Ukraine national football team

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Ukraine
Nickname(s)	Zhovto-Blakytni ("Yellow and Blues")
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko
Captain	Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (84)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (37)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	31
Highest FIFA ranking	11 (February 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking	34
Highest Elo ranking	18 (March 2007)
Lowest Elo ranking	67 (March 1995)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Ukraine 1 - 3 Hungary (Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine 6 - 0 Azerbaijan (Kyiv, Ukraine; 15 August 2006)
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 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, 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. 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), in which they received a favourable group of Spain and 2 tournament outsiders Tunisia and Saudi Arabia , Ukraine reached the knock-out round where they met another outsider Switzerland, which they beat on penalties reaching the quarter-final of the tournament before losing 3:0 to eventual champions Italy.

Contents 1 Stadiums 2 2006 FIFA World Cup 3 Forthcoming fixtures 4 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 4.1 Recent results 5 World Cup record 6 European Championship record 7 Qualifying campaigns 8 Former famous players 9 Player records 9.1 Most capped Ukraine players 9.2 Top Ukraine goalscorers 9.3 Ukraine captains 10 Ukraine managers 11 Current players 11.1 Previous squads 12 World rankings 13 See also 14 Notes 15 External links

[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, Odessa, among others.

[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
20 August 2008	Friendly	Lviv	Poland
6 September 2008	World Cup 2010		Belarus
10 September 2008	World Cup 2010		Kazakhstan
11 October 2008	World Cup 2010		Croatia
19 November 2008	Friendly		Norway
1 April 2009	World Cup 2010		England

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– 10 Sep '08 1 Apr '09 6 Sep '08 9 Sep '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 19 Aug '09 15 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 15 Oct '08 5 Sep '09 – 10 Sep '08 6 Sep '08 6 Jun '09 10 Jun '09 14 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 – 11 Oct '08 1 Apr '09 20 Aug '08 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 10 Sep '08 5 Sep '09 6 Sep '08 11 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 10 Jun '09 –

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
1 June 2008	Friendly	Stockholm	Sweden	Won 0:1	Nazarenko 82'
24 May 2008	Friendly	Rotterdam	Holland	Lost 3:0	Kuyt 23', Huntelaar 37', Babel 63'
26 March 2008	Friendly	Kiev	Serbia	Won 2:0	Shevchenko 55', Nazarenko 58'
6 February 2008	Friendly	Nicosia	Cyprus	Drew 1:1	Aloneftis 20'pen - Milevsky 71'
21 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Kiev	France	Drew 2:2	Voronin 13',Shevchenko 46' - Henry 20', Govou 34'
17 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Kaunas	Lithuania	Lost 2:0	Savenas 41', Danilevičius 67'
17 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Kiev	Faroe Islands	Won 5:0	Kalynychenko 40', 49', Husyev 43', 45', Vorobei 64'
13 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Glasgow	Scotland	Lost 1:3	Shevchenko 24' - Miller 4', McCulloch 10', McFadden 68'
12 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Kiev	Italy	Lost 1:2	Shevchenko 71' - Di Natale 41', Di Natale 77'
8 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Tbilisi	Georgia	Drew 1:1	Siradze 87' - Shelayev 7'
22 August 2007	Friendly	Kiev	Uzbekistan	Won 2:1	Hladky 29', Rotan 66' - Geynrich 90'

[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	Qualification in progress
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 June 1, 2008.

[edit] Most capped Ukraine players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1]	1994 - Present	84	0
2	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	81	37
3	Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1]	2000 - Present	77	1
4	Serhiy Rebrov [1]	1992 - Present	75	15
5	Andriy Husin	1993 - 2006	71	9
6	Andriy Vorobei [1]	2000 - Present	68	9
7	Andriy Nesmachniy [1]	2000 - Present	66	0
8	Vladislav Vashchuk [1]	1996 - 2007	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	37 (81)
2	Serhiy Rebrov [1]	1992 - Present	15 (75)
3	Andriy Vorobei [1]	2000 - Present	9 (68)
=	Andriy Husin	1993 - 2006	9 (71)
5	Timerlan Huseinov	1993 - 1997	8 (14)
6	Maksym Kalynychenko [1]	2002 - Present	7 (36)
7	Viktor Leonenko	1992 - 1996	6 (14)
=	Ruslan Rotan [1]	2003 - Present	6 (33)
=	Oleh Husyev [1]	2003 - Present	6 (47)
=	Andriy Voronin [1]	2002 - Present	6 (53)

[edit] Ukraine captains

#	Player	Ukraine career	Captain (Total Caps)
1	Oleh Luzhny	1992 - 2002	39 (52)
2	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	37 (81)
3	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	13 (58)
=	Yuri Kalitvintsev	1995 - 1999	13 (22)
5	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1]	1994 - Present	10 (84)
6	Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1]	2000 - Present	7 (77)
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	2003-2007	46	21	14	11	65	40	60.87%
Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko	2008-	4	2	1	1	4	4	62.50%

[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	Dynamo Kyiv	84 (-65)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Andriy Pyatov	28.06.1984	Shakhtar Donetsk	5 (-4)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Vyacheslav Kernozenko	04.06.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	5 (-8)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Bohdan Shust	04.03.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (-1)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008
Maksym Startsev	20.01.1980	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2 (-1)	v Italy, September 12, 2007
Rustam Khudzhamov	05.10.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Nesmachniy	28.02.1979	Dynamo Kyiv	66 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Vladislav Vaschuk	02.01.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	63 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Andriy Rusol	16.01.1983	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	41 (3)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Volodymyr Yezerskiy	15.11.1976	Shakhtar Donetsk	39 (2)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Serhiy Fedorov[4]	18.02.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	29 (1)	v Cyprus, February 6, 2008
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy	01.01.1979	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	12 (0)	v France, June 2, 2007
Dmytro Chigrinsky	07.11.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	10 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Oleksandr Kucher	22.10.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	9 (1)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Vyacheslav Shevchuk	13.05.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	6 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Vitaliy Mandzyuk	24.01.1986	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Olexandr Hrytsay	30.09.1977	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleksandr Romanchuk	21.10.1984	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk [5]	2 (0)	v France, November 20, 2007
Oleh Dopilka	12.03.1986	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008
Hrygory Yarmash	04.01.1985	Vorskla Poltava [5]	2 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Vitaly Fedoriv	21.10.1987	Dynamo Kyiv	1 (0)	v Cyprus, February 6, 2008

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Anatoliy Tymoschuk	30.03.1979	Zenit Saint Petersburg	77 (1)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Serhiy Rebrov	03.07.1974	Rubin Kazan	75 (15)	v Lithuania, March 28, 2007
Oleh Husyev	25.04.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	47 (6)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008
Oleh Shelayev	05.11.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	36 (1)	v France, November 20, 2007
Maksym Kalynychenko	26.01.1979	Spartak Moscow	36 (7)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Ruslan Rotan	29.10.1981	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	33 (6)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008
Serhiy Nazarenko	16.02.1980	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	28 (5)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Oleksiy Hai	06.11.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	12 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Taras Mikhalik	28.10.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	7 (0)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008
Yevhen Levchenko	02.01.1978	FC Groningen	4 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Denis Golaido	03.06.1984	Tavriya Simferopol	2 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Serhiy Kravchenko	24.04.1983	Vorskla Poltava	2 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Serhiy Danylovskyi	20.08.1981	Metalurh Donetsk	1 (0)	v Uzbekistan, August 22, 2007
Konstantyn Kravchenko	24.09.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)	v Italy, September 12, 2007

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Shevchenko	29.09.1976	Chelsea	81 (37)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Andriy Vorobei	29.11.1978	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	68 (9)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008
Andriy Voronin	21.07.1979	Liverpool	53 (6)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Oleksiy Byelik	15.02.1981	VfL Bochum [6]	19 (5)	v France, June 2, 2007
Artem Milevsky	12.01.1985	Dynamo Kyiv	13 (1)	v Cyprus, February 6, 2008
Oleksandr Hladky	24.08.1987	Shakhtar Donetsk	8 (1)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Yevhen Seleznyov	20.07.1985	Arsenal Kyiv [6]	2 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Volodymyr Homenyuk	19.07.1985	Tavriya Simferopol	1 (0)	v Sweden, June 1, 2008
Artem Kravets	03.06.1989	Dynamo Kyiv	0 (0)	v Serbia, March 26, 2008

[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
January 2008	30th	39th

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. ^ ^{a b} On loan from Dynamo Kyiv
6. ^ ^{a b} On loan from Shakhtar Donetsk

[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)

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