Ukraine football

Ukrainian footballers represented the USSR national football side. Some of the finest Ukrainian players of the beginning of 1990's for example the likes of Andrei Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran and Oleg Salenko decided to star for Russia as it was called the official successor of the USSR, while Ukraine did not take part in big international competitions until 1994.

In the following years, the Ukrainian team bettered itself, showcasing players like Andriy Shevchenko and Serhiy Rebrov, among others. However, Ukraine didnt qualify for any competition unitl tournament prior to 2005, three times failing at the last qualifying stage, the playoffs, after frequently finishing 2nd in their qualifying sections. It suffered defeat to Croatia, failing to get to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia prevented Ukraine from going to Euro 2000, and Germany stopped them prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Ukraine quaified for the 2006 finals and finished off in the quarter finals which amde a great debut to world cup football.

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