Team profile: Ukraine
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.
Published On 4 Jun 2006
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 | |
Andriy Nesmachniy | 2 |
Oleksandr Iatsenko | 3 |
Vladimir Yezerskiy | 5 |
Andriy Rusol | 6 |
Dmytro Chigrynskiy | 13 |
Vladislav Vashchuk | 17 |
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy | 22 |
Midfielders | |
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 | |
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
Source: Al Jazeera