Ukrainians in USSR national football team

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Consistent (soccer) 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 Ukrainian participated were Polish (infamous Pogon Lwow) and, USSR championships (Dinamo Kyiv is known worldwide). Pogon's players even though are considered to be Polish, most of them were born in Galicia (Halychyna) and stayed in their native land moving west after the Soviet advance. In the 1970's and 1980's the backbone of the USSR national team were players out of the Dinamo Kyiv's first team while the team was also coached by the Kyivan native and the Dinamo Kyiv franchise person -- Valery Lobanovsky. Oleh Blokhin another Kyivan native and the greatest Ukrainian player and coach ever, at least for now, is the USSR national team leader in games participated and goals scored for his team. He reflected the mentorship of his coach, Valery Lobanovsky, and justifying the long possessed football traditions in his own country by taking the Ukraine national team to quarter finals of the World Cup in 2006. Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) was created and recognized by FIFA in early 1990's therefore Ukrainians had no other choice, but to play under the flag of foreign countries. While waiting for recognition from FIFA, the national team of Ukraine failed to gain to be seeded on time for the World Cup qualification competition from Europe. This in turn forced many football (soccer) players to jump national teams.

Name	Years of life	Place of birth/death	Caps	Goals	Coments
Blokhin	1952 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	112	42
Belanov	1960 - present	Odessa, UkrSSR -	33	8
Demyanenko	1959 - present	Dnipropetrovsk, UkrSSR -	80	6
Bezsonov	1958 - present	Kharkiv, UkrSSR -	79	4
Protasov	1964 - present	Dnipropetrovsk, UkrSSR -	68/1	29/0
Kuznetsov, O.	1963 - present	Magdeburg, GDR -	63/3	1/0
Kaplichniy	1944 - 2004	Kamianets-Podilskiy, UkrSSR - ?	62	0
Litovchenko	1963 - present	Dniprodzerzhinsk, UkrSSR -	58/4	15/0
Kolotov	1949 - 2000	Udino, Tatarstan, RSFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	54	22
Buryak	1953 - present	Odessa, UkrSSR -	53	10
Muntian	1946 - present	Kotovsk, Odessa, UkrSSR -	49	7
Rudakov	1942 - present	Moscow, RSFSR -	48	0
Konkov	1949 - present	Krasniy Luch, Luhansk, UkrSSR -	47	8
Racz	1961 - present	Fanchikove, Zakarpattya, UkrSSR -	47	4
Baltacha	1958 - present	Mariupol, UkrSSR -	45	2
Onischenko	1949 - present	Stechanka, Kyiv, UkrSSR -	44	11
Byshovets	1946 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	39	15
Mikhailichenko	1963 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	41/2	9/0
Zavarov	1961 - present	Luhansk, UkrSSR -	41	6
Szabo	1940 - present	Uzhhorod, Hungary -	40	8
Istomin	1944 - present	Kharkiv, UkrSSR -	34	0
Belanov	1960 - present	Odessa, UkrSSR -	33	8
Troshkin	1947 - present	Enakieve, Donetsk, UkrSSR -	31	1
Veremeyev	1946 - present	Spassk, Primorye, RSFSR -	26	2
Voinov	1931 - 2003	Kaliningrad, Moscow, RSFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	26	5
Tsveiba	1966 - present	Gudauta, Abkhazia ASSR, GSSR -	25/1	2/0	8 games played for Russia
Fomenko	1948 - present	Mala Rybytsia, Sumy, UkrSSR -	24	0
Kanchelskis	1969 - present	Kirovohrad, UkrSSR -	23	3	36 games for Russia, 4 goals
Matvienko	1948 - present	Zaporizhya, UkrSSR -	21	0
Serebrenikov	1940 - present	Zaporizhya, UkrSSR -	21	3
Chanov, Vkt	1959 - present	Donetsk, UkrSSR -	21	0
Bal	1958 - present	Noviy Rozdil, Lviv, UkrSSR -	20	1
Khmelnytskiy	1943 - present	Tymashivka, Zaporizhya, UkrSSR -	20	7
Shavlo	1956 - present	Nikopol, UkrSSR -	19	1
Yakovenko	1964 - present	Nikopol, UkrSSR -	19	1
Yaremchuk	1962 - present	Velykiy Bychkiv, Zakarpattya, UkrSSR -	18	2
Yuran	1969 - present	Luhansk, UkrSSR -	16	4	25 games for Russia, 5 goals
Reshko	1947 - present	Klucharki, Zakarpattya, UkrSSR -	15	0
Bannykov	1938 - 2001	Luhiny, Zhytomyr, UkrSSR - ?	14	0
Berezhnoy	1957 - present	Krasnodone, Luhansk, UkrSSR -	14	0
Puzach	1941 - 2006	Krasniy Kut, Saratov, RSFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	14	2
Zvyahintsev	1950 - present	Donetsk, UkrSSR -	13	1
Evtushenko	1958 - present	Pyatikhatky, Dnipropetrovsk, UkrSSR -	12	1
Ostrovskiy	1936 - 2001	Riga, Latvia -	9	0
Fomin, K	1903 - 1964	Kharkiv, Russia - Moscow, RSFSR	9	0
Kuznetsov, V	1949 - present	Kamenolomnia, Crimea, RSFSR -	8	0
Kuksov	1949 - present	Luhansk, UkrSSR -	8	0
Porkuyan	1944 - present	Kirovohrad, UkrSSR -	8	4
Pasulko	1961 - present	Ilnytsia, Zakarpattya, UkrSSR -	8	1
Tischenko, V	1963 - present	Horodok, Lviv, UkrSSR -	8	0
Luzhny	1968 - present	Lviv, UkrSSR -	8/52	0/0
Privalov	1902 - 1974	Kharkiv, Russia - Kharkiv, UkrSSR	7	0
Susloparov	1958 - present	Kharkiv, UkrSSR -	7	0
Medvid	1943 - 1997	Novo-Davydkove, Zakarpatya, UkrSSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	7	2
Lyutiy	1962 - present	Dnipropetrovsk, UkrSSR -	6	1
Vishnevskiy	1957 - 1996	Salavat, Bashkorstan ASSR, RSFSR - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	6	0
Kozinkevych	1949 - 1994	Lviv, UkrSSR - Lviv, Ukraine	6	1
Shylovskiy	1911 - 1973	Hughesovka, Russia - Moscow, Russia	6	2
Kanevskiy	1936 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	5	0
Hetsko	1968 - present	? -	5	0
Babkin, O	1906 - ?	Russia - ?	5

Nikiforov	1970 - present	Odessa, UkrSSR -	4/3	0/0	55 games for Russia, 6 goals
Sosnikhine	1942 - 2003	Kyiv, UkrSSR - Kyiv, Ukraine	4	0
Schehodskiy	1911 - 1989	Moscow, Russia - Kyiv, Ukraine	4	1
Yurchyshyn	? -	? -	4	1
Zhuravliov	1945 - present	Luhansk, UkrSSR -	3	0
Levchenko, V	1944 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	3	0
Tkachenko, O	1947 - present	Kupiansk, Kharkiv, UkrSSR -	3	0
Shmatovalenko	1967 - present	Odessa, UkrSSR -	2/8	0/0
Betsa	1929 -	Mukacheve, Hungary -	2	0
Lobanovskiy	1939 - 2002	Kyiv, UkrSSR - Zaporizhya, Ukraine	2	0
Slobodian, P	1953 - present	Sheparivka, Stanislawiw, UkrSSR -	2	0
Cherednyk	1960 - present	Dushanbe, TdjSSR -	2	0
Yarovenko	1963 - present	Karatau, Djambul, KazSSR -	2	0
Makarov, O	1929 - 1995	Rubtsovsk, Altai, RSFSR - ?, Ukraine	2	0
Biba	1938 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	1	0
Holubiev	1926 - 1991	Moscow, RSFSR - Kyiv, UkrSSR	1	0
Hrachiov	1956 - present	Dzerzhinsk, Donetsk, UkrSSR -	1	0
Zuyev, V	1952 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	1	0
Fomin, M	1909 - 1974	Kharkiv, Russia - Kharkiv, UkrSSR	1	0
Idzkovskiy	1907 - 1995	Kyiv, Russia - Kyiv, Ukraine	1

Krotov, M	1898 - 1978	Kharkiv, Russia - Kharkiv, UkrSSR	1	0
Shakovskiy	1899 - 1942	Kharkiv, Russia - GULAG, Khabarovsk, RSFSR	1	1
Leschuk	1951 - present	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiy, Odessa, UkrSSR -	1	0
Pavlov, M	1954 - present	Kyiv, UkrSSR -	1	0
Chanov, Vya	1951 - present		1	0