Ukraine national football team

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Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Zhovto-Blakytni ("the Yellow-Blues")
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
Asst coach	Hennadiy Lytovchenko Vadym Yevtushenko Volodymyr Veremeyev Mykhaylo Mykhaylov
Captain	Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps	Andriy Shevchenko (94)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (43)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium, Kyiv
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	24
Highest FIFA ranking	11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking	24
Highest Elo ranking	17 (June 2009)
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 (Kyiv, 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)
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 April 29, 1992.

Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the USSR national football team. 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, while Ukraine did not participate in major international competitions until 1994. As a result a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league. Problems were further compounded when 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^[1]), were transferred directly to the direct descendant of the Soviet national football team - the Russian national football team.

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoschuk 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. It 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.

After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleg Blokhin as the national team's head coach. Despite initial resentment to his appointment due to his previous poor coaching record and calls for a foreign coach, Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on September 3, 2005, by drawing with Denmark, 1–1, in Copenhagen. 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, which they beat on penalties reaching the quarter-final of the tournament before losing 3–0 to eventual champions Italy.

Contents 1 Stadiums 2 2006 FIFA World Cup 3 Forthcoming fixtures 4 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4.1 Group 6 4.2 Recent Matches 5 World Cup record 6 European Championship record 7 Qualifying campaigns 8 Player records 8.1 Most capped Ukraine players 8.2 Ukraine captains 8.3 Top Ukraine goalscorers 8.4 Top 10 goalkeepers 9 Ukraine managers 10 Current players 10.1 Recent call ups 10.2 Previous squads 11 Home venues record 12 World rankings 13 Kits 14 See also 15 References 16 External links

[edit] Stadiums

The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kyiv´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.

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their first major tournament since splitting from the USSR, Ukraine were drawn in Group H along with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine got off to a poor start with a 4–0 defeat against Spain, but recovered to beat Saudi Arabia 4–0 in a then-national record victory. In their last group match, a lacklustre performance by Ukraine saw them hold on to second place, as they beat Tunisia 1–0 with a penalty kick scored by Andriy Shevchenko.

In the second round, Ukraine beat Switzerland on penalties (3–0) when the match ended 0–0 after extra-time. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine lost 3–0 to Italy to end their first World Cup campaign.

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Group 6

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27  Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21  Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20  Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13  Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6  Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0

Andorra  – 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6 Belarus  5 – 1 – 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0 Croatia  4 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2 England  6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 1 Kazakhstan  3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 – 1 – 3 Ukraine  5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 –

[edit] Recent Matches

Friendly International

2009-02-10	Slovakia	2 – 3	Ukraine	Tsirion Stadium, Limasol Attendance: 200 Referee: P. Kailis (Cyprus)
	Vittek  44' Hamšik  69'		Valyayev  10' Seleznyov  47' Milevsky  82' (pen.)

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Friendly International

2009-02-11	Serbia	0 – 1	Ukraine	GSP Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 450 Referee: L. Trattos (Cyprus)
			Nazarenko  16'

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-04-01 20:00 UTC+1	England	2 – 1	Ukraine	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,548 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
	Crouch  29' Terry  85'	Report	Shevchenko  74'

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-06-06 20:15 UTC+2	Croatia	2 – 2	Ukraine	Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Petrić  2' Modrić  68'	Report	Shevchenko  13' Gai  54'

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-06-10 20:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	2 – 1	Kazakhstan	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Bruno Paixão (Portugal)
	Nazarenko  33', 47'	Report	Nusserbayev  19'

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Friendly International

2009-08-12 21:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	0 – 3	Turkey	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv Referee: Darko Sheferi (Slovenia)
			Şanlı  58' Çetin  61' Altıntop  66'

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-09-05 17:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	5 – 0	Andorra	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv Attendance: 14,870 Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia)
	Yarmolenko  18' Milevskiy  45+2', 90+1' (pen.) Shevchenko  72' (pen.) Seleznyov  90+5' (pen.)	Report

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-09-09 20:00 UTC+3	Belarus	0 – 0	Ukraine	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
		Report

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-10-10 19:15 UTC+3	Ukraine	1 – 0	England	Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
	Nazarenko  29'	Report Reflection

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FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-10-14 17:30 UTC+2	Andorra	0 – 6	Ukraine	Comunal, Andorra la Vella Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
		Report	Shevchenko  22' Husyev  62' Lima  70' (o.g.) Rakytskiy  80' Seleznyov  81' Yarmolenko  83'

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Second Round

2009-11-14 20:00 UTC+2	Greece	0 – 0	Ukraine	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 39,045 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
		Report

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Second Round

2009-11-18 20:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	0 – 1	Greece	Donbass Arena, Donetsk Attendance: 31,648 Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)
		Report	Salpingidis  31'

Form last 12 months: 6 win(s), 3 draw(s), 3 loss(es), 22 goal(s) scored, 12 goal(s) allowed. The top scorer(s): Nazarenko, Shevchenko - 4 goal(s).

[edit] World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not enter, not recognized by FIFA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Quarter-finals	8/32	5	2	1*	2	5	7
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/4		5	2	1*	2	5	7

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1992	Did not enter, was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 to 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Qualified as host nation (along with Poland)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total

[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] Player records

Player records are accurate as of November 18, 2009.

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

[edit] Ukraine managers

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

Last updated on November 18, 2009.

[edit] Current players

Players' records are accurate as of November 18, 2009.
The following players have all recently been called up to the Ukraine squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Greece in November 14 and November 18, 2009.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Pyatov	28.06.1984	Shakhtar Donetsk	17 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Stanyslav Bohush	25.10.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Rustam Khudzhamov	05.10.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Rusol	16.01.1983	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	47 (3)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Dmytro Chyhrynskiy	07.11.1986	FC Barcelona	21 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Oleksandr Kucher	22.10.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	19 (1)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Vyacheslav Shevchuk	13.05.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	16 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Taras Mykhalyk	28.10.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	16 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Vitaliy Mandzyuk	24.01.1986	Dynamo Kyiv	13 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Hryhory Yarmash	04.01.1985	Vorskla Poltava	8 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Vasyl Kobin	24.05.1985	Shakhtar Donetsk	6 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Yaroslav Rakytskiy	03.08.1989	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (1)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Yevhen Khacheridi	28.07.1987	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	30.03.1979	Bayern Munich	92 (1)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Oleh Husyev	25.04.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	54 (7)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Ruslan Rotan	29.10.1981	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	40 (6)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Oleksiy Hai	06.11.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	22 (1)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Oleksandr Aliyev	03.02.1985	Dynamo Kyiv	9 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Andriy Yarmolenko	23.10.1989	Dynamo Kyiv	6 (2)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Ihor Khudobyak	20.02.1985	Karpaty Lviv	0 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Shevchenko (Captain)	29.09.1976	Dynamo Kyiv	94 (43)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Artem Milevskiy	12.01.1985	Dynamo Kyiv	27 (4)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Yevhen Seleznyov	20.07.1985	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	13 (4)	v Greece, November 18, 2009
Volodymyr Homenyuk	19.07.1985	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	8 (0)	v Greece, November 18, 2009

[edit] Recent call ups

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

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy	02.01.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	86 (0)	v Andorra, October 14, 2009 [1]
Oleksandr Horyainov	29.06.1975	Metalist Kharkiv	0 (0)	v England, April 1, 2009

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Pavlo Pashayev	04.01.1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2 (0)	v Serbia, February 11, 2009
Mykola Ischenko	09.03.1983	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)	v Andorra, October 14, 2009 [1]

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Maksym Kalynychenko	26.01.1979	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	44 (7)	v Turkey, August 12, 2009
Serhiy Nazarenko	16.02.1980	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	41 (11)	v Andorra, October 14, 2009
Serhiy Kravchenko	24.04.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	8 (1)	v England, April 1, 2009
Yevhen Levchenko	02.01.1978	Saturn Ramenskoe	8 (0)	v Belarus, September 9, 2009
Serhiy Valyayev	16.09.1978	Metalist Kharkiv	3 (1)	v Kazakhstan, June 10, 2009
Valentyn Slyusar	15.09.1977	Metalist Kharkiv	2 (0)	v Kazakhstan, June 10, 2009

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Voronin	21.07.1979	Liverpool	61 (6)	v Andorra, October 14, 2009
Marko Devic	27.10.1983	Metalist Kharkiv	2 (0)	v England, April 1, 2009
Artem Kravets	03.06.1989	Dynamo Kyiv	0 (0)	v England, April 1, 2009 [2]
Oleksandr Kovpak	02.02.1983	Tavriya Simferopol	0 (0)	v Kazakhstan, June 10, 2009

• Note 1: Called up, but was not selected to play

• Note 2: Injured, withdrawn from team^[3]

[edit] Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Ukraine

[edit] Home venues record

Since Ukraine's first fixture (April 29, 1992 vs. Hungary) they have played their home games at 9 different stadiums.

Venue	City	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points per game
Olimpiyskyi	Kyiv	41	20	14	7	65	33	1.80
VVL Dynamo	Kyiv	13	8	4	1	24	9	2.15
Ukraina	Lviv	5	5	0	0	11	3	3.00
Dnipro	Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	0	0	2	0	3.00
Chornomorets	Odessa	2	1	1	0	2	1	2.00
Shakhtar	Donetsk	2	0	1	1	0	2	0.50
Meteor	Dnipropetrovsk	1	0	1	0	2	2	1.00
Metalist	Kharkiv	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.00
Donbass Arena	Donetsk	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.00
Avanhard	Uzhhorod	1	0	0	1	1	3	0.00
Totals		69	36	22	11	107	54	1.88

Last updated: November 18, 2009. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

[edit] World rankings

Highest position ever

FIFA: 11 (February 2007)

Elo: 17 (June 2009)

Lowest position ever

FIFA: 132 (September 1993)

Elo: 67 (March 1995)

[edit] Kits

Team kit prior to Feb. 2009 (Reserve)

Team kit prior to Feb. 2009

On 10^th February 2009, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash.^[4]

Prior to February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

[edit] See also

• Ukrainians in USSR national football team

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ukrainian page on FIFA web-site (include upcoming fixtures)
• Official website of the Ukrainian Football Federation (English)
• Ukraine National Football Team
• Ukraine Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
• ELO ratings
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Videos of Ukrainian soccer goals (cataloged in English)

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