Ukraine Euro 2021 Tips and Betting Odds

Welcome to BettingOdds.com's Euro 2021 profile series, where we'll be counting down to the tournament with an in-depth look at the betting opportunities for each of the countries involved.

Author's Opinion

Ukraine are huge outsiders to win Euro 2021 and for good reason. Andriy Shevchenko's men have only qualified for three major international tournaments in the last 25 years, Euro 2016 & 2012 and the 2006 World Cup, where they bowed out of the former in the group stages, which actually makes their journey to the quarter-final of the WC 15 years ago - when their current manager was still firing in the goals - all the more commendable. 

They'll certainly have their work cut out making it out of a tough group which includes the Netherlands and Austria, though with the best performing third-placed teams also making it through to the last-16, I feel confident in their ability to qualify for the knockout phases, but don't possess too much faith in them going any further than that at Euro 2021.

Confirmed Ukraine squad for Euro 2021

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Anatolii Trubin (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Defenders: Oleksandr Karavaev (Dynamo Kyiv), Serhiy Kryvtsov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Mykola Matviyenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Denys Popov (Dynamo Kyiv), Eduard Sobol (Club Brugge), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Illia Zabarnyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Roman Bezus (Gent), Yevhen Makarenko (Kortrijk), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta), Marlos (Shakhtar Donetsk), Mykola Shaparenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Dynamo Kyiv), Viktor Tsygankov (Dynamo Kyiv)

Forwards: Artem Besedin (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro-1), Roman Yaremchuk (Gent), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), Oleksandr Zubkov (Ferencváros)

Top three scorers & shot takers this season - Club & Country

Roman Yaremchuk, Gent

• Goals: 22
• Shots per game: 2.6
• Shots on target per game: 1.3

Júnior Moraes, Shakhtar 

• Goals: 10
• Shots per game: 1.6
• Shots on target per game: 0.8

Ruslan Malinovskiy, Atalanta

• Goals: 11
• Shots per game: 2
• Shots on target per game: 0.6

Top Three Most Carded This Season - Club & Country Combined 

Ruslan Malinovskiy, Atalanta

• Yellow cards: 9
• Red Cards: 0
• Fouls per game: 1.2

Marlos, Shakhtar 

• Yellow Cards: 6
• Red Cards: 0
• Fouls per game: 0.7

Eduard Sobol, Club Brugge

• Yellow cards: 7
• Red Cards: 1
• Fouls per game: 1.3

Top Three Key Players

Roman Yaremchuk, Gent

A key player for Ukraine this summer will be their leading goalscorer Roman Yaremchuk. The 27-year-old has bagged 22 goals for Belgian outfit Gent this season and will relied upon heavily to deliver at the top end of the pitch for Shevchenko's side at Euro 2021. He is a three-figure price in the top scorer betting, priced at 125/1 at the time of writing. 

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Man City

The only player in the current crop playing regularly in the Premier League with West Ham's Andriy Yarmolenko missing most of the campaign through injury, Man City's versatile Oleksandr Zinchenko will be pivotal for the national side this summer.

At City he operates as a more traditional left full back but for Ukraine he is mostly deployed as either a left or central attacking figure in midfield. He has really kicked on in recent seasons and transformed into a reliable asset for club and country, and definitely possesses the talent required to carry his country to the knockout phases of Euro 2021.

Ruslan Malinovskiy, Atalanta 

Atalanta forward Ruslan Malinovskiy is another player who has been playing regularly in one of Europe's top leagues this season, as well as featuring in the Champions League for the Italian outfit. Having scored eight goals and provided nine assists in 2020-21, the 27-year-old's creative influence will be much needed at the Euros, and I am looking forward to seeing how he copes with the pressure of the main stage.

Young Gun

Ilya Zabarnyi, Dynamo Kiev

18-year-old centre-back Ilya Zabarnyi may have been born in 2002 but he is showing a maturity well beyond his years for Dynamo Kiev. The teen is a regular in the first team already and has six caps to his name at international level. Very interested to see how he fares in the summer.

Ukraine's Outright Odds at Euro 2021

Ukraine are big-price outsiders to win Euro 2021 at 100/1, making them joint-13th in the betting alongside Russia and Sweden. 

Ukraine's Group Odds at Euro 2021

Ukraine are 6/1 joint-second favourites to win Group C alongside Austria, behind the Netherlands (2/5) and ahead of North Macedonia (25/1). They are 4/11 to qualify for the knockout phase, with little separating them from Austria, who are 2/5 to do so.

The Gaffer

Ukraine's manager is former AC Milan and Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko. The 44-year-old made 111 appearances for the country during his playing career, scoring 48 times - making him Ukraine's highest ever goalscorer. 

He took charge of the national team back in 2016 after a brief spell as their assistant head coach. Euro 2021 will be Shevchenko's first major tournament as a manager. 

Ukraine's record at the World Cup & Euros - Last 25 years

• 2018 World Cup, did not qualify
• 2016 Euros, group stage
• 2014 World Cup, did not qualify
• 2012 Euros, group stage
• 2010 World Cup, did not qualify
• 2008 Euros, did not qualify
• 2006 World Cup, quarter-final
• 2004 Euros, did not qualify
• 2002 World Cup, did not qualify
• 2000 Euros, did not qualify
• 1998 World Cup, did not qualify
• 1996 Euros, did not qualify