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).

Geography for the Ukraine national team: after Belgium, there are two potential opponents left in Europe

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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.