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 Ukraine national football team - Definition 


Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname-
AssociationFootball Federation
of Ukraine
CoachOleg Blokhin
Most capsSerhiy Rebrov (65)
Top scorerAndriy Shevchenko (24)
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Home colours
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Away colours
First International
Ukraine 2 - 2 Hungary
(Uzhgorod, Ukraine; 29 April, 1992)
Largest win
Ukraine 4 - 0 Georgia
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 19 August, 1998)
Ukraine 4 - 0 Andorra
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 5 June, 1999)
Worst defeat
Croatia 4 - 0 Ukraine
(Zagreb, Croatia; 25 June, 1993)
World Cup
Appearances none (First in -)
Best result-
European Championship
Appearances none (First in -)
Best result-

The Ukraine national football team is the national team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on April 29, 1992. Before that, Ukrainian players played for the USSR national football team.

Despite having one of the best players in the world, Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine has failed to qualify for any major championship, three times failing at the last stage, the playoffs. It lost to Croatia, failing to get to World Cup 1998, Slovenia prevented Ukraine from going to Euro 2000, and Germany stopped them prior to World Cup 2002.


World Cup record

European Championship record

Famous players


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International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship


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