Football in Ukraine is the number one sport. It takes
its direct heritage from the Soviet football, particularly of 1970s and 1980s.
The major football events in Ukraine are supervised by the Football Federation of Ukraine that was reorganized in 1991 in place
of the Soviet Football Federation of Ukrainian created in 1920.
Ukraine national
football team has representing
own independent nation qualified for the FIFA
World Cup once. That was in the
2006 tournament when they reached the quarter finals led by the former Soviet
football star players. Ukrainian
championship has primarily developed out of the Soviet competitions. In 1975 Ukraine extended its success
into the UEFA Super Cup as well.
The Ukrainian
football professional club competitions organized in the three tier league
system. Parallel with them there is a knockout competition the Ukrainian Cup. There is also a Super Cup match up that is being conducted on
annual basis among the top two best clubs in the country. Ukraine has also
highly developed children and youth football. There is a national competition
that is being conducted by the professional clubs of Ukraine and the best
national sports schools. It is a
two tier league with several regional divisions. Each club is represented by four
squads with player’s age restrictions being from under 14 to fewer than 17.
Parallel to that there is an independent Student League which encompasses teams
of various universities and institutions of higher education. Selected players
of that league successfully compete at student Olympics.
After an unsuccessful Euro 2004 qualification campaign, Ukraine went on to qualify
for their first-ever FIFA World
Cup on 3 September 2005, by
drawing with Georgia, 1–1, in Tbilisi. Their first World Cup (2006
FIFA World Cup). After being crushed in the first match by Spain 0-4.Ukraine
beat their other two opponents to reach the knock-out stage. In the round of
16.Ukraine played the winner of Switzerland,
who they beat on penalties reaching the quarter final of the tournament before
losing 3–0 to eventual champions Italy.
Ukraine Record against England
Games won: 3
Games drawn: 0
Games lost: 1
Date
|
Match
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Result
|
Score
|
Competition
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31 May 2000
|
England v Ukraine
|
W
|
2-0
|
International
|
18 Aug 2004
|
England v Ukraine
|
W
|
3-0
|
International
|
01 Apr 2009
|
England v Ukraine
|
W
|
2-1
|
FIFA World Cup
|
10 Oct 2009
|
Ukraine v England
|
L
|
1-0
|
FIFA World Cup
|
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Date: Tuesday June
19, 2012 (20:45)
Venue: Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
Venue: Donbass Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine
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