Ukraine national football team

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Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Zhovto-Blakytni
(the Yellow-Blues)
Zbirna
Association Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU)
Федерація Футболу України
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mykhaylo Fomenko
Asst coach Valeriy Dushkov
Oleksandr Zavarov
Volodymyr Onyschenko
Yuriy Syvukha
Captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Most caps Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (128)
Top scorer Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Home stadium Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev
FIFA code UKR
FIFA ranking 39 Decrease
Highest FIFA ranking 13 (2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 50 (September 1993)
Elo ranking 26
Highest Elo ranking 16 (October 2002 as Ukraine)
Lowest Elo ranking 55 (March 1995)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Ukraine 1–3 Hungary 
(Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine 6–0 Azerbaijan 
(Kiev, Ukraine; 15 August 2006)
 Andorra 0–6 Ukraine
(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; 14 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Croatia 4–0 Ukraine
(Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March 1995)
 Spain 4–0 Ukraine
(Leipzig, Germany; 14 June 2006)
 Czech Republic 4–0 Ukraine
(Prague, Czech Republic; 6 September 2011)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result Quarter-finals 2006
European Championship
Appearances 1 (First in 2012)
Best result Group Stage 2012

The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team's biggest success on the world stage was reaching the quarter finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which also marked the team's debut in the finals of a major championship.[1] As a host nation Ukraine automatically qualified for Euro 2012,.[1]

Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kiev.[2]

Contents

History[edit]

Pre-independence (1925–1935)[edit]

Officially the national team of Ukraine was formed in early 1990s and soon was recognized internationally. It is not widely known that Ukraine previously had its national team in 1925–1935.[3][4] Just like the national team of the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR national team.

Official formation[edit]

Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the USSR national football team. After independence a Ukrainian national team was formed but the Ukrainian Football Federation failed to secure recognition in time to compete in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.[5] Meanwhile, some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of the 1990s (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran, Yuri Nikiforov, Ilya Tsymbalar and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia, as it was named the official successor of the USSR. The Soviet Union's five-year UEFA coefficients, despite being earned in part by Ukrainian players (for example, in the final of the last successful event, Euro-88, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians[6]), were transferred directly to the direct descendant of the Soviet national football team – the Russian national football team. As a result, a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league. When Ukraine returned to international football late 1994 it did so as absolute beginners.[5]

Improved team, but no qualifications[edit]

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Serhiy Rebrov. However, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major intercontinental tournament prior to 1998.

2006 FIFA World Cup[edit]

After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleh Blokhin as the national team's head coach. Despite the initial skeptical view to his appointment due to his previous somewhat not much distinguished coaching record and general public calls for a foreign coach, Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on 3 September 2005, by drawing Georgia, 1–1, in Tbilisi. In their first World Cup (2006 FIFA World Cup), they were in the group H together with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. After losing 0-4 in the first match to Spain, Ukraine beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage. In the round of 16, Ukraine played the winner of group G Switzerland, who they beat on penalties. In the quarter-finals they were beaten 0-3 by eventual champions Italy.

Euro 2012[edit]

As a host nation Ukraine qualified automatically for Euro 2012,[1] marking their debut in the European Football Championship. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2-1. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0-2 loss to France and a 0-1 loss to England, all in Donetsk.

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
 France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H[edit]

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H


Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 7 4 2 1 14 7 +7 14
 England 6 3 3 0 21 3 +18 12
 Ukraine 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 11
 Poland 6 2 3 1 12 7 +5 9
 Moldova 7 1 2 4 4 11 −7 5
 San Marino 6 0 0 6 0 29 −29 0
  England Moldova Montenegro Poland San Marino Ukraine
England  — 6 Sep 11 Oct 15 Oct 5–0 1–1
Moldova  0–5 — 0–1 1–1 11 Oct 0–0
Montenegro  1–1 15 Oct — 2–2 3–0 0–4
Poland  1–1 2–0 6 Sep — 5–0 1–3
San Marino  0–8 0–2 0–6 10 Sep — 15 Oct
Ukraine  10 Sep 2–1 0–1 11 Oct 6 Sep —


Stadiums[edit]

The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kiev's Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, also home of Dynamo Kyiv. The alternative stadiums include: Ukraina (Lviv), Dnipro Stadium (Dnipropetrovsk), Chornomorets (Odessa), Metalist (Kharkiv), and now most recently Donbass Arena, along with many others. However as new infrastructure and stadiums are built (especially in preparation for Euro 2012), other venues will include stadiums in the cities of Lviv, Donetsk, Odessa, among others.

During Soviet times (before 1991) only two stadiums in Ukraine were used in official games, they are the Kievan Olimpiysky NSC (known then as Republican Stadium) and the Lokomotiv Stadium in Simferopol.

Forthcoming fixtures[edit]

Official calendar of all national teams (adopted 26 December 2012)[7]

Date Tournament Location Opponent Notes
14 August 2013 Friendly match TBA, Ukraine  Israel
6 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) Lviv, Ukraine  San Marino
10 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) Lviv, Ukraine  England
11 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) TBA, Ukraine  Poland
15 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) TBA, San Marino  San Marino

For qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine has been drawn against its neighbour and co-host Poland. Also Ukraine is in the same group as England for the second qualifying competition in a row.

Recent matches[edit]

UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

11 June 2012
21:45
 Ukraine  2 – 1  Sweden Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 64,290
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Shevchenko Goal 55', 62' Report Ibrahimović Goal 52'

UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

15 June 2012
19:00
 Ukraine  0 – 2  France Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Report Ménez Goal 53'
Cabaye Goal 56'

UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

19 June 2012
21:45
 England  1 – 0  Ukraine Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 48,700
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Rooney Goal 48' Report

Friendly international

15 August 2012
20:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  0 – 0  Czech Republic Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 33,153
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Report

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

11 September 2012
20:00 UTC+01:00
 England  1 – 1  Ukraine Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 68,102
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Lampard Goal 87' (pen.) Report Konoplyanka Goal 38'

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

12 October 2012
21:00 UTC+01:00
 Moldova  0 – 0  Ukraine Zimbru Stadium, Chisinau
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Report

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

16 October 2012
14:00 UTC+01:00
 Ukraine  0 – 1  Montenegro Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 50,597[8]
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Report Goal 45+1' Damjanović

Friendly International

14 November 2012
18:00 UTC+2
 Bulgaria  0 – 1  Ukraine Levski Stadium, Sofia
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
Report Goal 33' Kucher

Friendly International

6 February 2013
19:00 UTC+1
 Norway  0 – 2  Ukraine Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
Report (Ukr) Moroziuk Goal 17'
Yarmolenko Goal 42'

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

22 March 2013
20:45 UTC+1
 Poland  1 – 3  Ukraine Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw
Attendance: 55,565
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
Piszczek Goal 18' Report Yarmolenko Goal 2'
Husyev Goal 7'
Zozulya Goal 45'

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

26 March 2013
21:00 UTC+2
 Ukraine  2 – 1  Moldova Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa
Attendance: 31,948
Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
Yarmolenko Goal 61'
Khacheridi Goal 71'		 Report Suvorov Goal 80'

Friendly international

2 June 2013
21:00 UTC+2
 Ukraine  0 – 0  Cameroon Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)
Report

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

7 June 2013
20:30 UTC+2
 Montenegro  0 – 4  Ukraine Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
Report Harmash Goal 52'
Konoplyanka Goal 77'
Fedetskiy Goal 85'
Bezus Goal 90+2'

Last 12 months – 13 games, 6 win(s), 4 draw(s), 3 loss(es) – 15 scored & 8 allowed.
Best scorer(s): Yarmolenko with 3 goals

Player records[edit]

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Andriy Shevchenko

Most capped Ukraine players[edit]

As of 7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000– 128 4
2 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 111 48
3 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1994–2012 92 0
4 Oleh Husyev 2003– 83 13
5 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 75 15
6 Andriy Voronin 2002–2012 74 8
7 Andriy Husin 1993–2006 71 9
8 Andriy Vorobey 2000–2008 68 9
Ruslan Rotan 2003– 68 6
10 Andriy Nesmachniy 2000–2009 67 0
See also: List of Ukrainian international footballers


Top Ukraine goalscorers[edit]

As of 7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)

# Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 48 111 0.432
2 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 15 75 0.2
3 Oleh Husyev 2003– 13 83 0.157
4 Serhiy Nazarenko 2003– 12 56 0.214
5 Andriy Yarmolenko 2009– 11 32 0.344
6 Andriy Vorobey 2000–2008 9 68 0.132
Andriy Husin 1993–2006 9 71 0.127
8 Tymerlan Huseynov 1993–1997 8 14 0.571
Artem Milevskiy 2006– 8 50 0.16
Andriy Voronin 2002–2012 8 74 0.108


Ukraine captains[edit]

As of 7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)

# Player Career Captain Caps Total Caps
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 56 111
2 Oleh Luzhny 1992–2002 39 52
3 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000– 34 128
4 Oleksandr Holovko 1995–2004 13 58
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev 1995–1999 13 22
6 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1994–2012 12 92
7 Serhiy Bezhenar 1992–1997 4 23
Yuriy Maksymov 1992–2002 4 27
Ruslan Rotan 2003– 4 68
10 Serhiy Diryavka 1992–1995 3 9
Ihor Kutepov 1992–1993 3 4


Top 10 goalkeepers[edit]

As of 7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)

# Player Games Wins GA GAA
1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 92 38 80 0.87
2 Andriy Pyatov 39 16 33 0.846
3 Oleh Suslov 12 7 15 1.25
4 Vitaliy Reva 9 3 10 1.111
5 Andriy Dykan 8 5 11 1.375
6 Maksym Levytskyi 8 1 10 1.25
7 Dmytro Tyapushkin 7 1 11 1.571
8 Valeriy Vorobyov 6 3 2 0.333
9 Dmytro Shutkov 5 2 4 0.8
10 Vyacheslav Kernozenko 5 2 8 1.6


  • ^1 Players in bold are still actively competing and are available for selection

Ukraine managers[edit]

Manager Nation Ukraine career Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Qualifying cycle Final tour
Viktor Prokopenko Ukraine 1992 3 2 1 0 7 2 66.67
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) Ukraine 1992 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Oleh Bazylevych Ukraine 1993–1994 11 10 1 0 23 7 36.36 1996
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) Ukraine 1994 2 2 0 0 5 3 0
Yozhef Sabo Ukraine 1994 2 1 1 0 3 0 50 1996
Anatoliy Kon'kov Ukraine 1995 7 5 0 2 21 4 42.86 1996
Yozhef Sabo Ukraine 1996–1999 32 28 3 1 67 21 46.88 1998, 2000
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Ukraine 2000–2001 18 12 4 2 29 14 33.33 2002
Leonid Buryak Ukraine 2002–2003 19 14 3 2 38 13 26.32 2004
Oleh Blokhin Ukraine 2003–2007 46 37 8 1 78 26 45.65 2006, 2008 2006
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko[9] Ukraine 2008–2009 20 15 1 4 41 12 60 2010
Myron Markevych[10][11][12] Ukraine 2010 4 3 1 0 9 3 75
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev (caretaker)[13][14] Ukraine 2010–2011 8 3 2 3 14 16 12.5
Oleh Blokhin[15][16] Ukraine 2011–2012 12 10 2 0 28 12 50 2014 2012
Andriy Bal (caretaker)[17] Ukraine 2012 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2014
Oleksandr Zavarov (caretaker) Ukraine 2012 1 1 0 0 1 0 100
Mykhaylo Fomenko[18] Ukraine 2013– 5 4 1 0 11 2 80 2014

Last updated on 7 June 2013.

Coaching staff[edit]

Currently approved[19]

Head coach Ukraine Mykhaylo Fomenko[18]
Coach Ukraine Valeriy Dushkov
Coach Ukraine Oleksandr Zavarov
Coach Ukraine Volodymyr Onyschenko
Goalkeeper Coach Ukraine Yuriy Syvukha
Manager Ukraine Oleh Taradai
Senior Administrator Ukraine Ruslan Volchanskyi
Administrator Ukraine Viktor Kashpur

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for a friendly match against Cameroon on 2 June 2013, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Montenegro on 7 June 2013.

Players' records are accurate as of 7 June 2013 after a match against Montenegro.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Andriy Pyatov (1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 28) 39 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
23 1GK Rustam Khudzhamov (1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 (age 30) 1 0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol
1 1GK Maksym Koval (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 20) 1 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
13 2DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 (age 34) 27 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
20 2DF Yaroslav Rakitskiy (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 23) 22 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
17 2DF Artem Fedetskiy (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 28) 22 1 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3 2DF Yevhen Khacheridi (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 25) 22 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
21 2DF Bohdan Butko (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 22) 15 0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol
2 2DF Yevhen Selin (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 25) 14 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
4 3MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (captain) (1979-03-30) 30 March 1979 (age 34) 128 4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
9 3MF Oleh Husyev (1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 30) 83 13 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
14 3MF Ruslan Rotan (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 (age 31) 68 6 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
7 3MF Andriy Yarmolenko (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 23) 32 11 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
10 3MF Yevhen Konoplyanka (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 23) 28 7 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
19 3MF Denys Harmash (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 23) 14 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
18 3MF Serhiy Kravchenko (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 30) 10 1 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
6 3MF Taras Stepanenko (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 23) 10 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
27 3MF Denys Oliynyk (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 26) 9 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
15 3MF Roman Bezus (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 22) 7 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
25 3MF Mykola Morozyuk (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 25) 6 1 Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk
22 3MF Edmar (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 33) 3 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
30 3MF Andriy Bohdanov (1990-01-21) 21 January 1990 (age 23) 1 0 Ukraine Arsenal Kyiv
26 3MF Dmytro Hrechyshkin (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
29 3MF Denys Dedechko (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 25) 0 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
11 4FW Yevhen Seleznyov (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 27) 36 5 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
8 4FW Roman Zozulya (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 23) 10 2 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
28 4FW Volodymyr Homenyuk (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 27) 8 0 Ukraine Arsenal Kyiv
16 4FW Oleksandr Kovpak (1983-02-02) 2 February 1983 (age 30) 2 0 Ukraine Sevastopol

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Oleksandr Horyainov (1975-06-29) 29 June 1975 (age 37) 2 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Moldova, 26 March 2013
GK Oleksandr Bandura (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 27) 0 0 Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk v.  Norway, 6 February 2013
GK Serhiy Pohorilyi Disqualified (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 26) 0 0 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol v.  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012
GK Andriy Dykan (1977-07-16) 16 July 1977 (age 35) 8 0 Russia Spartak Moscow v.  Moldova, 12 October 2012
DF Oleksandr Kucher Injured (1982-10-22) 22 October 1982 (age 30) 33 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Cameroon, 2 June 2013
DF Vitaliy Mandzyuk Injured (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 27) 21 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v.  Cameroon, 2 June 2013
DF Taras Mykhalyk (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 29) 32 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow v.  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012
MF Serhiy Nazarenko (1980-02-16) 16 February 1980 (age 33) 56 12 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol v.  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012
FW Marko Devych Injured (1983-10-27) 27 October 1983 (age 29) 29 2 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Cameroon, 2 June 2013
FW Anton Shynder (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 26) 2 0 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol v.  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012
FW Artem Milevskiy (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985 (age 28) 50 8 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Montenegro, 16 October 2012

Notes:

  • Injured Injured or recovering from surgery
  • (ret.) Retired from the national team
  • Disqualified Disqualified

Previous squads[edit]

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA World Cup record[edit]

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930–1990 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
United States 1994 Did Not Qualify Did Not Enter (missed admission)
France 1998 12 9 2 1 34 9
South Korea Japan 2002 12 10 0 2 22 10
Germany 2006 Quarter Final 8th 5 2 1 2 5 7 12 7 4 1 18 7
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify 12 10 2 0 21 7
Brazil 2014 To Be Determined 4 4 0 0 14 3
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Total Quarter Final 1/5 5 2 1 2 5 7 51 23 19 9 66 38
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship record[edit]

UEFA European Championship record UEFA Championship Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1960–1992 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
England 1996 Did Not Qualify 10 4 1 5 11 15
Belgium Netherlands 2000 12 8 2 2 16 7
Portugal 2004 8 6 1 1 19 10
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 10 2 0 18 5
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group 12th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Hosted
France 2016 To Be Determined To Be Determined
Total Group 1/5 3 1 0 2 2 4 42 16 12 13 56 48

Qualifying campaigns[edit]

FIFA World Cup European Football Championship
1994 – Qualifying spot not granted by FIFA 1996 – Finished 4th in Qualifying group
1998 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group 2000 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group
2002 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group 2004 – Finished 3rd in Qualifying group
2006 Qualified for the tournament 2008 – Finished 4th in Qualifying group
2010 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group 2012 – Qualified as host nation

All-time team record[edit]

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 7 June 2013.[20]

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Albania 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4
 Andorra 4 4 0 0 17 0 +17
 Armenia 8 5 3 0 17 8 +9
 Austria 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
 Azerbaijan 2 1 1 0 6 0 +6
 Belarus 7 3 3 1 7 4 +3
 Bulgaria 5 3 2 0 7 2 +5
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Canada 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
 Chile 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Croatia 7 1 3 3 5 12 -7
 Cyprus 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1
 Czech Republic 2 0 1 1 0 4 -4
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 England 6 1 1 4 3 9 -6
 Estonia 4 4 0 0 10 0 +10
 France 7 0 3 4 3 11 -8
 Faroe Islands 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Georgia 8 5 3 0 14 5 +9
 Germany 5 0 3 2 5 10 -5
 Greece 6 2 2 2 4 3 +1
 Hungary 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3
 Iran 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
 Iceland 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
 Israel 5 1 2 2 5 5 0
 Italy 7 0 1 6 2 14 -12
 Japan 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
 Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3
 Latvia 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
 Lithuania 7 5 0 2 15 8 +7
 Libya 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
 Moldova 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2
 Montenegro 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
 Macedonia 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1
 Netherlands 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3
 Northern Ireland 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2
 Norway 5 4 1 0 5 0 +5
 Poland 6 2 2 2 8 8 0
 Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
 Romania 5 1 1 3 6 11 -5
 Russia 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Scotland 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
 Serbia 4 4 0 0 7 1 +6
 Slovakia 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1
 Slovenia 4 0 2 2 4 6 -2
 Spain 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5
 Switzerland 2 1 1 0 2 2 0
 Sweden 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1
 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Turkey 6 1 1 4 5 9 -4
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 United States 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
 Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
 Wales 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Total 187 81 55 52 252 190 +62

Home venues record[edit]

Since Ukraine's first fixture (29 April 1992 vs. Hungary) they have played their home games at 10 different stadiums.

Venue City Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Points per game
Olimpiyskyi Kiev 46 22 16 8 75 42 1.78
VVL Dynamo Kiev 19 12 5 2 36 14 2.16
Ukraina Lviv 9 8 1 0 18 7 2.78
Metalist Kharkiv 6 1 1 4 8 8 0.67
Donbass Arena Donetsk 5 0 1 4 2 9 0.2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 0 0 2 0 3
Chornomorets Odessa 2 1 1 0 2 1 2
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 1 1 0 2 0.5
Meteor Dnipropetrovsk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
Avanhard Uzhhorod 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
Totals 93 46 27 20 146 87 1.77
Last updated: 25 October 2012. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

FIFA-Ranking history [21][edit]

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
90 77 71 59 49 47 27 34 45 45 60 57 40 13 30 15 22 34 55 47 37

Sports kits and sponsors[edit]
Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 – Lotto
Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 (Reserve) – Lotto
Team kit used in 2009 – Adidas
Team kit used in 2009 (Reserve) – Adidas

On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[22] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[23] Prior to February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

Sponsors[edit]

Marketing for the Football Federation of Ukraine is conducted by the Ukraine Football International (UFI).

  • Title sponsor: EpiCenter (since 2013)[24][25][26]
  • Premium (General) sponsors: Chernihivske (since 1998)
  • Official sponsors: Henkel (Ukraine), Adidas, Air-company "MAU" (International Airlines of Ukraine), NIKO (official Mitsubishi distributor in Ukraine), Boris clinic, Tour agency "Love Cyprus", Resort center "Grand Admiral Club".

Former title and general sponsors included Ukrtelekom, Kyivstar.[27]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Ukraine determine own future, UEFA
  2. ^ NSK Olimpiysky, Ukrainian Soccer Portal
  3. ^ The Ukrainian Football National Team of 1925–1935 (Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Ukrainian Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
  5. ^ a b Ukraine’s forgotten World Cup pedigree, Business Ukraine (4 August 2010)
  6. ^ "RSSSF European Championship 1988 – Final Tournament – Full Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  7. ^ Official calendar of all national teams
  8. ^ Відбір до ЧС-2014. Україна - Чорногорія 0:1. Збірна з заокругленим наконечником (Qualification to the 2013 World Cup. Ukraine - Montenegro 0:1. National team with a rounded tip). ua-football.com
  9. ^ Ukraine decides not to renew coach's contract, Kyiv Post (23 December 2009)
  10. ^ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (21 April 2010)
  11. ^ (Ukrainian) "Офіційна заява Мирона Маркевича (Official petition of Myron Markevych)". metalist.kharkov.ua. 21 August 2010. 
  12. ^ "Copy of the document for the resgnation". Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  13. ^ (Ukrainian) "Збірну довірили Калитвинцеву (National team was entrusted to Kalitvintsev)". www.ffu.org.ua. 25 August 2010. 
  14. ^ Markevich leaves Ukraine helm, UEFA (August 25, 2010)
  15. ^ Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
  16. ^ Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
  17. ^ Андрій Баль призначений в.о. головного тренера збірної України (Andriy Bal is appointed acting head coach of the Ukrainian national team), www.ua-football.com (6 October 2012)
  18. ^ a b Ukraine's football federation taps Fomenko to coach national team, Kyiv Post (26 December 2012)
  19. ^ (Russian) Блохин огласил свой тренерский штаб, ua-football.com
  20. ^ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
  21. ^ FIFA-ranking
  22. ^ (Russian) "Новую форму сборной первым примерил Ракицкий (+фото) (New uniform for the National team was first fitted by Rakytsky with photo)". ua.football. Globalinfo (Kiev, Ukraine). 29 March 2010. 
  23. ^ "Ukraine 09/10 Adidas football kits". footballshirtculture. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009. 
  24. ^ National team sponsor promised $2 mln for advancing to the WC-2014
  25. ^ Article-news at epicentrk.com.ua
  26. ^ Presentation of new sponsors in 2013. Youtube channel of FFU.
  27. ^ Explanation of sponsorship.

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