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Ukraine
Nickname(s)	Zhovto-Blakytni (Yellow and Blues)
Association	Football Federation; of Ukraine
Head coach	Oleg Blokhin
Most caps	Serhiy Rebrov (74)
Top scorer	Andriy Shevchenko (31)
FIFA code	UKR
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Ukraine 1 - 3 Hungary ; (Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April, 1992)
Biggest win
	Ukraine 4 - 0 Georgia ; (Kyiv, Ukraine; 19 August, 1998); Ukraine 4 - 0 Andorra ; (Kyiv, Ukraine; 5 June, 1999); Ukraine 4 - 0 Costa Rica ; (Kyiv, Ukraine; 28 May, 2006); Ukraine 4 - 0 Saudi Arabia ; (Hamburg, Germany; 19 June, 2006)
Biggest defeat
	Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine ; (Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March, 1995); Spain 4 - 0 Ukraine ; (Leipzig, Germany; 14 June, 2006)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	Quarterfinals, 2006

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The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After the split of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on April 29, 1992.

Before that, Ukrainian players played for the USSR national football team, with Dynamo Kyiv players often forming its backbone (1986 FIFA World Cup, (edit conflict × 88)). Some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of 1990's (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia as it was named the official successor of the USSR, while Ukraine didn't participate in major international competitions until 1994. However, they achieved qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the first time for the team.

Despite having one of the best players in the world, Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine failed to qualify for any major championship before 2005, three times failing at the last stage, the playoffs. It lost to Croatia, failing to get to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia prevented Ukraine from going to Template:Ec2, and Germany stopped them prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleg Blokhin as the national team's head coach. This would eventually prove to be a good move, as Ukraine went on to qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup on September 3, 2005 by drawing their match with Georgia, 1-1, in T'bilisi. In their first World Cup (2006), Ukraine managed to reach the quarter-finals before losing 3-0 to Italy

2006 FIFA World Cup

In 2006 FIFA World Cup, their first major tournament since splitting from the USSR, Ukraine were drawn in Group H along with Spain, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine got off to a poor start with a 4-0 defeat against Spain, but recovered to beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 in a national record victory. In their last group match, a lacklustre performance by Ukraine saw them hold on to second place, as they beat Tunisia 1-0 on a penalty kick by Andriy Shevchenko.

In the Round of 16, Ukraine beat Switzerland in penalty kicks after the regulation and extra time periods ended without score. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine lost 3-0 to Italy to end their first World Cup campaign. Italy went on to win the World Cup.

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Home Team	Score	Away Team
16 August 2006	Friendly	Ukraine	X:X ? (LST)	Azerbaijan
6 September 2006	Euro 2008 Qual	Ukraine	X:X ? (LST)	Georgia
7 October 2006	Euro 2008 Qual	Italy	X:X ? (LST)	Ukraine
11 October 2006	Euro 2008 Qual	Ukraine	X:X ? (LST)	Scotland
28 March 2007	Euro 2008 Qual	Ukraine	X:X ? (LST)	Lithuania
2 June 2007	Euro 2008 Qual	France	X:X ? (LST)	Ukraine

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
30 June 2006	WC 2006 QF	Hamburg	Ukraine	0:3 -	Italy	Zambrotta 6', Toni 59', 69'
26 June 2006	WC 2006 R16	Cologne	Ukraine	0:0 aet 3:0 pen	Switzerland
23 June 2006	WC 2006 Gr H	Berlin	Ukraine	1:0 -	Tunisia	Shevchenko 70'(pen)
19 June 2006	WC 2006 Gr H	Hamburg	Saudi Arabia	0:4 -	Ukraine	Rusol 4', Rebrov 36', Shevchenko 46', Kalynychenko 84'
14 June 2006	WC 2006 Gr H	Leipzig	Spain	4:0 -	Ukraine	Alonso 13', Villa 17', 48'(pen), Torres 81'
8 June 2006	Friendly	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0:3 -	Ukraine	Voronin 55', Shevchenko 83', Kalynychenko 84'
5 June 2006	Friendly	Gossau	Ukraine	3:0 -	Libya	Ezersky 51', Belyk 87', Vorobei 89'
2 June 2006	Friendly	Lausanne	Ukraine	0:0 -	Italy
28 May 2006	Friendly	Kyiv	Ukraine	4:0 -	Costa Rica	Nazarenko 29', Vorobei 34', Kalynychenko 40', Belyk 58'
28 February 2006	Friendly	Baku	Azerbaijan	0:0 -	Ukraine
12 October 2005	Friendly	Kyiv	Ukraine	1:0 -	Japan	Husyn 89' (pen)
8 October 2005	WC 2006 Qual	Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	2:2 -	Albania	Shevchenko 45', Rotan 86' - Bogdani 75', 83'
7 September 2005	WC 2006 Qual	Kyiv	Ukraine	0:1 -	Turkey	Temer 55'
3 September 2005	WC 2006 Qual	Tbilisi	Georgia	1:1 -	Ukraine	Gakhokidze 89' - Rotan 43'
17 August 2005	Friendly	Kyiv	Ukraine	2:1 -	Serbia & Montenegro	Rebrov 62', Nazarenko 71' - Kezman 90'
15 August 2005	Friendly	Kyiv	Ukraine	0:0 aet 3:4 pen	Israel

World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Scorers
1930 to 1994	Did not enter, was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998 to 2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Quarter-finals	8th	5	2	1	2	5	7	Shevchenko (2), Kalynychenko, Rebrov, Rusol
Total	Best: Quarter-finals	Best: 8th	5	2	1	2	5	7	Top scorer: Shevchenko (2)

European Championship record

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

Famous Players

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

Player records

Player/coach records are accurate as of June 30, 2006.

Most capped Ukraine players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Serhiy Rebrov ^[1]	1992 - Present	74	15
2	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy ^[1]	1994 - Present	73	-51
3=	Andriy Shevchenko ^[1]	1995 - Present	69	31
3=	Andriy Husin ^[1]	1993 - Present	69	9
5	Vladislav Vashchuk ^[1]	1996 - Present	61	1
6	Anatoliy Tymoschuk ^[1]	2000 - Present	60	1
7	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	58	0
8	Andriy Vorobei ^[1]	2000 - Present	56	7
9=	Serhiy Popov	1993 - 2003	54	5
9=	Andriy Nesmachniy ^[1]	2000 - Present	54	0

Top Ukraine goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)
1	Andriy Shevchenko ^[1]	1995 - Present	31 (69)
2	Serhiy Rebrov ^[1]	1992 - Present	15 (74)
3	Andriy Husin ^[1]	1993 - Present	9 (69)
4	Timerlan Huseinov	1993 - 1997	8 (14)
5	Andriy Vorobei ^[1]	2000 - Present	7 (56)
6	Viktor Leonenko	1992 - 1996	6 (14)
7=	Yuri Maximov	1992 - 2002	5 (27)
7=	Serhiy Popov	1993 - 2003	5 (54)
9=	Oleksiy Byelik ^[1]	2004 - Present	4 (16)
9=	Maksym Kalynychenko ^[1]	2002 - Present	4 (25)
9=	Andriy Voronin ^[1]	2002 - Present	4 (36)

Ukraine captains

#	Player	Ukraine career	Captain (Total Caps)
1	Oleh Luzhny	1992 - 2002	39 (52)
2	Andriy Shevchenko ^[1]	1995 - Present	25 (69)
3=	Oleksandr Holovko	1995 - 2004	13 (58)
3=	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	1995 - 1999	13 (22)
5	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy ^[1]	1994 - Present	7 (73)
6	Serhiy Bezhenar	1992 - 1997	4 (23)
6=	Yuri Maximov	1992 - 2002	4 (27)
6=	Anatoliy Tymoschuk ^[1]	2000 - Present	4 (60)
9	Serhiy Diryavka	1992 - 1995	3 (9)
9=	Ihor Kutepov	1992 - 1993	3 (4)

Ukraine managers

Manager	Ukraine career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF^[2]	GA^[3]	Win %
Viktor Prokopenko	1992	3	0	1	2	2	5	16.67%
Nikolai Pavlov (caretaker)	1992	1	0	1	0	1	1	50.00%
Oleh Bazilevich	1993-1994	11	4	3	4	13	14	50.00%
Nikolai Pavlov (caretaker)	1994	2	0	0	2	0	3	0.00%
Yozhef Sabo	1994	2	1	1	0	3	0	75.00%
Anatoly Konjkov	1995	7	3	0	4	8	13	42.86%
Yozhef Sabo	1996-1999	32	15	11	6	44	26	64.06%
Valery Lobanovsky	2000-2001	18	6	7	5	20	20	52.78%
Leonid Buriak	2002-2003	19	5	6	8	18	23	42.11%
Oleg Blokhin	2003-	31	14	11	6	38	22	62.90%

Current players

The following players have all recently been called up to the Ukraine squad. Players in bold are in the Ukraine squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Oleksandr Shovkovsky	02.01.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	73 (-51)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Bohdan Shust	04.03.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	3 (-0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Maksim Startsev	20.01.1980	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2 (-1)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Vyacheslav Kernozenko	04.06.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2 (-5)	v Azerbaijan, February 28, 2006
Andriy Pyatov	28.06.1984	Vorskla Poltava	0 (-0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Vladislav Vaschuk	02.01.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	61 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Andriy Nesmachniy	28.02.1979	Dynamo Kyiv	54 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Serhiy Fedorov	18.02.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	28 (1)	Removed from 2006 FIFA World Cup squad ^[4]
Andriy Rusol	16.01.1983	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	27 (2)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Volodymyr Yezerskiy	15.11.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	25 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Oleksandr Radchenko	19.07.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	17 (0)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy	01.01.1979	Arsenal Kyiv ^[5]	9 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Vyacheslav Shevchuk	13.05.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (0)	v Albania, October 8, 2005
Serhiy Matyukhin	21.03.1980	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3 (0)	v Denmark, March 30, 2005
Oleksandr Yatsenko	24.02.1985	FC Kharkiv ^[6]	1 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Dmytro Chigrinsky	07.11.1986	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Serhiy Rebrov	03.07.1974	Dynamo Kyiv	74 (15)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Andriy Husin	11.12.1972	Krylya Sovetov	69 (9)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Anatoliy Tymoschuk	30.03.1979	Shakhtar Donetsk	60 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Oleh Husyev	25.04.1983	Dynamo Kyiv	30 (1)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Maksym Kalynychenko	26.01.1979	Spartak Moscow	25 (4)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Ruslan Rotan	29.10.1981	Dynamo Kyiv	23 (3)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Oleh Shelayev	05.11.1976	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	24 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Serhiy Nazarenko	16.02.1980	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	15 (2)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Serhiy Shyschenko	13.01.1976	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	14 (1)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Oleksandr Rykun	06.05.1978	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	7 (0)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Oleksandr Maximov	13.02.1985	FC Kharkiv	1 (0)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Oleksandr Kucher	22.10.1982	Shakhtar Donetsk	0 (0)	v Azerbaijan, February 28, 2006

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Andriy Shevchenko	29.09.1976	Chelsea	69 (31)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Andriy Vorobei	29.11.1978	Shakhtar Donetsk	56 (7)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Andriy Voronin	21.07.1979	Bayer Leverkusen	36 (4)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Oleksiy Byelik	15.02.1981	Shakhtar Donetsk	16 (4)	2006 FIFA World Cup
Serhiy Serebrennikov	01.09.1976	R. Charleroi S.C. ^[7]	11 (1)	v Azerbaijan, February 28, 2006
Oleh Venglinsky	21.03.1978	Chornomorets Odessa	10 (1)	v Japan, October 12, 2005
Oleksandr Kosyrin	18.06.1977	Metalurh Donetsk	7 (0)	v Israel, August 15, 2005
Artem Milevsky	12.01.1985	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	2006 FIFA World Cup

World Ranking

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

Highest Position Ever: FIFA - 22nd (April 1999, May 1999, Pending Outcome of World Cup 2006), Elo - 20th (June 2006)
Lowest Position Ever: FIFA - 132nd (September 1993), Elo - 67th (March 1995)

Notes

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

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 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 national record victory. In their last group match, a lacklustre performance by Ukraine saw them hold on to second place, as they beat [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] 1-0 on a penalty kick by [[Andriy Shevchenko]].
-In the Round of 16, Ukraine beat [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] in penalty kicks after the regulation and extra time periods ended without score. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine lost 3-0 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] end their first World Cup campaign. Italy went on to win the World Cup.
+In the Round of 16, Ukraine beat [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] in penalty kicks after the regulation and extra time periods ended without score. In the quarter-finals, Ukraine lost 3-0 to [[Italy national football team|Italy]] to end their first World Cup campaign. Italy went on to win the World Cup.
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Champions	Italy
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Quarter-finals	Argentina Brazil England Ukraine
Round of 16	Australia Ecuador Ghana Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland
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