Ukraine national football team

Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Zhovto-Blakytni (the Yellow-Blues)
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Oleh Blokhin
Asst coach	Yuriy Kalitvintsev Andriy Bal Yuriy Romenskyi
Captain	Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (113)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (46)
Home stadium	Olimpiysky Stadium, Kiev
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	55
Highest FIFA ranking	11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking	28
Highest Elo ranking	14 (October 2010)
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)  Czech Republic 4–0 Ukraine (Prague, Czech Republic; 6 September 2011)
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 29 April 1992. The teams biggest success is reaching the last eight at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, this was also the team's debut in the finals of a major championship.^[1] As a host nation Ukraine is automatically qualified for Euro 2012,^[1] this will be its debut in a European Football Championship.

Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex in Kiev^[2] and their head coach is Oleh Blokhin.^[3][4]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Pre-independence (1925–1935) 1.2 Official formation 1.3 Improved team, but no qualifications 1.4 2006 FIFA World Cup 1.5 Euro 2012 2 Stadiums 3 Forthcoming fixtures 4 Recent matches 5 Player records 5.1 Most capped Ukraine players 5.2 Ukraine captains 5.3 Top Ukraine goalscorers 5.4 Top 10 goalkeepers 6 Ukraine managers 6.1 Current coaching staff[17] 7 Players 7.1 Current squad 7.2 Recent call-ups 7.3 Previous squads 8 Competitive record 8.1 FIFA World Cup record 8.2 UEFA European Championship record 8.3 Qualifying campaigns 8.4 All-time team record 9 Home venues record 10 World rankings 11 Kits 11.1 Sponsors 12 See also 13 References 14 External links

History

Pre-independence (1925–1935)

Officially the national team of Ukraine was formed in early 1990s and soon was recognized internationally. It is not widely known that Ukraine previously had its national team in 1925–1935.^[5][6] Just like the national team of the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR national football team was never recognized by any international association and after 1935 it was disbanded. A 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 the cities of Prague (Praha) and Moscow (Moskva). Among the most famous 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.

Official formation

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.^[7] 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^[8]), 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.^[7]

Improved team, but no qualifications

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 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.

2006 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 3 September 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.

Euro 2012

As a host nation Ukraine is automatically qualified for Euro 2012,^[1] which will mark their debut in the European Football Championship.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Notes
29 February 2012	Friendly match	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Israel
25 May 2012	Friendly match		Estonia
1 June 2012	Friendly match	Vienna	Austria
5 June 2012	Friendly match		Norway
11 June 2012	UEFA Euro 2012	Olympic Stadium, Kiev	Sweden
15 June 2012	UEFA Euro 2012	Donbass Arena, Donetsk	France
19 June 2012	UEFA Euro 2012	Donbass Arena, Donetsk	England
15 August 2012	Friendly match	Kiev	Bulgaria
11 September 2012	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	England	England
12 October 2012	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	Moldova	Moldova
16 October 2012	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	Ukraine	Montenegro

For qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine has been drawn against its neighbour and co-host Poland. Also Ukraine is in the same group as England for the second qualifying competition in a row.

Recent matches

Friendly international - Cytavision Cyprus Tournament 1st Game

8 February 2011 18:30 UTC+2	Romania	2 – 2	Ukraine	Paralimni, Cyprus Referee: Stelios Trifonos, (Cyprus)
	Alexa  33', 44'	Report Video report	Rakytskiy  24' Milevsky  31'
		Penalties
	Zicu Papp Ganea Raţ	2 – 4	Yarmolenko Tymoshchuk Kravets Husyev Rotan

Ukraine advance to the final of the Cytavision Cyprus Tournament

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Friendly international - Cytavision Cyprus Tournament final

9 February 2011 18:30 UTC+2	Sweden	1 – 1	Ukraine	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Leontios Tratos, (Cyprus)
	Elmander  7'	Report (ru) Video report	Dević  20' (pen)
		Penalties
	Granqvist Källström Larsson Eriksson Lustig Bajrami	4 – 5	Kravets Tymoshchuk Aliyev Morozyuk Rotan Konoplyanka

Ukraine wins the Cytavision Cyprus tournament

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Friendly international

29 March 2011 19:45 UTC+3	Ukraine	0 – 2	Italy	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 15,000[9] Referee: Alexey Nikolaev, (Russia)
		Report	Rossi  27' Matri  81'

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Friendly international

1 June 2011 19:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	2 – 0	Uzbekistan	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev Referee: Ozkahya Halis (Turkey)
	Tymoshchuk  55' Voronin  60'	Report

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Friendly international

6 June 2011 22:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	1 – 4	France	Donbass Arena, Donetsk Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Tymoshchuk  53'	Report	Gameiro  58' Martin  87', 90+2' Kaboul  89'

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Friendly international

10 August 2011 21:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	0 – 1	Sweden	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
		Report	Hysén  90+2'

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Friendly international

2 September 2011 21:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	2 – 3	Uruguay	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv Referee: Björn Kuipers, (Holland)
	Yarmolenko  1' Konoplyanka  45'	Report	González  43' Lugano  60' Hernández  87'

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Friendly international

6 September 2011 20:00 UTC+3	Czech Republic	4 – 0	Ukraine	Generali Arena, Prague Referee: Richard Trutz (Slovakia)
	Kadlec  3' (pen.), 12' Rezek  47' Kolář  51'	Report

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Friendly international

7 October 2011 19:45 UTC+3	Ukraine	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Kiev Referee: Pavel Karlovets (Czech Rep.)
	Selin  7' Shevchenko  38' Yarmolenko  82'	Report

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Friendly international

11 October 2011 20:00 UTC+3	Estonia	0 – 2	Ukraine	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn Referee: Robert Malek (Poland)
		Report	Husyev  45+1' Aliyev  68'

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Friendly international

11 November 2011 20:45 UTC+3	Ukraine	3 – 3	Germany	Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev Attendance: 69,700 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
	Yarmolenko  28' Konoplyanka  36' Nazarenko  45'	Report	Kroos  38' Rolfes  65' Müller  77'

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Friendly international

15 November 2011 21:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	2 – 1	Austria	Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 31,879 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen, (Norway)
	Milevskiy  18' Devich  90+2'	Report	Kucher  71' (o.g.)

Player records

Player records are accurate as of 15 November 2011.

• ^1 Players in bold are still actively competing and are available for selection

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[11]	2008–2009	20	12	4	4	31	16	60	2010
Myron Markevych[12][13][14]	2010	4	3	1	0	9	3	75
Yuriy Kalitvintsev (caretaker)[15][16]	2010–2011	8	1	5	2	10	13	12.5
Oleh Blokhin[3][4]	2011–present	9	4	1	4	15	16	44.44		2012

Last updated on 15 November 2011.

Current coaching staff^[17]

Head coach	Oleh Blokhin	coach since April 2011, Second stint as coach of the Ukrainian National Team
Coach	Yuriy Kalitvintsev[4]	coach since 2010, caretaker manager of the team from August 25, 2010[16] till on 21 April 2011 Blokhin was (again) appointed head coach.[4]
Coach	Andriy Bal	coach since 1993, Ukraine (assistant) 2003–2007
Goalkeeper Coach	Yuriy Romenskyi	coach since 2003, Ukraine (goalies coach) 2003–2007
Manager	Oleh Taradai
Senior Administrator	Ruslan Volchansky
Administrator	Viktor Kashpur

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the Ukraine squad for the Friendly matches against Germany and Austria on November 11 and November 15, 2011.

Players' records are accurate as of 15 November 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 31 GK Andriy Dikan8 9 16 July 1977 (1977-07-16) (age 34) 7 0 Spartak Moscow 12 GK Oleksandr Rybka8 10 April 1987 (1987-04-10) (age 24) 2 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 DF Oleksandr Kucher 22 October 1982 (1982-10-22) (age 29) 28 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 16 DF Vitaliy Mandzyuk8 9 24 January 1986 (1986-01-24) (age 26) 18 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 DF Artem Fedetskiy 26 April 1985 (1985-04-26) (age 26) 16 0 Karpaty Lviv 44 DF Yaroslav Rakitskiy 3 August 1989 (1989-08-03) (age 22) 14 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 21 DF Bohdan Butko 13 January 1991 (1991-01-13) (age 21) 6 0 Illichivets Mariupol 33 DF Yevhen Selin 9 May 1988 (1988-05-09) (age 23) 4 1 Vorskla Poltava 4 MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 30 March 1979 (1979-03-30) (age 32) 113 4 Bayern Munich 9 MF Oleh Husyev 25 April 1983 (1983-04-25) (age 28) 68 8 Dynamo Kyiv 14 MF Ruslan Rotan 29 October 1981 (1981-10-29) (age 30) 55 6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 18 MF Serhiy Nazarenko 16 February 1980 (1980-02-16) (age 32) 47 12 Tavriya Simferopol 2 MF Oleksiy Gai8 6 November 1982 (1982-11-06) (age 29) 29 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 8 MF Oleksandr Aliyev 3 February 1985 (1985-02-03) (age 27) 24 6 Dynamo Kyiv 6 MF Andriy Yarmolenko 23 October 1989 (1989-10-23) (age 22) 17 6 Dynamo Kyiv 19 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka 29 September 1989 (1989-09-29) (age 22) 15 4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 5 MF Denys Harmash 19 April 1990 (1990-04-19) (age 21) 3 0 Dynamo Kyiv 7 FW Andriy Shevchenko9 (captain) 29 September 1976 (1976-09-29) (age 35) 105 46 Dynamo Kyiv 25 FW Artem Milevskiy 12 January 1985 (1985-01-12) (age 27) 42 7 Dynamo Kyiv 22 FW Marko Devych 27 October 1983 (1983-10-27) (age 28) 17 2 Metalist Kharkiv 15 FW Roman Bezus 26 September 1990 (1990-09-26) (age 21) 1 0 Vorskla Poltava

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Oleksandr Shovkovskiy9 2 January 1975 (1975-01-02) (age 37) 91 0 Dynamo Kyiv v  Estonia, 11 October 2011 GK Maksym Koval1 2 9 December 1992 (1992-12-09) (age 19) 0 0 Dynamo Kyiv v  France, 6 June 2011 GK Andriy Pyatov1 28 June 1984 (1984-06-28) (age 27) 24 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v  France, 6 June 2011 DF Yevhen Khacheridi5 28 July 1987 (1987-07-28) (age 24) 7 0 Dynamo Kyiv v  Germany, 11 November 2011 DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy 7 November 1986 (1986-11-07) (age 25) 29 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v  Estonia, 11 October 2011 DF Taras Mykhalyk 28 October 1983 (1983-10-28) (age 28) 24 0 Dynamo Kyiv v  Estonia, 11 October 2011 DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk 13 May 1979 (1979-05-13) (age 32) 20 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v  Czech Republic, 6 September 2011 DF Serhiy Kryvtsov3 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) (age 20) 1 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v  Czech Republic, 6 September 2011 DF Yevhen Cheberyachko 19 June 1983 (1983-06-19) (age 28) 2 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  Sweden, 10 August 2011 DF Andriy Rusol7 16 January 1983 (1983-01-16) (age 29) 49 3 Retired v  Sweden, 10 August 2011 DF Mykola Ischenko1 9 March 1983 (1983-03-09) (age 28) 1 0 Illichivets Mariupol v  France, 6 June 2011 DF Vasyl Kobin1 24 May 1985 (1985-05-24) (age 26) 11 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v  France, 6 June 2011 DF Ihor Oshchypko 25 October 1986 (1986-10-25) (age 25) 3 0 Karpaty Lviv v  Italy, 29 March 2011 DF Oleksandr Romanchuk 21 October 1984 (1984-10-21) (age 27) 8 0 Metalist Kharkiv v  Italy, 29 March 2011 DF Vitaliy Fedoriv4 21 October 1987 (1987-10-21) (age 24) 2 0 Free Agent v  Romania, 8 February 2011 MF Maksym Kalynychenko 26 January 1979 (1979-01-26) (age 33) 47 7 Tavriya Simferopol v  Czech Republic, 6 September 2011 MF Edmar Aparecida 16 June 1980 (1980-06-16) (age 31) 1 0 Metalist Kharkiv v  Sweden, 10 August 2011 MF Ihor Khudobyak1 20 February 1985 (1985-02-20) (age 26) 6 0 Karpaty Lviv v  France, 6 June 2011 MF Denys Kozhanov 13 June 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 24) 4 0 Illichivets Mariupol v  France, 6 June 2011 MF Serhiy Kravchenko2 24 April 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 28) 9 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  France, 6 June 2011 MF Denys Oliynyk2 16 August 1987 (1987-08-16) (age 24) 9 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  France, 6 June 2011 MF Taras Stepanenko 8 August 1989 (1989-08-08) (age 22) 4 0 Shakhtar Donetsk v  Italy, 29 March 2011 MF Mykola Morozyuk 17 January 1988 (1988-01-17) (age 24) 3 0 Metalurh Donetsk v  Sweden, 9 February 2011 FW Andriy Voronin5 21 July 1979 (1979-07-21) (age 32) 69 7 Dynamo Moscow v  Germany, 11 November 2011 FW Yevhen Seleznyov 20 July 1985 (1985-07-20) (age 26) 27 5 Shakhtar Donetsk v  Estonia, 11 October 2011 FW Anton Shynder8 9 13 June 1987 (1987-06-13) (age 24) 1 0 Tavriya Simferopol v  Estonia, 11 October 2011 FW Oleksiy Antonov 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) (age 25) 1 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v  Sweden, 10 August 2011 FW Artem Kravets 3 June 1989 (1989-06-03) (age 22) 2 0 Dynamo Kyiv v  Italy, 29 March 2011

Notes:

• ^1 Called up to the squad but did not play against Uzbekistan
• ^2 Called up to the squad but did not play against France
• ^3 Called up to the squad but did not play against Uruguay
• ^4 Called up to the squad but did not play against Sweden
• ^5 Called up, but did not play for reasons of injury
• ^6 Called up to the squad but did not play against Switzerland
• ^7 Called up to the squad to play against Sweden but excluded due to injuries
• ^8 Called up to the squad but did not play against Bulgaria
• ^9 Called up to the squad but did not play against Estonia

Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squads – Ukraine

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930–1990	Part of  Soviet Union									Part of  Soviet Union
1994	Did Not Enter									Did Not Enter
1998	Did Not Qualify									12	6	3	3	11	9
2002										12	4	6	2	15	13
2006	Quarter Final	8th	5	2	1	2	5	7		12	7	4	1	18	7
2010	Did Not Qualify									12	6	4	2	21	7
2014	To Be Determined
2018
2022
Total	Quarter Final	1/8	5	2	1	2	5	7		48	23	17	8	65	36

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960–1992	Part of  Soviet Union
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	Hosts
2016	To Be Determined
Total	-	1/5	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

All-time team record

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 15 November 2011.^[18]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Albania	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4
Andorra	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17
Armenia	8	5	3	0	17	8	+9
Austria	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Azerbaijan	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6
Belarus	7	3	3	1	7	4	+3
Bulgaria	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Canada	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Chile	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Croatia	7	1	3	3	5	12	-7
Cyprus	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4
Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
England	4	1	0	3	2	7	-5
Estonia	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6
France	6	0	3	3	3	9	-6
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Georgia	8	5	3	0	14	5	+9
Germany	5	0	3	2	5	10	-5
Greece	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1
Hungary	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3
Iran	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Iceland	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Israel	4	0	2	2	2	3	-1
Italy	7	0	1	6	2	14	-12
Japan	2	1	0	1	0	1	-1
Kazakhstan	4	4	0	0	9	3	+6
South Korea	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3
Latvia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Lithuania	7	5	0	2	15	8	+7
Libya	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Mexico	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Moldova	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Macedonia	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Norway	4	3	1	0	3	0	+3
Poland	5	1	2	2	5	7	-2
Portugal	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Romania	5	1	1	3	6	11	-5
Russia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Scotland	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Serbia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Slovakia	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Slovenia	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2
Spain	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5
Switzerland	2	1	1	0	2	2	0
Sweden	4	1	2	1	2	2	0
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Turkey	5	1	1	3	5	7	-2
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
United States	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Yugoslavia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Total	181	76	54	51	233	184	49

Home venues record

Since Ukraine's first fixture (29 April 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	42	20	15	7	68	36	1.79
VVL Dynamo	Kiev	18	11	5	2	33	14	2.11
Ukraina	Lviv	7	7	0	0	16	6	3
Metalist	Kharkiv	4	1	1	2	6	4	1
Dnipro	Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	0	0	2	0	3
Chornomorets	Odessa	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
Donbass Arena	Donetsk	3	0	1	2	2	6	0.33
Shakhtar	Donetsk	2	0	1	1	0	2	0.5
Meteor	Dnipropetrovsk	1	0	1	0	2	2	1
Avanhard	Uzhhorod	1	0	0	1	1	3	0
Totals		81	41	25	15	130	73	1.83

Last updated: 26 November 2011. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

World rankings

Highest position ever

FIFA: 11 (February 2007)

Elo: 14 (October 2010)

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 29^th March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.^[19] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.^[20] Prior to February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

Sponsors

• National sponsor: Ukrtelecom
• Premium sponsors: Knyazha (part of the Vienna Insurance Group), Chernihivske, Adidas
• Official sponsors: Henkel (Ukraine), Air-company "MAU" (International Airlines of Ukraine), NIKO (official Mitsubishi distributor in Ukraine), Gas stations network "TNK", Boris clinic, Tour agency "Love Cyprus", Resort center "Grand Admiral Club".

See also

• Ukrainians in USSR national football team

References

External links

• Ukrainian page on FIFA web-site (include upcoming fixtures)
• Official website of the Ukrainian Football Federation (English)
• Ukraine National Football Team
• Ukraine Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
• ELO ratings
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Videos of Ukrainian soccer goals (cataloged in English)

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