Ukraine national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Ukraine women's national football team.
Ukraine
Nickname(s) The Team (Збірна)
Yellow-Blue (Жовто-Сині)
Association Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU)
Федерація Футболу України
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Mykhaylo Fomenko
Asst coach Valeriy Dushkov
Oleksandr Zavarov
Volodymyr Onyschenko
Yuriy Syvukha
Captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Most caps Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (138)
Top scorer Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Home stadium Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
FIFA code UKR
FIFA ranking 33 Decrease 2 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking 11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking 19 (31 March 2015)
Highest Elo ranking 14 (November 2010)
Lowest Elo ranking 69 (29 March 1995)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ukraine 1–3 Hungary 
(Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Biggest win
 Ukraine 9–0 San Marino 
(Lviv, Ukraine; 6 September 2013)
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)
European Championship
Appearances 1 (First in 2012)
Best result Group stage (2012)

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 début in the finals of a major championship.[1] As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for Euro 2012.[1]

Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv.[2]

History

Pre-independence (1925–1935)

Officially the national team of Ukraine, it 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.[3][4] Just like the RSFSR, the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet 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 Ukrainian 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.

Official formation

Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the Soviet Union national football team. After independence a Ukrainian national team was formed but the Football Federation of Ukraine failed to secure recognition in time to compete in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification.[5] 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 88, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians[6]), were transferred 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 in late 1994 it did so as absolute beginners.[5]

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 tournaments prior to 2006.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Ticket for the match 1/4 final of the 2006 World Cup Italy-Ukraine

After an unsuccessful UEFA 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, by drawing 1–1 against Georgia 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 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 a host nation Ukraine qualified automatically for UEFA Euro 2012,[1] marking their début in the UEFA European Championship. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kiev. Despite the team's efforts, the co-hosts were eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, all in Donetsk.

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 10 6 4 0 31 4 +2722
 Ukraine 10 6 3 1 28 4 +2421
 Montenegro 10 4 3 3 18 17 +115
 Poland 10 3 4 3 18 12 +613
 Moldova 10 3 2 5 12 17 −511
 San Marino 10 0 0 10 1 54 −530
  England Moldova Montenegro Poland San Marino Ukraine
England  — 4–0 4–1 2–0 5–0 1–1
Moldova  0–5 — 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Montenegro  1–1 2–5 — 2–2 3–0 0–4
Poland  1–1 2–0 1–1 — 5–0 1–3
San Marino  0–8 0–2 0–6 1–5 — 0–8
Ukraine  0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 9–0 —

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Slovakia Spain Ukraine Belarus Republic of Macedonia Luxembourg
1  Slovakia 5 5 0 0 11 2 +9 15 Advance to final tournament — 2–1 8 Sep 9 Oct 14 Jun 3–0
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 14 3 +11 12 5 Sep — 1–0 3–0 5–1 9 Oct
3  Ukraine 5 3 0 2 6 2 +4 9 Final tournament or play-offs 0–1 12 Oct — 5 Sep 1–0 14 Jun
4  Belarus 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4 1–3 14 Jun 0–2 — 12 Oct 8 Sep
5  Macedonia 5 1 0 4 5 12 −7 3 0–2 8 Sep 9 Oct 1–2 — 3–2
6  Luxembourg 5 0 1 4 3 14 −11 1 12 Oct 0–4 0–3 1–1 5 Sep —
Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Stadiums

The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kyiv's Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, also home of FC 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, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa. The alternative stadiums are: Donbass Arena (Donetsk), Metalist Stadium (Kharkiv), Arena Lviv (Lviv), Dnipro-Arena (Dnipropetrovsk), Chornomorets Stadium (Odessa).

During Soviet times (before 1991) only two stadiums in Ukraine were used in official games, they are 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.

Last 12 months – 9 games, 5 win(s), 2 draw(s), 2 loss(es) – 10 scored & 4 allowed.
Best scorer(s): Yarmolenko with 4 goals

Player records

Most capped Ukraine players

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Andriy Shevchenko being honored by UEFA in 2011 for their 100th cap. They are the first and second, respectively, most capped players in the history of Ukraine.

As of 31 March 2015

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000– 139 4
2 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 111 48
3 Oleh Husyev 2003– 95 13
4 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1994–2012 92 0
5 Ruslan Rotan 2003– 78 7
6 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 75 15
7 Andriy Voronin 2002–2012 74 8
8 Andriy Husin 1993–2006 71 9
9 Andriy Vorobey 2000–2008 68 9
10 Andriy Nesmachnyi 2000–2009 67 0


Top Ukraine goalscorers

Andriy Shevchenko is the top scorer in the history of Ukraine with 48 goals.

As of 31 March 2015

# Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 48 111 0.43
2 Andriy Yarmolenko 2009– 19 48 0.4
3 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 15 75 0.2
4 Oleh Husyev 2003– 13 95 0.14
5 Serhiy Nazarenko 2003–2012 12 56 0.21
6 Yevhen Seleznyov 2008– 9 42 0.21
Andriy Vorobey 2000–2008 9 68 0.13
Andriy Husin 1993–2006 9 71 0.13
9 Tymerlan Huseynov 1993–1997 8 14 0.57
Yevhen Konoplyanka 2010– 8 43 0.19
Artem Milevskyi 2006–2012 8 50 0.16
Andriy Voronin 2002–2012 8 74 0.11


Ukraine captains

As of 31 March 2015

# Player Career Captain Caps Total Caps
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 58 111
2 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000– 41 139
3 Oleh Luzhnyi 1992–2003 39 52
4 Oleksandr Holovko 1995–2004 13 58
Yuriy Kalitvintsev 1995–1999 13 22
6 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1994–2012 12 92
7 Ruslan Rotan 2003– 10 78
8 Serhiy Bezhenar 1992–1997 4 23
Yuriy Maksymov 1992–2002 4 27
10 Serhiy Diryavka 1992–1995 3 9
Ihor Kutepov 1992–1993 3 4


Top 10 goalkeepers

As of 31 March 2015

# Player Games Wins GA GAA
1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 92 38 80 0.87
2 Andriy Pyatov 54 27 39 0.722
3 Oleh Suslov 12 7 15 1.25
4 Vitaliy Reva 9 3 10 1.111
5 Andriy Dykan 8 5 11 1.375
6 Maksym Levytskyi 8 1 10 1.25
7 Dmytro Tyapushkin 7 1 11 1.571
8 Valeriy Vorobyov 6 3 2 0.333
9 Dmytro Shutkov 5 2 4 0.8
10 Vyacheslav Kernozenko 5 2 8 1.6


Ukraine managers

Last updated on 31 March 2015.

Manager Nation Ukraine career Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Qualifying cycle Final tour
Viktor Prokopenko Ukraine 1992 3 0 1 2 2 5 0
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) Ukraine 1992 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Oleh Bazylevych Ukraine 1993–1994 11 4 3 4 13 14 36.36 1996
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker) Ukraine 1994 2 0 0 2 0 3 0
Yozhef Sabo Ukraine 1994 2 1 1 0 3 0 50 1996
Anatoliy Konkov Ukraine 1995 7 3 0 4 8 13 42.86 1996
Yozhef Sabo Ukraine 1996–1999 32 15 11 6 26 41 46.88 1998, 2000
Valeriy Lobanovskyi Ukraine 2000–2001 18 12 4 2 29 14 66.67 2002
Leonid Buryak Ukraine 2002–2003 19 14 3 2 38 13 73.68 2004
Oleh Blokhin Ukraine 2003–2007 46 21 14 11 78 26 45.65 2006, 2008 2006
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko[7] Ukraine 2008–2009 20 15 1 4 41 12 75 2010
Myron Markevych[8][9][10] Ukraine 2010 4 3 1 0 9 3 75
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev (caretaker)[11][12] Ukraine 2010–2011 8 3 2 3 14 16 37.5
Oleh Blokhin[13][14] Ukraine 2011–2012 12 5 3 4 28 12 41.67 2014 2012
Andriy Bal (caretaker)[15] Ukraine 2012 3 1 1 1 2 1 33.33 2014
Oleksandr Zavarov (caretaker) Ukraine 2012 1 1 0 0 1 0 100
Mykhaylo Fomenko[16] Ukraine 2012– 22 15 4 3 45 9 68.18 2014, 2016

Coaching staff

Currently approved[17]

Head coach Ukraine Mykhaylo Fomenko[16]
Coach Ukraine Valeriy Dushkov
Coach Ukraine Oleksandr Zavarov
Coach Ukraine Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Goalkeeper Coach Ukraine Yuriy Syvukha
Manager Ukraine Oleh Taraday
Senior Administrator Ukraine Ruslan Volchanskyi
Administrator Ukraine Viktor Kashpur

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Latvia on 31 March 2015.[18]
Players' records are accurate as of 31 March 2015 after the match against Latvia.[19]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 GK Andriy Pyatov 28 June 1984 54 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
1 GK Denys Boyko 29 January 1988 2 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
23 GK Oleksandr Rybka 10 April 1987 2 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
5 DF Oleksandr Kucher 22 October 1982 45 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
13 DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk 13 May 1979 42 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
17 DF Artem Fedetskyi 26 April 1985 38 2 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
20 DF Yaroslav Rakytskiy 3 August 1989 30 4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
4 MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Captain) 30 March 1979 139 4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
9 MF Oleh Husyev 25 April 1983 95 13 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
7 MF Andriy Yarmolenko 23 October 1989 48 19 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
10 MF Yevhen Konoplyanka 29 September 1989 43 8 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
18 MF Roman Bezus 26 September 1990 19 4 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
6 MF Taras Stepanenko 8 August 1989 19 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19 MF Denys Harmash 19 April 1990 18 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
11 MF Denys Oliynyk 16 August 1987 11 0 Netherlands Vitesse
16 MF Mykola Morozyuk 17 January 1988 11 1 Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk
8 MF Artem Hromov 14 January 1990 2 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
21 MF Serhiy Rybalka 1 April 1990 1 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
14 MF Ruslan Malinovskyi 4 May 1993 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
15 FW Pylyp Budkivskyi 10 March 1992 6 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
22 FW Artem Kravets 3 June 1989 4 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[20][21][22][23][24][25]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Mykyta Shevchenko 26 January 1993 0 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Lithuania, 18 November 2014
GK Rustam Khudzhamov 5 October 1982 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2014
GK Dmytro Bezotosnyi 15 November 1983 0 0 Azerbaijan Gabala v.  Belarus, 9 October 2014 INJ
DF Yevhen Khacheridi 28 July 1987 32 3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Spain, 27 March 2015
DF Mykyta Burda 24 March 1995 0 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Spain, 27 March 2015
DF Ivan Ordets 8 July 1992 2 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Lithuania, 18 November 2014
DF Andriy Pylyavskyi 4 December 1988 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Lithuania, 18 November 2014
DF Vitaliy Vernydub 17 October 1987 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Lithuania, 18 November 2014
DF Yevhen Makarenko 21 May 1991 3 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Slovakia, 8 September 2014
DF Yevhen Selin 9 May 1988 15 1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Niger, 22 May 2014
DF Yevhen Tkachuk 27 July 1991 0 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Niger, 22 May 2014
DF Yevhen Zubeyko 30 September 1989 0 0 Russia Tosno v.  Niger, 22 May 2014
MF Ruslan Rotan 29 October 1981 78 7 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v.  Spain, 27 March 2015
MF Serhiy Sydorchuk 2 May 1991 4 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Spain, 27 March 2015 INJ
MF Dmytro Khomchenovskyi 16 April 1990 4 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk v.  Lithuania, 18 November 2014
MF Kyrylo Kovalchuk 11 June 1986 4 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Lithuania, 18 November 2014
MF Edmar 16 June 1980 15 1 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Luxembourg, 15 November 2014 INJ
MF Serhiy Bolbat 13 June 1993 1 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Belarus, 9 October 2014 PRE
MF Pavlo Rebenok 25 July 1985 0 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Slovakia, 8 September 2014
MF Yevhen Shakhov 30 November 1990 0 0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v.  Slovakia, 8 September 2014
MF Denys Dedechko 2 July 1987 1 0 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Niger, 22 May 2014
FW Roman Zozulya 17 November 1989 22 3 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v.  Spain, 27 March 2015
FW Volodymyr Homenyuk 19 July 1985 8 0 Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2014
FW Yevhen Seleznyov 20 July 1985 42 9 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v.  Belarus, 9 October 2014 INJ
FW Oleksandr Hladkyy 24 August 1987 9 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Slovakia, 8 September 2014
FW Marko Dević 27 October 1983 35 7 Qatar Al-Rayyan v.  Niger, 22 May 2014
FW Oleksiy Antonov 8 May 1986 2 0 Kazakhstan Aktobe v.  Niger, 22 May 2014

Notes:

Previous squads

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup Qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930–1990 Part of  Soviet Union
United States 1994 Did Not Enter (spot not granted by FIFA) Did Not Enter (spot not granted by FIFA)
France 1998 Did Not Qualify 12 6 3 3 11 9
South Korea Japan 2002 12 4 6 2 15 13
Germany 2006 Quarter-Finals 8th 5 2 1 2 5 7 12 7 4 1 18 7
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify 12 6 4 2 21 7
Brazil 2014 12 7 3 2 30 7
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
Total Quarter-final 1/5 5 2 1 2 5 7 60 30 20 10 95 43
* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship UEFA European Championship Qualification
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1960–1992 Part of  Soviet Union Part of  Soviet Union
England 1996 Did Not Qualify 10 4 1 5 11 15
Belgium Netherlands 2000 12 5 6 1 16 7
Portugal 2004 8 2 4 2 11 10
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 5 2 5 18 16
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group Stage 13th 3 1 0 2 2 4 Qualified as host nation
France 2016 To Be Determined 4 3 0 1 6 1
2020 To Be Determined
Total Group Stage 1/5 3 1 0 2 2 4 46 19 13 14 62 49

Qualifying campaigns

FIFA World Cup UEFA European Championship
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 as host nation
2014 – 2nd in Qualifying group H, lost to France in play-off 2016 – TBD

All-time team record

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 31 March 2015.[26]

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 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
 Azerbaijan 2 1 1 0 6 0 +6
 Belarus 8 4 3 1 9 4 +5
 Bulgaria 5 3 2 0 7 2 +5
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
 Cameroon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 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 2 0 1 1 0 4 -4
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
 England 7 1 2 4 3 9 -6
 Estonia 4 4 0 0 10 0 +10
 France 9 1 3 5 5 14 -9
 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 0 0 1 0 1 -1
 Iceland 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
 Israel 6 2 2 2 7 5 +2
 Italy 7 0 1 6 2 14 -12
 Japan 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
 Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 9 3 +6
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3
 Latvia 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
 Lithuania 8 5 1 2 15 8 +7
 Libya 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
 Moldova 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3
 Montenegro 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
 Macedonia 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
 Netherlands 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3
 Niger 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Northern Ireland 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2
 Norway 5 4 1 0 5 0 +5
 Poland 7 3 2 2 9 8 +1
 Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
 Romania 5 1 1 3 6 11 -5
 Russia 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1
 San Marino 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4
 Scotland 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
 Serbia 4 4 0 0 7 1 +6
 Slovakia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0
 Slovenia 4 0 2 2 4 6 -2
 Spain 4 0 1 3 3 9 -6
  Switzerland 2 1 1 0 2 2 0
 Sweden 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1
 Tunisia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Turkey 6 1 1 4 5 9 -4
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 United States 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1
 Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3
 Wales 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Total 203 92 57 55 286 197 +89

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
Olimpiyskyi Kiev 53 26 18 9 80 43 1.81
VVL Dynamo Kiev 20 13 5 2 38 15 2.2
Metalist Kharkiv 7 2 1 4 9 8 1
Ukraina Lviv 6 6 0 0 14 5 3
Donbass Arena Donetsk 5 0 1 4 2 9 0.2
Arena Lviv Lviv 5 3 2 0 13 2 2.2
Chornomorets Odessa 3 2 1 0 4 2 2.33
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 0 0 2 0 3
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 105 54 30 21 165 91 1.83
Last updated: 31 March 2015. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

FIFA Ranking history [27]

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
90 77 71 59 49 47 27 34 45 45 60 57 40 13 30 15 22 34 55 47 18 17

Sports kits and sponsors

Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 – Lotto
Team kit used in 2009 – Adidas

On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[28] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[29] Prior to 5 February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

Sponsors

Marketing for the Football Federation of Ukraine is conducted by the Ukraine Football International (UFI).

Former title and general sponsors included Ukrtelekom and Kyivstar.[33]

Kits

Kit providers

The official team kit is currently produced by German company Adidas which has a contract with the Ukrainian team until 31 December 2016.

Period Kit provider
1992 – 1996 United Kingdom Umbro
1997 – 2002 Germany Puma
2002 – 2008 Italy Lotto
2009 – present Germany Adidas

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ukraine determine own future, UEFA
  2. ↑ NSK Olimpiysky, Ukrainian Soccer Portal
  3. ↑ The Ukrainian Football National Team of 1925–1935 (Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ Ukrainian Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ukraine’s forgotten World Cup pedigree, Business Ukraine (4 August 2010)
  6. ↑ "RSSSF European Championship 1988 – Final Tournament – Full Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  7. ↑ Ukraine decides not to renew coach's contract, Kyiv Post (23 December 2009)
  8. ↑ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (21 April 2010)
  9. ↑ "Офіційна заява Мирона Маркевича (Official petition of Myron Markevych)". metalist.kharkov.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 August 2010.
  10. ↑ "Copy of the document for the resgnation". Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  11. ↑ "Збірну довірили Калитвинцеву (National team was entrusted to Kalitvintsev)". www.ffu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 August 2010.
  12. ↑ Markevich leaves Ukraine helm, UEFA (August 25, 2010)
  13. ↑ Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
  14. ↑ Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
  15. ↑ 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)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ukraine's football federation taps Fomenko to coach national team, Kyiv Post (26 December 2012)
  17. ↑ (Russian) Блохин огласил свой тренерский штаб, ua-football.com
  18. ↑ "Fomenko announces Ukraine’s squad for Spain and Latvia". FFU. 13 March 2015.
  19. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/196/2014/Ukraine.html
  20. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/12648/
  21. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/12974/
  22. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13141/
  23. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13304/
  24. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13332/
  25. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13340/
  26. ↑ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  27. ↑ FIFA-ranking
  28. ↑ "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 (Kiev, Ukraine). 29 March 2010.
  29. ↑ "Ukraine 09/10 Adidas football kits". footballshirtculture. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  30. ↑ National team sponsor promised $2 mln for advancing to the WC-2014
  31. ↑ Article-news at epicentrk.com.ua
  32. ↑ Presentation of new sponsors in 2013 on YouTube. Youtube channel of FFU.
  33. ↑ Explanation of sponsorship.

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