprus – 7: 0
- round 2: Romania – 2: 0
- round 3: Germany – 5:3
- round 4: Germany – 9:0
- round 5: Cyprus – 11: 1
- round 6: Romania – 3: 1
Final standings of Group 1
- Ukraine – 18 points (goal difference – 37:5)
- Romania – 9 (18:11)
- Germany – 9 (11:23)
- Cyprus – 0 (7:34)
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The Ukrainian futsal team has been playing at the European Men’s Championships since 2001. During this time, the team has achieved significant success, winning two silver medals. At the last European Championship in 2022, the team finished in fourth place.
Euro 2026
The European Futsal Championship will be held in Latvia and Lithuania from January 18 to February 8, 2026.
In addition to the Ukrainian national team, the tournament will feature hosts Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Portugal, Armenia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Belarus, and Spain. 5 more places will be played out.
Ukraine national team: dossier
Ukraine’s national men’s futsal team played its first official match on June 5, 1994, against Belarus, winning 2-1. The highest achievements of the Ukrainian national team are the bronze medal at the 2024 World Cup, as well as silver medals at the 2001 and 2003 European Championships. As of April 2025, the team is ranked 9th in the FIFA world rankings.
The team’s history began in 1993, when Ukraine was represented at the St. Petersburg Autumn tournament by a team composed of players from SKIF-Slid, Nike, Nadezhda, and Rita. Although these games are not included in the official statistics, they were the impetus for the creation of the national team. Valerii Shabelnykov became the first head coach, and later Hennadii Lysenchuk (1994-2012) was the team’s long-term mentor, under whose leadership Ukraine played 216 matches.
The top scorer in the history of the national team is Serhiy Koridze (62 goals), who also twice became the top scorer at European Championships. The team’s biggest victory was over Armenia (20:1 in 2000), and the most painful defeat was against Brazil (0:16 in 1998). As of February 2025, the national team has played 348 official matches and won 202. The team is currently coached by Oleksandr Kosenko.
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