Ukraine national football team
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Nickname | Zhovto-Blakytni ("Yellow and Blues") |
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Association | Football Federation of Ukraine |
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Head coach | Oleg Blokhin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Captain | Andriy Shevchenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Most caps | Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top scorer | Andriy Shevchenko (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | UKR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA ranking | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest FIFA ranking | 13 (September 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest FIFA ranking | 132 (September 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elo ranking | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest Elo ranking | 20 (June 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lowest Elo ranking | 67 (March 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Ukraine 1 - 3 Hungary (Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992) |
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Largest win Ukraine 6 - 0 Azerbaijan (Kyiv, Ukraine; 15 August 2006) |
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Worst defeat Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine (Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March 1995) Spain 4 - 0 Ukraine (Leipzig, Germany; 14 June 2006) |
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Appearances | 1 (First in 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Quarterfinals, 2006 |
The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After the split of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on April 29, 1992.
Before that, Ukrainian players played for the USSR national football team. Some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of 1990's (including Andrei Kanchelskis and Viktor Onopko) chose to play for Russia as it was named the official successor of the USSR, while Ukraine didn't participate in major international competitions until 1994. However, they achieved qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time for the team.
Despite having one of the best players in the world, Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major championship before 2005, three times failing at the last stage, the playoffs. It lost to Croatia, failing to get to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia prevented Ukraine from going to Euro 2000, and Germany stopped them prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleg Blokhin as the national team's head coach. This would eventually prove to be a good move, as Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on September 3 2005, by drawing their match with Georgia, 1-1, in T'bilisi. In their first World Cup (2006 FIFA World Cup), Ukraine managed to reach the quarter-finals before losing 3-0 to eventual champions Italy.
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[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup
In 2006 FIFA World Cup, their first major tournament since splitting from the USSR, Ukraine were drawn in Group H along with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
Ukraine got off to a poor start with a 4-0 defeat against Spain, but recovered to beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 in a then-national record victory. In their last group match, a lacklustre performance by Ukraine saw them hold on to second place, as they beat Tunisia 1-0 thanks to a penalty kick scored by Andriy Shevchenko.
In the Second Round, Ukraine beat Switzerland on penalties after the match ended 0-0 after extra-time. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine lost 3-0 to Italy to end their first World Cup campaign. Italy went on to win the World Cup.
[edit] Forthcoming fixtures
Date | Tournament | Location | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Scorers |
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7 February 2007 | Friendly | Israel | X:X ? (LST) |
Ukraine | ||
28 March 2007 | Euro 2008 Qual | Ukraine | X:X ? (LST) |
Lithuania | ||
2 June 2007 | Euro 2008 Qual | France | X:X ? (LST) |
Ukraine | ||
22 August 2007 | Euro 2008 Qual | Faroe Islands | X:X ? (LST) |
Ukraine |
[edit] Recent results
Date | Tournament | Location | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Scorers |
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11 October 2006 | Euro 2008 Qual | Kiev | Ukraine | 2:0 - |
Scotland | Kucher 61', Shevchenko 90' (pen) |
7 October 2006 | Euro 2008 Qual | Rome | Italy | 2:0 - |
Ukraine | Oddo 70' (pen), Toni 79' |
6 September 2006 | Euro 2008 Qual | Kiev | Ukraine | 3:2 - |
Georgia | Shevchenko 31', Rotan 61', Rusol 80' - Sh. Arveladze 37', Demetradze 59' |
15 August 2006 | Friendly | Kiev | Ukraine | 6:0 - |
Azerbaijan | Voronin 3', Nazarenko 12', Rotan 25', Husyev 45', Vorobei 71', Belyk 90+' |
30 June 2006 | WC 2006 QF | Hamburg | Ukraine | 0:3 - |
Italy | Zambrotta 6', Toni 59', 69' |
26 June 2006 | WC 2006 R16 | Cologne | Ukraine | 0:0 aet 3:0 pen |
Switzerland | |
23 June 2006 | WC 2006 Gr H | Berlin | Ukraine | 1:0 - |
Tunisia | Shevchenko 70'(pen) |
19 June 2006 | WC 2006 Gr H | Hamburg | Saudi Arabia | 0:4 - |
Ukraine | Rusol 4', Rebrov 36', Shevchenko 46', Kalynychenko 84' |
14 June 2006 | WC 2006 Gr H | Leipzig | Spain | 4:0 - |
Ukraine | Alonso 13', Villa 17', 48'(pen), Torres 81' |
8 June 2006 | Friendly | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0:3 - |
Ukraine | Voronin 55', Shevchenko 83', Kalynychenko 84' |
5 June 2006 | Friendly | Gossau | Ukraine | 3:0 - |
Libya | Ezersky 51', Belyk 87', Vorobei 89' |
2 June 2006 | Friendly | Lausanne | Ukraine | 0:0 - |
Italy | |
28 May 2006 | Friendly | Kiev | Ukraine | 4:0 - |
Costa Rica | Nazarenko 29', Vorobei 34', Kalynychenko 40', Belyk 58' |
28 February 2006 | Friendly | Baku | Azerbaijan | 0:0 - |
Ukraine |
[edit] World Cup record
Year | Round | Position | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Scorers |
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1930 to 1994 | Did not enter, was part of USSR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1998 to 2002 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2006 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Shevchenko (2), Kalynychenko, Rebrov, Rusol |
Total | Best: Quarter-finals | Best: 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Top scorer: Shevchenko (2) |
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] Famous Players
For notable players from the USSR era, see USSR national football team.
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[edit] Player records
Player/coach records are accurate as of October 11, 2006.
[edit] Most capped Ukraine players
# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1] | 1994 - Present | 76 | 55c |
2 | Serhiy Rebrov [1] | 1992 - Present | 75 | 15 |
3= | Andriy Husin [1] | 1993 - Present | 71 | 9 |
3= | Andriy Shevchenko [1] | 1995 - Present | 71 | 33 |
5 | Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1] | 2000 - Present | 64 | 1 |
6 | Vladislav Vashchuk [1] | 1996 - Present | 61 | 1 |
7 | Andriy Vorobei [1] | 2000 - Present | 60 | 7 |
8 | Oleksandr Holovko | 1995 - 2004 | 58 | 0 |
9 | Andriy Nesmachniy [1] | 2000 - Present | 58 | 0 |
10 | Serhiy Popov | 1993 - 2003 | 54 | 5 |
[edit] Top Ukraine goalscorers
# | Player | Career | Goals (Caps) |
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1 | Andriy Shevchenko [1] | 1995 - Present | 33 (71) |
2 | Serhiy Rebrov [1] | 1992 - Present | 15 (75) |
3 | Andriy Husin [1] | 1993 - Present | 9 (71) |
4= | Timerlan Huseinov | 1993 - 1997 | 8 (14) |
4= | Andriy Vorobei [1] | 2000 - Present | 8 (60) |
6 | Viktor Leonenko | 1992 - 1996 | 6 (14) |
7= | Oleksiy Byelik [1] | 2004 - Present | 5 (17) |
7= | Ruslan Rotan [1] | 2003 - Present | 5 (25) |
7= | Yuri Maximov | 1992 - 2002 | 5 (27) |
7= | Andriy Voronin [1] | 2002 - Present | 5 (40) |
7= | Serhiy Popov | 1993 - 2003 | 5 (54) |
[edit] Ukraine captains
# | Player | Ukraine career | Captain (Total Caps) |
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1 | Oleh Luzhny | 1992 - 2002 | 39 (52) |
2 | Andriy Shevchenko [1] | 1995 - Present | 27 (71) |
3= | Oleksandr Holovko | 1995 - 2004 | 13 (58) |
3= | Yuriy Kalitvintsev | 1995 - 1999 | 13 (22) |
5 | Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1] | 1994 - Present | 8 (76) |
6 | Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1] | 2000 - Present | 5 (64) |
7= | Serhiy Bezhenar | 1992 - 1997 | 4 (23) |
7= | Yuri Maximov | 1992 - 2002 | 4 (27) |
9 | Serhiy Diryavka | 1992 - 1995 | 3 (9) |
9= | Ihor Kutepov | 1992 - 1993 | 3 (4) |
[edit] Ukraine managers
Manager | Ukraine career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF[2] | GA[3] | Win % |
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Viktor Prokopenko | 1992 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16.67% |
Nikolai Pavlov (caretaker) | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% |
Oleh Bazilevich | 1993-1994 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 50.00% |
Nikolai Pavlov (caretaker) | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% |
Yozhef Sabo | 1994 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75.00% |
Anatoly Konjkov | 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 42.86% |
Yozhef Sabo | 1996-1999 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 64.06% |
Valery Lobanovsky | 2000-2001 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 52.78% |
Leonid Buriak | 2002-2003 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 42.11% |
Oleg Blokhin | 2003- | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 26 | 64.29% |
[edit] Current players
- See also: 2006 FIFA World Cup (squads)
The following players have all recently been called up to the Ukraine squad. Players in bold were in the Ukraine squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
- Goalkeepers
Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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Oleksandr Shovkovsky | 02.01.1975 | Dynamo Kyiv | 76 (-55) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Bohdan Shust | 04.03.1986 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 (-0) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Vyacheslav Kernozenko | 04.06.1976 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3 (-5) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Maksim Startsev | 20.01.1980 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2 (-1) | v Azerbaijan, August 15, 2006 |
Andriy Pyatov | 28.06.1984 | Vorskla Poltava | 0 (-0) | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Forwards
Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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Andriy Shevchenko | 29.09.1976 | Chelsea | 71 (33) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Andriy Vorobei | 29.11.1978 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 60 (8) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Andriy Voronin | 21.07.1979 | Bayer Leverkusen | 40 (5) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Oleksiy Byelik | 15.02.1981 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 (5) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
Serhiy Serebrennikov | 01.09.1976 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. | 11 (1) | v Azerbaijan, February 28, 2006 |
Oleh Venglinsky | 21.03.1978 | Chornomorets Odessa | 10 (1) | v Japan, October 12, 2005 |
Oleksandr Kosyrin | 18.06.1977 | Metalurh Donetsk | 7 (0) | v Israel, August 15, 2005 |
Artem Milevsky | 12.01.1985 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 (0) | v Scotland, October 11, 2006 |
[edit] World rankings
Date | FIFA Ranking | Elo Rating |
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January 1994 | 90th | 49th |
January 1995 | 77th | 63rd |
January 1996 | 69th | 55th |
January 1997 | 59th | 44th |
January 1998 | 49th | 44th |
January 1999 | 34th | 34th |
January 2000 | 27th | 36th |
January 2001 | 34th | 34th |
January 2002 | 45th | 42nd |
January 2003 | 45th | 40th |
January 2004 | 61st | 49th |
January 2005 | 57th | 31st |
January 2006 | 40th | 30th |
September 2006 | 13th | 23rd |
- Highest position ever
- FIFA: 13 (September 2006)
- Elo: 20 (June 2006)
- Lowest position ever
- FIFA: 132 (September 1993)
- Elo: 67 (March 1995)
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Still available for selection
- ^ Goals for / scored
- ^ Goals against / conceded
- ^ Removed from 23-man squad due to injury. Replaced by Oleksandr Yatsenko
- ^ a b On loan from Dynamo Kyiv
[edit] External links
- http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=328162&cc=5901
- http://ukraine.worldcupblog.org
- http://www.eloratings.net/
[edit] See also
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Leagues: Vyscha Liha (Premier League) | Persha Liha (First League) | Druha Liha (Second League) | ||
Other competitions: Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Super Cup | Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament | ||
Miscellaneous: Football Federation of Ukraine | National team | Under-21 National team | Clubs | Footballers | Stadiums |