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  

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Campaign
as part of  Soviet Union as part of  Soviet Union
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter —
Italy 1934 1934
France 1938 1938
Brazil 1950 1950
Switzerland 1954 1954
Sweden 1958 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 1 2 5 6 4 3 0 1 16 3 1958
Chile 1962 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 9 7 4 4 0 0 11 3 1962
England 1966 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 10 6 6 5 0 1 19 6 1966
Mexico 1970 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 3 1 0 8 1 1970
West Germany 1974 Withdrew[5] 4 3 0 1 5 2 1974
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 5 3 1978
Spain 1982 Second group stage 7th 5 2 2 1 7 4 8 6 2 0 20 2 1982
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 12 5 8 4 2 2 13 8 1986
Italy 1990 Group stage 17th 3 1 0 2 4 4 8 4 3 1 11 4 1990
as  Ukraine as  Ukraine
United States 1994 FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[a] FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[a]
France 1998 Did not qualify
12 6 3 3 11 9 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 12 4 6 2 15 13 2002
Germany 2006 Quarter-Finals 8th 5 2 1 2 5 7 12 7 4 1 18 7 2006
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify 12 6 4 2 21 7 2010
Brazil 2014 12 7 3 2 30 7 2014
Russia 2018 10 5 2 3 13 9 2018
Qatar 2022 10 3 6 1 14 10 2022
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To Be Determined To Be Determined 2026
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 2030
Saudi Arabia 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
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
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Head coach: Oleg Blokhin

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (1975-01-02)2 January 1975 (aged 31) 68 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
2 2DF Andriy Nesmachniy (1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 27) 49 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
3 2DF Oleksandr Yatsenko (1985-02-24)24 February 1985 (aged 21) 1 Ukraine Kharkiv[8]
4 3MF Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 27) 55 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
5 2DF Volodymyr Yezerskyi (1976-11-15)15 November 1976 (aged 29) 24 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
6 2DF Andriy Rusol (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 23) 23 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
7 4FW Andriy Shevchenko (c) (1976-09-29)29 September 1976 (aged 29) 64 Italy Milan[9]
8 3MF Oleh Shelayev (1976-11-05)5 November 1976 (aged 29) 19 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
9 3MF Oleh Husyev (1983-04-25)25 April 1983 (aged 23) 25 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
10 4FW Andriy Voronin (1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 26) 32 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
11 4FW Serhii Rebrov (1974-03-06)6 March 1974 (aged 32) 70 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
12 1GK Andriy Pyatov (1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 21) 1 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
13 2DF Dmytro Chyhrynskyi (1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 19) 0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
14 3MF Andriy Husin (1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 33) 64 Russia Krylia Sovetov
15 4FW Artem Milevskyi (1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 21) 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
16 4FW Andriy Vorobey (1978-11-29)29 November 1978 (aged 27) 53 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
17 2DF Vladyslav Vashchuk (1975-01-02)2 January 1975 (aged 31) 58 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
18 3MF Serhiy Nazarenko (1980-02-16)16 February 1980 (aged 26) 15 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
19 3MF Maksym Kalynychenko (1979-01-26)26 January 1979 (aged 27) 21 Russia Spartak Moscow
20 4FW Oleksiy Byelik (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 25) 15 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
21 3MF Ruslan Rotan (1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 24) 19 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
22 2DF Vyacheslav Sviderskyi (1979-01-01)1 January 1979 (aged 27) 6 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk[10]
23 1GK Bohdan Shust (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 20) 2 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
3 2DF Vyacheslav Shevchuk (1979-05-13)13 May 1979 (aged 27) 16 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk

Spain vs Ukraine

Spain 4–0 Ukraine
Alonso 13'
Villa 17', 48' (pen.)
Torres 81'		 Report
Attendance: 43,000
Spain
Ukraine
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 22 Pablo
CB 5 Carles Puyol
LB 3 Mariano Pernía
RM 16 Marcos Senna
CM 14 Xabi Alonso downward-facing red arrow 55'
LM 8 Xavi
RW 21 David Villa downward-facing red arrow 55'
LW 9 Fernando Torres
CF 11 Luis García downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutions:
MF 6 David Albelda upward-facing green arrow 55'
FW 7 Raúl upward-facing green arrow 55'
MF 18 Cesc Fàbregas upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 5 Volodymyr Yezerskiy Yellow card 52'
CB 17 Vladyslav Vashchuk Red card 47'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy Yellow card 17'
RM 9 Oleh Husyev downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 14 Andriy Husin downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM 21 Ruslan Rotan downward-facing red arrow 63'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
CF 10 Andriy Voronin
Substitutions:
MF 8 Oleh Shelayev upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 16 Andriy Vorobey upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 11 Serhii Rebrov upward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
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Man of the Match:
Xavi (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Fifth official:
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)

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]

Saudi Arabia 0–4 Ukraine
Report

84'

Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid
RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 55'
CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari
CB 3 Redha Tukar
LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi Yellow card 57'
CM 16 Khaled Aziz
LM 14 Saud Kariri Yellow card 73'
RW 7 Mohammed Ameen downward-facing red arrow 55'
LW 8 Mohammed Noor downward-facing red arrow 77'
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani
Substitutions:
FW 23 Malek Mouath upward-facing green arrow 55'
DF 12 Abdulaziz Khathran upward-facing green arrow 55'
FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Brazil Marcos Paquetá
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 9 Oleh Husyev
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi Yellow card 89'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy Yellow card 22'
DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev
CM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko Yellow card 77'
SS 11 Serhii Rebrov downward-facing red arrow 71'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutions:
MF 21 Ruslan Rotan upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 14 Andriy Husin upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 15 Artem Milevskyi upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
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Man of the Match:
Maksym Kalynychenko (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Glenn Turner (England)
Fourth official:
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Fifth official:
Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)

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]

Ukraine 1–0 Tunisia
Shevchenko 70' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 72,000
Ukraine
Tunisia
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 9 Oleh Husyev
CB 6 Andriy Rusol Yellow card 65'
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi Yellow card 18'
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Yellow card 61'
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev Yellow card 47'
CM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko downward-facing red arrow 75'
SS 11 Serhii Rebrov downward-facing red arrow 55'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) downward-facing red arrow 88'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Andriy Vorobey upward-facing green arrow 55'
MF 14 Andriy Husin upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 15 Artem Milevskyi upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi Yellow card 90'
CB 3 Karim Haggui
LB 19 Anis Ayari
RM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) Yellow card 43' downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 8 Mehdi Nafti downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
CM 12 Jawhar Mnari
LM 14 Adel Chedli downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri Yellow card 9' Yellow-red card 45+1'
CF 20 Hamed Namouchi
Substitutions:
FW 11 Francileudo Santos upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 17 Chaouki Ben Saada upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
France Roger Lemerre
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Man of the Match:
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Fifth official:
Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria)

Second round – Switzerland vs Ukraine

Switzerland 0–0 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
Report
Penalties
Streller soccer ball with red X
Barnetta soccer ball with red X
Cabanas soccer ball with red X		 0–3 soccer ball with red X Shevchenko
soccer ball with check mark Milevskyi
soccer ball with check mark Rebrov
soccer ball with check mark Husyev
Attendance: 45,000
Switzerland
Ukraine
GK 1 Pascal Zuberbühler
RB 23 Philipp Degen
CB 20 Patrick Müller
CB 2 Johan Djourou downward-facing red arrow 34'
LB 3 Ludovic Magnin
DM 6 Johann Vogel (c)
RM 16 Tranquillo Barnetta Yellow card 59'
LM 8 Raphaël Wicky
AM 7 Ricardo Cabanas
SS 22 Hakan Yakin downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 9 Alexander Frei downward-facing red arrow 117'
Substitutions:
DF 13 Stéphane Grichting upward-facing green arrow 34'
FW 11 Marco Streller upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 18 Mauro Lustrinelli upward-facing green arrow 117'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 9 Oleh Husyev
CB 17 Vladislav Vashchuk
CB 14 Andriy Husin
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev
CM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko downward-facing red arrow 75'
SS 16 Andriy Vorobei downward-facing red arrow 94'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin downward-facing red arrow 111'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
MF 21 Ruslan Rotan upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 11 Serhii Rebrov upward-facing green arrow 94'
FW 15 Artem Milevskyi upward-facing green arrow 111'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
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Man of the Match:
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
José Ramírez (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Fourth official:
Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Fifth official:
Justice Yeboah (Ghana)

Quarter-final – Italy vs Ukraine

Italy 3–0 Ukraine
Zambrotta 6'
Toni 59', 69'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Italy
Ukraine
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c)
CB 6 Andrea Barzagli
LB 3 Fabio Grosso
CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo downward-facing red arrow 68'
RW 16 Mauro Camoranesi downward-facing red arrow 68'
LW 20 Simone Perrotta
SS 10 Francesco Totti
CF 9 Luca Toni
Substitutions:
MF 17 Simone Barone upward-facing green arrow 68'
DF 22 Massimo Oddo upward-facing green arrow 68'
DF 2 Cristian Zaccardo upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 9 Oleh Husyev
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskiy Yellow card 16' downward-facing red arrow 20'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol downward-facing red arrow 45+2'
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
RM 14 Andriy Husin
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM 8 Oleh Shelayev
RW 15 Artem Milevskyi Yellow card 67' downward-facing red arrow 72'
LW 19 Maksym Kalynychenko Yellow card 21'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
FW 16 Andriy Vorobei upward-facing green arrow 20'
DF 17 Vladislav Vashchuk upward-facing green arrow 45+2'
FW 20 Oleksiy Byelik upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
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Man of the Match:
Gennaro Gattuso (Italy)

Assistant referees:
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Fifth official:
Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)

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
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
1 Andriy Shevchenko 2 2006
2 Maksym Kalynychenko 1 2006
Serhii Rebrov 1 2006
Andriy Rusol 1 2006

Head-to-head record

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  2. ^ "Toni's decisive double strike gives troubled Italy plenty to celebrate". Guardian UK. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Italy 3-0 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Italy all over Ukraine as 3-0 win sets up semifinal matchup with Germany". USA Today. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  5. ^ Refused to play the return leg of a play-off in Chile in the aftermath of that country's 1973 military coup
  6. ^ At the crossing (На переправе) Archived 2020-08-14 at the Wayback Machine. Kopanyi myach.
  7. ^ We hacked window to America (Прорубили окно в Америку). Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)
  8. ^ Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injureds Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk.
  9. ^ Shevchenko joined Chelsea after the tournament.
  10. ^ Sviderskyi was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.
  11. ^ "Saudi Arabia 0-4 Ukraine". BBC Sport. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  12. ^ "Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia". BBC Sport. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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