Global InformationUkraine national football team information
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| Nickname(s) | Синьо-жовті (The Blue and Yellow) Збірна (The National Team) | |||
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| Association | Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Українська Асоціація Футболу | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Serhiy Rebrov | |||
| Captain | Andriy Yarmolenko | |||
| Most caps | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (144)[a] | |||
| Top scorer | Andriy Shevchenko (48) | |||
| Home stadium | Various | |||
| FIFA code | UKR | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 22  2 (4 April 2024)[1] | |||
| Highest | 11 (February 2007) | |||
| Lowest | 132 (September 1993) | |||
| 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 | ||||
 France 7–1 Ukraine (Saint-Denis, France; 7 October 2020) | ||||
| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2006) | |||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2006) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2012) | |||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2020) | |||
| Website | uaf.ua | |||
The Ukraine national football team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з футболу) represents Ukraine in men's international football, and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. The team has been a full member of UEFA and FIFA since 1992.
After Ukrainian Independence they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their debut in the finals of a major championship.[3] Apart from Russia, Ukraine is the only post-Soviet state to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals.
As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012.[3] Four years later, Ukraine finished third in their qualifying group for Euro 2016 and advanced via the play-off route to reach a UEFA European Championship tournament through the qualifiers for the first time. This marked the first time in Ukraine's six play-off appearances that it managed to win such a tie, having lost previous play-off ties for the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup, the 2010 World Cup and the 2014 World Cup, and would lose again in the 2022 World Cup play-offs.
Ukraine's best performances in the UEFA European Championship and in the World Cup were in 2020 and 2006 respectively, in both cases reaching the quarter-finals for the first time.
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- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b uefa.com. "Member associations - Ukraine - Profile – UEFA.com". UEFA.com.