Ukraine national football team

Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Zhovto-Blakytni
("the Yellow-Blues")
Association Football Federation
of Ukraine
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Yuriy Kalitvintsev (interim)[1]
Asst coach Semen Altman
Aliaksandr Khatskevich
Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Krakovskiy
Captain Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps Andriy Shevchenko (99)
Top scorer Andriy Shevchenko (45)
Home stadium Olympic Stadium, Kiev
FIFA code UKR
FIFA ranking 24
Highest FIFA ranking 11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking 21
Highest Elo ranking 17 (June 2009)
Lowest Elo ranking 67 (March 1995)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Ukraine 1 - 3 Hungary 
(Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine 6 - 0 Azerbaijan 
(Kiev, Ukraine; 15 August 2006)
 Andorra 0 - 6 Ukraine
(Andorra la Vella, Andorra; 14 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine
(Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March 1995)
 Spain 4 - 0 Ukraine
(Leipzig, Germany; 14 June 2006)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2006)
Best result Quarter-finals, 2006

The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on April 29, 1992.

Contents

Overview

Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the USSR national football team. After independence a Ukrainian national team was formed but the Ukrainian Football Federation failed to secure recognition in time to compete in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification[2]. Meanwhile some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of the 1990s (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia as it was named the official successor of the USSR. 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-88, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians[3]), were transferred directly to the direct descendant of the Soviet national football team - the Russian national football team. As a result a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league. When Ukraine returned to international football late 1994 it did so as absolute beginners.[2] In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoschuk and Serhiy Rebrov. However, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major intercontinental tournament prior to 2005, three times failing at the last qualifying stage, the playoffs, after finishing second in their qualifying groups they 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. Despite the initial skeptical view to his appointment due to his previous somewhat not much distinguished coaching record and general public calls for a foreign coach, Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on September 3, 2005, by drawing with Georgia, 1–1, in Tbilisi. In their first World Cup (2006 FIFA World Cup), they were in the group H together with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. After being crushed in the first match by Spain 0–4, Ukraine beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage. In the round of 16, Ukraine played the winner of group G Switzerland, who they beat on penalties reaching the quarter-final of the tournament before losing 3–0 to eventual champions Italy.

Early History (1925-1935)

Officially the national team of Ukraine was formed in early 1990s and soon was recognized internationally. However there are not many that aware of the fact that Ukraine had its national team in 1925-1935.[4] [5] Same as the national team of the Russian SFSR the Ukrainian SSR national football team was never recognized by any international association and after 1935 disappeared out the history. Few of its players later competed for the national team of the Soviet Union. In 1935 Ukraine played several matches against the collective teams of cities of Prague (Praha) and Moscow (Moskva). Among the most notorious players of the team were Idzkovsky, Privalov, the Fomin brothers, and many others. Idzkovsky later became the president of the Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR.

Stadiums

The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kiev´s Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, the previous home of Dynamo Kyiv (which presently only uses the stadium for major European matches). The alternative stadiums include: Ukraina (Lviv), Dnipro Stadium (Dnipropetrovsk), Chornomorets (Odessa), Metalist (Kharkiv), and now most recently Donbass Arena, along with many others. However as new infrastructure and stadiums are built (especially in preparation for Euro 2012), other venues will include stadiums in the cities of Lviv, Donetsk, Odessa, among others.

During Soviet times (before 1991) only two stadiums in Ukraine were used in official games, they are the Kievan Olimpiysky NSC (known then as Republican Stadium) and the Lokomotiv Stadium in Simferopol.

2006 FIFA World Cup

In the 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 with a penalty kick scored by Andriy Shevchenko. In the second round, Ukraine beat Switzerland on penalties (3–0) when 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.

Forthcoming fixtures

Date Tournament Location Opponent Notes
8 October 2010 Friendly Ukraine[6]  Canada
12 October 2010[6] Friendly Ukraine  Argentina
17 November 2010 Friendly Geneva,[7] Switzerland  Switzerland
11 November 2010 Friendly  Germany[8]
November 2010 Friendly  Czech Republic
2011 Friendly Ukraine[6]  Sweden

Now there are negotiations by the Ukrainian Federation of Football with the Italian and German football associations in order to play match a friendly international.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group 6

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27
 Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21
 Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20
 Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13
 Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6
 Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0
  Andorra Belarus Croatia England Kazakhstan Ukraine
Andorra  – 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6
Belarus  5 – 1 – 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0
Croatia  4 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2
England  6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 1
Kazakhstan  3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 – 1 – 3
Ukraine  5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 –

Ukraine's loss to Greece denied them a spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Ukraine automatically qualifies to the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship being held in Ukraine and Poland as a host nation.

Recent Matches

FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-09-09
20:00 UTC+3
 Belarus  0 – 0  Ukraine Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 21,727
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Report

FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-10-10
19:15 UTC+3
 Ukraine  1 – 0  England Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Nazarenko Goal 29' Report
Reflection

FIFA World Cup qualification

2009-10-14
17:30 UTC+2
 Andorra  0 – 6  Ukraine Comunal, Andorra la Vella
Attendance: 820
Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)
Report Shevchenko Goal 22'
Husyev Goal 62'
Lima Goal 70' (o.g.)
Rakytskiy Goal 80'
Seleznyov Goal 81'
Yarmolenko Goal 83'

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Second Round

2009-11-14
20:00 UTC+2
 Greece  0 – 0  Ukraine Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 39,045
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Report

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Second Round

2009-11-18
20:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  0 – 1  Greece Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 31,648
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)
Report Salpingidis Goal 31'

Friendly International

2010-05-25
20:00 UTC+3
 Ukraine  4 – 0  Lithuania Kharkiv, Ukraine
Attendance: 31,000[9]
Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
Aliyev Goal 10', 17'
Shevchenko Goal 68' (pen), 78'		 Report

Friendly International

2010-05-29
20:30 UTC+3
 Ukraine  3 – 2  Romania Lviv, Ukraine
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech)
Aliyev Goal 15'
Konoplyanka Goal 75'
Tamaş Goal 79' (o.g.)		 Report Tamaş Goal 53'
D.Niculae Goal 62'

Friendly International

2010-06-02
19:00 UTC+1
 Norway  0 – 1  Ukraine Oslo, Norway
Attendance: 10,178
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Report (ru)
Report/video (no)		 Zozulya Goal 78'

Friendly International

2010-08-11
21:00 UTC+1
 Ukraine  1 – 1  Netherlands Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Attendance: 18,054[10]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)[11]
Aliyev Goal 74' report Lens Goal 72'

Friendly International

2010-09-04
17:00 UTC+1
 Poland  1 – 1  Ukraine Stadion Widzewa, Lodz
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ravshan Ermatov (Uzbekistan)
Jeleń Goal 42' Report (en)
Report (ru)
Video report		 Seleznyov Goal 90+2'

Friendly International

2010-09-07
20:00 UTC+1
 Ukraine  2 – 1  Chile Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
Rakytskiy Goal 36'
Aliyev Goal 65'		 Isla Goal 87'

Form last 12 months: 6 win(s), 4 draw(s), 1 loss(es), 19 goal(s) scored, 6 goal(s) allowed. The top scorer(s): 6 goal(s) – Aliyev.

World Cup record

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930 to 1990 Did not enter, was part of USSR - - - - - - -
United States 1994 Did not enter, not recognized by FIFA - - - - - - -
France 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2006 Quarter-finals 8/32 5 2 1* 2 5 7
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2014 – – – – – – –
Total 1/4 5 2 1* 2 5 7
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1960 to 1992 Did not enter, was part of USSR - - - - - - -
1996 to 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
PolandUkraine 2012 Qualified as host nation (along with Poland) - - - - - - -
France 2016 - - - - - - -
Total

Qualifying campaigns

FIFA World Cup European Football Championship
1994 - Qualifying spot not granted by FIFA 1996 - Finished 4th in Qualifying group
1998 - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Croatia in playoffs 2000 - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Slovenia in playoffs
2002 - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Germany in playoffs 2004 - Finished 3rd in Qualifying group
2006 - Finished 1st in Qualifying group, qualified for WC 2006 2008 - Finished 4th in Qualifying group
2010 - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Greece in playoffs 2012 - Qualified as host nation

Player records

Player records are accurate as of September 7, 2010.

Most capped Ukraine players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–Present 99 45
2 Anatoliy Tymoschuk 2000–Present 98 1
3 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1994–Present 86 0
4 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 75 15
5 Andriy Husin 1993–2006 71 9
6 Andriy Vorobei 2000–2008 68 9
7 Andriy Nesmachniy [12] 2000–2009 67 0
8 Andriy Voronin 2002–Present 63 6
9 Vladislav Vashchuk 1996–2007 63 1
10 Oleh Husyev 2002–Present 59 7


Ukraine captains

# Player Career Captain Caps
(Total Caps)
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–Present 50 (99)
2 Oleh Luzhny 1992–2002 39 (52)
3 Anatoliy Tymoschuk 2000–Present 14 (98)
4 Oleksandr Holovko 1995–2004 13 (58)
Yuriy Kalitvintsev 1995–1999 13 (22)
6 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 1994–Present 11 (86)
7 Serhiy Bezhenar 1992–1997 4 (23)
Yuriy Maksymov 1992–2002 4 (27)
9 Serhiy Diryavka 1992–1995 3 (9)
Ihor Kutepov 1992–1993 3 (4)


Top Ukraine goalscorers

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Pct.
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–Present 45 (99) 0.455
2 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 15 (75) 0.2
3 Serhiy Nazarenko 2003–Present 11 (41) 0.268
4 Andriy Vorobei 2000–2008 9 (68) 0.132
Andriy Husin 1993–2006 9 (71) 0.127
6 Timerlan Huseinov 1993–1997 8 (14) 0.571
7 Maksym Kalynychenko 2002–Present 7 (44) 0.159
Oleh Husyev 2003–Present 7 (59) 0.119
9 Viktor Leonenko 1992–1996 6 (14) 0.429
Ruslan Rotan 2003–Present 6 (43) 0.14
Andriy Voronin 2002–Present 6 (63) 0.095


Top 10 goalkeepers

# Player Games Wins GA GAA
1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy 86 35 74 0.86
2 Andriy Pyatov 20 10 14 0.7
3 Oleh Suslov 12 7 15 1.25
4 Vitaliy Reva 9 3 10 1.111
5 Maksym Levytskyi 8 1 10 1.25
6 Dmytro Tiapushkin 7 1 11 1.571
7 Valeriy Vorobyov 6 3 2 0.333
8 Dmytro Shutkov 5 2 4 0.8
9 Vyacheslav Kernozenko 5 2 8 1.6
10 Bohdan Shust 4 2 1 0.25


Ukraine managers

Manager Ukraine career Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Qualifying cycle Final tour
Viktor Prokopenko 1992 3 0 1 2 2 5 0
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) 1992 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Oleh Bazilevich 1993–1994 11 4 3 4 13 14 36.36 1996
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) 1994
Total		 2
3		 0
0		 0
1		 2
2		 0
1		 3
4		 0
0
Yozhef Sabo 1994 2 1 1 0 3 0 50 1996
Anatoly Konjkov 1995 7 3 0 4 8 13 42.86 1996
Yozhef Sabo 1996–1999
Total		 32
34		 15
16		 11
12		 6
6		 44
47		 26
26		 46.88
47.06		 1998, 2000
Valery Lobanovsky 2000–2001 18 6 7 5 20 20 33.33 2002
Leonid Buriak 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[13] 2008–2009 20 12 4 4 31 16 60 2010
Myron Markevych[14][15][16] 2010 4 3 1 0 9 3 75
Yuriy Kalitvintsev (caretaker)[17][18] 2010–present 2 1 1 0 3 2 50

Last updated on September 8, 2010.

Current coaching staff

Head coach Ukraine Yuri Kalitvintsev (acting) coach since 2001, Ukraine U-19 European Champions in 2009
Coach Ukraine Semen Altman coach since 1982, Korea Olympic team 1994-1996
Coach Belarus Aliaksandr Khatskevich coach since 2007, Belarus U-19 2008
Coach Ukraine Hennadiy Lytovchenko coach since 1996, Ukraine U-21 2002-2004
Coach Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov coach since 2009
Goalies Coach Ukraine Serhiy Krakovskyi coach since 1999
Manager Ukraine Oleh Taradai
Senior Administrator Ruslan Volchansky
Administrator Viktor Kashpur

There are nine more people with more administrative roles such physiotherapists, medics, and others.[21]

Current players

Players' records are accurate as of September 07, 2010.
The following players have all recently been called up to the Ukraine squad for the Friendly matches against Poland on September 4, 2010 and Chile on September 7, 2010.

# Name Date of birth Club Caps Goals Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Andriy Pyatov June 28, 1984 (1984-06-28) (age 26) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
20
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Andriy Dikan July 16, 1977 (1977-07-16) (age 33) Russia Spartak Moscow
2
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Defenders
Taras Mykhalyk October 28, 1983 (1983-10-28) (age 27) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
20
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Vitaliy Mandzyuk January 24, 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 25) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
14
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Vasyl Kobin May 24, 1985 (1985-05-24) (age 25) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
10
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010 1
Yaroslav Rakytskiy August 3, 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 21) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
7
2
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010 2
Yevhen Khacheridi July 28, 1987 (1987-07-28) (age 23) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
5
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Oleksandr Romanchuk October 21, 1984 (1984-10-21) (age 26) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
5
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Artem Fedetskiy April 26, 1985 (1985-04-26) (age 25) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
4
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Volodymyr Polyovyi July 28, 1985 (1985-07-28) (age 25) Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhya
4
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Yevhen Cheberyachko June 19, 1983 (1983-06-19) (age 27) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010 1
Midfielders
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk March 30, 1979 (1979-03-30) (age 31) Germany Bayern Munich
98
1
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Oleh Husyev April 25, 1983 (1983-04-25) (age 27) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
59
7
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Oleksandr Aliyev February 3, 1985 (1985-02-03) (age 26) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
14
5
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Yevhen Konoplyanka September 29, 1989 (1989-09-29) (age 21) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
5
1
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010 2
Oleh Krasnoperov July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) (age 30) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
3
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Ihor Khudobyak February 20, 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 25) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
3
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Denys Kozhanov June 13, 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 23) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
1
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Denys Kulakov May 1, 1986 (1986-05-01) (age 24) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
1
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010 1
Forwards
Andriy Shevchenko Captain sports.svg September 29, 1976 (1976-09-29) (age 34) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
99
45
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Andriy Voronin July 21, 1979 (1979-07-21) (age 31) Russia Dynamo Moscow
63
6
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Yevhen Seleznyov July 20, 1985 (1985-07-20) (age 25) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
18
5
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010
Marko Dević October 27, 1983 (1983-10-27) (age 27) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
6
0
 v Chile Chile, September 7, 2010

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Name Date of birth Club Caps Goals Most Recent Call up
Goalkeepers
Denys Boyko January 29, 1988 (1988-01-29) (age 23) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
0
0
 v NorwayNorway, June 2, 2010
Anton Kanibolotskiy May 16, 1988 (1988-05-16) (age 22) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
0
0
 v Norway Norway, June 2, 2010
Oleksandr Horyainov June 29, 1975 (1975-06-29) (age 35) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
1
0
 v Romania Romania, May 29, 2010
Rustam Khudzhamov October 5, 1982 (1982-10-05) (age 28) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
1
0
 v Greece Greece, November 18, 2009
Stanyslav Bohush October 25, 1983 (1983-10-25) (age 27) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
2
0
 v Greece Greece, November 18, 2009
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy January 2, 1975 (1975-01-02) (age 36) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
86
0
 v Andorra Andorra, October 14, 2009 3
Defenders
Dmytro Chygrynskiy November 7, 1986 (1986-11-07) (age 24) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
24
0
 v Poland Poland, September 4, 2010 4
Ihor Oshchypko October 25, 1986 (1986-10-25) (age 24) Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
2
0
 v Norway Norway, June 2, 2010
Andriy Rusol January 16, 1983 (1983-01-16) (age 28) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
49
3
 v Norway Norway, June 2, 2010
Vitaliy Fedoriv October 21, 1987 (1987-10-21) (age 23) Russia Amkar Perm
1
0
 v Romania Romania, May 29, 2010
Hryhory Yarmash January 4, 1985 (1985-01-04) (age 26) Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
8
0
 v Greece Greece, November 18, 2009
Oleksandr Kucher October 22, 1982 (1982-10-22) (age 28) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19
1
 v Greece Greece, November 18, 2009
Vyacheslav Shevchuk May 13, 1979 (1979-05-13) (age 31) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
16
0
 v GreeceGreece, November 18, 2009
Mykola Ischenko March 9, 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 27) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
0
0
 v Andorra Andorra, October 14, 2009 3
Midfielders
Oleksandr Yakovenko July 23, 1987 (1987-07-23) (age 23) Belgium Westerlo
1
0
 v Poland Poland, September 4, 2010 4
Ruslan Rotan October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 29) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
43
6
 v Netherlands Netherlands, August 11, 2010
Denys Oliynyk August 16, 1987 (1987-08-16) (age 23) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
4
0
 v Netherlands Netherlands, August 11, 2010
Andriy Yarmolenko October 23, 1989 (1989-10-23) (age 21) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
7
2
 v Norway Norway, June 2, 2010
Taras Stepanenko August 8, 1989 (1989-08-08) (age 21) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
0
0
 v Norway Norway, June 2, 2010
Serhiy Valyayev September 16, 1978 (1978-09-16) (age 32) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
3
1
 v Romania Romania, May 29, 2010
Oleksiy Hai November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06) (age 28) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
22
1
 v Greece Greece, November 18, 2009
Serhiy Nazarenko February 16, 1980 (1980-02-16) (age 30) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
41
11
 v Andorra Andorra, October 14, 2009
Yevhen Levchenko January 2, 1978 (1978-01-02) (age 33) Netherlands Willem II
8
0
 v Belarus Belarus, September 9, 2009
Forwards
Artem Milevskiy January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12) (age 26) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
30
4
 v Poland Poland, September 4, 2010 4
Roman Zozulya November 17, 1989 (1989-11-17) (age 21) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
1
1
 v Norway Norway, June 2, 2010
Volodymyr Homenyuk July 19, 1985 (1985-07-19) (age 25) Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
8
0
 v Greece Greece, November 18, 2009

Previous squads

Home venues record

Since Ukraine's first fixture (April 29, 1992 vs. Hungary) they have played their home games at 10 different stadiums.

Venue City Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Points per game
Olimpiyskyi Kiev 41 20 14 7 65 33 1.80
VVL Dynamo Kiev 14 9 4 1 26 10 2.21
Ukraina Lviv 6 6 0 0 14 5 3.00
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 0 0 2 0 3.00
Metalist Kharkiv 2 1 1 0 4 0 2.00
Chornomorets Odessa 2 1 1 0 2 1 2.00
Donbass Arena Donetsk 2 0 1 1 1 2 0.50
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 1 1 0 2 0.50
Meteor Dnipropetrovsk 1 0 1 0 2 2 1.00
Avanhard Uzhhorod 1 0 0 1 1 3 0.00
Totals 72 38 23 11 115 57 1.9
Last updated: September 8, 2010. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

World rankings

Date FIFA Ranking Elo Rating
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
Date FIFA Ranking Elo Rating
January 2002 45th 42nd
January 2003 45th 40th
January 2004 61st 49th
January 2005 57th 31st
January 2006 40th 30th
January 2007 13th 21st
January 2008 30th 39th
January 2009 16th 25th
January 2010 22nd 23rd
Highest position ever
FIFA: 11 (February 2007)
Elo: 17 (June 2009)
Lowest position ever
FIFA: 132 (September 1993)
Elo: 67 (March 1995)
Elo Rating


Kits
Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 (Reserve) - Lotto
Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 - Lotto
Team kit used in 2009 (Reserve) - Adidas
Team kit used in 2009 - Adidas

On 29th March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[22] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[23] Prior to February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Executive Committee of FFU confirmed the candidacy of Kalitvintsev as an acting head coach (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ukraine’s forgotten World Cup pedigree, Business Ukraine (August 4, 2010)
  3. ↑ RSSSF European Championship 1988 - Final Tournament - Full Details
  4. ↑ The Ukrainian Football National Team of 1925-1935 (Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ Ukrainian Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Official FFU website (Ukrainian)
  7. ↑ Official FIFA website (English)
  8. ↑ Ukraine will play Germany in November, Champion.com (Ukrainian)
  9. ↑ Game attendance in the game with Lithuania (Russian)
  10. ↑ Attendance in the game against Holland from the Official website of Donbass Arena (Russian)
  11. ↑ Excellent commentary on the game against Holland. (Russian)
  12. ↑ (Russian) Nesmachniy international career ended
  13. ↑ Ukraine decides not to renew coach's contract, Kyiv Post (December 23, 2009)
  14. ↑ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (April 21, 2010)
  15. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Офіційна заява Мирона Маркевича (Official petition of Myron Markevych)". metalist.kharkov.ua. 2010-08-21. http://metalist.kharkov.ua/news/1323.html. 
  16. ↑ Copy of the document for the resgnation
  17. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Збірну довірили Калитвинцеву (National team was entrusted to Kalitvintsev)". www.ffu.org.ua. 2010-08-25. http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/ffu/about/ffu_news/6306/. 
  18. ↑ Markevich leaves Ukraine helm, UEFA (August 25, 2010)
  19. ↑ Відставка Мирона Маркевича – коментар Юридичного відділу ФФУ (Resignation of Myron Markevych - comment from the Legal department of FFU
  20. ↑ Kalitvintsev promises to continue where Markevych left off
  21. ↑ Coaching staff (Ukrainian)
  22. ↑ (Russian) "Новую форму сборной первым примерил Ракицкий (+фото) (New uniform for the National team was first fitted by Rakytsky with photo)". ua.football. Globalinfo (Kyiv, Ukraine). 2010-03-29. http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/national/4bb059d4.html. 
  23. ↑ "Ukraine 09/10 Adidas football kits". footballshirtculture. 2009-02-06. http://www.footballshirtculture.com/09/10-kits/ukraine-2009-10-adidas-football-kits.html. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 

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