Ukraine national football team
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Nickname(s) |
The Main Team (Головна команда) Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині) | ||
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Association |
Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) Федерація Футболу України | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Andriy Shevchenko[1] | ||
Captain | Andriy Pyatov | ||
Most caps | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144) | ||
Top scorer | Andriy Shevchenko (48) | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
FIFA code | UKR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
29 | ||
Highest | 11 (February 2007) | ||
Lowest | 132 (September 1993) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current |
22 | ||
Highest | 14 (November 2010) | ||
Lowest | 69 (29 March 1995) | ||
First international | |||
(Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Lviv, Ukraine; 6 September 2013) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March 1995) (Leipzig, Germany; 14 June 2006) (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.[2] As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.[2] 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.[3]
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.[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 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 the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russia took the place of the Soviet Union national team in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup. The national team of Ukraine was excluded from the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.[6] 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[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. When Ukraine returned to international football in late 1994, it did so as absolute beginners.[6]
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 (Prokopenko)
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.[8] 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. Leading in its game against Hungary, Ukraine national team allowed two goals in the final 10 minute stretch.
To the scheduled against Belarus in Minsk in the fall, Ukraine has left with the Prokopenko's assistants Mykola Pavlov and Leonid Tkachenko. At the Dinama Stadium, Ukraine managed to salvaged a game by tying one a piece with a goal from Yuriy Maksymov.
Euro 96 qualification (Bazylevych)
During a winter intermission, Ukraine received a new head coach, former forward of Dynamo Kyiv Oleh Bazylevych. With Ukraine national team he made his debut in spring of 1993 in Odessa in a friendly against Israel. In the expected win, the game again was saved just 10 minutes before it ended by Serhiy Konovalov with a score 1:1. Less than a month later Ukraine finally celebrated its first victory in Vilnius in friendly against Lithuania winning it 1:2 (Viktor Leonenko and Dmytro Mykhailenko). During summer Ukraine played one away game against Croatia which spoiled the recent success with 3:1 defeat. One of the goals for Croatian in the game scored Davor Šuker, for Ukraine his first goal scored Andriy Husin. In October of 1993 Ukraine went on its first tour to the United States where it played three games against the US and Mexico. In San Diego, the game with Mexico, which Ukraine lost 1:2, was attended by over 50,000 stadium spectators. During a winter break Ukraine found out that it was seeded in the Group 4 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualification.
In March of 1994, Ukraine paid Israel a visit, but lost the game with a single penalty kick. Next there was a home game with Belarus which finally Ukraine won with confidence (3:1), even though trailing at the half. Just before its first official game at international competition which was scheduled to be played with Lithuania at home, Ukraine played couple of away games against Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates which both ended with 1:1 tie. Another tour was scheduled right after the game with Lithuania to Korea, the national team of which was coached by a native of Kiev Anatoliy Byshovets. The opening game against Lithuania, considering the last year away victory, was expected to end positively for Ukraine. However, on 7 September 1994 at Republican Stadium Ukraine was completely stunned by Lithuania with 0:2 defeat.[9] Both goals were yielded with couple of minutes apart in the mid of the second half and the main trouble maker for Ukraine became Valdas Ivanauskas who at time was a forward in Hamburger SV. For Korea the national team left without Bazylevych and led by his assistants whom were Mykola Pavlov and Volodymyr Muntyan. With Korea, Ukraine national team played two games and both lost. A week later it returned home. On 20 September 1994 Oleh Bazylevych was highly criticized at the federation's coaching meeting and the final decision about his future at the team it was decided to obtain at the next meeting of the FFU Executive Committee few days later.[10] However, the next day Bazylevych resigned accusing Bannikov being tactless. On 24 September 1994 the Football Federation of Ukraine appointed Josef Sabo as an acting head coach until the end of the year.
Following the change of coach, the national team did not improve right away. The next game at home Ukraine tied with Slovenia 0:0.[11] After missing to obtain its first victory again, Ukraine rolled down to bottom of the tournament table just above Estonia. The next game was in the mid November at home against the same Estonian team and Ukraine had to win to keep any hopes in the qualification tournament. Estonians who were unable to field its best team hoped to repeat the Slovenian effort a month before.[12] Ukraine managed to overcome their defense obtaining finally its first victory 3:0. The team finished the year fourth in the table with main games yet ahead. Right after the game with Estonia, Sabo left his post and the Federation had to choose new coach.[13] On 5 January 1995 FFU confirmed Anatoliy Konkov as the new head coach.
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,[2] 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 where a goal was again conceded at injury time. 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 from the competition at this point and lost 1–0 their last game to Poland.
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | ||||
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Promotion to League A | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | 1–2 | — | 19 Nov | |||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | Relegation to League C | 16 Nov | 1–2 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted.
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.
10 November 2017 Friendly | Ukraine | 2–1 | Lviv, Ukraine | |
20:00 (UTC+1) | Yarmolenko Konoplyanka |
Report (FFU) Report (SFZ) |
Štetina |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) |
23 March 2018 Friendly | Ukraine | 1–1 | Marbella, Spain | |
18:00 (UTC+1) | Kravets |
Report (FFU) Report (SAFF) |
Al-Muwallad |
Stadium: Estadio Municipal Attendance: 450 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) |
27 March 2018 Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 | Ukraine | 2–1 | Liège, Belgium | |
14:20 (UTC+1) | Rakitskyi Karavayev |
Report (FFU) Report (JFA) |
Makino |
Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 2,529 Referee: Bart Vertenten (Belgium) |
31 May 2018 Friendly | Morocco | 0–0 | Geneva, Switzerland | |
20:00 (UTC+2) | Report (FFU) Report (FRMF) |
Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
3 June 2018 Friendly | Albania | 1–4 | Évian-les-Bains, France | |
16:00 (UTC+2) | Ndoj |
Report (FFU) Report (FSHF) |
Konoplyanka Yarmolenko |
Stadium: Camille Fournier Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Francois Letexier (France) |
6 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B | Czech Republic | 1–2 | Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Schick |
Report (FFU) Report (FAČR) |
Konoplyanka Zinchenko |
Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 7,974 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
9 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B | Ukraine | 1–0 | Lviv, Ukraine | |
15:00 (16:00 UTC+3) |
Yarmolenko |
Report (FFU) Report (SFZ) |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0[15] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
10 October 2018 Friendly | Italy | 1–1 | Genoa, Italy | |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Bernardeschi |
Report (FFU) Report (FIGC) |
Malinovskyi |
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia) |
16 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B | Ukraine | v | Kharkiv, Ukraine | |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Stadium: Metalist Stadium |
16 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B | Slovakia | v | Trnava, Slovakia | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského |
Player records
Most capped players
As of 10 October 2018[lower-alpha 1]
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.
# | Player | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 2000–2016 | 144 | 4 |
2 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995–2012 | 111 | 48 |
3 | Ruslan Rotan | 2003–2018 | 100 | 8 |
4 | Oleh Husyev | 2003–2016 | 98 | 13 |
5 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 1994–2012 | 92 | 0 |
6 | Andriy Pyatov | 2007– | 83 | 0 |
7 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009– | 78 | 36 |
8 | Serhiy Rebrov | 1992–2006 | 75 | 15 |
9 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2010– | 74 | 18 |
Andriy Voronin | 2002–2012 | 74 | 8 | |
Top goalscorers
As of 10 October 2018
# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995–2012 | 48 | 111 | 0.43 |
2 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009– | 36 | 78 | 0.46 |
3 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2010– | 18 | 74 | 0.24 |
4 | 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 | 57 | 0.19 |
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 Kravets | 2011– | 8 | 22 | 0.36 | |
Artem Milevskyi | 2006–2012 | 8 | 50 | 0.16 | |
Andriy Voronin | 2002–2012 | 8 | 74 | 0.11 | |
Ruslan Rotan | 2003–2018 | 8 | 100 | 0.08 | |
Top 10 goalkeepers
As of 10 October 2018
# | Player | Career | Games | Wins | GA | GAA |
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1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 1994–2012 | 92 | 38 | 80 | 0.87 |
2 | Andriy Pyatov | 2007– | 83 | 42 | 64 | 0.771 |
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 |
Captains
As of 10 October 2018[17]
# | 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 | 2003–2018 | 23 | 100 |
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 | Andriy Pyatov | 2007– | 6 | 83 |
10 | Hennadiy Lytovchenko | 1993–1994 | 4 | 4 |
Yuriy Maksymov | 1992–2002 | 4 | 27 | |
Vyacheslav Shevchuk | 2006–2016 | 4 | 56 | |
Managers
Last updated on 10 October 2018.[18]
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 | 44 | 26 | 46.88 | 1998, 2000 | ||
Valeriy Lobanovskyi | 2000–2001 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 33.33 | 2002 | ||
Leonid Buryak | 2002–2003 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 26.32 | 2004 | ||
Oleh Blokhin | 2003–2007 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 65 | 40 | 45.65 | 2006, 2008 | 2006 | |
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | 2008–2009 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 57.14 | 2010 | ||
Myron Markevych[19] | 2010 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75 | |||
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev (caretaker)[20] | 2010–2011 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 12.5 | |||
Oleh Blokhin[21] | 2011–2012 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 38.89 | 2012,[22] 2014 | 2012 | |
Andriy Bal (caretaker)[23] | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | ||
Oleksandr Zavarov (caretaker) | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | |||
Mykhaylo Fomenko[24] | 2012–2016 | 37 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 22 | 64.86 | 2014, 2016 | 2016 | |
Andriy Shevchenko | 2016– | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 57.89 | 2018 |
Coaching staff
Currently approved:
Head coach | |
Coach | |
Coach | |
Coach | |
Observer | |
Goalkeeping coach | |
Fitness coach |
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the friendly match against Italy and the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League match against Czech Republic on 10 and 16 October respectively.[25]
Players' records are accurate as of 10 October 2018 after the match against Italy.[26][27]
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[28][29][30][31][32]
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Maksym Koval | 9 December 1992 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Oleh Danchenko | 1 August 1994 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Andriy Tsurikov | 5 October 1992 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Yevhen Khacheridi INJ | 28 July 1987 | 51 | 3 | v. | |
DF | Eduard Sobol | 20 April 1995 | 9 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Artem Shabanov | 7 March 1992 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Pavlo Lukyanchuk | 19 May 1996 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ivan Ordets INJ | 8 July 1992 | 11 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Oleksandr Svatok | 27 September 1994 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Oleksandr Kucher | 22 October 1982 | 56 | 2 | v. | |
MF | Vitaliy Buyalskyi INJ | 6 January 1993 | 3 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Volodymyr Shepelyev | 1 June 1997 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Viktor Kovalenko | 14 February 1996 | 17 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Mykola Shaparenko | 4 October 1998 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Ruslan Rotan | 29 October 1981 | 100 | 8 | Retired | v. |
MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 30 November 1990 | 4 | 1 | v. | |
MF | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi | 25 June 1994 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Serhiy Myakushko | 15 April 1993 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Vyacheslav Tankovskyi INJ | 16 August 1995 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Denys Harmash | 19 April 1990 | 30 | 2 | v. | |
FW | Artem Kravets INJ | 3 June 1989 | 22 | 8 | v. | |
FW | Artem Besyedin INJ | 31 March 1996 | 10 | 1 | v. | |
FW | Yevhen Seleznyov | 20 July 1985 | 57 | 11 | v. | |
FW | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 22 March 1990 | 1 | 0 | v. |
Notes:
- INJ = Now 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.
- ALT Alternate - replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability
Previous squads
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 |
Part of | |||||||||||||
Did not enter (spot not granted by FIFA) | Did not enter (spot not granted by FIFA) | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||
12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||
Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | ||
Did not qualify | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | |||||||||
12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 7 | ||||||||||
10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||
To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | Quarter-finals | 1/7 | 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 qualifying | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
1960–1992 | Part of |
Part of | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||||||||
12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | |||||||||||
8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||
12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||||||||||
Group stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Qualified as host nation | ||||||||
Group stage | 24th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 5 | |||
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 2/6 | 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 |
UEFA Nations League record
UEFA Championship record | |||||||||||
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Year | Division | Group | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
2018–19 | B | 1 | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | — | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
All-time team record
The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 10 October 2018.[33]
Positive balance (more wins) | |
Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio) | |
Negative balance (more losses) |
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | |
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | |
9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | |
9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | |
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | |
8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | −12 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | |
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
Total | 238 | 114 | 62 | 62 | 336 | 224 | +112 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2.6 |
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 | 118 | 64 | 31 | 23 | 184 | 97 | 1.89 |
- Last updated: 9 September 2018. 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 | 2016 | 2017 |
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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 | 29 | 30 | 35 |
Kits and sponsors
Kit history and evolution
On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[35] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[36] 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. Joma manufactured the kits starting from the year 2017 for the match against Croatia on March 24, 2017.[37]
Sponsors
Marketing for the Football Federation of Ukraine is conducted by the Ukraine Football International (UFI).
- Title sponsor: EpiCenter (since 2013)[38][39][40]
- 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.[41]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Here not included players, who capped in the match against Malta national football team on 6 June 2017, where were used a 10 substitutions (Low 03: 2. Number of substitutions: "In national “A” team matches, up to a maximum of six substitutes may be used"). For these reasons the match isn't recognised by FIFA.[16]
References
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- 1 2 3 uefa.com. "Member associations - Ukraine - Profile – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.
- ↑ NSK Olimpiysky, Ukrainian Soccer Portal
- ↑ The Ukrainian Football National Team of 1925–1935 (in Ukrainian)
- ↑ Ukrainian Soccer History website (in Ukrainian)
- 1 2 Ukraine’s forgotten World Cup pedigree Archived 16 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine., Business Ukraine (4 August 2010)
- ↑ "RSSSF European Championship 1988 – Final Tournament – Full Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- ↑ 1992 season of the Russian national football tean. Rusteam.permian.ru
- ↑ In captivity of emotions and ambitions (В плену у эмоций и амбиций). Fanat (from Komanda newspaper).
- ↑ From Korea - empty-handed ("supping unsalted") (Из Кореи - не солоно хлебавши). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
- ↑ Slovenians surprised and got surprised (Словенцы удивили и удивились). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat).
- ↑ Premature compliments (Преждевременные комплименты). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
- ↑ Hopes are new, yet result is erstwhile (Надежды новые, результат прежний). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
- ↑ "Slováci budú hrať v Lige národov na Ukrajine bez divákov, pre trest z roku 2015" [Slovaks will play in Nations League in Ukraine without spectators due to 2015 punishment]. SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ The Ukraine v Slovakia match will be played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Ukraine for racist behaviour in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Spain.[14]
- ↑ "Laws of the Game 2018/19" (PDF). Official FIFA Website. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ↑ Вербицький, Іван. "Шевчук – 25-й у історії збірної України капітан".
- ↑ http://zbirna.com/2018/01/04/v-chem-andrej-shevchenko-uzhe-prevzoshel-valeriya-lobanovskogo/
- ↑ "Copy of the document for the resgnation". Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ https://ffu.ua/article/34473
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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ https://www.joma-sport.com/en/news/joma-official-technical-sponsor-of-football-federation-of-ukraine
- ↑ "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
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- 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 (in Ukrainian)
- 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