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Geography for the Ukraine national team: after Belgium, there are two potential opponents left in Europe
On June 26, the Ukraine national team will play against Belgium in Stuttgart at "Arena Stuttgart" as part of the third round group stage of Euro-2024 (kickoff time — 19:00 Kyiv time).
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On June 26, Ukraine's national team will play Belgium in Stuttgart at the "Arena Stuttgart" as part of the third round group stage match of Euro-2024 (kickoff time is 19:00 Kyiv time).
Belgium will be the 73rd opponent for Ukraine, considering representatives from five confederations. If we only count European opponents, it will be the 53rd one. However, there is one opponent that no longer exists on the political map: Yugoslavia first changed its name and became Serbia and Montenegro, then split into these two parts.
After Belgium, Ukraine has two more potential European opponents remaining — Gibraltar and Liechtenstein.
Debut matches of Ukraine's national team against opponents
|
Year |
Debuts |
National teams |
|
|
1992 |
3 |
Hungary, USA, Belarus |
|
|
1993 |
4 |
Israel, Lithuania, Croatia, Mexico |
|
|
1994 |
5 |
Bulgaria, UAE, South Korea, Slovenia, Estonia |
|
|
1995 |
1 |
Italy |
|
|
1996 |
4 |
Moldova, Turkey, Northern Ireland, Portugal |
|
|
1997 |
3 |
Albania, Germany, Armenia |
|
|
1998 |
4 |
Poland, Georgia, Russia, Andorra |
|
|
1999 |
2 |
France, Iceland |
|
|
2000 |
2 |
England, Norway |
|
|
2001 |
4 |
Romania, Cyprus, Wales, Latvia |
|
|
2002 |
5 |
Japan, Yugoslavia, Iran, Greece, Slovakia |
|
|
2003 |
3 |
Spain, Denmark, Macedonia |
|
|
2004 |
2 |
Libya, Kazakhstan |
|
|
2005 |
— |
— |
|
|
2006 |
7 |
Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Switzerland, Scotland |
|
|
2007 |
2 |
Faroe Islands, Uzbekistan |
|
|
2008 |
3 |
Serbia, Netherlands, Sweden |
|
|
2009 |
— |
— |
|
|
2010 |
3 |
Chile, Canada, Brazil |
|
|
2011 |
3 |
Uruguay, Czech Republic, Austria |
|
|
2012 |
1 |
Montenegro |
|
|
2013 |
2 |
Cameroon, San Marino |
|
|
2014 |
1 |
Niger |
|
|
2015 |
— |
— |
|
|
2016 |
2 |
Kosovo, Finland |
|
|
2017 |
1 |
Malta |
|
|
2018 |
1 |
Morocco |
|
|
2019 |
1 |
Nigeria |
|
|
2020 |
— |
— |
|
|
2021 |
2 |
Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
|
2022 |
1 |
Ireland |
|
|
2023 |
— |
— |
|
|
2024 |
1 |
Belgium |
Overall, among Ukraine's opponents — there are 52 European teams, seven from Asia, six from Africa, four from the CONCACAF zone, and three from South America. We have not yet played against teams from Oceania.
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