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. Apart from Russia, Ukraine is the only post-Soviet state to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals.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.

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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