Ukrainian national soccer team / European championships
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| European Championship record scorer: | Oleg Protasov (for the USSR) and Andrij Shevchenko (2 each) |
| European Championship record players: | Oleksij Mychajlychenko (8 for the USSR and CIS) |
| Rank: | 30th |
| Organizer: | 2012 (together with Poland) |
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| 6 European Championship games 1 win 0 draw 5 defeats 2: 9 goals |
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First European Championship game Ukraine 2: 1 Sweden Kiev ( UKR ); June 13, 2012  |
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Biggest European Championship win Ukraine 2: 1 Sweden Kiev ( UKR ); June 13, 2012 |
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Biggest European Championship defeats Ukraine 0-2 France Donetsk ( UKR ); June 15, 2012 Ukraine 0-2 Germany Villeneuve-d'Ascq / Lille ( FRA ); June 12, 2016 Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland Lyon ( FRA ); June 16, 2016    |
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| Participation in the finals | 2 ( first : 2012 ) |
| Best results | Preliminary round 2012, 2016 |
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The article contains a detailed description of the Ukrainian national soccer team at European championships and their qualifications.
Participation in European football championships
Ukraine was part of the USSR . This took part in the European Championships from 1960 to 1992. The Soviet Union has already won the first championship. The Ukrainian Vladimir Maslatschenko played in the 1960s European championship team . In 1972 the Soviet Union became vice European champion. At that time, the Ukrainian players Juri Istomin , Anatoly Konkow , Eduard Kozinkewitsch , Volodymyr Onyshchenko , and Vladimir Troschkin were part of the team. This team was trained by Alexander Ponomarev , who was born in Ukraine. In 1988 the Soviet Union became vice European champion again. Here were Anatoliy Demyanenko , Hennadij Lytowchenko , Oleksandr Savarov , Oleksij Mychajlychenko , Sergei Baltatscha , Vasily Raz , Igor Belanow , Oleh Protasow and Viktor Passulko from Ukraine. The trainer was the Ukrainian Valery Lobanovsky . After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine took part in qualifying for the European Championship in 1996 for the first time. In this qualification and the following one failed. In 2012, Ukraine hosted the European Championship together with Poland, making it their first participation. In 2015 she was able to qualify for the first time in terms of sport for the final round, which was held for the first time in 2016 with 24 teams.
| year | Host country | Participation until ... | Last opponent | Result | Trainer | Comments and special features |
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| 1996 | England | not qualified | In the qualification of Croatia and Vice World Champion Italy failed. | |||
| 2000 | Netherlands and Belgium | not qualified | Failed in the relegation games to Slovenia . | |||
| 2004 | Portugal | not qualified | In qualifying at the eventual winners Greece and Spain failed. | |||
| 2008 | Austria and Switzerland | not qualified | In the qualification to the finalists of the 2006 World Cup, France and Italy failed. | |||
| 2012 | Poland and Ukraine | Preliminary round | Sweden , France , England | - | Oleh Blochin | After an opening win against Sweden, the other two games were lost, so that Ukraine were eliminated as third in the group. |
| 2016 | France | Preliminary round | Germany , Northern Ireland , Poland | - | Mychailo Fomenko | After two defeats in the first two games, the Ukrainians had no chance to qualify for the round of 16 and also lost the last game. |
| 2021 | Europe | In the qualification, Ukraine was able to prevail against Lithuania , Luxembourg , defending champions Portugal and Serbia . Opponents in the final round are the Netherlands, Austria and a playoff winner. |
1996
After the Commonwealth of Independent States had participated in the European Championship finals in 1992, the states of the former Soviet Union took part separately for the first time in qualifying for the European Championship in 1996. Ukraine met Croatia , Italy , Lithuania , Slovenia and Estonia , all of which except Italy, as well as Ukraine, took part in a European Championship qualification for the first time. The Ukrainians, trained by Anatoly Konkow , started with a 2-0 home defeat against Lithuania and a goalless draw against Slovenia. It was only in the third game that Serhiy Konovalov scored the first qualifying goal for Ukraine in a 3-0 win against Estonia. After two more defeats against Croatia and Italy, three wins followed, but after two defeats in the last two games only fourth place remained, 10 points behind the two teams qualified for the finals. After the missed qualification József Szabó took over the office of national coach.
2000
Four years later, the group stage went much better. Against France , Russia , Iceland , Armenia and Andorra , which participated for the first time, they each achieved five wins and five draws. Ukraine belonged to the circle of only four teams that had not lost a game, but had one point less than France and had to go into relegation as second in the group. Opponents were Slovenia and after a 1: 2 in Ljubljana , the 1: 1 in the second leg was not enough to book the EM ticket. Slovenia then eliminated in the group stage at the finals. When József Szabó missed the final again, his term of office ended. His successor was Valery Lobanovsky , who was also the coach of Dynamo Kiev .
2004
Four years later it was not even enough for the playoff games of the group runners-up. After missing qualification for the 2002 World Cup , Leonid Burjak took over as national coach. In a group with Greece, Spain, Armenia and Northern Ireland, the eventual group winner Greece was defeated, but beyond that only one victory against Armenia was possible. Four draws with two defeats were only enough for 3rd place. Group winners Greece then sensationally became European champions at the finals. Group runner-up Spain qualified through the playoffs against Norway, but were eliminated in the group stage at the finals. The end of his term of office came for Burjak with the missed qualification, he was succeeded by Oleh Blochin .
2008
After Ukraine qualified for the 2006 World Cup under Oleh Blochin and only eliminated in the quarter-finals against eventual world champions Italy, there were justified hopes of qualifying for the European Championship finals for the first time. However, the Ukrainians had caught a difficult group, because they met the two World Cup finalists France and Italy , who made up places 1 and 2 among themselves. Other opponents were the Scots , who secured third place ahead of the Ukrainians, as well as Lithuania, Georgia and the Faroe Islands . After missing the qualification, Blochin announced his resignation in December 2007. His successor was Oleksiy Mychajlytschenko , who did not manage to lead Ukraine to the 2010 World Cup .
2012
Four years later, Ukraine did not have to qualify because, together with Poland, they were entrusted with hosting the final round. After failing to qualify for the 2010 World Cup , 25 test matches were held, ten of which were won. The best opponent for a win were the number 22 of the FIFA World Ranking placed Norwegians . The best result against a top 10 team was a 1: 1 against the Dutch in second place . After only four games, Myron Markevych, who only came into office in February 2010, resigned as national coach. The office was initially taken over by Yuriy Kalitvintsev , before Oleh Blochin took over the office again in April 2011. Even under him there were no wins against top 10 teams and the last two test matches before the European Championship against Austria and Turkey , which had not qualified for the finals, were also lost. Nevertheless, a 2-1 win against Sweden was achieved in the opening game , in which the record scorer and captain Andrij Shevchenko scored both goals. But these were the only final round goals for Ukraine, because against France followed a 0-2 defeat and against England a 0-1, with which Shevchenko ended his international career. Blochin also resigned after the preliminary round and took over the coaching position at Dynamo Kiev , where he had little success and was fired in April 2014.
2016
For the first time, 24 teams will take part in the European Championship. For the qualification group draw , which took place on February 23, 2014, Ukraine was placed in Pot 2. Ukraine was drawn in Group C with defending champions Spain. From the other pots the following were drawn: Slovakia , Belarus , Luxembourg and Macedonia .
The first two in the group qualify directly for the European Championship finals. If the third-placed team is the best third in the group, it is also directly qualified. The remaining third in the group play four other participants in the playoffs.
Ukraine, coached by Mychailo Fomenko since December 2012 , started on September 8, 2014 with a 0-1 home defeat against Slovakia, followed by three wins before losing in Spain at the end of the first half. Before and after the 2015 summer break, they managed to win two more, but then only one goalless draw in Slovakia. Thus, the Ukrainians were only in third place before the last two games, but were the best third in the group, which would have qualified them directly. Since won by the last two games, only the game in the group last Macedonia, the home game against Spain but was lost and they were overtaken in the rankings of the group to third parties or from Turkey and Hungary, the Ukraine had over the playoff matches in Group Third Slovenia qualify . This was achieved with a 2-0 home win and a 1-1 away game. The equalizer fell in the seventh minute of stoppage time. In the group draw on December 12, 2015, Ukraine was assigned to Pot 2 and was able to meet hosts France, defending champions Spain and world champions Germany. She was then drawn into the group with Germany. Other opponents were EM newcomers Northern Ireland and Poland. After two 0-2 defeats in the first two games, the Ukrainians were the first team to have no chance to qualify for the knockout round and then lost the last game. So they were eliminated as the only team without a point and goal. After the European Championship, Fomenko resigned as national coach, his assistant coach, Ukraine's record scorer Andrij Shevchenko, took over the post.
2021
In qualifying for the pan-European European Championship, Ukraine was able to prevail against Lithuania, Luxembourg, defending champions Portugal and Serbia . The Ukrainians started with a goalless draw in Portugal. This was followed by six wins and with the sixth win, a 2-1 home win against Portugal, the early qualification succeeded.
For the final round draw, Ukraine was assigned to Pot 1. Since Belgium was the only non-host in this pot, Ukraine had to be assigned to a host from pot 2 or 3. The group with Denmark and Russia and the group with the Netherlands remained. Because for political reasons Ukraine should not be in a group with Russia, the group of the Netherlands remained. At the draw on November 30, 2019, Austria and a team were drawn that still have to qualify via the playoffs in March 2020.
Player with the most appearances in European championships
| Surname | Games | Year (games) |
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| Oleksiy Mychajlychenko | 8th | 1988 (5), 1992 (3) |
| Oleh Kuznetsov | 7th | 1988 (4), 1992 (3) |
| Yevhen Khacheridi | 6th | 2012 (3), 2016 (3) |
| Andrij Yarmolenko | 2012 (3), 2016 (3) | |
| Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2012 (3), 2016 (3) | |
| Andrij Pyatov | 2012 (3), 2016 (3) | |
| Oleg Protasov | 5 | 1988 (5) |
| Vasily Raz | 1988 (5) | |
| Oleksandr Savarov | 1988 (5) | |
| Igor Belanov | 4th | 1988 (4) |
| Anatoly Demyanenko | 1988 (4) | |
| Hennadij Lytovchenko | 1988 (4) | |
| Anatoly Tymoshchuk | 2012 (3), 2016 (1) |
Note: Players in italics played for the USSR and / or for the CIS (1992). Born in the Ukrainian SSR , Dobrowolski, Kantschelskis and Onopko later played for Russia, u. a. at the EM 1996.
As of June 21, 2016
Player with the most goals at European championships
| Gates | player | Year (goals) |
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| 2 | Oleg Protasov | 1988 (2) |
| Andrij Shevchenko | 2012 (2) | |
| 1 | Igor Dobrowolski | 1992 (1) |
| Hennadij Lytovchenko | 1988 (1) | |
| Oleksiy Mychajlychenko | 1988 (1) | |
| Viktor Passulko | 1988 (1) | |
| Vasily Raz | 1988 (1) |
Note: Players in italics scored the goals for the USSR or the CIS (Dobrowolski). Born in the Ukrainian SSR , Dobrowolski later played for Russia.
As of June 21, 2016
Share of players playing abroad in the EM squad
| Year (games) | Number (countries) | Players (stakes) |
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| 2012 (3) | 2 (1 in Germany, 1 in Russia) | Anatoly Tymoshchuk (3); Andriy Voronin (2) |
| 2016 (3) | 5 (1 in Kazakhstan, 2 in Russia, 1 in Spain, 1 in the Türkeil) | Anatoly Tymoschtschuk (1), Jewhen Konopljanka (3); Bohdan Butko (1), Oleksandr Sintschenko (3); Denys Boyko |
As of June 21, 2016
Games
The Ukrainians have played six games so far, only the first of which has been won. All other games were lost. So far the Ukrainians have played against six different teams, but never against the defending champions. The Ukrainians had three home games and three neutral games. The loss to Northern Ireland is the first and therefore the highest against the Northern Irish.
Venues (green = positive balance, red = negative balance, number in brackets = number of games, if> 1) |
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| No. | date | Result | opponent | occasion | AH/* | venue | Remarks | ||
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| 1 | June 13, 2012 | 2: 1 |
Sweden
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Group game | H | Kiev | |||
| 2 | June 15, 2012 | 0: 2 |
France
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Group game | H | Donetsk | |||
| 3 | June 19, 2012 | 0: 1 |
 England
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Group game | H | Donetsk | 111th and last international match by record scorer Andrij Shevchenko | ||
| 4th | June 12, 2016 | 0: 2 |
Germany
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Group game | * | Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( Lille ) ( FRA ) | |||
| 5 | June 16, 2016 | 0: 2 |
Northern Ireland
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Group game | * | Décines-Charpieu ( Lyon ) ( FRA ) | |||
| 6th | June 21, 2016 | 0: 1 |
 Poland
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Group game | * | Marseille ( FRA ) | Last game under Mychailo Fomenko , 144th and last international game by record international player Anatolij Tymoschtschuk |
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| June 13, 2021 |
 Netherlands
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Group game | A. | Amsterdam ( NLD ) | |||||
| June 17, 2021 | Playoff winner D / A | Group game | A / * | Bucharest ( ROU ) | |||||
| June 21, 2021 |
 Austria
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Group game | * | Bucharest ( ROU ) | |||||
Negative records
- Most consecutive games without scoring: 5 × (2012 to 2016)
See also
- Ukrainian national soccer team at world championships
- Ukrainian women's national soccer team / European championships
Individual evidence
- ↑ Draw for the EURO qualification: Pot 1 in focus. In: uefa.com. UEFA , February 20, 2014, accessed March 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Slovenia - Ukraine 1 - 1
