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 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.[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

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  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
  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

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

Spain vs Ukraine

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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   55'
LM 8 Xavi
RW 21 David Villa   55'
LW 9 Fernando Torres
CF 11 Luis García   77'
Substitutions:
MF 6 David Albelda   55'
FW 7 Raúl   55'
MF 18 Cesc Fàbregas   77'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
 
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 5 Volodymyr Yezerskiy   52'
CB 17 Vladyslav Vashchuk   47'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy   17'
RM 9 Oleh Husyev   46'
CM 14 Andriy Husin   46'
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM 21 Ruslan Rotan   63'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
CF 10 Andriy Voronin
Substitutions:
MF 8 Oleh Shelayev   46'
FW 16 Andriy Vorobey   46'
FW 11 Serhii Rebrov   63'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

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

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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.[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   41'   55'
CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari
CB 3 Redha Tukar
LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi   57'
CM 16 Khaled Aziz
LM 14 Saud Kariri   73'
RW 7 Mohammed Ameen   55'
LW 8 Mohammed Noor   77'
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani
Substitutions:
FW 23 Malek Mouath   55'
DF 12 Abdulaziz Khathran   55'
FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber   77'
Manager:
  Marcos Paquetá
 
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 9 Oleh Husyev
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi   89'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy   22'
DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev
CM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko   77'
SS 11 Serhii Rebrov   71'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin   79'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)   86'
Substitutions:
MF 21 Ruslan Rotan   71'
MF 14 Andriy Husin   79'
FW 15 Artem Milevskyi   86'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

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

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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.[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   65'
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi   18'
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   61'
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev   47'
CM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko   75'
SS 11 Serhii Rebrov   55'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)   88'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Andriy Vorobey   55'
MF 14 Andriy Husin   75'
FW 15 Artem Milevskyi   88'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
 
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi   90'
CB 3 Karim Haggui
LB 19 Anis Ayari
RM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c)   43'   79'
CM 8 Mehdi Nafti   90+1'
CM 12 Jawhar Mnari
LM 14 Adel Chedli   79'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri   9'   45+1'
CF 20 Hamed Namouchi
Substitutions:
FW 11 Francileudo Santos   79'
FW 17 Chaouki Ben Saada   79'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane   90+1'
Manager:
  Roger Lemerre

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

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Switzerland  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Ukraine
Report
Penalties
Streller  
Barnetta  
Cabanas  
0–3   Shevchenko
  Milevskyi
  Rebrov
  Husyev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ukraine
GK 1 Pascal Zuberbühler
RB 23 Philipp Degen
CB 20 Patrick Müller
CB 2 Johan Djourou   34'
LB 3 Ludovic Magnin
DM 6 Johann Vogel (c)
RM 16 Tranquillo Barnetta   59'
LM 8 Raphaël Wicky
AM 7 Ricardo Cabanas
SS 22 Hakan Yakin   64'
CF 9 Alexander Frei   117'
Substitutions:
DF 13 Stéphane Grichting   34'
FW 11 Marco Streller   64'
FW 18 Mauro Lustrinelli   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   75'
SS 16 Andriy Vorobei   94'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin   111'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
MF 21 Ruslan Rotan   75'
FW 11 Serhii Rebrov   94'
FW 15 Artem Milevskyi   111'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

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

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Italy  3–0  Ukraine
Zambrotta   6'
Toni   59', 69'
Report
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   77'
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo   68'
RW 16 Mauro Camoranesi   68'
LW 20 Simone Perrotta
SS 10 Francesco Totti
CF 9 Luca Toni
Substitutions:
MF 17 Simone Barone   68'
DF 22 Massimo Oddo   68'
DF 2 Cristian Zaccardo   77'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi
 
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB 9 Oleh Husyev
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskiy   16'   20'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol   45+2'
LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
RM 14 Andriy Husin
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM 8 Oleh Shelayev
RW 15 Artem Milevskyi   67'   72'
LW 19 Maksym Kalynychenko   21'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
FW 16 Andriy Vorobei   20'
DF 17 Vladislav Vashchuk   45+2'
FW 20 Oleksiy Byelik   72'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

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

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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
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

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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

See also

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Notes

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  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

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  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). 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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