Ukrainian national soccer team / world championships

Ukraine
Ukrajina

World Cup record goalscorer:	Igor Belanow , Anatoli Byschowez and Valeri Porkujan (4 each for the USSR) Andrij Shevchenko (2 for the Ukraine)
World Cup record players:	Volodymyr Bessonow (10 for the USSR) 7 players each 5 games for the Ukraine
Rank :	53
Balance sheet
5 World Cup games 2 wins 1 draw 2 losses 5: 7 goals
statistics
First World Cup game Ukraine 0: 4 Spain Leipzig ( DEU ); June 14, 2006
Biggest World Cup win Ukraine 4-0 Saudi Arabia Hamburg ( DEU ); June 19, 2006
Biggest World Cup defeat Ukraine 0: 4 Spain Leipzig ( DEU ); June 14, 2006
successes
World Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2006 )
Best results	Quarterfinals 2006
Best placements in the countries that host the FIFA World Cup
(Status: after the 2018 World Cup )

The article contains a detailed description of the Ukrainian national soccer team at world championships . Ukraine has so far participated in the finals of the World Cup, otherwise they failed in the playoffs of the group runners-up. In the eternal ranking Ukraine occupies the 53rd place.

overview

Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1990 , which participated in the World Cup from 1958 to 1990. Ukrainian players were important players in the Soviet national team at this time. B. Oleh Blochin , who took part in the World Cup with the USSR in 1982 and 1986 . In 1994 , with Sergei Juran , Yuri Nikiforow , Wladislaw Ternawski and Ilja Zymbalar , players who were still born in Ukraine played for Russia at the World Cup.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1994	United States	not participated				Not yet a FIFA member at the time of the draw
1998	France	not qualified				In the play-offs of the qualification to Croatia failed after in the group stage behind Germany the 2nd place
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the play-off qualification in Germany failed after the group stage behind Poland 2nd place was occupied
2006	Germany	Quarter finals	Italy	8th.	Oleh Blochin	Oleksandr Schowkowskyj saves two penalties in the penalty shootout of the round of 16 against Switzerland .
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the play-off qualification in Greece failed after the group stage behind England 2nd place was occupied
2014	Brazil	not qualified				In qualifying , Ukraine faced England , Moldova , Montenegro , Poland and San Marino . The Ukraine finished second behind England and met France in the playoff games on November 15 and 19, 2013 . After a 2-0 win in the first leg, the second leg was lost 3-0 and qualification was missed.
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualification of Iceland and Croatia failed.

1994 in the United States

When the qualifying groups were drawn on December 8, 1991, there was still no independent football association of the Ukraine ; it was only founded five days later as an independent association and joined FIFA in 1992. As a result, Ukraine has not yet been able to qualify for the World Cup . The place for the Soviet Union was taken by the Russian team, which qualified for the World Cup, but were eliminated in the preliminary round.

1998 in France

Four years later, the Ukrainians were able to qualify for the second World Cup in France for the first time . Behind European champions Germany , who qualified directly, they finished second, ahead of Portugal , Armenia , Northern Ireland and Albania . So they were qualified for the playoff games of the group runners-up, in which they met Croatia . After a 2-0 draw in Zagreb , the 1-1 draw in the second leg was not enough to qualify for the World Cup, instead Croatia went to the World Cup for the first time and surprisingly came third.

2002 in Japan and South Korea

Even four years later, Ukraine failed in the playoff games of the group runners-up, this time to Germany, which had to go to the playoffs for the first time. In the group stage of qualifying for the first World Cup in Asia, the Ukrainians finished second behind Poland, ahead of Belarus , Norway , Wales and Armenia . The Ukrainians only lost their first game, a home game against Poland, but had to share the points with their opponents in five games and could only win four games. In the playoffs it was only enough to make a 1-1 draw at home, the return match in Dortmund was lost 4-1.

2006 in Germany

Ukrainian fans celebrate the 3-0 win in the 4-0 win against Saudi Arabia

Andrij Shevchenko converts the penalty against Tunisia to 1-0 victory

→ Main article : Football World Cup 2006 / Ukraine

Four years later, the only World Cup qualification to date was achieved. In a group with Turkey , Denmark , Greece , Albania , Georgia and Kazakhstan , the qualification was made perfect on September 3, 2005 with a 1-1 draw in Georgia. A 0: 1 home defeat against Turkey in the penultimate game and a 2: 2 against Albania in the last game could be coped with. The best Ukrainian scorer was Andrij Shevchenko with six goals.

At the finals, Ukraine was drawn into a group with Spain , Tunisia and Saudi Arabia . In their first World Cup game, they clearly lost 4-0 against Spain, where they had to play 43 minutes after an emergency brake from Wladyslaw Waschtschuk .

In the second game against Saudi Arabia, however, they were able to win 4-0, with Andrij Russol already scoring the first World Cup goal for Ukraine in the 4th minute. In the last game, Andrij Shevchenko secured a 1-0 win against Tunisia with a converted penalty kick, which meant that Ukraine made it into the knockout round as second in the group. Here they met Switzerland and after 120 goalless minutes, the penalty shoot-out had to decide who was allowed to move into the quarter-finals. Shevchenko failed with the first penalty against Swiss goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler , but Ukrainian goalkeeper Oleksandr Schowkowskyj was able to immediately parry the first Swiss penalty. After the next three Ukrainians were successful, while the second Swiss only hit the crossbar and the third Swiss's penalty was again saved by Schowkowskyj, the last three shooters no longer had to compete. In the quarter-finals, the Ukrainians met Italy and lost 3-0. Italy was then able to secure the World Cup title for the fourth time, while Ukraine said goodbye to the World Cup for at least 12 years.

2010 in South Africa

In qualifying for the first World Cup in Africa , Ukraine only finished second behind England and ahead of Croatia , Belarus , Kazakhstan and Andorra . Ukraine therefore had to return to the playoffs of the group runners-up and met the Greeks trained by Otto Rehhagel . After a 0-0 win in Greece, the home game was lost 0-1, so that qualification was missed again.

2014 in Brazil

In qualifying for the second World Cup in Brazil , Ukraine had to compete against England, Montenegro , Poland , Moldova and San Marino and only finished second behind England, one point behind. The direct qualification was gambled away with a goalless draw on the third last day of play against England, as both then won the remaining games. So Ukraine had to go back to the playoffs of the group runners-up and met ex-world champions France . After a 2-0 home game, the hopes of qualifying again were high, because never before had a team in the playoffs managed to make up a 2-0 deficit from the first leg. But France were the first team to succeed, and with a 3-0 win, the former world champions qualified.

2018 in Russia

For the qualification , Ukraine, which has been coached by Andrij Shevchenko since the preliminary round at the 2016 European Championship , was drawn into the group with Croatia , Iceland , Turkey and Finland . After Kosovo was admitted to FIFA, this team was subsequently assigned to this group. Since Ukraine does not recognize Kosovo, the home game against Kosovo was played in Krakow, Poland. After half of the games, of which the Ukrainians won two and lost one, they were only in third place. In the second half, they won three games and lost two games. Before the last game, they had the chance to at least achieve second place with a home win against Croatia, but lost 2-0, so that only third place jumped out. Group winner was surprisingly Iceland, which is participating for the first time.

Ranking of the Ukrainian World Cup players with the most appearances

01. Volodymyr Bessonov - 10 out of 3 tournaments (all for the USSR)

02. Anatoly Demyanenko - 9 out of 3 tournaments (all for the USSR)

03. Oleh Blochin , Oleh Kuznetsov and Oleksandr Sawarow - 7 each in 2 tournaments (all for the USSR)

06. Andrij Bal (for the USSR), Yuri Nikiforow (for Russia) - 6 in 2 tournaments

08. Sergei Baltatscha (for the USSR), Oleh Husjew , Andrij Hussin , Ivan Yaremchuk (for the USSR) Andrij Nesmatschnyj , Oleh Schelajew , Andrij Shevchenko , Oleksandr Schowkowskyj , Anatolij Tymoschtschuk - 5 each in one or 2 gymnasts

Ranking of the Ukrainian World Cup players with the most goals

Andrij Shevchenko on a Ukrainian postage stamp for the 2006 World Cup

1. Igor Belanov , Anatoly Byschowez and Valeri Porkujan - 4 goals each (all for the USSR)

4. Oleh Blochin , Oleksandr Savarov (both for the USSR) and Andrij Shevchenko - 2 goals each

7. Andriy Bal , Sergei Baltatscha , Igor Dobrovolsky , Pavlo Yakovenko , Ivan Yaremchuk , Vitaly Kmelnitski , Oleg Protasov , Vasyl Rats (all for the USSR), Maksym Kalynychenko , Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Rusol - 1 each gate

Ukrainian World Cup captains

• 1986: Anatolij Demjanenko , Oleh Blochin (3rd group game) both for the USSR
• 1990: Oleh Kuznetsov , Anatolij Demjanenko (3rd game) both for the USSR
• 1994: Wiktor Onopko (3rd game for Russia)
• 2002: Viktor Onopko (for Russia)
• 2006: Andrij Shevchenko

Ukrainian players in the team of the USSR or Russia

• 1958: Vladimir Maslachenko (0)
• 1962: Eduard Dubinski (1), Wiktor Kanewski (2), Wiktor Serebriannikow (0), József Szabó (0)
• 1966: Wiktor Bannikow (0), Leonid Ostrowski (2), Valeri Porkujan (3), Wiktor Serebrianikow (2), József Szabó (4)
• 1970: Anatoli Byschowez (4), Wladimir Kaplitschni (3), Witali Kmelnitski (4), Wolodymyr Muntjan (4), Valeri Porkujan (0), Anatoli Puzach (2), Wiktor Serebrianikow (2), Leonid Schmuts (0),
• 1982: Sergei Andrejew (3), Andrij Bal (4), Sergei Baltatscha (5), Volodymyr Bessonow (5), Oleh Blochin (5), Leonid Buryak (0), Anatolij Demjanenko (5), Wadym Evtuschenko (0), Yuri Susloparow (1), Viktor Tschanow (0)
• 1986: Andrij Bal (2), Igor Belanow (4), Volodymyr Bessonow (3), Oleh Blochin (2), Anatolij Demjanenko (3), Pavlo Jakowenko (3), Ivan Yaremchuk (3), Wadym Yevtuschenko (3), Sergei Krakowski (0), Oleh Kuznetsov (4), Hennadij Lytowtschenko (1), Oleg Protasov (1), Wassili Raz (3), Oleksandr Sawarow (4), Viktor Tschanow (1),
• 1990: Volodymyr Bessonow (2), Anatolij Demjanenko (1), Igor Dobrowolski (3), Iwan Yaremtschuk (2), Oleh Kuznetsov (3), Hennadij Lytowtschenko (3), Volodymyr Lyutyj (1), Oleg Protasov (3), Vasily Raz (1), Oleksandr Sawarow (3), Viktor Tschanow (0),
• 1994: Sergei Juran (1), Juri Nikiforow (3), Wladislaw Ternawski (2) and Ilja Zymbalar (2) - all for Russia
• 2002: Yuri Nikiforow (3), Wiktor Onopko (3), Sergei Semak (0)
• 2014: none

Share of players playing abroad in the World Cup squad

In its only participation so far, Ukraine only used four " legionaries ".

Year (games)	Number (countries)	Players (stakes)
2006 (5)	4 (1 in Germany, 1 in Italy, 2 in Russia)	Andrij Voronin (4); Andrij Shevchenko (5); Andrij Hussin (5), Maxym Kalynytschenko (4)

Players banned from World Championships

• 2006: In the first World Cup game for the Ukrainians, Wladyslaw Waschtschuk received the red card because of an emergency brake and was banned from the second group game. In the last group game, Vyacheslav Swiderskyj and Andrij Russol received the second yellow card and were suspended for the round of 16 against Switzerland.

Games

Ukraine have played five World Cup games so far, two of which have been won, two have been lost and one has ended in a draw. The draw game had to be extended and was won on penalties. Ukraine has so far not played against the newcomers to the World Cup, the hosts or the defending champions, but once against the eventual world champions.

All World Cup games
No.	date	Result	opponent	occasion	venue	comment
1.	06/14/2006	Spain	0: 4	Preliminary round	Leipzig ( DEU )
2.	06/19/2006	Saudi Arabia	4-0	Preliminary round	Hamburg ( DEU )	First international match against Saudi Arabia
3.	06/23/2006	Tunisia	1-0	Preliminary round	Berlin ( DEU )	First international match against Tunisia
4th	06/26/2006	Switzerland	0: 0 a.d.	Round of 16	Cologne ( DEU )	3: 0 n. E. First international match against Switzerland
5.	06/30/2006	Italy	0: 3	Quarter finals	Hamburg ( DEU )

Highest victories and defeats

The two victories of the Ukrainian team at the World Cup were also the highest victories against these countries:

•  Saudi Arabia : Preliminary round 2006 - 4-0 (only game against Saudi Arabia)
•  Tunisia : Preliminary round 2006 - 1-0 (only game against Tunisia)

The two defeats in World Cup games were also the highest against these countries:

•  Italy : quarter-finals 2006 - 3-0
•  Spain : Preliminary round 2006-04

particularities

• The fewest penalties in the penalty shoot-out (3 of 7) were converted in the round of 16, Ukraine against Switzerland at the 2006 World Cup. Ukraine is the first team that did not suffer a goal in a penalty shootout at a World Cup. Goalkeeper Oleksandr Schowkowskyj is the first goalkeeper not to suffer a goal in a penalty shoot-out.
• Ukraine is the only team that, after a 4-0 win in their first World Cup game, was able to win the next game 4-0, with the highest World Cup defeat and the highest World Cup victory immediately following one another.

See also

• Ukrainian national soccer team / European championships

Web links

• Football World - Statistics - Ukraine on fifa.com
• fifa.com: "Statistical overview: records and milestones"

References and footnotes

1. ↑ In the penalty shoot-out win.
2. ↑ Ukrainian players in Sweden (1958), Chile (1962), England (1966), Mexico (1971), Spain (1982) and Italy (1990) as part of the USSR team.
3. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930-2014 (PDF file; 195 kB)
4. ↑ fifa.com: Ukraine and Switzerland write World Cup history