European Football Championship 2016 / Ukraine

This article covers the Ukrainian national team at the 2016 European Football Championship in France . It was the second participation for Ukraine. After automatically qualifying as co-hosts in 2012, Ukraine was able to qualify in terms of sport this time. Ukrainian players were an important part of the national soccer team of the USSR or CIS from 1960 to 1992 , which became the first European champion in 1960 and then reached the final three times.

qualification

Andrij Jarmolenko , Ukraine's top scorer

Ukraine qualified for the European Championship in Group C and met u. a. on defending champion Spain. Overall, coach Mychailo Fomenko used 29 players in the 10 group and two play-off games, but only Andrij Jarmolenko , Andrij Pyatow and Vyacheslav Shevchuk in all twelve games. The team's top scorer was Andrij Jarmolenko with a total of six goals. Record national player Anatoly Tymoschtschuk only made five appearances ; in the last play-off game he was substituted on in the sixth minute of stoppage time. To their first international appearances came Serhij Sydortschuk in the game against Belarus, who then scored his first international goal in stoppage time, Oleksandr Karawajew in the penultimate and Oleksandr Zinchenko in the last group game.

In the FIFA world rankings , the Ukrainians fell five places from 24th.

Games

All results from a Ukrainian perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
09/08/2014	Olympic Stadium , Kiev	Slovakia	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Róbert Mak (17th)
09/10/2014	Baryssau-Arena , Baryssau ( BLR )	Belarus	2: 0 (0: 0)	1: 0 Aljaksandr Martynowitsch (82nd / own goal), 2: 0 Serhij Sydortschuk (90th + 3 ′)
10/12/2014	Arena Lviv , Lviv	North Macedonia	1: 0 (1: 0)	1: 0 Serhij Sydortschuk (45th + 2 ′)
11/15/2014	Josy Barthel Stadium , Luxembourg City ( LUX )	Luxembourg	3: 0 (1: 0)	1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0 Andrij Jarmolenko (33rd, 53rd, 56th)
03/27/2015	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán , Seville ( ESP )	Spain	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Álvaro Morata (28th)
06/14/2015	Arena Lviv , Lviv	Luxembourg	3: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Artem Krawez (49th), 2-0 Denys Harmasch (57th), 3-0 Jewhen Konopljanka (86th)
05.09.2015	Arena Lviv , Lviv	Belarus	3: 1 (3: 0)	1: 0 Artem Krawez (7th), 2: 0 Andrij Jarmolenko (30,), 3: 0 Jewhen Konopljanka (40th / penalty), 3: 1 Sjarhej Karnilenka (62 / penalty)
09/08/2015	Štadión pod Dubňom , Žilina ( SVK )	Slovakia	0-0
09/10/2015	Philip II Arena , Skopje ( Macedonia )	North Macedonia	2: 0 (0: 0)	1-0 Jewhen Selesnjow (59th / penalty), 2-0 Artem Krawez (87th)
October 12, 2015	Olympic Stadium , Kiev	Spain	0: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Mario Gaspar (22.)

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	10	9	0	1	023: 300	+20	27
2.	Slovakia	10	7th	1	2	017: 800	+9	22nd
3.	Ukraine	10	6th	1	3	014: 400	+10	19th
4th	Belarus	10	3	2	5	008:140	−6	11
5.	Luxembourg	10	1	1	8th	006:270	−21	04th
6th	North Macedonia	10	1	1	8th	006:180	−12	04th
Status: October 12, 2015

As one of the group thirds, Ukraine then had to compete in the playoffs and met Slovenia as in qualifying for the EM 2000 , but this time won the games.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Goal scorers
11/14/2015	Arena Lviv , Lviv	Slovenia	2: 0 (1: 0)	1-0 Andrij Jarmolenko (22nd), 2-0 Yevhen Selesnjow (54th)
11/17/2015	Ljudski vrt , Maribor ( SVN )	Slovenia	1: 1 (0: 1)	0: 1 Boštjan Cesar (11th), 1: 1 Andrij Jarmolenko (90th + 7 ′)

preparation

On March 24, 2016 a game in Odessa against Cyprus was won 1-0. With Mykyta Kamenjuka , Viktor Kowalenko , Maksym Malyshev , Ivan Petrjak and Artem Putiwzew, five newcomers were used. Four days later, European Championship participants Wales were also defeated 1-0 in Kiev . Before the European Championship, the Ukrainians won 4: 3 in Turin against European Championship participants Romania on May 29 and 3: 1 against Euro newcomer Albania on June 3 in Bergamo .

Squad

The preliminary roster was named on May 19 and expanded to include three players on May 28. On May 31, 2016, the final roster was named. Most of the players (7) were nominated by cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk , followed by five players from champions Dynamo Kiev .

Jersey no.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use	EM games
goalkeeper
1	Denys Boyko	Beşiktaş Istanbul (I (M))	Jan. 29, 1988	4th	0	2014	24 Mar 2016		0
12	Andrij Pyatov	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	June 28, 1984	65	0	2007	June 21, 2016	3 (2012)	3
23	Mykyta Shevchenko	Zorya Luhansk (I)	Jan. 26, 1993	0	0				0
Defense
2	Bohdan Butko	Amkar Perm (I)	Jan. 13, 1991	17th	0	2011	June 21, 2016	1 (2012)	1
3	Yevhen Khacheridi	Dynamo Kiev (I (M))	July 28, 1987	43	3	2009	June 21, 2016	3 (2012)	3
17th	Artem Fedetskyj	FK Dnipro (I)	Apr. 26, 1985	50	2	2010	June 21, 2016		3
5	Oleksandr coachman	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	Oct 22, 1982	50	9	2006	June 21, 2016	0 (2012)	1				1
20th	Yaroslav Rakyzkyj	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	0Aug 3, 1989	41	4th	2009	June 16, 2016	1 (2012)	2
13	Vyacheslav Shevchuk	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	May 13, 1979	55	0	2003	June 16, 2016	0 (2012)	2
midfield
19th	Denys Harmasch	Dynamo Kiev (I (M))	Apr 19, 1990	27	2	2011	June 16, 2016	1 (2012)	1
7th	Andrij Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kiev (I (M))	Oct 23, 1989	60	25th	2009	June 21, 2016	3 (2012)	3
22nd	Oleksandr Karavaev	Zorya Luhansk (I)	02nd June 1992	3	0	2015	May 29, 2016		0
10	Yevhen Konoplyanka	Sevilla FC (I (E))	29 Sep 1989	54	13	2010	June 21, 2016	3 (2012)	3				1
9	Viktor Kovalenko	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	Feb 14, 1996	4th	0	2016	June 21, 2016		2
14th	Ruslan Rotan	FK Dnipro (I)	Oct. 29, 1981	88	7th	2003	June 21, 2016	1 (2012)	1				1
18th	Serhiy Rybalka	Dynamo Kiev (I (M))	0Apr 1, 1990	9	0	2015	May 29, 2016		0
21st	Oleksandr Zinchenko	FK Ufa (I)	Dec 15, 1996	4th	1	2015	June 21, 2016		3
6th	Taras Stepanenko	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	0Aug 8, 1989	30th	3	2010	June 21, 2016		3
16	Serhiy Sydortschuk	Dynamo Kiev (I (M))	0May 2, 1991	13	2	2014	June 16, 2016		2				1
4th	Anatoly Tymoshchuk	FK Qairat Almaty (I (M))	30th Mar 1979	143	4th	2000	June 21, 2016	3 (2012)	1
attack
15th	Pylyp Budkivskyi	Zorya Luhansk (I)	10 Mar 1992	6th	0	2014	31 Mar 2015		0
11	Yevhen Seleznyov	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	July 20, 1985	51	11	2008	June 16, 2016	0 (2012)	2				1
8th	Roman Sosulja	FK Dnipro (I)	Nov. 17, 1989	27	4th	2010	June 21, 2016		3
Trainer
	Mychailo Fomenko		19 Sep 1948	24	0	from 2012			2

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

On May 31, 2016, six players were removed from the provisional squad.

position	Surname	society	Date of birth	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use	EM games
Defense	Mykyta Kamenjuka	Zorya Luhansk (I)	03rd June 1985	1	0	2016	24 Mar 2016
midfield	Oleh Husiev	Dynamo Kiev (I (M))	Apr 25, 1983	98	13	2003	24 Mar 2016	3 (2012)
midfield	Maksym Malyshev	Shakhtar Donetsk (I (P))	Dec 24, 1992	1	0	2016	24 Mar 2016
midfield	Ivan Petrjak	Zorya Luhansk (I)	13 Mar 1994	1	0	2016	24 Mar 2016
midfield	Yevhen Shakhov	FK Dnipro (I)	Jan. 30, 1990	0	0
attack	Artem Krawez	VfB Stuttgart (I ▼ )	0June 3, 1989	13	4th	2011	24 Mar 2016

Remarks:

1. ↑ League status 2015/16 in brackets, E = UEFA Europa League winner, M = champions, P = cup winners
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 12, 2016
3. ↑ Before the EM 2016
4. ↑ ^{a b} As a player for the USSR

Finals

Lille Lyon Marseille Aix-en-Provence

Venues (red = lost), quarters (blue)

At the draw for the six final groups on December 12, 2015, Ukraine was placed in Pot 2 and could therefore face host France, world champions Germany or defending champions Spain. They were drawn to group C with Germany, which they met in the first group game in northern France. Other opponents on the journey from the north to the south of France were EM newcomers Northern Ireland and Poland, with whom they hosted the previous EM. Ukraine had a slightly positive record against Poland up to the European Championship: In seven games there were three wins and two draws and two defeats. Most recently they won twice in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup against Poland, but then both missed them. The Northern Irish had previously faced four opponents and in four games there were two wins against them in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup and two goalless draws in the qualifying games for Euro 2004 , both of which they missed. In contrast, the record against Germany is negative: In three home games it was only enough to draw, the two away games were lost. In a major tournament, Ukraine have not yet met any of the three group opponents.

The Ukrainians started with a 2-0 draw against Germany, but were able to put the world champions into distress after an early deficit and only had to accept the last goal in stoppage time from Bastian Schweinsteiger , who was substituted on a minute earlier and who had a counterattack in the final urge phase Ukrainians successfully graduated. Then they lost to the Northern Irish for the first time - also 2-0 - and thus had no chance of reaching the round of 16. In the last game they also had to accept that the Poles were able to balance their record against the Ukrainians with a 1-0 win. The Ukrainians were eliminated as the only team without a point or goal.

As a result of the European Championship games, Ukraine lost 93 points and eleven places in the FIFA world rankings , together with Austria the most of all European Championship participants.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	003-000	+3	07th
2.	Poland	3	2	1	0	002-000	+2	07th
3.	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	000: 500	−5	00

Sun., June 12, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. in Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( Lille )
Germany	-	Ukraine	2: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Décines-Charpieu ( Lyon )
Ukraine	-	Northern Ireland	0: 2 (0: 0)
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Marseille
Ukraine	-	Poland	0: 1 (0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (August 14, 2014)
2. ↑ FIFA World Ranking (December 3, 2015)
3. ↑ Ukraine 1-0 Cyprus
4. ↑ "Seleznyov and Zinchenko not included for Ukraine" , uefa.com
5. ↑ "Ukraine: Three successors in the squad" , sport.de
6. ↑ "Bundesliga legionnaire flies out of Ukraine squad" , sport.de
7. ↑ "Bundesliga legionnaire flies out of Ukraine squad" , sport.de
8. ↑ “UEFA EURO 2016 final draw” , uefa.com