After navigating their way through a tricky qualifying group, this World Cup Finals debutant has reason to be optimistic. They also have what every country would want, the goal scoring predator Andriy Shevchenko.
FIFA Ranking: 45
Coach: Oleh Blokhin
Key players: Andriy Shevchenko, Andriy Voronin, Anatoliy Tymoschuk
World Cup record: First appearance
Qualifying route: Won European Group 2
Key question: Shevchenko’s goals have powered AC Milan into a final, can they do the same for the debutant?
Squad:
| Goalkeepers |
# |
| Oleksander Shovkovskiy |
1 |
| Andriy Pyatov |
12 |
| Bogdan Shust |
23 |
| Defenders |
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| Andriy Nesmachniy |
2 |
| Oleksandr Iatsenko |
3 |
| Vladimir Yezerskiy |
5 |
| Andriy Rusol |
6 |
| Dmytro Chigrynskiy |
13 |
| Vladislav Vashchuk |
17 |
| Vyacheslav Sviderskiy |
22 |
| Midfielders |
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| Anatoliy Tymoschuk |
4 |
| Oleg Shelayev |
8 |
| Oleg Gusev |
9 |
| Serhiy Rebrov |
11 |
| Andriy Gusin |
14 |
| Serhiy Nazarenko |
18 |
| Maksim Kalinichenko |
19 |
| Ruslan Rotan |
21 |
| Forwards |
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| Andriy Shevchenko |
7 |
| Andriy Voronin |
10 |
| Artem Milevskiy |
15 |
| Andriy Vorobey |
16 |
| Oleksiy Byelik |
20 |
Group matches:
v Spain, 13:00 GMT, Wednesday 14th June - Leipzig
v Saudi Arabia, 16:00 GMT, Monday 19th June - Hamburg
v Tunisia, 14:00 GMT, Friday 23rd June - Berlin