Ukrainians on the Soviet Union national football team

Consistent football competitions were taken place in Ukraine in the beginning of the 20th century when the modern country was divided between Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Russia. The most progressive league where Ukrainians participated were Polish and USSR championships (Dinamo Kyiv is known worldwide).

In the 1970s and 1980s, the backbone of the Soviet Union national football team were players out of the Dinamo Kyiv's first team while the team was also coached by the Kievan native and the Dinamo Kyiv franchise person -- Valery Lobanovsky. Oleh Blokhin, another Kievan native and the legendary Ukrainian player and coach, became the USSR national team leader in games participated and goals scored for the team. He reflected the mentorship of his coach, Valery Lobanovsky, and extending the long possessing football traditions of his native country by taking the Ukrainian national team to quarter finals of the World Cup in 2006. Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) was created and recognized by FIFA only in 1992. That led several players played for the Ukrainian national team in 1993 to reconsider their choice by choosing their opportunities in more successful team of Russian Federation which was considered as the successor of the Soviet national team with all its success. By recognizing only the Russian team as the successor many Russian statisticians are advocating that as the main reason to consider the Ukrainian born footballers that played for the Soviet team to be Russians. The players such as Andrei Kanchelskis and Sergei Yuran are not included in the list for the reason choosing to play for the Russian team over the Ukrainian. Note that there are no Viktor Onopko or Andrei Karyaka as well, although the last one played several games for the junior squad of the national team.

While waiting for recognition from FIFA in 1992, the national team of Ukraine failed to gain to be seeded on time for the World Cup qualification competition from Europe.

List of Soviet Ukrainians [1]
Name Years of life Place of birth/death Caps Goals Comments
Blokhin 1952–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 112 42
Demyanenko 1959–present Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - 80 6
Bezsonov 1958–present Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - 79 4
Protasov 1964–present Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - 68/1 29/0
Kuznetsov, O. 1963–present Magdeburg, East Germany - 63/3 1/0
Kaplichny 1944 – 2004 Kamianets-Podilskiy, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 62 0
Litovchenko 1963–present Dniprodzerzhinsk, Ukrainian SSR - 58/4 15/0
Kolotov 1949 – 2000 Udino, Tatarstan, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 54 22
Buryak 1953–present Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - 53 10
Muntian 1946–present Kotovsk, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - 49 7
Rudakov 1942 – 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 48 0
Konkov 1949–present Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - 47 8
Rats 1961–present Vynohradiv Raion, Ukrainian SSR - 47 4
Baltacha 1958–present Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR - 45 2
Onyschenko 1949–present Chernobyl Raion, Ukrainian SSR - 44 11
Mykhailychenko 1963–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 41/2 9/0
Zavarov 1961–present Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - 41 6
Szabó 1940–present Uzhhorod, Hungary - 40 8
Byshovets 1946–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 39 15
Istomin 1944 - 1999 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Moscow, Russia 34 0
Belanov 1960–present Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - 33 8
Troshkin 1947–present Enakieve, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - 31 1
Veremeyev 1946–present Spassk, Primorye, Russian SFSR - 26 2
Voinov 1931 – 2003 Kaliningrad, Moscow, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 26 5
Tsveiba 1966–present Gudauta, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR - 25/1 2/0 8 games played for Russia
Fomenko 1948–present Mala Rybytsia, Sumy, Ukrainian SSR - 24 0
Matvienko 1948–present Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR - 21 0
Serebrenikov 1940–present Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR - 21 3
Chanov, Vkt 1959–present Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - 21 0
Bal 1958–present Noviy Rozdil, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - 20 1
Khmelnytskiy 1943–present Tymashivka, Zaporizhya, Ukrainian SSR - 20 7
Shavlo 1956–present Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - 19 1
Yakovenko 1964–present Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - 19 1
Yaremchuk 1962–present Velykiy Bychkiv, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR - 18 2
Degtyaryov 1948–present Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - 17 0
Reshko 1947–present Klucharki, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR - 15 0
Bannykov 1938 – 2001 Luhiny, Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 14 0
Berezhnoy 1957–present Krasnodon, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - 14 0
Puzach 1941 - 2006 Krasnyi Kut, Saratov, Russian SFSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 14 2
Zvyahintsev 1950–present Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - 13 1
Evtushenko 1958–present Pyatikhatky, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - 12 1
Pilguy 1948–present Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - 12 0
Semyonov 1947–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 11 4
Ostrovskiy 1936 – 2001 Riga, Latvia - Kyiv, Ukraine 9 0
Kuznetsov, V 1949–present Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Russian SFSR - 8 0
Kuksov 1949–present Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR - 8 0
Porkuyan 1944–present Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR - 8 4
Pasulko 1961–present Ilnytsia, Zakarpattya, Ukrainian SSR - 8 1
Tischenko, V 1963–present Horodok, Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - 8 0
Luzhny 1968–present Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - 8/52 0/0
Susloparov 1958 – 2012 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - Istrinsky District, Moscow, Russia 7 0
Medvid 1943 – 1997 Novo-Davydkove, Zakarpatya, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 7 2
Lyutiy 1962–present Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - 6 1
Vishnevskiy 1957 – 1996 Salavat, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine 6 0
Kozinkevych 1949 – 1994 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine 6 1
Kanevskiy 1936 – 2018 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Bristol, Connecticut, US 5 0
Hetsko 1968–present Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR - 5/4 0/1
Romenskiy 1952–present Minchegavir, Azerbaijan SSR -? 5
Lozynskyi 1955–present Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR - ? 4 0
Nikiforov 1970–present Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - 4/3 0/0 55 games for Russia, 6 goals
Rodin 1956–present Moscow, Russian SFSR - 4 0
Sosnykhin 1942 – 2003 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 4 0
Yurchyshyn 1957–present Kernitsa, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - 4 1
Zhuravliov 1945–present Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR - 3 0
Fomin, V 1929 – 2007 Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - Ukraine 3 0
Kuznetsov, S 1950–present Kamenolomnia, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR - 3 0
Levchenko, V 1944 – 2006 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Kyiv, Ukraine 3 0
Malygin 1949–present Voroshilovsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - 3 0
Tkachenko, O 1947–present Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR - 3 0
Shmatovalenko 1967–present Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - 2/8 0/0
Fedorenko 1955–present Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR - 2 1
Dudarenko 1946 – 2017 Rivne, Ukrainian SSR - Rivne, Ukraine 2 0
Betsa 1929 – 2011 Mukachevo, Czechoslovakia - Mukachevo, Ukraine 2 0
Kulchytsky 1941–present Lviv, Ukrainian SSR - 2 0
Lobanovskiy 1939 - 2002 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - Zaporizhya, Ukraine 2 0
Slobodian, P 1953–present Kolomea Raion, Ukrainian SSR - 2 0
Cherednyk 1960–present Stalinabad, Tajik SSR - 2 0
Shmuts 1948–present Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR - 2 0
Yarovenko 1963–present Karatau, Djambul, Kazakh SSR - 2 0
Biba 1938–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Brovarsky 1948 – 2009 Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Lviv, Ukraine 1 0
Gorbunov 1953–1996 Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR - Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine 1 0
Hrachiov 1956–present Dzerzhinsk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Kaplun 1958–present Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Zuyev, V 1952–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Forkash 1948–present Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Makarov, O 1929 – 1995 Rubtsovsk, Altai, Russian SFSR - Kiev, Ukraine 1 0
Morozov 1950–present Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR - 1 0
Pinchuk 1946–present Tikhoretsk, Russian SFSR - 1 0
Privalov 1902 – 1974 Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR 1[2] 0
Shpakovskiy 1899 – 1942 Kharkov, Russian Empire - GULAG, Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR 1 1
Shepel 1949–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Shulzhenko 1945 – 1997 Voroshylovhrad, Ukrainian SSR - Luhansk, Ukraine 1 0
Leschuk 1951–present Bilhorod-Dnistrovskiy, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Lysenko 1947 -–2003 Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR - Mykolaiv, Ukraine 1 0
Pavlov, M 1954–present Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR - 1 0
Chanov, Vya 1951–present Moskow, Russian SFSR - 1 0

Unofficial games

Name Years of life Place of birth/death Caps Goals Comments
Kostiantyn Fomin 1903 – 1964 10 0 (Dynamo Kharkiv → Dynamo Kyiv)
Shylovsky 1911 – 1973 6 2 (Dynamo Kyiv)
Privalov 1902 – 1974 Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR 6[3] 0 (Rabis Kharkiv → Dynamo Kharkiv)
Oleksandr Babkin 5 (-5)(?) (KhPZ Kharkiv)
Shchehodsky 1911 – 1989 4 1 (Dynamo Kyiv)
Krotov, M 1898 – 1978 Kharkov, Russian Empire - Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR 1 0 (Rabis Kharkiv)
Fomin, V 1929 – 2007 Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR - ? 1 0
Valentyn Prokofyev 1 0 (Dynamo Kyiv)
Fokin, M 1909 – 1974 1 0 (Dynamo Kharkiv)
Idzkovsky 1907 – 1995 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR - Kiev, Ukrainian SSR 1 0 (Dynamo Kyiv)
Shpakovsky 1899 – 1942 1 0 (Dynamo Kharkiv)
Fomin, Vol 1902 – 1942 (Dynamo Kharkiv)

Ukrainian Olympians on the Soviet team

Russian Olympians born in Ukraine

Ukrainian footballers on the Soviet junior teams

Russian footballers born in Ukraine

Senior national team all-time records

Here included players that with help of FIFA, the Russian Football Union claims of their own. Such players, Oleg Blokhin, Oleg Protasov, and Anatoliy Demyanenko, still are the indicators of class for all players in Ukraine. Those players committed their playing career to the clubs of the Lower Dnipro river region.

As of 13 November 2019

Most capped Ukraine players

#NamePeriodCapsGoals
1 Anatoliy Tymoschuk 2000 – 2016 144 4
2 Oleg Blokhin 1972 – 1988 112 42
3 Andriy Shevchenko 1995 – 2012 111 48
4 Ruslan Rotan 2003 – 2018 100 8
5 Oleh Husyev 2002 – 2016 98 13
6 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 1994 – 2012 92 0
7 Andriy Pyatov 2007 – 93 0
8 Andriy Yarmolenko 2009 – 86 37
8 Yevhen Konoplyanka 2010 – 85 21
10 Anatoliy Demyanenko 1981 – 1990 80 6
11 Volodymyr Bezsonov 1977 – 1990 79 4
12 Serhiy Rebrov 1992 – 2006 75 15
13 Andriy Voronin 2002 – 2012 74 8
14 Andriy Husin 1993 – 2006 71 9
15 Oleh Protasov 1984 – 1994 69 29
15 Andriy Vorobei 2000 – 2008 68 9
17 Andriy Nesmachniy 2000 – 2009 67 0
18 Oleh Kuznetsov 1986 – 1994 66 1
19 Vladyslav Vashchuk 1996 – 2006 64 1
20 Volodymyr Kaplychnyi 1968 – 1974 62 0
Hennadiy Lytovchenko 1984 – 1994 62 15
See also: List of Ukrainian international footballers

Top Ukraine goalscorers
#NamePeriodGoals (Caps)Average
1 Andriy Shevchenko 1995 – 2012 48 (111) 0.44
2 Oleg Blokhin 1972 – 1988 42 (112) 0.375
3 Andriy Yarmolenko 2009 – 37 (86) 0.43
4 Oleh Protasov 1984 – 1994 29 (69) 0.42
5 Viktor Kolotov 1970 – 1978 22 (54) 0.407
6 Yevhen Konoplyanka 2010 – 21 (85) 0.247
7 Anatoliy Byshovets 1966 – 1972 15 (39) 0.385
Hennadiy Litovchenko 1984 – 1994 15 (62) 0.242
Serhiy Rebrov 1992 – 2006 15 (75) 0.2
10 Oleh Husyev 2003 – 2016 13 (98) 0.133
11 Serhiy Nazarenko 2003 – 2012 12 (56) 0.214
12 Volodymyr Onyshchenko 1972 – 1977 11 (44) 0.25
Yevhen Seleznyov 2008 – 2018 11 (57) 0.193
14 Leonid Buryak 1974 – 1983 10 (53) 0.189
15 Andriy Vorobey 2000 – 2008 9 (68) 0.132
Andriy Husin 1993 – 2006 9 (71) 0.127
17 Tymerlan Huseynov 1993 – 1997 8 (14) 0.571
Artem Kravets 2011 – 8 (23) 0.348
Igor Belanov 1985 – 1990 8 (33) 0.242
Yozhef Sabo 1965 – 1968 8 (40) 0.2
Anatoliy Konkov 1971 – 1978 8 (47) 0.17
Artem Milevskyi 2006 – 2012 8 (50) 0.16
Andriy Voronin 2002 – 2012 8 (74) 0.108
Ruslan Rotan 2003 – 2018 8 (100) 0.08

List of Ukrainian coaches coaching other national teams

In bold are coaches that eventually coached the Ukrainian football national team.

References
  1. http://kopanyi-myach.info/index.aspx?page=ussr_nt_players
  2. All games of the Soviet Union (in English)
  3. All games of the Soviet Union (in English)
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