Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup

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:* Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

{{Ukraine squad 2006 FIFA World Cup}}

At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ukraine was drawn in Group H along with Spain, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia.

{{:2006 FIFA World Cup Group H|transcludesection=standings|showteam=UKR}}

Head coach: Oleg Blokhin

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{{National football squad player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Oleksandr Shovkovskyi|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1975|1|2}}|caps=68|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=2|pos=DF|name=Andriy Nesmachniy|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1979|2|28}}|caps=49|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Oleksandr Yatsenko|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1985|2|24}}|caps=1|club=Kharkiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injureds Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk.

{{National football squad player|no=4|pos=MF|name=Anatoliy Tymoshchuk|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1979|3|30}}|caps=55|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=5|pos=DF|name=Volodymyr Yezerskyi|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1976|11|15}}|caps=24|club=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=6|pos=DF|name=Andriy Rusol|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1983|1|16}}|caps=23|club=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=7|pos=FW|name=Andriy Shevchenko (c)|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1976|9|29}}|caps=64|club=Milan|clubnat=ITA|natvar=2003}}Shevchenko joined Chelsea after the tournament.

{{National football squad player|no=8|pos=MF|name=Oleh Shelayev|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1976|11|5}}|caps=19|club=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=9|pos=MF|name=Oleh Husyev|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1983|4|25}}|caps=25|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=10|pos=FW|name=Andriy Voronin|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1979|7|21}}|caps=32|club=Bayer Leverkusen|clubnat=GER}}

{{National football squad player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Serhii Rebrov|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1974|3|6}}|caps=70|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Andriy Pyatov|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1984|6|28}}|caps=1|club=Vorskla Poltava|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Dmytro Chyhrynskyi|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1986|11|7}}|caps=0|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=14|pos=MF|name=Andriy Husin|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1972|12|11}}|caps=64|club=Krylia Sovetov|clubnat=RUS}}

{{National football squad player|no=15|pos=FW|name=Artem Milevskyi|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1985|1|12}}|caps=0|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=16|pos=FW|name=Andriy Vorobey|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1978|11|29}}|caps=53|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=17|pos=DF|name=Vladyslav Vashchuk|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1975|1|2}}|caps=58|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=18|pos=MF|name=Serhiy Nazarenko|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1980|2|16}}|caps=15|club=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=19|pos=MF|name=Maksym Kalynychenko|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1979|1|26}}|caps=21|club=Spartak Moscow|clubnat=RUS}}

{{National football squad player|no=20|pos=FW|name=Oleksiy Byelik|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1981|2|15}}|caps=15|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=21|pos=MF|name=Ruslan Rotan|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1981|10|29}}|caps=19|club=Dynamo Kyiv|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

{{National football squad player|no=22|pos=DF|name=Vyacheslav Sviderskyi|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1979|1|1}}|caps=6|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}Sviderskyi was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.

{{National football squad player|no=23|pos=GK|name=Bohdan Shust|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1986|3|4}}|caps=2|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

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{{National football squad player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Vyacheslav Shevchuk|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2006|6|9|1979|5|13}}|caps=16|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=UKR|natvar=1992}}

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• 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.

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|date = 14 June 2006

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}

|score = 4–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/germany2006/matches/round=97410100/match=97410015/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|UKR|1992}}

|goals1 =Alonso {{goal|13}}
Villa {{goal|17||48|pen.}}
Torres {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Zentralstadion, Leipzig

|attendance = 43,000

|referee = Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) }}

|valign="top"|Image:Spain-Ukraine line-up.svg

|valign="top" width="50%"|

|}

{{wikinewsart|Spain beat Ukraine 4-0 in Group H}}

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.{{cite web|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853260.stm|title= Saudi Arabia 0-4 Ukraine|date=19 June 2006|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 October 2013}}

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|date = 19 June 2006

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 0–4

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/germany2006/matches/round=97410100/match=97410032/index.html Report]

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• Rusol {{goal|4}}
• Rebrov {{goal|36}}
• Shevchenko {{goal|46}}
• Kalynychenko

{{goal|84}}

}}

|stadium = FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg

|attendance = 50,000

|referee = Graham Poll (England) }}

|valign="top"|Image:SaudiArabia-Ukraine line-up.svg

|valign="top" width="50%"|

|}

{{wikinewsart|Ukraine beats Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Group H}}

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.{{cite web|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853454.stm|title= Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia|date=23 June 2006|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 October 2013}}

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|date = 23 June 2006

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UKR|1992}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/germany2006/matches/round=97410100/match=97410048/index.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}

|goals1 = Shevchenko {{goal|70|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympiastadion, Berlin

|attendance = 72,000

|referee = Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) }}

|valign="top"|Image:Ukraine-Tunisia line-up.svg

|valign="top" width="50%"|

|}

{{wikinewsart|Ukraine advance after win against Tunisia in Group H}}

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|date=26 June 2006

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}

|score=0–0

|aet=yes

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|team2={{fb|UKR|1992}}

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|stadium=FIFA WM-Stadion Köln, Cologne

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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Barnetta {{penmiss}}
Cabanas {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore=0–3

|penalties2={{penmiss}} Shevchenko
{{pengoal}} Milevskyi
{{pengoal}} Rebrov
{{pengoal}} Husyev

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|300px

|valign="top" width="50%"|

|}

{{wikinewsart|Ukraine win penalty shootout; beat Switzerland for quarter-final spot}}

{{football box

|date=30 June 2006

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|ITA|2003}}

|score=3–0

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/germany2006/matches/round=97410300/match=97410058/index.html Report]

|team2={{fb|UKR|1992}}

|goals1=Zambrotta {{goal|6}}
Toni {{goal|59||69}}

|goals2=

|stadium=FIFA WM-Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg

|attendance=50,000

|referee=Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) }}

|300px

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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{{wikinewsart|Italy brush Ukraine aside 3-0 to reach semi-final}}

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.

Ukraine's team captain and superstar Andriy Shevchenko was the only player to score more than one goal at the 2006 World Cup.

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

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070603161916/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=ukr/index.html Ukraine at FIFA]

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{{Ukraine national football team}}

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