Ukrainians on the Soviet Union national football team
Consistent football competitions were taken place in Ukraine in the beginning of the 20th century when the modern country was divided between Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Russia. The most progressive league where Ukrainians participated were Polish and USSR championships (Dinamo Kyiv is known worldwide).
In the 1970s and 1980s, the backbone of the Soviet Union national football team were players out of the Dinamo Kyiv's first team while the team was also coached by the Kievan native and the Dinamo Kyiv franchise person -- Valery Lobanovsky. Oleh Blokhin, another Kievan native and the legendary Ukrainian player and coach, became the USSR national team leader in games participated and goals scored for the team. He reflected the mentorship of his coach, Valery Lobanovsky, and extending the long possessing football traditions of his native country by taking the Ukraine national team to quarter finals of the World Cup in 2006. Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) was created and recognized by FIFA only in 1992. That led several players played for the Ukraine national team in 1993 to reconsider their choice by choosing their opportunities in more successful team of Russian Federation which was considered as the successor of the Soviet national team with all its success. By recognizing only the Russian team as the successor many Russian statisticians are advocating that as the main reason to consider the Ukrainian born footballers that played for the Soviet team to be Russians. The players such as Andrei Kanchelskis and Sergei Yuran are not included in the list for the reason choosing to play for the Russian team over the Ukrainian. Note that there are no Viktor Onopko or Andrei Karyaka as well, although the last one played several games for the junior squad of the national team.
While waiting for recognition from FIFA in 1992, the national team of Ukraine failed to gain to be seeded on time for the World Cup qualification competition from Europe.
Name | Years of life | Place of birth/death | Caps | Goals | Comments |
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Oleh Blokhin | 1952–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 112 | 42 | |
Anatoliy Demyanenko | 1959–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 80 | 6 | |
Volodymyr Bezsonov | 1958–present | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 79 | 4 | |
Oleh Protasov | 1964–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 68/1 | 29/0 | |
Oleh Kuznetsov | 1963–present | Magdeburg, East Germany - | 63/3 | 1/0 | |
Volodymyr Kaplychnyi | 1944 – 2004 | Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 62 | 0 | |
Hennadiy Lytovchenko | 1963–present | Dniprodzerzhinsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 58/4 | 15/0 | |
Viktor Kolotov | 1949 – 2000 | Yudino, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 54 | 22 | |
Leonid Buryak | 1953–present | Odesa, Ukrainian SSR - | 53 | 10 | |
Volodymyr Muntyan | 1946–present | Kotovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 49 | 7 | |
Yevhen Rudakov | 1942 – 2011 | Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 48 | 0 | |
Anatoliy Konkov | 1949–present | Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR - | 47 | 8 | |
Vasyl Rats | 1961–present | Fanchykovo, Ukrainian SSR - | 47 | 4 | |
Serhiy Baltacha | 1958–present | Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR - | 45 | 2 | |
Volodymyr Onyshchenko | 1949–present | Stechanka, Chornobyl Raion, Ukrainian SSR - | 44 | 11 | |
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | 1963–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 41/2 | 9/0 | |
Oleksandr Zavarov | 1961–present | Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 41 | 6 | |
Yozhef Sabo | 1940–present | Ungvár, Kingdom of Hungary - | 40 | 8 | |
Anatoliy Byshovets | 1946–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 39 | 15 | |
Yuriy Istomin | 1944 - 1999 | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Moscow, Russia | 34 | 0 | |
Ihor Belanov | 1960–present | Odesa, Ukrainian SSR - | 33 | 8 | |
Volodymyr Troshkin | 1947–present | Yenakiieve, Ukrainian SSR - | 31 | 1 | |
Volodymyr Veremeyev | 1946–present | Spassk-Dalny, Russian SFSR - | 26 | 2 | |
Yuriy Voynov | 1931 – 2003 | Kalininsky, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 26 | 5 | |
Akhrik Tsveiba | 1966–present | Gudauta, Georgian SSR - | 25/1 | 2/0 | 8 games played for Russia |
Mykhaylo Fomenko | 1948–present | Mala Rybytsia, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - | 24 | 0 | |
Viktor Matviyenko | 1948 – 2018 | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 21 | 0 | |
Viktor Serebryanikov | 1940 – 2014 | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 21 | 3 | |
Viktor Chanov | 1959 – 2017 | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 21 | 0 | |
Andriy Bal | 1958 – 2014 | Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 20 | 1 | |
Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi | 1943 – 2019 | Tymoshivka, Orikhiv Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 20 | 7 | |
Sergey Shavlo | 1956–present | Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - | 19 | 1 | |
Pavlo Yakovenko | 1964–present | Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - | 19 | 1 | |
Ivan Yaremchuk | 1962–present | Velykyi Bychkiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 18 | 2 | |
Yuriy Dehteryov | 1948 – 2022 | Stalino, Ukrainian SSR - Donetsk, Ukraine | 17 | 0 | |
Stefan Reshko | 1947–present | Kliucharky, Ukrainian SSR - | 15 | 0 | |
Viktor Bannikov | 1938 – 2001 | Luhyny, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 14 | 0 | |
Oleksandr Berezhnyi | 1957–present | Sukhodilsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 14 | 0 | |
Anatoliy Puzach | 1941 - 2006 | Krasnyi Kut, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 14 | 2 | |
Viktor Zvyagintsev | 1950–present | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 13 | 1 | |
Vadym Yevtushenko | 1958–present | Pyatikhatky, Ukrainian SSR - | 12 | 1 | |
Vladimir Pilguy | 1948–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 12 | 0 | |
Vyacheslav Semyonov | 1947–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 11 | 4 | |
Leonid Ostrovskiy | 1936 – 2001 | Riga, Latvia - Kyiv, Ukraine | 9 | 0 | |
Viktor Kuznetsov | 1949–present | Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Russian SFSR - | 8 | 0 | |
Anatoliy Kuksov | 1949–present | Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 0 | |
Valeriy Porkujan | 1944–present | Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 4 | |
Viktor Pasulko | 1961–present | Ilnytsia, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 1 | |
Vadym Tyshchenko | 1963–present | Horodok, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 0 | |
Oleh Luzhnyi | 1968–present | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - | 8/52 | 0/0 | |
Yuri Susloparov | 1958 – 2012 | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Istrinsky District, Moscow, Russia | 7 | 0 | |
Fedir Medvid | 1943 – 1997 | Novo-Davydkove, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 7 | 2 | |
Vladimir Liuty | 1962–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 6 | 1 | |
Ivan Vyshnevskyi | 1957 – 1996 | Salavat, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | 6 | 0 | |
Eduard Kozinkevich | 1949 – 1994 | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine | 6 | 1 | |
Viktor Kanevski | 1936 – 2018 | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Bristol, Connecticut, US | 5 | 0 | |
Ivan Hetsko | 1968–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 5/4 | 0/1 | |
Yuri Romensky | 1952–present | Minchegavir, Azerbaijan SSR -? | 5 | ||
Volodymyr Lozynskyi | 1955–present | Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR - ? | 4 | 0 | |
Yuri Nikiforov | 1970–present | Odesa, Ukrainian SSR - | 4/3 | 0/0 | 55 games for Russia, 6 goals |
Oleh Rodin | 1956–present | Moscow, Russian SFSR - | 4 | 0 | |
Vadym Sosnikhin | 1942 – 2003 | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 4 | 0 | |
Stepan Yurchyshyn | 1957–present | Kernitsa, Ukrainian SSR - | 4 | 1 | |
Oleksandr Zhuravliov | 1945–present | Voroshylovhrad, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Viktor Fomin | 1929 – 2007 | Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - Ukraine | 3 | 0 | |
Serhiy Kuznetsov | 1950–present | Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Vladimir Levchenko | 1944 – 2006 | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine | 3 | 0 | |
Volodymyr Malygin | 1949–present | Voroshilovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Oleksandr Tkachenko | 1947–present | Kupiansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Serhiy Shmatovalenko | 1967–present | Odesa, Ukrainian SSR - | 2/8 | 0/0 | |
Mykola Fedorenko | 1955–present | Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 1 | |
Volodymyr Dudarenko | 1946 – 2017 | Rivne, Ukrainian SSR - Rivne, Ukraine | 2 | 0 | |
Yozhef Betsa | 1929 – 2011 | Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia - Mukachevo, Ukraine | 2 | 0 | |
Ihor Kulchytsky | 1941–present | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Valeriy Lobanovskyi | 1939 - 2002 | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Zaporizhya, Ukraine | 2 | 0 | |
Petro Slobodian | 1953–present | Kolomea Raion, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Oleksiy Cherednyk | 1960–present | Stalinabad, Tajik SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Leonid Shmuts | 1948–present | Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Evgeni Jarovenko | 1963–present | Karatau, Djambul, Kazakh SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Andriy Biba | 1938–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Lev Brovarsky | 1948 – 2009 | Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Valeri Gorbunov | 1953–1996 | Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR - Horlivka, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Viktor Grachyov | 1956–present | Dzerzhinsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Viktor Kaplun | 1958–present | Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Valeri Zuyev | 1952–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Mykhailo Forkash | 1948–present | Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Oleh Makarov | 1929 – 1995 | Rubtsovsk, Altai, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Serhiy Morozov | 1950–present | Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Mykola Pinchuk | 1946–present | Tikhoretsk, Russian SFSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Ivan Privalov | 1902 – 1974 | Kharkiv, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | 1[2] | 0 | |
Aleksandr Shpakovsky | 1899 – 1942 | Kharkov, Russian Empire - GULAG, Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR | 1 | 1 | |
Anatoliy Shepel | 1949–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Anatoliy Shulzhenko | 1945 – 1997 | Voroshylovhrad, Ukrainian SSR - Luhansk, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Viacheslav Leshchuk | 1951–present | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Viktor Lysenko | 1947 -–2003 | Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR - Mykolaiv, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Mykola Pavlov | 1954–present | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Vyacheslav Chanov | 1951–present | Moscow, Russian SFSR - | 1 | 0 |
Unofficial games
Name | Years of life | Place of birth/death | Caps | Goals | Comments |
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Kostyantyn Fomin | 1903 – 1964 | 10 | 0 | (Dynamo Kharkiv → Dynamo Kyiv) | |
Viktor Shylovsky | 1911 – 1973 | 6 | 2 | (Dynamo Kyiv) | |
Ivan Privalov | 1902 – 1974 | Kharkiv, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | 6[3] | 0 | (Rabis Kharkiv → Dynamo Kharkiv) |
Oleksandr Babkin | 5 | (-5)(?) | (KhPZ Kharkiv) | ||
Konstantin Shchegodskiy | 1911 – 1989 | 4 | 1 | (Dynamo Kyiv) | |
Nikolai Krotov | 1898 – 1978 | Kharkiv, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | 1 | 0 | (Rabis Kharkiv) |
Viktor Fomin | 1929 – 2007 | Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - ? | 1 | 0 | |
Valentyn Prokofyev | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kyiv) | ||
Mykola Fomin | 1909 – 1974 | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kharkiv) | |
Anton Idzkovsky | 1907 – 1995 | Kiev, Russian Empire - Kyiv, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kyiv) |
Aleksandr Shpakovsky | 1899 – 1942 | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kharkiv) | |
Volodymyr Fomin | 1902 – 1942 | (Dynamo Kharkiv) |
Ukrainian Olympians on the Soviet team
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Russian Olympians born in Ukraine
[edit]- Sergey Shavlo
- Yuriy Istomin
- Vladimir Pilguy
- Sergey Andreyev
- Igor Dobrovolski
- Anatoliy Byshovets (coach)
Ukrainian footballers on the Soviet junior teams
[edit]Russian footballers born in Ukraine
[edit]- Yuri Susloparov
- Gennadi Kostylev (coach)
- Oleksandr Pomazun
- Sergei Mamchur (Russia U-21)
- Grigori Bogemsky 1913
- Evgeni Aldonin 2002–07
- Artyom Bezrodny 1999
- Viktor Budyanskiy 2007
- Igor Dobrovolski 1992–98
- Oleksandr Horshkov 1998
- Andrei Kanchelskis 1992–98
- Andrei Karyaka 2001–05
- Vladimir Lebed 1995
- Roman Neustädter 2016–
- Yuriy Nikiforov 1993–2002
- Gennadiy Nizhegorodov 2000–03
- Viktor Onopko 1992–2004
- Sergei Podpaly 1992–94
- Sergei Semak 1997–2010
- Vladislav Ternavsky 1994–96
- Ilya Tsymbalar 1994–99
- Sergei Yuran 1992–99
- Anton Shvets 2018–
Senior national team all-time records
[edit]Here included players that with help of FIFA, the Russian Football Union claims of their own. Such players, Oleg Blokhin, Oleg Protasov, and Anatoliy Demyanenko, still are the indicators of class for all players in Ukraine. Those players committed their playing career to the clubs of the Lower Dnipro river region.
Most capped Ukraine players
[edit]# | Name | Period | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Anatoliy Tymoschuk | 2000 – 2016 | 144 | 4 |
2 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009 – | 119 | 46 |
3 | Oleg Blokhin | 1972 – 1988 | 112 | 42 |
4 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995 – 2012 | 111 | 48 |
5 | Andriy Pyatov | 2007 – 2022 | 102 | 0 |
6 | Ruslan Rotan | 2003 – 2018 | 100 | 8 |
7 | Oleh Husyev | 2002 – 2016 | 98 | 13 |
8 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | 1994 – 2012 | 92 | 0 |
9 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2010 – | 87 | 21 |
10 | Taras Stepanenko | 2010 – | 83 | 4 |
11 | Anatoliy Demyanenko | 1981 – 1990 | 80 | 6 |
12 | Volodymyr Bezsonov | 1977 – 1990 | 79 | 4 |
13 | Serhii Rebrov | 1992 – 2006 | 75 | 15 |
14 | Andriy Voronin | 2002 – 2012 | 74 | 8 |
15 | Andriy Husin | 1993 – 2006 | 71 | 9 |
16 | Oleh Protasov | 1984 – 1994 | 69 | 29 |
17 | Andriy Vorobei | 2000 – 2008 | 68 | 9 |
18 | Andriy Nesmachniy | 2000 – 2009 | 67 | 0 |
19 | Oleh Kuznetsov | 1986 – 1994 | 66 | 1 |
20 | Mykola Matviyenko | 2017 – | 65 | 0 |
Top Ukraine goalscorers
[edit]# | Name | Period | Goals (Caps) | Average |
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1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995 – 2012 | 48 (111) | 0.44 |
2 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009 – | 46 (119) | 0.387 |
3 | Oleg Blokhin | 1972 – 1988 | 42 (112) | 0.375 |
4 | Oleh Protasov | 1984 – 1994 | 29 (69) | 0.42 |
5 | Viktor Kolotov | 1970 – 1978 | 22 (54) | 0.407 |
6 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2010 – 2023 | 21 (87) | 0.241 |
7 | Anatoliy Byshovets | 1966 – 1972 | 15 (39) | 0.385 |
Roman Yaremchuk | 2018 – | 15 (50) | 0.3 | |
Hennadiy Litovchenko | 1984 – 1994 | 15 (62) | 0.242 | |
Serhii Rebrov | 1992 – 2006 | 15 (75) | 0.2 | |
11 | Viktor Tsyhankov | 2016 - | 13 (54) | 0.241 |
Oleh Husyev | 2003 – 2016 | 13 (98) | 0.133 | |
13 | Serhiy Nazarenko | 2003 – 2012 | 12 (56) | 0.214 |
14 | Volodymyr Onyshchenko | 1972 – 1977 | 11 (44) | 0.25 |
Yevhen Seleznyov | 2008 – 2018 | 11 (57) | 0.193 | |
16 | Artem Dovbyk | 2021 - | 10 (28) | 0.357 |
Leonid Buryak | 1974 – 1983 | 10 (53) | 0.189 | |
18 | Oleksandr Zinchenko | 2015 - | 9 (63) | 0.143 |
Andriy Vorobey | 2000 – 2008 | 9 (68) | 0.132 | |
Andriy Husin | 1993 – 2006 | 9 (71) | 0.127 | |
19 | Tymerlan Huseynov | 1993 – 1997 | 8 (14) | 0.571 |
Artem Kravets | 2011 – 2019 | 8 (23) | 0.348 | |
Igor Belanov | 1985 – 1990 | 8 (33) | 0.242 | |
Yozhef Sabo | 1965 – 1968 | 8 (40) | 0.2 | |
Anatoliy Konkov | 1971 – 1978 | 8 (47) | 0.17 | |
Artem Milevskyi | 2006 – 2012 | 8 (50) | 0.16 | |
Andriy Voronin | 2002 – 2012 | 8 (74) | 0.108 | |
Ruslan Rotan | 2003 – 2018 | 8 (100) | 0.08 |
List of Ukrainian coaches coaching other national teams
[edit]In bold are coaches that eventually coached the Ukrainian football national team.
- Oleksandr Ponomariov ( Soviet national football team 1972)
- Oleh Bazilevich ( Soviet national football team 1974–1976, 1979), ( Bulgaria Olympic football team 1988–1989), ( Kuwait national under-23 football team 1995–1996)
- Valery Lobanovsky ( Soviet national football team 1975–1976, 1982–1983, 1986–1990), ( UAE national football team 1990–1993), ( Kuwait national football team 1994–1996)
- Valery Yaremchenko ( Syria national football team 1985–1987)
- Anatoliy Azarenkov ( Syria national football team 1987–1990, 1992), ( Kuwait national under-20 football team 1993–1997)
- Mykhailo Fomenko ( Iraq national football team 1990), ( Guinea national football team 1994)
- Anatoliy Byshovets ( South Korea national football team 1994–1995, South Korea national under-23 football team 1995–1996)
- Volodymyr Muntian ( Guinea national football team 1995–1998)
- Viktor Pozhechevskyi ( Turkmenistan national football team 1998)
- Volodymyr Salkov ( Uzbekistan national football team 2000–2001)
- Vladimir Bessonov ( Turkmenistan national football team 2002–2003)
- Viktor Pasulko ( Moldova national football team 2002–2005)
- Semen Altman ( Moldova national football team 2019)
References
[edit]- ^ "Kopanyi-Myach.info - Літопис українського футболу".
- ^ All games of the Soviet Union (in English)
- ^ All games of the Soviet Union (in English)
- ^ "Most Ukraine Caps".