Ukrainians on the Soviet Union national football team
Consistent (soccer) 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 USSR national 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 Ukrainian national team to quarter finals of the World Cup in 2006. Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) was created and recognized by FIFA only in early 1990s. That led several players played for the Ukrainian 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.
List of Soviet Ukrainians [1]
Name | Years of life | Place of birth/death | Caps | Goals | Comments |
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Blokhin | 1952–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 112 | 42 | |
Demyanenko | 1959–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 80 | 6 | |
Bezsonov | 1958–present | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 79 | 4 | |
Protasov | 1964–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 68/1 | 29/0 | |
Kuznetsov, O. | 1963–present | Magdeburg, East Germany - | 63/3 | 1/0 | |
Kaplichny | 1944 - 2004 | Kamianets-Podilskiy, Ukrainian SSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 62 | 0 | |
Litovchenko | 1963–present | Dniprodzerzhinsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 58/4 | 15/0 | |
Kolotov | 1949 - 2000 | Udino, Tatarstan, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 54 | 22 | |
Buryak | 1953–present | Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - | 53 | 10 | |
Muntian | 1946–present | Kotovsk, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - | 49 | 7 | |
Rudakov | 1942 – 2011 | Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 48 | 0 | |
Konkov | 1949–present | Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 47 | 8 | |
Rats | 1961–present | Vynohradiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR - | 47 | 4 | |
Baltacha | 1958–present | Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR - | 45 | 2 | |
Onyschenko | 1949–present | Chernobyl Raion, Ukrainian SSR - | 44 | 11 | |
Mykhailychenko | 1963–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 41/2 | 9/0 | |
Zavarov | 1961–present | Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 41 | 6 | |
Szabó | 1940–present | Uzhhorod, Hungary - | 40 | 8 | |
Byshovets | 1946–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 39 | 15 | |
Istomin | 1944 - 1999 | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Moscow, Russia | 34 | 0 | |
Belanov | 1960–present | Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - | 33 | 8 | |
Troshkin | 1947–present | Enakieve, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 31 | 1 | |
Veremeyev | 1946–present | Spassk, Primorye, Russian SFSR - | 26 | 2 | |
Voinov | 1931 - 2003 | Kaliningrad, Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 26 | 5 | |
Tsveiba | 1966–present | Gudauta, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR - | 25/1 | 2/0 | 8 games played for Russia |
Fomenko | 1948–present | Mala Rybytsia, Sumy, Ukrainian SSR - | 24 | 0 | |
Matvienko | 1948–present | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR - | 21 | 0 | |
Serebrenikov | 1940–present | Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR - | 21 | 3 | |
Chanov, Vkt | 1959–present | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 21 | 0 | |
Bal | 1958–present | Noviy Rozdil, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - | 20 | 1 | |
Khmelnytskiy | 1943–present | Tymashivka, Zaporizhya, Ukrainian SSR - | 20 | 7 | |
Shavlo | 1956–present | Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - | 19 | 1 | |
Yakovenko | 1964–present | Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - | 19 | 1 | |
Yaremchuk | 1962–present | Velykiy Bychkiv, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR - | 18 | 2 | |
Degtyaryov | 1948–present | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 17 | 0 | |
Reshko | 1947–present | Klucharki, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR - | 15 | 0 | |
Bannykov | 1938 - 2001 | Luhiny, Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 14 | 0 | |
Berezhnoy | 1957–present | Krasnodon, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 14 | 0 | |
Puzach | 1941 - 2006 | Krasnyi Kut, Saratov, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 14 | 2 | |
Zvyahintsev | 1950–present | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 13 | 1 | |
Evtushenko | 1958–present | Pyatikhatky, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 12 | 1 | |
Semyonov | 1947–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 11 | 4 | |
Ostrovskiy | 1936 - 2001 | Riga, Latvia - Kiev, Ukraine | 9 | 0 | |
Kuznetsov, V | 1949–present | Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Russian SFSR - | 8 | 0 | |
Kuksov | 1949–present | Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 0 | |
Porkuyan | 1944–present | Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 4 | |
Pasulko | 1961–present | Ilnytsia, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 1 | |
Tischenko, V | 1963–present | Horodok, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - | 8 | 0 | |
Luzhny | 1968–present | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - | 8/52 | 0/0 | |
Susloparov | 1958–2012 | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - ? | 7 | 0 | |
Medvid | 1943 - 1997 | Novo-Davydkove, Zakarpatya, Ukrainian SSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 7 | 2 | |
Lyutiy | 1962–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 6 | 1 | |
Vishnevskiy | 1957 - 1996 | Salavat, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine | 6 | 0 | |
Kozinkevych | 1949 - 1994 | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine | 6 | 1 | |
Kanevskiy | 1936–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 5 | 0 | |
Hetsko | 1968–present | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 5/4 | 0/1 | |
Romenskiy | 1952–present | Minchegavir, Azerbaijan SSR -? | 5 | ||
Lozynskyi | 1955–present | Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR - ? | 4 | 0 | |
Nikiforov | 1970–present | Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - | 4/3 | 0/0 | 55 games for Russia, 6 goals |
Rodin | 1956–present | Moscow, Russian SFSR - | 4 | 0 | |
Sosnykhin | 1942 - 2003 | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 4 | 0 | |
Yurchyshyn | 1957–present | Kernitsa, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - | 4 | 1 | |
Zhuravliov | 1945–present | Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Fomin, V | 1929 - 2007 | Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - ? | 3 | 0 | |
Kuznetsov, S | 1950–present | Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Levchenko, V | 1944 – 2006 | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - ? | 3 | 0 | |
Malygin | 1949–present | Voroshilovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Tkachenko, O | 1947–present | Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - | 3 | 0 | |
Shmatovalenko | 1967–present | Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - | 2/8 | 0/0 | |
Fedorenko | 1955–present | Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 1 | |
Dudarenko | 1946–present | Rivne, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Betsa | 1929 - 2011 | Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia - Mukachevo, Ukraine | 2 | 0 | |
Kulchytsky | 1941–present | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Lobanovskiy | 1939 - 2002 | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - Zaporizhya, Ukraine | 2 | 0 | |
Slobodian, P | 1953–present | Kolomea Raion, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Cherednyk | 1960–present | Stalinabad, Tajik SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Shmuts | 1948–present | Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Yarovenko | 1963–present | Karatau, Djambul, Kazakh SSR - | 2 | 0 | |
Biba | 1938–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Brovarsky | 1948 – 2009 | Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Gorbunov | 1953–1996 | Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Hrachiov | 1956–present | Dzerzhinsk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Kaplun | 1958–present | Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Zuyev, V | 1952–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Forkash | 1948–present | Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Makarov, O | 1929 - 1995 | Rubtsovsk, Altai, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Morozov | 1950–present | Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Pinchuk | 1946–present | Tikhoretsk, Russian SFSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Privalov | 1902 - 1974 | Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | 1[2] | 0 | |
Shpakovskiy | 1899 - 1942 | Kharkov, Russian Empire - GULAG, Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR | 1 | 1 | |
Shepel | 1949–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Shulzhenko | 1945 – 1997 | Voroshylovhrad, Ukrainian SSR - Luhansk, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Leschuk | 1951–present | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiy, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Lysenko | 1947 - 2003 | Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR - Mykolaiv, Ukraine | 1 | 0 | |
Pavlov, M | 1954–present | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - | 1 | 0 | |
Chanov, Vya | 1951–present | Moskow, Russian SFSR - | 1 | 0 |
Unofficial games
Name | Years of life | Place of birth/death | Caps | Goals | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kostiantyn Fomin | 1903 - 1964 | 10 | 0 | (Dynamo Kharkiv → Dynamo Kyiv) | |
Shylovsky | 1911 - 1973 | 6 | 2 | (Dynamo Kyiv) | |
Privalov | 1902 - 1974 | Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | 6[3] | 0 | (Rabis Kharkiv → Dynamo Kharkiv) |
Oleksandr Babkin | 5 | (-5)(?) | (KhPZ Kharkiv) | ||
Shchehodsky | 1911 - 1989 | 4 | 1 | (Dynamo Kyiv) | |
Krotov, M | 1898 - 1978 | Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | 1 | 0 | (Rabis Kharkiv) |
Fomin, V | 1929 - 2007 | Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - ? | 1 | 0 | |
Valentyn Prokofyev | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kyiv) | ||
Fokin, M | 1909 - 1974 | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kharkiv) | |
Idzkovsky | 1907-1995 | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - Kiev, Ukrainian SSR | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kyiv) |
Shpakovsky | 1899 - 1942 | 1 | 0 | (Dynamo Kharkiv) | |
Fomin, Vol | 1902 - 1942 | (Dynamo Kharkiv) |
All-time records
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.
As of 15 November 2016
Most capped Ukraine players
# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Anatoliy Tymoschuk | 2000 – 2016 | 144 | 4 |
2 | Oleg Blokhin | 1972 - 1988 | 112 | 42 |
3 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995 – 2012 | 111 | 48 |
4 | Oleh Husyev | 2002 – 2016 | 98 | 13 |
5 | Ruslan Rotan | 2003 - | 92 | 8 |
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy | 1994 – 2012 | 92 | 0 | |
7 | Anatoliy Demyanenko | 1981 - 1990 | 80 | 6 |
8 | Volodymyr Bezsonov | 1977 - 1990 | 79 | 4 |
9 | Serhiy Rebrov | 1992 - 2006 | 75 | 15 |
10 | Andriy Voronin | 2002 – 2012 | 74 | 8 |
11 | Andriy Husin | 1993 - 2006 | 71 | 9 |
Andriy Pyatov | 2007 - | 71 | 0 | |
13 | Oleh Protasov | 1984 - 1994 | 69 | 29 |
14 | Andriy Vorobei | 2000 - 2008 | 68 | 9 |
15 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009 - | 67 | 29 |
Andriy Nesmachniy | 2000 - 2009 | 67 | 0 | |
17 | Oleh Kuznetsov | 1986 - 1994 | 66 | 1 |
18 | Vladyslav Vashchuk | 1996 - 2006 | 63 | 1 |
19 | Volodymyr Kaplychnyi | 1968 - 1974 | 62 | 0 |
Hennadiy Lytovchenko | 1984 - 1994 | 62 | 15 | |
Top Ukraine goalscorers
# | Name | Career | Goals (Caps) | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1995 – 2012 | 48 (111) | 0.44 |
2 | Oleg Blokhin | 1972 - 1988 | 42 (112) | 0.375 |
3 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2009 - | 29 (67) | 0.433 |
Oleh Protasov | 1984 - 1994 | 29 (69) | 0.42 | |
5 | Viktor Kolotov | 1970 - 1978 | 22 (54) | 0.407 |
6 | Anatoliy Byshovets | 1966 - 1972 | 15 (39) | 0.385 |
Hennadiy Litovchenko | 1984 - 1994 | 15 (62) | 0.242 | |
Serhiy Rebrov | 1992 - 2006 | 15 (75) | 0.2 | |
9 | Yevhen Konoplyanka | 2010 - | 13 (60) | 0.217 |
Oleh Husyev | 2003 – 2016 | 13 (98) | 0.133 | |
11 | Serhiy Nazarenko | 2003 – 2012 | 12 (56) | 0.214 |
12 | Volodymyr Onyshchenko | 1972 – 1977 | 11 (44) | 0.25 |
Yevhen Seleznyov | 2008 - | 11 (52) | 0.212 | |
14 | Leonid Buryak | 1974 – 1983 | 10 (53) | 0.189 |
15 | Andriy Vorobey | 2000 - 2008 | 9 (68) | 0.132 |
Andriy Husin | 1993 - 2006 | 9 (71) | 0.127 | |
17 | Tymerlan Huseynov | 1993 - 1997 | 8 (14) | 0.571 |
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 Milevskiy | 2006 - 2012 | 8 (50) | 0.16 | |
Andriy Voronin | 2002 - 2012 | 8 (74) | 0.108 | |
Ruslan Rotan | 2003 - | 8 (92) | 0.087 |
List of Ukrainian coaches coaching other national teams
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)
- 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)