At that time Vyacheslav Koloskov was the only top official from the former Soviet Union and later the Russia who served as a vice-president of UEFA in 1980–1996 and represented all of members of the Soviet Union and later the Commonwealth of Independent States. Meanwhile, some of the best Ukrainian players of the beginning of the 1990s (including Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran, Yuriy Nikiforov, Ilya Tsymbalar and Oleg Salenko) chose to play for Russia, as it was named the official successor of the Soviet Union. The national team of Ukraine did not manage to enter the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (the draw for the qualification stage was held on 8 December 1991, before Ukraine was admitted to FIFA). After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russia took the place of the Soviet Union national team in the qualifying tournament for the 1994 World Cup. Prior to Independence in 1991, Ukrainian players represented the Soviet Union national team. In 1929, Ukraine beat Lower Austria in an exhibition match in Kharkiv 4–1, and played in another Soviet tournament. A championship among the national teams of the Soviet republics as well as the Moscow city team was planned to take place in Moscow at the All-Soviet tournament, Ukraine reached the final where it lost to Moscow 1–0, after defeating Belarus and Transcaucasus. The earliest record of games played by Ukraine can be traced back to August 1928. Just like the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had its own national team. It is not widely known, however, that Ukraine previously had a national team in 1925–1935. The national team was formed in the early 1990s and was recognized internationally soon afterwards. Ukraine's best performance in the UEFA European Championship was in 2020, where they reached the quarter-finals 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, 2002 World Cup, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2022 World Cup.
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. Īs the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012. The team reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their debut in the finals of a major championship.
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The team has been a full member of UEFA and FIFA since 1992.Īfter Ukrainian Independence and the country's breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992.
Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. 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.
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