Ukraine national football team 1997

Ukraine national football team 1997
Season	1997
Manager	Yozhef Szabo
Home stadium	NSC Olimpiysky, Kiev
Matches played	10
Wins	5
Draws	3
Losses	2
Goals scored	9 (0.9 per match)
Goals against	7
Top goalscorer	4 - Andriy Shevchenko
Most caps	10 – Oleksandr Holovko, Serhiy Rebrov
Players	29
Goalscorers	4
Biggest home win	Ukraine - Northern Ireland 2:1 (April 2) Ukraine - Moldova 1:0 (March 23)
Biggest away win	Armenia -Ukraine 0:2 (October 11)
Highest scoring	Ukraine - Northern Ireland 2:1 (April 2)
Longest winning run	3
Longest unbeaten run	4
Longest winless run	3
Longest losing run	1
Highest attendance	85,000 Ukraine – Northern Ireland (April 2)
Lowest attendance	1,200 Albania – Ukraine (March 29)
Average attendance	37,370
← 1996 1998 →

Historical results

Group 9 (Qualification for World Cup 1998)

Final standings

Rank	Team	P	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1	Germany	22	10	6	4	0	23	9	14
2	Ukraine	20	10	6	2	2	10	6	4
3	Portugal	19	10	5	4	1	12	4	8
4	Armenia	8	10	1	5	4	8	17	−9
5	Northern Ireland	7	10	1	4	5	6	10	−4
6	Albania	4	10	1	1	8	7	20	−13

Results

Ukraine v Moldova

March 23, 1997

Ukraine	1–0	Moldova
Rebrov 56'	Report

Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 3,000^[1]
Referee: Robert Sedlacek (AUT)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Albania v Ukraine

March 29, 1997

Albania	0–1	Ukraine
	Report	Rebrov 40'

Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada^[2]
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Ukraine v Northern Ireland

April 2, 1997

Ukraine	2–1	Northern Ireland
Kosovsky 3' Shevchenko 70'	Report	Dowie 14' (pen.)

Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Germany v Ukraine

April 30, 1997

Germany	2–0	Ukraine
Bierhoff 62' Basler 71'	Report

Weserstadion, Bremen
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Ukraine v Armenia

May 7, 1997

Ukraine	1–1	Armenia
Shevchenko 6'	Report	Petrosyan 77'

Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Ukraine v Germany

June 7, 1997

Ukraine	0–0	Germany
	Report

Olimpyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Ukraine v Albania

August 20, 1997

Ukraine	1–0	Albania
Rebrov 86'	Report

Olimpiyskiy, Kiev
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

World Cup 98 Qual.

Armenia v Ukraine

October 11, 1997

Armenia	0–2	Ukraine
	Report	Shevchenko 33' Maksymov 54'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

World Cup 98 Qual. Play-off

Croatia v Ukraine

29 October 1997

Croatia	2–0	Ukraine
Bilić 11' Vlaović 49'	Report

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb
Attendance: 20,000^[3]
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

World Cup 98 Qual. Play-off

Ukraine v Croatia

15th November, 1997

Ukraine	1–1	Croatia
Shevchenko 5'	Report	Bokšić 27'

Olimpiysky, Kiev
Attendance: 77,500^[4]
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Croatia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Roster

In bold are the overall records for the national team as oppose to the current year records in regular script. In bold are also names of the former Soviet internationals. Note: In red are highlighted players for whom the international career in the Ukrainian football national team ended. In green are indicated players for whom this year was their debut. In pink - players who debuted this year and were never called upon afterward.

Goalkeepers

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Game
Oleh Suslov	01.02.1969	Austria Salzburg	1 (0) 12 (-14)	v Albania, March 29, 1997
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	01.02.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	9 (-7) 11 (-7)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Illia Blyzniuk	07.28.1973	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1 (0) 2 (-1)	v Moldova, March 23, 1997

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Game
Serhiy Bezhenar	08.09.1970	Dynamo Kyiv	6 (0) 23 (1)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Oleh Luzhny	08.05.1968	Dynamo Kyiv	6 (0) 22 (0)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Serhiy Popov	04.22.1971	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1 (0) 19 (2)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Oleksandr Holovko	01.06.1972	Dynamo Kyiv	10 (0) 19 (0)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Viktor Skrypnyk	11.19.1969	Werder Bremen	5 (0) 17 (2)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997
Yuriy Dmytrulin	02.10.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	7 (0) 10 (0)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Vladyslav Vashchuk	01.02.1975	Dynamo Kyiv	8 (0) 10 (0)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997
Dmytro Parfyonov	09.11.1974	Chornomorets Odessa	1 (0) 5 (0)	v Moldova, March 23, 1997
Oleksandr Koval	05.03.1974	Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (0) 3 (0)	v Germany, June 7, 1997
Mykhailo Starostyak	10.13.1973	Shakhtar Donetsk	3 (0)	v Armenia, October 11, 1997

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Game
Dmytro Mykhailenko	07.13.1973	Dynamo Kyiv	8 (0) 19 (2)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Yuriy Maksymov	12.08.1968	Dynamo Kyiv	5 (1) 17 (4)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997
Yuriy Kalitvintsev	05.05.1968	Dynamo Kyiv	8 (0) 17 (1)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Hennadiy Orbu	07.23.1970	Shakhtar Donetsk	5 (0) 17 (0)	v Armenia, May 7, 1997
Vitaliy Kosovsky	08.11.1973	Dynamo Kyiv	9 (1) 13 (1)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Valeriy Kriventsov	07.30.1973	Shakhtar Donetsk	6 (0) 13 (0)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Andriy Husin	12.11.1972	Dynamo Kyiv	5 (0) 9 (2)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Vasyl Kardash	01.14.1973	Dynamo Kyiv	3 (0) 6 (0)	v Northern Ireland, April 2, 1997
Hennadiy Zubov	09.12.1977	Shakhtar Donetsk	4 (0) 6 (0)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Game
Serhiy Rebrov	06.03.1974	Dynamo Kyiv	10 (3) 19 (4)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Timerlan Huseynov	01.24.1968	Chornomorets Odessa	1 (0) 14 (8)	v Moldova, March 23, 1997
Andriy Shevchenko	09.29.1976	Dynamo Kyiv	9 (4) 13 (5)	v Croatia, November 15, 1997
Serhiy Nahornyak	09.05.1971	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	5 (0) 12 (0)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997
Pavlo Shkapenko	12.16.1972	Shakhtar Donetsk	1 (0) 10 (0)	v Germany, June 7, 1997
Ivan Hetsko	04.06.1968	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2 (0) 4 (1)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997
Serhiy Atelkin	01.08.1972	Shakhtar Donetsk	2 (0)	v Croatia, October 29, 1997

Coach(es)

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

References

↑ Report on UKR-MDA
↑ Played in neutral ground due to the 1997 rebellion in Albania.
↑ Report on CRO-UKR
↑ Report on UKR-CRO

Football in Ukraine

Governing bodies

Football Federation of Ukraine
- Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian Premier League
Professional Football League
National Youth Football League
Ukrainian Football Amateur Association
Regional football federations
FFU Committee of Referees
Ukrainian Football Association of Students
Football Association of Handicapped
Association of Football Veterans
Trade Union of Footballers

National teams

Men	National team U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 Beach soccer team Futsal team

Women	National team

League system

Men	Premier League First League Second League Third League (defunct) Amateur League Regional championships Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

Women	Ukrainian Women's League

Youth	UPL (U-21 & U-19) Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Students' League (Universities) Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11)

Domestic cups

Men	Ukrainian Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Amateur Cup FFU Regions Cup Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct) Ukrainian League Cup (defunct) Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct) Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

Women	Women's Cup

International	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament

Awards

Lists

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