Ukraine national football team

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Ukraine

Nickname	Zhovto-Blakytni ("Yellow and Blues")
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine
Head coach	Oleg Blokhin
Captain	Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (76)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (33)
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	13
Highest FIFA ranking	13 (September 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	132 (September 1993)
Elo ranking	23
Highest Elo ranking	20 (June 2006)
Lowest Elo ranking	67 (March 1995)
Home kit 　 Away kit
First international Ukraine 1 - 3 Hungary (Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Largest win Ukraine 6 - 0 Azerbaijan (Kyiv, Ukraine; 15 August 2006)
Worst 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	Quarterfinals, 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.

Before that, Ukrainian players played for the USSR national football team. Some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of 1990's (including Andrei Kanchelskis and Viktor Onopko) chose to play for Russia as it was named the official successor of the USSR, while Ukraine didn't participate in major international competitions until 1994. However, they achieved qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time for the team.

Despite having one of the best players in the world, Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major championship before 2005, three times failing at the last stage, the playoffs. 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. This would eventually prove to be a good move, as Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on September 3 2005, by drawing their match with Georgia, 1-1, in T'bilisi. In their first World Cup (2006 FIFA World Cup), Ukraine managed to reach the quarter-finals before losing 3-0 to eventual champions Italy.

Contents 1 2006 FIFA World Cup 2 Forthcoming fixtures 2.1 Recent results 3 World Cup record 4 European Championship record 5 Famous Players 6 Player records 6.1 Most capped Ukraine players 6.2 Top Ukraine goalscorers 6.3 Ukraine captains 7 Ukraine managers 8 Current players 9 World rankings 10 Notes 11 External links 12 See also

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

In 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 thanks to a penalty kick scored by Andriy Shevchenko.

In the Second Round, Ukraine beat Switzerland on penalties after 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. Italy went on to win the World Cup.

[edit] Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
7 February 2007	Friendly		Israel	X:X ? (LST)	Ukraine
28 March 2007	Euro 2008 Qual		Ukraine	X:X ? (LST)	Lithuania
2 June 2007	Euro 2008 Qual		France	X:X ? (LST)	Ukraine
22 August 2007	Euro 2008 Qual		Faroe Islands	X:X ? (LST)	Ukraine

[edit] Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
11 October 2006	Euro 2008 Qual	Kiev	Ukraine	2:0 -	Scotland	Kucher 61', Shevchenko 90' (pen)
7 October 2006	Euro 2008 Qual	Rome	Italy	2:0 -	Ukraine	Oddo 70' (pen), Toni 79'
6 September 2006	Euro 2008 Qual	Kiev	Ukraine	3:2 -	Georgia	Shevchenko 31', Rotan 61', Rusol 80' - Sh. Arveladze 37', Demetradze 59'
15 August 2006	Friendly	Kiev	Ukraine	6:0 -	Azerbaijan	Voronin 3', Nazarenko 12', Rotan 25', Husyev 45', Vorobei 71', Belyk 90+'
30 June 2006	WC 2006 QF	Hamburg	Ukraine	0:3 -	Italy	Zambrotta 6', Toni 59', 69'
26 June 2006	WC 2006 R16	Cologne	Ukraine	0:0 aet 3:0 pen	Switzerland
23 June 2006	WC 2006 Gr H	Berlin	Ukraine	1:0 -	Tunisia	Shevchenko 70'(pen)
19 June 2006	WC 2006 Gr H	Hamburg	Saudi Arabia	0:4 -	Ukraine	Rusol 4', Rebrov 36', Shevchenko 46', Kalynychenko 84'
14 June 2006	WC 2006 Gr H	Leipzig	Spain	4:0 -	Ukraine	Alonso 13', Villa 17', 48'(pen), Torres 81'
8 June 2006	Friendly	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0:3 -	Ukraine	Voronin 55', Shevchenko 83', Kalynychenko 84'
5 June 2006	Friendly	Gossau	Ukraine	3:0 -	Libya	Ezersky 51', Belyk 87', Vorobei 89'
2 June 2006	Friendly	Lausanne	Ukraine	0:0 -	Italy
28 May 2006	Friendly	Kiev	Ukraine	4:0 -	Costa Rica	Nazarenko 29', Vorobei 34', Kalynychenko 40', Belyk 58'
28 February 2006	Friendly	Baku	Azerbaijan	0:0 -	Ukraine

[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
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	Best: 8th	5	2	1	2	5	7	Top scorer: Shevchenko (2)

[edit] European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify

[edit] Famous Players

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

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

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

Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko 2 (0) Yuri Nikiforov 3 (0) Serhiy Popov 54 (5)

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

[edit] Player records

Player/coach records are accurate as of October 11, 2006.

[edit] Most capped Ukraine players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1]	1994 - Present	76	55c
2	Serhiy Rebrov [1]	1992 - Present	75	15
3=	Andriy Husin [1]	1993 - Present	71	9
3=	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	71	33
5	Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1]	2000 - Present	64	1
6	Vladislav Vashchuk [1]	1996 - Present	61	1
7	Andriy Vorobei [1]	2000 - Present	60	7
8	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	58	0
9	Andriy Nesmachniy [1]	2000 - Present	58	0
10	Serhiy Popov	1993 - 2003	54	5

[edit] Top Ukraine goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)
1	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	33 (71)
2	Serhiy Rebrov [1]	1992 - Present	15 (75)
3	Andriy Husin [1]	1993 - Present	9 (71)
4=	Timerlan Huseinov	1993 - 1997	8 (14)
4=	Andriy Vorobei [1]	2000 - Present	8 (60)
6	Viktor Leonenko	1992 - 1996	6 (14)
7=	Oleksiy Byelik [1]	2004 - Present	5 (17)
7=	Ruslan Rotan [1]	2003 - Present	5 (25)
7=	Yuri Maximov	1992 - 2002	5 (27)
7=	Andriy Voronin [1]	2002 - Present	5 (40)
7=	Serhiy Popov	1993 - 2003	5 (54)

[edit] Ukraine captains

#	Player	Ukraine career	Captain (Total Caps)
1	Oleh Luzhny	1992 - 2002	39 (52)
2	Andriy Shevchenko [1]	1995 - Present	27 (71)
3=	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	13 (58)
3=	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	1995 - 1999	13 (22)
5	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy [1]	1994 - Present	8 (76)
6	Anatoliy Tymoschuk [1]	2000 - Present	5 (64)
7=	Serhiy Bezhenar	1992 - 1997	4 (23)
7=	Yuri Maximov	1992 - 2002	4 (27)
9	Serhiy Diryavka	1992 - 1995	3 (9)
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%
Nikolai Pavlov (caretaker)	1992	1	0	1	0	1	1	50.00%
Oleh Bazilevich	1993-1994	11	4	3	4	13	14	50.00%
Nikolai 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-	35	17	11	7	49	26	64.29%

[edit] Current players

See also: 2006 FIFA World Cup (squads)

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	76 (-55)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Bohdan Shust	04.03.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	3 (-0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Vyacheslav Kernozenko	04.06.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3 (-5)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Maksim Startsev	20.01.1980	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2 (-1)	v Azerbaijan, August 15, 2006
Andriy Pyatov	28.06.1984	Vorskla Poltava	0 (-0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Vladislav Vaschuk	02.01.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	61 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Andriy Nesmachniy	28.02.1979	Dynamo Kyiv	58 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Andriy Rusol	16.01.1983	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	31 (3)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Serhiy Fedorov	18.02.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	28 (1)	Removed from 2006 FIFA World Cup squad [4]
Volodymyr Yezerskiy	15.11.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	27 (1)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleksandr Radchenko	19.07.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	17 (0)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy	01.01.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	11 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Vyacheslav Shevchuk	13.05.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (0)	v Albania, October 8, 2005
Bohdan Shershun	14.05.1981	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleksandr Kucher	22.10.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	2 (1)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleksiy Hai	06.11.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	2 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleksandr Yatsenko	24.02.1985	FC Kharkiv [5]	1 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Oleksandr Romanchuk	21.10.1984	Arsenal Kyiv [5]	0 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Dmytro Chigrinsky	07.11.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Serhiy Rebrov	03.07.1974	Dynamo Kyiv	75 (15)	v Georgia, September 6, 2006
Andriy Husin	11.12.1972	Krylya Sovetov	71 (9)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Anatoliy Tymoschuk	30.03.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	64 (1)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleh Husyev	25.04.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	34 (2)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleh Shelayev	05.11.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	28 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Maksym Kalynychenko	26.01.1979	Spartak Moscow	27 (4)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Ruslan Rotan	29.10.1981	Dynamo Kyiv	25 (5)	v Georgia, September 6, 2006
Serhiy Nazarenko	16.02.1980	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	17 (3)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Serhiy Shyschenko	13.01.1976	Chornomorets Odessa	14 (1)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Oleksandr Rykun	06.05.1978	Metalist Kharkiv	8 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Serhiy Tkachenko	10.02.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (0)	v Georgia, September 6, 2006
Oleksandr Maximov	13.02.1985	FC Kharkiv	1 (0)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Taras Mikhalik	28.10.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	1 (0)	v Azerbaijan, August 15, 2006

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Shevchenko	29.09.1976	Chelsea	71 (33)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Andriy Vorobei	29.11.1978	Shakhtar Donetsk	60 (8)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Andriy Voronin	21.07.1979	Bayer Leverkusen	40 (5)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Oleksiy Byelik	15.02.1981	Shakhtar Donetsk	17 (5)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006
Serhiy Serebrennikov	01.09.1976	Cercle Brugge K.S.V.	11 (1)	v Azerbaijan, February 28, 2006
Oleh Venglinsky	21.03.1978	Chornomorets Odessa	10 (1)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Oleksandr Kosyrin	18.06.1977	Metalurh Donetsk	7 (0)	v Israel, August 15, 2005
Artem Milevsky	12.01.1985	Dynamo Kyiv	6 (0)	v Scotland, October 11, 2006

[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
September 2006	13th	23rd

Highest position ever

FIFA: 13 (September 2006)

Elo: 20 (June 2006)

Lowest position ever

FIFA: 132 (September 1993)

Elo: 67 (March 1995)

[edit] Notes

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

[edit] External links

• http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=328162&cc=5901
• http://ukraine.worldcupblog.org
• http://www.eloratings.net/

[edit] See also

• Ukraine national under-21 football team

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