Ukraine national football team
Nickname(s) | The Main Team (Головна команда) Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині) | ||
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Association | [Football Federation of Ukraine] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FFU) Федерація Футболу України | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Andriy Shevchenko[1] | ||
Captain | Ruslan Rotan[2][3] | ||
Most caps | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144) | ||
Top scorer | Andriy Shevchenko (48) | ||
Home stadium | Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev | ||
FIFA code | UKR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 35 (21 December 2017) | ||
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 | |||
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 | 2 (first in 2012) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 2012 and 2016 |
The Ukraine national football team (Ukrainian: збірна України з футболу) is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and the country's 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.[4] As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.[4] Four years later, Ukraine qualified for Euro 2016 via the play-off route, the first time qualifying for a UEFA European Championship via the qualifying process, as it finished in third place in its qualifying group. This marked the first time in Ukraine's five play-off appearances that it managed to win such a tie, previously having been unsuccessful in the play-off ties for the Euro 2000, 2002 World Cup, 2010 World Cup and 2014 World Cup.
Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev.[5]
History
Pre-independence (1925–1935)
Officially the national team of Ukraine, the national team was formed in the early 1990s and shortly after was recognized internationally. It is not widely known, however, that Ukraine previously had a national team in 1925–1935.[6][7] Just like the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had its own national team.
The earliest record of games it played can be traced back to August 1928. A championship among the national teams of the Soviet republics as well as the Moscow city team was planned to take place in Moscow. Just before the tournament started, the Ukraine national team played two exhibition games against the Red Sports Federation team from Uruguay, one in Kharkiv (lost 1–2) and the other in Moscow (won 3–2). At the All-Soviet tournament, Ukraine played three games and reached the final where it lost to Moscow 0–1. Along the way, Ukraine managed to defeat the national teams of Belarus and Transcaucasus.
In 1929, Ukraine beat the team of Lower Austria in an exhibition match in Kharkiv, recording a score of 4–1.
In 1931, Ukraine participated in another All-Soviet championship in Moscow. It played only one game, starting from the semifinals. Ukraine lost to the national team of Transcaucasus 0–3 and was eliminated.
In 1986, Ukraine became a winner of association football tournament of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR that was hosted in Ukraine when in final it beat the team of Uzbekistan (Uzbek SSR).
Official formation
Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the Soviet Union national team. After independence, a Ukraine national team was formed but the Football Federation of Ukraine failed to secure recognition in time to compete in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.[8] 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 Soviet Union.
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 1988, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians[9]), were transferred to the direct descendant of the Soviet national team – the Russia national team. As a result, a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league. When Ukraine returned to international football in late 1994, it did so as absolute beginners.[8]
In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Serhiy Rebrov and Oleksandr Shovkovskiy. Ukraine, however, failed to qualify for any major tournaments prior to 2006.
First official games
Soon after being accepted to FIFA and UEFA as a full member in 1992, Ukraine started its preparation for its first game. At first the head coach of the team was planned to be Valeriy Lobanovskyi, but at that time he had a current contract with the United Arab Emirates. Thus, the first manager of the team had to be chosen among members of a coaching council which consisted of Anatoliy Puzach (manager of Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Kucherevskyi (FC Dnipro), Yevhen Lemeshko (Torpedo Zaporizhya), Yukhym Shkolnykov (Bokovyna Chernnivtsi) and Viktor Prokopenko (Chornomorets Odesa). Later, they were joined by a native of Donetsk Valeriy Yaremchenko (Shakhtar Donetsk). At the end a circle of candidates narrowed down only to three names: Puzach, Yaremnchenko and Prokopenko, the latter who eventually became the head coach.
The first game of the team it was agreed to play against Hungary on 22 April 1992 in Kiev at the Respublikansky Stadium. Due to financial issues, however, it was rearranged to 29 April and moved to the border with Hungary in Uzhhorod at the Avanhard Stadium. There was almost no preparation to the game as all "pioneers" gathered in Kiev on 27 April and the next day flew out to Uzhhorod. At the same time, the opponent, while failing to qualify for the Euro 1992, was preparing for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification. Ukraine at that time failed to be accepted for the qualification cycle.
Unlike the Hungarian squad, players of which played alongside before and were coached by the European Cup-winning coach Emerich Jenei, the Ukrainian team lost some its better and experienced players to the CIS national football team that was playing its own friendly against the England national football team in Moscow.[10] Among those were Andrei Kanchelskis, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Sergei Yuran, Viktor Onopko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko and Akhrik Tsveiba (the last two would later represent Ukraine). For the game against Hungary, only Ivan Hetsko and Oleh Luzhny had previous experience of playing at international level; other players had only played for the Soviet Olympic football team, while Serhiy Kovalets played for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of People of the USSR in 1986.
The first home game was lost 1:3 with Ivan Hetsko becoming the first goalscorer in the history of national team. During the summer of 1992 the Prokopenko's team played two more away games on 27 June against the United States (0:0) and on 26 August against Hungary (1:2). After the second loss to Hungary Prokopenko resigned.
2006 FIFA World Cup
After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualifying campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleh Blokhin as the national team's head coach. Despite initial skepticism about his appointment due to his previous somewhat undistinguished 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 after drawing 1–1 against Georgia in Tbilisi. In their first World Cup, in 2006, they were in the Group H together with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. After losing 0–4 in the first match against Spain, the Ukrainians beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage.
In the round of 16, Ukraine played against the winner of the Group G Switzerland, who they beat on penalties. In the quarter-finals, they were beaten 0–3 by eventual champions Italy.
UEFA Euro 2012
As co-hosts, Ukraine qualified automatically for Euro 2012,[4] marking their debut in the UEFA European Championship. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kiev. Despite the team's efforts, however, Ukraine was eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, both in Donetsk.
2014 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H
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Euro 2016
For the Euro 2016 qualifying round, Ukraine were drawn against Spain, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. The Zbirna was expected to qualify for the tournament as runners-up of the group behind Spain but, despite having won all of their games against Belarus, F.Y.R.Macedonia and Luxembourg, the Ukrainians finished third due to a lack of finishing during the top matches against Spain and Slovakia. They therefore had to face Slovenia in the play-off route and succeeded in taking revenge over the team which eliminated Ukraine at the same stage in 1999. They recorded a 2–0 win at Lviv before catching the 1–1 draw at the very end of the second game.
Ukraine won convincingly all of their preparation friendlies against Cyprus, Wales, Romania and Albania. At club level, FC Dnipro had recently reached the UEFA Europa League final in 2015, while Shakhtar Donetsk had progressed to the semi-finals one year later, as the Ukrainian clubs succeeded in sending one participant to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League two times in a row. Having been drawn against world champions Germany, Slavic neighbors Poland and first-time Euro competitors Northern Ireland, the Ukrainian team was expected to advance at least to the next round.
The tournament, however, turned into a surprising nightmare. Ukraine lost all of their three games, becoming the only participant in such a case and the first team to exit the tournament, also failing to score a single goal. The Ukrainians started against Germany and were beaten despite good resistance and great chances during an entertaining first half. They came close to levelling the score but were unable to deliver the final end product and were hit by Germany on the counterattack at the very end of the game. Despite a 2–0 loss, it appeared that they would prove to be a stubborn opposition for their opponents. This game was followed by a dreadful and disastrous second 2–0 loss against Northern Ireland with a new goal conceded at the very end of the encounter. The Ukrainian media mainly criticized the coach Mykhaylo Fomenko's perceived inadequate psychological preparation of the squad as much as predictable tactics which were judged as easy to break down. Ukrainians stars Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka's underperformance was also mentioned. Ukraine were the first team eliminated of the competition at this point and lost 1–0 their last game to Poland in which they suffered of an important lack of finishing and a poor performance from striker Roman Zozulya.
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I
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Stadiums
The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kiev's Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, also home of Dynamo Kyiv. New infrastructure and stadiums were built in preparation for Euro 2012, and other venues include stadiums in the cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa. The alternative stadiums are: Donbass Arena (Donetsk), Metalist Stadium (Kharkiv), Arena Lviv (Lviv), Dnipro-Arena (Dnipro), Chornomorets Stadium (Odesa).
During the Soviet time era (before 1991), only two stadiums in Ukraine were used in official games, the Olimpiysky NSC in Kiev (known then as Republican Stadium) and the Lokomotiv Stadium in Simferopol.
Recent and forthcoming matches
The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.
15 November 2016 Friendly | Ukraine | 2–0 | Serbia | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv |
21:00 (UTC+1) | Shakhov 38' Yarmolenko 87' (p) |
Report (FFU) Report (FAS) |
Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden) |
24 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification | Croatia | 1–0 | Ukraine | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb |
20:45 (UTC+1) | Kalinić 38' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Attendance: 27,351 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
6 June 2017 Friendly (unofficial) | Ukraine | 0–1 | Malta | Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria |
19:00 (UTC+1) | Report (FFU) Report (MFA) |
Z. Muscat 14' | Attendance: 500 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria) |
11 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification | Finland | 1–2 | Ukraine | Tampere Stadium, Tampere |
18:00 (UTC+1) | Pohjanpalo 72' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Konoplyanka 51' Besyedin 75' |
Attendance: 8,723 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel) |
2 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification | Ukraine | 2–0 | Turkey | Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Yarmolenko 18', 42' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Attendance: 36,796 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain) |
5 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification | Iceland | 2–0 | Ukraine | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
G. Sigurðsson 47', 66' | Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Attendance: 9,769 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
6 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification | Kosovo | 0–2 | Ukraine | Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Paqarada 60' (o.g.) Yarmolenko 87' |
Attendance: 1,261 Referee: Craig Pawson (England) |
9 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification | Ukraine | 0–2 | Croatia | Olympic National Sports Complex, Kiev |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA) |
Kramarić 62', 70' | Attendance: 60,200 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
10 November 2017 Friendly | Ukraine | 2–1 | Slovakia | Arena Lviv, Lviv |
20:00 (UTC+1) | Yarmolenko 39' Konoplyanka 54' |
Report (FFU) Report (SFZ) |
Štetina 10' | Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) |
23 March 2018 Friendly | Saudi Arabia | v | Ukraine | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah |
Player records
Most capped Ukraine players
As of 10 November 2017[update]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 2000–2016 | 144 | 4 |
2 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995–2012 | 111 | 48 |
3 | Oleh Husyev | 2003–2016 | 98 | 13 |
Ruslan Rotan | 2003– | 98 | 8 | |
5 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 1994–2012 | 92 | 0 |
6 | Andriy Pyatov | 2007– | 78 | 0 |
7 | Serhiy Rebrov | 1992–2006 | 75 | 15 |
8 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009– | 74 | 33 |
Andriy Voronin | 2002–2012 | 74 | 8 | |
10 | Andriy Husin | 1993–2006 | 71 | 9 |
Top Ukraine goalscorers
As of 10 November 2017[update]
# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995–2012 | 48 | 111 | 0.43 |
2 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009– | 33 | 74 | 0.45 |
3 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2010– | 15 | 67 | 0.22 |
Serhiy Rebrov | 1992–2006 | 15 | 75 | 0.2 | |
5 | Oleh Husyev | 2003–2016 | 13 | 98 | 0.13 |
6 | Serhiy Nazarenko | 2003–2012 | 12 | 56 | 0.21 |
7 | Yevhen Seleznyov | 2008– | 11 | 54 | 0.2 |
8 | Andriy Vorobey | 2000–2008 | 9 | 68 | 0.13 |
Andriy Husin | 1993–2006 | 9 | 71 | 0.13 | |
10 | Tymerlan Huseynov | 1993–1997 | 8 | 14 | 0.57 |
Artem Milevskyi | 2006–2012 | 8 | 50 | 0.16 | |
Andriy Voronin | 2002–2012 | 8 | 74 | 0.11 | |
Ruslan Rotan | 2003– | 8 | 98 | 0.08 |
Ukraine captains
As of 10 November 2017[update][11]
# | Player | Career | Captain Caps | Total Caps |
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1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995–2012 | 58 | 111 |
2 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 2000–2016 | 41 | 144 |
3 | Oleh Luzhnyi | 1992–2003 | 39 | 52 |
4 | Ruslan Rotan | 2003– | 23 | 98 |
5 | Yuriy Kalitvintsev | 1995–1999 | 13 | 22 |
Oleksandr Holovko | 1995–2004 | 13 | 58 | |
7 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 1994–2012 | 12 | 92 |
8 | Oleksandr Kucher | 2006– | 7 | 56 |
9 | Hennadiy Lytovchenko | 1993–1994 | 4 | 4 |
Yuriy Maksymov | 1992–2002 | 4 | 27 | |
Vyacheslav Shevchuk | 2006–2016 | 4 | 56 |
Top 10 goalkeepers
As of 10 November 2017[update]
# | Player | Career | Games | Wins | GA | GAA |
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1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 1994–2012 | 92 | 38 | 80 | 0.87 |
2 | Andriy Pyatov | 2007– | 78 | 39 | 61 | 0.782 |
3 | Oleh Suslov | 1994–1997 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 1.25 |
4 | Vitaliy Reva | 2001–2003 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1.111 |
5 | Andriy Dykan | 2010–2012 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1.375 |
Maksym Levytskyi | 2000–2002 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1.25 | |
7 | Dmytro Tyapushkin | 1994–1995 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1.571 |
8 | Valeriy Vorobyov | 1994–1999 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0.333 |
9 | Denys Boyko | 2014– | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.4 |
Dmytro Shutkov | 1993–2003 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0.8 | |
Vyacheslav Kernozenko | 2000–2008 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1.6 |
Ukraine managers
Last updated on 10 November 2017.
Manager | Nation | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Qualifying cycle | Final tour |
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Viktor Prokopenko | 1992 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
Oleh Bazylevych | 1993–1994 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 36.36 | 1996 | ||
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Yozhef Sabo | 1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 1996 | ||
Anatoliy Konkov | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 42.86 | 1996 | ||
Yozhef Sabo | 1996–1999 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 41 | 46.88 | 1998, 2000 | ||
Valeriy Lobanovskyi | 2000–2001 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 14 | 33.33 | 2002 | ||
Leonid Buryak | 2002–2003 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 13 | 26.32 | 2004 | ||
Oleh Blokhin | 2003–2007 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 78 | 26 | 45.65 | 2006, 2008 | 2006 | |
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | 2008–2009 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 57.14 | 2010 | ||
Myron Markevych[12] | 2010 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75 | |||
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev (caretaker)[13] | 2010–2011 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 12.5 | |||
Oleh Blokhin[14] | 2011–2012 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 12 | 38.89 | 2012,[15] 2014 | 2012 | |
Andriy Bal (caretaker)[16] | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | ||
Oleksandr Zavarov (caretaker) | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | |||
Mykhaylo Fomenko[17] | 2012–2016 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 22 | 64.86 | 2014, 2016 | 2016 | |
Andriy Shevchenko | 2016– | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 58.33 | 2018 |
Coaching staff
Currently approved:[18]
Head coach | Andriy Shevchenko |
Coach | Mauro Tassotti |
Coach | Raúl Riancho |
Coach | Andrea Maldera |
Observer | Andriy Voronin |
Observer | Volodymyr Onyshchenko |
Goalkeeping coach | Pedro Luis Jaro |
Fitness coach | Ivan Bashtovyi |
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the friendly match against Slovakia on 10 November 2017.[19][20][21]
Players' records are accurate as of 10 November 2017 after the match against Slovakia.[22][23]
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[24][25][26][27]
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Andriy Lunin U21 | 11 February 1999 | 0 | 0 | Zorya Luhansk | v. Croatia, 9 October 2017 |
GK | Mykyta Shevchenko | 26 January 1993 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Finland, 11 June 2017 |
GK | Denys Boyko | 29 January 1988 | 5 | 0 | Beşiktaş | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 |
GK | Artur Rudko | 7 May 1992 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
GK | Oleksiy Shevchenko | 24 February 1992 | 0 | 0 | Unattached | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
DF | Yaroslav Rakitskiy INJ | 3 August 1989 | 47 | 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Slovakia, 10 November 2017 WD |
DF | Ihor Perduta | 15 November 1990 | 0 | 0 | Vorskla Poltava | v. Croatia, 9 October 2017 |
DF | Pavlo Lukyanchuk U21 | 19 May 1996 | 0 | 0 | Olimpik Donetsk | v. Kosovo, 6 October 2017 |
DF | Mykola Morozyuk | 17 January 1988 | 13 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Kosovo, 6 October 2017 PRE |
DF | Serhiy Kryvtsov INJ | 15 March 1991 | 3 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Iceland, 5 September 2017 |
DF | Artem Fedetskyi | 26 April 1985 | 53 | 2 | Karpaty Lviv | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
DF | Mykyta Burda INJ | 24 April 1995 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
MF | Taras Stepanenko INJ | 8 August 1989 | 42 | 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Slovakia, 10 November 2017 WD |
MF | Denys Harmash INJ | 19 April 1990 | 30 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Slovakia, 10 November 2017 WD |
MF | Vitaliy Buyalskyi INJ | 6 January 1993 | 1 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Slovakia, 10 November 2017 WD |
MF | Serhiy Sydorchuk INJ | 2 May 1991 | 20 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Croatia, 9 October 2017 |
MF | Viktor Kovalenko U21 | 14 February 1996 | 15 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Croatia, 9 October 2017 |
MF | Oleksandr Zinchenko U21 | 15 December 1996 | 13 | 1 | Manchester City | v. Croatia, 9 October 2017 |
MF | Volodymyr Shepelyev U21 | 1 June 1997 | 2 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Croatia, 9 October 2017 |
MF | Viktor Tsyhankov INJ | 15 November 1997 | 2 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Kosovo, 6 October 2017 WD |
MF | Vladlen Yurchenko | 22 January 1994 | 0 | 0 | Bayer Leverkusen | v. Iceland, 5 September 2017 |
MF | Maksym Malyshev INJ | 24 December 1992 | 2 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Finland, 11 June 2017 |
MF | Ivan Petryak | 13 March 1994 | 3 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk | v. Finland, 11 June 2017 WD |
FW | Artem Kravets INJ | 3 June 1989 | 20 | 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Slovakia, 10 November 2017 WD |
FW | Artem Besyedin U21 | 31 March 1996 | 6 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | v. Slovakia, 10 November 2017 WD |
FW | Yevhen Seleznyov | 20 July 1985 | 54 | 11 | Unattached | v. Finland, 11 June 2017 |
FW | Artem Dovbyk | 21 June 1997 | 0 | 0 | Dnipro | v. Finland, 11 June 2017 PRE |
FW | Roman Zozulya RET | 17 November 1989 | 33 | 4 | Albacete | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
FW | Andriy Boryachuk U21 | 23 April 1996 | 0 | 0 | Mariupol | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
FW | Roman Yaremchuk | 27 November 1995 | 0 | 0 | Gent | v. Croatia, 24 March 2017 PRE |
Notes:
- INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury.
- WD = Withdrew because of injury.
- PRE = Preliminary squad.
- RET = Retired from the national team.
- SUS Suspended for the next match.
- U21 = Joined the Ukraine national under-21 team instead.
Previous squads
- 2006 FIFA World Cup squads – Ukraine
- UEFA Euro 2012 squads – Ukraine
- UEFA Euro 2016 squads – Ukraine
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup record
FIFA World Cup | FIFA World Cup Qualification | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1930–1990 | Part of Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||
1994 | Did Not Enter (spot not granted by FIFA) | Did Not Enter (spot not granted by FIFA) | ||||||||||||||
1998 | Did Not Qualify | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||
2002 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
2006 | Quarter-Finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | ||
2010 | Did Not Qualify | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | |||||||||
2014 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 7 | ||||||||||
2018 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||
2022 | To Be Determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | Quarter-final | 1/8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 108 | 50 |
- * Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA European Championship record
UEFA European Championship | UEFA European Championship Qualification | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1960–1992 | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
1996 | Did Not Qualify | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||||||||
2000 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | ||||||||||
2004 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
2008 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | ||||||||||
2012 | Group Stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Qualified as host nation | |||||||
2016 | Group Stage | 24th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | ||
2020 | To Be Determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | Group Stage | 2/7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 73 | 53 |
Qualifying campaigns
FIFA World Cup | UEFA European Championship |
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1994 – Qualifying spot not granted by FIFA | 1996 – 4th in Qualifying group 4 |
1998 – 2nd in Qualifying group 9, lost to Croatia in play-off | 2000 – 2nd in Qualifying group 4, lost to Slovenia in play-off |
2002 – 2nd in Qualifying group 5, lost to Germany in play-off | 2004 – 3rd in Qualifying group 6 |
2006 – Qualified for the tournament (1st in Qualifying group 2) | 2008 – 4th in Qualifying group B |
2010 – 2nd in Qualifying group 6, lost to Greece in play-off | 2012 – Qualified for the tournament (as a host nation) |
2014 – 2nd in Qualifying group H, lost to France in play-off | 2016 – Qualified for the tournament (3rd in Qualifying group C, won over Slovenia in play-off) |
2018 – 3rd in Qualifying group I |
All-time team record
The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 10 November 2017.[28]
Positive balance (more wins) | |
Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio) | |
Negative balance (more losses) |
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
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Albania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
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 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 |
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 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 |
Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
England | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
Estonia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 |
Finland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
France | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 |
Faroe Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
Georgia | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 |
Germany | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 |
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 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 |
Israel | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 |
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 |
Kosovo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Lithuania | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 |
Libya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
Luxembourg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 |
North Macedonia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
Moldova | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
Niger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Northern Ireland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
Poland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Romania | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 |
Russia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
San Marino | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
Scotland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Serbia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
Slovakia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
Slovenia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Spain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
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 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
Wales | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
Total | 230 | 110 | 59 | 62 | 325 | 219 | +106 |
Home venues 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 |
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Olimpiysky National Sports Complex | Kiev | 57 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 82 | 47 | 1.75 |
Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | Kiev | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 2.2 |
Arena Lviv | Lviv | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2.56 |
Metalist Stadium | Kharkiv | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1.44 |
Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
Chornomorets Stadium | Odesa | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.6 |
Donbass Arena | Donetsk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0.2 |
Dnipro Stadium | Dnipro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Shakhtar Stadium | Donetsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 |
Meteor Stadium | Dnipro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Avanhard Stadium | Uzhhorod | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 117 | 63 | 31 | 23 | 183 | 97 | 1.88 |
- Last updated: 10 November 2017. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.
FIFA Ranking history
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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90 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 47 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 45 | 60 | 57 | 40 | 13 | 30 | 15 | 22 | 34 | 55 | 47 | 18 | 25 | 30 |
Sports kits and sponsors
Kit history and evolution
On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[30] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[31] Prior to 5 February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit. On 2009 the official team kit is produced by German company Adidas which has a contract with the Ukrainian team until 31 December 2016.
Period | Kit provider |
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1992–1996 | Umbro |
1997–2002 | Puma |
2002–2008 | Lotto |
2009 – 2016 | Adidas |
2017– present | Joma |
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Sponsors
Marketing for the Football Federation of Ukraine is conducted by the Ukraine Football International (UFI).
- Title sponsor: EpiCenter (since 2013)[32][33][34]
- Premium (General) sponsors: Chernihivske (since 1998)
- Official sponsors: Henkel (Ukraine), Adidas, Airline "MAU" (Ukraine International Airlines), NIKO (official Mitsubishi distributor in Ukraine), Boris clinic, Tour agency "Love Cyprus", Resort center "Grand Admiral Club"
Former title and general sponsors included Ukrtelekom and Kyivstar.[35]
See also
- Ukraine national under-21 football team
- Ukraine national under-19 football team
- Ukraine national under-18 football team
- Ukraine national under-17 football team
- Ukraine national under-16 football team
- Ukrainians on the Soviet Union national football team
Notes
References
- ^ источники, Внешние. "Шевченко - главный тренер сборной Украины".
- ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Croatia-Ukraine - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
- ^ uefa.com. "FIFA World Cup 2018 - Croatia-Ukraine – UEFA.com". Uefa.com.
- ^ a b c uefa.com. "Member associations - Ukraine - Profile – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.
- ^ NSK Olimpiysky, Ukrainian Soccer Portal
- ^ The Ukrainian Football National Team of 1925–1935 Template:Uk icon
- ^ Ukrainian Soccer History website Template:Uk icon
- ^ a b Ukraine’s forgotten World Cup pedigree, Business Ukraine (4 August 2010)
- ^ "RSSSF European Championship 1988 – Final Tournament – Full Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ 1992 season of the Russian national football tean. Rusteam.permian.ru
- ^ Вербицький, Іван. "Шевчук – 25-й у історії збірної України капітан".
- ^ "Copy of the document for the resgnation". Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ "Збірну довірили Калитвинцеву (National team was entrusted to Kalitvintsev)". www.ffu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 August 2010.
- ^ Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
- ^ Friendlies
- ^ 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)
- ^ Ukraine's football federation taps Fomenko to coach national team, Kyiv Post (26 December 2012)
- ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". ffu.org.ua.
- ^ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/17081/
- ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_main/17128/
- ^ http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/teams/teams_main/17136/
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ukraine (2017)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ "Ukraine - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com.
- ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". ffu.org.ua.
- ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". ffu.org.ua.
- ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine's official website". ffu.org.ua.
- ^ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/16928/
- ^ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Ukraine - Men's". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Новую форму сборной первым примерил Ракицкий (+фото) (New uniform for the National team was first fitted by Rakytsky with photo)". ua.football (in Russian). Globalinfo (Kyiv, Ukraine). 29 March 2010.
- ^ "Ukraine 09/10 Adidas football kits". footballshirtculture. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ "Спонсор збірної України пообіцяв $2 млн. за вихід на ЧС-2014 - Факти". 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Article-news at epicentrk.com.ua".
- ^ Presentation of new sponsors in 2013 on YouTube. Youtube channel of FFU.
- ^ источники, Внешние. "Спонсори збірної України, їх статуси і класифікація".
External links
- Ukraine at the Euro 2016. FFU special website.
- Ukrainian page on FIFA's website (include upcoming fixtures)
- Official website of the Ukrainian Football Federation
- Ukrainian Football
- Soccerway.com
- www.allplayers.in.ua
- Ukrainian Soccer History website Template:Uk icon
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Media library (forum-style) of Ukrainian National Football Team
- ELO ratings
- List of Ukrainian international players perished in car crashes
- Ukraine Football International website
- Complete List of Teams and Results