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| Nickname(s) | Головна команда (The Main Team) Жовто-Сині (The Yellow and Blue) |
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| Association | Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) Федерація Футболу України |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Oleksandr Petrakov (interim)
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| Asst coach |  Mauro Tassotti Andrea Maldera Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
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| Captain | Andriy Pyatov |
| Most caps | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144) |
| Top scorer | Andriy Shevchenko (48) |
| Ground | Various |
| FIFA code | UKR |
| FIFA ranking | 24  (19 December 2019)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 11 (February 2007) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 132 (September 1993) |
| Elo ranking | 19  1 (17 November 2019)
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| Highest Elo ranking | 14 (November 2010) |
| Lowest Elo ranking | 69 (29 March 1995) |
| First international |  Ukraine 1–3 Hungary  (Uzhhorod, Ukraine; 29 April 1992) |
| Biggest win | Ukraine 9–0 San Marino  (Lviv, Ukraine; 6 September 2013) |
| Biggest defeat |  Croatia 4–0 Ukraine (Zagreb, Croatia; 25 March 1995)  Spain 4–0 Ukraine (Leipzig, Germany; 14 June 2006)  Czech Republic 4–0 Ukraine (Prague, Czech Republic; 6 September 2011) |
| World Cup appearances | 1 (First in 2006) |
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2006) |
| UEFA European Championship appearances | 3 (First in 2012) |
| Best result | Group stage (2012, 2016) |
 
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The Ukraine national football team is the national association football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine, the governing body for football in Ukraine. The current team head coach is Andriy Shevchenko, who is also top goalscorer for the national team. Ukraine plays its home matches in various locations, with Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev being main home ground of Ukraine.
The team's biggest success on the world stage was reaching the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which also marked the team's debut in the finals of a major championship. Ukraine has also competed in two UEFA European Championship tournaments, including in 2012 when they co-hosted the tournament with Poland.
Contents
Results and fixtures
2019
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 22 March 2019 | Portugal 
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0–0 | Ukraine
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Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Report (FFU) Report (FPF) |
Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 58,355 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 25 March 2019 | Luxembourg 
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1–2 | Ukraine
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Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | |
| 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Turpel  34'
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Report (FFU) Report (FLF) |
Tsyhankov 40' Rodrigues 90+3' (o.g.)
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Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel Attendance: 4,653 Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 7 June 2019 | Ukraine
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5–0 |  Serbia
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Lviv, Ukraine | |
| 20:45 | Tsyhankov 26', 28' Konoplyanka 46', 75'Yaremchuk 59'
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Report (UAF) Report (FSS) |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 34,915 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 10 June 2019 | Ukraine
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1–0 | Luxembourg
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Lviv, Ukraine | |
| 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Yaremchuk 6'
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Report (UAF) Report (FLF) |
Stadium: Arena Lviv Referee: Peter Kralović (Slovakia) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 7 September 2019 | Lithuania 
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0–3 | Ukraine
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Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) |
[Report (UAF)] [Report (LFF)] |
Zinchenko 7' Marlos 27'Malinovskyi 62'
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Stadium: LFF Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Friendly 10 September 2019 | Ukraine
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2–2 |  Nigeria
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Dnipro, Ukraine | |
| 20:30 | Zinchenko 78' Yaremchuk 79'
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[Report (UAF)] [Report (NFF)] |
Aribo 4' Osimhen 34' (pen.)
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Stadium: Dnipro-Arena Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 11 October 2019 | Ukraine
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2–0 | Lithuania
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Kharkiv, Ukraine | |
| 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Malinovskyi 29', 58'
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[Report (UAF)] [Report (LFF)] |
Stadium: Metalist Stadium Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 14 October 2019 | Ukraine
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2–1 | Portugal
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Kiev, Ukraine | |
| 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Yaremchuk 6' Yarmolenko 27'
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[Report (UAF)] [Report (FPF)] |
Ronaldo 72' (pen.)
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Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 65,883 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
| Friendly 14 November 2019 | Ukraine
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1–0 |  Estonia
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Zaporizhia, Ukraine | |
| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Bezus 92+2'
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[Report (UAF)] [Report (EFF)] |
Stadium: Slavutych-Arena Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B 17 November 2019 | Serbia
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2–2 | Ukraine
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Belgrade, Serbia | |
| 15:00 (16:00 UTC+3) |
Tadić 9' (pen.) Mitrović 56'
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[Report (UAF)] [Report (FSS)] |
Yaremchuk 33' Besyedin 90+3'
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Stadium: Red Star Stadium Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland) |
2020
| Friendly 27 March 2020 | France 
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v | Ukraine
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Paris, France | |
| Report | Stadium: Stade de France |
| Friendly 31 March 2020 | Poland 
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v | Ukraine
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Chorzów, Poland | |
| Report | Stadium: Silesian Stadium |
| Friendly 26 May 2020 | Ukraine
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v |  Cyprus
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Kharkiv, Ukraine | |
| Report | Stadium: Metalist Stadium |
| Friendly 2 June 2020 | TBD | v | Ukraine
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| Friendly 7 June 2020 | TBD | v | Ukraine
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| UEFA Euro 2020 14 June 2020 | Netherlands 
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v | Ukraine
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena |
| UEFA Euro 2020 18 June 2020 | Ukraine
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v |  Winner Play-off Path D/A
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Bucharest, Romania | |
| Stadium: Arena Națională |
| UEFA Euro 2020 22 June 2020 | Ukraine
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v |  Austria
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Bucharest, Romania | |
| Stadium: Arena Națională |
Players
Current squad
The following players have been called up for a friendly match against Estonia and an UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Serbia on 14 and 17 November 2019 respectively.
Players' records are accurate as of 17 November 2019 after the match against Serbia.
| # | Pos | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| 12 | GK | Andriy Pyatov (Captain) | 28 June 1984 | 93 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 23 | GK | Andriy Lunin | 11 February 1999 | 5 | 0 |  Valladolid
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| 1 | GK | Yuriy Pankiv | 3 November 1984 | 0 | 0 | Oleksandriya
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| 22 | DF | Mykola Matviyenko | 2 May 1996 | 26 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 21 | DF | Oleksandr Karavayev | 2 June 1992 | 25 | 1 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 4 | DF | Serhiy Kryvtsov | 15 March 1991 | 16 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 2 | DF | Eduard Sobol | 20 April 1995 | 14 | 0 |  Club Brugge
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| 16 | DF | Vitaliy Mykolenko | 29 May 1999 | 8 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 19 | DF | Serhiy Bolbat | 13 June 1993 | 5 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 3 | DF | Ihor Plastun | 20 August 1990 | 4 | 0 | Gent
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| 6 | DF | Artem Shabanov | 7 March 1992 | 2 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 7 | MF | Andriy Yarmolenko | 23 October 1989 | 86 | 37 |  West Ham United
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| 10 | MF | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 29 September 1989 | 85 | 21 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 5 | MF | Serhiy Sydorchuk | 2 May 1991 | 28 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 8 | MF | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 4 May 1993 | 27 | 5 | Atalanta
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| 20 | MF | Viktor Kovalenko | 14 February 1996 | 26 | 0 | Shakhtar Donetsk
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| 18 | MF | Roman Bezus | 26 September 1990 | 22 | 5 | Gent
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| 15 | MF | Viktor Tsyhankov | 15 November 1997 | 20 | 3 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 14 | MF | Vitaliy Buyalskyi | 6 January 1993 | 8 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 17 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 30 November 1990 | 7 | 1 | Lecce
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| 13 | MF | Volodymyr Shepelyev | 1 June 1997 | 6 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 11 | FW | Artem Besyedin | 31 March 1996 | 13 | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv
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| 9 | FW | Roman Yaremchuk | 27 November 1995 | 12 | 5 | Gent
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.
Notes:
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