Ukraine national football team

Ukraine
Nickname(s)	Синьо-жовті / Synʹo-zhovti (The Blue and Yellow); Збірна / Zbirna (The National Team)
Association	Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF); Українська Асоціація Футболу
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Andrea Maldera
Captain	Mykola Matviyenko
Most caps	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Home stadium	due to the Russo-Ukrainian War - Various in other countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Spain)
FIFA code	UKR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	33 1 (20 July 2026)
Highest	11 (February 2007)
Lowest	132 (September 1993)
First international
	Ukraine 1–3 Hungary ; (Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Biggest win
	Ukraine 9–0 San Marino ; (Lviv, Ukraine; 6 September 2013)
Biggest defeat
	France 7–1 Ukraine ; (Saint-Denis, France; 7 October 2020)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2006)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2012)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2020)
Website	uaf.ua

The Ukraine national football team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з футболу, romanized: Zbirna Ukrainy z futbolu) represents Ukraine in men's international football, and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. The team has been a full member of UEFA and FIFA since 1992.

After the restoration of the Ukrainian independence, the team played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. In their debut in a major world championship, the team reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.^[3] Ukraine is one of only three post-Soviet states to have qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, the others being Uzbekistan and Russia.

As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.^[3] Four years later, Ukraine finished third in their qualifying group for Euro 2016 and advanced for the first time, via the play-off route and qualifiers, to reach a UEFA European Championship tournament. This marked the first time in Ukraine's six play-off appearances that it managed to win a tie, having lost previous play-off ties for the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup, the 2010 World Cup and the 2014 World Cup, and would lose again in the 2022 and 2026 World Cup play-offs.

Ukraine's best performances in the UEFA European Championship and in the World Cup were in 2020 and 2006 respectively, reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in both cases.

History

Ukrainian SSR (1924–1990)

The national team was formed in the early 1990s and was recognized internationally soon thereafter. Ukraine, under the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, previously had a national team in 1924–1935^[4]^[5] just like the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The national team included the players Andriy Ponomarenko, Ivan Privalov, Volodymyr Fomin, H. Syrota, Mykola Fomin, Anatoliy Lisnyi, Oleksandr Shatokha (goalkeeper), Dmytro Kyryllov, Dmytro Starusev, Serhiy Kopeiko, Petro Parovyshnykov (first team); Valentyn Prokofyev, Fedir Tyutchev, H. Yakubovskyi, Ivan Vladymyrskyi, Serafim Moskvin (goalkeeper), Kazymyr Piontkovskyi, Mykhailo Pashuta, Vasiliy Yepishin, Adam Bem, K. Us, Volodymyr Prasolov (second team).^[6]^[7]

The earliest record of games played by Ukraine can be traced back to August 1928. A championship among the national teams of the Soviet republics as well as the Moscow city team took place in Moscow; at the All-Soviet tournament, Ukraine reached the final where it lost to Moscow 1–0, after defeating Belarus and Transcaucasus.

In 1929, Ukraine beat Lower Austria in an exhibition match in Kharkiv 4–1, and played in another Soviet tournament. Ukraine lost to Transcaucasus 3–0.

Official formation

Before 1991, Ukrainian players were represented by the Soviet Union national team. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russia took its place in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup. The Ukraine national team did not enter the tournament^[8] as it was not yet admitted to FIFA. Meanwhile, some of the best Ukrainian players of the 1990s (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran, Yuriy Nikiforov, Ilya Tsymbalar and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia. At the time, Vyacheslav Koloskov, a top official from the former Soviet Union and later Russia, served as a vice-president of UEFA from 1980–1996 representing the Soviet Union and later the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

The Soviet Union's five-year UEFA coefficient (earned in part by Ukrainian players), was transferred to the Russian national team. As a result, a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league.

Controversy developed because the Ukrainian football league lacked adequate funding for their teams^[9] due to the economic crisis affecting all CIS countries.^[9] There also was a reverse influx of players;^[9] Viktor Leonenko agreed on transfer from Dynamo Moscow to Dynamo Kyiv. The Russian club did not want to release him, but Leonenko did not want to continue to play in Moscow.^[9]

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, including talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Serhiy Rebrov, and Oleksandr Shovkovskyi.

First official games (Prokopenko)

In 1992, Ukraine was accepted as a full member to FIFA and UEFA at which time Ukraine selected its first manager by members of a coaching council which consisted of Anatoliy Puzach (manager of Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Kucherevskyi (FC Dnipro), Yevhen Lemeshko (Torpedo Zaporizhzhia), Yukhym Shkolnykov (Bukovyna Chernivtsi) and Viktor Prokopenko (Chornomorets Odesa). Later, they were joined by Valeriy Yaremchenko (Shakhtar Donetsk). The circle was narrowed to three specialists and Prokopenko eventually became the manager.^[10]

Ukraine played their first match on 29 April 1992 against Hungary in Uzhhorod at the Avanhard Stadium, losing 3–1 with the sole Ukrainian goal scored by Ivan Hetsko. With the creation of a "phantom" (transitional) CIS team in place of the Soviet Union playing against England in Moscow in preparation for the UEFA Euro 1992.^[11] That year the Ukrainian team lost some notable players to the Soviet Union team. Following several losses to Hungary and a draw to the United States, Prokopenko resigned and the last season game was led by his assistants Mykola Pavlov and Leonid Tkachenko.

Euro 1996 qualification (Bazylevych)

Ukraine appointed head coach, Oleh Bazylevych, who made his debut with the national team in the spring of 1993 in Odesa during a friendly game against Israel, resulting in a 1–1 draw. Less than one month later, Ukraine finally won in Vilnius against Lithuania. During that summer they lost 3–1 to Croatia; Ukraine was later seeded in Group 4 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualification.

Ukraine was defeated by Israel in March 1994, and drew Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates. On 7 September 1994, the national team started its first official qualification campaign with a home loss 2–0 to Lithuania.^[12] Following the defeat and a weak performances in preceding friendlies, Bazylevych was fired and the tour to South Korea was led by the Bazylevych assistants Pavlov and Muntyan. Soon thereafter the Federation signed a contract with Valeriy Lobanovsky. On 24 September, the Football Federation of Ukraine appointed Yozhef Sabo as an acting manager until the end of the year after Lobanovsky signed a contract with Kuwait.

Under Sabo's management, the team's next home game against Slovenia ended goalless^[13] and they eventually beat Estonia 3–0, gaining their first win in an official competitive game.^[14] At the beginning of the year the Football Federation confirmed Anatoliy Konkov as the new head coach on 5 January 1995.

Under coach Konkov, the team started with away losses of 4–0 to Croatia and 3–0 to Italy.^[15] Following the losses, there was a three-game winning streak including a home victory against Croatia. A subsequent loss to Slovenia had the team finishing in fourth place in its first qualification campaign behind Lithuania.

1998–2004: near misses

Following Konkov's departure in 1996, the Federation appointed Sabo as head coach. Separately, there was a preliminary agreement with Lobanovsky to coach following his contract end with Kuwait.

Ukraine participated in 1998 World Cup qualification, where the team was drawn into Group 9. Ukraine took second place, behind Germany and ahead of Portugal, but was defeated in a play-off stage 3–1 on aggregate by Croatia. The qualification campaign became notable as the beginning of the international career of Shevchenko as well as providing more play time for players such as Oleksandr Shovkovsky and Serhiy Rebrov.

In the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying, Ukraine, assigned in Group 4, finished above Russia, thanks to an important draw in Moscow and a home victory. However, they still only qualified for the playoff behind the French side despite being undefeated. Ukraine then fell to Slovenia 3–2 on aggregate. Following the qualification campaign, the Federation finally signed a contract with Valery Lobanovsky, ending Sabo's tenure as a head coach.

The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification saw Ukraine in Group 5. With Lobanovsky as a head coach, there were expectations of the first qualification to the finals. Yet, Ukraine suffered a home loss to Poland in their opening match, and many draws resulted in Ukraine qualifying for the playoff, losing to Germany, 5–2 on aggregate. Under public pressure, particularly the Higher League, head coaches argued for the removal of Lobanovsky and the Federation decided not to renew its contract with Lobanovsky, instead moving him to Dynamo Kyiv.

In the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying, Ukraine with the new head coach Leonid Buryak, was assigned into Group 6, with Spain and Greece. Ukraine failed to qualify.^{[citation needed]}

2006 World Cup

After the Euro 2004 qualifying match, Ukraine appointed Oleg Blokhin as the national team's head coach. Placed in Group 2, Ukraine went on to qualify as a group winner for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on 3 September 2005, after drawing 1–1 against Georgia in Tbilisi (and ahead of Turkey), playing Denmark and their last campaign against rivals Greece (among others). This was the first successful qualification campaign for Ukraine despite a poor home turf performance.

In the 2006 World Cup, Ukraine was in Group H with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. After losing 4–0 in the first match against Spain, the Ukrainians won the next two matches to face Switzerland in round 16. Drawing goalless, Ukraine took Switzerland to a penalty shoot-out where two saves from Oleksandr Shovkovsky secured a positive outcome for his side despite the first kick miss by Andriy Shevchenko. Switzerland which did not lose or yield a single goal was sent home early with Ukraine advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Ukraine, facing Italy, was defeated with two second half two goals from Luca Toni, securing a comfortable 3–0 win for the future 2006 World Cup champions.

2006–2012

After the World Cup, Ukraine was placed in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B, along with Italy and France; Ukraine had also performed poorly against Scotland, Georgia and Lithuania, ultimately finishing in fourth place. Due to the bleak performance of the national team Oleg Blokhin resigned and surprisingly signed with the recently established FC Moscow.^[16]^[17]

With another Soviet football star player Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko as the new head coach, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw Ukraine in Group 6, drawing Croatia and winning against England, sending Ukraine to the playoff. Greece, which had been eliminated by Ukraine in the qualifiers four years earlier, would eventually get revenge.^{[citation needed]} Following the failure to qualify, the Federation decided not to renew the contract with Mykhaylychenko.^[18]

As co-hosts, Ukraine qualified automatically for Euro 2012,^[3] marking their debut in the UEFA European Championship. The Federation decided to appoint Myron Markevych to prepare and lead the national team in the Euro finals. However, following a few friendlies Markevych resigned due to the off-pitch politics and having held coaching office of both the national team and Metalist Kharkiv.^[19]^[20] For the next several games in 2010 and 2011 the national team was led by caretaker Yuriy Kalitvintsev who starred for Ukraine back in its first qualification campaign for the Euro 1996.

On 21 April 2011, Blokhin was again appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team signing a four-year contract.^[21]^[22] With Blokhin at helm in their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv. In Donetsk, Ukraine was eliminated after a 2–0 loss to France and a 1–0 defeat to England.

2014–present

Drawn into UEFA Group H for 2014 World Cup qualification, Ukraine played against France, beating France at home 2–0 but suffered a 3–0 loss away. Blokhin stepped down due to health concerns in the autumn of 2012 soon after the first home game against England and was replaced by Andriy Bal^[23] and later Oleksandr Zavarov.

In 2012, the Federation appointed Mykhailo Fomenko as head coach.^[24] Even though the team under Fomenko did not manage to qualify for the World Cup, the Federation decided to retain his services until the end of 2015.^[25]

During ongoing conflicts with Russia, Ukraine in Euro 2016 qualifying was drawn against Spain, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Despite having won all matches except those against Spain and Slovakia, Ukraine finished third. They defeated Slovenia in the playoff, marking their first qualification for a major tournament through the playoffs.

Ukraine lost all three games at Euro 2016 without scoring a goal.

Following the Euro 2016, Fomenko was replaced with Andriy Shevchenko as head coach (who was his assistant during the Euro finals).^[26] Seeded in the UEFA Group I, Ukraine started with a home draw to Iceland in 2018 World Cup qualifying and an away draw to Turkey but lost to Croatia failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since UEFA Euro 2004.

In the inaugural UEFA Nations League, Ukraine was drawn with the Czech Republic and Slovakia in League B. They beat the Czech Republic 2–1 away and Slovakia 1–0 at home, before earning a promotion to League A with a 1–0 home win to the Czech Republic.

UEFA Euro 2020

Ukraine was placed in a group with Euro 2016 champions Portugal as well as Serbia.

As the COVID-19 crisis in Ukraine worsened, eight players from the starting squad tested positive (including one positive SARS-CoV-2 test upon arrival to Lucerne), as a result the entire delegation was put into quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne.^[27]^[28] Their game against Switzerland away was subsequently cancelled. UEFA decided that the match result would be 3–0 in favour of Switzerland and the CAS subsequently upheld the result, meaning that Ukraine had been officially relegated after just one year in League A.^[29]^[30]

Ukraine qualified for the knockout stages in the European Championship as one of the best third-placed teams for the first time in the 2020 tournament, postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19. They beat Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16,and were then defeated by England in the quarter-final, recording their best finish at a major tournament since 2006.

In August 2021, Shevchenko^[31] was replaced with Oleksandr Petrakov. In the 2022 World Cup qualifying rounds, Ukraine drew 1–1 in both games against France.^[32] Ukraine would qualify for the playoff after breaking the record set by Australia for the most consecutive draws in World Cup qualification, with five straight draws.^{[citation needed]} Ukraine eventually picked up a much-needed victory over Finland, ending their run of draws and giving them a two-point lead over Bosnia and a three-point lead over Finland. However, both Bosnia and Finland had a game in hand over Ukraine, who qualified for the playoffs after a 2–0 win over Bosnia and a Finnish loss to France. Ukraine faced Scotland in the Group A playoff semifinals, postponed in March 2022 to June after Russia invaded the country in February,^[33] winning 3–1 at Hampden Park, but ultimately losing 1–0 to Wales in an emotional playoff final at the Cardiff City Stadium.^[34]

Ukraine, who were relegated to League B in the 2nd Nations League due to their last-place finish (2 wins to 4 losses), failed to gain promotion to League A in the following Nations League, finishing 2nd in their group in the 3rd Nations League, beaten by Scotland against whom they lost in Glasgow in contrast to the play-off semi-final (0–3) and unable to beat the Tartan Army on neutral ground in the return leg (0–0).

UEFA Euro 2024 and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

In the qualifiers for the Euro 2024, Ukraine finished third in their highly competitive group, with four wins, two draws and two defeats. However, Italy finished ahead of the Zbirna only thanks to a favourable head-to-head record despite having the same number of points, while in the decisive Ukraine/Italy match (0–0) on neutral ground in Leverkusen, Germany, a refereeing error was made to the Ukrainians' disadvantage with a penalty not whistled for an Italian foul at the end of match.^[35]

Eligible for the play-offs as the best non-group winner, Ukraine initially defeated Bosnia 2–1 away in the semi-finals of the Path B play-offs on March 21, 2024.^[36] Five days later, on March 26, 2024, Ukraine qualified for Euro 2024 in Germany, beating Iceland 2–1 in the play-off final at the Wrocław Stadium in Poland.^[37]^[38] In this decisive final, as in the semi-final against Bosnia, Ukraine conceded the opening goal on each occasion and managed to turn the match around, winning by a narrow margin at the very end. Having been drawn into Group E with Romania, Belgium and Slovakia, Ukraine finished level with all the other teams in the group on four points, but were knocked out on goal difference.

In the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Ukraine was drawn in Group D alongside France, Iceland, and Azerbaijan. The campaign began with a 2–0 defeat to France and a 1–1 draw with Azerbaijan, before a 5–3 away victory over Iceland, with goals scored by Ruslan Malinovskyi, Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, and Oleh Ocheretko. A 2–1 home win against Azerbaijan was followed by a 4–0 defeat in the reverse fixture against France in Paris. Ukraine finished second place in the group with 10 points after a 2–0 victory over Iceland in Warsaw, thereby qualifying for the play-offs.

On 26 March 2026, Ukraine faced Sweden in the play-off semi-final in Valencia, Spain. Despite a late goal from Matvii Ponomarenko in the 90th minute, a hat-trick by Viktor Gyökeres resulted in a 3–1 defeat, ending Ukraine’s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. On 22 April, the Ukrainian Association of Football announced that head coach Serhiy Rebrov had stepped down by mutual agreement.

On 18 May 2026, the president of the Ukrainian Association of Football, Andriy Shevchenko, announced the appointment of Italian manager Andrea Maldera as the new head coach. This made Maldera the first foreign coach in the history of the men's national team.^[39] One of his primary objectives as coach is to qualify for the UEFA Euro 2028 and top Ukraine's group in the upcoming Nations League scheduled for September 2026.^[40]

Stadiums

Most matches are held at Kyiv's Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex.

During the Soviet era (before 1991), only three stadiums in Ukraine were used for official games:

Olimpiysky NSC in Kyiv (known then as Republican Stadium)
BSS Central Stadium in Odesa, the predecessor of Chornomorets
Lokomotiv Stadium in Simferopol

Since May 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, home game matches have been taking place in Łódź.^[41]

Home venue record

Since Ukraine's first fixture (29 April 1992 vs. Hungary) they have played their home games at 11 different stadiums.

Venue	City	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points per game
Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex	Kyiv	62	29	21	12	88	52	1.74
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium	Kyiv	20	13	5	2	38	15	2.2
Arena Lviv	Lviv	14	11	3	0	33	6	2.57
Metalist Oblast Sports Complex	Kharkiv	13	7	2	4	21	9	1.77
Ukraina Stadium	Lviv	6	6	0	0	14	5	3
Chornomorets Stadium	Odesa	6	4	2	0	7	3	2.33
Donbas Arena	Donetsk	5	0	1	4	2	9	0.2
Dnipro-Arena	Dnipro	4	3	1	0	5	2	2.5
Shakhtar Stadium	Donetsk	2	0	1	1	0	2	0.5
Slavutych-Arena	Zaporizhzhia	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Meteor Stadium	Dnipro	1	0	1	0	2	2	1
Avanhard Stadium	Uzhhorod	1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Totals		135	74	37	24	212	108	1.92

Last updated: 11 November 2021. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Kits and sponsors

Kit history and evolution

Before 5 February 2009, Ukraine wore a Lotto kit, which was famously featured during their quarter-final run at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The team subsequently transitioned to Adidas, debuting a 2009 design characterized by a yellow base and a distinctive "snake sash" across the chest.^[42] This design was replaced on 29 March 2010 by a more traditional adidas template, which served the team through Euro 2012 and Euro 2016.^[43] In 2017, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) switched technical partners to the Spanish brand Joma, a partnership that spanned seven years and included the team’s quarter-final appearance at Euro 2020. The Joma era concluded in late 2024, when Ukraine officially returned to Adidas as its exclusive supplier. The new partnership was inaugurated in October 2024 with the launch of the home and away kits for the 2024/25 season, which were first worn during the October window of the UEFA Nations League.^[44]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2025

5 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	0–2	France	Wrocław, Poland^[b]
20:45		Report	Olise 10' Mbappé 82'	Stadium: Wrocław Stadium Attendance: 38,973 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

9 September 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Azerbaijan	1–1	Ukraine	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Mahmudov 72' (pen.)	Report	Sudakov 51'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,450 Referee: Vassilis Fotias (Greece)

10 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Iceland	3–5	Ukraine	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:45 (18:45 UTC±0)	Ellertsson 35' Gunnarson 59', 75'	Report	Malinovskyi 14', 45+5' Hutsulyak 45' Kaliuzhnyi 85' Ocheretko 88'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 9,111 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Germany)

13 October 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	2–1	Azerbaijan	Kraków, Poland^[b]
20:45	Hutsulyak 30' Malinovskyi 64'	Report	Mykolenko 45+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cracovia Stadium Attendance: 6,995 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

13 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	France	4–0	Ukraine	Paris, France
20:45	Mbappé 55' (pen.), 83' Olise 76' Ekitike 88'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,055 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

16 November 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	2–0	Iceland	Warsaw, Poland^[b]
18:00	Zubkov 83' Hutsulyak 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 20,004 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

2026

26 March 2026 World Cup qualification play-offs	Ukraine	1–3	Sweden	Valencia, Spain^[b]
20:45 UTC+1	Ponomarenko 90'	Report	Gyökeres 6', 51', 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Ciutat de València Attendance: 18,846 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

31 March Friendly^[52]	Ukraine	1–0	Albania	Valencia, Spain^[b]
20:45	Hutsulyak 46'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ciutat de València Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

31 May Friendly	Poland	0–2	Ukraine	Wrocław, Poland
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Yaremchuk 34' Yarmolenko 44'	Stadium: Wrocław Stadium Attendance: 37,904 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

7 June Friendly	Denmark	2–1 (abandoned)	Ukraine	Odense, Denmark
18:30 UTC+2	Dorgu 13' Mæhle 36'	Report	Tsyhankov 44'	Stadium: Odense Stadium Referee: Sigurd Kringstad (Norway)
Note: The match was abandoned after the 65th minute, following Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen suffering an on-field collapse.^[53]

25 September 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Hungary	v	Ukraine	Budapest, Hungary
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Puskás Aréna

28 September 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Georgia	v	Ukraine	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:00 UTC+4		Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

2 October 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	v	Northern Ireland	Trnava, Slovakia^[b]
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium

5 October 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	v	Hungary	Trnava, Slovakia^[b]
20:45 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium

14 November 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Northern Ireland	v	Ukraine	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 UTC+0		Report		Stadium: Windsor Park

17 November 2026–27 UEFA Nations League	Ukraine	v	Georgia	Trnava, Slovakia^[b]
20:45 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium

Coaching staff

As of 18 May 2026^[40]^[54]

Position	Name
Head coach	Andrea Maldera^[1]
Assistant coach
	Pasquale Catalano
	Taras Stepanenko
	Volodymyr Yezerskyi
Goalkeeping coach	Rustam Khudzhamov
Fitness coach	Ivan Bashtovyi

Coaching history

As of 31 May 2026^[55]^[56]

No.	Manager	Ukraine career	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Qualifying cycle	Final tour
1	Viktor Prokopenko	1992	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	000.00
C	Mykola Pavlov Leonid Tkachenko	1992	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
2	Oleh Bazylevych	1993–1994	11	4	3	4	13	14	−1	036.36	1996
C	Mykola Pavlov Volodymyr Muntyan	1994	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
C	Yozhef Sabo	1994	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00	1996
3	Anatoliy Konkov	1995	7	3	0	4	8	13	−5	042.86	1996
4	Yozhef Sabo	1996–1999	32	15	11	6	44	26	+18	046.88	1998, 2000
5	Valeriy Lobanovskyi	2000–2001	18	6	7	5	20	20	+0	033.33	2002
6	Leonid Buryak	2002–2003	19	5	6	8	18	23	−5	026.32	2004
7	Oleg Blokhin	2003–2007	46	21	14	11	65	40	+25	045.65	2006, 2008	2006
8	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko	2008–2009	21	12	5	4	31	16	+15	057.14	2010
9	Myron Markevych^[57]	2010	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	075.00
C	Yuriy Kalytvyntsev^[58]	2010–2011	8	1	5	2	10	13	−3	012.50
10	Oleg Blokhin^[21]	2011–2012	18	7	3	8	27	28	−1	038.89	2014	2012
C	Andriy Bal^[59]	2012	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00	2014
C	Oleksandr Zavarov	2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
11	Mykhaylo Fomenko^[60]	2012–2016	37	24	6	7	67	22	+45	064.86	2014, 2016	2016
12	Andriy Shevchenko	2016–2021	51	25	13	13	71	61	+10	049.02	2018, 2020, 2022	2020
13	Oleksandr Petrakov	2021^[c]–2023	15	6	7	2	23	13	+10	040.00	2022
C	Ruslan Rotan	2023	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	2024
14	Serhiy Rebrov	2023–2026	34	16	8	10	52	49	+3	047.06	2024, 2026	2024
15	Andrea Maldera	2026–	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Poland and Denmark on 31 May and 7 June 2026, respectively.^[61]

Caps and goals updated as of 7 June 2026, after the match against Denmark.^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Heorhiy Yermakov	(2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 24)	0	0	Maccabi Haifa
12	1GK	Anatoliy Trubin	(2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 25)	29	0	Benfica
23	1GK	Ruslan Neshcheret	(2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 24)	0	0	Dynamo Kyiv

2	2DF	Eduard Sarapiy	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 27)	3	0	Polissya Zhytomyr
3	2DF	Taras Mykhavko	(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 21)	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv
4	2DF	Oleksandr Romanchuk	(1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 26)	1	0	Universitatea Craiova
5	2DF	Valeriy Bondar	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 27)	8	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
13	2DF	Illia Zabarnyi	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 23)	58	3	Paris Saint-Germain
16	2DF	Vitaliy Mykolenko	(1999-05-29) 29 May 1999 (age 27)	54	1	Everton
22	2DF	Mykola Matviyenko	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 30)	84	0	Shakhtar Donetsk

6	3MF	Volodymyr Brazhko	(2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 24)	9	0	Dynamo Kyiv
7	3MF	Andriy Yarmolenko (captain)	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 36)	126	47	Dynamo Kyiv
8	3MF	Ruslan Malinovskyi	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 33)	71	10	Trabzonspor
10	3MF	Mykola Shaparenko	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 27)	51	2	Dynamo Kyiv
14	3MF	Yehor Nazaryna	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 29)	8	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
15	3MF	Viktor Tsyhankov	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 28)	67	14	Girona
17	3MF	Heorhiy Sudakov	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 23)	36	4	Benfica
18	3MF	Oleh Ocheretko	(2003-05-25) 25 May 2003 (age 23)	8	1	Shakhtar Donetsk
19	3MF	Danylo Ihnatenko	(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 29)	6	1	Slovan Bratislava
20	3MF	Oleksandr Nazarenko	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 26)	5	0	Polissya Zhytomyr
24	3MF	Artem Bondarenko	(2000-08-21) 21 August 2000 (age 25)	5	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
25	3MF	Hennadiy Synchuk	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 20)	1	0	CF Montréal

9	4FW	Roman Yaremchuk	(1995-11-27) 27 November 1995 (age 30)	69	18	Olympiacos
11	4FW	Artem Dovbyk	(1997-06-21) 21 June 1997 (age 29)	41	11	Roma
21	4FW	Matviy Ponomarenko	(2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 20)	3	1	Dynamo Kyiv

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	Andriy Lunin	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 27)	16	0	Real Madrid	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^WD
GK	Dmytro Riznyk	(1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 27)	4	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^INJ
GK	Yevhen Volynets	(1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 32)	0	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. Sweden, 26 March 2026 ^RES
GK	Heorhiy Bushchan	(1994-05-31) 31 May 1994 (age 32)	18	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. Azerbaijan, 13 October 2025

DF	Yukhym Konoplya	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 26)	27	2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 29)	26	1	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
DF	Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 29)	14	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
DF	Oleksandr Svatok	(1994-09-27) 27 September 1994 (age 31)	11	0	Austin FC	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
DF	Borys Krushynskyi	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 24)	0	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. Albania, 31 March 2026 ^INJ
DF	Oleksiy Sych	(2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 25)	2	0	Karpaty Lviv	v. Sweden, 26 March 2026 ^RES
DF	Serhiy Chobotenko	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 29)	0	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. Sweden, 26 March 2026 ^RES
DF	Kostyantyn Vivcharenko	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 24)	0	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Sweden, 26 March 2026 ^RES
DF	Maksym Talovyerov	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 26)	8	0	Stoke City	v. Sweden, 26 March 2026 ^INJ
DF	Oleksandr Karavayev	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 34)	50	3	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Iceland, 16 November 2025
DF	Arseniy Batahov	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 24)	0	0	Trabzonspor	v. France, 13 November 2025 ^INJ
DF	Yevhen Cheberko	(1998-01-23) 23 January 1998 (age 28)	2	0	Los Angeles FC	v. Iceland, 10 October 2025 ^RES
DF	Vladyslav Dubinchak	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 28)	0	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. France, 5 September 2025 ^PRE

MF	Nazar Voloshyn	(2003-06-17) 17 June 2003 (age 23)	6	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^RES
MF	Dmytro Kryskiv	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 25)	3	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^RES
MF	Maksym Khlan	(2003-01-27) 27 January 2003 (age 23)	0	0	Górnik Zabrze	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^RES
MF	Oleksiy Hutsulyak	(1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 28)	16	6	Unattached	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^INJ
MF	Yehor Yarmolyuk	(2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 22)	9	0	Brentford	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^INJ
MF	Oleksandr Zubkov	(1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 30)	45	3	AEK Athens	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
MF	Ivan Kalyuzhnyi	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 28)	14	1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
MF	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	(1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 29)	13	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Albania, 31 March 2026
MF	Vladyslav Veleten	(2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 23)	1	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. France, 13 November 2025 ^RES
MF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 29)	75	12	Unattached	v. Azerbaijan, 9 September 2025 ^INJ

FW	Ihor Krasnopir	(2002-12-01) 1 December 2002 (age 23)	0	0	Polissya Zhytomyr	v. Poland, 31 May 2026 ^RES
FW	Vladyslav Vanat	(2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 24)	17	2	Girona	v. Sweden, 26 March 2026
Notes ^U21 = Called up from national U21 squad. ^WD = Withdrew from squad for reason other than injury. ^INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury. ^RES = Reserve squad (replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability). ^RET = Retired from the national team. ^PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.

Previous squads

Player records

As of June 2026^[62]^[66]^[64]^[65]

Players in bold are still active with Ukraine.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Period
1	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk^[a]	144	4	2000–2016
2	Andriy Yarmolenko	126	47	2009–present
3	Andriy Shevchenko	111	48	1995–2012
4	Andriy Pyatov	102	0	2007–2022
5	Ruslan Rotan	100	8	2003–2018
6	Oleh Husiev	98	13	2003–2016
7	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	92	0	1994–2012
8	Yevhen Konoplyanka	87	21	2010–2023
8	Taras Stepanenko	87	4	2010–2024
10	Mykola Matviyenko	84	0	2017–present

Top goalscorers

Andriy Shevchenko is Ukraine's top scorer with 48 goals.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Period
1	Andriy Shevchenko	48	111	0.43	1995–2012
2	Andriy Yarmolenko	47	126	0.37	2009–present
3	Yevhen Konoplyanka	21	87	0.24	2010–2023
4	Roman Yaremchuk	18	69	0.26	2018–present
5	Serhiy Rebrov	15	75	0.2	1992–2006
6	Viktor Tsyhankov	14	67	0.21	2016–present
7	Oleh Husiev	13	98	0.13	2003–2016
8	Serhiy Nazarenko	12	56	0.21	2003–2012
8	Oleksandr Zinchenko	12	75	0.16	2015–present
10	Artem Dovbyk	11	41	0.27	2021–present
10	Yevhen Seleznyov	11	58	0.19	2008–2018

Most capped goalkeepers

As of June 2026^[update]

Rank	Player	Caps	Wins	GA	Av GA	Period
1	Andriy Pyatov	102	51	83	0.814	2007–2022
2	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	92	38	80	0.87	1994–2012
3	Anatoliy Trubin	29	9	40	1.379	2021–present
4	Heorhiy Bushchan	18	5	30	1.667	2020–present
5	Andriy Lunin	16	9	16	1	2018–present
6	Oleh Suslov	12	7	15	1.25	1994–1997
7	Vitaliy Reva	9	3	10	1.111	2001–2003
8	Andriy Dykan	8	5	11	1.375	2010–2012
8	Maksym Levytskyi	8	1	10	1.25	2000–2002
10	Denys Boyko	7	3	7	1	2014–2021
10	Dmytro Tyapushkin	7	1	11	1.571	1994–1995

Captains

As of June 2026^[68]

Rank	Player	Captain Caps	Total Caps	Period
1	Andriy Shevchenko	58	111	1995–2012
2	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk^[a]	41	144	2000–2016
3	Oleh Luzhnyi	39	52	1992–2003
4	Andriy Yarmolenko	30	126	2009–present
5	Ruslan Rotan	24	100	2003–2018
5	Andriy Pyatov	24	102	2007–2022
7	Mykola Matviyenko	15	84	2017–present
8	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	13	22	1995–1999
8	Oleksandr Holovko	13	58	1995–2004
10	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	12	92	1994–2012

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Champions Runners-up Third place

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	→	Outcome
1930 to 1990	Part of Soviet Union									Part of Soviet Union
as Ukraine										as Ukraine
1994	Not eligible to participate.^[d]									Not eligible to participate.^[d]						1994	Qualifying spot not granted by FIFA
1998	Did not qualify
1998										12	6	3	3	11	9	1998	2nd in qualifying group 9, lost to Croatia 0:2 1:1(H) (agg.1-3) in play-off
2002										12	4	6	2	15	13	2002	2nd in qualifying group 5, lost to Germany 1:1(H) 1:4 (agg.2-5) in play-off
2006	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	5	7	Squad	12	7	4	1	18	7	2006	1st in qualifying group 2
2010	Did not qualify									12	6	4	2	21	7	2010	2nd in qualifying group 6, lost to Greece 0:0 0:1(H) (agg.0-1) in play-off
2014										12	7	3	2	30	7	2014	2nd in qualifying group H, lost to France 2:0(H) 0:3 (agg.2-3) in play-off
2018										10	5	2	3	13	9	2018	3rd in qualifying group I
2022										10	3	6	1	14	10	2022	2nd in qualifying group D, win to Scotland 3:1, lost to Wales 0:1 in play-off
2026										7	3	1	3	11	14	2026	2nd in qualifying group D, lost to Sweden 1:3(H) in play-off
2030	To be determined									To be determined						2030
2034	To be determined									To be determined						2034
Total:1/7	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	5	7	–	87	41	29	17	133	76

* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship