Ukraine national football team

Ukraine

Nickname(s)	Zhovto-Blakytni (the Yellow-Blues) Zbirna
Association	Football Federation of Ukraine – Федерація Футболу України
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mykhaylo Fomenko
Asst coach	Valeriy Dushkov Oleksandr Zavarov Volodymyr Onyschenko Yuriy Syvukha
Captain	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
Most caps	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (127)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Home stadium	Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev
FIFA code	UKR
FIFA ranking	37
Highest FIFA ranking	13 (2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	50 (September 1993)
Elo ranking	26
Highest Elo ranking	16 (October 2002 as Ukraine)
Lowest Elo ranking	55 (March 1995)
First colours Second colours
First international
Ukraine 1–3 Hungary  (Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992)
Biggest win
Ukraine 6–0 Azerbaijan  (Kiev, Ukraine; 15 August 2006)  Andorra 0–6 Ukraine (Andorra la Vella, Andorra; 14 October 2009)
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	1 (First in 2012)
Best result	Group Stage 2012

The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and 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 debut in the finals of a major championship.^[1] As a host nation Ukraine automatically qualified for Euro 2012,.^[1]

Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kiev.^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Pre-independence (1925–1935) 1.2 Official formation 1.3 Improved team, but no qualifications 1.4 2006 FIFA World Cup 1.5 Euro 2012 1.6 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H 2 Stadiums 3 Forthcoming fixtures 4 Recent matches 5 Player records 5.1 Most capped Ukraine players 5.2 Top Ukraine goalscorers 5.3 Ukraine captains 5.4 Top 10 goalkeepers 6 Ukraine managers 6.1 Coaching staff 7 Players 7.1 Current squad 7.2 Recent call-ups 7.3 Previous squads 8 Competitive record 8.1 FIFA World Cup record 8.2 UEFA European Championship record 8.3 Qualifying campaigns 8.4 All-time team record 9 Home venues record 10 FIFA-Ranking history [24] 11 Sports kits and sponsors 11.1 Sponsors 12 See also 13 References 14 External links

History [edit]

Pre-independence (1925–1935) [edit]

Officially the national team of Ukraine was formed in early 1990s and soon was recognized internationally. It is not widely known that Ukraine previously had its national team in 1925–1935.^[3][4] Just like the national team of the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR national team.

Official formation [edit]

Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the USSR national football team. After independence a Ukrainian national team was formed but the Ukrainian Football Federation 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 USSR. 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 directly 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 late 1994 it did so as absolute beginners.^[5]

Improved team, but no qualifications [edit]

In the following years, the Ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Serhiy Rebrov. However, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major intercontinental tournament prior to 1998.

2006 FIFA World Cup [edit]

After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleh Blokhin as the national team's head coach. Despite the initial skeptical view to his appointment due to his previous somewhat not much distinguished 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 1998, by beating Georgia, 2–1, 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 being crushed in the first match by Spain 0–3, Ukraine beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage. In the round of 16, Ukraine played the winner of group G Switzerland, who they beat on penalties reaching the quarter-final in which they beat England 1-0 and semi-final 3-2 against Netherlands of the tournament before losing 1–0 to eventual champions Italy.

Euro 2012 [edit]

As a host nation Ukraine qualified automatically for Euro 2012,^[1] marking their debut in the European Football Championship. In their opening game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2-1. 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
France	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H [edit]

Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Montenegro 6 4 2 0 14 3 +11 14  England 6 3 3 0 21 3 +18 12  Poland 5 2 2 1 11 6 +5 8  Ukraine 5 2 2 1 6 4 +2 8  Moldova 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4  San Marino 6 0 0 6 0 29 −29 0

England  — 6 Sep 11 Oct 15 Oct 5–0 1–1 Moldova  0–5 — 0–1 7 Jun 11 Oct 0–0 Montenegro  1–1 15 Oct — 2–2 3–0 7 Jun Poland  1–1 2–0 6 Sep — 5–0 1–3 San Marino  0–8 0–2 0–6 10 Sep — 15 Oct Ukraine  10 Sep 2–1 0–1 11 Oct 6 Sep —

Stadiums [edit]

The most important matches of the Ukrainian national team are held in Kiev's Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, also home of Dynamo Kyiv. The alternative stadiums include: Ukraina (Lviv), Dnipro Stadium (Dnipropetrovsk), Chornomorets (Odessa), Metalist (Kharkiv), and now most recently Donbass Arena, along with many others. 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.

During Soviet times (before 1991) only two stadiums in Ukraine were used in official games, they are the Kievan Olimpiysky NSC (known then as Republican Stadium) and the Lokomotiv Stadium in Simferopol.

Forthcoming fixtures [edit]

Official calendar of all national teams (adopted 26 December 2012)^[7]

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Notes
2 June 2013[8]	Friendly match	Kiev, Ukraine	Cameroon
7 June 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	Podgorica, Montenegro	Montenegro
14 August 2013	Friendly match	TBA, Ukraine	Israel
6 September 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	Lviv, Ukraine	San Marino
10 September 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	Lviv, Ukraine	England
11 October 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	TBA, Ukraine	Poland
15 October 2013	2014 FIFA World Cup (Q)	TBA, San Marino	San Marino

For qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine has been drawn against its neighbour and co-host Poland. Also Ukraine is in the same group as England for the second qualifying competition in a row.

Recent matches [edit]

Friendly international

28 May 2012 20:00	Estonia	0 – 4	Ukraine	Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
		Report	Yarmolenko  9' Husyev  35' (pen.) Voronin  41' Milevskiy  50'

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Friendly international

1 June 2012 21:30 UTC+2	Austria	1 – 2	Ukraine	Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
	Junuzović  3' Arnautović  62', 89'	Report	Husyev  56', 65'

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Friendly international

5 June 2012 20:00 UTC+2	Turkey	0 – 3	Ukraine	Audi Sportpark, Ingolstadt, Germany Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)
	Erkin  30' Pektemek  70'	Report

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UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

11 June 2012 21:45	Ukraine	2 – 1	Sweden	Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 64,290 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Shevchenko  55', 62'	Report	Ibrahimović  52'

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UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

15 June 2012 19:00	Ukraine	0 – 2	France	Donbass Arena, Donetsk Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
		Report	Ménez  53' Cabaye  56'

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UEFA Euro 2012 Group D

19 June 2012 21:45	England	1 – 0	Ukraine	Donbass Arena, Donetsk Attendance: 48,700 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Rooney  48'	Report

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Friendly international

15 August 2012 20:00 UTC+3	Ukraine	0 – 0	Czech Republic	Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 33,153 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

11 September 2012 20:00 UTC+01:00	England	1 – 1	Ukraine	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 68,102 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
	Lampard  87' (pen.)	Report	Konoplyanka  38'

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

12 October 2012 21:00 UTC+01:00	Moldova	0 – 0	Ukraine	Zimbru Stadium, Chisinau Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
		Report

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

16 October 2012 14:00 UTC+01:00	Ukraine	0 – 1	Montenegro	Olympic Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 50,597[9] Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
		Report	45+1' Damjanović

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Friendly International

14 November 2012 18:00 UTC+2	Bulgaria	0 – 1	Ukraine	Levski Stadium, Sofia Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
		Report	33' Kucher

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Friendly International

6 February 2013 19:00 UTC+1	Norway	0 – 2	Ukraine	Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)
		Report (Ukr)	Moroziuk  17' Yarmolenko  42'

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

22 March 2013 20:45 UTC+1	Poland	1 – 3	Ukraine	Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Attendance: 55,565 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
	Piszczek  18'	Report	Yarmolenko  2' Husyev  7' Zozulya  45'

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

26 March 2013 21:00 UTC+2	Ukraine	2 – 1	Moldova	Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa Attendance: 31,948 Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)
	Yarmolenko  61' Khacheridi  71'	Report	Suvorov  80'

Player records [edit]

• ^1 Players in bold are still actively competing and are available for selection

Ukraine managers [edit]

Manager	Nation	Ukraine career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Qualifying cycle	Final tour
Viktor Prokopenko		1992	3	2	1	0	7	2	66.67
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker)		1992	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Oleh Bazylevych		1993–1994	11	10	1	0	23	7	36.36	1996
Mykola Pavlov (caretaker)		1994	2	2	0	0	5	3	0
Yozhef Sabo		1994	2	1	1	0	3	0	50	1996
Anatoliy Kon'kov		1995	7	5	0	2	21	4	42.86	1996
Yozhef Sabo		1996–1999	32	28	3	1	67	21	46.88	1998, 2000
Valeriy Lobanovskyi		2000–2001	18	12	4	2	29	14	33.33	2002
Leonid Buryak		2002–2003	19	14	3	2	38	13	26.32	2004
Oleh Blokhin		2003–2007	46	37	8	1	78	26	45.65	2006, 2008	2006
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko[11]		2008–2009	20	15	1	4	41	12	60	2010
Myron Markevych[12][13][14]		2010	4	3	1	0	9	3	75
Yuriy Kalytvyntsev (caretaker)[15][16]		2010–2011	8	3	2	3	14	16	12.5
Oleh Blokhin[17][18]		2011–2012	12	10	2	0	28	12	50	2014	2012
Andriy Bal (caretaker)[19]		2012	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	2014
Oleksandr Zavarov (caretaker)		2012	1	1	0	0	1	0	100
Mykhaylo Fomenko[20]		2013–	3	3	0	0	7	2	100	2014

Last updated on 26 March 2013.

Coaching staff [edit]

Currently approved^[21]

Head coach	Mykhaylo Fomenko[20]
Coach	Valeriy Dushkov
Coach	Oleksandr Zavarov
Coach	Volodymyr Onyschenko
Goalkeeper Coach	Yuriy Syvukha
Manager	Oleh Taradai
Senior Administrator	Ruslan Volchanskyi
Administrator	Viktor Kashpur

Players [edit]

Current squad [edit]

The following players were called up for a friendly match against Cameroon on 2 June 2013, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Montenegro on 7 June 2013.

Players' records are accurate as of 26 March 2013 after a match against Moldova.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 12 1GK Andriy Pyatov (1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 28) 37 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1GK Rustam Khudzhamov (1982-10-05) 5 October 1982 (age 30) 1 0 Illichivets Mariupol 22 1GK Maksym Koval (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 20) 1 0 Dynamo Kyiv 5 2DF Oleksandr Kucher (1982-10-22) 22 October 1982 (age 30) 33 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 13 2DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk (1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 (age 34) 26 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 2DF Yevhen Khacheridi (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 25) 21 1 Dynamo Kyiv 16 2DF Vitaliy Mandzyuk (1986-01-24) 24 January 1986 (age 27) 21 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 20 2DF Yaroslav Rakitskiy (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 23) 20 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 17 2DF Artem Fedetskiy (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 28) 20 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 21 2DF Bohdan Butko (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 22) 15 0 Illichivets Mariupol 2 2DF Yevhen Selin (1988-05-09) 9 May 1988 (age 25) 14 1 Dynamo Kyiv 4 3MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (captain) (1979-03-30) 30 March 1979 (age 34) 127 4 Bayern Munich 9 3MF Oleh Husyev (1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 30) 81 13 Dynamo Kyiv 14 3MF Ruslan Rotan (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 (age 31) 66 6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 3MF Andriy Yarmolenko (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 23) 30 11 Dynamo Kyiv 19 3MF Yevhen Konoplyanka (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 23) 26 6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 24 3MF Denys Harmash (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 23) 12 0 Dynamo Kyiv 18 3MF Serhiy Kravchenko (1983-04-24) 24 April 1983 (age 30) 9 1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 3MF Taras Stepanenko (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 23) 9 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 27 3MF Denys Oliynyk (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987 (age 25) 9 0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15 3MF Roman Bezus (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 22) 6 0 Dynamo Kyiv 25 3MF Mykola Morozyuk (1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 25) 5 1 Metalurh Donetsk 26 3MF Dmytro Hrechyshkin (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 21) 1 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 23 3MF Andriy Bohdanov (1990-01-21) 21 January 1990 (age 23) 1 0 Arsenal Kyiv 28 3MF Edmar (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 32) 1 0 Metalist Kharkiv — 3MF Denys Dedechko (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 25) 0 0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11 4FW Yevhen Seleznyov (1985-07-20) 20 July 1985 (age 27) 35 5 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 4FW Roman Zozulya (1989-11-17) 17 November 1989 (age 23) 8 2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 4FW Volodymyr Homenyuk (1985-07-19) 19 July 1985 (age 27) 8 0 Arsenal Kyiv — 4FW Oleksandr Kovpak (1983-02-02) 2 February 1983 (age 30) 0 0 Sevastopol

Recent call-ups [edit]

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Oleksandr Horyainov (1975-06-29) 29 June 1975 (age 37) 2 0 Metalist Kharkiv v  Moldova, 26 March 2013 GK Oleksandr Bandura (1986-05-30) 30 May 1986 (age 26) 0 0 Metalurh Donetsk v  Norway, 6 February 2013 GK Serhiy Pohorilyi (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 26) 0 0 Tavriya Simferopol v  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012 GK Andriy Dykan[22] (1977-07-16) 16 July 1977 (age 35) 8 0 Spartak Moscow v  Moldova, 12 October 2012 DF Taras Mykhalyk (1983-10-28) 28 October 1983 (age 29) 32 0 Dynamo Kyiv v  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012 MF Serhiy Nazarenko (1980-02-16) 16 February 1980 (age 33) 56 12 Tavriya Simferopol v  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012 MF Oleksandr Aliyev (1985-02-03) 3 February 1985 (age 28) 28 6 Dynamo Kyiv UEFA Euro 2012 squad, June 2012 FW Marko Devych (1983-10-27) 27 October 1983 (age 29) 29 2 Metalist Kharkiv v  Cameroon, 2 June 2013 FW Anton Shynder (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 25) 2 0 Tavriya Simferopol v  Bulgaria, 14 November 2012 FW Artem Milevskiy (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985 (age 28) 50 8 Dynamo Kyiv v  Montenegro, 16 October 2012 FW Andriy Shevchenko (ret.) (1976-09-29) 29 September 1976 (age 36) 111 48 Retired UEFA Euro 2012 squad, June 2012 FW Andriy Voronin (ret.) (1979-07-21) 21 July 1979 (age 33) 74 8 Fortuna Düsseldorf UEFA Euro 2012 squad, June 2012

Notes:

• Injured or recovering from surgery
• (ret.) Retired from the national team
• Disqualified

Previous squads [edit]

• 2006 FIFA World Cup squads – Ukraine
• UEFA Euro 2012 squads – Ukraine

Competitive record [edit]

FIFA World Cup record [edit]

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930–1990	Did Not Enter									Did Not Enter
1994	Did Not Qualify									Did Not Enter (missed admission)
1998										12	9	2	1	34	9
2002										12	10	0	2	22	10
2006	3rd (Quarter-finals)	8	5	4	1	0	14	7		12	9	3	0	18	7
2010	Did Not Qualify									12	10	2	0	21	7
2014	To Be Determined									4	4	0	0	14	3
2018
2022
Total	Quarter Final	1/5	5	2	1	2	5	7		51	23	19	9	66	38

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship record [edit]

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960–1992	Did Not Enter									Did Not Enter
1996	Did Not Qualify									10	4	1	5	11	15
2000										12	8	2	2	16	7
2004										8	6	1	1	19	10
2008										12	10	2	0	18	5
2012	Group	12th	3	1	0	2	2	4		Hosted
2016	To Be Determined									To Be Determined
Total	Group	1/5	3	1	0	2	2	4		42	16	12	13	56	48

Qualifying campaigns [edit]

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	2000 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group
2002 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group	2004 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group
2006 Qualified for the tournament	2008 – Finished 4th in Qualifying group
2010 – Finished 2nd in Qualifying group	2012 – Qualified as host nation

All-time team record [edit]

The following table shows Ukraine's all-time international record, correct as of 26 March 2013.^[23]

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	7	3	3	1	7	4	+3
Bulgaria	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
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	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1
Czech Republic	2	0	1	1	0	4	-4
Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
England	6	1	1	4	3	9	-6
Estonia	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10
France	7	0	3	4	3	11	-8
Faroe Islands	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Georgia	8	5	3	0	14	5	+9
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	5	1	2	2	5	5	0
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	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Lithuania	7	5	0	2	15	8	+7
Libya	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Mexico	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Moldova	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2
Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Macedonia	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Norway	5	4	1	0	5	0	+5
Poland	6	2	2	2	8	8	0
Portugal	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Romania	5	1	1	3	6	11	-5
Russia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
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	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Slovenia	4	0	2	2	4	6	-2
Spain	3	0	1	2	3	8	-5
Switzerland	2	1	1	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	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	2	3	-1
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Total	185	80	54	52	248	190	+58

Home venues record [edit]

Since Ukraine's first fixture (29 April 1992 vs. Hungary) they have played their home games at 10 different stadiums.

Venue	City	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Points per game
Olimpiyskyi	Kiev	46	22	16	8	75	42	1.78
VVL Dynamo	Kiev	19	12	5	2	36	14	2.16
Ukraina	Lviv	9	8	1	0	18	7	2.78
Metalist	Kharkiv	6	1	1	4	8	8	0.67
Donbass Arena	Donetsk	5	0	1	4	2	9	0.2
Dnipro	Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	0	0	2	0	3
Chornomorets	Odessa	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
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		93	46	27	20	146	87	1.77

Last updated: 25 October 2012. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

FIFA-Ranking history ^[24] [edit]

1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
90	77	71	59	49	47	27	34	45	45	60	57	40	13	30	15	22	34	55	47	37

Sports kits and sponsors [edit]

Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 – Lotto

Team kit prior to Feb. 2006 (Reserve) – Lotto

Team kit used in 2009 – Adidas

Team kit used in 2009 (Reserve) – Adidas

On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a new Adidas kit.^[25] This replaced the Adidas kit with a yellow base and the traditional Adidas three stripe with a snake sash which was used in 2009.^[26] Prior to February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit.

Sponsors [edit]

Marketing for the Football Federation of Ukraine is conducted by the Ukraine Football International (UFI).

• Title sponsor: EpiCenter (since 2013)^[27][28][29]
• Premium (General) sponsors: Chernihivske (since 1998)
• Official sponsors: Henkel (Ukraine), Adidas, Air-company "MAU" (International Airlines of Ukraine), NIKO (official Mitsubishi distributor in Ukraine), Boris clinic, Tour agency "Love Cyprus", Resort center "Grand Admiral Club".

Former title and general sponsors included Ukrtelekom, Kyivstar.^[30]

See also [edit]

• Ukrainians in USSR national football team

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Ukrainian page on FIFA web-site (include upcoming fixtures)
• Official website of the Ukrainian Football Federation (English)
• Ukrainian Football
• Soccerway.com
• www.allplayers.in.ua
• Ukraine Soccer History website (Ukrainian)
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Media library (forum-style) of Ukrainian National Football Team
• ELO ratings
• List of Ukrainian international players perished in car crashes
• Ukraine Football International website

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