Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup
This is a record of Ukraine's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The previous format of the Finals involved 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]
Ukraine has appeared in the FIFA World Cup 2006 where they reached the quarter finals.[2][3][4] It was their first ever official appearance at an international tournament since breaking away from the Soviet Union in 1991. However, before 1996 some of its players played for the Soviet Union national football team and CIS national football team. Among few there were Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleh Luzhnyi, Ivan Hetsko and others.
Overall record
Champions Runners-up Third place
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Campaign | |
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| 1930 | Did not enter | Did not enter | — | |||||||||||||
| 1934 | 1934 | |||||||||||||||
| 1938 | 1938 | |||||||||||||||
| 1950 | 1950 | |||||||||||||||
| 1954 | 1954 | |||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1958 | |
| 1962 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1962 | |
| 1966 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1966 | |
| 1970 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1970 | |
| 1974 | Withdrew[5] | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1974 | ||||||||
| 1978 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1978 | ||||||||
| 1982 | Second group stage | 7th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1982 | |
| 1986 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1986 | |
| 1990 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1990 | |
| as Ukraine | as Ukraine | |||||||||||||||
| 1994 | FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[a] | FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[a] | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1998 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2002 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Quarter-Finals | 8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2006 | |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 2010 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 7 | 2014 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2018 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 2022 | |||||||||
| 2026 | To Be Determined | To Be Determined | 2026 | |||||||||||||
| 2030 | 2030 | |||||||||||||||
| 2034 | 2034 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 1/10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 80 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 122 | 62 | — | |
- * Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Ukraine at 2006 FIFA World Cup
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine was drawn in Group H along with Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Head coach: Oleg Blokhin
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 2 January 1975 (aged 31) | 68 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2 | DF | Andriy Nesmachniy | 28 February 1979 (aged 27) | 49 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 3 | DF | Oleksandr Yatsenko | 24 February 1985 (aged 21) | 1 | Kharkiv[8] |
| 4 | MF | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 30 March 1979 (aged 27) | 55 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 5 | DF | Volodymyr Yezerskyi | 15 November 1976 (aged 29) | 24 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 6 | DF | Andriy Rusol | 16 January 1983 (aged 23) | 23 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 7 | FW | Andriy Shevchenko (c) | 29 September 1976 (aged 29) | 64 | Milan[9] |
| 8 | MF | Oleh Shelayev | 5 November 1976 (aged 29) | 19 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 9 | MF | Oleh Husyev | 25 April 1983 (aged 23) | 25 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 10 | FW | Andriy Voronin | 21 July 1979 (aged 26) | 32 | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 11 | FW | Serhii Rebrov | 6 March 1974 (aged 32) | 70 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 12 | GK | Andriy Pyatov | 28 June 1984 (aged 21) | 1 | Vorskla Poltava |
| 13 | DF | Dmytro Chyhrynskyi | 7 November 1986 (aged 19) | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 14 | MF | Andriy Husin | 11 December 1972 (aged 33) | 64 | Krylia Sovetov |
| 15 | FW | Artem Milevskyi | 12 January 1985 (aged 21) | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 16 | FW | Andriy Vorobey | 29 November 1978 (aged 27) | 53 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 17 | DF | Vladyslav Vashchuk | 2 January 1975 (aged 31) | 58 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 18 | MF | Serhiy Nazarenko | 16 February 1980 (aged 26) | 15 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 19 | MF | Maksym Kalynychenko | 26 January 1979 (aged 27) | 21 | Spartak Moscow |
| 20 | FW | Oleksiy Byelik | 15 February 1981 (aged 25) | 15 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 21 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 29 October 1981 (aged 24) | 19 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 22 | DF | Vyacheslav Sviderskyi | 1 January 1979 (aged 27) | 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk[10] |
| 23 | GK | Bohdan Shust | 4 March 1986 (aged 20) | 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| 3 | DF | Vyacheslav Shevchuk | 13 May 1979 (aged 27) | 16 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
- Serhiy Fedorov (#3) was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
Spain vs Ukraine
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Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine
Andriy Rusol put Ukraine ahead in the fourth minute when the ball went in off his knee's at the near post after a corner from the right by Maksym Kalynychenko. Serhii Rebrov got the second goal after 36 minutes with a long range right footed shot that flew past the goalkeeper. Andriy Shevchenko then scored in the 46th minute with a header from six yards out after a free kick from the left by Maksym Kalynychenko. Maksym Kalynychenko got the fourth goal in the 84th minute after a low cross from Andriy Shevchenko from the left which he shot right footed to the roof of the net.[11]
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Ukraine vs Tunisia
In the 70th minute, Shevchenko was tripped in the penalty box by Karim Hagui and scored from the resulting penalty, shooting right footed to the goalkeepers left as he dived to his right. Ukraine's victory sealed second spot in the group and a second round match against Switzerland. Vyacheslav Sviderskyi and Andriy Rusol were both suspended from the second round after picking up bookings in the match.[12]
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Second round – Switzerland vs Ukraine
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Quarter-final – Italy vs Ukraine
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Record players
Seven players have been fielded in all five of Ukraine's FIFA World Cup matches. Of those seven, Andriy Nesmachniy, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi have not missed a single minute.
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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| 1 | Andriy Husin | 5 | 2006 |
| Oleh Husyev | 5 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Nesmachniy | 5 | 2006 | |
| Oleh Shelayev | 5 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Shevchenko | 5 | 2006 | |
| Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 5 | 2006 | |
| Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 5 | 2006 | |
| 8 | Maksym Kalynychenko | 4 | 2006 |
| Artem Milevskyi | 4 | 2006 | |
| Serhii Rebrov | 4 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Rusol | 4 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Vorobey | 4 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Voronin | 4 | 2006 |
Top goalscorers
Ukraine's team captain and superstar Andriy Shevchenko was the only player to score more than one goal at the 2006 World Cup.
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
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| 1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 2 | 2006 |
| 2 | Maksym Kalynychenko | 1 | 2006 |
| Serhii Rebrov | 1 | 2006 | |
| Andriy Rusol | 1 | 2006 |
Head-to-head record
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
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| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 40.00 |
See also
- Russia at the FIFA World Cup (records for Soviet Union)
- Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship
Notes
- ^ a b FIFA adopted a decision not to allow to participate in the 1994 FIFA World Cup the national teams of those former Soviet republic that did not participate in the qualification draw on 8 December 1991.[6] A proposition of Ukraine to arrange a separate tournament for all successors of the Soviet Union and supported by Georgia and Armenia was blocked by Russia.[7]
References
- ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
- ^ "Toni's decisive double strike gives troubled Italy plenty to celebrate". Guardian UK. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Italy 3-0 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Italy all over Ukraine as 3-0 win sets up semifinal matchup with Germany". USA Today. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Refused to play the return leg of a play-off in Chile in the aftermath of that country's 1973 military coup
- ^ At the crossing (На переправе). Kopanyi myach.
- ^ We hacked window to America (Прорубили окно в Америку). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
- ^ Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injureds Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk.
- ^ Shevchenko joined Chelsea after the tournament.
- ^ Sviderskyi was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia 0-4 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia". BBC Sport. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.