Ukraine national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
Name = Ukraine |
Badge = Ukraine_football_association.gif |
FIFA Trigramme = UKR |
Nickname = ''Zhovto-Blakytni''<br/>("the Yellow-Blues")|
Association = [[Football Federation of Ukraine|Football Federation<br>of Ukraine]] |
Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]]) |
Coach = {{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Alexei Mikhailichenko|Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko]]|
Captain = [[Andriy Shevchenko]]|
Most caps = [[Oleksandr Shovkovskiy]] (84) <!---(As of June 1, 2008)---> |
Top scorer = [[Andriy Shevchenko]] (37) |
Home Stadium = [[Olimpiysky National Sports Complex|Olympic Stadium]] |
FIFA Rank = 29 |
FIFA max = 11 |
FIFA max date = February 2007|
FIFA min = 132 |
FIFA min date = September 1993 |
Elo Rank = 35 |
Elo max = 18 |
Elo max date = March 2007|
Elo min = 67 |
Elo min date = March 1995 |
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First game = {{Flagicon|Ukraine}} Ukraine [[First game of Ukrainian national football team|1 - 3]] [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] {{Flagicon|Hungary}}<br/>([[Avanhard Stadium (Uzhhorod)|Uzhhorod]], [[Ukraine]]; [[29 April]], [[1992]]) |
Largest win = {{Flagicon|Ukraine}} Ukraine 6 - 0 [[Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan]] {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}}<br/>([[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]; [[15 August]], [[2006]])|
Largest loss = {{Flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] 4 - 0 Ukraine {{Flagicon|Ukraine}}<br/>([[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]]; [[25 March]], [[1995]])<br/> {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain national football team|Spain]] 4 - 0 Ukraine {{Flagicon|Ukraine}}<br/>([[Leipzig]], [[Germany]]; [[14 June]], [[2006]])
|
World cup apps = 1 |
World cup first = 2006 |
World cup best = Quarter-finals, [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] |
Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
Regional cup apps = |
Regional cup first = |
Regional cup best = |
}}
The '''Ukraine national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|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 national football team|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 national football team|Russia]] as it was named the official successor of the [[USSR national football team|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 [[Ukrainian Premier League|domestic league]]. Problems were further compounded when 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<ref name="squads">http://www.rsssf.com/tables/88e-full.html</ref>), 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 national football team|Croatia]], failing to get to the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]], [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] prevented Ukraine from going to [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 2000]], and [[Germany national football team|Germany]] stopped them prior to the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]].
After an unsuccessful [[2004 UEFA European Championship (qualifying)|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 [[Football World Cup|FIFA World Cup]] on [[September 3]] [[2005]], by drawing with [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]], 1:1, in [[T'bilisi]]. In their first World Cup ([[2006 FIFA World Cup]]), they were in the [[2006_FIFA_World_Cup#Group_H|group H]] together with Spain, [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]. After being crashed in the first match by Spain 0 - 4, Ukraine beaten other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage. In the round of 16, Ukraine played the winner of [[2006_FIFA_World_Cup#Group_G|group G]] [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], which they beat on penalties reaching the quarter-final of the tournament before losing 3:0 to eventual champions [[Italy national football team|Italy]].
==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.
==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 national football team|Spain]], [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]].
Ukraine got off to a poor start with a 4:0 defeat against [[Spain national football team|Spain]], but recovered to beat [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 4:0 in a then-national record victory. In their last group match, a lackluster performance by Ukraine saw them hold on to second place, as they beat [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] 1:0 with a penalty kick scored by [[Andriy Shevchenko]].
In the second round, Ukraine beat [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] on penalties (3:0) when the match ended 0:0 after extra-time. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine lost 3:0 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] to end their first World Cup campaign.
== Forthcoming fixtures ==
<!--Criteria for inclusion: Any fixtures within the next 12 months-->
{| class="wikitable" text-align: center;" style="font-size: 90%" width=100%
|-
!width=13%|Date
!width=13%|Tournament
!width=13%|Location
!width=13%|Opponent
!width=10%|Result
!bgcolor=#ffe5b4 width=38%|Scorers
|-
|[[20 August]] [[2008]]
|Friendly
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraina Stadium|Lviv]]
|{{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
|
|
|-
|[[6 September]] [[2008]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|World Cup 2010]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukraina Stadium|Lviv]]
|{{Flagicon|Belarus}} [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]]
|
|
|-
|[[10 September]] [[2008]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|World Cup 2010]]
|{{Flagicon|Kazakhstan}}
|{{Flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]
|
|
|-
|[[11 October]] [[2008]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|World Cup 2010]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Metalist Stadium|Kharkiv]]
|{{Flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|
|
|-
|[[19 November]] [[2008]]
|[[Friendly]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}}
|{{Flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
|
|
|-
|[[1 April]] [[2009]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|World Cup 2010]]
|{{Flagicon|England}}
|{{Flagicon|England}} [[England national football team|England]]
|
|
|-
|[[6 June]] [[2009]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|World Cup 2010]]
|{{Flagicon|Croatia}}
|{{Flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]]
|
|
|-
|[[10 June]] [[2009]]
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|World Cup 2010]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}}
|{{Flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]]
|
|
|}
==[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]==
{{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6
| expanded = yes
| fixtures = yes
| tiebreakers = <!-- "yes", to display the tiebreaking notes -->
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:''See also: [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B]]
:'' [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6]]''
=== Recent results ===<!--Criteria for inclusion: Any results within the last 12 months-->
{| class="wikitable" text-align: center;" style="font-size: 90%" width=100%
|-
!width=13%|Date
!width=13%|Tournament
!width=13%|Location
!width=13%|Opponent
!width=10%|Result
!bgcolor=#ffe5b4 width=38%|Scorers
|-
|[[1 June]] [[2008]]
|Friendly
|{{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Råsunda Stadium|Stockholm]]
|{{Flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]
|Won 0:1
|Nazarenko 82'
|-
|[[24 May]] [[2008]]
|Friendly
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Feijenoord Stadion|Rotterdam]]
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Holland national football team|Holland]]
|Lost 3:0
|Kuyt 23', Huntelaar 37', Babel 63'
|-
|[[26 March]] [[2008]]
|Friendly
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium|Kiev]]
|{{Flagicon|Serbia}} [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]]
|Won 2:0
|Shevchenko 55', Nazarenko 58'
|-
|[[6 February]] [[2008]]
|[[Friendly]]
|{{Flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Nicosia]]
|{{Flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]]
|Drew 1:1
|Aloneftis 20'pen - Milevsky 71'
|-
|[[21 November]] [[2007]]
|[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Olimpiysky National Sports Complex|Kiev]]
|{{Flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]]
|Drew 2:2
|Voronin 13',Shevchenko 46' - Henry 20', Govou 34'
|-
|[[17 November]] [[2007]]
|[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|{{Flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Kaunas]]
|{{Flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]]
|Lost 2:0
|Savenas 41', Danilevičius 67'
|-
|[[17 October]] [[2007]]
|[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Olimpiysky National Sports Complex|Kiev]]
|{{Flagicon|Faroe Islands}} [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]
|Won 5:0
|Kalynychenko 40', 49', Husyev 43', 45', Vorobei 64'
|-
|[[13 October]] [[2007]]
|[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Hampden Park|Glasgow]]
|{{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
|Lost 1:3
|Shevchenko 24' - Miller 4', McCulloch 10', McFadden 68'
|-
|[[12 September]] [[2007]]
|[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Olimpiysky National Sports Complex|Kiev]]
|{{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
|Lost 1:2
|Shevchenko 71' - Di Natale 41', Di Natale 77'
|-
|[[8 September]] [[2007]]
|[[2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying Group B|Euro 2008 Qualifying]]
|{{Flagicon|Georgia}} [[Tbilisi]]
|{{Flagicon|Georgia}} [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]]
|Drew 1:1
|Siradze 87' - Shelayev 7'
|-
|[[22 August]] [[2007]]
|Friendly
|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Olimpiysky National Sports Complex|Kiev]]
|{{Flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]
|Won 2:1
|Hladky 29', Rotan 66' - Geynrich 90'
|}
==World Cup record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width=100%
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!P
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!Scorers
|-
| [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] to [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] ||''Did not enter, was part of [[USSR national football team|USSR]]''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] to [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|[[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||Quarter-finals||8th||5||2||1||2||5||7||Shevchenko (2), Kalynychenko, Rebrov, Rusol
|-
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]]||''Qualification in progress'' || || || || || || || ||
|-
|'''Total'''||'''Best: Quarter-finals'''||'''Best: 8th'''||'''5'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''5'''||'''7'''||Top scorer: Shevchenko (2)
|}
==European Championship record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width=100%
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!P
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!Scorers
|-
| [[1960 European Football Championship|1960]] to [[1992 European Football Championship|1992]]||''Did not enter, was part of [[USSR national football team|USSR]]''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| [[1996 European Football Championship|1996]] to [[2008 European Football Championship|2008]]||''Did not qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
| [[2012 European Football Championship|2012]]||Qualified as host nation (along with [[Poland national football team|Poland]])||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|'''Total'''||'''Best: -'''||'''Best: -'''||-||-||-||-||-||-||Top scorer:
|}
==Qualifying campaigns==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width=100%
|-
![[FIFA World Cup]]
![[European Football Championship]]
|-
| [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1994]] - Qualifying spot not granted by [[FIFA]]
| [[UEFA_Euro_1996_qualifying#Group_4|1996]] - Finished 4th in Qualifying group
|-
| [[1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%28UEFA%29#Group_9|1998]] - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Croatia in playoffs
| [[UEFA_Euro_2000_qualifying#Group_4|2000]] - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Slovenia in playoffs
|-
| [[2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%28UEFA%29#Group_5|2002]] - Finished 2nd in Qualifying group, lost to Germany in playoffs
| [[UEFA_Euro_2004_qualifying#Group_6|2004]] - Finished 3rd in Qualifying group
|-
| [[2006_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%28UEFA%29#Group_2|2006]] - '''Finished 1st in Qualifying group, qualified for [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group H|WC 2006]]'''
| [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group B|2008]] - Finished 4th in Qualifying group
|-
| [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6|2010]] - ''Qualification in progress''
| [[UEFA Euro 2012|2012]] - '''Qualified as host nation'''
|}
==Former famous players==
For notable players from the USSR era, see [[USSR national football team]].
{|
|valign="top"|
*[[Oleh Luzhny]] 52 (0)
*[[Yuri Kalitvintsev]] 22 (1)
*[[Oleksandr Holovko]] 58 (0)
|width="33"|
|valign="top"|
*[[Vitaly Kosovsky]] 25 (2)
*[[Oleg Kuznetsov]] 3 (0)
*[[Gennadiy Litovchenko]] 4 (0)
|width="33"|
|valign="top"|
*[[Alexei Mikhailichenko|Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko]] 2 (0)
*[[Dmytro Parfenov]] 18 (0)
*[[Serhiy Popov]] 54 (5)
|width="33"|
|valign="top"|
*[[Oleg Protasov|Oleh Protasov]] 1 (0)
*[[Hennady Zubov]] 29 (3)
|}
==Player records==
Player/coach records are accurate as of [[June 1]], [[2008]].
===Most capped Ukraine players===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|[[Oleksandr Shovkovskiy]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1994 - Present
|84
|0<!--who shows goals conceded as a stat? Just say 0-->
|-
|2
|align="left"|[[Andriy Shevchenko]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1995 - Present
|81
|37
|-
|3
|align="left"|[[Anatoliy Tymoschuk]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2000 - Present
|77
|1
|-
|4
|align="left"|[[Serhiy Rebrov]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1992 - Present
|75
|15
|-
|5
|align="left"|[[Andriy Husin]]
|1993 - 2006
|71
|9
|-
|6
|align="left"|[[Andriy Vorobei]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2000 - Present
|68
|9
|-
|7
|align="left"|[[Andriy Nesmachniy]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2000 - Present
|66
|0
|-
|8
|align="left"|[[Vladislav Vashchuk]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1996 - 2007
|63
|1
|-
|9
|align="left"|[[Oleksandr Holovko]]
|1995 - 2004
|58
|0
|-
|10
|align="left"|[[Serhiy Popov]]
|1993 - 2003
|54
|5
|}
===Top Ukraine goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Andriy Shevchenko]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1995 - Present
|37 (81)
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Serhiy Rebrov]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1992 - Present
|15 (75)
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Andriy Vorobei]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2000 - Present
|9 (68)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Andriy Husin]]
|1993 - 2006
|9 (71)
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Timerlan Huseinov]]
|1993 - 1997
|8 (14)
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Maksym Kalynychenko]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2002 - Present
|7 (36)
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Viktor Leonenko]]
|1992 - 1996
|6 (14)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ruslan Rotan]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2003 - Present
|6 (33)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Oleh Husyev]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2003 - Present
|6 (47)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Andriy Voronin]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2002 - Present
|6 (53)
|}
===Ukraine captains===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Ukraine career
!Captain '''(Total Caps)'''
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Oleh Luzhny]]
|1992 - 2002
|39 (52)
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Andriy Shevchenko]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1995 - Present
|37 (81)
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Oleksandr Holovko]]
|1995 - 2004
|13 (58)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Yuri Kalitvintsev]]
|1995 - 1999
|13 (22)
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Oleksandr Shovkovskiy]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|1994 - Present
|10 (84)
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Anatoliy Tymoschuk]] <ref name="playing">Still available for selection</ref>
|2000 - Present
|7 (77)
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Serhiy Bezhenar]]
|1992 - 1997
|4 (23)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Yuri Maximov]]
|1992 - 2002
|4 (27)
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Serhiy Diryavka]]
|1992 - 1995
|3 (9)
|-
|=
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ihor Kutepov]]
|1992 - 1993
|3 (4)
|}
==Ukraine managers==
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Manager
!Ukraine career
!Played
!Won
!Drawn
!Lost
!GF<ref>Goals for / scored</ref>
!GA<ref>Goals against / conceded</ref>
!Win %
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Viktor Prokopenko]]
|1992
|3
|0
|1
|2
|2
|5
|16.67%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Mykola Pavlov]] ([[Caretaker manager (football)|caretaker]])
|1992
|1
|0
|1
|0
|1
|1
|50.00%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Oleh Bazilevich]]
|1993-1994
|11
|4
|3
|4
|13
|14
|50.00%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Mykola Pavlov]] ([[Caretaker manager (football)|caretaker]])
|1994
|2
|0
|0
|2
|0
|3
|0.00%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Yozhef Sabo]]
|1994
|2
|1
|1
|0
|3
|0
|75.00%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Anatoly Konjkov]]
|1995
|7
|3
|0
|4
|8
|13
|42.86%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Yozhef Sabo]]
|1996-1999
|32
|15
|11
|6
|44
|26
|64.06%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Valery Lobanovsky]]
|2000-2001
|18
|6
|7
|5
|20
|20
|52.78%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Leonid Buriak]]
|2002-2003
|19
|5
|6
|8
|18
|23
|42.11%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Oleg Blokhin]]<!--Win against Swiss counts as a draw with a 0-0 scoreline..if not, correct accordingly-->
|2003-2007
|46
|21
|14
|11
|65
|40
|60.87%
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Alexei Mikhailichenko|Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko]]
|2008-
|4
|2
|1
|1
|4
|4
|62.50%
|}
==Current players==
<!--Stats are through June 1, 2008-->
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.
<!--Criteria for inclusion: Any players capped during the latest World or European qualifying campaign; any players capped during the last 18 months; any players called to the squad but not capped within the last year-->
;Goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=22.5%|Name
!width=12.5%|Date of birth
!width=23.75%|Club
!width=10%|Caps (goals)
!width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up
|-
| '''[[Oleksandr Shovkovsky]]'''
|align=center| 02.01.1975
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 84 (-65)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Andriy Pyatov]]'''
|align=center| 28.06.1984
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 5 (-4)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Vyacheslav Kernozenko]]
|align=center| 04.06.1976
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 5 (-8)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Bohdan Shust]]'''
|align=center| 04.03.1986
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 4 (-1)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Maksym Startsev]]
|align=center| 20.01.1980
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 2 (-1)
| v [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[September 12]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Rustam Khudzhamov]]
|align=center| 05.10.1982
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 0 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|}
;Defenders
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=22.5%|Name
!width=12.5%| Date of birth
!width=23.75%|Club
!width=10%|Caps (goals)
!width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up
|-
| '''[[Andriy Nesmachniy]]'''
|align=center| 28.02.1979
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 66 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Vladislav Vaschuk]]'''
|align=center| 02.01.1975
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 63 (1)
| v [[France national football team|France]], [[November 20]], [[2007]]
|-
| '''[[Andriy Rusol]]'''
|align=center| 16.01.1983
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 41 (3)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Volodymyr Yezerskiy]]'''
|align=center| 15.11.1976
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 39 (2)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Serhiy Fedorov]]<ref name="injury">Removed from 23-man [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] squad due to injury. Replaced by [[Oleksandr Yatsenko]]</ref>
|align=center| 18.02.1975
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 29 (1)
| v [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], [[February 6]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Vyacheslav Sviderskiy]]'''
|align=center| 01.01.1979
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 12 (0)
| v [[France national football team|France]], [[June 2]], [[2007]]
|-
| '''[[Dmytro Chigrinsky]]'''
|align=center| 07.11.1986
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 10 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Oleksandr Kucher]]
|align=center| 22.10.1982
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 9 (1)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Vyacheslav Shevchuk]]
|align=center| 13.05.1979
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 6 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Vitaliy Mandzyuk]]
|align=center| 24.01.1986
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 4 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Olexandr Hrytsay]]
|align=center| 30.09.1977
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 3 (0)
| v [[France national football team|France]], [[November 20]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Oleksandr Romanchuk]]
|align=center| 21.10.1984
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] <ref name="loan2">On loan from [[Dynamo Kyiv]]</ref>
|align=center| 2 (0)
| v [[France national football team|France]], [[November 20]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Oleh Dopilka]]
|align=center| 12.03.1986
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 2 (0)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Hrygory Yarmash]]
|align=center| 04.01.1985
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]] <ref name="loan2">On loan from [[Dynamo Kyiv]]</ref>
|align=center| 2 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Vitaly Fedoriv]]
|align=center| 21.10.1987
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 1 (0)
| v [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], [[February 6]], [[2008]]
|}
;Midfielders
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=22.5%|Name
!width=12.5%|Date of birth
!width=23.75%|Club
!width=10%|Caps (goals)
!width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up
|-
| '''[[Anatoliy Tymoschuk]]'''
|align=center| 30.03.1979
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]]
|align=center| 77 (1)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Serhiy Rebrov]]'''
|align=center| 03.07.1974
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Rubin Kazan]]
|align=center| 75 (15)
| v [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], [[March 28]], [[2007]]
|-
| '''[[Oleh Husyev]]'''
|align=center| 25.04.1983
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 47 (6)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Oleh Shelayev]]'''
|align=center| 05.11.1976
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 36 (1)
| v [[France national football team|France]], [[November 20]], [[2007]]
|-
| '''[[Maksym Kalynychenko]]'''
|align=center| 26.01.1979
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center| 36 (7)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Ruslan Rotan]]'''
|align=center| 29.10.1981
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 33 (6)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Serhiy Nazarenko]]'''
|align=center| 16.02.1980
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 28 (5)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Oleksiy Hai]]
|align=center| 06.11.1982
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 12 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Taras Mikhalik]]
|align=center| 28.10.1983
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 7 (0)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Yevhen Levchenko]]
|align=center| 02.01.1978
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[FC Groningen]]
|align=center| 4 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Denis Golaido]]
|align=center| 03.06.1984
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Tavriya Simferopol]]
|align=center| 2 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Serhiy Kravchenko]]
|align=center| 24.04.1983
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]]
|align=center| 2 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Serhiy Danylovskyi]]
|align=center| 20.08.1981
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Metalurh Donetsk]]
|align=center| 1 (0)
| v [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]], [[August 22]], [[2007]]
|-
| [[Konstantyn Kravchenko]]
|align=center| 24.09.1986
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 0 (0)
| v [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[September 12]], [[2007]]
|}
;Forwards
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=22.5%|Name
!width=12.5%|Date of birth
!width=23.75%|Club
!width=10%|Caps (goals)
!width=43.75%|Most Recent Call up
|-
| '''[[Andriy Shevchenko]]'''
|align=center| 29.09.1976
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align=center| 81 (37)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Andriy Vorobei]]'''
|align=center| 29.11.1978
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center| 68 (9)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Andriy Voronin]]'''
|align=center| 21.07.1979
| {{flagicon|England}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align=center| 53 (6)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| '''[[Oleksiy Byelik]]'''
|align=center| 15.02.1981
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[VfL Bochum]] <ref name="loan3">On loan from [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]</ref>
|align=center| 19 (5)
| v [[France national football team|France]], [[June 2]], [[2007]]
|-
| '''[[Artem Milevsky]]'''
|align=center| 12.01.1985
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 13 (1)
| v [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]], [[February 6]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Oleksandr Hladky]]
|align=center| 24.08.1987
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 8 (1)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Yevhen Seleznyov]]
|align=center| 20.07.1985
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center| 2 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Volodymyr Homenyuk]]
|align=center| 19.07.1985
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Tavriya Simferopol]]
|align=center| 1 (0)
| v [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]], [[June 1]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Artem Kravets]]
|align=center| 03.06.1989
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center| 0 (0)
| v [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[March 26]], [[2008]]
|}
===Previous squads===
*[[2006 FIFA World Cup squads#Ukraine|2006 FIFA World Cup squads - Ukraine]]
==World rankings ==
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!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)
==See also==
*[[Ukrainians in USSR national football team]]
==Notes==
<references />
==External links==
*[http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ukr/index.html Ukrainian page on FIFA web-site (include upcomming fixtures)]
*[http://www.ffu.org.ua/ Official website]
*[http://www.ukrainiansoccer.net/unt/totbycrit.asp?SID=1 Ukraine National Football Team]
*[http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/pages.aspx?page=zbirna_matches&mode=seasons UkrSoccerHistory.com]
*http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=328162&cc=5901
*http://www.eloratings.net/
*[http://www.ukrainegoals.com Videos of Ukrainian soccer goals](cataloged in English)
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