Ukraine national football team 1996

Ukraine national football team 1996

Season	1996
Manager	Yozhef Szabo
Home stadium	NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev
Matches played	6
Wins	3
Draws	1
Losses	2
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Goals against	9
Top goalscorer	3 - Timerlan Huseinov, Yuri Maxymov
Most caps	5 – many
Players	32
Goalscorers	7
Biggest home win	Ukraine - Lithuania 5:2 (August 13)
Biggest away win	Northern Ireland -Ukraine 0:1 (August 31)
Highest scoring	Ukraine - Lithuania 5:2 (August 13)
Longest winning run	3
Longest unbeaten run	3
Longest winless run	2
Longest losing run	1
Highest attendance	51,385 Ukraine – Portugal (October 5)
Lowest attendance	3,500 Ukraine – Lithuania (August 13)
Average attendance	18,058
← 1995 1997 →

Historical results

Group 9 (Qualification for World Cup 1998)

Standings upon the conclusion of the calendar year

Team	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	P
Portugal	5	2	2	1	5	2	8
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	3	2	6
Germany	3	1	2	0	6	2	5
Northern Ireland	4	1	2	1	4	3	5
Armenia	4	0	3	1	3	7	3
Albania	3	0	1	2	1	6	1

Results

World Cup 98 Qual.

Portugal  v  Ukraine

1996-11-09 ?:?

Portugal	1 – 0	Ukraine
Couto  58'	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto Attendance: 19,106 Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

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World Cup 98 Qual.

Ukraine  v  Portugal

1996-10-05 ?:?

Ukraine	2 – 1	Portugal
Serhiy Popov  4' Yuri Maxymov  88'	Report	João Pinto  83'

Olympic NSC, Kiev Attendance: 51,385 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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World Cup 98 Qual.

Northern Ireland  v  Ukraine

1996-08-31 ?:?

Northern Ireland	0 – 1	Ukraine
	Report	Serhiy Rebrov  79'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 9,358 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

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Friendly

Ukraine  v  Lithuania

1996-08-13 ?:?

Ukraine	5 – 2	Lithuania
Viktor Leonenko  45', 66' Viktor Skrypnyk  62' Yuri Maxymov  80', 83'	Report	Darius Gvildys  19' Eimantas Poderis  53'

Olympic NSC, Kiev Attendance: 3,500 Referee: L.Hadoshi (Slovakia)

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Friendly

Turkey  v  Ukraine

1996-05-01 ?:?

Turkey	3 – 2	Ukraine
Hakan Şükür  7' Faruk Yiğit  13' Tugay Kerimoğlu  32'	Report	Andriy Shevchenko  10' Timerlan Huseinov  34'

19 Mayıs Stadium, Samsun Attendance: 18,000 Referee: O.Guntadze (Georgia)

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Friendly

Moldova  v  Ukraine

1996-04-09 ?:?

Moldova	2 – 2	Ukraine
Ion Testemitanu  72' Alexandru Popovici  83'	Report	Timerlan Huseinov  49', 66'

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Roster

	players who were not called to national team after the season
	newly brought in players who were not called to national team after the season
	newly brought in players who stayed on call for national team

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)		Most Recent Game
			Current	Career
Oleh Suslov	2 January 1969 (aged 27)	Chornomorets Odessa	5 (-7)	11 (-14)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	2 January 1975 (aged 21)	Dynamo Kyiv	1 (0)	2 (0)	v N. Ireland, August 31, 1996
Illia Blyzniuk	28 July 1973 (aged 23)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1 (-1)	1 (-1)	v Lithuania, August 13, 1996

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)		Most Recent Game
			Current	Career
Oleh Luzhny	5 August 1968 (aged 28)	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	24 (0)	v Portugal, October 5, 1996
Serhiy Popov	22 April 1971 (aged 25)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3 (1)	18 (2)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Serhiy Bezhenar	9 August 1970 (aged 26)	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	17 (1)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Viktor Skrypnyk	19 November 1969 (aged 27)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Werder Bremen	5 (1)	12 (2)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Ihor Zhabchenko	1 July 1968 (aged 28)	Chornomorets Odessa	2 (0)	11 (0)	v Turkey, May 1, 1996
Serhiy Shmatovalenko	20 January 1967 (aged 29)	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)	10 (0)	v Turkey, May 1, 1996
Oleksandr Holovko	6 January 1972 (aged 24)	Dynamo Kyiv	5 (0)	9 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Serhiy Lezhentsev	4 August 1971 (aged 25)	Chornomorets Odessa	1 (0)	7 (0)	v Lithuania, August 13, 1996
Dmytro Parfyonov	11 September 1974 (aged 22)	Chornomorets Odessa	4 (0)	4 (0)	v Northern Ireland, August 31, 1996
Yuriy Dmytrulin	10 February 1975 (aged 21)	Dynamo Kyiv	3 (0)	3 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Vladyslav Vashchuk	2 January 1975 (aged 21)	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)	2 (0)	v Portugal, October 5, 1996
Mykola Volosyanko	13 March 1972 (aged 24)	Dynamo Kyiv	1 (0)	1 (0)	v Lithuania, August 13, 1996

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)		Most Recent Game
			Current	Career
Yevhen Pokhlebaev	25 November 1971 (aged 25)	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (0)	14 (0)	v Turkey, May 1, 1996
Yuriy Maksymov	8 December 1968 (aged 28)	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (3)	12 (3)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Hennadiy Orbu	23 July 1970 (aged 26)	Shakhtar Donetsk Rotor Volgograd	4 (0)	12 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Dmytro Mykhailenko	13 July 1973 (aged 23)	Dynamo Kyiv	3 (0)	11 (2)	v Lithuania, August 13, 1996
Yuriy Kalitvintsev	5 May 1968 (aged 28)	Dynamo Kyiv	3 (0)	9 (1)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Valeriy Kriventsov	30 July 1973 (aged 23)	Shakhtar Donetsk	5 (0)	7 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Vitaliy Kosovsky	11 August 1973 (aged 23)	Dynamo Kyiv	4 (0)	4 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Vasyl Kardash	14 January 1973 (aged 23)	Chornomorets Odessa Dynamo Kyiv	3 (0)	3 (0)	v Portugal, October 5, 1996
Ihor Luchkevych	19 November 1973 (aged 23)	Metalurh Zaporizhia	2 (0)	2 (0)	v Northern Ireland, August 31, 1996
Serhiy Yesin	2 April 1975 (aged 21)	Tavriya Simferopol	2 (0)	2 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Hennadiy Zubov	12 September 1977 (aged 19)	Shakhtar Donetsk	2 (0)	2 (0)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Oleksandr Zotov	23 February 1975 (aged 21)	Chornomorets Odessa	1 (0)	1 (0)	v Turkey, May 1, 1996

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)		Most Recent Game
			Current	Career
Viktor Leonenko	5 October 1969 (aged 27)	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (2)	14 (6)	v Northern Ireland, August 31, 1996
Timerlan Huseynov	24 January 1968 (aged 28)	Chornomorets Odessa	4 (3)	13 (8)	v Portugal, October 5, 1996
Serhiy Rebrov	3 June 1974 (aged 22)	Dynamo Kyiv	5 (1)	9 (1)	v Portugal, November 9, 1996
Andriy Shevchenko	29 September 1976 (aged 20)	Dynamo Kyiv	2 (1)	4 (1)	v Turkey, May 1, 1996
Oleksiy Antyukhin	25 November 1971 (aged 25)	Tavriya Simferopol	1 (0)	1 (0)	v Moldova, April 9, 1996

Coach(es)

Name	Wins	Draws	Losses	Achievement/Remarks
Josef Sabo	3 4	1 2	2 2	over par season

Season goalscorers

Players in bold script participate in the next season(s)

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Pct.	Playing status	Age
1	Yuri Maxymov	1992–2002	3 (4)	0.75	FC Dynamo Kyiv	28
=	Timerlan Huseinov	1993–1997	3 (4)	0.75	FC Chornomorets Odessa	28
3	Viktor Leonenko	1992–1996	2 (2)	1	FC Dynamo Kyiv	27
4	Andriy Shevchenko	1995 - present	1 (2)	0.5	FC Dynamo Kyiv	20
5	Serhiy Popov	1993–2003	1 (3)	0.333	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	25
6	Serhiy Rebrov	1992–2006	1 (5)	0.2	FC Dynamo Kyiv	22
=	Viktor Skrypnyk	1994–2003	1 (5)	0.2	SV Werder Bremen	27

Offences

Player	Offence(s)	Suspension(s)	Notes
Viktor Leonenko	v N.Ireland (Aug 31)	canceled	missed Portugal (Oct 5)
Oleh Suslov	v Portugal (Oct 5)	none	current on roster
Vladyslav Vaschuk	v Portugal (Oct 5)	canceled	missed Portugal (Nov 9)
Hennadiy Zubov	v Portugal (Oct 5)	none	current on roster
Yuri Maxymov	v Portugal (Oct 5)	none	current on roster
Serhiy Popov	v Portugal (Nov 9)	none	current on roster