| Germany 2006: |
| UKRAINE |
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| KEY FACTS |
| World Ranking |
| 39th |
| UKRAINE NEWS |
| The first qualifier from Europe is also a debutant that came out ontop of one of the toughest groups. Initially believed to be a 3rd/4th place contender, Ukraine came out ahead of the likes of World Cup '02's 3rd placed Turkey, Denmark and European Champions Greece. With a group like that Ukraine weren't given much chance. Led by Andriy Shevchenko (6 goals), Ukraine not only won games, but won well with results like 3-0 over Turkey and only 1 loss all campaign. They will be an exciting debutant come the world cup. |
| Qualifying Group Position |
| 1st |
| Group B |
| Top Scorers |
| Andriy Shevchenko |
| 6 Goals |
| QUALIFYING |
| 1-1 |
| Denmark |
| Drew |
| 04-Sep-04 |
| 1-1 |
| Greece |
| Drew |
| 09-Oct-04 |
| 2-0 |
| Georgia |
| Dft |
| 13-Oct-04 |
| 3-0 |
| Turkey |
| Dft |
| 17-Nov-04 |
| 1-0 |
| Denmark |
| Dft |
| 2-0 |
| Kazakhstan |
| Dft |
| 04-Jun-05 |
| Greece |
| Dft |
| 08-Jun-05 |
| 1-1 |
| Georgia |
| Drew |
| 03-Sep-05 |
| 0-1 |
| Turkey |
| Lost To |
| 07-Sep-05 |
| 2-2 |
| Albania |
| Drew |
| 08-Oct-05 |
| 2-1 |
| Kazakhstan |
| Dft |
| 08-Sep-04 |
| 1-0 |
| 2-0 |
| Albania |
| Dft |
| 09-Feb-05 |
| 30-Mar-05 |
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| UKRAINE'S WORLD CUP HISTORY |
| Appearances (Champions in bold) |
| 2006 |
| SQUAD (club in brackets) |
| Goalkeepers |
| Oleksander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Defenders |
| Dmytro Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) |
| Andriy Nesmachniy (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) |
| Vyacheslav Sviderskiy (Arsenal Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Vladyslav Vashchuk (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Olexander Yatsenko (FK Kharkiv, Ukraine) |
| Volodymyr Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) |
| Midfielders |
| Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) |
| Oleg Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) |
| Forwards |
| Olexiy Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) |
| Artyom Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan, Italy) |
| Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) |
| Andriy Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara, Russia) |
| Andriy Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava, Ukraine) |
| Bogdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) |
| Oleg Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Maxim Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow, Russia) |
| Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany) |
| Ruslan Rotan (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine) |