Ukraine is participating for the First time in the World Cup Finals. They have taken part in two previous preliminary competitions, losing only in the play-offs. In 1997 the Ukrainian national team were beaten by Croatia 2-0 and 1-1.
4 years later they lost the crucial decider 4-1 to the eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup runners-up Germany. The team finished the group phase in second place behind Poland and were unlucky to draw Germany, undoubtedly one of the strongest team in the play-offs.
Their best wins came in 1998 and 1999. In 1998 they beat Georgia by 4-0 and a year later defeated Andorra by 4-0 again. Their heaviest defeat came in 1995 when they lost to Croatia 4-0.
In Germany they will be playing in Group H along with Spain, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia. Andriy Vorobey and Andrey Voronin along with Andriy Shevchenko are their star players.
List of Ukraine Team Players Participating In FIFA World Cup 2006
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
Andriy Nesmachniy
Serhiy Fedorov
Anatoliy Tymoschuk
Vladimir Yezerskiy
Andriy Rusol
Andriy Shevchenko
Oleg Shelayev
Oleg Gusev
Andriy Voronin
Serhiy Rebrov
Andriy Pyatov
Dmytro Chigrynskiy
Andriy Gusin
Artem Milevskiy
Andriy Vorobey
Vladislav Vashchuk
Serhiy Nazarenko
Maksim Kalinichenko
Oleksiy Byelik
Ruslan Rotan
Vyacheslav Sviderskiy
Bogdan Shust
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