Ukraine national football team

world ‘s national association football team
This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see ukraine women ‘s national football team
The Ukraine national football team ( ukrainian : збірна України з футболу ) represents ukraine in men ‘s external football competitions and it is governed by the ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine ‘s home labor is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. The team has been a full extremity of UEFA and FIFA since 1992.

After ukrainian Independence and the area ‘s breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team ‘s biggest achiever on the global stagecoach was reaching the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which besides marked the team ‘s debut in the finals of a major backing. [ 3 ] As the host nation, Ukraine mechanically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012. [ 3 ] Four years late, Ukraine qualified for Euro 2016 via the play-off path, the first clock qualifying for a UEFA european Championship via the qualifying procedure, as they finished in third base space in their qualify group. This marked the first fourth dimension in Ukraine ‘s six play-off appearances that it managed to win such a connect, previously having been abortive in the play-off ties for the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000, 2002 World Cup, 2010 World Cup and 2014 World Cup. ukraine is seen as a specific shell of being a successful youth football power in Europe and the world, however fails to deliver the same taste at senior stage. The U-20 team of Ukraine has been the stream reign universe champions at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, while the U-21 team had won silver decoration in the 2006 UEFA european Under-21 Championship ; however in cattiness of this deep criminal record in young person phase, the senior side did n’t have the lapp level of accomplishment to look back at. While the ukrainian senior side managed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup, the team failed to enter the hard stages in Euro 2012 and Euro 2016, and have never returned to the World Cup since. Ukraine ‘s best performance in the UEFA European Championship, was in the 2020 edition, having reached the quarter finals for the inaugural prison term before their streak was stopped by England with a 4–0 frustration on 3 July 2021 in the quarterfinals .

history [edit ]

ukrainian SSR ( 1925–1990 ) [edit ]

officially the national team of Ukraine, the national team 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. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Just like the russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the ukrainian soviet Socialist Republic had its own national team. The earliest record of games it played can be traced back to August 1928. A backing among the national teams of the soviet republics deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as the Moscow city team was planned to take locate in Moscow. Just before the tournament started, the Ukraine 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 concluding where it lost to Moscow 0–1. Along the way, Ukraine managed to defeat the home teams of Belarus and Transcaucasus. In 1929, Ukraine beat the team of Lower Austria in an exhibition match in Kharkiv, recording a grade 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 achiever of association football tournament of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR that was hosted in Ukraine when in concluding it beat the team of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek SSR ) .

official formation [edit ]

prior to Independence in 1991, ukrainian players represented the Soviet Union national team. After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russia took the place of the Soviet Union national team in the qualify tournament for the 1994 World Cup. The national team of Ukraine did not manage to enter the 1994 FIFA World Cup reservation ( the draw for the qualification stage was held on 8 December 1991, [ 6 ] before Ukraine was admitted to FIFA ). meanwhile, some of the best ukrainian players of the get down of the 1990s ( including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran, Yuriy Nikiforov, Ilya Tsymbalar and Oleg Salenko ) chose to play for Russia, as it was named the official successor of the Soviet Union. [ 7 ] At that time Vyacheslav Koloskov was the only top official from the former Soviet Union and late the Russia who served as a vice-president of UEFA in 1980–1996 and represented all of members of the Soviet Union and late the Commonwealth of Independent States .
Valeriy Lobanovskyi, was Head Coach of the National Team in 1979 and between 2001 and 2002 The Soviet Union ‘s five-year UEFA coefficient, despite being earned in separate by ukrainian players ( for exemplar, in the final examination of the concluding successful consequence, Euro 1988, under the focus of Valery Lobanovsky, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians [ 8 ] ), were transferred to the direct descendant of the Soviet national team – the Russia national team. As a result, a crisis was created for both the national team and the domestic league. When Ukraine returned to external football in late 1994, it did therefore as absolute beginners. Another reason for the occur harsh crisis in the ukrainian football was lack of adequate fund of teams. [ 7 ] This is apprehensible in terms of the general economic crisis that has affected all of the CIS ( Commonwealth of Independent States ) countries. [ 7 ] so far even in contrast with Russia, the ukrainian teams looked very poor people. [ 7 ] however, there besides was a reverse inflow of some top class players. [ 7 ] Viktor Leonenko agreed on transmit from Dynamo Moscow to Dynamo Kyiv. [ 7 ] The russian club did not want to release him, but Leonenko did not want to continue to play in Moscow. [ 7 ] During his first six months in Kyiv Viktor was forced to miss due to the FIFA disqualification. [ 7 ] In the be years, the ukrainian team improved, showcasing talents like Andriy Shevchenko, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Serhiy Rebrov and Oleksandr Shovkovskyi. Ukraine, however, failed to qualify for any major tournaments prior to 2006 .

First official games ( Prokopenko ) [edit ]

soon after being accepted to FIFA and UEFA as a wide extremity in 1992, Ukraine started its preparation for its first game. At first the read/write head coach of the team was planned to be Valeriy Lobanovskyi, but at that time he had a current abridge with the United Arab Emirates. Thus, the first coach of the team had to be chosen among members of a coach council which consisted of Anatoliy Puzach ( director of Dynamo Kyiv ), Yevhen Kucherevskyi ( FC Dnipro ), Yevhen Lemeshko ( Torpedo Zaporizhzhia ), Yukhym Shkolnykov ( Bukovyna Chernivtsi ) and Viktor Prokopenko ( Chornomorets Odesa ). by and by, they were joined by a native of Donetsk Valeriy Yaremchenko ( Shakhtar Donetsk ). At the final stage, the circle was narrowed to three specialists. Puzach, Yaremchenko and Prokopenko took the team to Uzhhorod. The last of them, by agreement between the coaches themselves, became the main one. [ 9 ]
For the first game of the team it was agreed to play against Hungary on 22 April 1992 in Kyiv at the Republican Stadium. Due to fiscal issues, however, it was rearranged to 29 April and moved to the bound with Hungary in Uzhhorod at the Avanhard Stadium. There was about no training to the bet on as all “ pioneers ” gathered in Kyiv on 27 April and the next day flew out to Uzhhorod. At the lapp time, the adversary, while failing to qualify for the Euro 1992, was preparing for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification. ukraine at that meter failed to be accepted for the qualification bicycle. Unlike the Hungarian squad, players of which played aboard before and were coached by the european Cup -winning coach Emerich Jenei, the ukrainian team lost some its better and experienced players to the CIS home football team that was playing its own friendly against the England national football team in Moscow. [ 10 ] Among those were Andrei Kanchelskis, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Sergei Yuran, Viktor Onopko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko and Akhrik Tsveiba ( the final two would late represent Ukraine ). For the game against Hungary, lone Ivan Hetsko and Oleh Luzhny had former have of playing at international level ; other players had entirely played for the soviet Olympic football team, while Serhiy Kovalets played for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of People of the USSR in 1986. The first home game was lost 1–3 with Ivan Hetsko becoming the inaugural goalscorer in the history of home team. During the summer of 1992 Prokopenko ‘s team played two more aside games on 27 June against the United States ( 0-0 ) and on 26 August against Hungary ( 1-2 ). After the second loss to Hungary Prokopenko resigned. Leading in its crippled against Hungary, Ukraine conceded two goals in the final 10 minutes. To the scheduled against Belarus in Minsk in the fall, Ukraine had left with Prokopenko ‘s assistants Mykola Pavlov and Leonid Tkachenko. At the Dinamo Stadium, Ukraine managed to salvage a bet on by tying one a piece with a goal from Yuriy Maksymov .

Euro 96 qualification ( Bazylevych ) [edit ]

Ukraine, having already suffered from a miss of good players, lost two predict new players during the winter pause : Stepan Betsa and Oleksiy Sasko, who perished in a car accident. unable to secure a contract with Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukraine appointed another steer coach, former fore of Dynamo Kyiv Oleh Bazylevych. He made his debut with the national team in the give of 1993 in Odessa during a friendly against Israel. Their expect succeed was cancelled out in a 1–1 draw barely 10 minutes before the end by Serhiy Konovalov. Less than a calendar month late Ukraine last celebrated its first victory in Vilnius in an away friendly against Lithuania that resulted in a 1–2 win ( goals scored by Viktor Leonenko and Dmytro Mykhaylenko ). During the summer they played one away game against Croatia, losing 3–1, with a goal scored Andriy Husin and one of the croatian goals scored by Davor Šuker. In October 1993, Ukraine went on their first enlistment to the United States where they played three games against the US and Mexico. Their game against Mexico in San Diego, resulting in a 1–2 passing, was attended by over 50,000 spectators. During the winter break Ukraine was seeded in Group 4 of the UEFA Euro 1996 qualification. In March 1994, Ukraine paid Israel a visit, but lost the game with a individual penalty kick. Next there was a home plate crippled against Belarus where Ukraine finally won 3-1 after coming from buttocks at half-time. Just before their first official international rival game which was scheduled to be played against Lithuania at home, they played couple of aside games against Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates which both ended in a 1–1 reap. Another enlistment was scheduled correct afterwards to Lithuania and Korea, the home coached by Kyivan Anatoliy Byshovets. The open bet on on 7 September against Lithuania, considering their last find, was expected to end positively, which however resulted in a 0–2 kill. [ 11 ] Both goals were scored within a couple of minutes in the middle of the second base half by Hamburger SV hitter Valdas Ivanauskas. The national team headed off to Korea without Bazylevych and his assistants whom were Mykola Pavlov and Vladimir Muntyan. Ukraine played two games and lost both. On 20 September 1994, Oleh Bazylevych was highly criticized at the confederation ‘s coaching confluence but was to be kept in military position at the future meet of the FFU Executive Committee a few days subsequently. [ 12 ] however, the keep up day Bazylevych resigned accusing Bannikov of being tactless. On 24 September 1994, the Football Federation of Ukraine appointed Yozhef Sabo as an acting mind passenger car until the end of the class .
Yozhef Sabo served as one of temporary managers until appointed of Lobanovsky Following the change of coach, the national team floor took a while to improve. Their following home game against Slovenia ended scoreless. [ 13 ] After missing to obtain their first recent victory, Ukraine fell to bottom of the tournament table precisely above Estonian, whom they played their adjacent family match against in mid-november, which they needed to win to keep any hopes of qualification alive. The Estonians, who were ineffective to field their best team, hoped to repeat the slovenian effort a month earlier. [ 14 ] The game resulted in a 3–0 succeed. Serhiy Konovalov scored their first gear goal at contest degree for the national team. Sabo left his post after the game. [ 15 ] and the FFU confirmed Anatoliy Konkov as the raw head bus on 5 January 1995 .
In club to save situation and prepare for upcoming games against Italy and Croatia, Konkov conducted education camp at a sports base in Stubenberg, Styria near the Castle ( Schloss ) Schielleiten from 16 to 23 March 1995. According to the new forefront coach the rig platform of training camp was accomplished successfully. Their away plot to Croatia ended in a 0–4 loss in Zagreb, followed by a 0–2 defeat to three times World champions Italy at the Olympic Stadium ( then Respublikanskiy ). [ 16 ]

1998–2004 : near misses [edit ]

Ukraine participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, where the team was drawn into Group 9. ukraine had improved their operation well, and surprised the qualification by taking the second place rather of the more-favored Portugal, alone behind Germany, thus sent Ukraine to the first ever playoff, against Croatia. unfortunately, Ukraine was eliminated 3–1 after aggregate by Croatia, and missed the chance to qualify for the first ever competitive tournament. In UEFA Euro 2000 passing, Ukraine, assigned in Group 4, once again managed to top ahead of another favorite, Russia, thanks to an crucial draw in Moscow, but placid only qualified for playoff despite being undefeated, including two successful scoreless draw to then-world champions France. Ukraine then fell to Slovenia 3–2 after aggregate vitamin a well, and lost the chance to qualify for the third gear time. Ukraine ‘s get the better of to Slovenia was more tragic, when Miran Pavlin canceled early ukrainian lead at home plate and sealed Slovenia in alternatively. The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification saw Ukraine in Group 5, and most of Ukraine ‘s opponents were much weaker than Germany and France. Yet, Ukraine suffered a indent home passing to Poland in their opening bill, and a number of draws had hampered ukrainian hope to process. Ukraine finally reached the playoff again, but this meter could not manage to overcome the erstwhile foe, Germany, losing 5–2 on aggregate, and once again missed a major tournament debut. The UEFA Euro 2004 qualify was possibly the most demeaning moment of ukrainian football since its foundation. Assigned into Group 6, Ukraine ‘s only major opposition at the fourth dimension was a much stronger Spain. Ukraine had been in comfortable competitive place with Spain, having drawn the Spaniards at home. however, a surprise revival from the less acknowledge Greece had dented any hope for Ukraine, as Ukraine failed to reach playoff for the first gear time since UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying due to greek revival. Greece would go on to conquer the first european championship .

2006 FIFA World Cup [edit ]

After an abortive euro 2004 qualifying political campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleg Blokhin as the national team ‘s point coach. Despite initial incredulity about his appointee due to his previous slightly insignificant coach record and general public calls for a foreign coach ; a well as Ukraine ‘s difficult group position, being drawn with Turkey, Denmark and Greece, the latter had already won the Euro 2004 and caused upset on Ukraine in Euro 2004 qualification, Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on 3 September 2005 after drawing 1–1 against Georgia in Tbilisi. In their first World Cup, in 2006, they were in the Group H together with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. After losing 0–4 in the first pit against Spain, the Ukrainians beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out phase. In the round of 16, Ukraine played against the achiever of Group G, Switzerland, whom they beat on penalties. In the quarter-finals, they were beaten 0–3 by eventual champions Italy .

2006–2010 : disappointment return [edit ]

National football team of Ukraine, before the match with Bulgaria, “ Vasil Levski ” stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, 14-12-2012 After a successful 2006 World Cup debut, ukrainian exuberance increased for UEFA Euro 2008. Ukraine was assigned to Group B, only this time there was no playoff competition and thus, Ukraine had to seek one of the circus tent two places. however, Ukraine failed to deliver the predict performance, partially because the team was doomed to be drawn with 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France ; however, Ukraine had besides performed terribly against weaker opponents like Scotland, Georgia and Lithuania, two shock losses and a trace away to these opponents had efficaciously ruined Ukraine ‘s hope to qualify for the tournament, finishing in fourth place. The 2010 FIFA World Cup reservation saw Ukraine regain some good improvement. Drawn in the Group 6, two commodity draws to a strong croatian side and more importantly, a home winnings over England, sending Ukraine to a playoff for the inaugural clock time since 2004 Euro qualification. however, Greece, which had been eliminated by Ukraine in the qualifiers four years earlier, would take retaliation. Despite successfully drawing scoreless in Athens, Ukraine suffered a acerb home frustration to the Greeks in Donetsk, a answer to Ukraine ‘s elimination of Greece back in Athens. This think of Ukraine lost its first ever playoff match at home plate, and failed to qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup .

UEFA Euro 2012 [edit ]

Ukraine national football team in 2012 As co-hosts, Ukraine qualified mechanically for Euro 2012, [ 3 ] marking their introduction in the UEFA European Championship. In their open game against Sweden, Ukraine won 2–1 in Kyiv. Despite the team ‘s efforts, however, Ukraine was eliminated after a 0–2 loss to France and a 0–1 loss to England, both in Donetsk .

2014 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H [edit ]

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was acceptable for the ukrainian police squad. Being drawn with mate Euro 2012 host Poland, together with England and newcomer Montenegro, Ukraine had to face street fighter competitors. Despite facing struggles from the Montenegrin slope, Ukraine was able to qualify for the playoff, thanks to two wins over Poland and two draws over England, where it would play against France. Ukraine beatnik France at base 2–0, but suffered a acrimonious 0–3 loss away, and frankincense failed to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup .

UEFA Euro 2016 [edit ]

Ukraine home football team in 2015 In the Euro 2016 qualifying round, Ukraine were drawn against Spain, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia and Luxembourg. The Zbirna was expected to qualify for the tournament as runner-up of the group behind Spain but, despite having won all their other matches, they finished third gear due to poor results against Spain and Slovakia. They consequently had to face Slovenia in the play-off route ( the slope to which they had succumbed at the lapp stage of the 2000 version ) ; they recorded a 2–0 gain at Lviv before forging a 1–1 draw at the very end of the second game. Ukraine convincingly won all of their planning friendlies against Cyprus, Wales, Romania and Albania. At club flush, FC Dnipro had recently reached the UEFA Europa League final in 2015, while Shakhtar Donetsk had progressed to the semi-finals one year by and by, as the ukrainian club succeeded in sending one player to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League two times in a course. Having been drawn against world champions Germany, Slavic neighbors Poland and first-time Euro participants Northern Ireland, the ukrainian team was expected to advance at least to the following round. The tournament however, turned into a atrocious overturn. Ukraine lost all of their three games, while besides failing to score a individual goal. Their first match resulted in a 2–0 passing to Germany, despite good underground and bang-up chances during an entertaining beginning half, they finally came close to levelling the score but were caught on the counterattack at the very end of the crippled. This was followed by a second 2–0 passing to Northern Ireland, with a goal once again conceded in injury clock time. The ukrainian media chiefly criticized bus Mykhaylo Fomenko ‘s perceive inadequate psychological cooking of the squad vitamin a much as predictable tactics which were judged as easy to break down. Ukrainians stars Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka ‘s under-performance was besides mentioned. ukraine at this stage were the first team eliminated from the rival and lost their final game to Poland 1–0 .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Germany
3

2

1

0

3

0

+3

7[a]

Advance to knockout phase

2

 Poland
3

2

1

0

2

0

+2

7[a]

3

 Northern Ireland
3

1

0

2

2

2

0

3

4

 Ukraine
3

0

0

3

0

5

−5

0

1. a b Tied on neck and neck solution ( Germany 0–0 Poland ). overall finish difference was used as the tiebreaker .

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I [edit ]

Ukraine started off with a home draw to eventual group leaders Iceland and an away draw to Turkey. This was followed by two home wins, 3–0 against Kosovo and 1–0 against Finland. Despite a 1–0 away loss to Croatia, they beat Finland 1–2 away and Turkey 2–0 at home. This was followed by a 2–0 away loss to Iceland and a 0–2 away win against Kosovo. Going to the last crippled, Ukraine stood a potent chance of qualifying for the tournament, but after a 0–2 home loss to Croatia, they failed to qualify for the play-offs for their first base clock since UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying. In their last game against Croatia, former Dynamo Kyiv football player Domagoj Vida became celebrated for his “ Slava Ukraini ” television which showed solidarity with Ukraine for the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 .

2018–19 UEFA Nations League [edit ]

ukraine was drawn with the Czech Republic and Slovakia in League B. They beat the Czech Republic 1–2 away and Slovakia 1–0 at home, before earning a promotion with a 1–0 home win to the Czech Republic, before ending with a clayey 4–1 away loss to Slovakia .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Promotion[a]

1

 Ukraine ( P )

4

3

0

1

5

5

0

9

Promotion to League A

—

1–0
1–0

2

 Czech Republic
4

2

0

2

4

4

0

6

1–2

—

1–0

3

 Slovakia
4

1

0

3

5

5

0

3

4–1
1–2

—

Rules for classification:
( P ) Promoted
Notes: reference : UEFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers PromotedNotes :

1. ^ due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, no teams were finally relegated .

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – UEFA Group B [edit ]

Ukraine were placed in a hood group with Euro 2016 title holders Portugal, and Serbia —a side with personnel playing for multiple big club teams. According to many sports analysts, Ukraine were tipped to finish third in the group. The first base pit proved to be the most unmanageable match—an off game against Portugal. With the centre-back Yaroslav Rakytskiy absent ascribable to his controversial affect to russian clubhouse Zenit Saint Petersburg and the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Portuguese batting order after an absent Nations League, the Portuguese were favoured to win by a comfortable margin. however, contrary to democratic prediction, Andriy Shevchenko ‘s side proved to be very refractory. Although the Portuguese controlled the majority of the game ‘s possession, they could not find the bet on of the net. A heroic picture from goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov american samoa well as haunting marking of Cristiano Ronaldo and the portuguese attack by Ukraine ‘s defense earned Ukraine a valuable steer in Lisbon. The match ended with a 0–0 scoreline. The moment game ( 4 days after the positivist result in Portugal ) was away to supposed minnows of the group, Luxembourg. however, this match proved to be an absolute nightmare for the Ukrainians. After struggling to come up with imaginative attacks, a very lackluster ukrainian english found themselves down 1–0 thanks to a goal from David Turpel, aided by very disorganize defend on the part of the Ukrainians. Right before the end of the first one-half, Ukraine did find an counterweight through Viktor Tsyhankov. Ukraine struggled to create any meaningful opportunities in a nerve-racking second half. however, with literally the final complain of the ball in stop time ( from a freekick ), Ukraine found themselves highly lucky and improbable 2–1 winners when Gerson Rodrigues of Luxembourg headed the ball into his own goal. therefore, after the first two matchdays, Ukraine found themselves top of the group with 4 points after Portugal and Serbia played a 1–1 match in Lisbon on the same day. Matchday 3 came with a stiff test—a home match against a all-around and versatile serbian team boasting many have and adept players from multiple world-renowned clubs. While it was expected to be a reasonably close match, it could not have been more of a rout. What appeared to be a well balanced and close affair within the open exchanges of the inaugural half cursorily changed when Viktor Tsyhankov scored the open goal in the 26th minute of play. The second gear goal ( besides by Tsyhankov ) was scored from a thunderous strike from retentive compass less than two minutes former. Ukraine went on to win the match 5–0 with Roman Yaremchuk achieving his first always external goal and Yevhen Konoplyanka helping himself to two goals. At this point, with positive results against the two purportedly strongest opponents in the groups, Ukraine looked as though they could secure a top two finish and avoid the play-offs.

After another stiff contest with Luxembourg, Ukraine managed to secure a 1–0 victory alone three days after their triumph over Serbia. The goal came in the 6th infinitesimal from Roman Yaremchuk. Two matches—away and home against Lithuania ( winning 3–0 and 2–0 respectively ) saw Ukraine with 16 points and in indigence of only a point against Fernando Santos ‘s portuguese side, who at this point were crowned UEFA Nations League Champions. The couple against Portugal was expected to be an interest trial for Shevchenko ‘s men, who had not lost a single match in qualifying and had only conceded once. Ukraine started brilliantly with perceptibly more attack captive than in the previous converge between these two teams. indeed, their pressure paid off when Roman Yaremchuk scored from close up range after an initial save from Rui Patrício on 6 minutes. In the 27th moment, Ukraine doubled their advantage with an Andriy Yarmolenko goal. After building this comfortable lead, Ukraine began to sit rear and defend as they did in Lisbon on matchday one. Portugal was once again ineffective to crack Ukraine ‘s defense. however, in the 72nd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded a penalty kick from a supposed hand-ball by Taras Stepanenko as he blocked the ball from a portuguese shoot. While VAR was not an option, replays showed that this was an incorrect call option from the referee, as the ball was blocked by Stepanenko ‘s stage, before making touch with his arm as it deflected into the publicize. This incident besides resulted in a red wag for Stepanenko. Thus, Ukraine had to play the rest of the match with ten men. Ronaldo scored from the spot, giving Portugal a gleam of hope to rescue the game and earn a valid point in Kyiv. however, it was n’t to be Portugal ‘s night. Ukraine won 2–1 and subsequently won the group. The last match was played in Belgrade against Serbia. Because Ukraine had already qualified and won the group, Shevchenko decided to playing field a team with a few less have players. Serbia on the other hand, had to win for any hopes of automatic pistol reservation. Serbia took the lead early on through a Dušan Tadić punishment kick. After controlling the majority of the match after falling behind, Ukraine found an equalizer through the inevitable Yaremchuk. Serbia took control condition of the second half and restored their run thanks to a beautiful Aleksandar Mitrović complete. Serbia continued to search for another finish with multiple chances. however, in the last minute of stop time, Yarmolenko sent a low crossbreed across the Serbian finish which was received by Artem Biesiedin and finished into the bottom corner. The match ended 2–2 and Ukraine accomplished a successful qualification campaign without a single loss. With Portugal beating Luxembourg 2–0, Serbia ‘s hopes of direct qualification were shot.

2020–21 UEFA Nations League [edit ]

ukraine was drawn with Switzerland, Spain, and Germany in League A. The Ukrainians started their campaign by overcoming Switzerland at family 2–1 to temporarily take first rate. however, their adjacent opponent Spain proved to be besides strong, and Ukraine was ineffective to produce any significant threat, losing 4–0. In October, Ukraine returned family to play two subsequent games against Germany and Spain, with closely half of the main squad having contracted COVID-19 or injured. The foremost match against Germany saw a german win by a score of 2–1 in Kyiv. With a corrupt squad, Ukraine had to face a knock-down Spain side who was impressing in the Nations League. however, despite significant absence of many key members, Ukraine shockingly defeated Spain for the beginning time with a 1–0 win to end Spain ‘s 13 games undefeated streak. In November, Ukraine had two important games in order to survive in the League, and their first game against Germany away saw Ukraine obtain an early lead, but it was to be in bootless when the Germans bounced back to win 3–1. As the COVID-19 crisis in Ukraine worsened, eight players from the starting squad tested positive ( including one cocksure SARS-CoV-2 examination upon arrival to Lucerne ), and as a consequence, the entire delegating was put into quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne. [ 17 ] Their bet on against Switzerland off was sequently cancelled. Ukraine faced relegation if the game was to be awarded 3–0 to Switzerland or if the result is decided by a draw of lots and Switzerland were to be handed a 1–0 victory. finally, UEFA decided that the match result would be 3–0 in favor of Switzerland, meaning that Ukraine had been officially relegated after just one temper in League A .

Rules for classification:
( r ) Relegated
Notes: generator : UEFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers RelegatedNotes :

1. a b Tied on neck and neck points ( 3 ). tete-a-tete goal dispute : Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2 .
2. ^ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 acquire to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team .

UEFA Euro 2020 [edit ]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Netherlands ( H )

3

3

0

0

8

2

+6

9

Advance to knockout phase

2

 Austria
3

2

0

1

4

3

+1

6

3

 Ukraine
3

1

0

2

4

5

−1

3

4

 North Macedonia
3

0

0

3

2

8

−6

0

Ukraine managed to qualify to the hard stages in the european Championship for the first base clock, as one of the best third-placed teams. then, they upset the swedish team, 2–1, in the round of 16, on June 29, as Artem Dovbyk scored the winning finish at 120+1 minute. unfortunately, they were not able to progress to the semi-finals as they were knocked out 4–0 by England in the quarter-final. Ironically, Ukraine ‘s quarter-finals stopping point in Euro 2020 would end up seeing Italy emerged triumphant in the tournament once again, a repeat of the 2006 FIFA World Cup operation .

2022 FIFA World Cup reservation – UEFA Group D [edit ]

Ukraine beginning got a storm 1–1 draw over the populace champions France, which was highly praised. Antoine Griezmann made the first goal in the 19th infinitesimal. Serhiy Sydorchuk then kicked the ball at the 57th moment which deflected off of Presnel Kimpembe for an own finish on France. [ 18 ] however, Ukraine subsequently disappointed the following three games, when both their family games against weaker opponents Finland and Kazakhstan ended in two another one-one string, before tying Kazakhstan 2–2 on the road a well on September 1, with Ukraine blew up its go in the injury times of the moment half. Following the game against France at family, where ukraine blew up its star to end the game in however another 1–1 absorb, Ukraine has formally broken the read previously held by Australia for the most consecutive withdraw in a World Cup qualification, with five straight draws out of five to Australia ‘s four back in the former reservation, leaving Ukraine ‘s hope to qualify for Qatar in oblivion. They picked up a much-needed victory over Finland, ending their range of draw and giving them a two-point lead over Bosnia and a three-point lead over Finland. however, both Bosnia and Finland had a game in hand over Ukraine. Yet in the concluding week, Ukraine managed to qualify for the playoffs after a 2-0 winnings over Bosnia and a finnish lose to France. Ukraine was matched to play Scotland in the playoff Group A semifinals .
UEFA
Rules for classification: source : FIFA Rules for classification : Tiebreakers

Stadiums [edit ]

The most authoritative matches of the ukrainian national team are held in Kyiv ‘s Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, besides family of Dynamo Kyiv. New infrastructure and stadiums were built in formulation for Euro 2012, and other venues include stadiums in the cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa. The alternate stadiums are : Metalist Stadium ( Kharkiv ), Arena Lviv ( Lviv ), Dnipro-Arena ( Dnipro ), and Chornomorets Stadium ( Odessa ). During the soviet clock era ( before 1991 ), lone three stadiums in Ukraine were used in official games, the Olimpiysky NSC in Kyiv ( known then as Republican Stadium ), the predecessor of Chornomorets, BSS Central Stadium in Odesa, and the Lokomotiv Stadium in Simferopol .

Home venue record [edit ]

Since Ukraine ‘s first fixture ( 29 April 1992 volt. Hungary ) they have played their base games at 11 different stadiums .

Last updated: 11 November 2021. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

Kit history and development [edit ]

On 29 March 2010, Ukraine debuted a fresh Adidas kit. [ 19 ] This replaced the Adidas kit out with a jaundiced floor and the traditional Adidas three band with a snake girdle which was used in 2009. [ 20 ] Prior to 5 February 2009 Ukraine wore a Lotto kit. In 2009 the official team kit was produced by german company Adidas which has a compress with the ukrainian team until 31 December 2016. Joma manufactured the kits starting from the year 2017 for the match against Croatia on 24 March 2017. [ 21 ]
erstwhile crest .
marketing for the Football Federation of Ukraine is conducted by the Ukraine Football International ( UFI ) .
Former entitle and general sponsors included Ukrtelecom, Kyivstar, [ 25 ] Nordex ( Austria ), [ 26 ] [ 27 ] and Geoton .

Results and fixtures [edit ]

The surveil matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or approaching seasons .

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

presently approved : [ 28 ]

Coaching history [edit ]

last updated on 16 November 2021. [ 29 ] [ 30 ]

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

The follow players players were called up for the friendly match against Bulgaria and the 2022 FIFA World Cup reservation match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 11 and 16 November 2021. [ 36 ]
Caps and goals updated as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ]

recent call-ups [edit ]

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

• COV = Withdrew due to COVID-19
• INJ = Injured.
• WD = Withdrew.
• PRE = Preliminary squad.
• RES = Reserves squad – replaces a member of the squad in case of injury/unavailability.
• RET = Retired from the national team.
• SUS = Suspended for the next match.
• U21 = Joined the Ukraine national under-21 team instead.

previous squads [edit ]

player records [edit ]

As of 16 November 2021[37][41][39][40]

Players in bold are still active with Ukraine.

Most cap players [edit ]

Andriy Shevchenko is the acme scorer in the history of Ukraine with 48 goals .

top goalscorers [edit ]

Most cap goalkeepers [edit ]

As of 16 November 2021

Captains [edit ]

As of 16 November 2021 [ 42 ]

competitive record [edit ]

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth plaza

* Denotes draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA european championship [edit ]

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth target

Qualifying campaigns [edit ]

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)
2018 – 3rd in Qualifying group I

2020 – Qualified for the tournament (Winner in Qualifying group B)

UEFA Nations League [edit ]

neck and neck commemorate [edit ]

World Map of Ukraine ‘s opponents The following table shows Ukraine ‘s all-time external record, correct as of 16 November 2021. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] [ 46 ]
Key
Positive balance (more wins)

Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)

Negative balance (more losses)

FIFA Ranking history [edit ]

[ 47 ] [ 48 ]

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2020

2021

90

77

71

59

49

47

27

34

45

45

60

57

40

13

30

15

22

34

55

47

18

25

29

30

35

28

24

24

24

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

1. ^ The Ukraine volt Northern Ireland meet, in the first place scheduled for 2 June 2020, at the NSK Olimpiyskiy Kyiv was postponed due to the coronavirus. The peer was subsequently rescheduled to 3 June 2021 .
2. ^ The Ukraine five Cyprus match, originally scheduled for 26 May 2020, at the Metalist Stadium Kharkiv was postponed due to the coronavirus. The equal was late rescheduled to 7 June 2021 .
3. a b[7] A proposition of Ukraine to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union and supported by Georgia and Armenia was blocked by Russia.[43] FIFA adopted a decision not to allow to participate in the 1994 FIFA World Cup the national teams of those former Soviet republic that did not participate in the qualification draw on 8 December 1991.A proposition of Ukraine to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union and supported by Georgia and Armenia was blocked by Russia .

References [edit ]

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