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