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Ukraine

UEFA. Played 342 since 19 Aug 1928: won 153, drawn 95, lost 94. Elo 1786, ranked 41 in the world; peak 1917 in 2024.

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Squad

The following players were called up for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League matches against Hungary, Georgia, Northern Ireland and Hungary again on 25 September, 28 September, 2 October and 5 October 2026, respectively.

Players
23
Average age
29.0
Caps between them
481
Most from one club
Dynamo Kyiv (5)

Where they play

16 at home · 7 abroad in 7 other countries

  • Ukraine 16
  • England 1
  • France 1
  • Greece 1
  • Netherlands 1
  • Poland 1
  • Portugal 1
  • Spain 1

Average club rating 1631 (ClubElo; 23 of 23 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Paris Saint-Germain, ranked 6 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
1Heorhiy YermakovKharkiv00
12Anatoliy TrubinBenfica(Portugal)310
23Dmytro RiznykShakhtar Donetsk60
Defenders
2Illya KrupskyiKharkiv20
3Eduard SarapiyPolissya Zhytomyr60
4Taras MykhavkoDynamo Kyiv30
5Valeriy BondarShakhtar Donetsk110
13Illia ZabarnyiParis Saint-Germain(France)613
14Oleksandr DrambayevLNZ Cherkasy10
Midfielders
6Volodymyr BrazhkoDynamo Kyiv110
15Viktor TsyhankovAjax(Netherlands)7114
16Ivan VarfolomeyevLincoln City(England)10
17Oleksandr PikhalyonokDynamo Kyiv29150
18Oleh OcheretkoShakhtar Donetsk121
19Yehor NazarynaShakhtar Donetsk120
21Vladyslav VeletenPolissya Zhytomyr20
Forwards
7Andriy YarmolenkoDynamo Kyiv12747
8Oleksandr NazarenkoPolissya Zhytomyr70
9Roman YaremchukOlympiacos(Greece)7219
10Matviy PonomarenkoDynamo Kyiv61
11Vladyslav VanatGirona(Spain)202
20Maksym KhlanGórnik Zabrze(Poland)20
22Ihor KrasnopirPolissya Zhytomyr20

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Ukraine national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 5 October 2026; page last edited 25 Oct 2026. Read daily.

Nations League chances: Group B2

TeamPromotedPlay-off A/BStays in BPlay-off B/CPts
Northern Ireland49%37%14%–10.3
Hungary47%41%12%<1%10.3
Ukraine4%19%58%18%7.3
Georgia–3%16%81%4.0

The rest of the league phase played out 10,000 times with FixtureShark’s model (IP1, built on Elo ratings). Ties split by goal difference and goals scored, not head-to-head.

Tournament history

World Cup: 1 appearance

Furthest round reached, finals tournaments and Nations League only (qualifiers are not shown).

Rating over time

150017001900192819772026Peak 1899 (2019)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Ukraine v France: played 14, won 1, drawn 5, lost 8; goals 8–29. First met 27 Mar 1999, last 13 Nov 2025.

Record by competition

Ukraine by competition
Friendly126553833
FIFA World Cup qualification87412917
UEFA Euro qualification72351918
UEFA Nations League2812511
UEFA Euro14419
Cyprus International Tournament6222
FIFA World Cup5212
Canadian Shield2101
LG Cup2101

Top scorers

  1. Andriy Shevchenko 40
  2. Andriy Yarmolenko 28
  3. Roman Yaremchuk 14
  4. Yevhen Konoplyanka 10
  5. Serhii Rebrov 9
  6. Ruslan Malinovskyi 9
  7. Artem Dovbyk 9
  8. Viktor Tsyhankov 8
  9. Andriy Husin 7
  10. Oleh Husyev 7

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.