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Consistent football competitions were taken place in Ukraine in the beginning of the 20th century when the modern country was divided between Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Russia. The most progressive league where Ukrainians participated were Polish and USSR championships (Dinamo Kyiv is known worldwide).

In the 1970s and 1980s, the backbone of the Soviet Union national football team were players out of the Dinamo Kyiv's first team while the team was also coached by the Kievan native and the Dinamo Kyiv franchise person -- Valery Lobanovsky. Oleh Blokhin, another Kievan native and the legendary Ukrainian player and coach, became the USSR national team leader in games participated and goals scored for the team. He reflected the mentorship of his coach, Valery Lobanovsky, and extending the long possessing football traditions of his native country by taking the Ukrainian national team to quarter finals of the World Cup in 2006. Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) was created and recognized by FIFA only in 1992. That led several players played for the Ukrainian national team in 1993 to reconsider their choice by choosing their opportunities in more successful team of Russian Federation which was considered as the successor of the Soviet national team with all its success. By recognizing only the Russian team as the successor many Russian statisticians are advocating that as the main reason to consider the Ukrainian born footballers that played for the Soviet team to be Russians. The players such as Andrei Kanchelskis and Sergei Yuran are not included in the list for the reason choosing to play for the Russian team over the Ukrainian. Note that there are no Viktor Onopko or Andrei Karyaka as well, although the last one played several games for the junior squad of the national team.

While waiting for recognition from FIFA in 1992, the national team of Ukraine failed to gain to be seeded on time for the World Cup qualification competition from Europe.

List of Soviet Ukrainians [1]

Name	Years of life	Place of birth/death	Caps	Goals	Comments
Blokhin	1952–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	112	42
Demyanenko	1959–present	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR -	80	6
Bezsonov	1958–present	Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR -	79	4
Protasov	1964–present	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR -	68/1	29/0
Kuznetsov, O.	1963–present	Magdeburg, East Germany -	63/3	1/0
Kaplichny	1944 – 2004	Kamianets-Podilskiy, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	62	0
Litovchenko	1963–present	Dniprodzerzhinsk, Ukrainian SSR -	58/4	15/0
Kolotov	1949 – 2000	Udino, Tatarstan, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	54	22
Buryak	1953–present	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR -	53	10
Muntian	1946–present	Kotovsk, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR -	49	7
Rudakov	1942 – 2011	Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	48	0
Konkov	1949–present	Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR -	47	8
Rats	1961–present	Vynohradiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR -	47	4
Baltacha	1958–present	Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR -	45	2
Onyschenko	1949–present	Chernobyl Raion, Ukrainian SSR -	44	11
Mykhailychenko	1963–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	41/2	9/0
Zavarov	1961–present	Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR -	41	6
Szabó	1940–present	Uzhhorod, Hungary -	40	8
Byshovets	1946–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	39	15
Istomin	1944 - 1999	Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Moscow, Russia	34	0
Belanov	1960–present	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR -	33	8
Troshkin	1947–present	Enakieve, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR -	31	1
Veremeyev	1946–present	Spassk, Primorye, Russian SFSR -	26	2
Voinov	1931 – 2003	Kaliningrad, Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	26	5
Tsveiba	1966–present	Gudauta, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR -	25/1	2/0	8 games played for Russia
Fomenko	1948–present	Mala Rybytsia, Sumy, Ukrainian SSR -	24	0
Matvienko	1948–present	Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR -	21	0
Serebrenikov	1940–present	Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR -	21	3
Chanov, Vkt	1959–present	Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR -	21	0
Bal	1958–present	Noviy Rozdil, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR -	20	1
Khmelnytskiy	1943–present	Tymashivka, Zaporizhya, Ukrainian SSR -	20	7
Shavlo	1956–present	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR -	19	1
Yakovenko	1964–present	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR -	19	1
Yaremchuk	1962–present	Velykiy Bychkiv, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR -	18	2
Degtyaryov	1948–present	Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR -	17	0
Reshko	1947–present	Klucharki, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR -	15	0
Bannykov	1938 – 2001	Luhiny, Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	14	0
Berezhnoy	1957–present	Krasnodon, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR -	14	0
Puzach	1941 - 2006	Krasnyi Kut, Saratov, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	14	2
Zvyahintsev	1950–present	Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR -	13	1
Evtushenko	1958–present	Pyatikhatky, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR -	12	1
Pilguy	1948–present	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR -	12	0
Semyonov	1947–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	11	4
Ostrovskiy	1936 – 2001	Riga, Latvia - Kyiv, Ukraine	9	0
Kuznetsov, V	1949–present	Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Russian SFSR -	8	0
Kuksov	1949–present	Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR -	8	0
Porkuyan	1944–present	Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR -	8	4
Pasulko	1961–present	Ilnytsia, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR -	8	1
Tischenko, V	1963–present	Horodok, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR -	8	0
Luzhnyi	1968–present	Lviv, Ukrainian SSR -	8/52	0/0
Susloparov	1958 – 2012	Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Istrinsky District, Moscow, Russia	7	0
Medvid	1943 – 1997	Novo-Davydkove, Zakarpatya, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	7	2
Lyutiy	1962–present	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR -	6	1
Vishnevskiy	1957 – 1996	Salavat, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	6	0
Kozinkevych	1949 – 1994	Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine	6	1
Kanevskiy	1936 – 2018	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Bristol, Connecticut, US	5	0
Hetsko	1968–present	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR -	5/4	0/1
Romenskiy	1952–present	Minchegavir, Azerbaijan SSR -?	5
Lozynskyi	1955–present	Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR - ?	4	0
Nikiforov	1970–present	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR -	4/3	0/0	55 games for Russia, 6 goals
Rodin	1956–present	Moscow, Russian SFSR -	4	0
Sosnykhin	1942 – 2003	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	4	0
Yurchyshyn	1957–present	Kernitsa, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR -	4	1
Zhuravliov	1945–present	Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR -	3	0
Fomin, V	1929 – 2007	Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - Ukraine	3	0
Kuznetsov, S	1950–present	Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR -	3	0
Levchenko, V	1944 – 2006	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	3	0
Malygin	1949–present	Voroshilovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR -	3	0
Tkachenko, O	1947–present	Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR -	3	0
Shmatovalenko	1967–present	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR -	2/8	0/0
Fedorenko	1955–present	Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR -	2	1
Dudarenko	1946 – 2017	Rivne, Ukrainian SSR - Rivne, Ukraine	2	0
Betsa	1929 – 2011	Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia - Mukachevo, Ukraine	2	0
Kulchytsky	1941–present	Lviv, Ukrainian SSR -	2	0
Lobanovskiy	1939 - 2002	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Zaporizhya, Ukraine	2	0
Slobodian, P	1953–present	Kolomea Raion, Ukrainian SSR -	2	0
Cherednyk	1960–present	Stalinabad, Tajik SSR -	2	0
Shmuts	1948–present	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR -	2	0
Yarovenko	1963–present	Karatau, Djambul, Kazakh SSR -	2	0
Biba	1938–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Brovarsky	1948 – 2009	Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine	1	0
Gorbunov	1953–1996	Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	1	0
Hrachiov	1956–present	Dzerzhinsk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Kaplun	1958–present	Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Zuyev, V	1952–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Forkash	1948–present	Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Makarov, O	1929 – 1995	Rubtsovsk, Altai, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine	1	0
Morozov	1950–present	Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR -	1	0
Pinchuk	1946–present	Tikhoretsk, Russian SFSR -	1	0
Privalov	1902 – 1974	Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR	1[2]	0
Shpakovskiy	1899 – 1942	Kharkov, Russian Empire - GULAG, Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR	1	1
Shepel	1949–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Shulzhenko	1945 – 1997	Voroshylovhrad, Ukrainian SSR - Luhansk, Ukraine	1	0
Leschuk	1951–present	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiy, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Lysenko	1947 -–2003	Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR - Mykolaiv, Ukraine	1	0
Pavlov, M	1954–present	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR -	1	0
Chanov, Vya	1951–present	Moscow, Russian SFSR -	1	0

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Unofficial games

Name	Years of life	Place of birth/death	Caps	Goals	Comments
Kostiantyn Fomin	1903 – 1964		10	0	(Dynamo Kharkiv → Dynamo Kyiv)
Shylovsky	1911 – 1973		6	2	(Dynamo Kyiv)
Privalov	1902 – 1974	Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR	6[3]	0	(Rabis Kharkiv → Dynamo Kharkiv)
Oleksandr Babkin			5	(-5)(?)	(KhPZ Kharkiv)
Shchehodsky	1911 – 1989		4	1	(Dynamo Kyiv)
Krotov, M	1898 – 1978	Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR	1	0	(Rabis Kharkiv)
Fomin, V	1929 – 2007	Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - ?	1	0
Valentyn Prokofyev			1	0	(Dynamo Kyiv)
Fokin, M	1909 – 1974		1	0	(Dynamo Kharkiv)
Idzkovsky	1907 – 1995	Kiev, Russian Empire - Kyiv, Ukraine	1	0	(Dynamo Kyiv)
Shpakovsky	1899 – 1942		1	0	(Dynamo Kharkiv)
Fomin, Vol	1902 – 1942				(Dynamo Kharkiv)

Ukrainian Olympians on the Soviet team

Russian Olympians born in Ukraine

• Sergey Shavlo
• Yuriy Istomin
• Vladimir Pilguy
• Sergey Andreyev
• Igor Dobrovolski
• Anatoliy Byshovets (coach)

Ukrainian footballers on the Soviet junior teams

Russian footballers born in Ukraine

• Yuri Susloparov
• Gennadi Kostylev (coach)
• Oleksandr Pomazun
• Sergei Mamchur (Russia U-21)

• Grigori Bogemsky 1913
• Evgeni Aldonin 2002–07
• Artyom Bezrodny 1999
• Viktor Budyanskiy 2007
• Igor Dobrovolski 1992–98
• Oleksandr Horshkov 1998
• Andrei Kanchelskis 1992–98
• Andrei Karyaka 2001–05
• Vladimir Lebed 1995
• Roman Neustädter 2016–
• Yuriy Nikiforov 1993–2002
• Gennadiy Nizhegorodov 2000–03
• Viktor Onopko 1992–2004
• Sergei Podpaly 1992–94
• Sergei Semak 1997–2010
• Vladislav Ternavsky 1994–96
• Ilya Tsymbalar 1994–99
• Sergei Yuran 1992–99
• Anton Shvets 2018–

Senior national team all-time records

Here included players that with help of FIFA, the Russian Football Union claims of their own. Such players, Oleg Blokhin, Oleg Protasov, and Anatoliy Demyanenko, still are the indicators of class for all players in Ukraine. Those players committed their playing career to the clubs of the Lower Dnipro river region.

As of 13 October 2021^[update][4]

Top Ukraine goalscorers

#	Name	Period	Goals (Caps)	Average
1	Andriy Shevchenko	1995 – 2012	48 (111)	0.44
2	Andriy Yarmolenko	2009 –	44 (106)	0.415
	Oleg Blokhin	1972 – 1988	42 (112)	0.375
4	Oleh Protasov	1984 – 1994	29 (69)	0.42
5	Viktor Kolotov	1970 – 1978	22 (54)	0.407
6	Yevhen Konoplyanka	2010 –	21 (86)	0.244
7	Anatoliy Byshovets	1966 – 1972	15 (39)	0.385
	Hennadiy Litovchenko	1984 – 1994	15 (62)	0.242
	Serhii Rebrov	1992 – 2006	15 (75)	0.2
10	Oleh Husyev	2003 – 2016	13 (98)	0.133
11	Roman Yaremchuk	2018 –	12 (36)	0.333
	Serhiy Nazarenko	2003 – 2012	12 (56)	0.214
13	Volodymyr Onyshchenko	1972 – 1977	11 (44)	0.25
	Yevhen Seleznyov	2008 – 2018	11 (57)	0.193
15	Leonid Buryak	1974 – 1983	10 (53)	0.189
16	Andriy Vorobey	2000 – 2008	9 (68)	0.132
	Andriy Husin	1993 – 2006	9 (71)	0.127
18	Tymerlan Huseynov	1993 – 1997	8 (14)	0.571
	Artem Kravets	2011 –	8 (23)	0.348
	Igor Belanov	1985 – 1990	8 (33)	0.242
	Yozhef Sabo	1965 – 1968	8 (40)	0.2
	Anatoliy Konkov	1971 – 1978	8 (47)	0.17
	Oleksandr Zinchenko	2015 -	8 (48)	0.167
	Artem Milevskyi	2006 – 2012	8 (50)	0.16
	Andriy Voronin	2002 – 2012	8 (74)	0.108
	Ruslan Rotan	2003 – 2018	8 (100)	0.08

List of Ukrainian coaches coaching other national teams

In bold are coaches that eventually coached the Ukrainian football national team.

• Oleksandr Ponomariov ( Soviet national football team 1972)
• Oleh Bazilevich ( Soviet national football team 1974–1976, 1979), ( Bulgaria Olympic football team 1988–1989), ( Kuwait national under-23 football team 1995–1996)
• Valery Lobanovsky ( Soviet national football team 1975–1976, 1982–1983, 1986–1990), ( UAE national football team 1990–1993), ( Kuwait national football team 1994–1996)
• Valery Yaremchenko ( Syria national football team 1985–1987)
• Anatoliy Azarenkov ( Syria national football team 1987–1990, 1992), ( Kuwait national under-20 football team 1993–1997)
• Mykhailo Fomenko ( Iraq national football team 1990), ( Guinea national football team 1994)
• Anatoliy Byshovets ( South Korea national football team 1994–1995, South Korea national under-23 football team 1995–1996)
• Volodymyr Muntian ( Guinea national football team 1995–1998)
• Viktor Pozhechevskyi ( Turkmenistan national football team 1998)
• Volodymyr Salkov ( Uzbekistan national football team 2000–2001)
• Vladimir Bessonov ( Turkmenistan national football team 2002–2003)
• Viktor Pasulko ( Moldova national football team 2002–2005)
• Semen Altman ( Moldova national football team 2019)

References

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