Tim nasional sepak bola Ukraina

Tim nasional sepak bola Ukraina (bahasa Ukraina: збірна України з футболу) mewakili Ukraina dalam kompetisi internasional sepak bola putra dan diatur oleh Asosiasi Sepak Bola Ukraina. Markas dari tim nasional Ukraina berlokasi di Stadion Olimpiade Kiev di Kyiv. Tim nasional Ukraina telah menjadi anggota penuh dari UEFA dan FIFA sejak tahun 1992.

Ukraina

Julukan	Zhovto-Blakytni
Asosiasi	Federasi Sepak Bola Ukraina
Konfederasi	UEFA (Eropa)
Pelatih	Andriy Shevchenko
Kapten	Andriy Pyatov
Penampilan terbanyak	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144)
Pencetak gol terbanyak	Andriy Shevchenko (48)
Stadion kandang	Stadion Olimpiade Kiev
Kode FIFA	UKR
Peringkat FIFA
Terkini	27 2 (25 Oktober 2018)
Tertinggi	11 (Februari 2007)
Terendah	132 (September 1993)
Peringkat Elo
Terkini	21 13 (16 Oktober 2018)
Warna pertama Warna kedua Warna ketiga
Pertandingan internasional pertama
Ukraina 1–3 Hungaria (Uzhhorod, Ukraina; 29 April 1992)
Kemenangan terbesar
Ukraina 9–0 San Marino (Lviv, Ukraina; 6 September 2013)
Kekalahan terbesar
Prancis 7–1 Ukraina (Saint-Denis, Prancis; 7 Oktober 2020)
Piala Dunia
Penampilan	1 (Pertama kali pada 2006)
Hasil terbaik	Quarter-finals (2006)
European Championship
Penampilan	3 (Pertama kali pada 2012)
Hasil terbaik	Quarter-finals (2020)

Sejarah

Ukrainian SSR (1925–1990)

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. 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 championship among the national teams of the Soviet republics as well as the Moscow city team was planned to take place 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 final where it lost to Moscow 0–1. Along the way, Ukraine managed to defeat the national teams of Belarus and Transcaucasus.

In 1929, Ukraine beat the team of Lower Austria in an exhibition match in Kharkiv, recording a score 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 winner of association football tournament of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR that was hosted in Ukraine when in final it beat the team of Uzbekistan (Uzbek SSR).

Official formation

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 qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup. The national team of Ukraine did not manage to enter the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (the draw for the qualification stage was held on 8 December 1991, before Ukraine was admitted to FIFA). Meanwhile, some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning 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. At that time Vyacheslav Koloskov was the only top official from the former Soviet Union and later the Russia who served as a vice-president of UEFA in 1980–1996 and represented all of members of the Soviet Union and later 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 part by Ukrainian players (for example, in the final of the last successful event, Euro 1988, under the direction of Valery Lobanovsky, 7 out of starting 11 players were Ukrainians), 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 international football in late 1994, it did so as absolute beginners.

Another reason for the occurred harsh crisis in the Ukrainian football was lack of adequate funding of teams. This is understandable in terms of the general economic crisis that has affected all of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries. Yet even in contrast with Russia, the Ukrainian teams looked very poor. However, there also was a reverse influx of some top class players. Viktor Leonenko agreed on transfer from Dynamo Moscow to Dynamo Kyiv. The Russian club did not want to release him, but Leonenko did not want to continue to play in Moscow. During his first six months in Kyiv Viktor was forced to miss due to the FIFA disqualification.

In the following 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)

Soon after being accepted to FIFA and UEFA as a full member in 1992, Ukraine started its preparation for its first game. At first the head coach of the team was planned to be Valeriy Lobanovskyi, but at that time he had a current contract with the United Arab Emirates. Thus, the first manager of the team had to be chosen among members of a coaching council which consisted of Anatoliy Puzach (manager of Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Kucherevskyi (FC Dnipro), Yevhen Lemeshko (Torpedo Zaporizhzhia), Yukhym Shkolnykov (Bukovyna Chernivtsi) and Viktor Prokopenko (Chornomorets Odesa). Later, they were joined by a native of Donetsk Valeriy Yaremchenko (Shakhtar Donetsk). At the last 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.

Viktor Prokopenko, the first manager of the national team

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 financial issues, however, it was rearranged to 29 April and moved to the border with Hungary in Uzhhorod at the 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 Euro 1992, was preparing for 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification. Ukraine at that time failed to be accepted for the qualification cycle.

Unlike the Hungarian squad, players of which played alongside 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 national football team that was playing its own friendly against the England national football team in Moscow. 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.

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.

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 game by tying one a piece with a goal from Yuriy Maksymov.

Euro 96 qualification (Bazylevych)

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Ukraine, having already suffered from a lack of good players, lost two promising young players during the winter intermission : Stepan Betsa and Oleksiy Sasko, who perished in a car accident. Unable to secure a contract with Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Ukraine appointed another head coach, former forward of Dynamo Kyiv Oleh Bazylevych. He made his debut with the national team in the spring of 1993 in Odessa during a friendly against Israel. Their expected win was cancelled out in a 1–1 draw just 10 minutes before the end by Serhiy Konovalov. Less than a month later Ukraine finally 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 tour 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 loss, 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 single penalty kick. Next there was a home game against Belarus where Ukraine finally won 3-1 after coming from behind at half-time. Just before their first official international competition game which was scheduled to be played against Lithuania at home, they played couple of away games against Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates which both ended in a 1–1 draw. Another tour was scheduled right afterwards to Lithuania and Korea, the national coached by Kyivan Anatoliy Byshovets. The opening game on 7 September against Lithuania, considering their last encounter, was expected to end positively, which however resulted in a 0–2 defeat. Both goals were scored within a couple of minutes in the middle of the second half by Hamburger SV striker 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 federation's coaching meeting but was to be kept in position at the next meeting of the FFU Executive Committee a few days later. However, the following day Bazylevych resigned accusing Bannikov of being tactless. On 24 September 1994, the Football Federation of Ukraine appointed Yozhef Sabo as an acting head coach until the end of the year.

Yozhef Sabo served as one of temporary managers until appointed of Lobanovsky

Following the change of coach, the national team level took a while to improve. Their next home game against Slovenia ended goalless. After missing to obtain their first recent victory, Ukraine fell to bottom of the tournament table just above Estonian, whom they played their next home match against in mid-November, which they needed to win to keep any hopes of qualification alive. The Estonians, who were unable to field their best team, hoped to repeat the Slovenian effort a month earlier. The game resulted in a 3–0 win. Serhiy Konovalov scored their first goal at competition level for the national team. Sabo left his post after the game. and the FFU confirmed Anatoliy Konkov as the new head coach on 5 January 1995 .

Oleg Blokhin, head coach at the first World Cup participation in 2006

In order to save situation and prepare for upcoming games against Italy and Croatia, Konkov conducted training camp at a sports base in Stubenberg, Styria near the Castle (Schloss) Schielleiten from 16 to 23 March 1995. According to the new head coach the set program of training camp was accomplished successfully. Their away game 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).

1998–2004: near misses

Ukraine participated in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, where the team was drawn into Group 9. Ukraine had improved their performance well, and surprised the qualification by taking the second place instead of the more-favored Portugal, only 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 qualifying, Ukraine, assigned in Group 4, once again managed to top ahead of another favorite, Russia, thanks to an important draw in Moscow, but still only qualified for playoff despite being undefeated, including two successful goalless draws to then-world champions France. Ukraine then fell to Slovenia 3–2 after aggregate as well, and lost the chance to qualify for the third time. Ukraine's defeat to Slovenia was more tragic, when Miran Pavlin canceled early Ukrainian lead at home and sealed Slovenia in instead.

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 denting home loss to Poland in their opening account, and a number of draws had hampered Ukrainian hope to process. Ukraine eventually reached the playoff again, but this time could not manage to overcome the old foe, Germany, losing 5–2 on aggregate, and once again missed a major tournament debut.

The UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying was perhaps the most humiliating moment of Ukrainian football since its foundation. Assigned into Group 6, Ukraine's only major opponent at the time was a much stronger Spain. Ukraine had been in comfortable competitive place with Spain, having drawn the Spaniards at home. However, a surprising resurgence from the less known Greece had dented any hope for Ukraine, as Ukraine failed to reach playoff for the first time since UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying due to Greek resurgence. Greece would go on to conquer the first European title.

2006 FIFA World Cup

After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualifying campaign, Ukraine appointed Oleg Blokhin as the national team's head coach. Despite initial skepticism about his appointment due to his previous somewhat undistinguished coaching record and general public calls for a foreign coach; as 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 match against Spain, the Ukrainians beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage.

In the round of 16, Ukraine played against the winner 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

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 enthusiasm 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 top two places. However, Ukraine failed to deliver the promised performance, partly because the team was unlucky to be drawn with 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France; however, Ukraine had also performed terribly against weaker opponents like Scotland, Georgia and Lithuania, two shock losses and a draw away to these opponents had effectively ruined Ukraine's hope to qualify for the tournament, finishing in fourth place.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw Ukraine regain some good improvement. Drawn in the Group 6, two good draws to a strong Croatian side and more importantly, a home win over England, sending Ukraine to a playoff for the first time since 2004 Euro qualification. However, Greece, which had been eliminated by Ukraine in the qualifiers four years earlier, would take revenge. Despite successfully drawing goalless in Athens, Ukraine suffered a bitter home defeat to the Greeks in Donetsk, a reply to Ukraine's elimination of Greece back in Athens. This meant Ukraine lost its first ever playoff match at home, and failed to qualify for 2010 FIFA World Cup.

UEFA Euro 2012

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Ukraine national football team in 2012

As co-hosts, Ukraine qualified automatically for Euro 2012, marking their debut in the UEFA European Championship. In their opening 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

The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was acceptable for the Ukrainian squad. Being drawn with fellow Euro 2012 host Poland, together with England and newcomer Montenegro, Ukraine had to face tough competitors. Despite facing struggles from the Montenegrin side, 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 beat France at home 2–0, but suffered a bitter 0–3 loss away, and thus failed to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H

UEFA Euro 2016

Ukraine national 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 runners-up of the group behind Spain but, despite having won all their other matches, they finished third due to poor results against Spain and Slovakia. They therefore had to face Slovenia in the play-off route (the side to which they had succumbed at the same stage of the 2000 edition) ; they recorded a 2–0 win at Lviv before forging a 1–1 draw at the very end of the second game.

Ukraine convincingly won all of their preparation friendlies against Cyprus, Wales, Romania and Albania. At club level, FC Dnipro had recently reached the UEFA Europa League final in 2015, while Shakhtar Donetsk had progressed to the semi-finals one year later, as the Ukrainian clubs succeeded in sending one participant to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League two times in a row. 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 next round.

The tournament however, turned into a dreadful upset. Ukraine lost all of their three games, while also failing to score a single goal. Their first match resulted in a 2–0 loss to Germany, despite good resistance and great chances during an entertaining first half, they eventually came close to levelling the score but were caught on the counterattack at the very end of the game. This was followed by a second 2–0 loss to Northern Ireland, with a goal once again conceded in injury time. The Ukrainian media mainly criticized coach Mykhaylo Fomenko's perceived inadequate psychological preparation of the squad as much as predictable tactics which were judged as easy to break down. Ukrainians stars Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka's under-performance was also mentioned. Ukraine at this stage were the first team eliminated from the competition and lost their last game to Poland 1–0.

Artikel utama: UEFA Euro 2016 Group C

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group I

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 game, Ukraine stood a strong 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 time since UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying. In their last game against Croatia, former Dynamo Kyiv footballer Domagoj Vida became famous for his "Slava Ukraini" video which showed solidarity with Ukraine for the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014.

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2018–19 UEFA Nations League

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 heavy 4–1 away loss to Slovakia.

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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying – UEFA Group B

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Ukraine were placed in a tough group with Euro 2016 title holders Portugal, and Serbia—a side with personnel playing for multiple prominent club teams. According to many sports analysts, Ukraine were tipped to finish third in the group. The first match proved to be the most difficult match—an away game against Portugal. With the centre-back Yaroslav Rakytskiy absent due to his controversial move to Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Portuguese lineup after an absent Nations League, the Portuguese were favoured to win by a comfortable margin. However, contrary to popular prediction, Andriy Shevchenko's side proved to be very stubborn. Although the Portuguese controlled the majority of the game's possession, they could not find the back of the net. A heroic showing from goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov as well as persistent marking of Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portuguese attack by Ukraine's defense earned Ukraine a valuable point in Lisbon. The match ended with a 0–0 scoreline.

The second game (4 days after the positive 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 inventive attacks, a very lacklustre Ukrainian side found themselves down 1–0 thanks to a goal from David Turpel, aided by very disorganized defending on the part of the Ukrainians. Right before the end of the first half, Ukraine did find an equalizer through Viktor Tsyhankov. Ukraine struggled to create any meaningful opportunities in a stressful second half. However, with literally the last kick of the ball in stoppage time (from a freekick), Ukraine found themselves extremely lucky and unlikely 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 well-rounded and versatile Serbian squad boasting many experienced and skillful 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 opening exchanges of the first half quickly changed when Viktor Tsyhankov scored the opening goal in the 26th minute of play. The second goal (also by Tsyhankov) was scored from a thunderous strike from long range less than two minutes later. Ukraine went on to win the match 5–0 with Roman Yaremchuk achieving his first ever international goal and Yevhen Konoplyanka helping himself to two goals. At this point, with positive results against the two supposedly 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 only three days after their triumph over Serbia. The goal came in the 6th minute from Roman Yaremchuk. Two matches—away and home against Lithuania (winning 3–0 and 2–0 respectively) saw Ukraine with 16 points and in need of only a point against Fernando Santos's Portuguese side, who at this point were crowned UEFA Nations League Champions.

The match against Portugal was expected to be an interesting test for Shevchenko's men, who had not lost a single match in qualifying and had only conceded once. Ukraine started brightly with noticeably more attacking intent than in the previous meeting between these two teams. Indeed, their pressure paid off when Roman Yaremchuk scored from close range after an initial save from Rui Patrício on 6 minutes. In the 27th minute, Ukraine doubled their advantage with an Andriy Yarmolenko goal. After building this comfortable lead, Ukraine began to sit back and defend as they did in Lisbon on matchday one. Portugal was once again unable 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 shot. While VAR was not an option, replays showed that this was an incorrect call from the referee, as the ball was blocked by Stepanenko's leg, before making contact with his arm as it deflected into the air. This incident also resulted in a red card for Stepanenko. Thus, Ukraine had to play the rest of the match with ten men. Ronaldo scored from the spot, giving Portugal a glimmer of hope to rescue the game and earn a valid point in Kyiv. However, it wasn'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 field a team with a few less experienced players. Serbia on the other hand, had to win for any hopes of automatic qualification. Serbia took the lead early through a Dušan Tadić penalty kick. After controlling the majority of the match after falling behind, Ukraine found an equaliser through the inevitable Yaremchuk. Serbia took control of the second half and restored their lead thanks to a beautiful Aleksandar Mitrović finish. Serbia continued to search for another goal with multiple chances. However, in the last minute of stoppage time, Yarmolenko sent a low cross across the Serbian goal 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.
Templat:UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Ukraine was drawn with Switzerland, Spain, and Germany in League A. The Ukrainians started their campaign by overcoming Switzerland at home 2–1 to temporarily take first place. However, their next opponent Spain proved to be too strong, and Ukraine was unable to produce any significant threat, losing 4–0. In October, Ukraine returned home to play two subsequent games against Germany and Spain, with nearly half of the main squad having contracted COVID-19 or injured. The first match against Germany saw a German win by a score of 2–1 in Kyiv. With a demoralized squad, Ukraine had to face a powerful Spain side who was impressing in the Nations League. However, despite significant absence of many key members, Ukraine shockingly defeated Spain for the first 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 vain 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 positive SARS-CoV-2 test upon arrival to Lucerne), and as a result, the entire delegation was put into quarantine by the Department of Health of the Canton of Lucerne. Their game against Switzerland away 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 drawing of lots and Switzerland were to be handed a 1–0 victory. Eventually, UEFA decided that the match result would be 3–0 in favour of Switzerland, meaning that Ukraine had been officially relegated after just one season in League A.

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UEFA Euro 2020

Artikel utama: UEFA Euro 2020 Group C

Templat:UEFA Euro 2020 group tables Ukraine managed to qualify to the knockout stages in the European Championship for the first time, 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 goal 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 finish in Euro 2020 would end up seeing Italy emerged victorious in the tournament once again, a repeat of the 2006 FIFA World Cup performance.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

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Ukraine first got a surprise 1–1 draw over the world champions France, which was highly praised. Antoine Griezmann made the first goal in the 19th minute. Serhiy Sydorchuk then kicked the ball at the 57th minute which deflected off of Presnel Kimpembe for an own goal on France. However, Ukraine subsequently disappointed the next three games, when both their home games against weaker opponents Finland and Kazakhstan ended in two another one-one draws, before tying Kazakhstan 2–2 on the road as well on September 1, with Ukraine blew up its lead in the injury times of the second half. Following the game against France at home, where Ukraine blew up its lead to end the game in yet another 1–1 draw, Ukraine has officially broken the record previously held by Australia for the most consecutive draws in a World Cup qualification, with five straight draws out of five to Australia's four back in the previous qualification, leaving Ukraine's hope to qualify for Qatar in limbo.

They picked up a much-needed victory over Finland, ending their run of draws and giving them a two-point lead over Bosnia and a three-point lead over Finland. However, both Bosnia and Finland have a game in hand over Ukraine.

Rekor kompetisi

Piala Dunia

Tahun	Putaran	Posisi	Mn	M	S*	K	GM	GK
1930–1990	Bagian dari Uni Soviet
1994	Tidak ikut (tempat tidak diberikan oleh FIFA)
1998	Tidak lolos
2002
2006	Perempat final	8	5	2	1	2	5	7
2010	Tidak lolos
2014
2018
Total	Perempat final	1/7	5	2	1	2	5	7

*Dinyatakan imbang termasuk pertandingan babak gugur yang ditentukan dengan adu penalti.

Piala Eropa

Tahun	Putaran	Posisi	Mn	M	S*	K	GM	GK
1960–1992	Bagian dari Uni Soviet
1996	Tidak lolos
2000
2004
2008
2012	Babak grup	13	3	1	0	2	2	4
2016	Babak grup	24	3	0	0	3	0	5
Total	Babak grup	2/6	6	1	0	5	2	9

Liga Negara UEFA

Tahun	Divisi	Babak	Pos	Mn	M	S*	K	GM	GK
2018–19	B	Babak grup	1	3	3	0	0	4	1
Total		—	1/1	3	3	0	0	4	1

Pemain terkenal

Oleh Luzhny 52 (0) Yuriy Kalitvintsev 22 (1) Oleksandr Holovko 58 (0) Vitaly Kossovsky 25 (2) Oleg Kuznetsov 3 (0) Gennadiy Litovchenko 4 (0)

Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko 2 (0) Yuri Nikiforov 3 (0) Serhiy Popov 54 (5) Oleh Protasov 1 (0) Oleg Salenko 1 (0) Hennady Zubov 29 (3)

Pelatih

Pelatih	Masa melatih
Viktor Prokopenko	1992
Mykola Pavlov (pelaksana tugas)	1992
Oleh Bazylevych	1993-1994
Mykola Pavlov (pelaksana tugas)	1994
Yozhef Sabo	1994
Anatoliy Konkov	1995
Yozhef Sabo	1996-1999
Valery Lobanovsky	2000-2001
Leonid Buriak	2002-2003
Oleh Blokhin	2003-2007
Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko	2008-2009
Myron Markevych	2010
Yuriy Kalitvintsev (pelaksana tugas)	2010-2011
Oleh Blokhin	2011-2012
Andriy Bal (pelaksana tugas)	2012
Oleksandr Zavarov (pelaksana tugas)	2012
Mykhaylo Fomenko	2012-2016
Andriy Shevchenko	2016-

Catatan sepanjang waktu

Tabel berikut menunjukkan semua catatan waktu internasional Ukraina, per 16 Oktober 2018.

Keterangan

	Positive balance (lebih banyak kemenangan)
	Neutral balance (rasio menang/kalah seimbang)
	Negative balance (lebih banyak kekalahan)

Lawan	Main	Menang	Seri	Kalah	GM	GK	SG
Albania	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9
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	9	5	3	1	12	5	+7
Brasil	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Bulgaria	5	3	2	0	7	2	+5
Kamerun	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kanada	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Chili	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Kosta Rika	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Kroasia	9	1	3	5	5	15	−10
Siprus	3	1	1	1	5	5	0
Ceko	4	2	1	1	3	5	−2
Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Inggris	7	1	2	4	3	9	−6
Estonia	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10
Kepulauan Faroe	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Finlandia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Prancis	9	1	3	5	5	14	−9
Georgia	9	6	3	0	16	6	+10
Jerman	6	0	3	3	5	12	−7
Yunani	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1
Hungaria	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3
Islandia	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1
Iran	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Israel	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2
Italia	8	0	2	6	3	15	−12
Jepang	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1
Kazakhstan	4	4	0	0	9	3	+6
Kosovo	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Latvia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
Lituania	8	5	1	2	15	8	+7
Libya	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Luksemburg	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9
Makedonia Utara	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2
Meksiko	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Moldova	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3
Maroko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Belanda	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Niger	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Irlandia Utara	5	2	2	1	3	3	0
Norwegia	5	4	1	0	5	0	+5
Polandia	8	3	2	3	9	9	0
Portugal	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Rumania	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4
Rusia	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
San Marino	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17
Arab Saudi	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4
Korea Selatan	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Skotlandia	2	1	0	1	3	3	0
Serbia	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8
Slowakia	7	3	3	1	8	6	+2
Slovenia	6	1	3	2	7	7	0
Spanyol	5	0	1	4	3	10	−7
Swiss	2	1	1	0	2	2	0
Swedia	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Turki	8	2	2	4	9	11	−2
Uni Emirat Arab	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Amerika Serikat	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Wales	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Total	238	114	62	62	336	224	+112

Pemain

Skuad terakhir

Para pemain berikut dipanggil untuk pertandingan kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2022 melawan Finlandia dan Bosnia dan Herzegovina pada 9 dan 12 Oktober 2021. Penampilan dan gol diperbarui pada 8 September 2021, setelah pertandingan melawan Republik Ceko.

0#0	Pos.	Nama Pemain	Tanggal lahir (umur)	Tampil	Gol	Klub
12	1GK	Andriy Pyatov	28 Juni 1984	99	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
1	1GK	Heorhiy Bushchan	31 Mei 1994	11	0	Dynamo Kyiv
23	1GK	Dmytro Riznyk	30 Januari 1999	0	0	FC Vorskla Poltava
22	2DF	Mykola Matviyenko	2 Mei 1996	43	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
21	2DF	Oleksandr Karavayev	2 Juni 1992	39	1	Dynamo Kyiv
4	2DF	Serhiy Kryvtsov	15 Maret 1991	27	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
2	2DF	Eduard Sobol	20 April 1995	23	0	Club Brugge
13	2DF	Illya Zabarnyi	1 September 2002	15	0	Dynamo Kyiv
3	2DF	Oleksandr Syrota	11 Juni 2000	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv
8	2DF	Viktor Korniyenko	14 Februari 1992	1	1	Shakhtar Donetsk
	2DF	Artem Shabanov	7 Maret 1992	2	0	Dynamo Kyiv
19	2DF	Oleksandr Tymchyk	20 Januari 1997	6	0	Dynamo Kyiv
7	3MF	Andriy Yarmolenko	23 Oktober 1989	102	42	West Ham United
5	3MF	Serhiy Sydorchuk	2 Mei 1991	43	3	Dynamo Kyiv
6	3MF	Taras Stepanenko	8 Agustus 1989	65	3	Shakhtar Donetsk
15	3MF	Viktor Tsyhankov	15 November 1997	31	6	Dynamo Kyiv
10	3MF	Mykola Shaparenko	4 Oktober 1998	20	1	Dynamo Kyiv
11	3MF	Oleksandr Zubkov	3 Agustus 1996	14	1	Ferencvárosi TC
	3MF	Ihor Kharatin	2 Februari 1995	4	0	Legia Warsawa
14	3MF	Serhiy Buletsa	16 Februari 1992	1	0	Zorya Luhansk
	3MF	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	7 Mei 1997	0	0	SC Dnipro-1
9	4FW	Roman Yaremchuk	27 November 1995	32	11	Benfica
26	4FW	Artem Dovbyk	21 Juni 1997	3	1	SC Dnipro-1
20	4FW	Danylo Sikan	16 April 2001	3	1	Shakhtar Donetsk

Baru dipanggil

Berikut merupakan para pemain yang juga dipanggil ke dalam skuad Ukraina dalam dua belas bulan terakhir dan masih dapat berpartisipasi untuk seleksi.

Pos.	Nama pemain	Tanggal lahir (usia)	Tampil	Gol	Klub	Panggilan terakhir
GK	Andriy Lunin	11 Februari 1999	2	0	Leganés	v. Italia, 10 Oktober 2018 U21
GK	Maksym Koval	9 Desember 1992	2	0	Al-Fateh	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017
DF	Oleh Danchenko	1 Agustus 1994	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Slowakia, 9 September 2018
DF	Andriy Tsurikov	5 Oktober 1992	0	0	Oleksandriya	v. Slowakia, 9 September 2018
DF	Yevhen Khacheridi INJ	28 Juli 1987	51	3	PAOK	v. Ceko, 6 September 2018 WD
DF	Eduard Sobol	20 April 1995	9	0	Jablonec	v. Albania, 3 Juni 2018
DF	Artem Shabanov	7 Maret 1992	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Albania, 3 Juni 2018
DF	Pavlo Lukyanchuk	19 Mei 1996	0	0	Kisvárda	v. Albania, 3 Juni 2018
DF	Ivan Ordets INJ	8 Juli 1992	11	1	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Jepang, 27 Maret 2018
DF	Oleksandr Svatok	27 September 1994	0	0	Zorya Luhansk	v. Arab Saudi, 23 Maret 2018 PRE
DF	Oleksandr Kucher	22 Oktober 1982	56	2	Kayserispor	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017
MF	Vitaliy Buyalskyi INJ	6 Januari 1993	3	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Italia, 10 Oktober 2018 WD
MF	Volodymyr Shepelyev	1 Juni 1997	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Ceko, 6 September 2018 U21
MF	Viktor Kovalenko	14 Februari 1996	17	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Albania, 3 Juni 2018
MF	Mykola Shaparenko	4 Oktober 1998	2	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Albania, 3 Juni 2018
MF	Ruslan Rotan	29 Oktober 1981	100	8	Pensiun	v. Jepang, 27 Maret 2018
MF	Yevhen Shakhov	30 November 1990	4	1	PAOK	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017
MF	Oleksandr Andriyevskyi	25 Juni 1994	1	0	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017
MF	Serhiy Myakushko	15 April 1993	1	0	Karpaty Lviv	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017
MF	Vyacheslav Tankovskyi INJ	16 Agustus 1995	0	0	Shakhtar Donetsk	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017
MF	Denys Harmash	19 April 1990	30	2	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Slowakia, 10 November 2017 WD
FW	Artem Kravets INJ	3 Juni 1989	22	8	Kayserispor	v. Ceko, 16 Oktober 2018 WD
FW	Artem Besyedin INJ	31 Maret 1996	10	1	Dynamo Kyiv	v. Italia, 10 Oktober 2018 WD
FW	Yevhen Seleznyov	20 Juli 1985	57	11	Akhisar Belediyespor	v. Slowakia, 9 September 2018
FW	Yuriy Kolomoyets	22 Maret 1990	1	0	Vorskla Poltava	v. Arab Saudi, 23 Maret 2018 PRE

Catatan:

• ^INJ = Sedang cedera.
• ^WD = Mundur karena cedera.
• ^PRE = Skuad awal.
• ^RET = Pensiun dari tim nasional.
• ^SUS = Ditangguhkan untuk pertandingan berikutnya.
• ^U21 = Bergabung dalam tim nasional U-21 Ukraina.
• ^ALT = Pengganti - menggantikan posisi anggota skuad yang cedera.

Pranala luar

• http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=328162&cc=5901
• http://ukraine.worldcupblog.org Diarsipkan 2015-09-15 di Wayback Machine.