Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup explained

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

Champions   Runners-up   Third place  

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position														Campaign
as part of										as part of
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										as
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
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.Head coach: Oleg Blokhin^{[6] [7] [8]}

• Serhiy Fedorov (#3) was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.

Spain vs 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 LM 8 Xavi RW 21 LW 9 Fernando Torres CF 11 Substitutions: MF 6 FW 7 MF 18 Manager: Luis Aragonés

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi RB 5 CB 17 CB 6 Andriy Rusol LB 2 RM 9 CM 14 CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk LM 21 CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) CF 10 Andriy Voronin Substitutions: MF 8 FW 16 FW 11 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.^[9]

GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid RB 2 CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari CB 3 Redha Tukar LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c) RM 6 CM 16 Khaled Aziz LM 14 RW 7 LW 8 CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani Substitutions: FW 23 DF 12 FW 9 Manager: Marcos Paquetá

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi RB 9 Oleh Husyev CB 22 CB 6 Andriy Rusol LB 2 DM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk CM 8 Oleh Shelayev CM 19 SS 11 SS 10 CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) Substitutions: MF 21 MF 14 FW 15 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.^[10]

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi RB 9 Oleh Husyev CB 6 CB 22 LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy DM 4 CM 8 CM 19 SS 11 SS 10 Andriy Voronin CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) Substitutions: FW 16 MF 14 FW 15 Manager: Oleg Blokhin

GK 1 Ali Boumnijel RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi CB 15 CB 3 Karim Haggui LB 19 Anis Ayari RM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) CM 8 CM 12 Jawhar Mnari LM 14 CF 5 CF 20 Hamed Namouchi Substitutions: FW 11 FW 17 MF 10 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

GK 1 Pascal Zuberbühler RB 23 Philipp Degen CB 20 Patrick Müller CB 2 LB 3 Ludovic Magnin DM 6 Johann Vogel (c) RM 16 LM 8 Raphaël Wicky AM 7 Ricardo Cabanas SS 22 CF 9 Substitutions: DF 13 FW 11 FW 18 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 SS 16 SS 10 CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) Substitutions: MF 21 FW 11 FW 15 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

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 6 Andrea Barzagli LB 3 Fabio Grosso CM 8 CM 21 RW 16 LW 20 Simone Perrotta SS 10 Francesco Totti CF 9 Luca Toni Substitutions: MF 17 DF 22 DF 2 Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi RB 9 Oleh Husyev CB 22 CB 6 LB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy RM 14 Andriy Husin CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk LM 8 Oleh Shelayev RW 15 LW 19 CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) Substitutions: FW 16 DF 17 FW 20 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 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

See also

• Russia at the FIFA World Cup (records for Soviet Union)
• Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship

External links

• Ukraine at FIFA

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070614094554/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/ffprojects/ip-401_06e_tv_2658.pdf 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage
2. Web site: Toni's decisive double strike gives troubled Italy plenty to celebrate. 1 July 2006. Guardian UK. 15 October 2013.
3. Web site: Italy 3-0 Ukraine. 1 July 2006. BBC Sport. 15 October 2013.
4. Web site: Italy all over Ukraine as 3-0 win sets up semifinal matchup with Germany. 1 July 2006. USA Today. 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. Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injureds Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk.
7. Shevchenko joined Chelsea after the tournament.
8. Sviderskyi was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.
9. Web site: Saudi Arabia 0-4 Ukraine. 19 June 2006. BBC Sport. 15 October 2013.
10. Web site: Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia. 23 June 2006. BBC Sport. 15 October 2013.