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Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Zhovto-Blakytni (the Yellow-Blues)
Association Football Federation of Ukraine
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Oleh Blokhin
Asst coach Yuriy Kalitvintsev
Andriy Bal
Yuriy Romenskyi
Captain Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (113)
Top scorer Andriy Shevchenko (46)
Home stadium Olimpiysky Stadium, Kiev
FIFA code UKR
FIFA ranking 54
Highest FIFA ranking 11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking 28
Highest Elo ranking 14 (October 2010)
Lowest Elo ranking 67 (March 1995)
Home colours
Away 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

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 teams biggest success is reaching the last eight at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, this was also the team's debut in the finals of a major championship.[1] As a host nation Ukraine is automatically qualified for Euro 2012,[1] this will be its debut in a European Football Championship.

Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex in Kiev[2] and their head coach is Oleh Blokhin.[3][4]

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[edit] History

[edit] Pre-independence (1925–1935)

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.[5][6] Just like the national team of the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR national football team was never recognized by any international association and after 1935 it was disbanded. A few of its players later competed for the national team of the Soviet Union. In 1935 Ukraine played several matches against the collective teams of the cities of Prague (Praha) and Moscow (Moskva). Among the most famous players of the team were Idzkovsky, Privalov, the Fomin brothers, and many others. Idzkovsky later became the president of the Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR.

[edit] Official formation

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.[7] Meanwhile some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of the 1990s (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia as it was named the official successor of the USSR. 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[8]), 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.[7]

[edit] Improved team, but no qualifications

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 2005, three times failing at the last qualifying stage, the playoffs, after finishing second in their qualifying groups they lost to Croatia, failing to get to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia prevented Ukraine from going to Euro 2000, and Germany stopped them prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleg 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 with 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 being crushed in the first match by Spain 0–4, 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 reaching the quarter-final of the tournament before losing 3–0 to eventual champions Italy.

[edit] Euro 2012

As a host nation Ukraine is automatically qualified for Euro 2012,[1] which will mark their debut in the European Football Championship.

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Stadiums

The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kiev's Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, the previous home of Dynamo Kyiv (which presently only uses the stadium for major European matches). 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.

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date Tournament Location Opponent Notes
29 February 2012 Friendly match Tel-Aviv, Israel  Israel
28 May 2012 Friendly match Austria  Estonia
1 June 2012 Friendly match Vienna  Austria
5 June 2012 Friendly match  Norway
11 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012 Olympic Stadium, Kiev  Sweden
15 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012 Donbass Arena, Donetsk  France
19 June 2012 UEFA Euro 2012 Donbass Arena, Donetsk  England
15 August 2012 Friendly match Kiev  Bulgaria
11 September 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) England  England
12 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) Moldova  Moldova
16 October 2012 2014 FIFA World Cup (Q) Ukraine  Montenegro

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.

[edit] Recent matches

Friendly international - Cytavision Cyprus Tournament 1st Game

8 February 2011
18:30 UTC+2
 Romania  2 – 2  Ukraine Paralimni, Cyprus
Referee: Stelios Trifonos, (Cyprus)
Alexa Goal 33', 44' Report
Video report		 Rakytskiy Goal 24'
Milevsky Goal 31'
  Penalties  
Zicu Missed
Papp Missed
Ganea Scored
Raţ Scored		 2 – 4 Yarmolenko Scored
Tymoshchuk Scored
Kravets Scored
Husyev Missed
Rotan Scored

Ukraine advance to the final of the Cytavision Cyprus Tournament

Friendly international - Cytavision Cyprus Tournament final

9 February 2011
18:30 UTC+2
 Sweden  1 – 1  Ukraine GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Leontios Tratos, (Cyprus)
Elmander Goal 7' Report (ru)
Video report		 Dević Goal 20' (pen)
  Penalties  
Granqvist Scored
Källström Missed
Larsson Scored
Eriksson Scored
Lustig Scored
Bajrami Missed		 4 – 5 Kravets Missed
Tymoshchuk Scored
Aliyev Scored
Morozyuk Scored
Rotan Scored
Konoplyanka Scored

Ukraine wins the Cytavision Cyprus tournament

Friendly international

29 March 2011
19:45 UTC+3
 Ukraine  0 – 2  Italy Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 15,000[9]
Referee: Alexey Nikolaev, (Russia)
Report Rossi Goal 27'
Matri Goal 81'

Friendly international

1 June 2011
19:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  2 – 0  Uzbekistan Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
Referee: Ozkahya Halis (Turkey)
Tymoshchuk Goal 55'
Voronin Goal 60'		 Report

Friendly international

6 June 2011
22:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  1 – 4  France Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Tymoshchuk Goal 53' Report Gameiro Goal 58'
Martin Goal 87', 90+2'
Kaboul Goal 89'

Friendly international

10 August 2011
21:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  0 – 1  Sweden Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
Report Hysén Goal 90+2'

Friendly international

2 September 2011
21:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  2 – 3  Uruguay Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Referee: Björn Kuipers, (Holland)
Yarmolenko Goal 1'
Konoplyanka Goal 45'		 Report González Goal 43'
Lugano Goal 60'
Hernández Goal 87'

Friendly international

6 September 2011
20:00 UTC+3
 Czech Republic  4 – 0  Ukraine Generali Arena, Prague
Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)
Kadlec Goal 3' (pen.), 12'
Rezek Goal 47'
Kolář Goal 51'		 Report

Friendly international

7 October 2011
19:45 UTC+3
 Ukraine  3 – 0  Bulgaria Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev
Referee: Pavel Karlovets (Czech Rep.)
Selin Goal 7'
Shevchenko Goal 38'
Yarmolenko Goal 82'		 Report

Friendly international

11 October 2011
20:00 UTC+3
 Estonia  0 – 2  Ukraine A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)
Report Husyev Goal 45+1'
Aliyev Goal 68'

Friendly international

11 November 2011
20:45 UTC+3
 Ukraine  3 – 3  Germany Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev
Attendance: 69,700
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Yarmolenko Goal 28'
Konoplyanka Goal 36'
Nazarenko Goal 45'		 Report Kroos Goal 38'
Rolfes Goal 65'
Müller Goal 77'

Friendly international

15 November 2011
21:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  2 – 1  Austria Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 31,879
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen, (Norway)
Milevskiy Goal 18'

Devich Goal 90+2'

 Report Kucher Goal 71' (o.g.)

[edit] Player records

Player records are accurate as of 15 November 2011.

[edit] Most capped Ukraine players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000–Present 113 4
2 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–Present 105 46
3 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1994–Present 91 0
4 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 75 15
5 Andriy Husin 1993–2006 71 9
6 Andriy Voronin 2002–Present 69 7
7 Andriy Vorobei 2000–2008 68 9
Oleh Husyev 2002–Present 68 8
9 Andriy Nesmachniy [10] 2000–2009 67 0
10 Vladyslav Vashchuk 1996–2007 63 1
See also: List of Ukrainian international footballers


[edit] Ukraine captains

# Player Career Captain Caps
(Total Caps)
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–Present 54 (105)
2 Oleh Luzhny 1992–2002 39 (52)
3 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000–Present 23 (113)
4 Oleksandr Holovko 1995–2004 13 (58)
Yuriy Kalitvintsev 1995–1999 13 (22)
6 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1994–Present 12 (91)
7 Serhiy Bezhenar 1992–1997 4 (23)
Yuriy Maksymov 1992–2002 4 (27)
9 Serhiy Diryavka 1992–1995 3 (9)
Ihor Kutepov 1992–1993 3 (4)


[edit] Top Ukraine goalscorers

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Pct.
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–Present 46 (105) 43.81
2 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 15 (75) 20
3 Serhiy Nazarenko 2003–Present 12 (47) 25.532
4 Andriy Vorobei 2000–2008 9 (68) 13.235
Andriy Husin 1993–2006 9 (71) 12.676
6 Timerlan Huseinov 1993–1997 8 (14) 57.143
Oleh Husyev 2003–Present 8 (68) 11.765
8 Artem Milevskiy 2006–Present 7 (42) 16.667
Maksym Kalynychenko 2002–Present 7 (47) 14.894
Andriy Voronin 2002–Present 7 (69) 10.145


[edit] Top 10 goalkeepers

# Player Games Wins GA GAA
1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 91 37 80 0.879
2 Andriy Pyatov 24 10 24 1
3 Oleh Suslov 12 7 15 1.25
4 Vitaliy Reva 9 3 10 1.111
5 Maksym Levytskyi 8 1 10 1.25
6 Andriy Dikan 7 4 9 1.286
7 Dmytro Tiapushkin 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

[edit] Ukraine managers

Manager Nation Ukraine career Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Qualifying cycle Final tour
Viktor Prokopenko Ukraine 1992 3 0 1 2 2 5 0
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) Ukraine 1992 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Oleh Bazilevich Ukraine 1993–1994 11 4 3 4 13 14 36.36 1996
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) Ukraine 1994
Total		 2
3		 0
0		 0
1		 2
2		 0
1		 3
4		 0
0
Yozhef Sabo Ukraine Hungary 1994 2 1 1 0 3 0 50 1996
Anatoly Konjkov Ukraine 1995 7 3 0 4 8 13 42.86 1996
Yozhef Sabo Ukraine Hungary 1996–1999
Total		 32
34		 15
16		 11
12		 6
6		 44
47		 26
26		 46.88
47.06		 1998, 2000
Valery Lobanovsky Ukraine 2000–2001 18 6 7 5 20 20 33.33 2002
Leonid Buriak Ukraine 2002–2003 19 5 6 8 18 23 26.32 2004
Oleh Blokhin Ukraine 2003–2007 46 21 14 11 65 40 45.65 2006, 2008 2006
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko[11] Ukraine 2008–2009 20 12 4 4 31 16 60 2010
Myron Markevych[12][13][14] Ukraine 2010 4 3 1 0 9 3 75
Yuriy Kalitvintsev (caretaker)[15][16] Ukraine 2010–2011 8 1 5 2 10 13 12.5
Oleh Blokhin[3][4] Ukraine 2011–present 9 4 1 4 15 16 44.44 2012

Last updated on 15 November 2011.

[edit] Current coaching staff[17]

Head coach Ukraine Oleh Blokhin coach since April 2011, Second stint as coach of the Ukrainian National Team
Coach Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev[4] coach since 2010, caretaker manager of the team from August 25, 2010[16] till on 21 April 2011 Blokhin was (again) appointed head coach.[4]
Coach Ukraine Andriy Bal coach since 1993, Ukraine (assistant) 2003–2007
Goalkeeper Coach Ukraine Yuriy Romenskyi coach since 2003, Ukraine (goalies coach) 2003–2007
Manager Ukraine Oleh Taradai
Senior Administrator Ruslan Volchansky
Administrator Viktor Kashpur

[edit] Players

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up to the Ukraine squad for the Friendly matches against Germany and Austria on November 11 and November 15, 2011.

Players' records are accurate as of 15 November 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
31 GK Andriy Dikan8 9 16 July 1977 (1977-07-16) (age 34) 7 0 Russia Spartak Moscow
12 GK Oleksandr Rybka8 10 April 1987 (1987-04-10) (age 24) 2 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
5 DF Oleksandr Kucher 22 October 1982 (1982-10-22) (age 29) 28 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
16 DF Vitaliy Mandzyuk8 9 24 January 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 26) 18 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3 DF Artem Fedetskiy 26 April 1985 (1985-04-26) (age 26) 16 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
44 DF Yaroslav Rakitskiy 3 August 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 22) 14 3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
21 DF Bohdan Butko 13 January 1991 (1991-01-13) (age 21) 6 0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol
33 DF Yevhen Selin 9 May 1988 (1988-05-09) (age 23) 4 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
4 MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 30 March 1979 (1979-03-30) (age 32) 113 4 Germany Bayern Munich
9 MF Oleh Husyev 25 April 1983 (1983-04-25) (age 28) 68 8 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
14 MF Ruslan Rotan 29 October 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 30) 55 6 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
18 MF Serhiy Nazarenko 16 February 1980 (1980-02-16) (age 31) 47 12 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol
2 MF Oleksiy Gai8 6 November 1982 (1982-11-06) (age 29) 29 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
8 MF Oleksandr Aliyev 3 February 1985 (1985-02-03) (age 27) 24 6 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
6 MF Andriy Yarmolenko 23 October 1989 (1989-10-23) (age 22) 17 6 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
19 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka 29 September 1989 (1989-09-29) (age 22) 15 4 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
5 MF Denys Harmash 19 April 1990 (1990-04-19) (age 21) 3 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
7 FW Andriy Shevchenko9 (captain) 29 September 1976 (1976-09-29) (age 35) 105 46 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
25 FW Artem Milevskiy 12 January 1985 (1985-01-12) (age 27) 42 7 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
22 FW Marko Devych 27 October 1983 (1983-10-27) (age 28) 17 2 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
15 FW Roman Bezus 26 September 1990 (1990-09-26) (age 21) 1 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava

[edit] Recent call-ups

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 Shovkovskiy9 2 January 1975 (1975-01-02) (age 37) 91 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v  Estonia, 11 October 2011
GK Maksym Koval1 2 9 December 1992 (1992-12-09) (age 19) 0 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v  France, 6 June 2011
GK Andriy Pyatov1 28 June 1984 (1984-06-28) (age 27) 24 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  France, 6 June 2011
DF Yevhen Khacheridi5 28 July 1987 (1987-07-28) (age 24) 7 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v  Germany, 11 November 2011
DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy 7 November 1986 (1986-11-07) (age 25) 29 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  Estonia, 11 October 2011
DF Taras Mykhalyk 28 October 1983 (1983-10-28) (age 28) 24 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v  Estonia, 11 October 2011
DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk 13 May 1979 (1979-05-13) (age 32) 20 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  Czech Republic, 6 September 2011
DF Serhiy Kryvtsov3 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) (age 20) 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  Czech Republic, 6 September 2011
DF Yevhen Cheberyachko 19 June 1983 (1983-06-19) (age 28) 2 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  Sweden, 10 August 2011
DF Andriy Rusol7 16 January 1983 (1983-01-16) (age 29) 49 3 Retired v  Sweden, 10 August 2011
DF Mykola Ischenko1 9 March 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 28) 1 0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol v  France, 6 June 2011
DF Vasyl Kobin1 24 May 1985 (1985-05-24) (age 26) 11 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  France, 6 June 2011
DF Ihor Oshchypko 25 October 1986 (1986-10-25) (age 25) 3 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv v  Italy, 29 March 2011
DF Oleksandr Romanchuk 21 October 1984 (1984-10-21) (age 27) 8 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v  Italy, 29 March 2011
DF Vitaliy Fedoriv4 21 October 1987 (1987-10-21) (age 24) 2 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v  Romania, 8 February 2011
MF Maksym Kalynychenko 26 January 1979 (1979-01-26) (age 33) 47 7 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol v  Czech Republic, 6 September 2011
MF Edmar Aparecida 16 June 1980 (1980-06-16) (age 31) 1 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v  Sweden, 10 August 2011
MF Ihor Khudobyak1 20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 26) 6 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv v  France, 6 June 2011
MF Denys Kozhanov 13 June 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 24) 4 0 Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol v  France, 6 June 2011
MF Serhiy Kravchenko2 24 April 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 28) 9 1 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  France, 6 June 2011
MF Denys Oliynyk2 16 August 1987 (1987-08-16) (age 24) 9 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  France, 6 June 2011
MF Taras Stepanenko 8 August 1989 (1989-08-08) (age 22) 4 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  Italy, 29 March 2011
MF Mykola Morozyuk 17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 24) 3 0 Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk v  Sweden, 9 February 2011
FW Andriy Voronin5 21 July 1979 (1979-07-21) (age 32) 69 7 Russia Dynamo Moscow v  Germany, 11 November 2011
FW Yevhen Seleznyov 20 July 1985 (1985-07-20) (age 26) 27 5 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v  Estonia, 11 October 2011
FW Anton Shynder8 9 13 June 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 24) 1 0 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol v  Estonia, 11 October 2011
FW Oleksiy Antonov 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) (age 25) 1 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  Sweden, 10 August 2011
FW Artem Kravets 3 June 1989 (1989-06-03) (age 22) 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v  Italy, 29 March 2011

Notes:

  • ^1 Called up to the squad but did not play against Uzbekistan
  • ^2 Called up to the squad but did not play against France
  • ^3 Called up to the squad but did not play against Uruguay
  • ^4 Called up to the squad but did not play against Sweden
  • ^5 Called up, but did not play for reasons of injury
  • ^6 Called up to the squad but did not play against Switzerland
  • ^7 Called up to the squad to play against Sweden but excluded due to injuries
  • ^8 Called up to the squad but did not play against Bulgaria
  • ^9 Called up to the squad but did not play against Estonia

[edit] Previous squads

[edit] Competitive record

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

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 Part of  Soviet Union Part of  Soviet Union
United States 1994 Did Not Enter Did Not Enter
France 1998 Did Not Qualify 12 6 3 3 11 9
South Korea Japan 2002 12 4 6 2 15 13
Germany 2006 Quarter Final 8th 5 2 1 2 5 7 12 7 4 1 18 7
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify 12 6 4 2 21 7
Brazil 2014 To Be Determined
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Total Quarter Final 1/5 5 2 1 2 5 7 48 23 17 8 65 36
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1960–1992 Part of  Soviet Union
England 1996 Did Not Qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000
Portugal 2004
Austria Switzerland 2008
Poland Ukraine 2012 Hosts
France 2016 To Be Determined
Total - 1/5 - - - - - -

[edit] Qualifying campaigns

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, lost to Croatia in playoffs 2000 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Slovenia in playoffs
2002 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Germany in playoffs 2004 – Finished 3rd in Qualifying group
2006 – Finished 1st in Qualifying group, qualified for WC 2006 2008 – Finished 4th in Qualifying group
2010 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Greece in playoffs 2012 – Qualified as host nation

[edit] All-time team record

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 15 November 2011.[18]

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 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Azerbaijan 2 1 1 0 6 0 +6
 Belarus 7 3 3 1 7 4 +3
 Bulgaria 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
 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 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 England 4 1 0 3 2 7 -5
 Estonia 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6
 France 6 0 3 3 3 9 -6
 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 4 0 2 2 2 3 -1
 Italy 7 0 1 6 2 14 -12
 Japan 2 1 0 1 0 1 -1
 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 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
 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 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3
 Poland 5 1 2 2 5 7 -2
 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 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
 Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 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 1 2 1 2 2 0
 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Turkey 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2
 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
 Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Total 181 76 54 51 233 184 49

[edit] Home venues record

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 42 20 15 7 68 36 1.79
VVL Dynamo Kiev 18 11 5 2 33 14 2.11
Ukraina Lviv 7 7 0 0 16 6 3
Metalist Kharkiv 4 1 1 2 6 4 1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 0 0 2 0 3
Chornomorets Odessa 2 1 1 0 2 1 2
Donbass Arena Donetsk 3 0 1 2 2 6 0.33
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 81 41 25 15 130 73 1.83
Last updated: 26 November 2011. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] World rankings

Date FIFA Ranking Elo Rating
January 1994 90th 49th
January 1995 77th 63rd
January 1996 69th 55th
January 1997 59th 44th
January 1998 49th 44th
January 1999 34th 34th
January 2000 27th 36th
January 2001 34th 34th
Date FIFA Ranking Elo Rating
January 2002 45th 42nd
January 2003 45th 40th
January 2004 61st 49th
January 2005 57th 31st
January 2006 40th 30th
January 2007 13th 21st
January 2008 30th 39th
January 2009 16th 25th
January 2010 22nd 23rd
January 2011 34th 17th
January 2012 54th
Highest position ever
FIFA: 11 (February 2007)
Elo: 14 (October 2010)
Lowest position ever
FIFA: 132 (September 1993)
Elo: 67 (March 1995)
Elo Rating

[edit] Kits
Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 (Reserve) – Lotto
Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 – Lotto
Team kit used in 2009 (Reserve) – Adidas
Team kit used in 2009 – Adidas

On 29th March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[19] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[20] Prior to February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

[edit] Sponsors

  • National sponsor: Ukrtelecom
  • Premium sponsors: Knyazha (part of the Vienna Insurance Group), Chernihivske, Adidas
  • Official sponsors: Henkel (Ukraine), Air-company "MAU" (International Airlines of Ukraine), NIKO (official Mitsubishi distributor in Ukraine), Gas stations network "TNK", Boris clinic, Tour agency "Love Cyprus", Resort center "Grand Admiral Club".

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Ukraine determine own future, UEFA
  2. ^ NSK Olimpiysky, Ukrainian Soccer Portal
  3. ^ a b Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
  4. ^ a b c d Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
  5. ^ The Ukrainian Football National Team of 1925–1935 (Ukrainian)
  6. ^ Ukrainian Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
  7. ^ a b Ukraine’s forgotten World Cup pedigree, Business Ukraine (4 August 2010)
  8. ^ "RSSSF European Championship 1988 – Final Tournament – Full Details". Rsssf.com. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/88e-full.html. Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  9. ^ Nitsak, Igor; Balmforth, Richard (29 March 2011). "Soccer-Ukraine 0 Italy 2 - friendly result". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/soccer-friendly-ukraine-result-idUKLDE72S2EW20110329. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  10. ^ (Russian) Nesmachniy international career ended
  11. ^ Ukraine decides not to renew coach's contract, Kyiv Post (23 December 2009)
  12. ^ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (21 April 2010)
  13. ^ (Ukrainian) "Офіційна заява Мирона Маркевича (Official petition of Myron Markevych)". metalist.kharkov.ua. 21 August 2010. http://metalist.kharkov.ua/news/1323.html. 
  14. ^ "Copy of the document for the resgnation". http://www.ffu.org.ua/img/forall/z_m.jpg. Retrieved 2011-12-07. 
  15. ^ (Ukrainian) "Збірну довірили Калитвинцеву (National team was entrusted to Kalitvintsev)". www.ffu.org.ua. 25 August 2010. http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/ffu/about/ffu_news/6306/. 
  16. ^ a b Markevich leaves Ukraine helm, UEFA (August 25, 2010)
  17. ^ (Russian) Блохин огласил свой тренерский штаб, ua-football.com
  18. ^ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_main/a_history/. Retrieved 8 October 2010. 
  19. ^ (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. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/national/4bb059d4.html. 
  20. ^ "Ukraine 09/10 Adidas football kits". footballshirtculture. 6 February 2009. http://www.footballshirtculture.com/09/10-kits/ukraine-2009-10-adidas-football-kits.html. Retrieved 11 June 2009. 

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