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 have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006 where they reached the quarter finals.[2][3][4] It was their first ever official appearance at international finals 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    Fourth 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
1958Quarter-finals6th52125643011631958
1962Quarter-finals6th42119744001131962
1966Fourth place4th640210665011961966
1970Quarter-finals5th4211624310811970
1974Withdrew[5]4301521974
1978Did not qualify4202531978
1982Second group stage7th52217486202021982
1986Round of 1610th421112584221381986
1990Group stage17th31024484311141990
as  Ukraine as  Ukraine
1994 FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[lower-alpha 1] FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.[lower-alpha 1]
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 To be determined 8 2 6 0 11 8 2022
2026 To be determined 2026
Total Quarter-finals 1/7 5 2 1 2 5 7 78 37 28 13 119 60 —
* 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 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
Spain 4–0 Ukraine
Alonso 13'
Villa 17', 48' (pen.)
Torres 81'		 Report
Attendance: 43,000
Spain
Ukraine
GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB22Pablo
CB5Carles Puyol
LB3Mariano Pernía
RM16Marcos Senna
CM14Xabi Alonso 55'
LM8Xavi
RW21David Villa 55'
LW9Fernando Torres
CF11Luis García 77'
Substitutions:
MF6David Albelda 55'
FW7Raúl 55'
MF18Cesc Fàbregas 77'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés
GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB5Volodymyr Yezerskiy 52'
CB17Vladyslav Vashchuk 47'
CB6Andriy Rusol
LB2Andriy Nesmachniy 17'
RM9Oleh Husyev 46'
CM14Andriy Husin 46'
CM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM21Ruslan Rotan 63'
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c)
CF10Andriy Voronin
Substitutions:
MF8Oleh Shelayev 46'
FW16Andriy Vorobey 46'
FW11Serhii 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

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
GK21Mabrouk Zaid
RB2Ahmed Dokhi 41' 55'
CB4Hamad Al-Montashari
CB3Redha Tukar
LB13Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM6Omar Al-Ghamdi 57'
CM16Khaled Aziz
LM14Saud Kariri 73'
RW7Mohammed Ameen 55'
LW8Mohammed Noor 77'
CF20Yasser Al-Qahtani
Substitutions:
FW23Malek Mouath 55'
DF12Abdulaziz Khathran 55'
FW9Sami Al-Jaber 77'
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá
GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB9Oleh Husyev
CB22Vyacheslav Sviderskyi 89'
CB6Andriy Rusol
LB2Andriy Nesmachniy 22'
DM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM8Oleh Shelayev
CM19Maksym Kalynychenko 77'
SS11Serhii Rebrov 71'
SS10Andriy Voronin 79'
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c) 86'
Substitutions:
MF21Ruslan Rotan 71'
MF14Andriy Husin 79'
FW15Artem 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

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
GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB9Oleh Husyev
CB6Andriy Rusol 65'
CB22Vyacheslav Sviderskyi 18'
LB2Andriy Nesmachniy
DM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 61'
CM8Oleh Shelayev 47'
CM19Maksym Kalynychenko 75'
SS11Serhii Rebrov 55'
SS10Andriy Voronin
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c) 88'
Substitutions:
FW16Andriy Vorobey 55'
MF14Andriy Husin 75'
FW15Artem Milevskyi 88'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin
GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi
CB15Radhi Jaïdi 90'
CB3Karim Haggui
LB19Anis Ayari
RM13Riadh Bouazizi (c) 43' 79'
CM8Mehdi Nafti 90+1'
CM12Jawhar Mnari
LM14Adel Chedli 79'
CF5Ziad Jaziri 9'  45+1'
CF20Hamed Namouchi
Substitutions:
FW11Francileudo Santos 79'
FW17Chaouki Ben Saada 79'
MF10Kaies 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
Switzerland  0–0 (a.e.t.) Ukraine
Report
Penalties
Streller
Barnetta
Cabanas 		0–3 Shevchenko
Milevskyi
Rebrov
Husyev
Attendance: 45,000
Switzerland
Ukraine
GK1Pascal Zuberbühler
RB23Philipp Degen
CB20Patrick Müller
CB2Johan Djourou 34'
LB3Ludovic Magnin
DM6Johann Vogel (c)
RM16Tranquillo Barnetta 59'
LM8Raphaël Wicky
AM7Ricardo Cabanas
SS22Hakan Yakin 64'
CF9Alexander Frei 117'
Substitutions:
DF13Stéphane Grichting 34'
FW11Marco Streller 64'
FW18Mauro Lustrinelli 117'
Manager:
Köbi Kuhn
GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB9Oleh Husyev
CB17Vladislav Vashchuk
CB14Andriy Husin
LB2Andriy Nesmachniy
DM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM8Oleh Shelayev
CM19Maksym Kalynychenko 75'
SS16Andriy Vorobei 94'
SS10Andriy Voronin 111'
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
MF21Ruslan Rotan 75'
FW11Serhii Rebrov 94'
FW15Artem 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
Italy 3–0 Ukraine
Zambrotta 6'
Toni 59', 69'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Italy
Ukraine
GK1Gianluigi Buffon
RB19Gianluca Zambrotta
CB5Fabio Cannavaro (c)
CB6Andrea Barzagli
LB3Fabio Grosso
CM8Gennaro Gattuso 77'
CM21Andrea Pirlo 68'
RW16Mauro Camoranesi 68'
LW20Simone Perrotta
SS10Francesco Totti
CF9Luca Toni
Substitutions:
MF17Simone Barone 68'
DF22Massimo Oddo 68'
DF2Cristian Zaccardo 77'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi
GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB9Oleh Husyev
CB22Vyacheslav Sviderskiy 16' 20'
CB6Andriy Rusol 45+2'
LB2Andriy Nesmachniy
RM14Andriy Husin
CM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM8Oleh Shelayev
RW15Artem Milevskyi 67' 72'
LW19Maksym Kalynychenko 21'
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
FW16Andriy Vorobei 20'
DF17Vladislav Vashchuk 45+2'
FW20Oleksiy 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

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 Husin52006
Oleh Husyev52006
Andriy Nesmachniy52006
Oleh Shelayev52006
Andriy Shevchenko52006
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi52006
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk52006
8 Maksym Kalynychenko42006
Artem Milevskyi42006
Serhii Rebrov42006
Andriy Rusol42006
Andriy Vorobey42006
Andriy Voronin42006

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 Shevchenko22006
2 Maksym Kalynychenko12006
Serhii Rebrov12006
Andriy Rusol12006

Notes
  1. 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). 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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