In this article we are going to delve into the topic of Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup, which has generated great interest in recent years. _Var1 is a concept that has been the subject of debate and discussion in different areas, from politics to science. Throughout history, Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup has played a fundamental role in society, shaping the way people interact with each other and the environment around them. In this sense, it is essential to understand in depth the different aspects that encompass Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup, as well as its influence on decision-making and the configuration of the reality that surrounds us. Therefore, throughout this article we will explore the different approaches and perspectives related to Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup, with the aim of shedding light on a topic that continues to arouse great interest and curiosity today.
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 current format of the Finals involves 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.
Ukraine has appeared in the FIFA World Cup 2006 where they reached the quarter finals. 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.
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
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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 | 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. | FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament. | ||||||||||||||
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 | — |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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.
Saudi Arabia | 0–4 | Ukraine |
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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.
Ukraine | 1–0 | Tunisia |
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Switzerland | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Ukraine |
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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 |
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 |