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
Captain Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Most caps Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (142)
Top scorer Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Home stadium Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
FIFA code UKR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 22 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest 11 (February 2007)
Lowest 132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking
Current 16 (9 September 2015)
Highest 14 (November 2010)
Lowest 69 (29 March 1995)
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 2 (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] Four years later, Ukraine qualified for UEFA Euro 2016 via the play-off route, the first time qualifying for a UEFA European Championship via the qualifying process, as it finished in third place in its qualifying group. This marked the first time in Ukraine's five play-off appearances that it managed to win such a tie, previously unsuccessful in the play-off ties for the UEFA Euro 2000, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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.

In 1986, Ukraine became a winner of association football tournament of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR that was hosted in Ukraine when in final it beat the team of Uzbekistan (Uzbek SSR).

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, Serhiy Rebrov and Oleksandr Shovkovskiy. However, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major tournaments prior to 2006.

Troubles with coaches

Soon after being accepted to FIFA and UEFA as a full member in 1992, Ukraine started its preparation to its first game. At first the head coach of the team was planned to be Valeriy Lobanovskyi, but at that time he had a current contract with the UAE national football team. Thus, the first manager of the team had to be chosen among members of a coaching council which consisted of Anatoliy Puzach (manager of Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Kucherevskyi (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Yevhen Lemeshko (Torpedo Zaporizhia), Yukhym Shkolnykov (Bukovyna Chernivtsi) and Viktor Prokopenko (Chornomorets Odessa). Later they were joined by a native of Donetsk Valeriy Yaremchenko (Shakhtar Donetsk). At the end a circle of candidates narrowed down only to three names Puzach, Yaremnchenko, and Prokopenko who eventually became the head coach.

The first game of the team it was agreed to play against the Hungary national football team on 22 April 1992 in Kiev at the Respublikansky Stadium. Due to some financial issues, it was rearranged to 29 April 1992 and moved to the border with Hungary in Uzhhorod at the Avanhard Stadium. There was almost no preparation to the game as all "pioneers" gathered in Kiev on 27 April. At the same time the opponent, while failed to qualify for the UEFA Euro 1992, it was preparing for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification. Ukraine at that time failed to be accepted for the qualification cycle.

Unlike the Hungarian squad, players of which played alongside before and were coached by the European Cup winning coach Emerich Jenei, Ukrainian team lost some its better and experienced players to the CIS national football team that was playing its own friendly against the England national football team in Moscow.[7] Among those players were Andrei Kanchelskis, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Sergei Yuran, Viktor Onopko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, and Akhrik Tsveiba (the last two would return later). For the game against Hungary, only Ivan Hetsko and Oleh Luzhny had previous experience of playing at national team level. Other players had only played for the Soviet Olympic football team, while Serhiy Kovalets played for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of People of the USSR in 1986.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Andriy Shevchenko is taking a penalty kick against Tunisia
Shevchenko is taking a free kick in game against Andorra (2009)

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

Shevchenko is scoring a goal against Sweden

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 Kyiv. 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 Spain Slovakia Ukraine Belarus Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia
1  Spain 10 9 0 1 23 3 +20 27 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 5–1
2  Slovakia 10 7 1 2 17 8 +9 22 2–1 — 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
3  Ukraine 10 6 1 3 14 4 +10 19 Advance to play-offs 0–1 0–1 — 3–1 3–0 1–0
4  Belarus 10 3 2 5 8 14 −6 11 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 2–0 0–0
5  Luxembourg 10 1 1 8 6 27 −21 4 0–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 — 1–0
6  Macedonia 10 1 1 8 6 18 −12 4 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 12 Nov '16 24 Mar '17 5 Sep '16 6 Oct '17
1  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible second round[lower-alpha 1] 11 Jun '17 — 5 Sep '17 9 Oct '16 6 Oct '16
1  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oct '17 5 Sep '16 — 2 Sep '17 12 Nov '16
1  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Sep '17 6 Oct '17 6 Oct '16 — 24 Mar '17
1  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Oct '16 2 Sep '17 11 Jun '17 9 Oct '17 —
First match(es) will be played on 5 September 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

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 – 10 games, 7 win(s), 2 draw(s), 1 loss(es) – 15 scored & 4 allowed.
Best scorer(s): Yarmolenko and Kravets 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 28 March 2016
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000– 142 4
2 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 111 48
3 Oleh Husyev 2003– 98 13
4 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1994–2012 92 0
5 Ruslan Rotan 2003– 86 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
Andriy Shevchenko is the top scorer in the history of Ukraine with 48 goals.

Top Ukraine goalscorers

As of 28 March 2016

# Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Andriy Shevchenko (list) 1995–2012 48 111 0.43
2 Andriy Yarmolenko 2009– 23 57 0.4
3 Serhiy Rebrov 1992–2006 15 75 0.2
4 Oleh Husyev 2003– 13 98 0.13
5 Serhiy Nazarenko 2003–2012 12 56 0.21
6 Yevhen Seleznyov 2008– 11 48 0.23
Yevhen Konoplyanka 2010– 11 51 0.22
8 Andriy Vorobey 2000–2008 9 68 0.13
Andriy Husin 1993–2006 9 71 0.13
10 Tymerlan Huseynov 1993–1997 8 14 0.57
Artem Milevskyi 2006–2012 8 50 0.16
Andriy Voronin 2002–2012 8 74 0.11

Ukraine captains

As of 28 March 2016

# Player Career Captain Caps Total Caps
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995–2012 58 111
2 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 2000– 41 142
3 Oleh Luzhnyi 1992–2003 39 52
4 Ruslan Rotan 2003– 18 86
5 Yuriy Kalitvintsev 1995–1999 13 22
Oleksandr Holovko 1995–2004 13 58
7 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1994–2012 12 92
8 Hennadiy Lytovchenko 1993–1994 4 4
Yuriy Maksymov 1992–2002 4 27
10 Serhiy Diryavka 1992–1995 3 9
Oleksandr Kucher 2006– 3 49
Andriy Husin 1993–2006 3 71

Top 10 goalkeepers

As of 28 March 2016

# Player Career Games Wins GA GAA
1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1994–2012 92 38 80 0.87
2 Andriy Pyatov 2007– 62 32 42 0.677
3 Oleh Suslov 1994–1997 12 7 15 1.25
4 Vitaliy Reva 2001–2003 9 3 10 1.111
5 Andriy Dykan 2010–2012 8 5 11 1.375
6 Maksym Levytskyi 2000–2002 8 1 10 1.25
7 Dmytro Tyapushkin 1994–1995 7 1 11 1.571
8 Valeriy Vorobyov 1994–1999 6 3 2 0.333
9 Dmytro Shutkov 1993–2003 5 2 4 0.8
10 Vyacheslav Kernozenko 2000–2008 5 2 8 1.6

Ukraine managers

Last updated on 28 March 2016.

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 6 7 5 29 14 66.67 2002
Leonid Buryak Ukraine 2002–2003 19 5 6 8 38 13 73.68 2004
Oleh Blokhin Ukraine 2003–2007 46 21 14 11 78 26 45.65 2006, 2008 2006
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko[8] Ukraine 2008–2009 21 12 5 4 41 12 75 2010
Myron Markevych[9][10][11] Ukraine 2010 4 3 1 0 9 3 75
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev (caretaker)[12][13] Ukraine 2010–2011 8 1 5 2 14 16 37.5
Oleh Blokhin[14][15] Ukraine 2011–2012 18 7 3 8 28 12 41.67 2014 2012
Andriy Bal (caretaker)[16] Ukraine 2012 2 0 1 1 2 1 33.33 2014
Oleksandr Zavarov (caretaker) Ukraine 2012 1 1 0 0 1 0 100
Mykhaylo Fomenko[17] Ukraine 2012– 32 22 6 4 60 13 68.75 2014, 2016 2016

Coaching staff

Currently approved:[18]

Head coach Ukraine Mykhaylo Fomenko
Coach Ukraine Volodymyr Onyshchenko
Coach Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
Goalkeeper Coach Ukraine Yuriy Syvukha
Fitness Coach Ukraine Vitaliy Shpanyuk

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Cyprus on 24 March 2016 and Wales on 28 March 2016.[19]

Players' records are accurate as of 28 March 2016 after the match against Wales.[20][21]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Andriy Pyatov (1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 62 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
1 1GK Denys Boyko (1988-01-29) 29 January 1988 4 0 Turkey Beşiktaş
23 1GK Mykyta Shevchenko (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 0 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
13 2DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 52 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
5 2DF Oleksandr Kucher (1982-10-22) 22 October 1982 49 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
17 2DF Artem Fedetskyi (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 46 2 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3 2DF Yevhen Khacheridi (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 40 3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
20 2DF Yevhen Selin (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 15 1 Greece Platanias
18 2DF Artem Putivtsev (1988-08-29) 29 August 1988 1 0 Poland Termalica
2 2DF Mykyta Kamenyuka (1985-06-03) 3 June 1985 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
4 3MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Captain) (1979-03-30) 30 March 1979 142 4 Kazakhstan Kairat Almaty
9 3MF Oleh Husyev (1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 98 13 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
14 3MF Ruslan Rotan (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 86 7 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
7 3MF Andriy Yarmolenko (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 57 23 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
6 3MF Taras Stepanenko (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 27 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
19 3MF Denys Harmash (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 26 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
16 3MF Serhiy Sydorchuk (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 10 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
11 3MF Oleksandr Karavayev (1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 2 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
24 3MF Viktor Kovalenko (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 2 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
21 3MF Ivan Petryak (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 1 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
25 3MF Maksym Malyshev (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 1 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
8 4FW Roman Zozulya (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 24 3 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
22 4FW Artem Kravets (1989-06-03) 3 June 1989 13 4 Germany Stuttgart
15 4FW Pylyp Budkivskyi (1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 6 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.[22][23][24][25][26]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Yaroslav Rakitskyi (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 37 4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Cyprus, 24 March 2016 INJ
DF Andriy Pylyavskyi (1988-12-04) 4 December 1988 1 0 Russia Rubin Kazan v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
MF Yevhen Konoplyanka (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 51 11 Spain Sevilla v.  Cyprus, 24 March 2016 INJ
MF Serhiy Rybalka (1990-04-01) 1 April 1990 8 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Cyprus, 24 March 2016 INJ
MF Ruslan Malinovskyi (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 3 0 Belgium Genk v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
MF Oleksandr Zinchenko (1996-12-15) 15 December 1996 1 0 Russia Ufa v.  Spain, 12 October 2015
MF Mykola Morozyuk (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 13 1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv v.  Slovakia, 8 September 2015
MF Denys Oliynyk (1987-08-16) 16 August 1987 12 0 Netherlands Vitesse v.  Luxembourg, 14 June 2015
MF Pavlo Ksyonz (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 1 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv v.  Georgia, 9 June 2015
FW Yevhen Seleznyov (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 48 11 Russia Kuban Krasnodar v.  Slovenia, 17 November 2015
FW Oleksandr Hladkyi (1987-08-24) 24 August 1987 11 1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk v.  Slovenia, 14 November 2015 INJ

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 Group Stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 2 3 17 5
European Union 2020 To Be Determined
Total Group Stage 1/5 3 1 0 2 2 4 54 23 15 16 73 53

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 for the tournament (as a host nation)
2014 – 2nd in Qualifying group H, lost to France in play-off 2016 – Qualified for the tournament (3rd in Qualifying group C,
won over Slovenia in play-off)

All-time team record

World Map of Ukraine's opponents (2014)

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 28 March 2016.[27]

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 9 5 3 1 12 5 +7
 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 3 1 1 1 5 5 0
 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 9 6 3 0 16 6 +10
 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 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9
 Macedonia 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
 Moldova 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3
 Montenegro 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
 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 5 1 3 1 5 5 0
 Slovenia 6 1 3 2 7 7 0
 Spain 5 0 1 4 3 10 -7
  Switzerland 2 0 2 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 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2
Total 214 100 59 56 302 201 +101

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 55 27 18 10 81 44 1.8
VVL Dynamo Kiev 20 13 5 2 38 15 2.2
Arena Lviv Lviv 8 6 2 0 21 3 2.5
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
Chornomorets Odessa 4 3 1 0 5 2 2.5
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 111 59 30 22 175 93 1.86
Last updated: 28 March 2016. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

FIFA Ranking history [28]

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
90 77 71 59 49 47 27 34 45 45 60 57 40 13 30 15 22 34 55 47 18 25 30

Sports kits and sponsors

1993-2005 Home Kit –
2006 Home Kit – Lotto
2009 Home Kit – Adidas
2009 Away Kit – Adidas
2010-2011 Home Kit – Adidas
2010-2011 Away Kit – Adidas
2012-2014 Home Kit– Adidas
2012-2014 Away Kit– Adidas
2014-2016 Home Kit– Adidas
2014-2016 Away Kit– Adidas
2014-2016 Away Kit– Adidas
2014-2016 Away Kit– Adidas
Period Kit provider
1992 – 1996 United Kingdom Umbro
1997 – 2002 Germany Puma
2002 – 2008 Italy Lotto
2009 – present Germany Adidas

Kit history

On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.[29] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.[30] Prior to 5 February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit. Since 2006, Ukraine Has Worn A Yellow Shirt, Yellow Shorts, And Yellow Socks With Blue Trim On Them As Home Kits, And A Blue Shirt, Blue Shorts, And Blue Socks With Yellow Trim On Them As Away Kits. In 2015, The EURO 2016 Home Kit For Ukraine Will Again Be All Yellow With Blue Trim, But With Darker Yellow Stripes Going Up And Down The Front Of The Jersey In A Tartan Pattern. The Ukraine EURO 2016 Away Kit Is Going To Be Blue And Light Blue With The Same Tartan Pattern And Will Also Include Yellow Trim.

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.[34]

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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. ↑ 1992 season of the Russian national football tean. Rusteam.permian.ru
  8. ↑ Ukraine decides not to renew coach's contract, Kyiv Post (23 December 2009)
  9. ↑ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (21 April 2010)
  10. ↑ "Офіційна заява Мирона Маркевича (Official petition of Myron Markevych)". metalist.kharkov.ua (in Ukrainian). 21 August 2010.
  11. ↑ "Copy of the document for the resgnation". Retrieved 2011-12-07.
  12. ↑ "Збірну довірили Калитвинцеву (National team was entrusted to Kalitvintsev)". www.ffu.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 August 2010.
  13. ↑ Markevich leaves Ukraine helm, UEFA (August 25, 2010)
  14. ↑ Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
  15. ↑ Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
  16. ↑ 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)
  17. ↑ Ukraine's football federation taps Fomenko to coach national team, Kyiv Post (26 December 2012)
  18. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/a_coach/
  19. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/14854/
  20. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/country/196/2016/Ukraine.html
  21. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oekr-recintlp.html
  22. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13304/
  23. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13332/
  24. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13340/
  25. ↑ http://ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/13586/
  26. ↑ http://www.ffu.org.ua/eng/teams/teams_main/14327/
  27. ↑ "All matches". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  28. ↑ FIFA-ranking
  29. ↑ "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.
  30. ↑ "Ukraine 09/10 Adidas football kits". footballshirtculture. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  31. ↑ National team sponsor promised $2 mln for advancing to the WC-2014
  32. ↑ Article-news at epicentrk.com.ua
  33. ↑ Presentation of new sponsors in 2013 on YouTube. Youtube channel of FFU.
  34. ↑ Explanation of sponsorship.

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