Ukraine national football team

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Ukraine
Image:Ukraine football association.gif
Nickname(s)	Zhovto-Blakytni ("Yellow and Blues")
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	vacant
Captain	Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (83)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (36)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	30
Highest FIFA ranking	11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking	21
Highest Elo ranking	18 (March 2007)
Lowest Elo ranking	67 (March 1995)
Image:Kit left arm.png Image:Kit body scga06.png Image:Kit right arm.png Image:Kit shorts.png Image:Kit socks.png 　 Home colours Image:Kit left arm.png Image:Kit body ukra06.png Image:Kit right arm.png Image:Kit shorts.png Image:Kit socks.png 　 Away colours
First international
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1 - 3 Hungary Image:Flag of Hungary.svg (Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April, 1992)
Biggest win
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 6 - 0 Azerbaijan Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg (Kyiv, Ukraine; 15 August, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg (Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March, 1995) Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4 - 0 Ukraine Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg (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 the split of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on April 29, 1992.

Prior to the split, Ukrainian players represented the USSR national football team. 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, while Ukraine did not participate in major international competitions until 1994. As a result a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league. Problems were further compounded when Soviet Union's five-year UEFA coefficients, despite being earned in part by Ukrainian players, were transferred directly to the direct descendant of the Soviet national football team - the Russian national football team.

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko 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. 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. Despite initial resentment to his appointment due to his previous poor coaching record and 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 T'bilisi. In their first World Cup (2006 FIFA World Cup), Ukraine reached the quarter-finals before losing 3:0 to eventual champions Italy.

Contents 1 Stadiums 2 2006 FIFA World Cup 3 Forthcoming fixtures 3.1 Recent results 4 World Cup record 5 European Championship record 6 Qualifying campaigns 7 Former famous players 8 Player records 8.1 Most capped Ukraine players 8.2 Top Ukraine goalscorers 8.3 Ukraine captains 9 Ukraine managers 10 Current players 10.1 Previous squads 11 World rankings 12 See also 13 Notes 14 External links 15 See also

[edit] 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). 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 and Odessa.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
6 February 2008	Friendly		Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
26 March 2008	Friendly		Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
23 May 2008	Friendly	De Kuip, Rotterdam	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Holland

See also: 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B

               2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6

[edit] Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
21 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kiev	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Drew 2:2	Voronin 13',Shevchenko 46' - Henry 20', Govou 34'
17 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Kaunas	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	Lost 2:0	Savenas 41', Danilevičius 67'
17 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kiev	Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands	Won 5:0	Kalynychenko 40', 49', Husyev 43', 45', Vorobei 64'
13 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	Lost 1:3	Shevchenko 24' - Miller 4', McCulloch 10', McFadden 68'
12 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kiev	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Lost 1:2	Shevchenko 71' - Di Natale 41', Di Natale 77'
8 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi	Image:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia	Drew 1:1	Siradze 87' - Shelayev 7'
22 August 2007	Friendly	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Kiev	Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan	Won 2:1	Hladky 29', Rotan 66' - Geynrich 90'
2 June 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of France.svg Saint-Denis	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Lost 2:0	Ribery 57', Anelka 71'
28 March 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Odessa	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	Won 1:0	Husyev 47'
24 March 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Toftir	Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands	Won 0:2	Yezerskiy 21', Husyev 57'
7 February 2007	Friendly	Image:Flag of Israel.svg Ramat Gan	Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel	Drew 1:1	Badir 38' - Kalynychenko 73'

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Scorers
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
2010
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	Best: 8th	5	2	1	2	5	7	Top scorer: Shevchenko (2)

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Scorers
1960 to 1992	Did not enter, was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996 to 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Qualified as host nation (along with Poland)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Best: -	Best: -	-	-	-	-	-	-	Top scorer:

[edit] 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 - Qualification in progress	2012 - Qualified as host nation

[edit] Former famous players

For notable players from the USSR era, see USSR national football team.

Oleh Luzhny 52 (0) Yuri Kalitvintsev 22 (1) Oleksandr Holovko 58 (0)

Vitaly Kosovsky 25 (2) Oleg Kuznetsov 3 (0) Gennadiy Litovchenko 4 (0)

Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko 2 (0) Dmytro Parfenov 18 (0) Serhiy Popov 54 (5)

Oleh Protasov 1 (0) Hennady Zubov 29 (3)

[edit] Player records

Player/coach records are accurate as of November 21, 2007.

[edit] Most capped Ukraine players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1]	1994 - Present	83	64c
2	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	79	36
3	Serhiy Rebrov [1]	1992 - Present	75	15
4	Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1]	2000 - Present	74	1
5	Andriy Husin	1993 - 2006	71	9
6	Andriy Vorobei [1]	2000 - Present	66	9
7	Andriy Nesmachniy [1]	2000 - Present	64	0
8	Vladislav Vashchuk [1]	1996 - Present	63	1
9	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	58	0
10	Serhiy Popov	1993 - 2003	54	5

[edit] Top Ukraine goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)
1	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	36 (79)
2	Serhiy Rebrov [1]	1992 - Present	15 (75)
3	Andriy Vorobei [1]	2000 - Present	9 (66)
=	Andriy Husin	1993 - 2006	9 (71)
5	Timerlan Huseinov	1993 - 1997	8 (14)
6	Maksym Kalynychenko [1]	2002 - Present	7 (35)
7	Viktor Leonenko	1992 - 1996	6 (14)
=	Ruslan Rotan [1]	2003 - Present	6 (32)
=	Oleh Husyev [1]	2003 - Present	6 (45)
=	Andriy Voronin [1]	2002 - Present	6 (51)

[edit] Ukraine captains

#	Player	Ukraine career	Captain (Total Caps)
1	Oleh Luzhny	1992 - 2002	39 (52)
2	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	35 (79)
3	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	13 (58)
=	Yuri Kalitvintsev	1995 - 1999	13 (22)
5	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1]	1994 - Present	10 (83)
6	Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1]	2000 - Present	6 (74)
7	Serhiy Bezhenar	1992 - 1997	4 (23)
=	Yuri Maximov	1992 - 2002	4 (27)
9	Serhiy Diryavka	1992 - 1995	3 (9)
=	Ihor Kutepov	1992 - 1993	3 (4)

[edit] Ukraine managers

Manager	Ukraine career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF[2]	GA[3]	Win %
Viktor Prokopenko	1992	3	0	1	2	2	5	16.67%
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker)	1992	1	0	1	0	1	1	50.00%
Oleh Bazilevich	1993-1994	11	4	3	4	13	14	50.00%
Mykola 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-Dec. 2007	46	21	14	11	65	40	60.87%

[edit] Current players

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
Oleksandr Shovkovsky	02.01.1975	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	83 (-64)	v France, November 20, 2007
Bohdan Shust	04.03.1986	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (-1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Andriy Pyatov	28.06.1984	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (-4)	v France, November 20, 2007
Maksym Startsev	20.01.1980	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2 (-1)	v Italy, September 12, 2007

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Nesmachniy	28.02.1979	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	64 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Vladislav Vaschuk	02.01.1975	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	63 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Andriy Rusol	16.01.1983	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	39 (3)	v France, November 20, 2007
Volodymyr Yezerskiy	15.11.1976	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	37 (2)	v France, November 20, 2007
Serhiy Fedorov[4]	18.02.1975	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	29 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy	01.01.1979	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	12 (0)	v France, June 2, 2007
Oleksandr Kucher	22.10.1982	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	7 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Dmytro Chigrinsky	07.11.1986	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	7 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Vyacheslav Shevchuk	13.05.1979	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (0)	v Italy, September 12, 2007
Olexandr Hrytsay	30.09.1977	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleksandr Romanchuk	21.10.1984	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk [5]	2 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleksandr Yatsenko	24.02.1985	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Chornomorets Odessa	1 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Serhiy Rebrov	03.07.1974	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	75 (15)	v Lithuania, March 28, 2007
Anatoliy Tymoschuk	30.03.1979	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Zenit Saint Petersburg	74 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleh Husyev	25.04.1983	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	45 (6)	v France, November 20, 2007
Maksym Kalynychenko	26.01.1979	Image:Flag of Russia.svg Spartak Moscow	35 (7)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleh Shelayev	05.11.1976	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	36 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Ruslan Rotan	29.10.1981	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	32 (6)	v France, November 20, 2007
Serhiy Nazarenko	16.02.1980	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	24 (3)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleksiy Hai	06.11.1982	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	8 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Taras Mikhalik	28.10.1983	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	6 (0)	v Faroe Islands, October 17, 2007
Yevhen Levchenko	02.01.1978	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg FC Groningen	3 (0)	v France, June 2, 2007
Serhiy Danylovskyi	20.08.1981	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Metalurh Donetsk	1 (0)	v Uzbekistan, August 22, 2007
Konstantyn Kravchenko	24.09.1986	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0 (0)	v Italy, September 12, 2007

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Shevchenko	29.09.1976	Image:Flag of England.svg Chelsea	79 (36)	v France, November 20, 2007
Andriy Vorobei	29.11.1978	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	66 (9)	v France, November 20, 2007
Andriy Voronin	21.07.1979	Image:Flag of England.svg Liverpool	51 (6)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleksiy Byelik	15.02.1981	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	19 (5)	v France, June 2, 2007
Artem Milevsky	12.01.1985	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv	11 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleksandr Hladky	24.08.1987	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk	5 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007

[edit] Previous squads

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Ukraine

[edit] 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
January 2002	45th	42nd
January 2003	45th	40th
January 2004	61st	49th
January 2005	57th	31st
January 2006	40th	30th
January 2007	13th	21st

Highest position ever

FIFA: 11 (February 2007)

Elo: 18 (March 2007)

Lowest position ever

FIFA: 132 (September 1993)

Elo: 67 (March 1995)

[edit] See also

• Ukrainians in USSR national football team

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} Still available for selection
2. ^ Goals for / scored
3. ^ Goals against / conceded
4. ^ Removed from 23-man 2006 FIFA World Cup squad due to injury. Replaced by Oleksandr Yatsenko
5. ^ On loan from Dynamo Kyiv

[edit] External links

• Ukrainian page on FIFA web-site (include upcomming fixtures)
• Official website
• Ukraine National Football Team
• UkrSoccerHistory.com
• http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=328162&cc=5901
• http://www.eloratings.net/
• Videos of Ukrainian soccer goals(cataloged in English)

[edit] See also

• Ukraine national under-21 football team

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