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Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Синьо-жовті (The Blue and Yellow) Збірна (The National Team)
Association	Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Українська Асоціація Футболу
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Oleksandr Petrakov
Captain	Andriy Yarmolenko
Most caps	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144)[lower-alpha 1]
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Home stadium	Various
FIFA code	UKR
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	27 (6 October 2022)[2]
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	3 (first in 2012)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2020)

The Ukraine national football team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з футболу) 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 Ukrainian Independence and the country's breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their debut in the finals of a major championship.[3]

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 via the play-off route to reach a UEFA European Championship tournament through the qualifiers for the first time. This marked the first time in Ukraine's six play-off appearances that it managed to win such a tie, having lost previous play-off ties for the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000, 2002 World Cup, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2022 World Cup.

Ukraine's best performance in the UEFA European Championship was in 2020, where they reached the quarter-finals for the first time.

History

Ukrainian SSR (1925–1990)

The national team was formed in the early 1990s and was recognized internationally soon afterwards. It is not widely known, however, that Ukraine previously had a national team in 1925–1935.[4][5] Just like the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had its own national team.

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 was planned to take 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

Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the Soviet Union national team. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russia national football team took the place of the Soviet Union national team in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup. The national team of Ukraine did not manage to enter the </ref> before Ukraine was admitted to FIFA). Meanwhile, some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of the 1990s (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran, Yuriy Nikiforov, Ilya Tsymbalar and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia, as it was named the official successor of the Soviet Union.[6] At that time Vyacheslav Koloskov was the only top official from the former Soviet Union and later the Russia who served as a vice-president of UEFA in 1980–1996 and represented all of members of the Soviet Union and later the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The Soviet Union's five-year UEFA coefficient, despite being earned in part by Ukrainian players (for example, in the final of the last successful event, Euro 1988, under the direction of Valery Lobanovsky, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians[7]), 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.

Another reason for the occurred harsh crisis in the Ukrainian football was lack of adequate funding of teams,[6] due to the general economic crisis that has affected all of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries.[6] There also was a reverse influx of players;[6] 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.[6]

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk,[lower-alpha 1] Serhiy Rebrov and Oleksandr Shovkovskyi.

First official games (Prokopenko)

Soon after being accepted to FIFA and UEFA as a full member in 1992, 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; Prokopenko eventually became the manager.[8]

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 "fantom" (transitional) CIS team in place of the Soviet Union playing its own friendly against the England in Moscow in preparation to the UEFA Euro 1992,[9] the Ukrainian team lost some notable players to the that team. Following couple of losses to Hungary and a tie to United States, Prokopenko resigned and the last season game that year for the national team was led by his assistants Mykola Pavlov and Leonid Tkachenko.

Euro 96 qualification (Bazylevych)

Ukraine appointed another head coach, Oleh Bazylevych, who made his debut with the national team in the spring of 1993 in Odessa during a friendly against Israel, a 1–1 draw. Less than a month later Ukraine finally won, in Vilnius in an away friendly against Lithuania. During the 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 surprising home loss 2–0 to Lithuania.[10] Following the defeat and a weak performance in preceding friendlies Bazylevych was fired and on the tour to South Korea the team was led by the Bazylevych assistants Pavlov and Muntyan as a temporary replacement until Federation signs 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.

With the new manager, their next home game against Slovenia ended goalless[11] and they then beat Estonia 3–0 gaining their first win in official competitive game.[12] At the beginning of the year Football Federation confirmed Anatoliy Konkov as the new head coach on 5 January 1995.

With Konkov the team started with away losses 4–0 to Croatia and 3–0 to Italy.[13] After that there was a three-games winning streak including a home victory against Croatia and theoretical hopes which were abruptly cut after loss to Slovenia and the team finished at the fourth place in its first qualification campaign behind Lithuania.

1998–2004: near misses

Following expiration of a year-long contract with Konkov, in 1996 the Federation appointed Sabo as a head coach and received a preliminary agreement that Lobanovsky will become available following his contract with Kuwait.

Ukraine participated in 1998 World Cup qualification, where the team was drawn into Group 9. Ukraine took second place, only 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 a beginning of international career for Shevchenko as well as more play time for some other players such as Oleksandr Shovkovsky and Serhiy Rebrov.

In UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying, Ukraine, assigned in Group 4, finished above Russia, thanks to an important draw in Moscow and a home victory, but 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 the 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 a number of draws had resulted in Ukraine qualifying for the playoff again, losing to Germany, 5–2 on aggregate. Under a public pressure, particularly the Higher League head coaches who argued that the national team head coach cannot competently serve for both club and national, as well as health issues of Lobanovsky himself, the Federation decided not to renew contract with Lobanovsky letting him concentrate on Dynamo Kyiv.

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

2006 FIFA World Cup

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

In the 2006 World Cup, they were in the 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 the round of 16. Tying at 0, Ukraine managed to take Switzerland to 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 that 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 the 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 were 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.[14][15]

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 failure to qualify, the Federation decided not to renew contract with Mykhaylychenko.[16]

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 few friendlies Markevych resigned due to the off-pitch politics and having holding coaching office of both national team and Metalist Kharkiv.[17][18] For the next several games in 2010-11 the national team was led by a 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 Ukrainian national team signing a four year contract.[19][20] 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

Seeded at the UEFA Group H Ukraine qualified for yet another playoff, after two wins over Poland and two draws over England, where they would play against France. Ukraine beat France at home 2–0, but suffered a 3–0 loss away, thus being eliminated from the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Blokhin who remained a head coach following the home Euro 2012 had to stepped down due to health concerns in autumn of 2012 soon after the first home game against England and was replaced by Andriy Bal[21] and later Oleksandr Zavarov. While considering hiring a first foreign specialist, the Federation finally appointed Mykhailo Fomenko as a head coach by end of 2012.[22] Even though Fomenko did not manage to qualify for the World Cup, the Federation decided to retain his services until end of 2015.[23] With qualification to the Euro 2016, Fomenko was honored to lead the national team in the finals.

With the ongoing Russian aggression, Ukraine in Euro 2016 qualifying were drawn against Spain, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. Despite having won all matches besides Spain, they finished third due to results against Spain and Slovakia. They defeated Slovenia in the playoff.

Ukraine lost all three games at Euro 2016 without scoring a goal; a 2–0 loss to Germany, a 2–0 loss to Northern Ireland, and Poland 1–0.

Following the Euro 2016, Fomenko was replaced with Andriy Shevchenko as a head coach who served as his assistant during the Euro finals.[24] Seeded in the UEFA Group I, Ukraine started off with a home draw to Iceland in 2018 World Cup qualifying and an away draw to Turkey. This was followed by two home wins, 3–0 against Kosovo and 1–0 against Finland. After a 1–0 away loss to Croatia, they beat Finland 2–1 away and Turkey 2–0 at home, they lost 2–0 away to Iceland and won 2–0 away win against Kosovo. Losing to Croatia at home, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for their first time since UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying and in all its previous FIFA World Cup qualification.

In the inaugural UEFA Nations League, Ukraine were drawn with 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, before ending with a 4–1 away loss to Slovakia.

Ukraine were placed in a group with Euro 2016 title holders Portugal as well as Serbia among other teams. Its opening game of the qualifying campaign Ukraine visited Portugal which was led by returning Cristiano Ronaldo. The match ended 0–0. The second game, against Luxembourg, ended up as a 2–1 win, preceding Ukraine's 5–0 win against Serbia, along with a narrow 1–0 win against Luxembourg. Two matches—away and home against Lithuania (winning 3–0 and 2–0 respectively) saw Ukraine with 16 points and in need of only a point against Portugal. Ukraine won 2–1 and the group before drawing Serbia 2–2.

Ukraine were drawn with Switzerland, Spain, and Germany in the next Nations League. The Ukrainians started their campaign by overcoming Switzerland at home 2–1 to temporarily take first place. However, their next opponent Spain won 4–0. Germany then won 2–1 in Kyiv. Ukraine then defeated Spain for the first time with a 1–0 win. Germany swept Ukraine after a 1–0 deficit was cancelled for a 3–1 victory.

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), and as a result, the entire delegation was put into quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne.[25] Their game against Switzerland away was sequently cancelled. Ukraine faced relegation if the game was to be awarded 3–0 to Switzerland, or if the result is decided by a drawing of lots and Switzerland were to be handed a 1–0 victory. Eventually, UEFA decided that the match result would be 3–0 in favour of Switzerland, meaning that Ukraine had been officially relegated after just one season in League A.

Ukraine managed to qualify to the knockout stages in the European Championship for the first time in 2020, as one of the best third-placed teams. They beat Sweden 2–1 in the round of 16, after Artem Dovbyk scored the winning goal in the first minute of the second half in extra time. They were then defeated by England in the quarter-final, recording their best finish at a major tournament since 2006.

Ukraine drew 1–1 in both games against France in 2022 World Cup qualifying.[26] Ukraine would then 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]} After five years and under the spell of draws in the recent campaign, Shevchenko announced his resignation in August 2021[27] and was replaced with Oleksandr Petrakov who recently led the Ukraine U-20 team to the World Cup victory.[28] 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 managed to qualify 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,[29] winning 3–1 at Hampden Park, but ultimately losing 1–0 to Wales in an emotional playoff final at the Cardiff City Stadium.[30]

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

Since May 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, home game matches have been taking place in Łódź.[31]

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
Donbass 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

On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[32] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[33] Prior to 5 February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit. In 2009 the official team kit was produced by German company Adidas which has a contract with the Ukrainian team until 31 December 2016. Joma manufactured the kits starting from the year 2017 for the match against Croatia on 24 March 2017.[34]

Sponsors

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

• Title sponsor: Epicentr (since 2013)[35][36][37]
• 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 Ukrtelecom, Kyivstar,[38] Nordex (Austria),[39][40] and Geoton.

Kit supplier	Period
Umbro	1992–1997
Puma	1998–2002
Lotto	2003–2008
Adidas	2009–2016
Joma	2017–present

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Currently approved:[43]

Position	Name
Head coach	Oleksandr Petrakov
Assistant coaches
	Andriy Annenkov
	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
Goalkeeping coach	Vyacheslav Kernozenko
Fitness coaches
	Ivan Bashtovyi
	Vyacheslav Ruzhentsev

Coaching history

As of 27 September 2022[44][45]

No.	Manager	Nation	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[46]		2010	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	075.00
C	Yuriy Kalytvyntsev[47]		2010–2011	8	1	5	2	10	13	−3	012.50
10	Oleg Blokhin[19]		2011–2012	18	7	3	8	27	28	−1	038.89	2014	2012
C	Andriy Bal[48]		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[49]		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–[lower-alpha 3]	15	6	7	2	23	13	+10	040.00	2022

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Scotland (twice) and Armenia in September 2022.[50]

Caps and goals updated as of 27 September 2022, after the match against Scotland.[51][52][53][54][55]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Andriy Lunin	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 23)	9	0	Real Madrid
23	1GK	Dmytro Riznyk	(1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Vorskla Poltava
1	1GK	Yevhen Volynets	(1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Kolos Kovalivka
22	2DF	Mykola Matviyenko	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 26)	54	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
21	2DF	Oleksandr Karavayev	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 30)	46	2	Dynamo Kyiv
4	2DF	Serhiy Kryvtsov	(1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 31)	31	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
16	2DF	Vitaliy Mykolenko	(1999-05-29) 29 May 1999 (age 23)	28	1	Everton
13	2DF	Illya Zabarnyi	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 20)	24	0	Dynamo Kyiv
18	2DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 25)	12	1	Dynamo Kyiv
3	2DF	Bohdan Mykhaylichenko	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 25)	7	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
19	2DF	Taras Kacharaba	(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 27)	3	0	Slavia Prague
2	2DF	Valeriy Bondar	(1999-02-27) 27 February 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
7	3MF	Andriy Yarmolenko (captain)	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 33)	112	45	Al Ain
6	3MF	Taras Stepanenko	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 33)	73	4	Shakhtar Donetsk
8	3MF	Ruslan Malinovskyi	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 29)	51	7	Atalanta
15	3MF	Viktor Tsyhankov	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 25)	42	7	Dynamo Kyiv
20	3MF	Oleksandr Zubkov	(1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 26)	24	2	Shakhtar Donetsk
10	3MF	Mykhaylo Mudryk	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 21)	8	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
14	3MF	Danylo Ihnatenko	(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 25)	5	1	Bordeaux
17	3MF	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	(1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 25)	5	0	Dnipro-1
5	3MF	Eduard Sarapiy	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Dnipro-1
9	4FW	Roman Yaremchuk	(1995-11-27) 27 November 1995 (age 26)	42	13	Club Brugge
11	4FW	Artem Dovbyk	(1997-06-21) 21 June 1997 (age 25)	14	6	Dnipro-1

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	Anatoliy Trubin	(2001-08-01) 1 August 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.  Armenia, 24 September 2022 U21
GK	Heorhiy Bushchan	(1994-05-31) 31 May 1994 (age 28)	15	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 INJ
GK	Andriy Pyatov	(1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 38)	102	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.  Armenia, 11 June 2022 RET
DF	Eduard Sobol	(1995-04-20) 20 April 1995 (age 27)	27	0	Club Brugge	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 INJ
DF	Denys Popov	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Republic of Ireland, 14 June 2022
DF	Oleksandr Syrota	(2000-06-11) 11 June 2000 (age 22)	2	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Republic of Ireland, 14 June 2022
DF	Yukhym Konoplya	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Global Tour for Peace, 11–18 May 2022 WD
DF	Viktor Korniyenko	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 23)	2	1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Global Tour for Peace, 11–18 May 2022 INJ
MF	Serhiy Sydorchuk	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 31)	54	3	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Scotland, 27 September 2022 WD
MF	Viktor Kovalenko	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 26)	33	0	Spezia	v.  Armenia, 24 September 2022 INJ
MF	Oleksandr Zinchenko	(1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 (age 25)	52	8	Arsenal	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 INJ
MF	Mykola Shaparenko	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 24)	28	1	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 INJ
MF	Oleksiy Hutsulyak	(1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 24)	0	0	Dnipro-1	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 RES
MF	Yehor Nazaryna	(1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 RES
MF	Vitaliy Buyalskyi	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 29)	9	0	Dynamo Kyiv	Global Tour for Peace, 11–18 May 2022 WD
MF	Serhiy Buletsa	(1999-02-16) 16 February 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Zorya Luhansk	Global Tour for Peace, 11–18 May 2022 INJ
FW	Artem Besedin	(1996-03-31) 31 March 1996 (age 26)	19	2	Dynamo Kyiv	v.  Scotland, 21 September 2022 RES
FW	Danylo Sikan	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 21)	6	1	Shakhtar Donetsk	v.  Republic of Ireland, 14 June 2022
FW	Denys Harmash	(1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 32)	31	2	Dynamo Kyiv	Global Tour for Peace, 11–18 May 2022 WD
Notes U21 = Was called up from national U21 squad. WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury. RES = Reserves squad – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability. RET = Retired from the national team. PRE = Preliminary squad/standby.

Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squad
• UEFA Euro 2012 squad
• UEFA Euro 2016 squad
• UEFA Euro 2020 squad

Player records

As of 27 September 2022[52][56][54][55]

Players in bold are still active with Ukraine.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Period
1	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk[lower-alpha 1]	144	4	2000–2016
2	Andriy Yarmolenko	112	45	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	86	21	2010–present
9	Serhiy Rebrov	75	15	1992–2006
10	Andriy Voronin	74	8	2002–2012

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Period
1	Andriy Shevchenko	48	111	0.43	1995–2012
2	Andriy Yarmolenko	45	112	0.4	2009–present
3	Yevhen Konoplyanka	21	86	0.24	2010–present
4	Serhiy Rebrov	15	75	0.2	1992–2006
5	Roman Yaremchuk	13	42	0.31	2018–present
	Oleh Husiev	13	98	0.13	2003–2016
7	Serhiy Nazarenko	12	56	0.21	2003–2012
8	Yevhen Seleznyov	11	58	0.19	2008–2018
9	Andriy Vorobey	9	68	0.13	2000–2008
	Andriy Husin	9	71	0.13	1993–2006

Most capped goalkeepers

As of 27 September 2022^[update]

Rank	Player	Games	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	Heorhiy Bushchan	15	5	24	1.714	2020–present
4	Oleh Suslov	12	7	15	1.25	1994–1997
5	Andriy Lunin	9	4	6	1.5	2018–present
	Vitaliy Reva	9	3	10	1.111	2001–2003
7	Andriy Dykan	8	5	11	1.375	2010–2012
	Maksym Levytskyi	8	1	10	1.25	2000–2002
9	Denys Boyko	7	3	7	1	2014–present
	Dmytro Tyapushkin	7	1	11	1.571	1994–1995

Captains

As of 27 September 2022^[update][57]

Rank	Player	Captain Caps	Total Caps	Period
1	Andriy Shevchenko	58	111	1995–2012
2	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk[lower-alpha 1]	41	144	2000–2016
3	Oleh Luzhnyi	39	52	1992–2003
4	Ruslan Rotan	24	100	2003–2018
	Andriy Pyatov	24	102	2007–2022
6	Andriy Yarmolenko	22	112	2009–present
7	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	13	22	1995–1999
	Oleksandr Holovko	13	58	1995–2004
9	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	12	92	1994–2012
10	Oleksandr Kucher	8	57	2006–2017

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	→	Outcome
1930 to 1990 as Part of  Soviet Union										1930 to 1990 as Part of  Soviet Union
as  Ukraine										as  Ukraine
1994	FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[lower-alpha 4]									FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[lower-alpha 4]						1994	Qualifying spot not granted by FIFA
1998	Did not qualify
										12	6	3	3	11	9	1998	2nd in Qualifying group 9, lost to Croatia in play-off
2002										12	4	6	2	15	13	2002	2nd in Qualifying group 5, lost to Germany in play-off
2006	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	5	7		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 in play-off
2014										12	7	3	2	30	7	2014	2nd in Qualifying group H, lost to France 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, lost to Wales in play-off
2026	To be determined									To be determined						2026
Total	Quarter-finals	1/8	5	2	1	2	5	7		80	38	28	14	122	62

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

UEFA European Championship

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	→	Outcome
1960 to 1992 as Part of  Soviet Union and  CIS										1960 to 1992 as Part of  Soviet Union and  CIS
as  Ukraine										as  Ukraine
1996	Did not qualify									10	4	1	5	11	15	1996	4th in Qualifying group 4
2000										12	5	6	1	16	7	2000	2nd in Qualifying group 4, lost to Slovenia in play-off
2004										8	2	4	2	11	10	2004	3rd in Qualifying group 6
2008										12	5	2	5	18	16	2008	4th in Qualifying group B
2012	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	2	4		Host nation						2012	Qualified as host nation
2016		24th	3	0	0	3	0	5		12	7	2	3	17	5	2016	3rd in Qualifying group C, won over Slovenia in play-off
2020	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	0	3	6	10		8	6	2	0	17	4	2020	Winner in Qualifying group B
2024	To be determined									To be determined						2024	In progress
Total	Quarter-finals	3/8	11	3	0	8	8	19		62	29	17	16	90	57

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	B	1	4	3	0	1	5	5		14th
2020–21	A	4	6	2	0	4	5	13		13th
2022–23	B	1	6	3	2	1	10	14		22th
2024–25	B	To be determined
Total			16	8	2	6	20	32	13th

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 27 September 2022.[59][60][61]

Key

	Positive balance (more wins)
	Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative balance (more losses)

Against	Confederation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	UEFA	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9
Andorra	UEFA	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17
Armenia	UEFA	10	7	3	0	25	8	+17
Austria	UEFA	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1
Azerbaijan	UEFA	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6
Bahrain	AFC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Belarus	UEFA	9	5	3	1	12	5	+7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Brazil	CONMEBOL	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Bulgaria	UEFA	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5
Cameroon	CAF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Canada	CONCACAF	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Chile	CONMEBOL	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Croatia	UEFA	9	1	3	5	5	15	−10
Cyprus	UEFA	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4
Czech Republic	UEFA	5	2	2	1	4	6	−2
Denmark	UEFA	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
England	UEFA	8	1	2	5	3	13	−10
Estonia	UEFA	5	5	0	0	11	0	+11
Faroe Islands	UEFA	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Finland	UEFA	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3
France	UEFA	12	1	5	6	8	23	−15
Georgia	UEFA	9	6	3	0	16	6	+10
Germany	UEFA	8	0	3	5	7	17	−10
Greece	UEFA	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1
Hungary	UEFA	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3
Iceland	UEFA	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
Iran	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Israel	UEFA	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2
Italy	UEFA	8	0	2	6	3	15	−12
Japan	AFC	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Kazakhstan	UEFA	6	4	2	0	12	6	+6
Kosovo	UEFA	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Latvia	UEFA	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Libya	CAF	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Lithuania	UEFA	10	7	1	2	20	8	+12
Luxembourg	UEFA	5	5	0	0	12	1	+11
Malta	UEFA	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Mexico	CONCACAF	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Moldova	UEFA	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3
Montenegro	UEFA	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3
Morocco	CAF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Netherlands	UEFA	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4
Niger	CAF	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Nigeria	CAF	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Northern Ireland	UEFA	6	3	2	1	4	3	+1
North Macedonia	UEFA	5	3	1	1	5	2	+3
Norway	UEFA	5	4	1	0	5	0	+5
Poland	UEFA	9	3	2	4	9	11	−2
Portugal	UEFA	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
Republic of Ireland	UEFA	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Romania	UEFA	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4
Russia	UEFA	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
San Marino	UEFA	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17
Saudi Arabia	AFC	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4
Scotland	UEFA	5	2	1	2	6	7	-1
Serbia	UEFA	7	6	1	0	16	3	+13
Slovakia	UEFA	8	3	3	2	9	10	−1
Slovenia	UEFA	6	1	3	2	7	7	0
South Korea	AFC	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Spain	UEFA	7	1	1	5	4	14	−10
Sweden	UEFA	4	3	1	1	6	4	+2
Switzerland	UEFA	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Tunisia	CAF	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Turkey	UEFA	9	2	3	4	9	11	−2
United Arab Emirates	AFC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
United States	CONCACAF	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Uzbekistan	AFC	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	UEFA	4	1	2	1	3	3	0
Total: 71 nations	5/6	296	136	84	78	412	249	+163

FIFA Ranking history

As of 25 March 2021[62][63]

1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
90	77	71	59	49	47	27	34	45	45	60	57	40	13	30
2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2020	2021
15	22	34	55	47	18	25	29	30	35	28	24	24	24	25

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

External links

• Official website of the Ukrainian Association of Football
• Ukrainian page on FIFA's website
• Ukrainian page on UEFA's website
• Ukrainian Soccer History website (in Ukrainian)
• Ukrainian Football
• Soccerway Profile
• National Team Roster and Match History
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Media library 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

На других языках

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Сборная Украины по футболу (укр. Збірна України з футболу) — национальная сборная команда, представляющая Украину на международных соревнованиях по футболу. Управляющая организация — Украинская ассоциация футбола. Наивысшими достижениями сборной является выход в четвертьфинал на чемпионате мира 2006 и на чемпионате Европы 2020.

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