Pada tahun-tahun berikutnya, tim Ukraina mulai membaik dengan menampilkan beberapa pemain berbakat seperti [[Andriy Shevchenko]], [[Anatoliy Tymoshchuk]], [[Serhiy Rebrov]] dan [[Oleksandr Shovkovskyi]]. Ukraina, bagaimanapun, gagal lolos ke turnamen besar sebelum tahun 2006.
===FirstPertandingan officialresmi gamespertama (Prokopenko)===
SoonSegera aftersetelah beingditerima acceptedmenjadi toanggota [[FIFA]] anddan [[UEFA]] aspada a full member intahun 1992, UkraineUkraina startedmemulai itsmempersiapkan preparationpertandingan for its first gamepertamanya. AtAwalnya firstdirencanakan thesebagai headpelatih coachkepala oftim the team was planned to beadalah [[:en:Valeriy Lobanovskyi|Valeriy Lobanovskyi]], buttetapi atpada thatsaat timeitu heia hadmemiliki akontrak current contract with thedengan [[UnitedTim Arabnasional Emiratessepak nationalbola footballUni teamEmirat Arab|UnitedUni Emirat Arab Emirates]]. ThusDengan demikian, themanajer firstpertama managertim ofharus thedipilih teamdi hadantara toanggota bedewan chosenpelatih amongyang membersterdiri of a coaching council which consisted ofdari [[Anatoliy Puzach]] (manager ofmanajer [[:en:FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]), [[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]] ([[FCFK Dnipro]]), [[Yevhen Lemeshko]] ([[:en:FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia|Torpedo Zaporizhzhia]]), [[Yukhym Shkolnykov]] ([[:en:FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna Chernivtsi]]) anddan [[:en:Viktor Prokopenko|Viktor Prokopenko]] ([[:en:FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]). LaterKemudian, theymereka werebergabung joineddengan bypenduduk aasli native ofdi [[Donetsk]] [[Valeriy Yaremchenko]] ([[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]). AtPada thetahap last stageterakhir, thelingkaran circledipersempit wasmenjadi narrowedtiga tokandidat three specialists.yaitu Puzach, Yaremchenko anddan Prokopenko tookmembawa thetim team toke Uzhhorod. TheYang last of themterakhir, bydengan agreementkesepakatan betweenantara thepelatih coaches themselvessendiri, became themenjadi mainyang oneutama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.uaf.ua/article/33444|title=The first match in the history of the national team of Ukraine: how it was 29 years ago ... - Official site of Ukrainian Football Association|website=en.uaf.ua}}</ref>
[[File:Настя Федоренко. Донецк. Увидеть и полюбить. ФК Шахтер 051.jpg|thumb|left|[[Viktor Prokopenko]], the first manager of the national team]] ▼
For the first game of the team it was agreed to play against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] on 22 April 1992 in [[Kyiv]] at the [[Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex|Republican Stadium]]. Due to financial issues, however, it was rearranged to 29 April and moved to the border with Hungary in [[Uzhhorod]] at the [[Avanhard Stadium (Uzhhorod)|Avanhard Stadium]]. There was almost no preparation to the game as all "pioneers" gathered in Kyiv on 27 April and the next day flew out to Uzhhorod. At the same time, the opponent, while failing to qualify for the [[UEFA Euro 1992|Euro 1992]], was preparing for [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]. Ukraine at that time failed to be accepted for the qualification cycle.
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Unlike the Hungarian squad, players of which played alongside before and were coached by the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]-winning coach [[Emerich Jenei]], the Ukrainian team lost some its better and experienced players to the [[CIS national football team]] that was playing its [[England national football team results (1980–99)#1992|own friendly]] against the [[England national football team]] in Moscow.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150726235449/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/history/1992.html 1992 season of the Russian national football tean]. Rusteam.permian.ru</ref> Among those were Andrei Kanchelskis, [[Volodymyr Lyutyi]], [[Sergei Yuran]], [[Viktor Onopko]], [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]] and [[Akhrik Tsveiba]] (the last two would later represent Ukraine). For the game against Hungary, only [[Ivan Hetsko]] and [[Oleh Luzhny]] had previous experience of playing at international level; other players had only played for the Soviet Olympic football team, while [[Serhiy Kovalets]] played for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of People of the USSR in 1986. ▼
Untuk pertandingan pertama, disepakati untuk melawan [[Tim nasional sepak bola Hongaria|Hongaria]] pada tanggal 22 April 1992 di [[Kyiv]] di [[Stadion Olimpiade Kiev]]. Namun, karena masalah keuangan, jadwal tersebut diubah menjadi 29 April dan dipindahkan ke perbatasan dengan Hongaria di [[:en:Avanhard Stadium (Uzhhorod)|Avanhard Stadium]] [[Uzhhorod]]. Hampir tidak ada persiapan untuk pertandingan ini karena semua "pionir" berkumpul di Kyiv pada 27 April dan hari berikutnya harus terbang ke Uzhhorod. Pada saat yang sama, lawannya meskipun gagal lolos ke [[Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 1992|Euro 1992]], sedang bersiap untuk [[Piala Dunia FIFA 1994|Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 1994]]. Ukraina saat itu gagal diterima untuk babak kualifikasi.
The first home game was lost 1–3 with [[Ivan Hetsko]] becoming the first goalscorer in the history of national team. During the summer of 1992 Prokopenko's team played two more away 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 game against Hungary, Ukraine conceded two goals in the final 10 minutes.
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To the scheduled against Belarus in [[Minsk]] in the fall, Ukraine had left with Prokopenko's assistants [[Mykola Pavlov]] and [[Leonid Tkachenko (footballer)|Leonid Tkachenko]]. At the [[Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)|Dinamo Stadium]], Ukraine managed to salvage a game by tying one a piece with a goal from [[Yuriy Maksymov]]. ▼
Pertandingan kandang pertama kalah 1-3 dengan [[Ivan Hetsko]] menjadi pencetak gol pertama dalam sejarah tim nasional. Selama musim panas 1992 tim Prokopenko memainkan dua pertandingan tandang lagi pada 27 Juni melawan Amerika Serikat (0-0) dan pada 26 Agustus melawan Hongaria (1-2). Setelah kekalahan kedua dari Hongaria, Prokopenko mengundurkan diri. Memimpin dalam pertandingan melawan Hungaria, Ukraina kebobolan dua gol dalam 10 menit terakhir.
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===Euro 96 qualification (Bazylevych)===
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